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864250 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryden%20Township%2C%20Michigan | Dryden Township, Michigan | Dryden Township is a civil township in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 4,768 at the 2010 census.
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Townships in Michigan |
864251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dryden%2C%20Michigan | Dryden, Michigan | Dryden is a village in Lapeer County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 951 at the 2010 census. The village is located within Dryden Township.
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Villages in Michigan |
864252 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Township%2C%20Michigan | Thomas Township, Michigan | Thomas Township is a civil township of Saginaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The 2010 Census places the population at 11,985.
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Townships in Michigan |
864256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimple%20Kapadia | Dimple Kapadia | Dimple Kapadia (born 8 June 1957) is an Indian actress. Her first successful roles were in Kaash (1987), Drishti (1990), Lekin... (1991), and Rudaali (1993). Some of her other well known works later in her career were in Being Cyrus (2006), Luck by Chance (2009), Dabangg (2010), Cocktail (2012) and Finding Fanny (2014)... |
864258 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twinkle%20Khanna | Twinkle Khanna | Twinkle Khanna (born Tina Jatin Khanna; born on 29 December 1973) is an Indian author, newspaper columnist, interior designer, producer and actress. Her first book, MrsFunnybones came out in 2015. She was India's highest-selling woman writer that year. Her second book, The Legend of Lakshmi Prasad was made into a movie... |
864262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarifa%20Ghafari | Zarifa Ghafari | Zarifa Ghafari (; born in 1992) is an Afghan advocate, activist, politician and entrepreneur.
Biography
Zarifa Ghafari was born 1992 in Kabul. She studied at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.
She is the current mayor of Maidan Shahr, capital city of the Wardak Province, Afghanistan since 2018. Zarifa is one of t... |
864266 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20Guy | Free Guy | Free Guy is a 2021 American science fiction action comedy movie directed by Shawn Levy. It stars Ryan Reynolds (who also co-produced) as a bank teller who discovers he is actually a non-player character in an open-world video game. It also stars Taika Waititi, Jodie Comer, Lil Rel Howery, Utkarsh Ambudkar, and Joe Keer... |
864267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christophe%20Beck | Christophe Beck | Jean-Christophe Beck (born November 30, 1972) is an Emmy Award-winning Canadian television and film score composer and conductor.
Beck won an Emmy Award in 1998 for his work on the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
His movie works include The Hangover, The Muppets (2011), Frozen, Marvel's Ant-Man movies, an... |
864269 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma%20Corrin | Emma Corrin | Emma-Louise Corrin (born 13 December 1995) is an English actress. She is best known for playing Diana, Princess of Wales, in the fourth season of the Netflix period drama series The Crown. For her role, she won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Emmy Award.
Corrin was born in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England... |
864270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainwreck%20%28movie%29 | Trainwreck (movie) | Trainwreck is a 2015 American romantic comedy movie directed by Judd Apatow and written by Amy Schumer. The movie stars Schumer and Bill Hader along with an ensemble cast that includes Brie Larson, Colin Quinn, John Cena, Vanessa Bayer, Tilda Swinton, Ezra Miller, LeBron James, Mike Birbiglia, and Norman Lloyd.
It was... |
864273 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic%20Beasts%20and%20Where%20to%20Find%20Them%20%28movie%29 | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (movie) | Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2016 fantasy movie directed by David Yates. It is a spin-off of and prequel to the Harry Potter movie series. It was produced and written by J. K. Rowling.
It stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Samantha Morton, Jon Voight, Carm... |
864274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantastic%20Beasts%3A%20The%20Crimes%20of%20Grindelwald | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald | Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald is a 2018 fantasy movie directed by David Yates and written by J. K. Rowling. It is the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016). It stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, Ezra Miller, Zoë Kravitz, Callum Turner, Claudia Kim, Will... |
864276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen%20Ejogo | Carmen Ejogo | Carmen Elizabeth Ejogo (; born 22 October 1973) is an English actress and singer.
