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819927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobar | Isobar | In meteorology, an isobar is a line on a map that connects areas with the same atmospheric pressure. Wind is generally perpendicular to isobars. When looking at the difference in pressure, it is also possible to estimate wind direction and speed. The first person to use isobars was Alexander Buchan (1829-1907).
Meteor... |
819934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isobaric%20process | Isobaric process | In thermodynamics, an isobaric process is a process, where the pressure stays constant. To get an ideal gas to a different temperature, more heat is needed, because some heat will be used to expand the gas. This is different in an isochoric process, where the volume of the gas does not change.
Thermodynamics |
819944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Palma | La Palma | Las Palmas de Gran Canaria is the capital of the Canary Islands. It is on a different island.
La Palma (Spanish pronunciation: [la ˈpalma]), also San Miguel de La Palma, is the most north-westerly island of the Canary Islands, Spain. La Palma has an area of making it the fifth largest of the seven main Canary Islands.... |
819945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Pirates%21%20In%20an%20Adventure%20with%20Scientists%21 | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! is a 2009-2010 British-American-Canadian adult animated television series created by British character designer and animator Rob Stevenson. 52 episodes were produced.
The show was directed and produced by Rob Stevenson and animated by Rough Draft Korea in Seoul, South Kore... |
819946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doggerland | Doggerland | Doggerland was an area in the North Sea. During the last ice age, the oceans sank and it became dry land. It connected Great Britain to the European continent. Between 6500 and 6200 BCE sea levels rose, and Doggerland was flooded. Research has suggested that Doggerland was between the east coast of England, the coast... |
819955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiyang%20Tannaba | Hiyang Tannaba | "Hiyang Tannaba" () (literally, "Boat race") is a traditional boat race ceremony performed as a part of the religious festival of Lai Haraoba. It is generally organized in the month of November at many places including Thangapat (moat). The boats called Hiyang Hiren are regarded as invested with spiritual powers and th... |
819958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common%20Mexican%20tree%20frog | Common Mexican tree frog | The Mexican tree frog, common Mexican tree frog, Van Vliet's frog, Mexican smilisca, Baudin's tree frog or tooter (Smilisca baudinii) is a frog that lives in Mexico and parts of Texas and Costa Rica. Scientists have seen it as high as 1601 meters above sea level; it can live in forests, coastal areas and places that a... |
819961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhime | Dhime | The Dhimay, Dhimaya (Nepal Bhasa: धिमय्) or Dhime (धिमे) is a drum. The drummer can hit either side of the drum. The dhime is a traditional Newar musical instrument.
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Musical instruments
Nepal |
819966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiyang%20Hiren | Hiyang Hiren | Hiyang Hiren () (literally, "large race boat") is a traditional royal race boat, used at the Hiyang Tannaba ceremony in the religious festival of Lai Haraoba.
The boat is regarded as invested with spiritual powers and is associated with religious rites. The Meitei people believe that the worship of the boat will bring ... |
819989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oinam%20family | Oinam family | "Oinam" () () is a family name belonging to a branch of the Khuman dynasty of the Meitei ethnicity (Manipuri ethnicity). "Oinam Apokpa" ("Oinam Pokpa") is a clan ancestral deity worshipped by the people (members) of the family, following Meitei religion (Sanamahism).
Notable persons
Binoranjan Oinam: Lyrist and music... |
820001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faizabad%20district | Faizabad district | Faizabad, now Ayodhya, is a district of Uttar Pradesh.
Districts of Uttar Pradesh |
820004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum%20vestitum | Chrysanthemum vestitum | Chrysanthemum vestitum is a plant with white flowers, a type of Chrysanthemum. It is in the Compositae family. It grows in Hubei Province in China.
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Asteraceae
Flowers
Plants of Asia |
820008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Joseph%20L.%20Hurd | SS Joseph L. Hurd | SS Joseph L. Hurd was a wooden steam ship built in Detroit, Michigan, in 1869.
