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809930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prison%E2%80%93industrial%20complex | Prison–industrial complex | The prison–industrial complex is a term for the relationship between the government and businesses and how prisons are involved. Some sources say the government makes sure that many people are locked up in prison to provide cheap workers for businesses. It is similar to the term military–industrial complex.
It is an ... |
809944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/EcuRed | EcuRed | EcuRed is a Cuban online encyclopedia. Some people have called it the "Cuban Wikipedia". It was launched in 2010. As of now, it has over 200,000 articles.
About
EcuRed is short for Enciclopedia Cubana en la Red (Spanish for "Cuban encyclopedia on the Web"). The website is in Spanish.
EcuRed says that its goal "is the... |
809948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactionary | Reactionary | A reactionary or reactionist is a person or organization that is against social progress and wants society to return to the old way of doing things.
The word reactionary comes from the word "reaction," which describes movement in the opposite direction. In this case, reactionary beliefs and actions are opposed to the ... |
809950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Lambie-Nairn | Martin Lambie-Nairn | Martin John Lambie-Nairn (5 August 1945 – 25 December 2020) was an English designer and animator. He was the founder of Lambie-Nairn. He was known for creating the original Channel 4 logo. He was born in Croydon.
Lambie-Nairn died on 25 December 2020, aged 75.
Lambie-Nairn also animating the title sequence for Britis... |
809977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey%20hat | Grey hat | A grey hat is a hacker that sometimes can do illegal stuff, but does not exploit it or tell others how to do so.
Computing
Internet security |
809984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football%20League%20Third%20Division%20North | Football League Third Division North | The Third Division North was the 3rd division of the English football league system between 1921 to 1958. It ran along with the Third Division South, with clubs being either elected to the League or relegated from a higher division allocated to either league based on their geographical location. Some clubs in the Engli... |
809987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humoresque%20%28movie%29 | Humoresque (movie) | Humoresque is a 1946 American romantic drama movie directed by Jean Negulesco and is the second adaption of the 1919 short story of the same name by Fannie Hurst. It stars Joan Crawford, John Garfield, Oscar Levant, Joan Chandler, Peggy Knudsen, Paul Cavanagh and was distributed by Warner Bros.. It was nominated for an... |
809991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leg%20before%20wicket | Leg before wicket | Leg before wicket (LBW) is one way a batsman can get out in cricket. There must be an appeal to the umpire at the bowler's end, and he makes the decision.
LBW happens when the ball touches a batsman's body before it touches the bat or a hand/glove holding the bat, and the ball would otherwise have hit the wicket.
Le... |
809996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramod%20Sawant | Pramod Sawant | Pramod Pandurang Sawant (born 24 April 1973) is an Indian politician. He is the current Chief Minister of Goa.
Sawant represents the Sanquelim constituency in the Goa Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He is an Ayurveda Medical practitioner by profession.
He was serving as the speaker ... |
810002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Graetz | Jean Graetz | Jean Graetz (born Jean Ellis; December 24, 1929 – December 16, 2020) was an American civil rights activist. She and her clergyman husband Robert Graetz were well known white supporters of the Montgomery bus boycott in 1955. Graetz was born in East Springfield, Pennsylvania.
Graetz died of lung cancer in Montgomery, A... |
810004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield%20Township%2C%20Erie%20County%2C%20Pennsylvania | Springfield Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania | Springfield Township is a township in Erie County, Pennsylvania, United States. About 3,425 people lived here at the 2010 census.
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Townships in Pennsylvania |
810005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle%20Hanson | Lyle Hanson | Lyle L. Hanson (May 11, 1935 – December 23, 2020) was an American politician and educator. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Hanson was a member of the North Dakota House of Representatives, representing the 12th district from 1979 to 2013. Hanson was born in Sargent County, North Dakota.
Hanson died on Decembe... |
810006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forman%2C%20North%20Dakota | Forman, North Dakota | Forman is a city in Sargent County, North Dakota, United States. It is the county seat of Sargent County. About 504 people lived here at the 2010 census.
