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797450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora%20Chamorro | Aurora Chamorro | Aurora Chamorro (11 June 1954 – 17 October 2020) was a Spanish swimmer. She participated in the 1970 European Aquatics Championships, the 1973 World Aquatics Championships and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Chamorro died on 17 October 2020 at the age of 66.
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797452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucien%20De%20Brauwere | Lucien De Brauwere | Lucien De Brauwere (10 June 1951 – 17 October 2020) was a Belgian cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Oudenaarde, Belgium.
De Brauwere died on 17 October 2020 in Petegem-aan-de-Schelde, Belgium, aged 69.
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2020 deaths
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Belg... |
797453 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusop%20Jikiri | Yusop Jikiri | Yusop Jikiri (1951 – 17 October 2020) was a Filipino politician. He was a Leader within the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF). From 2001 to 2004, he was Governor of Sulu Province in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). He also was a representative from Sulu's 1st District (2007–10) and ran again in 201... |
797454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshinori%20Kondo | Toshinori Kondo | was a Japanese avant-garde jazz and jazz fusion trumpeter. He was born in Ehime Prefecture, Japan. In 1979, he released his first recording, toured Europe with Eugene Chadbourne, and collaborated with European musicians such as Peter Brotzman. He worked with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Kazumi Watanabe, and Herbie Hancock.
Kondo... |
797457 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Br%C3%B6tzmann | Peter Brötzmann | Peter Brötzmann (born 6 March 1941) is a German free jazz saxophonist and clarinetist.
Brötzmann has appeared on over 100 albums.
Works
For Adolphe Sax (1967)
Machine Gun (1968)
Nipples (1969)
More Nipples (1969)
Fuck de Boere (Dedicated to Johnny Dyani) (1970)
Solo (1976)
Alarm (1981)
14 Love Poems (1984)
N... |
797458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takna%20Jigme%20Sangpo | Takna Jigme Sangpo | Takna Jigme Sangpo (1926 – 17 October 2020) was the longest-serving political prisoner of Tibetan ethnicity. He spent 37 years in a prison near Lhasa.
He was first imprisoned in 1965, he was released from prison on a medical parole on 31 March 2002 having reached the age of 76. He resided in the Drapchi Prison.
Refe... |
797459 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Strauss | Michael Strauss | Michael Strauss (; 1 May 1934 – 17 October 2020) was a German-born Israeli businessman. He was born in Ulm, Germany. His career began in 1958 and he retired in 2001. He was Chairman and President of Strauss Group. His net worth was US$950 million in 2006.
Strauss died on 17 October 2020 in Jerusalem at the age of 86.
... |
797461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Drudge | Matt Drudge | Matthew Nathan Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is an American political commentator, the creator and editor of the Drudge Report.
References
Other websites
Transcript, audio, video of Matt Drudge's National Press Club speech
Matt Drudge on Facebook
American journalists
American Internet celebrities
American pol... |
797462 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Archibald%20Wheeler | John Archibald Wheeler | John Archibald Wheeler (July 9, 1911April 13, 2008) was an American theoretical physicist. He was known for his interest in general relativity in the United States. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr in explaining the basic principles behind nuclear fission.
He is best known for using the term "black hole" and for i... |
797464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hightstown%2C%20New%20Jersey | Hightstown, New Jersey | Hightstown is a borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 5,494.
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797465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20P.%20Wheeler%20III | John P. Wheeler III | John Parsons Wheeler III (December 14, 1944 –c. December 30, 2010), known as Jack Wheeler, was an American Vietnam War veteran and businessman. He was born in Laredo, Texas.
He was chairman of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, senior planner for Amtrak (1971–1972), official of the Securities and Exchange Commission ... |
797466 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Wynne | Michael Wynne | Michael Walter Wynne (born September 4, 1944) is an American politician and businessman. He was the 21st United States Secretary of the Air Force between 2005 to 2008.
He was forced to resign because of the 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident and the mistaken shipment of Minuteman III parts to Taiwan... |
797468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Toobin | Jeffrey Toobin | Jeffrey Ross Toobin (; born May 21, 1960) is an American lawyer, blogger, author and was a legal analyst for CNN and The New Yorker until 2020. He was suspended from CNN and fired from the New Yorker after masturbating on camera during an official video call.
