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798846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean%20Bandiera | Dean Bandiera | Dean "Dino" Bandiera (January 1, 1926 – October 13, 2020) was a Canadian football player. He played for the Montreal Alouettes, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Calgary Stampeders. Bandiera retired from football in 1955 when he was "fired" by the Calgary Stampeders. His career began in 1946. He was b... |
798850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mystic%20River%20%28movie%29 | Mystic River (movie) | Mystic River is a 2003 American neo-noir mystery drama movie directed and scored by Clint Eastwood. It stars Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, and Laura Linney. The screenplay, written by Brian Helgeland, was based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Dennis Lehane.
The movi... |
798851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis%20Lehane | Dennis Lehane | Dennis Lehane (born August 4, 1965) is an American author. He has published more than a dozen novels. His best known book is A Drink Before the War.
Some of his books were made into movies: Mystic River, directed by Clint Eastwood, which won several awards; 2007’s Gone Baby Gone; and 2010’s Shutter Island directed by... |
798852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gone%20Baby%20Gone | Gone Baby Gone | Gone Baby Gone is a 2007 American neo-noir mystery thriller crime movie directed by Ben Affleck. It is his first directed movie. Affleck co-wrote the screenplay with Aaron Stockard based on the 1998 novel Gone, Baby, Gone by Dennis Lehane.
The movie stars Casey Affleck and Michelle Monaghan as two private investigator... |
798853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titus%20Welliver | Titus Welliver | Titus B. Welliver (born March 12, 1962) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles of the Man in Black in Lost, Silas Adams in Deadwood, Jimmy O’Phelan in Sons of Anarchy, and the title role in the television series Bosch.
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798854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Ashton%20%28actor%29 | John Ashton (actor) | John David Ashton (born February 22, 1948) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the movies Beverly Hills Cop, Beverly Hills Cop II, and Midnight Run.
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Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from Massachusett... |
798857 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20of%20the%20City | Prince of the City | Prince of the City is a 1981 American crime drama movie directed by Sidney Lumet and was based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Robert Daley. It stars Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Bob Balaban, Lindsay Crouse, Kenny Marino, James Tolkan, Cynthia Nixon and was distributed by Warner Bros.. It was nominated for an Ac... |
798858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Movie%20Cars%20Database | Internet Movie Cars Database | Internet Movie Cars Database or IMCDb is a online database of cars, bikes, trucks, buses and other motor vehicle appearances in movies. It was founded in 2004.
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Automobiles |
798867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Dunn | Kevin Dunn | Kevin Dunn (born August 24, 1956) is an American actor who has played in many supporting roles. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He has been in movies since the 1980s. He has also been in many television roles. Dunn was in the movie Mississippi Burning, the television show Forever Knight, and the Netflix show The Umbr... |
798870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminole%20bat | Seminole bat | The Seminole bat (Lasiurus seminolus) is a type of bat in the family Vespertilionidae.
Description
The Seminole bat is often confused with the red bat. The Seminole bat has a mahogany color with a frosted look because to white tipped dorsal hairs. They weigh around 12 grams. Females are larger than males.
Distributi... |
798881 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoary%20bat | Hoary bat | The hoary bat (Aeorestes cinereus) is a type of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is found throughout most of North America and much of South America. It is also found in the Galápagos Islands and Hawaii.
Description
The hoary bat is 13 to 14.5 cm (5.1 to 5.7 in) long. It has a wingspan of 40 cm (15.5 in). It we... |
798883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20yellow%20bat | Northern yellow bat | The northern yellow bat (Dasypterus intermedius) is a type of bat in the family Vespertilionidae. It is usually awake throughout the year except during extremely cold winter weather. When it is extremely cold they will induce torpor.
Description
The northern yellow bat has an average length of 14 cm. It weighs of 14-... |
798894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gao%20Fengwen | Gao Fengwen | Gao Fengwen (; 23 November 1939 – 27 October 2020) was a Chinese football coach and a former international football player. He was born in Kaiyuan, Liaoning. From 1957 to 1973, he played for Liaoning FC. From 1965 to 1973, he played with the national team. He also managed the national team between 1986 to 1990.