Career
The Joseph L. Hurd was first used in Detroit on September 15, 1869, starting on the Detroit and Saginaw route. She later crashed with the Cayuga in 1895, sinking the newer steel ship and killing one crew member. The Joseph L. Hurd st... |
820013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intrusive%20thought | Intrusive thought | Intrusive thoughts are obsessive (repeating) unwanted thoughts that someone has that make them feel sad, angry, annoyed, embarrassed, depressed, or even suicidal that led them to feel anxiety or sometimes, even panic attacks. It is normal for everyone to have intrusive thoughts, though some people find it very hard to ... |
820029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese%20Jamaicans | Chinese Jamaicans | Chinese Jamaicans are Jamaicans of Chinese ancestry, which include descendants of migrants from China to Jamaica. Early migrants came in the 19th century; there was another wave of migration in the 1980s and 1990s
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Ethnic groups in Jamaica |
820031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emirates%20Mars%20Mission | Emirates Mars Mission | The Emirates Mars Mission () is a United Arab Emirates Space Agency space exploration mission to Mars. The uncrewed Hope (, Al Amal) orbiter was launched on 19 July 2020 at 21:58:14 UTC, and reached Mars on 9 February, 2021. The spacecraft was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan with a Japanese rocket, ... |
820033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021%20Ecuadorian%20general%20election | 2021 Ecuadorian general election | A general election was held in Ecuador on 7 February 2021, the date for the first round of the presidential election, and also a vote about mining in Cuenca.
Incumbent president Lenín Moreno, who has held the office since his victory over Guillermo Lasso in 2017, is not seeking reelection.
Early results showed that A... |
820036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9s%20Arauz | Andrés Arauz | Andrés Arauz Galarza (born 6 February 1985) is an Ecuadorian politician and economist. From 2015 to 2017 he was Minister of Knowledge and Human Talent during the presidency of Rafael Correa from 2015 to 2017. He also was Minister of Culture in March and April 2017 following the resignation of Raúl Vallejo.
In August 2... |
820037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaku%20P%C3%A9rez%20Guartambel | Yaku Pérez Guartambel | Yaku Sacha Pérez Guartambel (born Carlos Ranulfo, 26 February 1969), often simply known as Yaku Pérez, is an Ecuadorian politician and indigenous rights activist. He unsuccessfully ran for President of Ecuador in the 2021 election. He came in third place and did not qualify for the second round.
Activism
He is ethnica... |
820039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Jamaicans | White Jamaicans | White Jamaicans are Jamaicans whose ancestry lies within the continent of Europe, most notably Great Britian, Ireland, Germany and Portugal.
References
Ethnic groups in Jamaica |
820044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake%20Sidenreng | Lake Sidenreng | Lake Sidenreng is a lake in South Sulawesi, Indonesia. This lake is connected to Tempe Lake via a small channel. Lake Sidenreng has some water facilities. The location is surrounded by mountains.
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Lakes of Asia
Geography of Indonesia |
820045 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithuanian%20Canadians | Lithuanian Canadians | Lithuanian Canadians (Lithuanian: Kanados lietuviai) are Canadians who are of full or partial Lithuanian descent. Over two-thirds of Lithuanian Canadians reside in Toronto, with other much smaller populations located around most of the Canadian provinces and territories.
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Ethnic groups in Canada |
820047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latvian%20Canadians | Latvian Canadians | Latvian Canadians () are Canadians of full or partial Latvian descent. At the 2011 census, there were about 27,355 people of Latvian descent in Canada.
Ethnic groups in Canada |
820050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%20Canadians | Polish Canadians | Polish Canadians (, ) are citizens of Canada with Polish ancestry, and Poles who immigrated to Canada from abroad. At the 2016 Census, there were 1,106,585 Canadians who claimed full or partial Polish heritage.
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Ethnic groups in Canada |
820052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian%20Canadians | Ukrainian Canadians | Ukrainian Canadians (; ) are Canadian citizens of Ukrainian descent or Ukrainian-born people who immigrated to Canada. In 2016, there were an estimated 1,359,655 persons of full or partial Ukrainian origin living in Canada (most being Canadian-born citizens), making them Canada's eleventh largest ethnic group and givin... |
820053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20Maling | Joan Maling | Joan Maling is a linguist and program director at the National Science Foundation. Her primary research expertise is in the syntax of Icelandic.