Ejogo is best known for her roles in Metro (1997), The Avengers (1998), Love's Labour's Lost (2000), What's the Worst That Could Happen? (2001), Boycott (2001), Away We Go (2009), Sparkle (2012), Alex Cross (2012), The Purge: Anarchy (2... |
864277 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20Weber | Steven Weber | Steven Robert Weber (born March 4, 1961) is an American actor and comedian. He is best known for his role as Brian Hackett on the television series Wings and Jack Torrance in the TV miniseries version of Stephen King's The Shining.
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Living people
American movie actors
American television actors... |
864278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison%20Sudol | Alison Sudol | Alison Sudol (born December 23, 1984) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, and music video director. She is known for playing Queenie Goldstein in the Fantastic Beasts movies Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018).
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Living peop... |
864280 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/McCandless%2C%20Pennsylvania | McCandless, Pennsylvania | McCandless is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 28,457 at the 2010 census.
The town was named after a person, Wilson McCandless (June 19, 1810 – June 30, 1882). He was a judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvani... |
864281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bokundara | Bokundara | A city in Colombo District, Western Province, Sri Lanka. It is situated approximately 17 kilometers south of Colombo surrounded by the suburbs of Moratuwa, Piliyandala, Maharagama, Pannipitiya and Boralesgamuwa. The Bokundara Dedicated Economic Center is the main attraction. The road connecting Colombo and Horana, kn... |
864282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosolone | Frosolone | Frosolone is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Isernia in the Italian region Molise.
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864292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep%20America%20Beautiful | Keep America Beautiful | Keep America Beautiful is a group from the United States. It made advertisements and public service announcements. It is to stop people from throwing garbage on the ground outside. Its most famous public service announcement is the Crying Indian public service announcement. It is also famous for starting the word "lit... |
864301 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Boyer | Charles Boyer | Charles Boyer (August 28, 1899 in Figeac, France- August 26, 1978 in Phoenix, Arizona), was a French-American actor. He appeared in Gaslight and Algiers and may other films.
He became a US Citizen on June 15, 1942 in Los Angeles.
1899 births
1978 deaths
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Actors from Phoenix, A... |
864304 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest%20Louisiana | Southwest Louisiana | Southwest Louisiana (SWLA) is a five-parish area intersecting the Acadiana and Central Louisiana regions in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is composed of the following parishes (counties): Allen, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Jefferson Davis.
Regions of Louisiana |
864307 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Orleans%20metropolitan%20area | New Orleans metropolitan area | New Orleans metropolitan area is a metropolitan statistical area designated by the United States Census Bureau encompassing eight parishes (the statewide equivalent of other U.S. states' counties) in the state of Louisiana.
New Orleans, Louisiana
Metropolitan areas of the United States |
864311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Garrett%20%28diplomat%29 | Charles Garrett (diplomat) | Charles Edmund Garrett (born 16 April 1963) is a British diplomat. He is currently the ambassador of the United Kingdom to Kyrgyzstan. He was ambassador of the United Kingdom to North Macedonia from 2014 to 2018.
He has worked for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office since 1987.
Garrett is married to Véronique Frances E... |
864320 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemp%20oil | Hemp oil | Hemp oil (also known as hemp seed oil) is a oil that comes from pressing hemp seeds. It is known to have a grassy and nutty flavor if not refined. It is a clear oil. Its omega-6 to omega-3 ratio is 3:1.
Hemp seed oil is got from varieties of Cannabis sativa that do not have much tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the princip... |
864324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men%20I%20Trust | Men I Trust | Men I Trust is a Canadian and French dream pop, electropop and indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec. The group was founded in early 2014. The main members of the group are Emmanuelle "Emma" Proulx (lead singer and guitarist for the band), Dragos Chiriac (the group's keyboardist) and Jessy Caron (the bassist and guitar... |
864331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Cole | Adam Cole | Austin Jenkins (born 5 July 1989, Panama City, Florida) is an American professional wrestler. He is best known by his ring name, Adam Cole. Jenkins is currently signed to AEW. He is also known for his work in New Japan Pro Wrestling (NJPW), Ring of Honor (ROH), and the WWE, where he competed on the NXT brand and is a ... |
864338 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Patrick%20Star%20Show | The Patrick Star Show | The Patrick Star Show is an American animated comedy television series that is developed by Luke Brookshier, Marc Ceccarelli, Andrew Goodman, Kaz, Mr. Lawrence, and Vincent Waller that premiered on Nickelodeon on July 9, 2021. It is a spinoff of SpongeBob SquarePants that focuses on Patrick Star and his family hosting ... |
864342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kannada%20script | Kannada script | The Kannada script is used to write certain languages from South India, most notably the Kannada language. The script is similar to the Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language. Kannada is an Abugida.