Gao di... |
798897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth%20and%20Reconciliation%20Commission%20%28South%20Africa%29 | Truth and Reconciliation Commission (South Africa) | The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was a court-like system that was created in South Africa after the end of apartheid. Witnesses who were victims of gross human rights violations during apartheid were invited to give statements about their experiences, and some were selected for public hearings.
Perpetra... |
798911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Landlady%20%28short%20story%29 | The Landlady (short story) | "The Landlady" is a short story by Roald Dahl. It was first published in a magazine called The New Yorker, in 1959. It was also included in a collection of short stories, called Kiss Kiss, published in 1960. It won the Edgar Awards in 1960, in the category "Best Short Story Mystery" in 1960.
20th-century American sho... |
798917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin%20College | Collin College | Collin College is a public community college in Collin County, Texas. It opened in 1985 and has more than 59,000 students.
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798927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriana%20Chechik | Adriana Chechik | Adriana Chechik (born November 4, 1991) is an American pornographic actress.
Biography
Chechik was born in Downingtown, Pennsylvania and was raised in a foster care. She is of English, Serbian, and Russian descent. She earned a GED after leaving high school and later became a stripper.
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798928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocket%20Raccoon | Rocket Raccoon | Rocket Raccoon is a Marvel Comics character. He is Groot's best friend and translator.
Portrayals
Rocket has been voiced by Bradley Cooper in four movies and has been voiced by Billy West and Trevor Devall in cartoons.
Marvel Comics aliens
Marvel Comics superheroes
Fictional animals |
798930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beast%20%28comics%29 | Beast (comics) | Hank McCoy (also known as Beast) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in X-Men #1 in November 1963. He has been adapted into motion pictures and is played by Kelsey Grammer and Nicholas Hoult.
Characters created by ... |
798932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclops%20%28Marvel%20Comics%29 | Cyclops (Marvel Comics) | Scott Summers (also known as Cyclops) is a fictional character, a Marvel Comics superhero created by writer Stan Lee and artist/co-writer Jack Kirby. The character first appeared in The X-Men #1 in November 1963. He has been adapted into motion pictures and is played by James Marsden and Tye Sheridan.
Fictional Histor... |
798933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Grinch%20%28movie%29 | The Grinch (movie) | The Grinch is a 2018 animated comedy-drama Christmas movie. The Grinch is based on the 1957 Dr. Seuss book, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and the 1966 TV Christmas special.
Cast
Benedict Cumberbatch as the Grinch
Cameron Seely as Cindy Lou Who
Frank Welker as Max
Angela Lansbury as Mayor of Whoville
Kenan Thom... |
798936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SC%20Fortuna%20K%C3%B6ln | SC Fortuna Köln | SC Fortuna Köln is a German football club. They play in the Regionalliga West, the 4th division of German football. They are based in the city of Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Players
Current squad
Honours
The club's honours:
DFB-Pokal
Finalists: 1983
Middle Rhine Cup
Winners: 2013
Regionalliga West
Champio... |
798937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail%20Ayob | Ismail Ayob | Ismail Ayob (born 1942) is a South African lawyer. During his career, he defended many people in anti-Apartheid cases. Ayob also became prominent because sometimes he disagreed with Nelson Mandela.
1942 births
South African lawyers
Living people |
798940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litoria%20mareku | Litoria mareku | Litoria mareku is a frog from Indonesia. Scientists saw it in the Wondiwoi Mountains in Papua Province.
Scientists say this frog is related to Litoria mucro, Litoria nigromaculata and Litoria nigropunctata.
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Frogs
Animals of Asia |
798942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moise%20Kean | Moise Kean | Bioty Moise Kean (; born 28 February 2000) is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Juventus, on loan from club Everton, and the Italy national team.
Career statistics
Club
International
As of match played 11 October 2020. Italy score listed first, score column indicates score after e... |
798956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet%20%26%20Clank%3A%20Up%20Your%20Arsenal | Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal | Ratchet & Clank: Up Your Arsenal (Ratchet & Clank 3 in Europe, Australia and New Zealand) is a 3D platform/shooter for the PlayStation 2. It was developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony in 2004. It is the third game in the Ratchet & Clank series. It is also the first game to have multiplayer.