Maling earned a BA from Goucher College and a PhD in linguistics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1972). She taught at Brandeis University from 1972 until she ... |
820058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paukku | Paukku | Paukku is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Jorma Paukku (1945–2016), Finnish diplomat
Juho Paukku (born 1986), Finnish tennis player |
820074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%B6rje%20Salming | Börje Salming | Anders Börje Salming (; born 17 April 1951), nicknamed "The King", is a Swedish retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He played for Brynäs IF, the Toronto Maple Leafs, the Detroit Red Wings, and AIK.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
Other websites
1951 births
Ice hockey defencemen
... |
820091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negrito | Negrito | Negrito is the name for several ethnic groups from South and Southeast Asia. The name is the diminutive form of Negro. Like the term negro, many people consider it to be offensive. Usually, Negritos have a dark skin, curly hair, and do not grow to be very tall. With many of their features, they resemble the Pygmy peo... |
820099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kakorrhaphiophobia | Kakorrhaphiophobia | Kakorrhaphiophobia is the fear of failure.
Phobias |
820103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouPorn | YouPorn | YouPorn is a website allowing free access to pornographic video clips. It was founded in 2006, and has become one of the most accessed porn sites in the world. The site is free to access. It is financed using online advertising, such as banner ads. Users can upload their content (which are usually parts of porn movies)... |
820116 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andre%20Lavrillier | Andre Lavrillier | André Henri Lavrillier (May 7, 1885 – January 28, 1958) was a French medalist. He won the Prix de Rome for engraving in 1914. André Lavrillier studied at the Beaux-Arts de Paris in the workshops of Jules Chaplain (1839 – 1909), Frédéric de Vernon (1858 – 1912) and Auguste Patey (1855 – 1930). André Lavrillier won a Sec... |
820127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rynagh%20O%27Grady | Rynagh O'Grady | Rynagh O'Grady (1954 – 8 February 2021) was an Irish actress. She was born in Dublin. She was known for her roles of Mary O'Leary in the Channel 4 sitcom Father Ted and Minnie Kennedy in the 1999 movie A Love Divided.
O'Grady died on 8 February 2021 in Dublin, at the age of 66.
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Other websites
1954 bir... |
820131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Arabia | History of Arabia | Arabian Peninsula has been home to Semitic people for thousands of years. These people include the Arabs, but not all Arabs live in Arabia. People from the Arabian Desert, known as Bedouins, herded animals as nomads. They were grouped into extended families and tribes. People from other parts of it lived in villages an... |
820132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Jensen%20%28luger%29 | Mark Jensen (luger) | Mark Jensen (12 October 1960 – 1 February 2021) was a Canadian luger. He competed in the men's singles event at the 1980 Winter Olympics. He was born in Toronto, Ontario.
Jensen died on 1 February 2021 in Toronto, aged 60.
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1960 births
2021 deaths
Canadian Olympians
Sportspeople from Toronto |
820133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rennie%20Davis | Rennie Davis | Rennard Cordon Davis (May 23, 1940 – February 2, 2021) was an American anti-war activist. He became known in the 1960s when he was one of the Chicago Seven protestors charged for anti-war protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He was a critic of the Vietnam War.
Davis died on February 2, 2021,... |
820134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berthoud%2C%20Colorado | Berthoud, Colorado | The Town of Berthoud is a town in Larimer and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. 5,105 people lived here at the 2010 United States Census.
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Towns in Colorado |
820135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Dunn%20%28paediatrician%29 | Peter Dunn (paediatrician) | Peter MacNaughton Dunn, FRCP, FRCOG, FRCPCH (23 June 1929 – 2 February 2021) was an English paediatrician. Dunn was known for introducing into the UK the Gregory box in 1971, that gave Continuous positive airway pressure in the treatment of infant respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn.
