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818067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Pirate | The Pirate | The Pirate is a 1948 American musical movie directed by Vincente Minnelli and was based on the 1942 play of the same name by S. N. Behrman. It stars Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Walter Slezak, Gladys Cooper, Reginald Owen, George Zucco, Lester Allen, Lola Albright and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was nominat... |
818073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Emperor%20Waltz | The Emperor Waltz | The Emperor Waltz is a 1948 American musical movie directed by Billy Wilder and starring Bing Crosby, Joan Fontaine, Roland Culver, Lucile Watson, Richard Haydn, Sig Ruman. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 1949.
Other websites
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1940s musical movies
Am... |
818077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial%20rapist | Serial rapist | A serial rapist is a person that commits several rapes. Some people rape different people, others rape the same person over and over again.
Rapists |
818079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe%20Theory | Horseshoe Theory | Horseshoe Theory is an idea in political science. It says the Far-right is more similar to the Far-left than to the center-right and the Far-left is more similar to the Far-right than it is to the centre-left. Horseshoe Theory is often used as argument for the centrism.
The name Horseshoe Theory comes from the idea th... |
818083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haane%20Manahi | Haane Manahi | Haane Te Rauawa Manahi, DCM (28 September 1913 – 29 March 1986) was a Māori soldier from New Zealand. He fought in the Second World War. People wanted him to have the Victoria Cross (VC) for his work in the Tunisia campaign. He got the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM), which is lower than the VC. This made other solid... |
818098 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian%20Canadians | Austrian Canadians | Austrian Canadians (, ) are Canadian citizens who are of Austrian ancestry or Austrian-born people who reside in Canada. According to the 2016 Census there were 207,050 Canadians who claimed either full or partial Austrian ancestry.
Austrian Canadian communities can be found throughout the country but with a higher n... |
818103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Myanmar%20coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat | 2021 Myanmar coup d'état | On 1 February 2021, there was a coup d'état in Myanmar. Important leaders including State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi and President Win Myint were detained as the military (Tatmadaw) took control of the government.
History
Myanmar (also known as Burma) has been under military rule before. General Ne Win led a coup in... |
818117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sea%20Hawk%20%281940%20movie%29 | The Sea Hawk (1940 movie) | The Sea Hawk is a 1940 American adventure movie directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Flora Robson, Henry Daniell, Una O'Connor, Montagu Love, Julien Mitchell, William Lundigan, Ellis Irving, Francis McDonald, Ian Keith, Alec Craig. It was distributed by Warne... |
818119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Foundation%20Day | National Foundation Day | National Foundation Day (建国記念の日, Kenkoku Kinen no Hi) is a national holiday in Japan celebrated annually on 11 February. It celebrates the legendary foundation of Japan, and the accession of its first emperor, Emperor Jimmu, at Kashihara gū.
History
According to Shinto tradition, Emperor Jimmu ascended the throne in 6... |
818120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arise%2C%20My%20Love | Arise, My Love | Arise, My Love is a 1940 American romantic comedy movie directed by Mitchell Leisen and was based on the true story of Harold Edward Dahl. It stars Claudette Colbert, Ray Millard, Dennis O'Keefe, Walter Abel, Dick Purcell, George Zucco, Frank Puglia, Esther Dale, Aubrey Mather, Cliff Nazarro and was distributed by Para... |
818121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterloo%20Bridge%20%281940%20movie%29 | Waterloo Bridge (1940 movie) | Waterloo Bridge is a 1940 American drama movie directed by Mervyn LeRoy and is the second adaption of the 1930 play of the same name by Robert E. Sherwood. It stars Vivien Leigh, Robert Taylor, Virginia Field, C. Aubrey Smith, Janet Waldo, Steffi Duna, Lucile Watson and was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was no... |
818123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%20Aviator | Lincoln Aviator | The Lincoln Aviator is a luxury three-row middle-sized sport utility vehicle. It was first manufactured from 2003 to 2005. The Aviator is based on the Ford Explorer.
For the 2020 model year, the Aviator is a five-door crossover SUV.
The 2020 and beyond Aviator is made in Chicago, Illinois.
