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807544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Freeman%20%28cricketer%29 | Eric Freeman (cricketer) | Eric "Fritzy" Freeman (13 July 1944 – 14 December 2020) was an Australian cricketer. He played in 11 Tests from 1968 to 1970. He was also a leading Australian rules footballer with Port Adelaide Football Club, playing 116 games between 1964 and 1972. Freeman was born in Semaphore, South Australia.
Freeman died on 14 D... |
807547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roddam%20Narasimha | Roddam Narasimha | Roddam Narasimha (20 July 1933 – 14 December 2020) was an Indian aerospace scientist and fluid dynamicist. He was a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) from 1962 to 1999. He was Director of the National Aerospace Laboratories (NAL) from 1984 to 1993 and the Chairman of the Engin... |
807548 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcelo%20Veiga | Marcelo Veiga | Marcelo Castelo Veiga (7 October 1964 – 14 December 2020), commonly known as Marcelo Veiga, was a Brazilian professional football manager and player. He played for Santos, Internacional, Goiás, Bahia and Portuguesa.
He managed Bragantino. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil.
Veiga died on 14 December 2020, aged 56 in Br... |
807549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ungku%20Abdul%20Aziz | Ungku Abdul Aziz | Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid (28 January 1922 – 15 December 2020) was an English-born Malaysian economist. He was the First General Director of the Council on Language and Literature of Malaysia from 1956 to 1957. Aziz was the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya from 1968 to 1988. He was born i... |
807550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deserts%20of%20Australia | Deserts of Australia | The deserts of Australia cover , or 18% of the Australian mainland.
However, about 35% of Australia gets so little rain it is actually a desert. The deserts in Australia are mainly in the western plateau and interior lowlands of the country.
By international standards, Australian deserts receive relatively high rate... |
807551 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milomir%20Odovi%C4%87 | Milomir Odović | Milomir Odović "Oda" (26 March 1955 – 14 December 2020) was a Bosnian professional football manager and player. He was known for playing and managing Bosnian Premier League club Željezničar.
Odović died on 14 December 2020 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, two years after being diagnosed with cancer at the age of 6... |
807553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoltan%20Sabo | Zoltan Sabo | Zoltan Sabo (, ; 26 May 1972 — 15 December 2020) was a Serbian professional footballer. He played as a defender. He also held Hungarian citizenship.
Sabo played for Hajduk Kula, Vojvodina, and Partizan. Sabo began his managerial career at the helm of his hometown club Radnički Sombor in October 2009.
Sabo died on 15... |
807554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roupa%20Nova | Roupa Nova | Roupa Nova (lit. "New Clothes") is a Brazilian soft rock band. They had many hits in the 1980s and early 1990s. They are often compared American band Toto.
The band was formed in 1970, under the name Os Famks.
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Brazilian musicians |
807556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department%20of%20Health%20and%20Social%20Care | Department of Health and Social Care | The Department of Health and Social Care is a department of the British Government. It is responsible for the health of people in the United Kingdom, mostly via the National Health Services. Its head is known as the Health Secretary.
1988 establishments in the United Kingdom
Departments of the United Kingdom Governmen... |
807557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valkyrae | Valkyrae | Rachell Hofstetter (born January 8, 1992) is an American YouTuber and live streamer. SHe uses the online name Valkyrae, She was born in Washington.
She began a gaming channel on Instagram and later moved to Twitch. She is the first female gamer and content creator for 100 Thieves. She supports female gamers.
On Jan... |
807559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpse%20Husband | Corpse Husband | Corpse Husband, also known as Corpse, (born August 8, 1997) is an American internet personality and musician. He creates his work on YouTube where he does not show his face but only records his voice. He makes horror story narrations and Let's Play content. He has become well known for streaming gameplay of the video g... |
807562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo%20%28season%201%29 | Fargo (season 1) | The first season of the anthology black comedy–crime drama television series Fargo. Its first episode was released on April 15, 2014, on FX. This season stars Billy Bob Thornton, Allison Tolman, Colin Hanks and Martin Freeman.