Dunn was also notable for... |
820140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilianne%20Ploumen | Lilianne Ploumen | Elisabeth Maria Josepha "Lilianne" Ploumen (born July 12, 1962, Maastricht) is a Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA). She is involved in anti-poverty and abortion rights activities.
Ploumen studied history at Erasmus University Rotterdam, and worked at several relief and development organizations, among others... |
820185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky%27s%204th%20congressional%20district | Kentucky's 4th congressional district | Kentucky's 4th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Kentucky. The district is in northern Kentucky. It is next to the Ohio River. The congressional district includes the counties Boone, Kenton, and Campbell and the towns Fort Mitchell, Covington, Florence, Newport, and Fort Thomas. A ... |
820194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitei%20people | Meitei people | The Meitei people, or Manipuri people, are the predominant ethnic group of the Indian state of Manipur. There are significant Meitei speaking population in Assam, Tripura, Myanmar and Bangladesh.
Regarding religious groups, there are Meitei Hindus, Sanamahists, Meitei Christians, Meitei Muslims and Meitei Buddhists.
... |
820203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khamlangba | Khamlangba | Khamlangba (), also spelt as Khamlangpa (), is a deity in Meitei mythology and religion of Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur). He is the God of iron, mining, metallurgy, steel manufacturing, hunting and war. His occupation is the extraction of the iron ores and the manufacture of steel. The Khamlangba Thenlon text m... |
820206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulbophyllum%20regnellii | Bulbophyllum regnellii | Bulbophyllum regnellii is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum.
References
The Bulbophyllum-Checklist
The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
Orchids |
820208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curio%20muirii | Curio muirii | Curio muirii is a succulent plant in the daisy family that is native to South Africa. Its particular native range is the Cape Province.
Description
A small shrub that grows in shale cliffs, it features hairless leaves that are pale green with blue tones. The leaves are flat and circular-shaped.
References |
820227 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wageningen%20University%20%26%20Research | Wageningen University & Research | Wageningen University & Research, shortened to WUR, is a public university in Wageningen, a town in the province of Gelderland, the Netherlands.
Wageningen University & Research was established in 1918 (its predecessor in 1876).
It has about 13,000 students.
Its focus is on biology and natural resources.
Other webs... |
820229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekou%20Smith | Sekou Smith | Sekou Kimathi Sinclair Smith (May 15, 1972 – January 26, 2021) was an American sportswriter who covered the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Early life
Smith was a native of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Jackson State University in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in communications.
Career
Smith cove... |
820233 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Evans%20%28actor%29 | Mike Evans (actor) | Mike Evans (November 3, 1949 – December 14, 2006) was an American actor who is known for playing Lionel Jefferson on All in the Family and The Jeffersons. Mike Evans stopped playing Lionel Jefferson after the first season of The Jeffersons but came back to play Lionel for seasons six, seven, and eight. Evans helped wri... |
820242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nika%20Ninua | Nika Ninua | Nika Ninua (; born 22 June 1999) is a Georgian professional footballer who is a midfielder of Greek club PAOK.
References
Other websites
Profile at worldfootball.net
1999 births
Sportspeople from Georgia (country)
People from Tbilisi
Living people
Association football midfielders |
820249 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyenrode%20Business%20University | Nyenrode Business University | Nyenrode Business University (Dutch: Nyenrode Business Universiteit), shortened to NBU, is a private university in Breukelen, a town in the province of Utrecht, the Netherlands. It also has a location in Amsterdam.
Nyenrode Business University was established in 1946.
Its focus is on business.
Other websites
C... |
820288 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeolipile | Aeolipile | An aeolipile or Hero's Engine, is a simple kind of steam engine believed to have been invented by Hero of Alexandria in the 1st century AD. It may have been the first steam engine made.
Name
Its name comes from the Greek word Αἴολος and latin word pila, it means "The ball of Aeolus." Aeolus is the ancient Greek god o... |
820326 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norbert%20Owona | Norbert Owona | Norbert Owona (1951 – 3 February 2021) was a Cameroonian footballer. He played as a midfielder for the Cameroon national team until 1972.
