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809384 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eileen%20Pollock | Eileen Pollock | Eileen Pollock (18 May 1947 – 19 December 2020) was a Northern Irish actress. She was known for her role as Lilo Lil in television series Bread. Pollock was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Her career lasted from 1982 until her retirement in 2019.
Pollock died on 19 December 2020 in London at the age of 73.
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809385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymon%20Anning | Raymon Anning | Raymon Harry Anning (Chinese: 顏理國, 22 July 1930 – 20 December 2020) was a British police officer and civil servant. He was the Commissioner of Police of Hong Kong. In the early 1970s, he was a commander of the Metropolitan Police in Greater London. He was Hong Kong Police commissioner from 1985 to 1989.
Anning died on... |
809387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romolo%20Tavoni | Romolo Tavoni | Romolo Tavoni (30 January 1926 – 20 December 2020) was an Italian sports executive. He directed the racing team Scuderia Ferrari during the 1959 Formula One season. He was born in Formigine, Kingdom of Italy.
Tavoni died on 20 December 2020 at the age of 94.
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809388 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Vande%20Hoef | Richard Vande Hoef | Richard Peter Vande Hoef (May 15, 1925 – December 20, 2020) was an American politician. Vande Hoef was born in Boyden, Iowa. He was a member of the Iowa Senate from 1981 to 1993 and State House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999. Vande Hoef was a member of the Republican Party.
Vande Hoef died on December 20, 2020 i... |
809391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tadeusz%20G%C3%B3rczyk | Tadeusz Górczyk | Tadeusz Górczyk (16 October 1961 – 21 December 2020) was a Polish politician. He was a member of the Sejm from 1991 to 1993. He was a member of the Centre Agreement. Górczyk was born in Jasło, Poland.
Górczyk died on 21 December 2020 at the age of 59.
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2020 deaths
Polish politicians |
809392 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamish%20McLachlan%20%28rower%29 | Hamish McLachlan (rower) | Hamish McLachlan (27 July 1967 – 21 December 2020) was an Australian rower. He competed at the rowing event at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing fifth. He later worked in the stock market in Australia.
In 2004, McLachlan went to jail for nine years for stock market fraud.
McLachlan died on 21 December 2020 at the a... |
809393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkady%20Andreasyan | Arkady Andreasyan | Arkady Georgievich Andreasyan (, ; 11 August 1947 – 23 December 2020) was a Soviet Armenian football player and manager.
He played as midfielder for Ararat Yerevan in most of his club career and for the Soviet Union national football team. He won bronze at the 1972 Summer Olympics with the national team.
He was the ... |
809394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pero%20Kvrgi%C4%87 | Pero Kvrgić | Pero Kvrgić (4 March 1927 − 23 December 2020) was a Croatian actor.
Kvrgić was born in Srpske Moravice. He co-founded the Gavella Drama Theatre in 1953. He retired in 1988.
His play Stilske vježbe, a Croatian version of Exercises in Style, is well known and has been produced since 1970.
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809395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lonnie%20Laffen | Lonnie Laffen | Lonnie Laffen (July 16, 1958 – December 23, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the North Dakota Senate from the 43rd District from 2010 to 2018. He was a member of the Republican party. Laffen was born in Wimbledon, North Dakota.
Laffen died of a heart attack on December 23, 2020, in Grand Forks, Nor... |
809396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijeljina | Bijeljina | Bijeljina is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is located in the Republika Srpska. In 2013, about 107,715 people lived here.
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809397 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mi%C4%87o%20Mi%C4%87i%C4%87 | Mićo Mićić | Mićo Mićić (6 September 1956 – 23 December 2020) was a Bosnian Serb politician. He was mayor of Bijeljina from 2004 until his death in 2020. He was a member of the Serb Democratic Party. Mićić was born in Bijeljina.
Mićić died on 23 December 2020 at a hospital in Bijeljina from COVID-19 at the age of 64.
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809398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankie%20Randall | Frankie Randall | Frankie Billy Randall (September 25, 1961 – December 23, 2020) was an American professional boxer. He competed from 1983 to 2005. He was a three-time light welterweight world champion, having held the WBA, WBC, and lineal titles between 1994 and 1997. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama.