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Cities in North Dakota
County seats in North Dakota |
810009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoff%20Stephens | Geoff Stephens | Geoffrey Stephens (1 October 1934 – 24 December 2020) was an English songwriter and record producer. His single "Winchester Cathedral" won him the 1967 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary (R&R) Recording. He was born in London. Other best known singles were "Sorry Suzanne", "Daughter of Darkness" and "You Won't Find Ano... |
810011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s%20Irribarra | Tomás Irribarra | Tomás Edison Irribarra de la Torre (19 May 1935 – 25 December 2020) was a Chilean politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Radical Party of Chile. Irribarra was born in Quirihue, Chile. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1969 to 1973 and Mayor of Quirihue from 1992 to 1996 and again from 2008 to 2012.... |
810012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quirihue | Quirihue | Quirihue () is a Chilean city in Quirihue, Itata Province, Ñuble Region.
It is about 72 kilometers northwest of Chillán and 410 km southwest of Santiago.
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Cities in Chile |
810013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive%20bulbar%20palsy | Progressive bulbar palsy | Progressive bulbar palsy (PBP) is a medical condition. It is a type of motor neuron disease. PBP is a disease that attacks the nerves in the bulbar muscles. They make the cerebral cortex, spinal cord, brain stem, and pyramidal tracts weaker.
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Diseases
Nervous system |
810014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentino%20Dom%C3%ADnguez%20Ordo%C3%B1ez | Florentino Domínguez Ordoñez | Florentino Domínguez Ordoñez (16 October 1962 – 27 December 2020) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party. In 2014, he became a member of the Mexican Chamber of Deputies representing Tlaxcala. He was born in Chiautempan, Tlaxcala.
Domínguez Ordoñez died during the COVID-19 pa... |
810015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto%20Junguito | Roberto Junguito | Roberto Junguito Bonnet (1943 – 27 December 2020) was a Colombian politician. He was Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development from 1983 to 1984 and Minister of Finance and Public Credit from 1984 to 1985 and again from 2002 to 2003. He was born in Bogotá.
Junguito was the Ambassador to the European Union from 19... |
810019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Basnight | Marc Basnight | Marc Basnight (May 13, 1947 – December 28, 2020) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Basnight was born in Manteo, North Carolina. From 1985 to 2011, he was a member of the North Carolina Senate. From 1993 to 2011, he was President pro tempore of the state senate.
Basnig... |
810020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manteo%2C%20North%20Carolina | Manteo, North Carolina | Manteo () is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. It is in Roanoke Island. 1,434 people lived here at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Dare County.
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Towns in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina |
810021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oth%C3%B3n%20Cuevas%20C%C3%B3rdova | Othón Cuevas Córdova | Othón Cuevas Córdova (2 July 1965 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the Party of the Democratic Revolution. In 2006, he was elected to the Mexican Chamber of Deputies representing Oaxaca. He left congress in 2009. Cuevas Córdova was born in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Cuevas Córdova died on 28 Decem... |
810022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Hudson%20%28footballer%29 | George Hudson (footballer) | George Anthony Hudson (14 March 1937 – 28 December 2020) was an English professional footballer. He born in Manchester, England. He played as a centre forward in the Football League. His career lasted from 1958 to 1970.
Hudson played for the Blackburn Rovers, Accrington Stanley, Peterborough United, Coventry City, Nor... |
810023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cy%20McClairen | Cy McClairen | Jack Forsyth "Cy" McClairen (March 2, 1931 – December 28, 2020) was an American football player and coach. He played professionally as an end for the Pittsburgh Steelers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1955 to 1960. McClairen was born in Panama City, Florida.
McClairen died on December 28, 2020 in Dayton... |
810024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nolan%20Mettetal | Nolan Mettetal | Henry Nolan Mettetal (November 19, 1945 – December 28, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican party. Mettetal was member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 2012 to 2020. He also was a member of the Mississippi Senate from 1996 to 2012. Mettetal was born in Baton Rouge, Louisia... |
810025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mageina%20Tovah | Mageina Tovah | Mageina Tovah Begtrup (born July 26, 1979) is an American actress. She played Glynis Figliola in the TV series Joan of Arcadia (2003–2005) and Ursula Ditkovich in the final two movies of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man trilogy (2004–2007).