Owona scored against Nigeria during the 1970 FIFA World Cup qualification campaign.
After his football career, he was homeless and had a hernia.
Owona was found dead on a street... |
820327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dag%20Jostein%20Fj%C3%A6rvoll | Dag Jostein Fjærvoll | Dag Jostein Fjærvoll (20 January 1947 – 5 February 2021) was a Norwegian politician. He was a member of the Christian Democratic Party. He was Minister of Defence from 1997 to 1999 and Minister of Transport and Communications from 1999 to 2000 in the Kjell Magne Bondevik cabinet. He was also a member of Storting from 1... |
820328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imre%20Furmen | Imre Furmen | Imre Furmen (14 August 1933 – 5 February 2021) was a Hungarian cyclist. He competed in two events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest, Hungary.
Furmen died on 5 February 2021 in Budapest, aged 87.
References
1933 births
2021 deaths
Cyclists
Olympians
Sportspeople from Budapest |
820329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob%20Kane | Rob Kane | Rob Kane (April 30, 1967 February 5, 2021) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the Connecticut Senate, representing the 32nd district from 2009 to 2017. He was Connecticut state auditor from 2017 until his death in 2021.
Kane was found dead in his home in Watertown, Connecticut on February 5, 20... |
820330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watertown%2C%20Connecticut | Watertown, Connecticut | Watertown is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. 22,514 people lived here at the 2010 census.
References
Towns in Connecticut |
820331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Krueger | Charlie Krueger | Charles Andrew Krueger (January 28, 1937 – February 5, 2021) was an American professional football player. He was a defensive tackle for 15 seasons in the National Football League (NFL), all with the San Francisco 49ers. He was born in Caldwell, Texas.
Krueger died on February 5, 2021 in Clayton, California from heart... |
820332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clayton%2C%20California | Clayton, California | Clayton (formerly Clayton's and Claytonville) is a city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. 10,897 people lived here as of the 2010 census.
References
Cities in California
Settlements in Contra Costa County, California
Cities in the San Francisco Bay Area |
820333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%202020%20Midwest%20derecho | August 2020 Midwest derecho | The August 2020 Midwest derecho was a strong derecho in the Midwestern United States–mostly Nebraska, Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin and Indiana. Nebraska and Iowa were already having severe droughts at the time. The derecho caused large hail, heavy rain and tornadoes.
The greatest damage happened in northern Illinois and ... |
820334 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake%20McCoy | Jake McCoy | Thomas James "Jake" McCoy (January 2, 1942 – February 5, 2021) was an American Olympic ice hockey defenseman. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. McCoy played with Team USA at the 1964 Winter Olympics held in Innsbruck, Austria. He later played one year for the Minnesota Nationals in the United States Hockey League.... |
820335 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Pullin | John Pullin | John Vivian Pullin (1 November 1941 – 5 February 2021) was an England international rugby union player. He played club rugby for Bristol Rugby and captained the England national rugby union team for which he played 42 times between 1966 and 1976. He also played for the British Lions. He was born in Aust, Gloucestershir... |
820336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch%20Reed | Butch Reed | Bruce Franklin Reed (July 11, 1954 – February 5, 2021) was an American professional wrestler and football player, better known by the ring name Butch Reed. He played college football at the University of Central Missouri.
He appeared in Mid-South Wrestling and tag team matches in the World Wrestling Federation and Wor... |
820337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AWS%20%28band%29 | AWS (band) | AWS (pronounced ah-vi-esh) is a Hungarian metal and post-hardcore band formed in 2006 by Bence Brucker, Dániel Kökényes and Áron Veress.
They represented Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Viszlát nyár".
References
Establishments in Hungary
2006 establishments in Europe
... |
820339 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atanas%20Skatov | Atanas Skatov | Atanas Georgiev Skatov (; born Atanas Georgiev Dimitrov; 11 March 1978 – 5 February 2021) was a Bulgarian mountaineer, vegan, agronomist in plant protection, entomologist, and ecologist.