Other websites
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798957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Village%20%28movie%29 | The Village (movie) | The Village is a 2004 American horror movie. It was directed by M. Night Shyamalan. It stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Joaquin Phoenix.
Cast
Bryce Dallas Howard as Ivy Walker
Joaquin Phoenix as Lucius Hunt
Adrien Brody as Noah Percy
Sigourney Weaver as Alice Hunt
William Hurt as Edward Walker
Cherry Jones as Mrs. Clack
... |
798958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien%20vs.%20Predator%20%28movie%29 | Alien vs. Predator (movie) | Alien vs. Predator is a 2004 American science fiction horror science fiction crossover movie directed by Paul W.S. Anderson. It is the first movie which stars the extraterrestrial antagonists, the Aliens and the Predators in the same plot, and as deadly enemies of each other.
Plot
Set in 2004, Alien vs. Predator foll... |
798965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic%20Trouble | Tonic Trouble | Tonic Trouble is a 1999 video game developed by Ubisoft Montreal and released for the Nintendo 64, Game Boy Color and Windows.
Gameplay
The player plays as a purple alien named Ed who has to stop Grögh from using a magical tonic.
1999 video games
3D platform games
Game Boy Color games
Nintendo 64 games
Windows games
... |
798967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%20Life | Sun Life | Sun Life Financial, Inc. is a Canada-based financial services company known primarily as a life insurance company. It is one of the largest life insurance companies in the world, and also one of the oldest with a history spanning back to 1865.
Sun Life Financial has a presence in investment management with over CAD$89... |
798969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank%20of%20Montreal | Bank of Montreal | The Bank of Montreal is a Canadian multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in Montreal, Quebec, in 1817 as Montreal Bank. Their head office remains in Montreal. They also have operational headquarters and executive offices in Toronto, Ontario, since 1977. One of the Big Five banks in Canad... |
798970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Smiths%20%28album%29 | The Smiths (album) | The Smiths is the self-titled first album by English rock band The Smiths, released on 20 February 1984 by Rough Trade Records
The album reached number two on the UK Albums Chart, staying on the chart for 33 weeks. |
798971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%E2%80%932000%20UEFA%20Cup | 1999–2000 UEFA Cup | The 1999–2000 UEFA Cup season was the 29th edition of the UEFA Cup. The final was played at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen. It was won by Galatasaray, who beat in the final. The defending champions were they were eliminated by Werder Bremen in the fourth round.
It was the first season of the new UEFA Cup format. Dome... |
798972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Imperial%20Bank%20of%20Commerce | Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC), is one of the "Big Five" banks in Canada. The bank is headquartered at Commerce Court in Toronto, Ontario. CIBC's Institution Number (or bank number) is 010, and its SWIFT code is CIBCCATT. It is also one of the two major banks originally founded in Toronto alongside Toron... |
798973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotiabank | Scotiabank | The Bank of Nova Scotia, or Scotiabank, is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services company. One of Canada's Big Five banks, it is the third largest Canadian bank by deposits and market capitalization. It serves more than 25 million customers around the world and offers a range of products and services i... |
798974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatful%20of%20Hollow | Hatful of Hollow | Hatful of Hollow is a compilation album by English rock band the Smiths, released on 12 November 1984 by Rough Trade Records.
Hatful of Hollow reached number seven on the UK Albums Chart, and stayed on the chart for 46 weeks. In 2000, Q magazine placed the album at number 44 on its list of the "100 Greatest British Al... |
798978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meat%20Is%20Murder | Meat Is Murder | Meat Is Murder is the second album by English rock band The Smiths, released on 11 February 1985 by Rough Trade Records. It became the band's only studio album to reach number one on the UK Albums Chart, and stayed on the chart for thirteen weeks. It also reached number 110 on the US Billboard 200, in the United States... |
798984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aging%20in%20cats | Aging in cats | Reliable information on the lifespans of house cats is hard to find. However, research has been done to get an estimate (an educated guess) on how long cats usually live. Cats usually live for 13 to 20 years. Sometimes cats can live for 22 to 30 years but there are claims of cats dying at ages of more than 30 years old... |
798988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutu%20House | Tutu House | The Tutu House is a house on Valakati Street in Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa that belongs to Desmond Tutu and his family. The house is registered as part of Johannesburg's historical heritage.
