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Ismail Kadare

Ismail Kadare (, also spelled Kadaré; born 28 January 1936) is an Albanian novelist and poet. He is known for writing short stories until the publication of his first novel, The General of the Dead Army.

In 1996, he became a lifetime member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences of France. In 2005, he won the first Man Booker International Prize and in 2016, he was Commandeur de la Légion d'Honneur recipient.

Kadare has been said he might win the Nobel Prize in Literature. His works have been published in about 30 languages.

References

Other websites

 Vepra e plote e Kadarese
 National Library of Albania
 In the Palace of Nightmares’: An Exchange - New York Review of Books

1936 births
Living people
Albanian people
European writers
Poets
Mercedes-Benz O405

The Mercedes-Benz O405 is a bus that was produced by Mercedes-Benz from 1980 to 2000. It was the last VöV SL-II standard bus to be made.

Buses
Mercedes-Benz automobiles
Mike Agostini

Michael George Raymond "Mike" Agostini (23 January 1935 – 12 May 2016) was a Trinidadian track and field athlete. He was from Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. 

In 1954, he became the first athlete from that country to take a gold medal at the Commonwealth Games when he won the 100 yards final in Vancouver, Canada, on 31 July. He competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics.

Agostini died on 12 May 2016 in Sydney, Australia from pancreatic cancer, aged 81.

References

1935 births
2016 deaths
1956 Summer Olympics
Cancer deaths in Sydney
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Male athletes
Olympians
Trinidad and Tobago sportspeople
Susanne Blakeslee

Susanne Ann Blakeslee (born January 27, 1956) is an American actress, voice artist. best known for voicing Wanda in The Fairly OddParents, Cruella de Vil and for Maleficent's voice in the Kingdom Hearts. She was born in Los Angeles, California.

Animated roles 
Chowder - Witch, Abigail and Turtle Lady (episode "The Big Hat Biddies")
Cow and Chicken - Additional Voices
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy - Crabina (episode "My Fair Mandy")
The Loud House - Mrs. Agnes Johnson, Mrs. Jelinsky
The Powerpuff Girls - Sandra Practice (episode: "Girls Gone Mild")
The Powerpuff Girls (2016) - Ms. Marlene Moss, Additional Voices (replaced Tress MacNeille in season 3)
The Secret Saturdays - Rani Nagi, Dr. Miranda Gray

References

Other websites
 

1956 births
Living people
American television personalities
People from Los Angeles
American voice actors
Sammy Ellis

Samuel Joseph Ellis (February 11, 1941 – May 13, 2016) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds (1962 – 1967), California Angels (1968), and Chicago White Sox (1969). He was born in Youngstown, Ohio. His career began in the early 1960s. He retired in 1970. 

Ellis was an MLB All-Star in 1965.

Ellis died of cancer at his home in Temple Terrace, Florida on May 13, 2016, aged 75.

References

Other websites
 or Baseball Almanac or Retrosheet or Venezuelan Professional Baseball League

1941 births
2016 deaths
Cancer deaths in Florida
Cincinnati Reds players
California Angels players
Chicago White Sox players
Sportspeople from Ohio
People from Youngstown, Ohio
Dick McAuliffe

Richard John "Dick" McAuliffe (November 29, 1939 – May 13, 2016) was an American professional baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball as a shortstop and second baseman for the Detroit Tigers from 1960 to 1973 and for the Boston Red Sox from 1974 to 1975. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut.

McAuliffe died on May 13, 2016 in Farmington, Connecticut after suffering a stroke and Alzheimer's disease, aged 76.

References

1939 births
2016 deaths
Boston Red Sox players
Cardiovascular disease deaths in Connecticut
Deaths from stroke
Detroit Tigers players
People with Alzheimer's disease
Sportspeople from Hartford, Connecticut
Seán Ardagh

Seán Ardagh (25 November 1947 – 17 May 2016) was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician. He served as a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin South-Central constituency from 1997 to 2011.

Ardagh died on 17 May 2016 after a long-illness in Dublin, aged 68.

References

1947 births
2016 deaths
Irish politicians
People from Dublin
Guy Clark

Guy Charles Clark (November 6, 1941 – May 17, 2016) was a Grammy Award winning American country and folk singer, musician, songwriter, recording artist, and performer. He has released more than twenty albums.

His songs have been recorded by other artists including Jerry Jeff Walker, Jimmy Buffett, Lyle Lovett, Ricky Skaggs, Steve Wariner, and Rodney Crowell. 

Clark won the 2014 Grammy Award for Best Folk Album: My Favorite Picture Of You.

Clark died in Nashville, Tennessee from lymphoma on May 17, 2016, aged 74.