Languages of India |
864355 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orange%20Julius | Orange Julius | The Orange Julius is an American fast food, hot dog and fruit drink beverage restaurant chain. The company began its business operations in Los Angeles, California in 1926. Orange Julius is known for a popular drink named after the restaurant. The beverage is blended ice, powdered egg whites, milk, orange juice and van... |
864365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabin%2C%20the%20Last%20Day | Rabin, the Last Day | Rabin, the Last Day is a 2015 Israeli French political thriller movie directed by Amos Gitai and starring Tomer Sisley, Yitzhak Hiskiya, Michael Warshaviak, Einat Weizman, Yogev Yefet, Rotem Keinan, Tomer Russo, Uri Gottlieb, Gdalya Besser.
Other websites
2015 movies
2010s thriller movies
Israeli movies
French thri... |
864388 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceddo | Ceddo | Ceddo (), also known as The Outsiders, is a 1977 Senegalese drama movie directed by Ousmane Sembène and starring Tabata Ndiaye, Moustapha Yade, Ismaila Diagne.
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1977 drama movies
Senegalese movies
French drama movies
Movies directed by Ousmane Sembène |
864394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20notte | La notte | La Notte (; ) is a 1961 Italian French drama movie directed by Michelangelo Antonioni and starring Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau, Monica Vitti, Bernhard Wicki, Rosy Mazzacurati.
Other websites
1961 drama movies
Italian drama movies
French drama movies
Movies directed by Michelangelo Antonioni |
864435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20Younger%20Brother | My Younger Brother | My Younger Brother () is a 1962 Russian drama movie directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi and starring Lyudmila Marchenko, Aleksandr Zbruev, Oleg Dahl, Andrei Mironov, Oleg Efremov, Arvo Kruusement.
Other websites
1962 drama movies
Russian movies
Latvian movies
Movies directed by Aleksandr Zarkhi |
864442 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony%20Imagine | Sony Imagine | Sony Imagine (Formerly Dilagi TV) is an Indian Free-To-Air Television entertaiment channel owned by Sony Pictures Networks India.
Programming
Television channels in India |
864452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson%20Mazoka | Anderson Mazoka | Anderson K. Mazoka (22 March 1943 – 24 May 2006) was a Zambian politician. He was previously President of the United Party for National Development (UPND). UPND is a big opposition party.
Life
Mazoka was born in Monze. He went to Union College. He graduated in 1969.
In the presidential election on 27 December 2001,... |
864463 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel%C3%A9ne%20Bj%C3%B6rklund | Heléne Björklund | Heléne Björklund (), birth name: Persson (); born on September 29, 1972) is a Swedish politician from the Swedish Social Democratic Party. She is a member of Riksdag from Blekinge County. As a member of parliament, she is a member of the Defense Committee.
Early and personal life
Father Gunnar Persson (born 1947) and... |
864478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner%20Enterprises | Werner Enterprises | Werner Enterprises, Inc. () is an American transportation and logistics company. It serves customers in the United States, Mexico and Canada.
American transport companies
Companies based in Omaha, Nebraska
1956 establishments in the United States |
864486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped%20tree%20frog | Striped tree frog | The striped tree frog (Boana caingua) is a frog that lives in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina.
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Animals of South America |
864494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari%20Fleischer | Ari Fleischer | Ari Fleischer was the White House Press Secretary for George W. Bush from 2001-2003.
White House Press Secretaries
1960 births
People from New York City |
864498 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasket | Gasket | A gasket is a mechanical seal that is used to connect two flanges. Generally, gaskets are used in structures that are under pressure. The aim of the gasket is to prevent leakage.