Buildings and structures
South Africa |
799003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midnight%20%281939%20movie%29 | Midnight (1939 movie) | Midnight is a 1939 American romantic comedy movie directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring Claudette Colbert, Don Ameche, John Barrymore, Francis Lederer, Mary Astor, Elaine Barrie. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was remade in 1945 as Masquerade in Mexico.
Other websites
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1930s romance m... |
799010 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodugl%20tree%20frog | Nodugl tree frog | The Nodugl tree frog (Litoria micromembrana) is a frog from the island New Guinea. Scientists saw it in both Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, on the Snow Mountains, Hunstein Mountains, Huon Peninsula, and Mount Obree.
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Animals of Oceania
Frogs
Animals of Asia |
799014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lil%20Cory | Lil Cory | Lil Cory (born September 12, 1991) is an American actor and rapper.
Career
In 2012 while signed to Def Jam he released “Thug Motivation” featuring Young Jeezy and in 2019 he was discovered by multi-platinum Grammy award-winning producer Jared Lee Gosselin.
Guest on All Night Nippon Radio in Tokyo, Japan.
He playe... |
799015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle%20Caruso-Cabrera | Michelle Caruso-Cabrera | Michelle Caruso-Cabrera (born February 9, 1969) is an American journalist and a former political candidate. She was a regular CNBC contributor. She was co-host of Power Lunch and Worldwide Exchange.
In 2020, she ran against incumbent U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in the Democratic primary for New York's... |
799016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan%20Hendl | Susan Hendl | Susan Coxe Hendl (September 18, 1947 – October 12, 2020) was an American ballet dancer and répétiteur. She danced with the New York City Ballet between 1963 and 1983. Hendl was born in New York City.
Hendl died from renal failure on October 12, 2020 in New York City. She was 73.
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2020 deaths
De... |
799018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20Johnson%20%28Wyoming%20politician%29 | Wayne Johnson (Wyoming politician) | Wayne Harold Johnson (May 2, 1942 — October 16, 2020) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the Wyoming Senate. He represented District 6 from 2005 until 2017. From 1993 to 2005, he was in the Wyoming House of Representatives. Johnson was born in El Paso, Texas.
Johnson died on October 16, 2020 in ... |
799019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Godin | Jacques Godin | Jacques Godin (; September 14, 1930 – October 26, 2020) was a Canadian actor. He was known for his roles as Paul Laliberté in O.K. ... Laliberté (1973) and the Inspector Being at Home with Claude (1992). Godin was born in Montreal, Quebec.
Godin died on October 26, 2020 of heart failure at a hospital in Montreal, aged... |
799020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan%20Kesler | Stan Kesler | Stanley Augustus Kesler (August 11, 1928 – October 26, 2020) was an American guitarist, record producer and songwriter. His career began at the Sun Studio in Memphis, Tennessee. He was born in Abbeville, Mississippi.
He co-wrote several of Elvis Presley's early recordings including "I'm Left, You're Right, She's Gone"... |
799021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbeville%2C%20Mississippi | Abbeville, Mississippi | Abbeville is a town in Lafayette County, Mississippi. The population was 419 at the 2010 census.
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799022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartlett%2C%20Tennessee | Bartlett, Tennessee | Bartlett is a city in Shelby County, Tennessee, United States, located northeast of Memphis. The population was 54,613 at the 2010 U.S. Census.
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799023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Menaker | Daniel Menaker | Robert Daniel Menaker (September 17, 1941 – October 26, 2020) was an American fiction writer and editor. He worked with the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton and as a consultant for Barnes & Noble Bookstores. Menaker was a fiction editor at The New Yorker for twenty years. Menaker was born in New York City.
Menak... |
799024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Marlborough%2C%20Massachusetts | New Marlborough, Massachusetts | New Marlborough is a town in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,509 at the 2010 census.
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799026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Adjei | Richard Adjei | Richard Adjei (30 January 1983 – 26 October 2020) was a German bobsledder and footballer. He was also an linebacker. Adjei was born in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. He won a silver medal for bobsledding at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Adjei died on 26 October 2020 from a heart attack at the age of 37.