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818124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%20MKX | Lincoln MKX | The Lincoln MKX, also called Lincoln Nautilus, is a middle-sized sport utility vehicle. It is sold and marketed under the Lincoln division of the Ford Motor Company. The MKX is a five-door crossover.
The first generation MKX was produced from 2007–2015. The second generation is in production.
Lincoln is phasing out i... |
818125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hit%20Parade%20of%201941 | Hit Parade of 1941 | Hit Parade of 1941 is a 1940 American musical comedy movie directed by John H. Auer and starring Kenny Baker, Frances Langford, Hugh Herbert, Ann Miller, Patsy Kelly, Mary Boland. It was distributed by Republic Pictures and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 1941.
Other websites
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1940s musical movies
... |
818131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myint%20Swe | Myint Swe | Myint Swe (; ; born 24 June 1951) is a Burmese politician. He is the Acting President of Myanmar (Burma). He is also the 3rd First Vice President of Myanmar. He was Acting President of Myanmar after the resignation of President Htin Kyaw on 21 March 2018.
Swe was declared acting president after the coup d'état on 1 ... |
818132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min%20Aung%20Hlaing | Min Aung Hlaing | Min Aung Hlaing (; born 3 July 1956) is a Burmese army general. He is the 13th Prime Minister of Myanmar since 2021. He is also the Chairman of the State Administration Council since 2 February 2021. He has been accused of corruption many times during his military career.
In February 2021, he removed the elected gover... |
818134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitutional%20Tribunal%20%28Poland%29 | Constitutional Tribunal (Poland) | The Constitutional Tribunal () is the constitutional court of the Republic of Poland. It is a judicial body create to solve issues on the constitution of the country. It was created on 26 March 1982 and judges took office on 1 January 1986.
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818135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinhood%20%28company%29 | Robinhood (company) | Robinhood Markets, Inc. is an American financial services company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Robinhood is a FINRA-regulated broker-dealer. It is a member of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
As of 2020, Robinhood had 13 million users.
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2013 est... |
818136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Secretary%20of%20the%20Communist%20Party%20of%20Vietnam | General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam | The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam (), known as First Secretary () from 1951 to 1976, is the highest office within the Communist Party of Vietnam.
Officeholders
Notes
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818137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firhad%20Hakim | Firhad Hakim | Firhad Hakim (Bengali: ফিরহাদ হাকিম) (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian politician. He is serving as Cabinet Minister of Urban Development and Municipal Affairs, Government of West Bengal. He is also the Mayor of Kolkata.
He is a member of the All India Trinamool Congress party. Hakim was elected to the West Bengal Le... |
818138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/N%C3%B4ng%20%C4%90%E1%BB%A9c%20M%E1%BA%A1nh | Nông Đức Mạnh | Nông Đức Mạnh (; born 11 September 1940) is a Vietnamese politician. He was General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 22 April 2001 to 19 January 2011.
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General Secretaries of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam |
818152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie%20Palamides | Natalie Palamides | Natalie Palamides (born January 6, 1990) is a voice actress, writer to the works from The Powerpuff Girls in season 8.
Notable works voicing of these shows include, Nutri Ventures, The Powerpuff Girls, The Owl House, Star Vs. The Forces of Evil, the upcoming Dexter and Dee Dee, etc.
they voicing Buttercup since 2015,... |
818168 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermit | Hermit | A hermit is a person who lives on his own, away from society.
He lives in seclusion. Hermits occur in the history of several religions.
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818173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Sedd | Ken Sedd | Kenneth Alan Seddington (26 October 1946 – 9 January 2021), better known as Ken Sedd, was an English character actor. He was best known for his comedic roles in the sketches on The Benny Hill Show from 1969 to 1984. Sedd was also a professional stuntman for Benny Hill.
Sedd died in Camberley, Surrey on 9 January 2021 ... |
818174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Dawes | Anthony Dawes | Anthony Cecil John Dawes (10 February 1928 – 21 January 2021) was an English character actor. Dawes was born in Felixstowe, Suffolk. His roles on television included The Avengers, Fawlty Towers, Z-Cars and The Kenny Everett Television Show.
Dawes died in London on 21 January 2021 at the age of 92.