He was an associate counsel in the Department of Justice, ... |
797471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Killers%20Are%20Our%20Guests | The Killers Are Our Guests | The Killers Are Our Guests (originally titled Gli assassini sono nostri ospiti) is a 1974 Italian crime thriller movie directed by Vincenzo Rigo and starring Anthony Steffen, Margaret Lee, Luigi Pistilli, Gianni Dei.
Other websites
1974 crime movies
1974 thriller movies
Italian crime movies
Italian thriller movies |
797477 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpent%20of%20the%20Nile | Serpent of the Nile | Serpent of the Nile is a 1953 American adventure movie directed by William Castle and starring Raymond Burr, Rhonda Fleming, William Lundigan, Jean Byron, Michael Ansara, Julie Newmar. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Other websites
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1950s adventure movies
American adventure movies
Movies directed ... |
797478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Bale | David Bale | David Charles Howard Bale (2 September 1941 – 30 December 2003) was an English businessman and an environmentalist animal rights activist.
He was the father of actor Christian Bale and the husband of Gloria Steinem.
Bale died of lymphoma and brain cancer in Santa Monica, California on 30 December 2003, aged 62.
Ref... |
797484 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zee%20Thirai | Zee Thirai | Zee Thirai is an Indian Tamil language Pay television channel under ZEE Network. It telecast only exclusive Tamil Kollywood movies for 24 hours with 7 weeks (24x7). Also it offers dubbed movies of Hollywood, Bollywood, Tollywood and Mollywood. It was launched by actor Kamal Hassan on the event of Zee Cine Awards Tamil ... |
797485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter%20Light | Winter Light | Winter Light is a 1963 Swedish drama movie directed by Ingmar Bergman and starring Gunnar Björnstrand, Kolbjörn Knudsen, Olof Thunberg, Max von Sydow, Allan Edwall, Ingrid Thulin, Gunnel Lindblom.
Other websites
1963 drama movies
Swedish drama movies
Movies directed by Ingmar Bergman |
797487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s%20Herrera%20Mart%C3%ADnez | Tomás Herrera Martínez | Tomás Herrera Martinez (December 21, 1950 – October 18, 2020) was a Cuban basketball player. He won the bronze medal with the men's national team at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
Martinez died on October 18, 2020 at the age of 69.
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2020 deaths
Olympians
Cuban sportspeople
Ba... |
797490 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fannie%20Mae | Fannie Mae | The Federal National Mortgage Association (FNMA), commonly known as Fannie Mae, is a United States government-sponsored enterprise (GSE) and, since 1968, a publicly traded company. It founded in 1938 during the Great Depression as part of the New Deal.
Its sister organization is the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporat... |
797494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanis%C5%82aw%20Kogut | Stanisław Kogut | Stanisław Kogut (29 October 1953 – 18 October 2020) was a Polish politician and trade union activist. He was a member of the Polish Senate between 2005 to 2019. He also was a member of the Law and Justice party. Kogut was born in Biała Niżna, Poland.
Kogut died from COVID-19 on 18 October 2020 in Gorlice, Poland, aged... |
797497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beki%20%C4%B0kala%20Erikli | Beki İkala Erikli | Beki İkala Erikli (born Beki Çukran, 1968 – December 15, 2016) was a Turkish Jewish author of self-help books. She was shot to death in Istanbul on December 16, 2016.
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2016 deaths
People from Istanbul
1968 births
Turkish writers |
797499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamut | Gamut | In computer graphics and photography, the gamut, or color gamut , is a certain subset of colors. Most often it is a subset of colors, which can be accurately represented by some output device.
Another sense refers to the complete set of colors found within an image.
Introduction
The term gamut was adopted from music... |
797509 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime%20Minister%20of%20Bhutan | Prime Minister of Bhutan | The prime minister of Bhutan (Lyonchhen) is the head of government of Bhutan.
Prime ministers of the Kingdom of Bhutan
Chief ministers (Gongzim)
Prime ministers (Lyonchen)
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797514 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon%E2%80%93hydrogen%20bond | Carbon–hydrogen bond | The carbon-hydrogen bond (C–H bond) is a bond between carbon and hydrogen atoms. It can be found in many organic compounds. This bond is a covalent bond. Carbon–hydrogen bonds have a bond length of about 1.09 Å (1.09 × 10−10 m). It has a bond energy of about 413 kJ/mol. Using Pauling's scale—C (2.55) and H (2.2)—the el... |
797516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alevism | Alevism | Alevism is a movement that originated in Anatolia in the 13th and 14th century. In Turkey, Alevites are the second-largest religious group, with up to 15% of the population. Alevites accept most of the teachings of Shia Islam, so they are sometimes seen as a group within Shia Islam. During history, Alevites have been p... |
797524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilana%20Rovina | Ilana Rovina | Ilana Rovina (January 30, 1934 – October 18, 2020) was an Israeli singer and actress. Rovina was one of Israel's first pop stars in the '50s and '60s and released a string of hits. She was also an actress and known for her role in I Like Mike (1961).