Tovah was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. She grew up in Tennessee. She is Jewish.
Other webs... |
810030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/COVID-19%20pandemic%20in%20Antarctica | COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica | </noinclude>
<noinclude>The COVID-19 pandemic in Antarctica is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 ().
Antarctica was the last continent to have confirmed cases of COVID-19 and was one of the last regions of the world affected by the ... |
810031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaan%20R%C3%A4%C3%A4ts | Jaan Rääts | Jaan Rääts (15 October 1932 – 25 December 2020) was an Estonian composer. He worked on movie scores in the 1960s and 1970s. He became a member of the Estonian Composer's Union in 1957. He was born in Tartu, Estonia. He composed the movie scores for Ohtlikud mängud (1974) and Aeg elada, aeg armastada (1976).
Rääts die... |
810032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Schmidhuber | Peter Schmidhuber | Peter Schmidhuber (15 December 1931 – 26 December 2020) was a German politician. He was a member of the CSU party. Schmidhuber was born in Munich. He was a member of the Munich city council from 1960 to 1966. From 1965 to 1969 and again from 1972 to 1978, he was a member of the Bundestag.
Schmidhuber also held many po... |
810033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vic%20Stelly | Vic Stelly | Victor Theodore Stelly (January 11, 1941 – December 26, 2020) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the Republican Party. Stelly was born in Carencro, Louisiana. From From 1988 to 2004, he was a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives.
Stelly died on December 26, 2020 in Lake Charles,... |
810034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carencro%2C%20Louisiana | Carencro, Louisiana | Carencro (; historically ) is a small city in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, United States. It is a suburb of Lafayette. 7,526 lived here at the 2010 census.
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Cities in Louisiana
Acadiana |
810035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora%20Arnezeder | Nora Arnezeder | Nora Arnezeder (born 8 May 1989) is a French actress and singer. She played the lead role in the 2013 drama Angélique.
In 2012, Arnezeder appeared in the movie Safe House. In the same year she appeared in role of Celia in The Words.
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1989 births
Living people
French movie actors
French television actors
Ac... |
810037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Act%20%28TV%20series%29 | The Act (TV series) | The Act is an American true crime drama television series that was made by Hulu. The series had eight parts, the first episode was released on March 20, 2019. The final episode came out on May 1, 2019.
The show is about the real life story of Gypsy Blanchard and the murder of her mother, Dee Dee Blanchard. Dee Dee abu... |
810038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calum%20Worthy | Calum Worthy | Calum Worthy (born January 28, 1991) is a Canadian actor, writer, and producer. He played Dez on the Disney Channel series Austin & Ally, Alex Trimboli in the Netflix series American Vandal, Nicholas Godejohn in the Hulu series The Act, and himself in The Coppertop Flop Show.
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1991 births
Living people
Cana... |
810042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haugesund | Haugesund | Haugesund is a town within the Municipality of Haugesund, and is the capital of the municipality. It is within the Rogaland county in the country of Norway. It had a population of roughly 32,000 (42,000 including all of the suburbs) as of January 2020. The "birthplace of Norway", as it is called, Avaldsnes, is approxim... |
810049 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Monmouth | Battle of Monmouth | The Battle of Monmouth or Battle of Monmouth Courthouse was a battle of the American Revolutionary War. It was fought on June 28, 1778 in Monmouth, New Jersey. The British army retreated, but neither side won. Monmouth was the longest battle between the main Continental Army and the main British Army.
Battle
Four da... |
810055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anubias | Anubias | Anubias is a genus of tropical plants in the family Araceae. Members of this genus are popular as aquarium plants. Because of the often shady places where the plants grow, the genus was named after the Egyptian god Anubis, the god of the afterlife. The genus was first described in 1857 by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, with ... |
810064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Craven%20Walker | Edward Craven Walker | Edward Craven Walker (4 July 1918 – 15 August 2000) was a British inventor, who invented the lava lamp. He is also known for being a naturist.