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818177 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raimo%20Suikkanen | Raimo Suikkanen | Raimo Suikkanen (20 December 1942 – 22 January 2021) was a Finnish racing cyclist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was born in Iitti, Finland.
Suikkanen died on 22 January 2021, aged 78.
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2021 deaths
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818178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temur%20Tsiklauri | Temur Tsiklauri | Temur Tsiklauri (January 22, 1946, Kojori, Georgian SSR, USSR - February 1, 2021, Gori) - Georgian pop singer and actor, member of the ensemble Iveria. Honored Artist of the Georgian SSR in 1980, People's Artist of Georgia in 1990 and Honorary Citizen of Tbilisi in 2010.
Other websites
Biographical Dictionary of Geor... |
818179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus%20Blackman | Sylvanus Blackman | Sylvanus Timotheus Blackman (1 July 1933 – 23 January 2021) was a English male weightlifter. He was born in Bridgetown, Barbados. He competed at three Olympic Games in 1960, 1964 and 1968.
Blackman died on 23 January 2021, aged 87.
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2021 deaths
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English sportspeople
Barbadian spor... |
818181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael%20Heredia | Rafael Heredia | Rafael Heredia Estrella (19 February 1937 – 28 January 2021) was a Mexican basketball player. He competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Mexico City.
Heredia died on 28 January 2021 in Mexico City, aged 83.
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2021 deaths
Olympians
Basketball players
S... |
818182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puya%20Mei%20Thaba | Puya Mei Thaba | Puya Mei Thaba () (literally, the burning of puya) was a historical event of the burning of the sacred scriptures (puyas) of Sanamahism, the ancient Meitei faith under the tyrannical orders of Emperor Pamheiba on the 23rd day of the Manipuri lunar month of Wakching in 1729 AD in front of the Uttra Sanglen inside the Ka... |
818183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reinaldo%20Paniagua%20Diez | Reinaldo Paniagua Diez | Reinaldo Paniagua-Diez (20 July 1934 – 29 January 2021) was a Puerto Rican politician and lawyer. He was the seventh Puerto Rico Secretary of State from 1977 to 1979. From 1985 to 1989, he was a member of the Senate. Paniagua Diez was a member of the New Progressive Party. He was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico.
Paniagu... |
818184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan%20Burns | Allan Burns | Allan Burns (May 18, 1935January 30, 2021) was an American screenwriter and television producer. He was best known for creating and writing for the television sitcom The Munsters, The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda. He won three Primetime Emmy Awards in 1968, 1971 and 1977 for comedic writing.
Burns died on January... |
818186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael%20Gallardo%20Garc%C3%ADa | Rafael Gallardo García | Rafael Gallardo García (28 October 1927 – 30 January 2021) was a Mexican Roman Catholic bishop. Gallardo García was born in Yuriria, Mexico. He became a priest in 1950. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Linares, Mexico, from 1974 to 1987. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tampico, Mexico, from... |
818188 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Wilmore | Marc Wilmore | Marc Edward Wilmore (May 4, 1963 – January 30, 2021) was an American television writer, producer, actor, and comedian. He was a writer and performer for shows such as In Living Color, The PJs, The Simpsons, and F Is for Family. He was a 10-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee.
Wilmore died at the age of 57 on January 30,... |
818189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Wilmore | Larry Wilmore | Elister Larry Wilmore (born October 30, 1961) is an American comedian, writer, producer, and actor. Wilmore was the "Senior Black Correspondent" on The Daily Show from 2006 to 2014, and hosted The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore in 2015 and 2016. He is also the creator of the sitcom The Bernie Mac Show.
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818190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauren%20Southern | Lauren Southern | Lauren Cherie Southern (born 16 June 1995) is a Canadian alt-right political activist, and YouTuber. She was born in Surrey, British Columbia. Southern is known for making political content on YouTube.
In 2015, Southern ran as a Libertarian Party candidate in the Canadian federal election.