Randall died on December 23, 20... |
809399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugathakumari | Sugathakumari | Sugathakumari (22 January 1934 – 23 December 2020) was an Indian poet and activist. She was an important person in the environmentalist and feminist movements in Kerala, South India.
She was the founder secretary of the Prakrithi Samrakshana Samithi, an organization for the protection of nature and a day-care center f... |
809401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.%20J.%20Yesudas | K. J. Yesudas | Kattassery Joseph Yesudas (born 10 January 1940) is an Indian playback singer, actor and musician. He sings Indian classical and cinematic songs. Yesudas has recorded more than 50,000 songs.
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Indian composers
Indian musicians
Indian singers
Indian movie actors |
809402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Widby | Ron Widby | George Ronald Widby (March 9, 1945 – December 23, 2020) was an American football punter in the National Football League (NFL) for the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers. Widby was born in Knoxville, Tennessee. Widby won the Super Bowl in 1972.
Widby died on December 23, 2020 at the age of 75.
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809403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rika%20Zara%C3%AF | Rika Zaraï | Rika Zaraï (; 19 February 1938 – 23 December 2020) was an Israeli singer-songwriter. She was best known for making classic Israeli songs popular in Europe such as Hava Nagila, Yerushalayim shel zahav and Hallelujah.
Death
In June 2008, Zaraï suffered from a paralytic stroke. She died on 23 December 2020 in Paris, aged... |
809404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Alig | Michael Alig | Michael Alig (April 29, 1966 – December 25, 2020) was an American nightclub promoter and convicted felon. He was one of the ringleaders of the Club Kids.
In March 1996, Alig and his roommate, Robert D. "Freeze" Riggs, killed fellow Club Kid Andre "Angel" Melendez over a drug debt. In October 1997, Alig pled guilty to ... |
809405 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairport%2C%20New%20York | Fairport, New York | Fairport is a village located in the Town of Perinton, which is part of Monroe County, New York. Fairport is a suburb east of Rochester. In 2005 it was named as one of the "Best Places to Live" by Money Magazine. About 5,353 people lived here since the 2010 census.
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Villages in New York |
809406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perinton%2C%20New%20York | Perinton, New York | Perinton (originally Perrinton (in federal censuses) and sometimes Perrington when still part of Ontario County) is a town in Monroe County, New York, United States. About 46,462 people lived here since the 2010 census.
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809407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan%20Bogdan | Ivan Bogdan | Ivan Havrylovich Bogdan (; February 29, 1928 – December 25, 2020) was a Ukrainian wrestler. He was born in Dmytro-Bilivka, Ukrainian SSR. He won an Olympic gold medal in 1960. He won gold medals at the 1958 and 1961 World Wrestling Championships.
Bogdan died on December 25, 2020 at the age of 92.
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809408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shamsur%20Rahman%20Faruqi | Shamsur Rahman Faruqi | Shamsur Rahman Faruqi (30 September 1935 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian poet and an Urdu critic and theorist. He used criticism found in Western literature and added them to Urdu literature.
He was also editor of his literary magazine Shabkhoon and part-time professor at the South Asia Regional Studies Center at th... |
809411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin%20Jackman | Robin Jackman | Robin David Jackman (13 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian-born cricketer. He played in four Test matches and 15 One Day Internationals for the England cricket team between 1974 and 1983. He was a member of the Surrey side that won the County Championship in 1971, and also played for Western Province in Sout... |
809413 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamal%20Khwaja | Jamal Khwaja | Jamal Khwaja (12 August 1926 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian philosopher and politician. He was born in New Delhi. Khwaja was a member of the Indian National Congress. Khwaja was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1957 to 1962.
Khwaja died on 25 December 2020 in New Delhi at the age of 94.
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809414 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anil%20Nedumangad | Anil Nedumangad | Anil Nedumangad (also known as P. Anil; 30 May 1972 – 25 December 2020) was an Indian actor and television news anchor. His career began in 2014. Nedumangad was born in Nedumangad, Kerala. He was known for his roles in Ayyappanum Koshiyum, Kammatipaadam, Kismath, Paavada and Porinju Mariam Jose.