Plot
It is set in January 2006 and it is about hitman Lorne Malvo (Thornton) who stops at a ... |
807563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo%20%28season%202%29 | Fargo (season 2) | The second season of Fargo, an American anthology black comedy–crime drama television series created by Noah Hawley. It premiered on October 12, 2015 on FX. The ten-episode season's finale aired on December 14, 2015.
Cast
This season stars Kirsten Dunst, Patrick Wilson, Jesse Plemons, Jean Smart, and Ted Danson.
Cri... |
807564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipophile | Lipophile | A lipophile is a chemical substance that mixes easily with vegetable oil and fat. An example of such a substance is petroleum. Many lipophiles are also hydrophobes.
Chemicals |
807565 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo%20%28season%203%29 | Fargo (season 3) | The third season of Fargo, an American anthology dark comedy–crime drama television series created by Noah Hawley. It premiered on April 19, 2017, on FX. The season had ten episodes. The season ended on June 21, 2017.
Plot
The third season is set between 2010 and 2011 in three Minnesota towns: St. Cloud, Eden Valley, ... |
807566 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fargo%20%28season%204%29 | Fargo (season 4) | The fourth season of Fargo, an American anthology black comedy–crime drama television series created by Noah Hawley. It premiered on September 27, 2020, on FX and ended on November 29, 2020. It has about 11 episodes.
The fourth season is set in 1950 in Kansas City. It shows the crime war between to mafia organization... |
807567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden%20Valley%2C%20Minnesota | Eden Valley, Minnesota | Eden Valley is a city in Meeker and Stearns counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. About 1,042 lived here since the 2010 census.
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807568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luverne%2C%20Minnesota | Luverne, Minnesota | Luverne () is a city in Rock County, Minnesota, United States. About 4,745 lived here since the 2010 census. It is the county seat.
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Cities in Minnesota
County seats in Minnesota |
807572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison%20Tolman | Allison Tolman | Allison Cara Tolman (born November 18, 1981) is an American actress. She played Molly Solverson in the first season of the FX television series Fargo.
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Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Actors from Texas |
807573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah%20Hawley | Noah Hawley | Noah Hawley (born ) is an American television writer and producer, screenwriter, and bestselling author. He created and wrote the FX television series Fargo (2014–present) and Legion (2017–2019).
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1967 births
Living people
American television writers
American television producers
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807575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathrine%20Narducci | Kathrine Narducci | Kathrine Narducci (born November 22, 1965) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Charmaine Bucco, Artie Bucco's wife, in the HBO crime drama series The Sopranos (1999–2007). Her movie credits include A Bronx Tale (1993), Chicago Overcoat (2009), Jersey Boys (2014), The Wizard of Lies (2017), Bad Educatio... |
807589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin%20Orbit | Virgin Orbit | Virgin Orbit is a company in the Virgin Group that will provide a for small satellites to be put into space. The company was made in 2017 to create the LauncherOne rocket, which would be launched from an airplane.
They currently have have made one try to go to space on May 25, 2020, which did not work. They will try ... |
807597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Bitter%20Lake | Great Bitter Lake | The Great Bitter Lake (; transliterated: al-Buhayrah al-Murra al-Kubra) is a saltwater lake in Egypt. Today, it is part of the Suez Canal, which connects it to the Mediterranean and the Red Sea. It is connected to the Small Bitter Lake (Arabic: البحيرة المرة الصغرى; transliterated: al-Buhayrah al-Murra as-Sughra), thr... |
807601 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyramid%20Texts | Pyramid Texts | Pyramid Texts is the name for several religious texts, found on the wall of several pyramids of the 5th and 6th and 8th dynasties. They are the biggest corpus of Ancient Egyptian texts.
Ancient Egypt
Religious texts |
807608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilinden%E2%80%93Preobrazhenie%20Uprising | Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising | The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising was an uprising by mostly Bulgarian and some of the Aromanian population in certain regions in the Ottoman Empire. The uprising was against Ottoman rule.
The uprising lasted from 2 August 1903 up to November 1903.