On 24 May 2014 he became the first known vegan to ascend Everest. He tried to become the first known vegan to summit the 14 highest ... |
820340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shen%20Zhonghou | Shen Zhonghou | Shen Zhonghou (; 13 February 1928 – 5 February 2021) was a Chinese engineer. He was a professor and doctoral supervisor at China University of Petroleum (Beijing). He was an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE) from 2001 until his death. He was known as "Father of Drilling Bit". Shen was born in Dazh... |
820341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R.%20C.%20Soles%20Jr. | R. C. Soles Jr. | Robert Charles Soles Jr. (December 17, 1934 – February 5, 2021) was an American Democratic politician. He was a member of the North Carolina Senate, representing the 8th district from 1977 to 2011. Before, he was a member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1969 to 1976. Soles Jr. was born in Tabor City... |
820342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabor%20City%2C%20North%20Carolina | Tabor City, North Carolina | Tabor City, known as the "Yam Capital of the World", is a town in Columbus County, North Carolina, United States. 2,511 people lived here as of the 2010 census.
References
Towns in North Carolina |
820343 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loris%2C%20South%20Carolina | Loris, South Carolina | Loris is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. 2,396 people lived here at the 2010 census.
References
Cities in South Carolina |
820344 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81ngela%20Sureda | Ángela Sureda | Ángela Gerónima Sureda de Santo (7 July 1921 — 5 February 2021) was an Argentine teacher, lawyer and politician. She was a deputy of the Unión Cívica Radical for the national district from 1981 to 1983. Sureda was born in Río Gallegos, Argentina.
Sureda died on 5 February 2021 in Río Gallegos, aged 99.
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820345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie%20Tate | Ernie Tate | Ernie Tate (1934 – 5 February 2021) was a Northern Ireland supporter of Trotskyist groups in Canada and the United Kingdom. He was a founder in the 1960s of the International Marxist Group and Vietnam Solidarity Campaign in Britain. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Tate died from pancreatic cancer on 5 Februa... |
820346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Parliament%20of%20Solomon%20Islands | National Parliament of Solomon Islands | The National Parliament of Solomon Islands has 50 members, elected for a four-year term in 50 single-seat constituencies.
It is presided by a Speaker. The current speaker is Patterson Oti.
References
Solomon Islands |
820347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Tovua | Paul Tovua | Sir Paul Joshua Tovua (1947 – 5 February 2021) was a Solomon Islander politician. In 1976. he was elected to the National Parliament of Solomon Islands. He also helped start the parliament. He was the Speaker of the National Parliament of Solomon Islands from 1994 to 2001.
He was appointed Knight Commander of the Ord... |
820348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han%20Urbanus | Han Urbanus | Johannes Hendrikus “Han” Urbanus (22 June 1927 – 5 February 2021) was a Dutch baseball player. Urbanus was born in Rotterdam. He played for OVVO in East Amsterdam, and became five times in a row Dutch champion. He played for 12 years for the Netherlands national baseball team. He was born in Rotterdam.
Urbanus died o... |
820349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Sergeyevich%20Vysotsky | Vladimir Sergeyevich Vysotsky | Vladimir Sergeyevich Vysotsky , Volodymyr Serhiyovych Vysotsky; (18 August 1954 – 5 February 2021) was a Russian admiral. He was Commander of the Russian Northern Fleet. On 12 September 2007, Vysotsky was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Navy.
Vysotsky died on 5 February 2021 in Moscow, aged 66.
Reference... |
820350 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Lerwill | Alan Lerwill | Alan Leslie Lerwill (15 November 1946 – 6 February 2021) was a British international long jumper. He competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a bronze medal in the 1970 British Commonwealth Games long jump, and gold medal in the 1974 British Commonwealth Games... |
820351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monique%20Yvinou | Monique Yvinou | Monique Yvinou (10 June 1928 – 6 February 2021) was a French gymnast. She competed in the women's artistic team all-around at the 1948 Summer Olympics.