References

Other websites
Official website
Guy Clark's “Someday The Song Writes You” review at CountryMusicPride.com
Guy Clark and His Craft: The Turnstyled Junkpiled Interview
Slipcue.Com profile 
Feature story and reviews of Guy Clark at Country Standard Time

Grammy Award winners
1941 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from lymphoma
Cancer deaths in Tennessee
American singer-songwriters
American country singers
Country musicians from Texas
American folk singers
American folk musicians
American guitarists
Musicians from Texas
Singers from Texas
Writers from Texas
Country musicians from Tennessee
Huguette Dreyfus

Huguette Dreyfus (30 November 1928 – 17 May 2016) was a French musician and educator. She was known for playing the harpsichord. She was born in Mulhouse, Alsace. Dreyfus taught at the Schola Cantorum, at the Sorbonne in Paris, and at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance of Lyon.

Dreyfus died on 17 May 2016 in Lyon, aged 87.

References

1928 births
2016 deaths
French musicians
French educators
People from Grand Est
Michael Roberds

Michael Roberds (January 18, 1964 – May 15, 2016) was a Canadian actor. He starred on Fox Family's The New Addams Family as Uncle Fester. He also starred in Da Vinci's City Hall and Police Academy. He was also known for his movies roles in Elf and Hot Tub Time Machine.

Roberds died from a suspected heart attack at a hospital in Langley, British Columbia on May 15, 2016, aged 52.

References

Other websites

TV.com : Michael Roberds 
Brenna and Brittany Interview - Michael Roberds - August 1999
Michael Roberds(Aveleyman)

1964 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from myocardial infarction
Canadian movie actors
Canadian television actors
Actors from Vancouver
Yūko Mizutani

was a Japanese actress, voice actress, narrator and singer from Ama District, Aichi. Throughout her life, she was attached to Production Baobab; she was attached to Aoni Production at the time of her death. Mizutani was best known for her roles of Sakiko Sakura in Chibi Maruko-chan, Mihoshi Kuramitsu in Tenchi Muyo!, Excellen Browning in Super Robot Wars, Sora Takenouchi in Digimon Adventure, Leina Stol in Machine Robo: Revenge of Cronos, Sarah Zabiarov and Cheimin Noa in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam and Pinoko in Black Jack. Mizutani was the official Japanese voice actress for Minnie Mouse from 1991 until her death; she also voiced her in the Kingdom Hearts franchise.

On May 17, 2016, Mizutani died as a result of breast cancer. She was 51 years old at the time of her death.

References

Other websites
 
 
 Aoni Production (Japanese)

1964 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from breast cancer
Japanese movie actors
Japanese voice actors
Japanese singers
Marco Pannella

Marco Pannella (born Giacinto Pannella; 2 May 1930 – 19 May 2016) was an Italian politician and political and human rights activist.

He was the leader of the Radical Party. Between 1979 and 2009, he was a Member of the European Parliament, where he sat as a full member in the Committee on Legal Affairs, in the Committee on Budgetary Control and in the Delegation for relations with Israel. 

He was also President of the Nonviolent Radical Party. He was a bisexual. He was an atheist.

Pannella died on 19 May 2016 of lung and liver cancer in Rome, aged 86.

References

Other websites
Nonviolent Radical Party official website
Rome Set To Lead Peace-Keeping Mission

1930 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from lung cancer
Deaths from liver cancer
Cancer deaths in Italy
Italian politicians
Italian LGBT people
Bisexual people
Italian human rights activists
Italian political activists
Alexandru Lăpușan

Alexandru Lăpușan (1 February 1955 – 17 May 2016) was a Romanian politician. He served as Minister of Agriculture from 1992 through 1996. He was member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1990 through 1992. He was born in Țăndărei, Romania.

Lăpușan died on 17 May 2016, aged 61.

References

Other websites
Alexandru Lăpușan on Chamber of Deputies official site.

1955 births
2016 deaths
Romanian politicians
Civil servants
Alexandre Astruc

Alexandre Astruc (13 July 1923 – 19 May 2016) was a French movie critic and movie director. He was known for being part of the French New Wave. He was born in Paris.

Astruc was known for his movies The Crimson Curtain, La Putain respectueuse, Les Mauvaises rencontres, Amour de poche, Une vie, and La proie pour l'ombre.

In 1994, he was given the René Clair Award.

Astruc died in Paris on 19 May 2016, aged 92.

References

Other websites

 Alexandre Astruc on NewWaveFilm.com
 
 Foco - Revista de Cinema, special edition devoted to Alexandre Astruc

1923 births
2016 deaths
French movie directors
French movie critics
Writers from Paris
Fritz Stern

Fritz Richard Stern (February 2, 1926 – May 18, 2016) was a German-born American historian of German history, Jewish history, and historiography. 

He was a University Professor Emeritus at New York's Columbia University.  His work focused on the relationships between Germans and Jews in the 19th and 20th centuries and on the rise of National Socialism in Germany during the first half of the 20th century.

Stern died on May 18, 2016 in New York City, aged 90.