She worked for The Rebel M... |
818191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Bravo | Douglas Bravo | Douglas Ignacio Bravo Mora (11 March 1932 – 31 January 2021) was a Venezuelan politician and guerrilla fighter. He was born in Falcón, Venezuela. He was involved with the Communist Party of Venezuela. He was a critic of Marcos Pérez Jiménez and played a role in planning the 1950 coup d'etat that removed the dictator fr... |
818193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval%20Kangleipak | Medieval Kangleipak | Medieval Kangleipak or Medieval Manipur refers to a long period of history of Manipur between the "ancient period" and the "modern period". It encompasses the 15th century AD to the 19th century AD.
Periods
Early medieval period
The start of the period is typically taken to be the slow collapse of the Ancient Meitei... |
818194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro%20G%C3%B3mez%20%28runner%29 | Alejandro Gómez (runner) | Alejandro Gómez Cabral (11 April 1967 – 31 January 2021) was a Spanish long-distance runner. He ran in marathons and cross-country running. He was born in Vigo, Pontevedra. He participated in the 1988, 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics.
Gómez was diagnosed with brain cancer in January 2020. He died a year later on 31 Janu... |
818195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justo%20Tejada | Justo Tejada | Justo Tejada Martínez (6 January 1933 – 31 January 2021) was a Spanish footballer. He played as a forward. He played for Spain eight times.
He was born in Barcelona, Catalonia. Tejada began playing football with the youth side of CE Europa. He played professionally with FC Barcelona. He won La Liga and the Copa del R... |
818196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham%20J.%20Twerski | Abraham J. Twerski | Abraham Joshua Twerski (; ) was an American Hasidic rabbi. He was a psychiatrist focusing in substance abuse. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Rabbi Twerski died in Jerusalem on January 31, 2021 of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, aged 90.
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2021 deaths
Deaths from the COVID-... |
818200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor%20Ziga | Victor Ziga | Victor "Vic" San Andres Ziga (September 30, 1945 – January 31, 2021) was a Filipino politician. He was senator in the 8th Congress from 1987 to 1992. He was an assemblyman for Albay from 1985 to 1986. He also served as Governor of Albay and cabinet minister in the Corazon Aquino administration. Ziga was born in Manila.... |
818201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon%20McVie | Gordon McVie | John Gordon McVie BSc (Hons), MBChB, M.D., FRCP, FRCPE, FRCPSGlas, FMedSci, DSc (13 January 1945 – 20 January 2021) was a British oncologist. He was one of the best known doctors on the treatment and research of cancer. He wrote over 350 peer-reviewed articles, editorials and books. He was a professor at King's College... |
818202 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Grant%20%28Scottish%20footballer%29 | John Grant (Scottish footballer) | John Grant (16 June 1931 – January 2021) was a Scottish professional footballer. He played for Hibernian, Raith Rovers and the Scotland national football team. His career lasted from 1949 to 1965. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Grant died in January 2021, aged 89.
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2021 deaths
Scottish foo... |
818204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul%20Hamid%20Mahmud | Abdul Hamid Mahmud | Abdul Hamid Mahmud (January 15, 1942 – January 31, 2021) was an Indonesian politician. He was Regent of Malang from 1985 to 1990 and 1990 to 1995. He also was Deputy Governor of East Java for Government and Welfare from 1995 to 2000.
Mahmud died on January 31, 2021 at a hospital in Malang from heart disease, aged 79.... |
818207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav%20Tu%C4%91man | Miroslav Tuđman | Miroslav Tuđman (25 May 1946 – 31 January 2021) was a Croatian scientist and politician. He was born in Belgrade, then-Yugoslavia. He was a member of the Croatian Democratic Union. From 2011 until his death, he was a member of the Croatian Parliament.
Tuđman died on 31 January 2021 in Zagreb, Croatia from COVID-19, ag... |
818208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryszard%20Szurkowski | Ryszard Szurkowski | Ryszard Jan Szurkowski (12 January 1946 – 1 February 2021) was a Polish road bicycle racer. Szurkowski was born in Świebodów, Poland. He won two Olympic silver medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals at the UCI Road World Championships in 1973 and 1975.