Hardware (mechanical) |
864499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treatment%20of%20women%20by%20the%20Taliban | Treatment of women by the Taliban | While in power in Afghanistan, the Taliban became known for their misogyny and violence against women. Now that the Taliban has most of Afghanistan again, there are many concerns.
Women in Afghanistan had to wear the burqa in public at all times. Women were not allowed to work, they were not allowed to be educated aft... |
864503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20West%20Africa%20%28disambiguation%29 | South West Africa (disambiguation) | South West Africa was the name for Namibia when it was under German control from 1884–1915 and South African control from 1915–1990. On March 21, 1990 South West Africa changed its name to Namibia and became independent from South Africa.
German South West Africa (1884–1915)
South West Africa (1915–1990) |
864505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20v%20HarperCollins%20Publishers%20Ltd | BBC v HarperCollins Publishers Ltd | BBC v Harper Collins (2010) EWHC 2424 was a 2010 case in English law. The BBC asked that the courts stop HarperCollins from publishing a book by Ben Collins. In the book, Collins revealed that he was 'The Stig' on the BBC's Top Gear. The BBC didn't want people to know this. The BBC lost the case.
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864519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin%20cleansing%20myth | Virgin cleansing myth | The virgin cleansing myth (other names are virgin cure myth, virgin rape myth, or simply virgin myth) is the belief that having sex with a virgin girl cures a man of sexually transmitted diseases.
Anthropologist Suzanne Leclerc-Madlala says the myth is a potential factor in infant rape by HIV-positive men in South Af... |
864524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar%20XJ | Jaguar XJ | The Jaguar XJ is a series of big luxury automobiles. The automobiles were made by Jaguar Cars from 1968 to 2019 It was. From 1970 it was Jaguar's most well-known four door autombile for sale. The first model was the last Jaguar saloon automobile to have had discussion from Sir William Lyons, the company's founder.
The... |
864527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamid%20Karzai%20International%20Airport | Hamid Karzai International Airport | Hamid Karzai International Airport (; ; ) is located 5 km from the city centre of Kabul in Afghanistan. It is one of the nation's main international airports and as one of the largest military bases.
It was previously named Kabul International Airport and locally as Khwaja Rawash Airport.
The airport was given its ne... |
864530 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Assembly%20%28Afghanistan%29 | National Assembly (Afghanistan) | The National Assembly (, ), also known as the Parliament of Afghanistan or simply as the Afghan Parliament is the legislature of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
In August 2021, activity (or business) had stopped at the National Assembyl.
While the legislature de jure still exists, de facto it was dissolved on 15... |
864533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrullah%20Saleh | Amrullah Saleh | Amrullah Saleh (Dari/Pashto: ; born 15 October 1972) is an Afghan politician. On 17 August 2021 the government of Afghanistan had lost its power; however, Saleh still had the highest position of (elected) politicians that had not resigned. He was the acting president of Afghanistan from the Fall of Kabul on 17 August 2... |
864534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Teams | Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Teams is a business communication platform developed by Microsoft. It has gained popularity in the COVID-19 pandemic.
Languages
Microsoft Teams is available in the following languages:
Microsoft Windows software
Messaging |
864535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.D.%20Huachipato | C.D. Huachipato | Club Deportivo Huachipato is a Chilean football club based in Talcahuano that is a current member of the Chilean Primera División.
Other websites
Club Deportivo Huachipato – Web Site
Acereros.Cl Sitio de los hinchas
Chilean football clubs |
864536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fereshteh%20Taerpour | Fereshteh Taerpour | Fereshteh Taerpour (; 4 February 1953 – 17 August 2021) was an Iranian movie producer. She was born in Tehran. Her career began in 1982. She was best known for writing the screenplay for the 1999 comedy Once Upon a Time. She also wrote children's books, one of which, Adventure of Ahmad and Sara.
From 1982 to 1991 she... |
864537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%C3%A3o%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201969%29 | Paulão (footballer, born 1969) | Paulo António Alves (22 October 1969 – 17 August 2021), commonly known as Paulão, was an Angolan footballer who played as a midfielder. He made over fifty appearances for the Angola national football team from 1993 until 2001.