Nedumangad drowned at ... |
809418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maksim%20Tsyhalka | Maksim Tsyhalka | Maksim Tsyhalka (, , Maksim Tsygalko; often spelled Maxim Tsigalko; 27 May 1983 – 25 December 2020) was a Belarusian footballer. He made two appearances for the national team in 2003. From 2001 to 2005, he was known for playing for FC Dinamo Minsk.
Tsyhalka died on 25 December 2020 at the age of 37.
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809420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce%20Bulifant | Joyce Bulifant | Joyce Collins Bulifant (born December 16, 1937) is an American actress and author. She played Marie Slaughter on The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
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American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
Actors from Virginia
Writers from Virginia
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809422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim%20B%C3%A4se | Joachim Bäse | Joachim Bäse (2 September 1939 – 22 December 2020) was a German football player. He was born in Braunschweig. He played ten seasons in the Bundesliga with Eintracht Braunschweig.
He also played for Germany once in 1968.
Bäse died on 22 December 2020, aged 81.
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1939 births
2020 deaths
German footballers |
809423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech%20Borowik | Wojciech Borowik | Wojciech Borowik (24 June 1956 – 22 December 2020) was a Polish politician. He was a member of the Sejm from 1993 to 1997. Borowik was a member of the Labour Union Party.
Borowik died at age 64 on 22 December 2020, from COVID-19, during the pandemic in Poland.
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2020 deaths
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De... |
809424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20Brasseur | Claude Brasseur | Claude Brasseur (15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor.
From the late 1950s until two years before his death, Brasseur appeared in 150 movies and television productions. He was known for his role as Arthur in Jean-Luc Godard's Bande à part (1964). Brasseur played the lead role in the early 1970s historic... |
809425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norma%20Cappagli | Norma Cappagli | Norma Gladys Cappagli (20 September 1939 – 22 December 2020) was an Argentine model and beauty queen. She won the 1960 Miss World contest, after being crowned Miss Argentina World 1960. She was the first model from Argentina to win the title. She was born in Buenos Aires.
On 17 December 2020, Cappagli was hospitalized... |
809426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund%20M.%20Clarke | Edmund M. Clarke | Edmund Melson Clarke, Jr. (July 27, 1945 – December 22, 2020) was an American computer scientist and academic. He created model checking. He was the FORE Systems Professor of Computer Science Emeritus at Carnegie Mellon University. He won the Turing Award in 2007. Clarke was born in Newport News, Virginia.
In 2005, h... |
809430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Gomes | Ed Gomes | Edwin A. Gomes (February 25, 1936 – December 22, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Connecticut State Senate from 2015 until 2019. Before that, he was a member of the state senate from November 2005 to January 2013. Gomes was a member of the Democratic Party. Gomes was born in New Bedford, Massac... |
809438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darul%20Uloom%20Deoband | Darul Uloom Deoband | Darul Uloom Deoband is an Islamic seminary in India. It is the birthplace of Sunni Deobandi Islamic movement. It is located in Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. It was founded in 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanautavi.
History
Darul Uloom Deoband was established on 31 May 1866 by Muhammad Qasim Nanotaw... |
809439 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Loridant | Paul Loridant | Paul Loridant (22 April 1948 – 22 December 2020) was a French politician. He was a member of the Socialist Party. From 1977 to 2008, he was Mayor of Les Ulis. From 1986 until 2004, Loridant was a member of the French Senate. Loridant was born in Ille-sur-Têt, France.
Loridant died on 22 December 2020 in Villejuif, Fra... |
809440 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les%20Ulis | Les Ulis | Les Ulis () is a commune in the Essonne department located in the southwestern suburbs (banlieue) of Paris, France.
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809441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ille-sur-T%C3%AAt | Ille-sur-Têt | Ille-sur-Têt (Catalan: Illa or Illa de Tet) is a commune in the Pyrénées-Orientales département in southern France.