Rovina was born in Jerusalem and died from COVID-19 in Tel Aviv, ag... |
797528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Kushnir | David Kushnir | David Kushnir (דוד קושניר; June 21, 1931 – October 18, 2020) was an Israeli Olympic long-jumper and track and field coach. He was born in Afula, Mandatory Palestine. When Kushnir competed in the Olympics he was 5-8 (173 cm) tall and weighed 163 lbs (74 kg).
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797529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Mar%20Thoma | Joseph Mar Thoma | Joseph Mar Thoma Metropolitan (27 June 1931 – 18 October 2020) (Syriac:ܡܺܝܛܪܳܦܽܠܶܝܬܳܐ ܕܟܽܘܪܣܝܳܐ ܫܠܺܝܚܳܝܳܐ ܕܡܰܠܰܒܰܪ ܐܰܒܽܘܢ ܝܰܘܣܶܝܦ ܡܳܪܝ̱ ܬܳܐܘܡܳܐ܀) was an Indian religious prelate. He was the 21st Marthoma Metropolitan and primate of the Mar Thoma Syrian Church headquartered in Kerala, India. He was born in Maramon, Brit... |
797530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Na%C3%A2ma%20%28singer%29 | Naâma (singer) | Naâma () (27 February 1934 – 18 October 2020) was a Tunisian singer. She was named "Naâma" (meaning grace in Tunisian Arabic) by the Master Tunisian composer Salah Al Mahdi. Naâma became her stage name which she kept until she retired in late 1990s.
She was born in Azmour, in the North of Tunisia. Naâma died on 18 Oct... |
797531 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Padilla%20%28DJ%29 | José Padilla (DJ) | José Padilla (1955 – 18 October 2020) was a Spanish disc jockey and producer of ambient music. He was best known for his work as DJ in the Café del Mar bar on the island of Ibiza. He was born in Barcelona, Spain. His career began in 1978.
In July 2020, Padilla was diagnosed with colorectal cancer. He died in Ibiza on ... |
797532 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arvin%20Reingold | Arvin Reingold | Arvin Harold Reingold (July 22, 1930 – October 18, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. Reingold was in the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1963 to 1965 and was a Democrat.
Reingold was born in New York City. He moved to Chattanooga, Tennessee. Reingold died in Atlanta, Georgia at the age of 90.
Refer... |
797533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard%20Sulon | Gérard Sulon | Gérard Sulon (3 April 1938 – 18 October 2020) was a Belgian footballer who played as a midfielder.
Sulon played for RFC Liège, CS Schaerbeek, Beerschot VAV and Crossing Schaerbeek.
He also played for the Belgian national team between 1964 and 1965.
Sulon died on 18 October 2020, aged 82.
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202... |
797535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeb%20Erekat | Saeb Erekat | Saeb Muhammad Salih Erekat (also Erifat or Erakat or Arekat; Ṣāʼib ʻUrayqāt or ʻRēqāt; 28 April 1955 – 10 November 2020) was a Palestinian politician and diplomat. He is the Secretary General of the Executive Committee of the PLO since 2015. He was chief of the PLO Steering and Monitoring Committee until 12 February ... |
797536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroh%20Kikai | Hiroh Kikai | was a Japanese photographer. He was born in Sagae, Yamagata Prefecture.
He was best known within Japan for four series of monochrome photographs: scenes of buildings in and close to Tokyo, portraits of people in the Asakusa area of Tokyo, and rural and town life in India and Turkey.
Kikai died of lymphoma on 19 Octo... |
797537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo%20Mari | Enzo Mari | Enzo Mari (April 27, 1932 – October 19, 2020) was an Italian modernist artist and furniture designer. He was inspired by the arts and crafts movement, and his political views as a communist. Mari was born in Novara, Italy.