The name of the uprising comes from the Christian Orthodox holy day ... |
807615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychellois%20Creole | Seychellois Creole | Seychellois Creole is the main language spoken in the country of the Seychelles. It is a type of creole language.
Languages of Africa
Seychelles |
807616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mod%20Squad | The Mod Squad | The Mod Squad is an American crime drama series, originally broadcast for five seasons on ABC from September 24, 1968, to March 1, 1973.
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Mod Squad
1960s American television series
1968 television series debuts
1973... |
807617 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Defence | Ministry of Defence | The Ministry of Defence or Defense (see spelling differences), may also be known as a Department of Defence or Defense. This is the name for the part of government responsible for matters of defence.
These departments are found in states where the government is divided into ministries or departments. The department us... |
807618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mod | Mod | Mod, MOD or mods may refer to:
Places
Modesto City–County Airport, Stanislaus County, California, US
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Mods (band), a Norwegian rock band
M.O.D. (Method of Destruction), a band from New York City
The Mods (band), a punk rock band from Toronto
Circuit bending, modification of a... |
807625 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Gay%20Divorcee | The Gay Divorcee | The Gay Divorcee is a 1934 American musical movie directed by Mark Sandrich and was based on the 1932 musical of the same name by Dwight Taylor. It stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady, Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, Erik Rhodes, Betty Grable and was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. It was nominated for... |
807638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20Conference%20%28MLS%29 | Eastern Conference (MLS) | The Eastern Conference is one of Major League Soccer's two conferences. The other is the Western Conference.
Members
Current
Eastern Conference winners by season
^ – MLS did not have draws until the 2000 season.
† – Miami Fusion were declared winners of the Eastern Division in 2001 after the September 11, 2001 terr... |
807642 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Champ%20%281979%20movie%29 | The Champ (1979 movie) | The Champ is a 1979 American drama movie directed by Franco Zeffirelli and is the remake of the 1931 movie of the same name. It stars Jon Voight, Ricky Schroder, Faye Dunaway, Jack Warden, Joan Blondell, Strother Martin and was distributed by United Artists. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1980.
Other website... |
807646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20green%20frog | Common green frog | The common green frog, leaf frog red-eared frog, golden-lined frog, green paddy frog, common greenback, green lotus frog, or greenbacked frog (Hylarana erythraea) is a frog from Laos, Cambodia, Indonesia, Borneo, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Vietnam, and India. It also lives in the Philippines and Sulawesi ... |
807657 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huw%20Irranca-Davies | Huw Irranca-Davies | Ifor Huw Irranca-Davies ( Davies; born 22 January 1963) is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician. He has been the Member of the Senedd for Ogmore since 2016. He was also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ogmore from 2002 to 2016.
Irranca-Davies was born in Gowerton, Swansea. He was named after his step great-uncl... |
807662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Son%20Also%20Draws | The Son Also Draws | "The Son Also Draws" is the 6th episode of the first season of Family Guy. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on May 9, 1999. The episode is about Chris getting kicked out of the Boy Scouts (the episode calls it "Youth Scouts"). Peter drives the family to Scout headquarters to get Chris back in. During a r... |
807683 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Treasure%20of%20the%20Sierra%20Madre | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre | The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is a 1948 American Mexican adventure drama movie directed by John Huston and was based on the 1927 novel of the same name by B. Traven. It stars Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya and was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. It was n... |
807685 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bribe | The Bribe | The Bribe is a 1949 American crime drama movie directed by Robert Z. Leonard and Vincente Minnelli and was based on the 1947 short story of the same name by Frederick Nebel. It stars Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Charles Laughton, John Hodiak and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Other websites
1949 drama m... |
807688 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro%20Trains%20Melbourne | Metro Trains Melbourne | Metro Trains Melbourne is the branding name of the operator of the train system in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. They have been operating the network since 2009.