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799028 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Niemiec%20%28bishop%29 | Jan Niemiec (bishop) | Bishop Jan Niemiec (; ; 14 March 1958 – 27 October 2020) was a Polish-born Ukrainian Roman Catholic prelate. He was an Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kamyanets-Podilskyi and the Titular Bishop of Decoriana from 21 October 2006 until his death on 27 October 2020. He was born in Kozłówek, Poland.
Niem... |
799029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilberto%20Penayo | Gilberto Penayo | Benigno Gilberto Penayo Ortiz (3 April 1933 – 27 October 2020) was a Paraguayan football striker. He was born in Asunción, Paraguay. His career lasted from 1851 to 1965. He played for Sol de América, Cerro Porteño, Silvio Pettirossi and for the national team.
Penayo died on 27 October 2020 in Asunción at the age of 87... |
799030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marwan%20Kenzari | Marwan Kenzari | Marwan Kenzari (born 16 January 1983) is a Tunisian-Dutch actor and comedian. He is known for his role as Jafar in the 2019 live-action remake of Aladdin.
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1983 births
Living people
Dutch movie actors
Dutch television actors
Dutch stage actors
Dutch voice actors
People from The Hague
Comedians
Tunisian acto... |
799031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mena%20Massoud | Mena Massoud | Mena Massoud (; born 30 May 1992) is an Saudi Arabian-American actor. He is known for starring as Aladdin in the Disney fantasy movie Aladdin (2019).
He also starred as Jared Malik in the American drama series Open Heart (2015), Tarek Kassar in the Amazon Prime series Jack Ryan (2018), and as Ethan Hart in the Hulu s... |
799041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maclura%20pomifera | Maclura pomifera | Maclura pomifera (commonly known as the Osage orange) is a small deciduous tree or large shrub. It usually grows to a height of . Despite the name "Osage orange", it is not related to the orange. It is a member of the mulberry family, Moraceae.
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799043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Up%20the%20Chastity%20Belt | Up the Chastity Belt | Up the Chastity Belt is a 1971 British comedy movie directed by Bob Kellett and starring Frankie Howerd, Graham Crowden, Bill Fraser, Anna Quayle, Eartha Kitt, Roy Hudd, Godfrey Winn, Anne Aston, Iain Cuthbertson, Christopher Timothy, Long John Baldry, Frank Thornton, Patricia Quinn.
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19... |
799046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Soter%20Fernandez | Anthony Soter Fernandez | Anthony Soter Fernandez (22 April 1930 – 28 October 2020) was a Malaysian cardinal. Fernandez was born in Sungai Petani, Kedah.
Career
He was the first Malaysian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church and Archbishop Emeritus of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was appointed on 30 July 1983 b... |
799047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard%20Witke | Ryszard Witke | Ryszard Witke (9 November 1939 – 27 October 2020) was a Polish ski jumper. He competed at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1968 Winter Olympics. Witke was born in Sanok, Poland.
Witke died on 27 October 2020 in Karpacz, Poland at the age of 80.
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1939 births
2020 deaths
Polish Olympic medalists
Skiers |
799048 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Witches%20%281990%20movie%29 | The Witches (1990 movie) | The Witches is a 1990 dark fantasy comedy movie directed by Nicolas Roeg. It was produced by Jim Henson and starring Anjelica Huston, Mai Zetterling, Rowan Atkinson, and Jasen Fisher. It is based on the 1983 book of the same name by Roald Dahl.
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1990s fantasy movies
1990 comedy movies
1990s American fantasy... |
799049 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mai%20Zetterling | Mai Zetterling | Mai Elisabeth Zetterling (; 24 May 1925 – 17 March 1994) was a Swedish actress and movie director. She is known for her role as Grandma in The Witches (1990).
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1925 births
1994 deaths
Cancer deaths in London
Swedish movie directors
Swedish movie actors
Swedish television actors
Swedish stage actors |
799050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Queen%20%282006%20movie%29 | The Queen (2006 movie) | The Queen is a 2006 biographical drama movie that shows the events of the death of Diana, Princess of Wales on 31 August 1997 and how it affected Queen Elizabeth II.