Szurkowski died on 1 February 2021 at... |
818210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinitic%20languages | Sinitic languages | The Sinitic languages, also called the "Chinese languages", are a branch of Sino-Tibetan languages spoken mainly in China. Some think there is a split between Sinitic languages and the rest of the family (Tibeto-Burman languages), but many researchers now do not agree with this. Because of this, the Sinitic languages a... |
818212 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simeon%20Nyachae | Simeon Nyachae | Simeon Nyachae (6 February 1932 – 1 February 2021) was a Kenyan politician and businessman. From 1998 to 1999, he was the Minister for Finance during the Daniel arap Moi presidency. He was born in Nairobi, Kenya.
Nyachae died on 1 February 2021 in Nairobi, aged 88.
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2021 deaths
Kenyan politicia... |
818213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sykkuno | Sykkuno | Thomas (born June 4, 1992), better known by his online name Sykkuno is an American internet personality, Twitch streamer and YouTuber. He is known for his streams on the platform Twitch. He is known for playing with Disguised Toast, Corpse Husband, Valkyrae, Jacksepticeye and Pokimane.
Sykkuno's Twitch channel gained ... |
818214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disguised%20Toast | Disguised Toast | Jeremy Wang (born 25 November 1991), better known by the alias Disguised Toast, is a Taiwanese-Canadian streamer, YouTuber and Internet personality. He began his career on YouTube, creating videos about the digital card game Hearthstone. He was born in Taipei, Taiwan.
Wang later began streaming on Twitch.
As of June ... |
818217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Gabriel%2C%20California | San Gabriel, California | San Gabriel is a city in Los Angeles County, California. At the 2010 census, 39,718 people lived here.
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Settlements in Los Angeles County, California |
818220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvirana%20roberti | Sylvirana roberti | Sylvirana roberti is a frog from southern Myanmar.
Scientists think this frog is related to Sylvirana nigrovittata and Sylvirana malayana.
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Frogs |
818221 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danish%20Canadians | Danish Canadians | Danish Canadians (Danish: Dansk-canadiere) are Canadian citizens of Danish ancestry. According to the 2006 Census, there were 200,035 Canadians with Danish background, 17,650 of whom were born in Denmark.
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818224 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Canadians | Scottish Canadians | Scottish Canadians are people of Scottish descent or heritage living in Canada. As the third-largest ethnic group in Canada and amongst the first Europeans to settle in the country, Scottish people have made a large impact on Canadian culture since colonial times.
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818244 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotch-Irish%20Canadians | Scotch-Irish Canadians | Scottish-Irish Canadians are those who are Ulster Scots or those who have Ulster Scots ancestry who live in or were born in Canada.
Ethnic groups in Canada |
818248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moldovan%20Canadians | Moldovan Canadians | Moldovan Canadians are Canadians of full or partial Moldovan. According to the 2011 Census, there were 8,050 Canadians who claimed Moldovan ancestry.
In 2010, the first Moldovan Orthodox church, with services in the Romanian language, has been established for the Moldovan community in Montreal, Quebec, which has over ... |
818254 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20off-season%20Atlantic%20hurricanes | List of off-season Atlantic hurricanes | Off season Atlantic Hurricanes are very rare storms, but they can still happen. These storms form between November 30 and May 31, outside of the Atlantic hurricane season.
Hurricanes |
818263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20Canadians | Russian Canadians | Russian Canadians comprise Canadian citizens of Russian heritage or Russians who moved to and live in Canada. According to the 2016 Census, there were 622,445 Canadians who claimed full or partial Russian ancestry.
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818272 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie%20Griffiths | Katie Griffiths | Katie Griffiths (born 6 April 1989) is an English actress, known for portraying the role of Chlo Grainger on the BBC school-based drama series Waterloo Road (2006–2009, 2022–present).
Other websites
1989 births
Living people
English child actors
English television actors
Actors from Yorkshire |
818278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belarusian%20Canadians | Belarusian Canadians | Belarusian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Belarusian descent or Belarusian-born individuals who reside in Canada: According to the 2016 Census there were 20,710 Canadians who claimed Belarusian ancestry.