In the 1970s, he founded the Nuova Tendenza art movement as a professor at Società Umanitaria, a... |
797538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20Mesquida | Joan Mesquida | Joan Mesquida Ferrando (6 December 1962 – 19 October 2020) was a Spanish politician. He was a member of the Congress of Deputies for a short time in 2019. He was the Director-General of the Spanish National Police and Civil Guard from 2006 to 2008. Mesquida was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party.
Mesquid... |
797539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill%20Paton%20Walsh | Jill Paton Walsh | Jill Paton Walsh (29 April 1937 – 18 October 2020) was an English novelist and children's writer. She was born in London. Walsh was known for her books Knowledge of Angels, A Presumption of Death and The Attenbury Emeralds.
Walsh died in London in October 2020 at the age of 83.
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2020 deaths
En... |
797540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iqbal%20F.%20Qadir | Iqbal F. Qadir | Vice-Admiral Iqbal Fazl Quadir (Urdu:اقبال فضل قادر) , (died 19 October 2020) was a Pakistani three-star rank admiral in the Navy, diplomat and analyst. He was known for his participation in second war. He was the Ambassador to Iran between 1983 to 1985.
Qadir died on 19 October 2020.
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797543 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aribinda | Aribinda | Arbinda (also spelled Aribinda) is the capital town of the Arbinda Department of Soum Province in northern Burkina Faso. The town has a population of 9,790 as of 2012. Arbinda is also known for its ancient airport, which is now likely abandoned.
History
On 24 December 2019, a group of militants attacked civilians an... |
797545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%20Thai%20protests | 2020 Thai protests | The ongoing 2020 Thai protests are a series of protests against the government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, which have included demands for reform of the Thai monarchy.
The protests were initially caused by the ending of the Future Forward Party in late February 2020. The party was critical of Prayut. This fir... |
797546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Houdayer | Maurice Houdayer | Maurice Houdayer (18 July 1931 – 1 October 2020) was a French rower. He competed at the 1956 European Rowing Championships in Bled, Yugoslavia, with the men's eight where they won the silver medal.
He was part of the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne with the men's eight, finishing in eighth place.
Houdayer died on ... |
797547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana%20Andres%C3%ADkov%C3%A1 | Jana Andresíková | Jana Andresíková (2 April 1941 – 19 October 2020) was a Czech actress. Andresíková was born in Kroměříž, Czech Republic. She was known for her roles in The Young Man and Moby Dick (1979), Giorgino (1994) and Arabela (1979–1981).
Andresíková died on 19 October 2020 from COVID-19 in Mělník, Czech Republic at the age of... |
797548 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi%20Franza | Luigi Franza | Luigi Franza (24 February 1939 – 19 October 2020) was an Italian politician and lawyer. Franza was a member of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. Franza was a member of the Italian Senate between 1983 and 1994.
Franza died on 19 October 2020 in Ariano Irpino, Italy at the age of 81.
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797549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodosius%20%28Lazor%29 | Theodosius (Lazor) | Metropolitan Theodosius (secular name Frank Lazor; October 27, 1933October 19, 2020) was the primate of the Orthodox Church in America (OCA) from 1977 until his retirement in 2002. He retired due to bad health. He was born in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
Theodosius died in Canonsburg from problems caused by multiple str... |
797550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canonsburg%2C%20Pennsylvania | Canonsburg, Pennsylvania | Canonsburg is a borough in Washington County, Pennsylvania, southwest of Pittsburgh. The population was 8,992 at the 2010 census.
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Boroughs in Pennsylvania |
797552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno%20Martini | Bruno Martini | Bruno Martini (25 January 1962 – 20 October 2020) was a French footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
He played for Auxerre between 1981 to 1995. He also played for the national team from 1987 to 1996. Martini represented the nation in two European Championships.
Martini died on 20 October 2020 of cardiac arrest cau... |
797553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challuy | Challuy | Challuy is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.
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INSEE commune file
Communes in Nièvre |
797554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Murphy | Paul Murphy | Paul Murphy may refer to:
Sportspeople
Paul Murphy (English footballer) (born 1954), English football player for Workington
Paul Murphy (Derry footballer) (born 1979), Irish Gaelic footballer
Paul Murphy (Kerry footballer) (born 1991), Irish Gaelic footballer
Paul Murphy (hurler) (born 1989), Irish hurler
Politic... |
797556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Murphy%20%28Massachusetts%20politician%29 | Paul Murphy (Massachusetts politician) | Paul Maurice Murphy (February 24, 1932 – January 22, 2020) was an American politician and judge. He was born in Brockton, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives between 1961 to 1970 and again from 1971 to 1974.