The movie was directed by Stephen Frears, written by Peter Morgan, and starred Helen Mirren in the title role of Queen Elizabeth II. The movie had strong... |
799051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor%20Torgersen | Tor Torgersen | Tor Torgersen (20 March 1928 – 23 October 2020) was a Norwegian long-distance runner. He was known for being part in the longest track distances, 5000 and 10,000 metres, as well as cross-country running and from around 1960 the marathon. He also competed at that year's Olympic Games.
Torgersen was born in Drammen, No... |
799052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Jennings | Alex Jennings | Alex Jennings (born 10 May 1957) is an English actor. He won the Olivier Award three times for Too Clever by Half (1988), Peer Gynt (1996), and My Fair Lady (2003). He is the only performer to have won Olivier awards in the drama, musical and comedy categories.
He played Prince Charles in the 2006 movie The Queen. He... |
799053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20McCrory | Helen McCrory | Helen Elizabeth McCrory, (17 August 1968 – 16 April 2021) was a British actress.
McCrory played Cherie Blair in both The Queen (2006) and The Special Relationship (2010). She starred as Clair Dowar in the James Bond movie Skyfall (2012).
She played Narcissa Malfoy in the final three Harry Potter movies.
McCrory die... |
799054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20%28movie%20series%29 | Harry Potter (movie series) | Harry Potter is a movie series is based on the novels by J. K. Rowling. The series was made by Warner Bros. and were made-up of eight fantasy movies, beginning with Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) and ending with Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 (2011).
The series was mainly produced by D... |
799055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Florio | Glenn Florio | Glenn Florio (January 26, 1967 – October 26, 2020) was an American rower. He competed in the men's double sculls event at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Florio died of a heart attack on October 26, 2020 at the age of 53.
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1967 births
2020 deaths
American Olympians
Deaths from myocardial infarction |
799056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea%20Tabanelli | Andrea Tabanelli | Andrea Tabanelli (April 16, 1961 – 28 October 2020) was an Italian wheelchair curler. He was born in Perugia, Italy.
He was a member (third) of the Italian wheelchair curling team for the 2006 Winter Paralympics in Torino. He was the skip of the Italian team at the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver.
Tabanelli died... |
799058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Witches%20%282020%20movie%29 | The Witches (2020 movie) | Roald Dahl's The Witches (also known as The Witches) is a 2020 dark fantasy comedy movie directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Zemeckis, Kenya Barris, and Guillermo del Toro. It is based on the 1983 novel of the same name by Roald Dahl and is the second feature-length adaptation of the novel, following the 1990 mo... |
799066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/F.C.%20BATE%20Borisov | F.C. BATE Borisov | F.C. BATE Borisov is a football club which plays in Belarus.
Current squad
Honours
Belarusian Premier League
Winners (15): 1999, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Runners-up (5): 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2019
Third place: 2001
Belarusian Cup
Winners (4): 2005–06,... |
799067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wen%20Fubo | Wen Fubo | Wen Fubo (5 August 1925 – 28 October 2020) was a Chinese engineer. He was known for his works in hydraulics. Wen was born in Taojiang, China. In 1994, he was elected a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was deputy director of the Yangtze River Water Conservancy Commission. He was awarded the National Scie... |
799068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel%20%28movie%29 | Noel (movie) | Noel is a 2004 American Christmas-themed drama movie. It was written by David Hubbard and directed by Chazz Palminteri. It stars Penélope Cruz, Susan Sarandon, Paul Walker, Alan Arkin, Daniel Sunjata and Robin Williams. It was filmed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Cast
Susan Sarandon – Rose Collins
Penélope Cruz – Nina ... |
799071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alain%20Rey | Alain Rey | Alain Rey (; – ) was a French linguist, lexicographer and radio personality. He was the editor-in-chief at French dictionary publisher Dictionnaires Le Robert from 1967 until his death. Rey was born in Pont-du-Château, France.
Rey died on 28 October 2020 in Paris at the age of 92.
References
1928 births
2020 deaths... |
799080 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy%20Prime%20Minister%20of%20Japan | Deputy Prime Minister of Japan | The is the deputy leader of the government of Japan.