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809442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppo%20Reno4%20Lite | Oppo Reno4 Lite | Oppo Reno4 Lite - smartphones, developed by the company Oppo, included in the Reno series and is a simplified version of the Oppo Reno4. It was presented on 28 September 2020. In the India the smartphone was introduced on September 2, 2020 under the name Oppo F17 Pro. 1 October 2020 was presented Oppo A93, which is a s... |
809444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Lurie | Ron Lurie | Ronald Philip Lurie (January 23, 1941 – December 22, 2020) was an American businessman and politician. He was the mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada from 1987 to 1991. Lurie was a member of the Democratic Party. Lurie was born in Los Angeles, California.
Lurie, who had blood cancer, died under hospice care in Las Vegas from C... |
809445 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Mustafa%20Mero | Muhammad Mustafa Mero | Muhammad Mustafa Mero () (1941 – 22 December 2020) was a Syrian politician. He was Prime Minister of Syria from 7 March 2000 to 10 September 2003. Mero was a member of the Ba'ath Party. He was born in Al Tall, Syria.
Mero died in Al-Tall at age 79 on 22 December 2020, from COVID-19, during the pandemic in Syria.
Refe... |
809450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96zkan%20S%C3%BCmer | Özkan Sümer | Özkan Sümer (20 November 194022 December 2020) was a Turkish footballer and coach. He played as defender in Trabzonspor, Galatasaray SK, and the Turkey national football team. His playing career lasted from 1967 to 1970. His managing career lasted from 1978 to 2001.
Sümer died on 22 December 2020 in Trabzon, Turkey a... |
809451 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n%20Tierrablanca%20Gonzalez | Rubén Tierrablanca Gonzalez | Rubén Tierrablanca González (24 August 1952 – 23 December 2020) was a Mexican-born Turkish Roman Catholic bishop. Tierrablanca González was born in Guanajuato, Mexico. He became a priest in 1978. He was titular bishop of Tubernuca and as Vicar Apostolic of Apostolic Vicariate of Istanbul and Apostolic Administrator of ... |
809452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnon | Magnon | A magnon in physics is a quasiparticle with magnetic properties. It is not a thing which exists on its own in free space but exists only within the structure being studied usually a crystalline solid.
Each atom in a solid has a magnetic field generated by its electrons as they spin. If these spins all align then ... |
809453 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuck%20Tucker | Tuck Tucker | William Osborne "Tuck" Tucker III (August 20, 1961 – December 22, 2020) was an American writer, artist, animator, songwriter, and director. He was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He was known for having worked on SpongeBob SquarePants, The Simpsons and Hey Arnold!.
Tucker died in California on December 22, 2020 at the ag... |
809454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Vacca | Antonio Vacca | Antonio Vacca (8 August 1934 – 22 December 2020) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. He became a priest in 1957. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Alghero-Bosa, Italy, from 1994 to 2006.
Vacca died of throat cancer on 22 December 2020 at the age of 86.
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809455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouloud%20Achour | Mouloud Achour | Mouloud Achour (19 March 1944 – 24 December 2020) was an Algerian writer, professor, and journalist.
Achour was a member and then chairman of the executive council of the Public Establishment of Television. He also directed the cabinet for the Ministry of Communications. He was editorial director of Casbah Éditions in... |
809457 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Assembly%20%28Mali%29 | National Assembly (Mali) | The National Assembly of Mali is the unicameral country's legislative body of 147 voting members.
Members of the National Assembly, called deputies, are elected by direct universal suffrage for a five-year term.
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809458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamad%20Aziz | Mohamad Aziz | Mohamad bin Aziz (29 July 1940 – 24 December 2020) was a Malaysian politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sri Gading constituency in the state of Johor from 1999 to 2013. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party. Aziz was born in Batu Pahat, Johor.
Aziz died on... |
809459 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario%20Cordero | Rosario Cordero | Maria Rosario Cordero Martin (13 August 1966 – 24 December 2020) was a Spanish politician. She was a member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party. Cordero was born in Cáceres, Spain. From 2015 until her death, she was President of the Province of Cáceres. From 2003 until her death, Cordero was Mayor of Romangordo.