2009 establishments in Australia
Companies of Australia
Rail transport in Australia
Transport in Melbourne |
807689 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lost%20Patrol%20%281934%20movie%29 | The Lost Patrol (1934 movie) | The Lost Patrol is a 1934 American World War I movie directed by John Ford and is the second adaption of the 1927 novel Patrol by Philip MacDonald. It stars Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, Alan Hale Sr., Billy Bevan, Brandon Hurst and was distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. It was nominated... |
807699 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Cottard | Jean Cottard | Jean Cottard (14 July 1926 – 1 December 2020) was a French fencer. He earned his Master of Arms at Fort Carré in 1949. He became the first National Technical Director of France in 1964. He was a member of the French Federation of Fencing from 1988 until his death. Cottard was born in Paris.
Cottard died on 1 December ... |
807700 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Vogler | Bernard Vogler | Bernard Vogler (30 April 1935 – 2 December 2020) was a French academic and historian. He was a professor at the University of Strasbourg. He was a specialist in the History of Alsace from the 15th to the 20th Centuries. Vogler was born in Obermodern-Zutzendorf, France.
Vogler was a member of the Comité des travaux hi... |
807701 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaj%20Ikast | Kaj Ikast | Kaj Ikast (22 December 1935 – 3 December 2020) was a Danish Conservative politician. He was a member of the Folketing from 1985 to 2005 and was the Minister of Transport from 1990 to 1993.
Ikast died on 3 December 2020 at the age of 84.
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2020 deaths
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807702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adil%20Ismayilov | Adil Ismayilov | Adil Alviz oglu Ismayilov (; 5 July 1957 – 3 December 2020) was an Azerbaijani lawyer, jurist and investigator. He was a member of the Azerbaijani Bar Association. Ismayilov was part of the most well-known trials in Azerbaijan during the 1990s and 2000s. He was born in Goychay, Soviet Union.
Ismayilov died on 3 Decemb... |
807706 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A9rard%20Gourgue | Gérard Gourgue | Gérard Gourgue (1 December 1925 – 4 December 2020) was a Haitian politician and human rights activist. He ran for President in 1988. He was born in Port-au-Prince. He was a member of the Haitian National Council of Government from February 1986 to March 1986.
Gourgue died on 4 December 2020 in Port-au-Prince at the ag... |
807707 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Bernard%20%28Tarn%20politician%29 | Pierre Bernard (Tarn politician) | Pierre Bernard (6 June 1934 – 5 December 2020) was a French politician. He was born in Alban, France. He was a member of the Socialist Party. He was Mayor of Trébas from 1970 to 2001. From 1980 to 1993, he was a member of the National Assembly.
Bernard died on 5 December 2020 in Trébas at the age of 86.
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807708 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tr%C3%A9bas | Trébas | Trébas is a commune in the Tarn department and Occitanie region of southern France.
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807709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alban%2C%20Tarn | Alban, Tarn | Alban is a commune of the Tarn department in southern France.
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Communes in Tarn |
807711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis%20Eisenstein | Phyllis Eisenstein | Phyllis Eisenstein (February 26, 1946 – December 7, 2020) was an American author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels. She was nominated for both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. Eisenstein was born in Chicago. Her best known works were Born to Exile (1977), Sorcerer's Son (1979) and The Crystal Pala... |
807712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20McLane | Jimmy McLane | James Price McLane Jr. (September 13, 1930 – December 13, 2020) was an American competition swimmer. He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. McLane won two golds and a silver medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics and one gold medal at the 1952 Summer Olympics.
McLane died at his home in Ipswich, Massachusetts on Decembe... |
807713 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Wass | Paul Wass | Paul Wass (July 7, 1925 – December 13, 2020) was an American Republican politician. He was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1977 to 1990. Wass was born in Young Township, Pennsylvania.
Wass died on December 13, 2020 in Indiana, Pennsylvania at the age of 95.
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2020 dea... |
807714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20Township%2C%20Indiana%20County%2C%20Pennsylvania | Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania | Young Township is a township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States. About 1,775 people as of the 2010 census.
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807715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%27s%201st%20congressional%20district | Florida's 1st congressional district | Florida's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Florida. It is in the state's western Panhandle. It includes all of Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, and Walton counties and portions of Holmes county.