Murphy died on January 22, 20... |
797557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangalya%20Dosham | Mangalya Dosham | Mangalya Dosham, Mangalya Dhosham or Mangalya Sandhosham, is an Indian Tamil language television show. It is a horror and thriller drama. It aired on Colors TamilThe series starred Lakshmipriya, Arun Padmanabhan and Ravi Tej. It is a supernatural story based on the movie Arundhati.
This series had more than 100 epis... |
797558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Murphy%20%28Australian%20journalist%29 | Paul Murphy (Australian journalist) | Paul Murphy (1942/1943 – 20 October 2020) was an Australian political journalist and radio and television presenter. He presented the ABC's afternoon radio current affairs program PM from 1983 to 1993.
Murphy was a regular guest on This Sporting Life. He was the first host of the SBS-TV current affairs program Dateli... |
797560 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina%20Skobtseva | Irina Skobtseva | Irina Konstantinovna Skobtseva (; 22 August 1927 – 20 October 2020) was a Soviet and Russian actress. She was the second wife of Sergei Bondarchuk. Skobtseva was born in Tula, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union.
Her career began in 1955. Her best known works were in War and Peace, Othello and Walking the Streets of Moscow. I... |
797561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran%20Torino | Gran Torino | Gran Torino is a 2008 American drama movie produced by Clint Eastwood, who also starred in the movie. The movie co-stars Christopher Carley, Bee Vang, John Carroll Lynch and Ahney Her. This was Eastwood's first starring role since 2004's Million Dollar Baby. It is set in Highland Park, Michigan.
The movie is about Wal... |
797562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan%20August%20Arfwedson | Johan August Arfwedson | Johan August Arfwedson (12 January 1792 – 28 October 1841) was a Swedish chemist. He discovered lithium in 1817 by isolating it as a salt.
Life and work
Arfwedson was born in January 12, 1792. His family was very rich. His father was Jacob Arfwedson and his mother was Anna Elisabeth Holtermann. Arfwedson became a stu... |
797563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Million%20Dollar%20Baby | Million Dollar Baby | Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama movie directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood from a screenplay written by Paul Haggis. It is based on short stories by F.X. Toole.
It stars Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman.
Million Dollar Baby was theatrically released on December 15, 2004, ... |
797564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergei%20Bondarchuk | Sergei Bondarchuk | Sergei Fedorovich Bondarchuk (; ; Ukrainian: Сергі́й Фе́дорович Бондарчу́к, Serhiy Fedorovych Bondarchuk; 25 September 192020 October 1994) was a Soviet and Russian actor, movie director, and screenwriter. He is known for his historical dramas such as the 4-part movie version of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace and the Nap... |
797566 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Devil%20All%20the%20Time%20%28movie%29 | The Devil All the Time (movie) | The Devil All the Time is a 2020 American psychological thriller movie directed by Antonio Campos. It is based on the novel of the same name by Donald Ray Pollock.
It stars Tom Holland, Harry Melling, Bill Skarsgård, Riley Keough, Jason Clarke, Sebastian Stan, Haley Bennett, Eliza Scanlen, with Mia Wasikowska and Robe... |
797567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Ray%20Pollock | Donald Ray Pollock | Donald Ray Pollock (born December 23, 1954) is an American writer. He first published his collection of short stories, Knockemstiff, in 2008.
His debut novel, The Devil All the Time, was published in 2011. He was the narrator of the movie version in 2020.
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Living people
American novelists
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797570 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greta%20Gerwig | Greta Gerwig | Greta Celeste Gerwig (; born August 4, 1983) is an American actress and filmmaker. She starred in Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) and Nights and Weekends (2008).
She also starred in Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2012) and Mistress America (2015).
Gerwig also directed Lady Bird (2017) and Little Women (2019), both of ... |
797571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%20Baumbach | Noah Baumbach | Noah Baumbach () (born September 3, 1969) is an American filmmaker. He is known for his works The Squid and the Whale (2005) and Marriage Story (2019). He has written and directed Margot at the Wedding (2007), Frances Ha (2012), While We're Young (2014), Mistress America (2015), and The Meyerowitz Stories (2017).
Refe... |
797573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Kunstler | William Kunstler | William Moses Kunstler (July 7, 1919 – September 4, 1995) was an American lawyer and civil rights activist. He was known for defending the Chicago Seven.