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818288 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian%20Canadians | Romanian Canadians | Romanian Canadians are Canadian citizens of Romanian descent or Romania-born people who reside in Canada. According to the Canadian Census data of 2016, there are about 240,000 Romanian-Canadians. Some sources estimates that this number might be as high as 400,000 Canadians who are fully or partially of Romanian ances... |
818294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul-Karim%20al-Karmi | Abdul-Karim al-Karmi | Abdul-Karim al-Karmi (1909 - 11 October 1980), famously known as Abu Salma, He is a Palestinian poet and one of the Arab poets. He was born in Tulkarm city and died in Washington city. He was the recipient of several awards and he chairman of the Union of Palestinian Writers and Jouranlists Until his death.
Early life... |
818300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian%20Canadians | Hungarian Canadians | Hungarian Canadians () are persons in Canada of Hungarian ancestry. According to the 2016 Census, there are 348,085 Canadians of Hungarian ancestry.
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818307 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas%20Gricius | Jonas Gricius | Jonas Gricius (5 August 1928 – 1 February 2021) was a Lithuanian cinematographer. He was known for his work on many classic movies, beginning in the 1950s. His best known movie works were in Hamlet, The Girl and the Echo, and The Blue Bird.
Gricius died on 1 February 2021, at the age of 92.
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20... |
818309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Piarre | La Piarre | La Piarre is a commune in the Hautes-Alpes department.
Population
Transport
Road
The D27 road passes through the commune.
Location
The commune borders the Drôme department.
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818310 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Hindley | Peter Hindley | Peter Hindley (19 May 1944 – 1 February 2021) was an English former footballer. He played in the Football League for Nottingham Forest, Coventry City and Peterborough United. He represented England at under-23 level. His playing career lasted from 1962 until the 1980s. He was born in Worksop, England.
Hindley died on... |
818311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%90uro%20Savinovi%C4%87 | Ðuro Savinović | Ðuro Savinović (1 March 1950 – 1 February 2021) was a Croatian water polo player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia.
Savinović died on 1 February 2021 in Dubrovnik, aged 70.
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2021 deaths
Croatian sportspeople
Olympians
Water po... |
818312 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brittany%20Allen | Brittany Allen | Brittany Allen (born February 5, 1986) is a Canadian actress and composer. She played Marissa Chandler on All My Children from 2009 to 2010.
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Living people
Emmy Award winning actors
Canadian movie actors
Canadian television actors
Canadian composers
Canadian television producers
Actors from Toro... |
818314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Ackerman | Gary Ackerman | Gary Leonard Ackerman (born November 19, 1942) is a retired American politician. He was a member of the U.S. Representative from New York from 1983 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
References
Other websites
Ackerman at Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
1942 births
Living people
Uni... |
818318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viktor%20Koval | Viktor Koval | Viktor Stanislavovich Koval (29 September 1947 – 1 February 2021) was a Russian writer, artist and child actor. He was born in Moscow, Russia. His career began in 1955. His best known roles were as Sasha in the 1955 crime movie The Rumyantsev Case and as Ivanov in the 1957 drama movie An Unusual Summer.
Koval died on... |
818322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milvian%20bridge | Milvian bridge | The Milvian (or Mulvian) Bridge is a bridge over the Tiber in northern Rome, Italy. The bridge goes back ot antiquity. Today, the bridge is also notable for the Battle of the Milvian Bridge, which happened in the year 312.
Bridges
Buildings and structures in Rome
Transport in Italy |
818324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Christie | Tony Christie | Anthony Fitzgerald (born 25 April 1943), known professionally as Tony Christie, is an English musician, singer and actor. He is best known for his recording of "(Is This The Way To) Amarillo", a double UK chart success.
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1943 births
Living people
English pop musicians
English singer-songwriters
English pop ... |
818326 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank%20Marvin | Hank Marvin | Hank Brian Marvin (born Brian Robson Rankin, 28 October 1941) is an English multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and songwriter. He is best known as the lead guitarist for the Shadows and was the backing band for Cliff Richard. He was also in Marvin, Welch & Farrar.
Singles
References
Other websites
Hank Marvin Interv... |
818327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia%20Greene | Patricia Greene | Patricia Honor Greene (born 1931) is an English actress. She is best known as Jill Archer in the radio serial The Archers. She is the world's second longest serving actor in a soap opera.