The district is currently represented by Republican Matt Gaetz.
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807717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo%20C%C3%A9sar%20dos%20Santos | Paulo César dos Santos | Paulo César dos Santos (September 6, 1952 – December 14, 2020), better known as Paulinho, was a Brazilian singer and percussionist. He was a member of the group Roupa Nova. He was born in Rio de Janeiro.
Paulinho died at the age of 68, from multiple organ failure and cardiopulmonary arrest caused by COVID-19 in Rio de... |
807718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colic | Colic | Colic is a form of pain that starts and stops quickly and out of nowhere. It happens because muscular contractions of a hollow tube (colon, gall bladder, ureter, etc.). This is done to remove an obstruction by forcing content out. It may cause sweating and vomiting.
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807719 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totilas | Totilas | Totilas (May 23, 2000 – December 14, 2020), also known from 2006 to 2011 as Moorlands Totilas, and nicknamed "Toto", was a Dutch Warmblood stallion. Totilas was thought to be one of the most outstanding competitive dressage horses in the world. Totilas was retired from competition in August 2015.
Totilas died of colic... |
807721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seppo%20Vainio | Seppo Vainio | Seppo Vainio (3 January 1937 – 14 December 2020) was a Finnish ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1960 Winter Olympics. He was born in Helsinki.
Vainio died on 14 December 2020 in Rauma, Finland at the age of 83.
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2020 deaths
Finnish Olympians
Finnish ice hockey playe... |
807722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudhir%20Chakraborty | Sudhir Chakraborty | Sudhir Chakravarti (19 September 1934 – 15 December 2020) was an Indian anthropologist and essayist. He was born in Shibpur, British India.
Chakravarti was known for his research works on Folk religion, Lalan Fakir and Cultural Anthropology in Bengal. He spent 30 years researching the folk culture by traveling to diff... |
807723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Fowler | Donald Fowler | Donald L. Fowler (September 12, 1935 – December 15, 2020) was an American political scientist. He was National Chair of the Democratic National Committee from 1995 to 1997. He was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. From 1971 to 1980, he was Chair of the South Carolina Democratic Party.
Fowler died on December 15, 2... |
807724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Seals | Bruce Seals | Bruce A. Seals (June 18, 1953 – December 15, 2020) was an American basketball player. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His career lasted from 1973 to 1984. Seals played for the Utah Stars, Seattle SuperSonics, Pallacanestro Varese and for Reyer Venezia.
Seals died on December 15, 2020 in Boston, Massachusetts a... |
807726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petro%20Slobodyan | Petro Slobodyan | Petro Petrovych Slobodyan (, ; 2 July 1953 – 15 December 2020) was a Soviet-Ukrainian football player and manager. He was born in Sheparivtsi, Kolomyia Raion. He made two appearances for the Soviet Union national football team in 1976.
Slobodyan died on 15 December 2020 at the age of 67.
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807727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian%20Armstrong%20%28politician%29 | Ian Armstrong (politician) | Ian Morton Armstrong (17 July 1937 – 16 December 2020) was an Australian politician. He was the Deputy Premier of New South Wales from 1993 to 1995. He was a member of the Parliament of New South Wales from 1981 to 2007. Armstrong was a member of the National Party.
Armstrong died on 16 December 2020 at the age of 83.... |
807728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline%20Cellier | Caroline Cellier | Caroline Cellier (7 August 1945 – 15 December 2020) was a French actress. She was born in Montpellier, France. Her career lasted from 1964 to 2011. She was known for her roles in This Man Must Die, L'emmerdeur and A Thousand Billion Dollars.
From 1978 to 1992, Cellier was married to actor Jean Poiret. They had one chi... |
807729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Poiret | Jean Poiret | Jean Poiret, born Jean Poiré, (17 August 1926 – 14 March 1992) was a French actor, director, and screenwriter. He was known as the author of the original play La Cage aux Folles.