Work on the lava lamp
Walker got the idea of a lava lamp from seeing what is now called a "blob light", a mix of oil and water heated by a lightbulb at the bottom. He thought ... |
810092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Enrique%20Mercado | Luis Enrique Mercado | Luis Enrique Mercado Sánchez (19 January 1952 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican journalist and politician. He was a member of the National Action Party. From 2009 to 2012 he was Deputy of the Mexican Congress representing Zacatecas.
He began his career as a journalist for El Universal and founded El Economista in 1988... |
810094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser%20engine | Browser engine | For computers, a browser engine (also called a layout or rendering engine) is a main part of a web browser that is responsible for showing a web page. It is separate from other parts, such as a JavaScript engine.
Function
In order to render, or make visible, a web page, it takes a Hyper Text Markup Language document ... |
810101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20tagging | Electronic tagging | There are special electronic devices, that can be permanently attached to a person. These devices are called electronic tags. Using wireless or mobile phone networks, it is then possible to monitor where the person is, all the time. The device can also have extra functions, such as measuring certain parameters.
There ... |
810127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parviz%20Parastui | Parviz Parastui | Parviz Parastui (also spelt Parastooee or Parastouei, , born 24 June 1955) is an Iranian actor.
Related pages
List of Iranian actors
Other websites
His Profile on IranActor.com
TIFF.net | Toronto International Film Festival – Today
FilmNetNews.com | Latest news about Parviz Parastooi
Iranian actors |
810131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midway%2C%20LaSalle%20Parish%2C%20Louisiana | Midway, LaSalle Parish, Louisiana | Midway is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Census-designated places in Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana |
810132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trout%2C%20Louisiana | Trout, Louisiana | Trout is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in La Salle Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Census-designated places in Louisiana
Unincorporated communities in Louisiana |
810133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baskin%2C%20Louisiana | Baskin, Louisiana | Baskin is a village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Villages in Louisiana |
810134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%2C%20Louisiana | Gilbert, Louisiana | Gilbert is a village in Franklin Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Villages in Louisiana |
810138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra%20frog | Sumatra frog | The Sumatra frog ("Hylarana" persimilis) is a frog from Indonesia.
References
Animals of Asia
Frogs |
810152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agni%20Sakshi%20%282017%20TV%20series%29 | Agni Sakshi (2017 TV series) | Agni Sakshi (2017 TV Series) was an Indian Telugu Language Soap Opera aired on Star Maa.
It Stars Arjun Ambati and Aishwarya Pisse in lead roles.
2017 Indian television series debuts |
810159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kasthuri | Kasthuri | Kasthuri is an Indian Telugu language soap opera airing on Star Maa.
The plot revolves around the life of a female doctor. She is happily serving the needy and another doctor falls in love with her. The story is about the romantic life of the couple after marriage and the challenges they face in life together.
It st... |
810165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saracen | Saracen | Saracens () were Arab Muslims during the Middle Ages.
In the early centuries of the Common Era, Greek and Latin writings used the term to talk about the people who lived in desert areas in and near the Roman province of Arabia Petraea, and in Arabia Deserta.
The oldest known source mentioning Saracen dates to the 7... |
810166 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mole%20%28espionage%29 | Mole (espionage) | In espionage jargon a mole ("deep cover agent", or "sleeper") is a long-term spy.
The spy is recruited before having access to secret intelligence. Later, if he gets into the target organization, he or she becomes active.
However, it is popularly used to mean any long-term clandestine spy or informer in an organiza... |
810167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnulf%20of%20Carinthia | Arnulf of Carinthia | Arnulf of Carinthia ( 850 – December 8, 899) was the duke of Carinthia who removed his uncle, Emperor Charles the Fat from power. He was the disputed King of Italy from 894 and the disputed Holy Roman Emperor from February 22, 896 until his death at Regensburg, Bavaria.
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899 deaths
Kings and Quee... |
810170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambert%20of%20Italy | Lambert of Italy | Lambert (c. 880 – 15 October 898) was the King of Italy from 891, Holy Roman Emperor, co-ruling with his father from 892, and Duke of Spoleto and Camerino (as Lambert II) from his father's death in 894.