Kunstler was an active member of the National Lawyers Guild, a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the co-founder of the Law Center for Con... |
797574 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Johns%2C%20Michigan | St. Johns, Michigan | St. Johns is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,865 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Clinton County.
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County seats in Michigan |
797575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monee%2C%20Illinois | Monee, Illinois | Monee is a village in Will County, Illinois, United States. The population was 5,148 at the 2010 census.
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797578 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Gmelin | Christian Gmelin | Christian Gottlob Gmelin (12 October 1792 – 13 May 1860) was a German chemist. He was born in Tübingen, Germany. He was a grandson of Johann Konrad Gmelin and a great-grandson of Johann Georg Gmelin.
Life
Christian was born in October 12, 1792. He was born in Tübingen, Germany. In 1818, Gmelin was one of the first to ... |
797580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold%20digger | Gold digger | A gold digger is a person, usually a woman, who has a relationship for money and/or goods rather than love. If the woman gets married, it's a marriage of convenience.
This type of relationship is called gold digging.
The term gold digger was a slang term which has its roots in the 20th century. It is especially pop... |
797588 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tin%20foil | Tin foil | Tin foil is a thin foil made of tin. Tin foil was replaced after World War II by aluminium foil. In the late 19th century and early 20th century, tin foil was in commonly used.
Properties
Tin foil is stiffer than aluminium foil. It tends to give a slight tin taste to food that is wrapped in it. Tin foil is resistant ... |
797592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDF | EDF | Electricite de France S.A. (EDF; "Electricity of France") is a French power company. It is mostly owned by the government of France. Its headquarters are in Paris. It earned €71.2 billion in revenues in 2016. EDF produces 120+ gigawatts of electricity in Europe, South America, North America, Asia, the Middle East and ... |
797594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foil%20%28metal%29 | Foil (metal) | A foil is a very thin sheet of metal. It is usually made by hammering or rolling. Foils are made with malleable metals, such as aluminium, copper, tin, and gold. Foils can be torn easily. An extremely thin foil is called a metal leaf. Foil is commonly used for household uses.
Metals |
797596 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aluminium%20foil | Aluminium foil | Aluminium foil is foil made of aluminium. It is less than 0.2 mm (7.9 mils) thick. It can easily be bent or wrapped around objects. Aluminium foil was replaced tin foil in the mid 20th century.
Approximately 75% of aluminium foil is used for packaging of foods, cosmetics, and chemical products. 25% is used for industr... |
797602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geometry%20Dash | Geometry Dash | Geometry Dash is a rhythm-based platform game developed and published by RobTop Games. It started being sold for two dollars on August 13, 2013. It is a 2D platform game that involves dodging geometric obstacles (spikes, walls, and creatures) in a series of levels that you can complete. You can also create your own lev... |
797614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godtfred%20Kirk%20Christiansen | Godtfred Kirk Christiansen | Godtfred Kirk Christiansen (8 July 1920 – 13 July 1995) was a Danish businessman. He was born in Billund. He was the son of Ole Kirk Christiansen, also a businessman, the founder of LEGO. He passed away of a stroke on 13 July 1995. He was known for making the LEGO industry and also making the LEGO brick. He was the one... |
797615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B8rgen%20Vig%20Knudstorp | Jørgen Vig Knudstorp | Jørgen Vig Knudstorp (born 21 November 1968) is an Danish businessman. He was the executive chairman and former CEO of the Lego Group. He was born in Fredericia.
1968 births
Danish businesspeople
Lego
Living people |
797616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glass%20%28movie%29 | Glass (movie) | Glass is a 2019 American psychological superhero thriller mystery movie. It is set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and was directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It is a sequel to both 2000's Unbreakable and 2016's Split. It stars Bruce Willis, James McAvoy and Samuel L. Jackson.
Cast
James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb / The ... |
797618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split%20%28movie%29 | Split (movie) | Split is a 2016 American psychological horror movie. It is set in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was directed by M. Night Shyamalan and is a stealth sequel to 2000's Unbreakable. It stars James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy.