Other websites
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1992 deaths
French movie actors
French television actors
French theatre directors
Movie directors from Paris
W... |
807730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leticia%20Lee | Leticia Lee | Leticia Lee See-yin (, 17 August 1964 – 16 December 2020) was a Hong Kong political activist. She was pro-China. Lee ran unsuccessfully in the 2016 Hong Kong legislative election. In 2018, Lee was accused of corruption. She had conservative views and her views of anti-LGBT rights made her controversial.
Lee died on 16... |
807731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanna%20Stank%C3%B3wna | Hanna Stankówna | Hanna Stanek-Lisowska (4 May 1938 – 14 December 2020) was a Polish actress. She was born in Poznań, Poland. She was known for her roles in The Real End of the Great War, Lokis and The Third Part of the Night.
Stankówna died on 14 December 2020 in Warsaw at the age of 82.
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2020 deaths
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807732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Mar%C3%ADa%20de%20la%20Torre%20Mart%C3%ADn | José María de la Torre Martín | José María de la Torre Martín (9 September 1952 – 14 December 2020) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. De la Torres Martín was born in Mexico City. He became a priest in 1980. He was titular bishop of Panatoria and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Mexico from 2002 to 2008 and as b... |
807733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Costas%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201942%29 | Manuel Costas (footballer, born 1942) | Manuel Costas Sanromán (8 May 1942 – 15 December 2020) was a Spanish professional footballer. He played as a defender. Costas was born in Panxón, Spain. He played for Sevilla FC from 1963 to 1974. He also played for Recreativo de Huelva from 1964 to 1965.
Costas died on 15 December 2020, aged 78.
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807734 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaakov%20Agmon | Yaakov Agmon | Yaakov Agmon () (24 June 1929 – 16 December 2020) was an Israeli theater producer, manager, and director. He was born in Tel Aviv. He was director of United Jewish Appeal and also as a columnist and the secretary of the Rimon weekly publication.
In 1978, he founded Beit Lessin Theater. In 1995, Agmon was appointed gen... |
807735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feng%20Duan | Feng Duan | Feng Duan (; June 11, 1923 – 15 December 2020) was a Chinese physicist and politician. He was an expert in solid-state physics. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 1980 until his death. He was a delegate to the National People's Congress from 1983 to 1994. Feng was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu.
Feng die... |
807736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesfaye%20Gessesse | Tesfaye Gessesse | Tesfaye Gessesse (September 27, 1937 – December 16, 2020) was an Ethiopian actor and theatre director. He was born in Addis Ababa. He became the General Director of Hager Fikir Theatre in 1974. In 1975, he was removed and sent to prison by the Derg government after his play "Iqaw" which criticized as state terrorism.
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807738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Byrd%20%28politician%29 | David Byrd (politician) | David Byrd (born September 8, 1957) is an American politician and retired basketball coach. He is a Republican. Byrd represented the 71st district of the Tennessee House of Representatives since 2015. He was born in Waynesboro, Tennessee.
On December 10, 2020 Byrd was hospitalized in Waynesboro with COVID-19 and pla... |
807739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waynesboro%2C%20Tennessee | Waynesboro, Tennessee | Waynesboro is a city in and the county seat of Wayne County, Tennessee, United States. 2,449 lived here since the 2010 census.
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County seats in Tennessee |
807740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20County%2C%20Tennessee | Wayne County, Tennessee | Wayne County is a county located in Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, 17,021 people lived here. Its county seat is Waynesboro.
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807741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldemaro%20Bartolozzi | Waldemaro Bartolozzi | Waldemaro Bartolozzi (26 October 1927 – 16 December 2020) was an Italian racing cyclist. He finished in ninth place in the 1956 Giro d'Italia. He was born in Scandicci, Italy.
Bartolozzi died on 16 December 2020 in Scandicci at the age of 93.
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2020 deaths
Italian cyclists |
807742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandicci | Scandicci | Scandicci () is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany. It is located about southwest of Florence.
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807745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20Lowe | Crystal Lowe | Crystal Lowe (born January 20, 1981) is a Canadian actress and model. She is best known for her roles in horror movies such as roles as Children of the Corn: Revelation (2001), Final Destination 3 (2006), Black Christmas (2006) and Wrong Turn 2: Dead End (2007).