He was the son of Guy III of Spoleto and Ageltrude, born in San Rufino. He was the last ruler to issue a capitulary... |
810171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean%20on%20Me%20%28movie%29 | Lean on Me (movie) | Lean on Me is a 1989 American biographical drama movie written by Michael Schiffer, directed by John G. Avildsen and starring Morgan Freeman.
Lean on Me is based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey. The school is at risk of being taken over by the New Jersey state... |
810172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcus%20D%27Amico | Marcus D'Amico | Marcus D'Amico (4 December 1965 – 16 December 2020) was an German-born British actor. He was best known for his role as Michael "Mouse" Tolliver in the 1993 Tales of the City miniseries. He was born in Frankfurt, Germany.
D'Amico died on 16 December 2020 at the age of 55.
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1965 births
2020... |
810173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederik%20Batti%20Sorring | Frederik Batti Sorring | Frederik Batti Sorring, also known by FBS, (May 28, 1955 – December 21, 2020) was an Indonesian politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was the Regent of North Toraja Regency from 2011 until 2016. He was the first Vice Regent of Asmat Regency in Papua province from 2005 to 2010.
In December 2020, Batti... |
810176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Link | William Link | William Theodore Link (December 15, 1933 – December 27, 2020) was an American screenwriter and producer. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Link was known for creating the television programs Columbo, Murder, She Wrote and Mannix. He won two Primetime Emmy Award in 1970 and 1972.
Link died on December 27, 202... |
810177 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Csaba%20Ali | Csaba Ali | Csaba Ali (4 November 1946 – 27 December 2020) was a Hungarian swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He was born in Eger, Hungary.
Ali died on 27 December 2020 at the age of 74.
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2020 deaths
Hungarian sportspeople
Hungarian swimmers |
810179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Sueo%20Hamaguchi | Paul Sueo Hamaguchi | Paul Sueo Hamaguchi (1 August 1948 – 28 December 2020) was a Japanese Roman Catholic bishop. Hamaguchi was born in Oita, Japan. He became a priest in 1975. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oita, Japan, from 2011 until his death.
Hamaguchi died on 28 December 2020 at the age of 72.
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810180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatem%20Ali | Hatem Ali | Hatem Ali () (2 June 1962 – 29 December 2020) was a Syrian television and movie director and actor. His career began in 1988. He was born in Fiq, Syria. He was known for his television roles in Al-Taghreba al-Falastenya, Salah Al-deen, and Omar TV series.
Ali died on 29 December 2020 in Cairo from a heart attack at t... |
810181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josefina%20Ech%C3%A1nove | Josefina Echánove | Josefina Echánove (September 29, 1927 – December 29, 2020) was a Mexican actress, model and journalist. She was nominated for two Ariel Award nominations. Echánove was known for her movies roles on El hombre de los hongos (1976), Amityville 3-D (1983), Gringo Viejo (1989), Cabeza de Vaca (1991) and Perdita Durango (199... |
810182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20%C3%81ngel%20Guti%C3%A9rrez%20Machado | Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado | Miguel Ángel Gutiérrez Machado (26 March 1960 – 29 December 2020) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the National Action Party. From 2000 to 2003, he was Deputy of the Mexican Congress from Yucatán.
Gutiérrez Machado died at age 60 from COVID-19, during the pandemic in Mexico.
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1960 births
2020 d... |
810183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luke%20Letlow | Luke Letlow | Luke Joshua Letlow (December 6, 1979 – December 29, 2020) was an American politician. He was a member of the Republican Party. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives for in November 2020 but died before he could take office.
Before his election to Congress, Letlow served as chief of staff to re... |
810184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elaine%20McCoy | Elaine McCoy | Elaine McCoy, (March 7, 1946 — December 29, 2020) was a Canadian politician. She was born in Brandon, Manitoba. McCoy was a member of the Progressive Conservative Party. McCoy was a member of the Legislative Assembly from Alberta from 1986 to 1993. She was the Senator from Alberta from 2005 until her death.
McCoy di... |
810185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikhil%20Nandy | Nikhil Nandy | Nikhil Nandy (1932 – 29 December 2020) was an Indian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He played for the national team. He was born in Kolkata, India.