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Archers Characters
1931 births
Living people
English movie actors
English television actors
English... |
818328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesley%20Saweard | Lesley Saweard | Lesley Saweard (born 1934) is a British actress. She has played Christine Barford in the long-running radio soap opera, The Archers, since 1953. She was born in Lincolnshire, England.
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1934 births
Living people
British movie actors
British television actors
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818329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Briggs%20%28actor%29 | Johnny Briggs (actor) | John Ernest Briggs (5 September 1935 – 28 February 2021) was an English actor. He was best known for his role as Mike Baldwin in the soap opera Coronation Street, in which he appeared from 1976 to 2006 and again in 2012.
Briggs was awarded the MBE in the 2006 New Year Honours.
Briggs died on 28 February 2021 at his ... |
818330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanda%20Barrie | Amanda Barrie | Amanda Barrie (born 14 September 1935) is an English actress. She appeared in two of the Carry On movies. She also starred as Alma Halliwell in ITV soap opera, Coronation Street, which she played on and off for 20 years. She also played Bev Tull in the ITV prison drama, Bad Girls.
Barrie is openly bisexual.
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818332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Hayes%20%28actor%29 | Bill Hayes (actor) | William Foster Hayes III (born June 5, 1925) is an American actor and singer. His song, “The Ballad of Davy Crockett“ hit the top of the Billboard charts in the spring of 1955. He also played Doug Williams on NBC's Days of Our Lives.
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818334 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanette%20Newman | Nanette Newman | Nanette Newman (born 29 May 1934) is an English actress and author. She appeared in nine movies directed by her husband Bryan Forbes. She starred in Séance on a Wet Afternoon (1964), The Whisperers (1967), Deadfall (1968), The Stepford Wives (1975) and International Velvet (1978).
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818340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samantha%20Smith | Samantha Smith | Samantha Reed Smith (June 29, 1972 – August 25, 1985) was an American schoolgirl, peace activist, and child actress. She became famous during the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union.
In 1982, Smith wrote a letter to Soviet Leader Yuri Andropov, and received a personal reply with a personal invitat... |
818342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Win%20Min%20Than | Win Min Than | Win Min Than (; born 30 November 1933) is a Burmese-Australian actress. She is best known for her role in the 1954 Hollywood movie The Purple Plain. Than was born in Bago, Burma. Her career lasted from 1954 to 1957.
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818346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morton%20Ira%20Greenberg | Morton Ira Greenberg | Morton Ira Greenberg (March 20, 1933 – January 28, 2021) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit from 1987 until his death. He became senior judge in 2000. He was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 11, 1987 to the court. Greenberg w... |
818347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Momoh | Tony Momoh | Prince Tony Momoh (27 April 1939 – 1 February 2021) was a Nigerian journalist and politician. He was Nigerian Minister of Information and Culture from 1986 to 1990 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida. Momoh was born in Auchi, Nigeria.
He died on 1 February 2021 in Lagos, Nigeria at the age of 81.
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818352 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Tarses | Jamie Tarses | Sara James Tarses (March 19, 1964 – February 1, 2021) was an American television producer and television studio executive. Tarses was the President of ABC Entertainment from 1996 to 1999. She was the first woman and one of the youngest people to hold such a post in an American broadcast network. She was born in Pittsbu... |
818353 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Boys | My Boys | My Boys is an American television sitcom. Its first episode came out on November 28, 2006, on TBS. The show is about a sports columnist in Chicago, Illinois, played by Jordana Spiro, and the men in her life, including her brother and her best friend. The show was canceled by TBS on September 14, 2010 after four seasons... |
818354 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fine-tuned%20universe | Fine-tuned universe | A universe that is fine-tuned is a universe that is designed well-enough to support life. Life as we know it would be impossible if certain things in physics were slightly different. Our universe is fine-tuned for life, and this is seen as not likely. This is because many things have to come together in a certain way. ... |
818369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine%20Inch%20Nails%20live%20performances | Nine Inch Nails live performances | The rock band Nine Inch Nails started doing tours when it was first made in 1988. Trent Reznor started the band and does most of the work for the band's studio. The band has played in many festivals. For example, they played at Woodstock '94, Lollapalooza in 1991 and 2008, and the MTV Video Music Awards. Before 2013, t... |
818383 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strike%20Up%20the%20Band%20%28movie%29 | Strike Up the Band (movie) | Strike Up the Band is a 1940 American musical movie directed by Busby Berkeley and starring Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Paul Whiteman and Orchestra, June Preisser, William Tracy, Margaret Early, Ann Shoemaker, Francis Pierlot, Virginia Brissac, George Lessey. It was distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and won an Academ... |
818390 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue%20Skies%20%28movie%29 | Blue Skies (movie) | Blue Skies is a 1946 American musical movie directed by Stuart Heisler and Mark Sandrich and starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Joan Caulfield, Billy De Wolfe, Olga San Juan, Mikhail Rasumny, Frank Faylen. It was distributed by Paramount Pictures and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 1947.