Cast
James McAvoy as Kevin Wendell Crumb / The Horde
Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke
Betty Buckle... |
797621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%20Powers%3A%20International%20Man%20of%20Mystery | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery is a 1997 American comedy spy movie. It was directed by Jay Roach and was produced by Jan Blenkin, John S. Lyons, Eric McLeod, Demi Moore, and Mike Myers. It is the first entry of the Austin Powers movie series with a sequel released in 1999 followed by a second sequel in 200... |
797622 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litoria%20chrisdahli | Litoria chrisdahli | Litoria chrisdahli is a frog from Papua New Guinea. It lives in the Sepik Basin.
This frog has a spike on the end of its nose. Scientists say it is related to Litoria prora and Litoria humboldtorum but it is smaller and smaller flaps of skin on its legs. It also sounds different when it calls out.
References
Frog... |
797624 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bideford%20witch%20trial | Bideford witch trial | The Bideford witch trials began in 1682. Three women from Bideford were hanged - their crime was witchcraft. They were the last women in England to be executed for this crime. The women the were hanged to death were Temperance Lloyd, Susanna Edwards and Mary Trembles. At that time, Bideford was an important part of a g... |
797630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLS%20Player%20of%20the%20Month | MLS Player of the Month | The Major League Soccer Player of Month is a monthly soccer award given to players in Major League Soccer. The honor is given to the player who have had the best performance in each month by a panel of journalists from the North American Soccer Reporters organization. The award was formerly voted on by the Professional... |
797633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320%20Winnipeg%20Jets%20season | 2019–20 Winnipeg Jets season | The 2019–20 Winnipeg Jets season was the 21st season for the National Hockey League franchise that was created on June 25, 1997, and the ninth in Winnipeg, Manitoba, since the franchise moved from Atlanta prior to the start of the 2011–12 NHL season.
The season was suspended by the league officials on March 12, 2020, ... |
797636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-site%20scripting | Cross-site scripting | Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a client-side code injection attack. The attacker aims to execute malicious scripts in a web browser of the victim by including malicious code.
How it works
In a Cross-site Scripting attack (XSS), the attacker uses your vulnerable web page to deliver malicious JavaScript to your user. Th... |
797640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas-Alexandre%20Dumas | Thomas-Alexandre Dumas | Thomas-Alexandre Dumas became France’s first black general in 1793. This was the period of the French Revolutionary Wars, marked by political extremism and atrocities. Yet Dumas won a reputation as a humane commander, who allegedly once had a guillotine taken down and burnt, claiming his men were short of firewood. In ... |
797646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage%20Mutant%20Ninja%20Turtles%3A%20Out%20of%20the%20Shadows | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows is a fantasy action movie. It was made in the United States and released in 2016. It is part of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) series. The movie is the second and last in the rebooted TMNT movie series. It is the first TMNT movie to feature Krang, Bebop and Rock... |
797659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil%20Con%20Carne | Evil Con Carne | Evil Con Carne is an American animated television series. It was created by Maxwell Atoms. It was originally shown on the Cartoon Network. It began on 2003 and ended on 2004. It focuses on the brain of a Mexican playboy attached to the body of a bear who wants to dominate the world. It originated as a part of Grim & Ev... |
797665 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad%3A%20Legend%20of%20the%20Seven%20Seas | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas | Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas is a 2003 animated movie about Sinbad the Sailor and his quest at the seven seas. It was made by DreamWorks Animation. It didn't do well at the box office.
It was the last movie by Dreamworks to be drawn by hand instead of computer-animated.
Harry Gregson-Williams wrote the music for... |
797668 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drive%20My%20Car | Drive My Car | "Drive My Car" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was mainly written by Paul McCartney, with some help from John Lennon. It was first released on the British version of the band's 1965 album Rubber Soul. The song is about a movie star who asks the narrator of the song to be her chauffeur. McCartney also... |
797674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian%20Wood | Norwegian Wood | Norwegian Wood may mean:
"Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)", a 1965 song by the Beatles
Norwegian Wood (music festival), an annual music festival in Oslo, Norway
Norwegian Wood (novel), a novel by Haruki Murakami 1987
Norwegian Wood (movie), a movie by Tran Anh Hung, based on the Murakami novel
For woodland... |
797678 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian%20Wood%20%28This%20Bird%20Has%20Flown%29 | Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown) | "Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles. It was first released on their 1965 album Rubber Soul. It was mainly written by John Lennon, but listed as being written by Lennon–McCartney. The song was influenced by the lyrics of Bob Dylan. The song had a sitar played by George H... |
797680 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francine%20Simonin | Francine Simonin | Francine Simonin (2 October 1936 – 9 October 2020) was a Swiss-Canadian painter, engraver, and designer. She was seen to be an expressionist. Simonin was born in Lucerne, Switzerland. From 1971 to 1994, she taught at the Université du Québec in Trois-Rivières. Simonin's works were regularly displayed by Galerie Lacerte... |
797681 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed%20Adghirni | Ahmed Adghirni | Ahmed Adghirni (5 May 1947 – 19 October 2020) was a Moroccan politician, lawyer, writer, and human rights activist. He was from a Berber tribe. Adghirni was born in Aït Ali in Sous, Morocco.