List of deputy prime ministers of Japan
Other websites
Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, Kenkyusha Limited, Tokyo 1991, |
799085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Russell%20Lowell | James Russell Lowell | James Russell Lowell was an American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat. He is associated with the Fireside Poets, a group of New English Poets that were the first to be noted as popular as the English ones of that time.
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799096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egg%20Fruit | Egg Fruit | The egg fruit tree is approximately 8 metres tall and bears oblong fruits that range from 7-12 centimetres in length. The fruits can vary in shape, some with a straight point at the end and others can be curved at the tip. When ripe, the egg fruit looks golden-orange and occasionally exhibits rusty brown blotches, whic... |
799117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spaced%20repetition | Spaced repetition | Spaced repetition is a learning technique usually using flashcards, where information that is newer, and harder to remember are shown more frequently, while information that is older and easier to remember is shown less frequently. This is done to take advantage of the spacing effect which can be a better way and quick... |
799120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Blondin%20Diop | Omar Blondin Diop | Omar Blondin Diop was a revolutionary and artist from Senegal. Born in Niger, he moved between several countries because of his activism. After going to France for university, he joined the Marxist movement in Paris and acted in movies, including two by Jean-Luc Godard. France deported him back to Senegal in 1969 becau... |
799125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie%20the%20Pooh%20and%20the%20Honey%20Tree | Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree | Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree — Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day is the first Pooh Disney film of the Pooh Disney franchise. It was released in 1966.
American family movies
English-language movies
Movies about bears
Winnie the Pooh |
799127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/BHP%20Billiton | BHP Billiton | BHP Billiton,is a company headquartered in Melbourne , Victoria, Australia.. It mines metals and petroleum. It was founded in 1885, in Broken Hill. Broken Hill is a mining town in the center of Australia. In 2017, BHP was the world's largest mining company, based on market capitalization, and as Australia's third-lar... |
799128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio%20Tinto | Rio Tinto | Rio Tinto Group is the world's second largest metals and mining corporation. It is mainly active in mining. It produces iron ore, copper, diamonds, gold and uranium.
The company was founded in 1873, when a consortium of investors bought a mine complex on the Rio Tinto, in Huelva, Spain, from the Spanish Government. S... |
799132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assicurazioni%20Generali | Assicurazioni Generali | Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A. or simply Generali Group is an Italian insurance company based in Trieste. As of 2019, it is the largest of its kind in Italy and among top 10 in the world.
Under the name of Imperial Regia Privilegiata Compagnia di Assicurazioni Generali Austro-Italiche, the company was founded on Decemb... |
799133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aneurin%20Bevan | Aneurin Bevan | Aneurin "Nye" Bevan (15 November 1897 – 6 July 1960) was a Welsh Labour politician. He is known for leading the creation of the National Health Service (NHS) to give medical care free at point-of-need to all Britons. He first became an MP for Ebbw Vale in 1929. He served as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party from 1956 ... |
799135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banco%20Bilbao%20Vizcaya%20Argentaria | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria | Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A., better known by its initialism BBVA, is a multinational Spanish banking group. It was formed from a merger of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya and Argentaria in 1999, and is the second largest bank in Spain. The company is a constituent of the IBEX 35 and Euro Stoxx 50 stock market index. In ... |
799136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danske%20Bank | Danske Bank | Danske Bank A/S is a Danish bank. It was founded 5 October 1871 as The Danish Farmers Mortgage and Exchange Bank of Copenhagen. Headquartered in Copenhagen, it is the largest bank in Denmark and a major retail bank in the northern European region with over 5 million retail customers. Danske Bank was number 454 on the F... |
799137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dexia | Dexia | Dexia N.V./S.A., also referred to as the Dexia Group, was a Franco-Belgian financial institution active in public finance, providing retail and commercial banking services to individuals and SMEs, asset management, and insurance; with headquarters in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels. The company had about 35,200 members... |
799146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maya%20Schenwar | Maya Schenwar | Maya Schenwar (born November 10, 1982) is a journalist and writer focused on prisons. She lives in Chicago and is editor-in-chief (the most important editor) of Truthout. As an editor, she publishes articles about politics that have a progressive viewpoint. She has also written books and many articles for other media w... |
799148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engie | Engie | Engie is a French company specialized in providing energy. Its headquarters are located in La Défense, near Paris. It was created when the mostly state-owned Gaz de France merged with the Suez company, in 2008. In 2015, the company (which was known as GDF Suez until then) changed its name. In 2015, about 158,000 people... |
799152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Profit%20Industrial%20Complex | Non-Profit Industrial Complex | Non-profit industrial complex, or "NPIC" for short, is a term which is used by social justice activists to describe the way non-profit organizations, governments, and businesses are related.