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Living people
... |
807747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kawasaki%20theorem | Kawasaki theorem | The Kawasaki theorem is a theorem relating to the mathematics of paper folding. It states that when folding paper, a figure will be flat, if and only if all of the angles have an alternating sum of zero.
Mathematical theorems |
807758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Conference%20%28MLS%29 | Western Conference (MLS) | The Western Conference is one of Major League Soccer's two conferences. The other conference is the Eastern Conference.
Members
Current
Western Conference winner by season
^ – MLS did not have draws until the 2000 season.
† – The LA Galaxy were declared winners of the Western Division in 2001 after the September 11... |
807759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei%20frog | Taipei frog | The Taipei frog also referred to as Taipeh frog, Taipei grass frog, two-striped grass frog, striped slender frog, Taipei slender frog, Taipeh slender frog, white-banded frog, Taiwanese frog or stripe-backed frog (Hylarana taipehensis) is a frog from China, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
The adult frog is 4.0 c... |
807783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20vida%20de%20Lazarillo%20de%20Tormes | La vida de Lazarillo de Tormes | The life of Guide of Tormes and of his fortunes and adversities (more known like Guide of Tormes) is an Spanish novel. It was written by an unknown author. It is written in first person and in style epistolar (like an single long letter). The first editions known are from date of 1554. The book is an autobiographical... |
807801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letterlike%20Symbols | Letterlike Symbols | Letterlike Symbols is a Unicode block (a group of symbols in Unicode). It has 80 symbols. Many of these symbols are used in mathematics and look like letters.
Symbols
References
Unicode blocks
Latin letters |
807804 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressed%20to%20Kill%20%281980%20movie%29 | Dressed to Kill (1980 movie) | Dressed to Kill is a 1980 American thriller movie directed by Brian De Palma and starring Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz, David Margulies. It was distributed by Filmways Pictures.
Other websites
1980s LGBT movies
1980 thriller movies
American thriller movies
American LGBT ... |
807814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie%20Fisher | Julie Fisher | Julie D. Fisher is an American diplomat. In December 2020, the U.S. Senate unanimously approved her designation as ambassador to Belarus. She will be the first American ambassador to that country since 2008, when the United States withdrew its ambassador as part of political tensions between the two countries. Previous... |
807817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayd%C4%B1n%20B%C3%BCy%C3%BCk%C5%9Fehir%20Belediyespor | Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor | Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor is the women's volleyball department of Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor Kulübü, a Turkish sports club based in Aydın, Turkey. Aydın Büyükşehir Belediyespor was established on 7 November 2014. The team plays its home matches at the Mimar Sinan Spor Salonu hall in Aydin.
Sports clubs |
807820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samdari | Samdari | Samdari is a tehsil of Barmer district in Rajasthan, northern India.
Demographics
According to the Indian Census 2011, the population of Samdari is 25012, where male population is 12805 and female population is 12207.
Transport
In 2007 is a break of gauge junction station on Indian Railways. Broad gauge lines go ... |
807821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mena%20Report | Mena Report | Mena Report (Middle East and North Africa Business Report) is a business news source established in 2001 and run by Al Bawaba (Amman, Jordan, and Dubai). It covers business and economics across the Arabic world.
Profile
The Mena Report was established in 2001. It covers economy and trade, IT and telecom, financial mar... |
807825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclosed%20Alphanumerics | Enclosed Alphanumerics | Enclosed Alphanumerics is a Unicode block (a group of symbols in Unicode). It has 160 symbols. Most of the symbols in the block are letters and numbers inside of circles or in parentheses. In the first Unicode plane (Basic Multilingual Plane), the blocks Dingbats and Enclosed CJK Letters and Months have more numbers in... |
807827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Lopez | Eric Lopez | Eric Lopez (born April 20, 1978) is an Cuban-born American voice actor, best known for his voice role of Blue Beetle in Young Justice. He was born in Havana, Cuba.
Lopez is the current voice of the Bumblebee Man in The Simpsons.