He was a political activist for Berbers in Morocco. He was very active in the World Amazigh Congress, participating in the "pre... |
797682 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer%20Davis | Spencer Davis | Spencer Davis (born Spencer David Nelson Davies, 17 July 1939 – 19 October 2020) was a Welsh musician and multi-instrumentalist. He was the founder of the 1960s beat band The Spencer Davis Group.
Davis died from pneumonia on 19 October 2020 in Los Angeles at the age of 81.
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1939 births
2020 deaths
Deaths f... |
797683 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Lewis%20%28musician%29 | Tony Lewis (musician) | Tony Lewis (21 December 1957 – 19 October 2020) was an English pop rock singer-songwriter and bassist. He was a member of the band the Outfield, known for their hit single "Your Love". He released his first solo album, Out of the Darkness, in the spring of 2018 on Madison Records. His career began in 1984. He was born ... |
797685 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehoshua%20Blau | Yehoshua Blau | Yehoshua Blau (Hebrew: יהושע בלאו , September 22, 1919 – October 20, 2020) was a Romanian-born Israeli scholar of Arabic language and literature. He was a Professor Emeritus at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was born in Cluj, Romania.
Blau was elected a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy in 1983. Blau... |
797689 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derryl%20Cousins | Derryl Cousins | Derryl Cousins (August 18, 1946 – October 20, 2020) was an American umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB). He worked in the American League (AL) from 1979 to 1999, and umpired throughout both leagues from 2000 until his retirement following the 2012 season. Cousins was born in Fresno, California.
Cousins died on Octob... |
797690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogdan%20J%C3%B3zef%20Wojtu%C5%9B | Bogdan Józef Wojtuś | Bogdan Józef Wojtuś (4 July 1937 – 20 October 2020) was a Polish Roman Catholic prelate. He was an auxiliary bishop of the archdiocese of Gniezno from 1988 until 2012. He was born in Łąsko Wielki, Poland.
Pope John Paul II appointed him Titular Bishop of Vassinassa on November 17, 1993, and Auxiliary Bishop of Gniezno... |
797692 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thiruvalla | Thiruvalla | Thiruvalla, alternately spelled Tiruvalla, is a town in Kerala and also the headquarters of the Taluk of same name located in Pathanamthitta district in the State of Kerala, India. It is known as the "Land of Non resident Indians".
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Settlements in Kerala |
797697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Takes%20Over | Arthur Takes Over | Arthur Takes Over is a 1948 American comedy movie directed by Malcolm St. Clair and starring Lois Collier, Richard Crane, Skip Homeier, Ann E. Todd, Jerome Cowan, William Bakewell, Howard Freeman, Luana Walters, Almira Sessions. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Other websites
1948 movies
1940s comedy movies
... |
797698 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homesteaders%20of%20Paradise%20Valley | Homesteaders of Paradise Valley | Homesteaders of Paradise Valley is a 1947 American western movie directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Allan Lane, Ann E. Todd, Robert Blake, Martha Wentworth, Gene Roth, Mauritz Hugo, Emmett Vogan, Edythe Elliott.
Other websites
1947 movies
1940s western movies
American western movies |
797702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maubara%20Administrative%20Post | Maubara Administrative Post | Maubara is a village in Maubara Subdistrict, East Timor, just west of the city of Liquiçá. Most of the inhabitants speak Tocodede. It lies near the Maubara Important Bird Area, the small coastal Lake Maubara. The Parish Church of Maubara is located here. There is a historic Dutch fort.
East Timor
Settlements in Asia |
797704 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Choquehuanca | David Choquehuanca | David Choquehuanca Céspedes (born May 7, 1961) is a Bolivian politician. In November 2020, he became the Vice President of Bolivia. He was the Foreign Minister from 23 January 2006 to 23 January 2017.
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1961 births
Living people
Vice Presidents of Bolivia |
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