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2021 deaths
Angolan people
African footballers |
864538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basil%20Mramba | Basil Mramba | Basil Pesambili Mramba (15 May 1940 – 17 August 2021) was a Tanzanian Chama Cha Mapinduzi politician. He was the Minister of Industry and Trade between 1986 until 1989 and again from 2006 until 2008. He was also the Minister of Finance between 2001 until 2005.
Mramba died from COVID-19 on 17 August 2021 at the age o... |
864539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai%20Kuimov | Nikolai Kuimov | Nikolai Dimitriyevich Kuimov (; 16 December 1957 – 17 August 2021) was a Russian test pilot. He was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation in 2007 by President Vladimir Putin. He was known for testing the safety of many well known airplane models, including the Il-76, Il-86, Il-96, Il-114, and Il-103. Kuimov was bo... |
864540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20R.%20Haine | William R. Haine | William Haine (August 8, 1944 – August 16, 2021) was a Democratic member of the Illinois Senate representing the 56th district from his appointment in November 2002 until 2019. He was born in Alton, Illinois.
Haine died on August 16, 2021 at the age of 77.
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2021 deaths
State legislators of the ... |
864542 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormoz%20Farhat | Hormoz Farhat | Hormoz Farhat (, 9 August 1928 – 16 August 2021) was a Persian-American composer and ethnomusicologist. He was the emeritus professor of music, a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. He was born in Tehran. He was a professor and head of the music department at the University of Tehran, (1970–78) as well as the head of th... |
864544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafael%20Romero | Rafael Romero | Rafael Romero Sandrea (May 22, 1938 – August 15, 2021) was a Venezuelan track and field athlete. He competed in the sprint events. He represented his native country in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1956. Romero won two medals (gold and silver) at the 1963 Pan American Games in Brazil.
Romero died on August 15, 20... |
864545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Schafrath | Dick Schafrath | Richard Philip Schafrath (March 21, 1937 – August 15, 2021) was an American offensive lineman football player and politician. He played for the Cleveland Browns from 1959 until 1971. He was a member of the Ohio Senate from 1987 until 2000 as a member of the Republican Party. Schafrath was born in Wooster, Ohio.
Schafr... |
864546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooster%2C%20Ohio | Wooster, Ohio | Wooster ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Wayne County.
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Cities in Ohio
County seats in Ohio |
864549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Mendelssohn | Vladimir Mendelssohn | Vladimir Mendelssohn (29 November 1949 – 13 August 2021) was a Romanian composer, violist, and professor. He was Director of the Kuhmo Chamber Music Festival from 2005 until his death. Mendelssohn was born in Bucharest, Romania. He also composed the movie scores for Darclee and The Violin Player.
Mendelssohn died on 1... |
864550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Johnson%20%28defensive%20tackle%29 | Charlie Johnson (defensive tackle) | Charles Johnson (January 17, 1952 – August 13, 2021) was an American football player. He played nine seasons in the National Football League. He played in Super Bowl XV for the Philadelphia Eagles and was selected to three Pro Bowls. He also played for the Minnesota Vikings. His career lasted from 1979 until 1981. John... |
864551 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Columbia%2C%20Texas | West Columbia, Texas | West Columbia is a city in Brazoria County in the U.S. state of Texas. It is about southwest of downtown Houston. The population was 3,905 at the 2010 census.
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Cities in Texas |
864552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich%20Milot | Rich Milot | Richard Paul Milot (May 28, 1957 – August 13, 2021) was an American football linebacker in the National Football League. He played his entire nine-year career with the Washington Redskins from 1979 until 1987. He played college football at Penn State University. Milot was born in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
Milot died o... |
864553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl-Friedrich%20Haas | Karl-Friedrich Haas | Karl-Friedrich Haas (28 July 1931 – 12 August 2021) was a West German athlete. He was born in Berlin. He competed for West Germany in the 1952 Summer Olympics, where he won the bronze medal. Four years later he competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal.