Nandy died on 29 December 2020 in Nagerbazar, India at the age of 88.
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1932 births
2020 deaths
Indian footballers... |
810186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrado%20Olmi | Corrado Olmi | Corrado Olmi (24 October 1926 – 29 December 2020) was an Italian actor and comedian. He was born in Jesi, Italy. His career lasted from 1956 to 2000. He played Bobino in Wake Up and Die, Don Ermino in Scandal in the Family and as the Mayor in Madly in Love.
Olmi died on 29 December 2020 in Rome from COVID-19 at the ag... |
810187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20S.%20Paletko | Daniel S. Paletko | Daniel S. Paletko (December 21, 1950December 29, 2020) was an American Democratic politician. He was born in Dearborn Heights, Michigan. From 2003 to 2004, he was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives. Paletko was Mayor of Dearborn Heights from 2004 until his death.
Paletko died on December 29, 2020 in Dea... |
810189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serafim%20Papakostas | Serafim Papakostas | Serafim Papakostas (21 January 1959 – 29 December 2020) was a Greek Orthodox prelate. He was bishop in the Metropolis of Kastoria from 1996 until his death.
Papakostas died of COVID-19 on 29 December 2020 at the age of 61.
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1959 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
Greek people |
810190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20animated%20television%20series%20by%20episode%20count | List of animated television series by episode count | This is a list of animated television programs by episode count with 100 episodes minimum.
Single series |
810193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20J.%20Rubenstein | Howard J. Rubenstein | Howard J. Rubenstein (February 3, 1932 – December 29, 2020) was an American lawyer and public relations expert. Rudolph Giuliani called him "the dean of damage control". He was known for working with many top New York City officials. His clients included the New York Yankees, News Corporation, Columbia University, the ... |
810194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi%20Snozzi | Luigi Snozzi | Luigi Snozzi (29 July 1932 – 29 December 2020) was a Swiss architect. He was born in Mendrisio, Ticino. From 1962 to 1971, Snozzi worked with architect Livio Vacchini.
From 1982 to 1984, he was a Visiting Professor and in 1985 he was appointed Professor of Architecture at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. Sno... |
810195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arne%20A.%20Jensen | Arne A. Jensen | Arne Agnar Jensen (15 November 1954 – 29 December 2020) was a Norwegian media and corporate executive. He was born in Bergen, Norway. From 1989 to 1993, he was the chief executive of BSB Bates Group. He then became chief executive of TV 2, and then chief executive of the airline Braathens from 1999 until 2001.
He then... |
810197 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Choruma | Richard Choruma | Richard Choruma (23 November 1978 – 29 December 2020) was a Zimbabwean football winger. His career lasted from 1999 to 2011. He made 54 appearances with Bloemfontein Celtic from 2002 to 2006. Choruma played for Highlanders from 1999 to 2002, 2003 to 2004 and 2007 to 2011. He made eight appearances for the national team... |
810199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pat%20Gillick | Pat Gillick | Lawrence Patrick David Gillick (born August 22, 1937) is an American professional baseball executive. He was the general manager of four MLB teams: the Toronto Blue Jays (1978–1994), Baltimore Orioles (1996–1998), Seattle Mariners (2000–2003), and Philadelphia Phillies (2006–2008). He was born in Chico, California.
In... |
810200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridget%20Regan | Bridget Regan | Bridget Catherine Regan (born February 3, 1982) is an American actress. She played Kahlan Amnell in the television series Legend of the Seeker, Rebecca Lowe/Rachel Turner in White Collar, Rose Solano in Jane the Virgin and Dottie Underwood in Agent Carter.
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1982 births
Living people
American movie actors
Am... |
810201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glynn%20Turman | Glynn Turman | Glynn Russell Turman (born January 31, 1947) is an American actor. He played Toledo in the 2020 Netflix movie Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.
Turman played Lew Miles on the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place, Leroy "Preach" Jackson in Cooley High, Bradford Taylor on the NBC sitcom A Different World and Mayor Clarence Royce ... |
810202 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20White%20%28manager%29 | Ted White (manager) | Theodore Richard White (born March 25, 1931), known professionally as Ted White, is an American businessman, songwriter, and producer. White was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was the manager and first husband of soul singer Aretha Franklin. White wrote or co-wrote many songs with Franklin such as "Think".