Yvinou died on 6 February 2021, aged 92.
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1928 births
2021 deaths
French Olympians
Gymnasts |
820352 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Backstrom | Ralph Backstrom | Ralph Gerald Backstrom (September 18, 1937 – February 7, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and later a coach and hockey executive. He played in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, and Chicago Black Hawks between 1956 and 1973.
He also played in the World Hockey... |
820353 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsor%2C%20Colorado | Windsor, Colorado | Windsor is a Home Rule Municipality in Larimer and Weld counties in the U.S. state of Colorado. 18,644 people lived here in 2010. It is north of Denver.
References
Towns in Colorado |
820354 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheng%20Rongshi | Cheng Rongshi | Cheng Rongshi (; 18 October 1927 – 7 February 2021) was a Chinese physical chemist and academician. He was a member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, being elected in 1991.
Cheng was born in Yixing, Jiangsu.
On 7 February 2021, he died of illness in Guangzhou, Guangdong, aged 93.
References
1927 births
2021 death... |
820355 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathy%20Cochran | Cathy Cochran | Cathleen Cochran Herasimchuk, known as Cathy Cochran (November 11, 1944 – February 7, 2021), was an American lawyer and politician. She was judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. She was appointed to the court in 2001 by Governor Rick Perry and elected by Texas voters in 2002 and 2008. She did not seek re-elect... |
820356 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro%20Gomez%20%28journalist%29 | Pedro Gomez (journalist) | Pedro Gomez (August 20, 1962 – February 7, 2021) was an American sports journalist. He worked as a reporter for ESPN from 2003 to 2021. He appeared on the SportsCenter show. He was primarily a baseball reporter. He was also a member of the Baseball Writers' Association of America. He covered 25 World Series and 22 Majo... |
820357 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxine%20Horner | Maxine Horner | Maxine Edwyna Cissel Horner (January 17, 1933 – February 7, 2021) was an American politician. She was one of the first African American women to serve in the Oklahoma State Senate. She was a member of the state senate from 1986 to 2004.
Horner died on February 7, 2021, twenty one days after her 88th birthday.
Refere... |
820358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Josselin | Jean Josselin | Jean Josselin (6 January 1940 – 7 February 2021) was a French welterweight boxer. He competed at the 1960 Olympics and won a bronze medal at the 1961 European Amateur Boxing Championships.
Josselin died on 7 February 2021, aged 81, one month and one day after his birthday.
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820359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricardo%20Silva%20Elizondo | Ricardo Silva Elizondo | Ricardo Silva Elizondo (6 February 1954 – 7 February 2021) was a Mexican singer and actor. He was best known for his dubbing of American animated cartoons and Japanese anime into the Spanish language.
His works include the Spanish Latin American version of the Dragon Ball Z theme, "Cha-La Head-Cha-La", and the second... |
820360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Collins%20%28footballer%29 | Tony Collins (footballer) | Anthony Norman Collins (19 March 1926 – 8 February 2021) was an English football player, manager and scout. He played as a left winger. He managed Rochdale between 1960 and 1967.
Collins played professionally for Sheffield Wednesday, York City, Watford (in two spells), Norwich City, Torquay United and Crystal Palace.
... |
820362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Unbearable%20Lightness%20of%20Being | The Unbearable Lightness of Being | The Unbearable Lightness of Being () is a 1984 novel by Milan Kundera, about two women, two men, a dog and their lives in the 1968 Prague Spring period of Czechoslovak history.
The original Czech text was published the following year.
Other websites
SparkNotes
An essay written by Giuseppe Raudino
1984 books |
820363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Hasay | George Hasay | George C. Hasay (February 7, 1948 – February 8, 2021) was an American politician. He was a Republican member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from 1973 to 2006.
Hasay died on February 8, 2021, after a brief illness in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, one day after his 73rd birthday.
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820364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanticoke%2C%20Pennsylvania | Nanticoke, Pennsylvania | Nanticoke is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2010 census, 10,465 people lived here.