Many activists carry out their work as employees of or with the assistance of non-profit organizations. Many of their goals need... |
799154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Mazankowski | Don Mazankowski | Donald Frank Mazankowski, (July 27, 1935 – October 27, 2020) was a Canadian politician and lawyer. He was a cabinet minister under Prime Ministers Joe Clark and Brian Mulroney. He was also deputy prime minister under Mulroney from 1986 to 1993. He was a member of parliament between 1968 to 1993. He was a member of the... |
799155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio%20Carta | Giorgio Carta | Giorgio Carta (16 January 1938 – 28 October 2020) was an Italian doctor and politician. He was born in Jerzu, Italy. He was a member of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party. from 1992 to 1994 and again from 2006 to 2008, he was a member of the Chamber of Deputies.
Cart died on 28 October 2020 in Cagliari, Italy at t... |
799156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20%C3%81ngel%20Castellini | Miguel Ángel Castellini | Miguel Ángel Castellini (January 26, 1947 – October 28, 2020) was an Argentine professional boxer. Castellini, who was active as a professional from 1965 to 1980, was known for having held the Lineal and WBA Light Middleweight titles. He was born in Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina.
Castellini died on October 28, 2020 ... |
799157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken%20Hill | Broken Hill | Broken Hill is a mining town in the center of Australia. It is located about of Sydney, Adelaide is about to the southwest. About 17,500 people live in Broken Hill. There was a short gold rush, in 1848. No gold was found, and there was very little water. Later silver was found in the area around the town and some min... |
799159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20Blacklock | Ray Blacklock | Raymond Patrick Blacklock (6 April 1955 – 28 October 2020) was an Australian rugby league footballer. He played in the 1970s and 1980s. He was born in Oberon, New South Wales. He started his career at the Penrith Panthers, making first grade in 1976.
He then switched to the Newtown Jets for two seasons between 1981-1... |
799160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamworth%20F.C. | Tamworth F.C. | Tamworth Football Club is an English association football club based in Tamworth, Staffordshire. The club participates in the under the management of Andrew Danylyszyn and Gary Smith.
The club was formed in 1933.
Other websites
Heritage site
Fan's Forum
1930s establishments in England
1933 establishments
English ... |
799162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh%20Morrow%20%28footballer%29 | Hugh Morrow (footballer) | Hugh "Hughie" Morrow (9 July 1930 - 28 October 2020) was a Northern Irish footballer and manager. He played in the Football League for West Bromwich Albion and Northampton Town, and in non-league football for Nuneaton Borough, Lockheed Leamington and Kettering Town. He was born in Larne, Northern Ireland.
Morrow died ... |
799163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0tefan%20Se%C4%8Dka | Štefan Sečka | Ŝtephen Sečka (6 July 1953 – 28 October 2020) was a Slovak Roman Catholic bishop. He was became a priest in 1976. He served as auxiliary bishop of Sita and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spiš, Slovakia, from 2002 to 2011 and was bishop of the diocese from 2011 until his death in 2020.
Sečka died on ... |
799164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy%20Smothers | Tracy Smothers | Tracy Stanton Smothers (September 2, 1962 – October 28, 2020) was an American professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances with World Championship Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, the World Wrestling Federation, and Extreme Championship Wrestling.
In December 2019, Smothers was diagnosed with lympho... |
799166 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Joe%20Shaver | Billy Joe Shaver | Billy Joe Shaver (August 16, 1939 – October 28, 2020) was an American country music singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was known for writing and performing his 1973 hit single "You Ask Me To".
Death
Shaver died on October 28, 2020 from a stroke at the age of 81 in Waco, Texas.
Singles
References
Other websites
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