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818393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti | Shakti | Shakti (Devanagari: शक्ति, IAST: Śakti; lit. "Energy, ability, strength, effort, power, capability") is the primordial cosmic energy and represents the dynamic forces that are thought to move through the entire universe in Hinduism, and especially Shaktism, a major tradition of Hinduism. Shakti is the personification o... |
818395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%20Men | G Men | G Men is a 1935 American crime drama movie directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney, Margaret Lindsay, Ann Dvorak, Robert Armstrong, Barton MacLane, Lloyd Nolan, William Harrigan, Russell Hopton, Edward Pawley. It was distributed by Warner Bros. and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1936.
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818398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20T.%20Fay | Peter T. Fay | Peter Thorp Fay (January 18, 1929 – January 31, 2021) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit from 1981 until his death. He was nominated for the Court of Appeals by President Ronald Reagan. Fay was also the United States District Judge of the... |
818399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Brooks | Andrew Brooks | Andrew Ira Brooks (February 10, 1969January 23, 2021) was an American immunologist, academic, and businessman. He was an associate research professor at Rutgers University. He created the first FDA-approved rapid saliva test for COVID-19 diagnosis.
Brooks died on January 23, 2021 from a heart attack in New York City, ... |
818401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20de%20Boer | Hans de Boer | Hans Andries de Boer (born 30 May 1937) is a former Dutch politician. He was a member of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) and later the Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA) party. He was born in Velsen, Netherlands. De Boer was a member of the House of Representatives from 1972 to 1981 and again from 1982 to 1983. He wa... |
818403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kjersti%20D%C3%B8vigen | Kjersti Døvigen | Kjersti Døvigen (27 June 1943 – 1 February 2021) was a Norwegian actress. She was born in Oslo, Norway. She acted in Elskere (1963), Douglas (1970), The Last Fleksnes (1974), Lasse & Geir (1976), Bør Børson II (1976) and Life and Death (1980).
Døvigen died on 1 February 2021 in Oslo, aged 77.
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818406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Dubois%20%28field%20hockey%29 | Jean Dubois (field hockey) | Jean Marie Joseph François Dubois (4 October 1926 – 1 February 2021) was a Belgian field hockey player. He competed in four summer Olympics between 1948 and 1960.
Dubois died on 1 February 2021 at the age of 94.
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818407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricky%20Powell | Ricky Powell | Ricky Powell (November 20, 1961 – February 1, 2021) was an American photographer. He was known for his works with the Beastie Boys. His pictures were seen in The New York Times, the New York Post, the Daily News, The Village Voice, TIME, Newsweek, VIBE, The Source and Rolling Stone. He was born in New York City.
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818408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Goon%20Show | The Goon Show | The Goon Show was a British radio comedy programme, produced and broadcast by the BBC Home Service from 1951 to 1960. Occasional repeats were on the BBC Light Programme. The first series was broadcast from 28 May to 20 September 1951. It was titled Crazy People; later series had the title The Goon Show.
The show's chi... |
818411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamara%20Rylova | Tamara Rylova | Tamara Nikolayevna Rylova (; 1 October 1931 – 1 February 2021) was a Russian speed skater. He was born in Vologda, Soviet Union. He won a bronze medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Rylova died on 1 February 2021 in Moscow, aged 89.
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