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820365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%20Township%2C%20Luzerne%20County%2C%20Pennsylvania | Ross Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania | Ross Township is a township in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States. 2,937 people lived here at the 2010 census.
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820366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tao%20Okamoto | Tao Okamoto | , known professionally as Tao, is a Japanese actress and model. She appeared as Mariko Yashida in the 2013 movie The Wolverine; and played Mercy Graves in the 2016 movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
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820367 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shlomo%20Hillel | Shlomo Hillel | Shlomo Hillel (, 9 April 1923 – 8 February 2021) was an Iraqi-born Israeli politician. He was a member of the Knesset from 1952 to 1959, and 1969 to 1992) and Speaker of the Knesset from 1984 to 1988. He was also Minister of Police between 1969 and 1977 and Internal Affairs in 1977. Hillel was born in Baghdad, Iraq. Hi... |
820368 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%ABichir%C5%8D%20Moriyama | Shūichirō Moriyama | was a Japanese actor. His real name was . His best known roles were in Shall We Dance? (1996), Salaryman Kintarō (1999) and Tsuribaka Nisshi Eleven (2000).
Moriyama died on 8 February 2021 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan from pneumonia at the age of 86.
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820369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament%20of%20Lebanon | Parliament of Lebanon | The Parliament of Lebanon ( Majlis an-Nuwwab; ) is the national parliament of Lebanon. There are 128 members elected to a four-year term in multi-member constituencies.
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Lebanon |
820372 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Obeid | Jean Obeid | Jean Obeid (8 May 19398 February 2021) was a Lebanese journalist and politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants from 2003 to 2004. Obeid served as a member of the parliament, representing Chouf from 1991 to 1992 and Tripoli from 1992 to 2005.
Obeid was a candidate for President of Lebanon in the ... |
820375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metromedia%20Square | Metromedia Square | Metromedia Square was a radio and television studio that was in Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood. The studio was known for having a statue of a white snake that was made out of ladders on the roof. The famous 1970s sitcom, All in the Family was made at Metromedia Square from 1975 to 1979.
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820380 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron%20ministry | Cameron ministry | The Cameron ministry was the Government of the United Kingdom from May 2010 to July 2016 under David Cameron. The first term of the administration was the UK’s first coalition government since World War II, it included both Conservative and Liberal Democrats ministers. The administration's second term of the was a majo... |
820381 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tandem%20Productions | Tandem Productions | Tandem Productions was an American movie and television production company. It was created by Norman Lear and Bud Yorkin in 1958. Tandem Productions has made movies like Never Too Late and television shows like All in the Family.
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820382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Mobile%202003 | Windows Mobile 2003 | Windows Mobile 2003 is an second released for Windows Mobile was released for pubilc on June 23, 2003, at the CEO 2003 on 2003. Windows Mobile 2003 was another news codenamed is ''Ozone'' was history of pubilc on January 2002. Windows Mobile 2003 was introduction based for Pocket PC 2002, they run on Windows CE.
Devel... |
820392 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loyalakpa | Loyalakpa | Loyalakpa (), also spelt as Loyarakpa (), is a God in Meitei mythology and religion of Ancient Kangleipak (Antique Manipur). He is best known for wrestling with Khoriphaba during the Lai Haraoba festival. He is the consort of goddess Thoudu Nungthel Leima. He is one of the ten kingly gods (or ten divine kings) in Meite... |
820396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khuman%20Kangleirol | Khuman Kangleirol | "Khuman Kangleirol" (), also spelt as "Khuman Kangleiron" (), is a chronicle (puya) of the Khuman dynasty. It is one of the most significant historical documents of Kangleipak (Manipur). It was produced during the reign of Chit Sai (1748 AD-1752 AD). It gives the information on the genealogy of the rulers of the Khuman... |
820397 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/501.V2%20variant | 501.V2 variant | The 501Y.V2 variant, also known as South African COVID-19 variant, is a variant of the SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. It is one of several SARS-CoV-2 variants. It was first detected in the Nelson Mandela Bay metropolitan area of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa.
On 23 December 2020, the United Ki... |
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