C... |
809460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romangordo | Romangordo | Romangordo is a municipality located in the province of Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain.
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809461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivry%20Gitlis | Ivry Gitlis | Ivry Gitlis (; 25 August 1922 – 24 December 2020) was an Israeli violinist. He performed with the world's top orchestras, including the London Philharmonic, New York Philharmonic, Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Gitlis was born in Haifa, Palestine Ma... |
809463 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yehuda%20Henkin | Yehuda Henkin | Rabbi Yehuda Herzl Henkin (1945 – December 24, 2020) was an Israeli rabbi and modern orthodox posek. He was born in Jerusalem. Henkin was the founder and head of Nishmat, the Institute for Advanced Jewish Studies for Women.
Henkin died in Jerusalem on December 24, 2020 at the age of 75.
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2020 d... |
809464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoriq%20Husler | Thoriq Husler | Thoriq Husler (19 April 1963 – 24 December 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was born in Palopo, Indonesia. He was the Regent of the East Luwu Regency from 2016 until his death.
Husler died on 24 December 2020 in Makassar, Indonesia from COVID-19 at the age of 57.
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2020 deaths
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809465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AKM%20Jahangir%20Hossain | AKM Jahangir Hossain | AKM Jahangir Hossain (1954 – 24 December 2020) was a Bangladeshi Bangladesh Awami League politician. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from 1991 to 1995, 1996 to 2006 and from 2014 to 2018. From 1998 to 2001, he was Minister of Textiles and Jute.
Hossain died on 24 December 2020 at a Dhaka hospital from COVID-19 a... |
809466 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milorad%20Jankovi%C4%87 | Milorad Janković | Milorad Janković (10 August 1940 – 24 December 2020) was a Yugoslav footballer. He played at both professional and international levels as a striker. He played club football for Radnički Niš between 1964 and 1974, and made one appearance for Yugoslavia in 1966.
Janković died on 24 December 2020 at the age of 80.
Refe... |
809467 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksandar%20Ivo%C5%A1 | Aleksandar Ivoš | Aleksandar Ivoš (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Ивош; 28 June 1931 – 24 December 2020) was a Serbian footballer. In 1962, he made three appearances for the Yugoslavia national football team.
Ivoš started his football career in neighbouring FK Loznica before moving to FK Mačva Šabac in 1951. He played for FK Sloboda Tuzl... |
809468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/B.%20J.%20Marsh | B. J. Marsh | B.J. Marsh (February 21, 1940 – December 24, 2020) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives from 2000 to 2008 and 1988 to 1992. He was a member of the Republican Party. Marsh was born in Dade County, Missouri.
Marsh died on December 24, 2020 in Springfield, M... |
809469 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenfield%2C%20Missouri | Greenfield, Missouri | Greenfield is a city in Dade County, Missouri, United States. 1,371 people lived here at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dade County.
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809471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pir%20Noor%20Muhammad%20Shah%20Jeelani | Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani | Pir Noor Muhammad Shah Jeelani (; 15 September 1951 – 24 December 2020) was a Pakistani politician. He was a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 until his death. He was also a member of the assembly from June 2013 to May 2018. Jeelani was a member of the Pakistan Peoples Party.
Jeelani died in... |
809473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irawaddy%20frog | Irawaddy frog | The Irawaddy frog ("Hylarana" margariana) is a frog from Myanmar.
Scientists are not sure which genus this frog should be in. That is why they write "Hylarana" in quotation marks instead of just Hylarana margariana.
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809478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benhur%20Salimbangon | Benhur Salimbangon | Benhur L. Salimbangon (June 3, 1945 – December 24, 2020) was a Filipino politician. He was a member of KAMPI and the One Cebu party. Salimbangon was a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2007 until 2019. He was born in Cebu City.
Salimbangon died on 24 December 2020 in Cebu City from cancer,... |
809480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mojmir%20Sepe | Mojmir Sepe | Mojmir Sepe (11 July 1930 – 24 December 2020) was a Slovenian composer, conductor, arranger and trumpeter. His career began in 1950. Sepe was born in Jazbina, Črna na Koroškem, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He composed two Eurovision songs: "Brez besed" (1966) and "Pridi, dala ti bom cvet" (1970).