Haas died on 12 August 2021 in Nuremberg, Germ... |
864554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfonso%20Sep%C3%BAlveda | Alfonso Sepúlveda | Víctor Alfonso Sepúlveda Torres (3 April 1939 – 12 August 2021) was a Chilean professional footballer. He played as a midfielder. Sepúlveda was born in Santiago de Chile. He played for the Chile national football team four times from 1961 until 1964. He also played for Universidad de Chile, Unión Española and Huachipat... |
864555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pyotr%20Pimashkov | Pyotr Pimashkov | Pyotr Ivanovich Pimashkov (; 2 July 1948 – 12 August 2021) was a Russian politician. He was born in the Bykhaw District, then-Soviet Union. He was Mayor of Krasnoyarsk from 1996 until 2011. He was a member of the State Duma from 2011 until his death. Pimashkov was a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union and... |
864557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio%20Ventura | Claudio Ventura | Claudio Ventura (15 August 1953 – 11 August 2021) was an Italian cinematic artist and editor. He was also Director of Karina-Films in Paris. He worked with 20th Century Studios on the movies The Longest Day and Let's Make Love. He edited the 1984 comedy-drama movie Just the Way You Are.
Ventura died on 11 August 2021 ... |
864558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maki%20Kaji | Maki Kaji | was a Japanese businessman. He was the president of Nikoli. He was known as "the father of Sudoku" for his role in popularizing the number game. He was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido.
Kaji died on 10 August 2021 from bile duct cancer in Tokyo, aged 69.
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2021 deaths
Deaths from cholangiocarcinoma
Jap... |
864559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Paris | Victoria Paris | Victoria Paris (November 22, 1960 – August 10, 2021) was an American pornographic actress and model. She was born in Great Falls, Montana. Paris began her career in 1989 and retired in 2002. She was a nude model for Hustler magazine, High Society and Penthouse in 1988.
Paris died on August 10, 2021 at her home in Rexb... |
864560 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Longest%20Day%20%28movie%29 | The Longest Day (movie) | The Longest Day is a 1962 American epic war movie, filmed in black and white. It is based on Cornelius Ryan's 1959 non-fiction book of the same name. It is about the D-Day landings at Normandy on June 6, 1944.
It was produced Darryl F. Zanuck.
It stars John Wayne, Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Robert Mitchum, Richard... |
864561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20More | Kenneth More | Kenneth Gilbert More, CBE (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English actor. He was in Doctor in the House (1954), Raising a Riot (1955), The Admirable Crichton (1957), The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) and Next to No Time (1958).
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1982 deaths
Deaths from multiple system atrophy
Englis... |
864562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert%20Fr%C3%B6be | Gert Fröbe | Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He is best known in English-speaking countries for his work as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond movie Goldfinger. He also played Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
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1913 births
1988 deaths
Death... |
864563 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irina%20Demick | Irina Demick | Irina Demick (16 October 1936 – 8 October 2004), sometimes credited as Irina Demich, was a French actress. She was known for her roles in OSS se déchaîne (1963), The Visit (1964), Un monsieur de compagnie (1964) and Up from the Beach (1965).
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1936 births
2004 deaths
French movie actors
French television... |
864564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pommeuse | Pommeuse | Pommeuse is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
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864565 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Todd | Richard Todd | Richard Andrew Palethorpe-Todd (11 June 19193 December 2009) was an Irish-British actor. He won a Golden Globe Award and had an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for his role as Corporal Lachlan MacLachlan in the 1949 movie The Hasty Heart.
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1919 births
2009 deaths
Irish movie actors
Irish television... |
864566 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curd%20J%C3%BCrgens | Curd Jürgens | Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 191518 June 1982) was a German-Austrian actor. He played Ernst Udet in Des Teufels General. He also played James Bond villain Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
Other websites
1915 births
1982 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
German movie a... |
864567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius%20Ryan | Cornelius Ryan | Cornelius Ryan (5 June 1920 – 23 November 1974) was an Irish-American journalist and author. He was known for writing popular military history. He wrote about World War II events: The Longest Day: 6 June 1944 D-Day (1959), The Last Battle (1966), and A Bridge Too Far (1974). He was born in Dublin.