References
Other websites
1978 births
Living people
American voice actors
American vi... |
807829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinland | Vinland | Vinland is an area of the coast of North America, which Leif Erikson discovered around AD 1000. The name appears in the Vinland Sagas. It probably describes Newfoundland and the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, as far north as New Brunswick.
What the name refers to
Note that the vines the name refers to could also have been b... |
807833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guaran%C3%AD%20language | Guaraní language | Guaraní is an American Indian language from Paraguay. It is an official language of Paraguay. Guaraní is written using the Guaraní alphabet.
Guaraní is one of the most widely spoken American languages. It is often used among the Paraguayan people and neighboring communities. This is unique among American languages. La... |
807850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugues%20Le%20Bars | Hugues Le Bars | Hugues Le Bars (13 October 1950 in Versailles Yvelines – 1 November 2014) was a French film music composer.
Filmography
Discography
1981: Est-ce le mec
1989: 1789... ET NOUS (ballet music of Maurice Béjart)
1991: J'en ai marre
1995: Zinzin
1997: Oggy et les Cafards
2001: Musique pour Versailles
2010: Massay ... |
807854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calamites | Calamites | Calamities were horsetail like trees that went extinct about 250 to 360 million years ago. These plants were medium-sized trees, growing to heights of 30-50 meters and about 100-160 feet. The trunk of these trees had an appearance like a bamboo trunk while the leaves were needle-shaped. These calamities reproduced by c... |
807856 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantar%20de%20mio%20Cid | Cantar de mio Cid | The Cantar de mio Cid (Song of My Lord) is an anonymously written poem about the life of the Spanish knight El Cid. The original manuscript is believed to have been written around the year 1200.
It is the oldest Spanish epic poem that is nearly complete; the only missing pages are the first page along with 2 others wi... |
807857 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress%20of%20the%20Republic%20of%20Guatemala | Congress of the Republic of Guatemala | The Congress of the Republic () is the unicameral legislature of the Republic of Guatemala. The Guatemalan Congress is made up of 160 deputies who are elected to serve four-year terms.
31 of the deputies are elected on a nationwide list, while the rest of the 127 deputies are elected in 22 multi-member constituencies... |
807858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan%27s%202nd%20congressional%20district | Michigan's 2nd congressional district | Michigan's 2nd congressional district is a United States congressional district in Western Michigan. From 2003 to 2013, it was made-up of the counties of Benzie, Manistee, Wexford, Mason, Lake, Oceana, Newaygo, Muskegon, Ottawa, and the northern portion of Allegan and the northwest portion of Kent.
Major cities
Allend... |
807860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeeland%2C%20Michigan | Zeeland, Michigan | Zeeland ( ) is a city in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. About 5,504 lived here since the 2010 census.
References
Cities in Michigan |
807861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudsonville%2C%20Michigan | Hudsonville, Michigan | Hudsonville is a city in Ottawa County in the U.S. state of Michigan. About 7,116 people lived here since the 2010 census.
References
Cities in Michigan |
807862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Laird | Richard Laird | Richard Laird (July 4, 1939 – December 14, 2020) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from 1978 to 2014. He was born in Rome, Georgia.
Laird died of COVID-19 on December 14, 2020, in Carrollton, Georgia at age 81.
References
1939 births
2020 deaths
Deaths fro... |
807863 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Page%20%28politician%29 | Jack Page (politician) | Jack Page (January 18, 1950 – December 14, 2020) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the Alabama House of Representatives from the 29th district from 1993 to 2010. He was born in Kokura, Kyushu, Japan.
Page died of COVID-19 on December 14, 2020, in Gadsden, Alabama at age 70.
References
1950 bi... |
807864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Casso | Anthony Casso | Anthony Salvatore Casso (May 21, 1942 – December 15, 2020), nicknamed "Gaspipe", was an American mobster and former underboss of the Lucchese crime family.
Casso was known as a "homicidal maniac" in the Italian-American Mafia.
He is suspected of having done dozens of murders, and had confessed to involvement in bet... |
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