Sepe died on 24 December 20... |
809482 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felis%20attica | Felis attica | Felis attica is a wild cat in the Felinae subfamily. It is extinct.
Scientists say Felis attica lived about nine million years ago. It was about the size of a bobcat and looked a little like a lynx. It may have been the ancestor of the African wildcat and of dimestic cats today.
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809484 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20N.%20Smith | Guy N. Smith | Guy Newman Smith (21 November 1939 – 24 December 2020) was an English writer. He wrote pulp fiction-style horror. He also wrote non-fiction, softcore pornography, and children's literature. Smith was born in Hopwas, Staffordshire. He wrote the novel versions of many Disney animated movies.
Smith died on December 24, 2... |
809485 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davie%20Sneddon | Davie Sneddon | David Sneddon MBE (24 April 1936 – 24 December 2020) was a Scottish football player and manager. He managed Kilmarnock to their 1979 Tennent Caledonian Cup victory. Sneddon played once for the Scotland national under-23 football team in 1958.
He was awarded an MBE in 2014.
Sneddon died on 24 December 2020 at the age... |
809487 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru%20Makihara | Minoru Makihara | Minoru Makihara (January 12, 1930December 13, 2020) was a British-born Japanese business executive. He was the chief executive of the Mitsubishi Corporation from 1992 to 1998 and chairman from 1998 to 2004. He was born in London.
Makihara died on December 13, 2020 in Tokyo from heart failure at the age of 90.
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809488 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Cremona | John Cremona | John Joseph Cremona (January 6, 1918 – December 24, 2020) was a Maltese politician and lawyer. He was the Attorney General of Malta during independence talks in 1964. He helped write the Constitution of Malta. He was the chief justice of Malta from 1971 to 1981.
Cremona died at the age of 102 on December 24, 2020.
Re... |
809489 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siv%20Widerberg | Siv Widerberg | Siv Widerberg (12 June 1931 – 24 December 2020) was a Swedish writer and journalist. She received doctor honoris causa from the University of Umeå. She was born in Bromma, Sweden. She was a member of the Swedish Academy for Children's Books.
Widerberg died on 24 December 2020 in Stockholm, aged 89.
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809490 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald%20Foster%20%28Latinist%29 | Reginald Foster (Latinist) | Reginald Thomas Foster (November 14, 1939 – December 25, 2020) was an American Catholic priest and friar of the Order of Discalced Carmelites. From 1970 until his retirement in 2009, he worked in the Latin Letters section of the Secretariat of State in the Vatican.
Foster died on December 25, 2020 at the age of 81.
... |
809492 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dab%20%28dance%29 | Dab (dance) | Dabbing, or the dab, is a simple dance move in which a person drops their head into their bent upwardly angled arm, while raising the opposite arm out straight in a parallel direction.
Since 2015, dabbing has been used as a playful manner, becoming a youthful fad and Internet meme.
The move looks like someone sneezi... |
809494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milka%20Babovi%C4%87 | Milka Babović | Milena "Milka" Babović (27 October 1928 – 26 December 2020) was a Croatian sprint and hurdles runner and journalist. Babović was born in Skopje and grew up in Sarajevo, but moved to Ruma and Belgrade. She came in fifth place at the 1954 European Championships.
She was a journalist for Narodni sport. She was a multipl... |
809495 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Binley | Brian Binley | Brian Arthur Roland Binley (1 April 1942 – December 2020) was a British Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton South from 2005 to 2015. Binley was born in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire.
Binley died in December 2020 at the age of 78.
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809496 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Blake | George Blake | George Blake ( Behar; 11 November 1922 – 26 December 2020) was a British spy. He worked as a double agent for the Soviet Union. He became a Communist and decided to work for the KGB while a prisoner during the Korean War.