Ryan died on 23 Nove... |
864568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Jarre | Maurice Jarre | Maurice-Alexis Jarre (; 13 September 1924 – 28 March 2009) was a French composer and conductor. He composed the movie scores for Lawrence of Arabia (1962) and Dr. Zhivago. He also worked on The Train (1964), Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976), Lion of the Desert (1981), Witness (1985), Fatal Attraction (1987), and Ghost... |
864571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Annakin | Ken Annakin | Kenneth Cooper Annakin, OBE (10 August 1914 – 22 April 2009) was an English movie director. He directed many Disney movies in the 1950s.
References
Other websites
Ken Annakin biography at BFI Screenonline
AP Obituary in the Los Angeles Times
Obituary in The Times
Obituary in The Guardian
Obituary in The Indepe... |
864572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Marton | Andrew Marton | Andrew Marton (born Endre Marton; 26 January 1904 – 7 January 1992) was a Hungarian-American movie director. In his career, he directed 39 movies and television programs. He was known for directing Ben Hur (1959).
Other websites
Biography on allmovie.com
Biography on answers.com
Andrew Marton papers, Margaret Her... |
864573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernhard%20Wicki | Bernhard Wicki | Bernhard Wicki (28 October 1919 – 5 January 2000) was an Austrian actor and movie director.
Moives
Die Brücke (1959)
The Miracle of Father Malachia (1961)
The Longest Day (with Ken Annakin and Andrew Marton) (1962)
The Visit (1964)
Morituri (1965)
(1971)
Karpfs Karriere (1971)
The Conquest of the Citadel (197... |
864574 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Hunter | Jeffrey Hunter | Jeffrey Hunter (born Henry Herman "Hank" McKinnies Jr.; November 25, 1926 – May 27, 1969) was an American actor and producer. He was known for his roles in movies such as The Searchers and King of Kings.
References
1926 births
1969 deaths
Deaths from intracranial hemorrhage
American movie actors
American television a... |
864575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Tryon | Tom Tryon | Thomas Tryon (January 14, 1926 – September 4, 1991) was an American actor and novelist. He is best known for playing the main role in the movie The Cardinal (1963) and starred in The Longest Day (1962) and In Harm's Way (1965).
Other websites
1926 births
1991 deaths
Deaths from stomach cancer
American novelists
Ameri... |
864581 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20Genn | Leo Genn | Leopold John "Leo" Genn (9 August 190526 January 1978) was an English actor and lawyer. He played Petronius in the 1951 movie Quo Vadis. This role earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination.
References
1905 births
1978 deaths
British lawyers
British movie actors
British television actors
British... |
864590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sal%C3%B2%2C%20or%20the%20120%20Days%20of%20Sodom | Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom | Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom (), also titled titled Pasolini's 120 Days of Sodom on English-language prints and commonly referred to as simply Salò (), is a French-Italian 1975 art, war, LGBT and political movie. The motion picture was directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. The movie is a loose adaptation of The 120 Days o... |
864630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Ch%C5%ABetsu%20earthquake | 2004 Chūetsu earthquake | The Chūetsu earthquake is an earthquake that occurred in Niigata Prefecture, Japan on October 23, 2004. The moment magnitude was 6.6. The quake killed 68 people.
2004 in Asia
Earthquakes in Japan
Earthquakes in the 2000s |
864632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81gnes%20Hankiss | Ágnes Hankiss | Ágnes Hankiss (born Ágnes Erdős; 7 March 1950 — 17 August 2021) was a Hungarian politician. She was elected as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from 2009 until 2014. She was a member of the European People's Party. Hankiss was born in Budapest. She was married to Elemér Hankiss.
Hankiss died on 17 August 2021... |
864633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon%20Durian | Typhoon Durian | Typhoon Durian (PAGASA : Typhoon Reming) was a large storm that hurt the Philippines and Vietnam in 2006. Many people died when mud slid down from the Mayon Volcano and covered many villages.
Natural disasters in Asia
2006 in weather |
864634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anwar%20Hossain%20%28industrialist%29 | Anwar Hossain (industrialist) | Anwar Hossain (1938 – 17 August 2021) was a Bangladeshi businessman and politician. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from 1988 until 1990. He was the founder and chairman of Anwar Group. He was a member of the Jatiya Party. Hossain was born in Lalbagh Thana, Bangladesh.