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810203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Fiedler | John Fiedler | John Donald Fiedler (February 3, 1925 – June 25, 2005) was an American actor. He played Juror #2 in 12 Angry Men (1957) and was the voice of Piglet in Disney's Winnie the Pooh movies.
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2005 deaths
Actors from Wisconsin
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American television actors
American stage actors
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810204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leslie%20Jordan | Leslie Jordan | Leslie Allen Jordan (born April 29, 1955) is an American actor and writer. He played Lonnie Garr in Hearts Afire and Beverly Leslie in Will & Grace. In 2006, he won an Emmy Award.
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Living people
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American television actors
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Amer... |
810205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazar%20Matveev | Lazar Matveev | Lazar Lazarevich Matveev (Russian: Ла́зарь Лазаре́вич Матве́ев; born 17 April 1927) is a Russian intelligence leader and former Soviet intelligence leader. He was a senior KGB liaison officer during 1982 to 1989. He was the boss of Vladimir Putin when Putin worked for the KGB. Matveev was born in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Sovi... |
810206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grosse%20Pointe%20Woods%2C%20Michigan | Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan | Grosse Pointe Woods is a suburban city in Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. 16,135 people lived there at the 2010 census. It about northeast of downtown Detroit.
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810207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%20Rainey%27s%20Black%20Bottom%20%28movie%29 | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (movie) | Ma Rainey's Black Bottom is a 2020 American drama movie directed by George C. Wolfe and written by Ruben Santiago-Hudson. It is based on the play of the same name by August Wilson.
The movie was produced by Denzel Washington, Todd Black, and Dany Wolf. It stars Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, with Glynn Turman, Col... |
810209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20C.%20Wolfe | George C. Wolfe | George Costello Wolfe (born September 23, 1954) is an American playwright and movie-theatre director. He won a Tony Award in 1993 for directing Angels in America: Millennium Approaches and another Tony Award in 1996 for his direction of the musical Bring in 'da Noise/Bring in 'da Funk.
He was Artistic Director of The ... |
810210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Hormel | James Hormel | James Catherwood Hormel (January 1, 1933 – August 13, 2021) was an American philanthropist, LGBT activist, and Democratic politician. He was the United States Ambassador to Luxembourg from 1999 to 2001 during the Bill Clinton presidency. Hormel was born in Austin, Minnesota. He was the first openly gay ambassador ever ... |
810212 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Smiley | George Smiley | George Smiley OBE is a fictional character created by John le Carré. Smiley is an intelligence officer with "The Circus". This is the Secret Intelligence Service (SIS), commonly known as MI6.
He is a central character in the novels Call for the Dead, A Murder of Quality, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Scho... |
810220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence%20officer | Intelligence officer | An intelligence officer is a person employed to collect and or analyze information (known as "intelligence") which is of use to the organization.
The word officer is a working title, not a rank. It is used in the same way a "police officer" can be a sergeant, or in the military, where non-commissioned staff may serve... |
810221 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelica%20Schuyler%20Church | Angelica Schuyler Church | Angelica Schuyler Church was an American woman from New York. She knew Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, the Marquis de Lafayette and Thomas Jefferson.
Early life and family
Angelica was born in 1756. She grew up in Albany, New York. Her parents were Philip Schuyler and Catharine Van Rensselaer Schuyler. Phil... |
810226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Montserrat | Flag of Montserrat | The flag of Montserrat was first used after the West Indies Federation was taken apart in 1958.
Design
The flag is made of a British blue ensign with the coat of arms of Montserrat. They include Erin holding a harp which stands for Montserrat's history of Irish settlers and holding a cross to mean the island's Christi... |
810238 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/All%20This%20and%20Rabbit%20Stew | All This and Rabbit Stew | All This and Rabbit Stew is a cartoon with Bugs Bunny. It was first made for viewing on September 13, 1941. Tex Avery is the director of the cartoon. It is about an African American hunter trying to hunt Bugs Bunny.