His crimes as a double agent was discovered in 1961 and sentenced to 42 years in prison. He esca... |
809497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambridge%20Five | Cambridge Five | The Cambridge Spy Ring was a group of spies in the United Kingdom that passed information to the Soviet Union during and after World War II. It was active from the later 1930s until at least into the early 1950s.
None was ever prosecuted for spying. The number and membership of the ring became public slowly, since th... |
809498 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Blunt | Anthony Blunt | Anthony Frederick Blunt (26 September 1907 – 26 March 1983), styled Sir Anthony Blunt KCVO from 1956 to 1979, was a British art historian and spy. In 1964, he confessed to having been a spy for the Soviet Union and was part of the spy group the Cambridge Five.
Blunt was the "fourth man" of the Cambridge Five, a group ... |
809499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chic%20McLelland | Chic McLelland | Chic McLelland (24 March 1953 – 26 December 2020) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played for Aberdeen, Motherwell, Dundee and Montrose. His playing career lasted from 1973 to 1990. His managing career lasted from 1990 to 1991.
McLelland was born in Glasgow. He died on 26 December 2020 at the age of 63.
... |
809500 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tito%20Rojas | Tito Rojas | Julio César Rojas López (June 14, 1955 – December 26, 2020) known as Tito Rojas a.k.a. "El Gallo Salsero" was a Puerto Rican salsa singer. He was born in Humacao, Puerto Rico. His career began in 1972. He was known for his albums: Tres Mujeres (1987), Sensual (1990), Vida (2010), Independiente (2011) and El Viajero (20... |
809501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humacao%2C%20Puerto%20Rico | Humacao, Puerto Rico | Humacao () is a municipality in Puerto Rico.
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Municipalities of Puerto Rico |
809502 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomvuzo%20Shabalala | Nomvuzo Shabalala | Nomvuzo Francisca Shabalala (1960 – 26 December 2020) was a South African politician. She was a member of the African National Congress and the South African Communist Party. From 2011 to 2016 she was the deputy mayor of the eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality. In 2018, Shabalala was elected a member of the National As... |
809503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadambur%20R.%20Janarthanan | Kadambur R. Janarthanan | Kadambur R. Janarthanan (22 October 1929 – 26 December 2020) was an Indian politician and trade unionist. He was born in Tamil Nadu, India. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in 1984. He left the parliament in 1996 only to serve again from 1998 to 1999.
Janarthanan died on 26 December 2020 at the age of 91.
Refere... |
809505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leader%20of%20the%20Opposition%20%28Scotland%29 | Leader of the Opposition (Scotland) | The Leader of the Opposition is an informal term given to the leader of the largest party not in government in the Scottish Parliament. Since 11 August 2020, this has been Ruth Davidson of the Scottish Conservative Party.
List of Leaders of the Opposition in the Scottish Parliament
Alex Salmond (Scottish National P... |
809506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruma | Ruma | Ruma () is a town and municipality in the Srem District of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, Serbia. As of 2011, 30,076 people lived there.
References
Settlements in Serbia |
809507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/More%20Cowbell | More Cowbell | "More Cowbell" is a comedy sketch. It is a part of Saturday Night Live. It was first shown on television on April 8, 2000. The sketch is shown as a fake episode of Behind the Music. It is about the real band Blue Öyster Cult making a sound recording for the song "(Don't Fear) The Reaper". Will Ferrell is shown in the s... |
809528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastamouse | Rastamouse | Rastamouse is a British animated program on CBeebies.
The show was created in 2011.
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British television |
809531 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Parker%20%28Marvel%20Cinematic%20Universe%29 | Peter Parker (Marvel Cinematic Universe) | Peter Parker, known as Spider-Man, is a fictional character who appears in some movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe such as Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, Avengers: Endgame, Spider-Man: Far from Home, and Spider-Man: No Way Home. He is based on the Marvel Comics superher... |
809540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slovene%20Americans | Slovene Americans | Slovene Americans or Slovenian Americans are Americans of Slovene or Slovenian descent.
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Ethnic groups in the United States |
809544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian%20Americans | Latvian Americans | Latvian Americans are Americans who are of Latvian ancestry. According to the 2008 American Community Survey, there are 93,498 Americans of full or partial Latvian descent.