Hossain died on 17 August 2021 in Dhaka, ag... |
864635 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazenambo%20Kazenambo | Kazenambo Kazenambo | Kazenambo Kazenambo (6 July 1963 – 17 August 2021) was a Botswanan-born Namibian politician. He was a member of SWAPO. In 2004, he was elected to the National Assembly. He retired in 2014. Kazenambo was born in Maun, Botswana.
Kazenambo died in Windhoek, Namibia on 17 August 2021 from COVID-19 problems, aged 58.
Refe... |
864636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maun | Maun | Maun is the fifth-largest town in Botswana. As of 2011, it had a population of 55,784.
References
Cities in Botswana |
864638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo%20Paz | Rodrigo Paz | Rodrigo Paz Delgado (20 December 1933 – 17 August 2021) was an Ecuadorian politician and businessman. He was the mayor of Quito from 1988 to 1992 He ran for President of Ecuador in the 1996 election. He was a member of the Democracia Popular. Paz was Minister of Finance from 1980 to 1981. He was born in Tulcán, Carchi,... |
864639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embassy%20%28movie%29 | Embassy (movie) | Embassy is a 1972 British spy thriller movie directed by Gordon Hessler and was based on the 1969 novel of the same name by Stephen Coulter. It stars Richard Roundtree, Chuck Connors, Max von Sydow, Broderick Crawford, Ray Milland, Marie-José Nat, David Bauer, Karl Held, Larry Cross.
Other websites
1972 thriller movi... |
864643 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge%20Yunda | Jorge Yunda | Jorge Homero Yunda Machado (born 28 August 1965) is an Ecuadorian politician, physician and radio broadcaster. He was born in Guano, Ecuador. He is a member of the PAIS Alliance. Yunda became Mayor of Quito in 2019. From 2017 until 2018, he was a member of the National Assembly.
References
1965 births
Living people
M... |
864647 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulc%C3%A1n | Tulcán | Tulcán () is the capital of the province of Carchi in Ecuador and the seat of Tulcán Canton. The population of the city of Tulcán was 53,558 in the 2010 census.
References
Cities in Ecuador |
864648 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loja%2C%20Ecuador | Loja, Ecuador | Loja (), formerly Loxa and fully City of the Immaculate Conception of Loja (), is the capital of Ecuador's Loja Province.
Other websites
Loja Area Map
Lojanos.com - Virtual community of Loja
Official page of Loja municipality
www.cronica.com.ec
Cities in Ecuador |
864649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean%20Lock | Sean Lock | Sean Lock (22 April 1963 – 16 August 2021) was an English comedian and actor. He was a team captain on Channel 4 comedy panel show 8 Out of 10 Cats from 2005–2015, and on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown from 2012 to 2021. He was born in Chertsey, Surrey, England.
Lock was diagnosed with skin cancer in 1990. He died fr... |
864650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Go%20West%2C%20Young%20Lady | Go West, Young Lady | Go West, Young Lady is a 1941 American western comedy movie directed by Frank R. Strayer and starring Penny Singleton, Glenn Ford, Ann Miller, Charles Ruggles, Allen Jenkins, Jed Prouty, Onslow Stevens. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Other websites
1941 movies
1940s western movies
1940s comedy movies
Americ... |
864651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%20Mitchell | Austin Mitchell | Austin Vernon Mitchell (19 September 1934 – 18 August 2021) was a British Labour Party politician and journalist. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Great Grimsby from 1977 until 2015. From 1979 until 1985, he was Opposition Whip. Mitchell was born in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire.
Mitchell died on 18 Augu... |
864652 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeny%20Sveshnikov | Evgeny Sveshnikov | Evgeny Ellinovich Sveshnikov (; ; 11 February 1950 – 18 August 2021) was a Russian chess player and writer. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 1977. He was born in Cheliabinsk, Russian SFSR. Sveshnikov played in his first USSR Chess Championship when he was 17 years old.
Sveshnikov died on 18 August 20... |
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