The cartoon is a part of the Censored Eleven. The Censored Eleven is a group of cartoons that can not b... |
810244 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nectanebo%20II | Nectanebo II | Nectanebo II ruled in 360–342 BC. He was the third and last pharaoh of the Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt, and the last native ruler of ancient Egypt.
Under Nectanebo II, Egypt prospered. During his reign, the Egyptian artists developed a style on the reliefs of the Ptolemaic Kingdom. Nectanebo II started the enormous Egy... |
810260 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%20of%20Jo%20Cox | Murder of Jo Cox | British Member of Parliament for Batley and Spen Jo Cox was killed after being shot and stabbed many times on 16 June 2016. Thomas Alexander Mair, a 53-year-old gardener, was found guilty of the murder in September. He held far-right views and attacked her because she supported the European Union and immigration. He wa... |
810265 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calcutta%20%281947%20movie%29 | Calcutta (1947 movie) | Calcutta is a 1947 American crime thriller movie directed by John Farrow and starring Alan Ladd, Gail Russell, William Bendix, June Duprez, Lowell Gilmore, Benson Fong, Edith King. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
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1940s crime movies
1940s thriller movies
American crime thrill... |
810266 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%3A%20Ten%20Days%20That%20Shook%20the%20World | October: Ten Days That Shook the World | October: Ten Days That Shook the World (; translit. Oktyabr': Desyat' dney kotorye potryasli mir) is a 1928 Russian drama movie directed by Sergei Eisenstein and Grigori Aleksandrov and was based on the 1919 novel of the same name by John Reed. It stars Nikolai Popov, Vasili Nikandrov, Boris Livanov, Eduard Tisse and w... |
810269 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jolly%20Fellows | Jolly Fellows | Jolly Fellows (), also translated as Happy-Go-Lucky Guys, Moscow Laughs and Jazz Comedy, is a 1934 Russian musical comedy movie directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and starring Lyubov Orlova, Leonid Utyosov, Valentin Parnakh. It was distributed by Mosfilm.
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1930s musical movies
1930s comedy movi... |
810270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encounter%20at%20the%20Elbe | Encounter at the Elbe | Encounter at the Elbe (in ) is a 1949 Russian World War II movie directed by Grigori Aleksandrov and Aleksey Utkin. It stars Vladlen Davydov, Konstantin Nassonov, Boris Andreyev, Lyubov Orlova, Ivan Lyubeznov, Faina Ranevskaya, Andrei Fajt and was distributed by Mosfilm.
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1940s war movies
Ru... |
810274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%20Cars%2C%20One%20Night | Two Cars, One Night | Two Cars, One Night is a 2004 New Zealand short drama movie directed by Taika Waititi and starring Rangi Ngamoki and Hutini Waikato. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 2005.
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2004 drama movies
Short movies
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810286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Mexico%20Legislature | New Mexico Legislature | The New Mexico Legislature () is the legislative branch of the state government of New Mexico. It is made up of two parts: New Mexico House of Representatives (lower house) and New Mexico Senate (upper house). Both are currently controlled by the Democratic Party.
Party summary
State Senate
House of Representatives
... |
810293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Passion%20of%20Joan%20of%20Arc | The Passion of Joan of Arc | The Passion of Joan of Arc () is a 1928 French drama movie directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer and starring Renée Jeanne Falconetti, Eugène Silvain, André Berley, Maurice Schutz, Antonin Artaud.
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1920s historical movies
1920s drama movies
French drama movies
Silent movies
Movies directed b... |
810308 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter%20Parade | Easter Parade | Easter Parade is a 1948 American musical movie directed by Charles Walters and starring Judy Garland, Fred Astaire, Peter Lawford, Ann Miller, Clinton Sundberg. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and won an Academy Award in 1949.
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1948 movies
1940s family movies
1940s musical movies
America... |
810313 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Legislature | Texas Legislature | The Texas Legislature is the state legislature of Texas. It is made up of two parts: the Texas House of Representatives (lower house) and the Texas Senate (upper house). The House has 150 members and the Senate has 31 members. The legislature meets at the Texas State Capitol in Austin, Texas.
Both houses are currently... |
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