Ethnic groups in the United States |
809551 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn | Turn | Turn or Turn: Washington's Spies is an American television show. It is set during the American Revolutionary War. It is about the spies and the beginning of espionage. It was on television for four seasons. It started in 2014.
Development
Turn is based on the Culper Ring, real spies from the Revolutionary War. Th... |
809556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic%20Americans | Icelandic Americans | Icelandic Americans are Americans of Icelandic descent or Iceland-born people who reside in the United States. Icelandic immigrants came to the United States primarily in the period 1873–1905 and after World War II.
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Ethnic groups in the United States
Iceland |
809557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estonian%20Americans | Estonian Americans | Estonian Americans () are Americans who are of Estonian ancestry, mainly descendants of people who left Estonia before and especially during World War II. According to the 2013 American Community Survey, there were over 27,000 Americans of full or partial Estonian descent, up from 26,762 in 1990.
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Ethnic gr... |
809558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faroese%20Americans | Faroese Americans | Faroese Americans are Americans of Faroese descent or Faroe Islands-born people who reside in the United States. The Faroe Islands are a group of eighteen islands between Iceland and Norway, and they are a part of the Kingdom of Denmark. There are approximately 50,000 Faroese people living in the Faroe Islands today. I... |
809559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monacan%20Americans | Monacan Americans | Monacan Americans are Americans born in or with ancestry from the principality of Monaco. It can also refer to people born in the United States residing in Monaco.
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Ethnic groups in the United States |
809560 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazakh%20Americans | Kazakh Americans | Kazakh Americans are Americans of full or partial Kazakh ancestry. Although in the 1960s the population of Kazakh origin in United States was estimated in 3,000 people, the Census 2000 puts the population size in less of 300 people. According to the American Community Survey in 2010-2012 there were more than 23,000 peo... |
809561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kashubian%20Americans | Kashubian Americans | Kashubian Americans are Americans of Kashubian descent. The two earliest Kashubian American settlements in the United States were located around Winona, Minnesota, and Portage County, Wisconsin, which are across the Mississippi River from each other.
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Ethnic groups in the United States |
809562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorbian%20Americans | Sorbian Americans | Sorbian Americans or Wendish Americans are Americans of Sorb/Wend descent. The largest community of Sorbs in the United States is in Texas, with a population of around 588 Sorbs/Wends.
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Ethnic groups in the United States |
809563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtensteiner%20Americans | Liechtensteiner Americans | Liechtensteiner Americans are Americans of Liechtensteiner descent.
History
The first Liechtensteiner emigrants of which have record emigrated in United States in the early 1830s. However, first great wave of Liechtensteiner emigrants arrived to the United States on April 7, 1851, settling in New Orleans; and in 1852... |
809566 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourgian%20Americans | Luxembourgian Americans | Luxembourgish Americans are Americans of Luxembourgish ancestry. According to the United States' 2000 Census, there were 45,139 Americans of full or partial Luxembourgish descent. In 1940 the number of Americans with Luxembourgish ancestry was around 100,000.
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Ethnic groups in the United States |
809568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cajuns | Cajuns | The Cajuns, also known as Acadians, are an ethnic group mainly living in the U.S. states of Louisiana and Texas, and in the Canadian maritimes providences consisting in part of the descendants of the original Acadian exiles-French-speakers from Acadia in what are now The Maritimes of Eastern Canada.
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Ethni... |
809569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uruguayan%20Americans | Uruguayan Americans | Uruguayan Americans (, or ) are Americans of Uruguayan ancestry or birth. The American Community Survey of 2006 estimated the Uruguayan American population to number 50,538, a figure that notably increased a decade later.
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Ethnic groups in the United States |
809570 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolivian%20Americans | Bolivian Americans | Bolivian Americans (, or ) are Americans of at least partial Bolivian descent.
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Ethnic groups in the United States |
809571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa%20Rican%20Americans | Costa Rican Americans | Costa Rican Americans () are Americans of at least partial Costa Rican descent.
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Ethnic groups in the United States |
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