References

Other websites

1926 births
2016 deaths
Naturalized citizens of the United States
German writers
American historians
Educators from New York City
Writers from New York City
Lino Toffolo

Lino Toffolo (31 December 1934 – 17 May 2016) was an Italian actor, singer, author and television presenter. He was born in Murano, Italy. He was  known for his roles in Yuppi du, Brancaleone at the Crusades, and Million Dollar Eel.

Toffolo died in Murano, Italy on 17 May 2016, aged 81.

References

Other websites
 

1934 births
2016 deaths
Italian movie actors
Italian television actors
Italian singers
Italian writers
Italian television presenters
Luis H. Álvarez

Luis Héctor Álvarez Álvarez (October 25, 1919 – May 18, 2016) was a Mexican industrialist and politician. Álvarez was a member of the National Action Party. In 1958 he was a candidate for the Presidency of Mexico. He has also served as Mayor of Chihuahua. He served as President of the National Action Party from 1987 through 1993.

Other websites
 Biography of Luis H. Álvarez

1919 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
Mexican politicians
Mayors
Giovanni Coppa

Giovanni Coppa (9 November 1925 – 16 May 2016) was an Italian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He has served as a diplomat of the Holy See. He was elevated to cardinalate in 2007. He was born in Alba, Italy.
	
Coppa died on 16 May 2016, aged 90.

References

Other websites	
	
Cardinals of the Holy Roman Church	
Catholic-Hierarchy	
Catholic-pages 
 	
	
1925 births	
2016 deaths	
Italian Roman Catholics	
Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
David Rendel

David Digby Rendel (15 April 1949 – 16 May 2016) was a British politician. He was a member of the Liberal Democrats. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Newbury from 1993 to 2005. He lost re-election in 2005 to Conservative candidate Richard Benyon. At the time he lost his seat, he was the Liberal Democrats' spokesman on Higher and Further Education. 

In September 2014, Rendel was selected as Liberal Democrat candidate in the 2015 general election for the seat of Somerton and Frome in Somerset; however, he lost to the Conservative candidate, David Warburton.

Rendel died on 16 May 2016 in Berkshire, England from cancer, aged 67.

References

Other websites
David Rendel official site
David Rendel  profile at the site of Liberal Democrats
Guardian Politics Ask Aristotle – David Rendel
TheyWorkForYou.com – David Rendel
The Public Whip – David Rendel voting record
BBC News – David Rendel  profile 10 February 2005

1949 births
2016 deaths
Cancer deaths in England
British politicians
People from Athens
Jim McMillian

James M. "Jim" McMillian (March 11, 1948 – May 16, 2016) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Raeford, North Carolina. He played for the Los Angeles Lakers from 1970 through 1973, the Buffalo Braves from 1973 through 1976, the New York Knicks from 1976 through 1978 and the Portland Trail Blazers from 1978 through 1979. At the end of his career, he moved to Italy and played for Sinudyne Bologna for two seasons from 1979 through 1981. He retired in 1981. 

McMillian died on May 16, 2016 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina from heart failure, aged 68.

References

Other websites
Player Profile @ basketball-reference.com
The book "Buffalo, Home of the Braves", complete narrative and photo history of the Buffalo Braves 

1948 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
Los Angeles Lakers players
Los Angeles Clippers players
New York Knicks players
Portland Trail Blazers players
Sportspeople from North Carolina
John Berry (musician)

John Berry, Jr. (August 29, 1963 – May 19, 2016) was an American punk-genre guitarist. He was born in New York. Berry was known for being an original member of the rap band Beastie Boys. He was known for creating the name of the band. He joined the band in 1981, but left in 1983. His most famous album recorded with the band was "Polly Wog Stew". 

Berry died from complications of dementia in a hospital in Danvers, Massachusetts on May 19, 2016, aged 52.

References

Other websites
 Partial biography  at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.com

1963 births
2016 deaths
American rock guitarists
Deaths from dementia
Disease-related deaths in Massachusetts
Musicians from New York
François Maistre

François Maistre (14 May 1925 – 16 May 2016) was a French, television and theatre actor. He was born in Demigny, Saône-et-Loire, France. He appeared in nearly 100 movies between 1960 until his retirement in 2003. He was known for his roles in Angélique, Marquise des Anges and The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie.

Maistre died in France on 17 May 2016, aged 91.

References

1925 births
2016 deaths
French movie actors
French television actors
French stage actors
President of Nigeria

The President of Nigeria is the head of state and head of the executive of Nigeria. The first President of Nigeria was Nnamdi Azikiwe. The current President is Muhammadu Buhari, since 29 May 2015.

Requirements
The 1999 Constitution of Nigeria of Nigeria sets the requirement. A president must:
be a citizen of Nigeria;
be at least 40 years old;
be a member of a political party and is sponsored by that political party.

Powers of the president
These powers include:
Appointing ambassadors and diplomatic and consular representatives
Approving and signing of bills
Conferring honours
Receiving and recognising foreign diplomatic and consular representatives
Referring a Bill to the Constitutional Court for a decision on the Bill's constitutionality
Summoning the National Assembly, or Parliament to an extraordinary sitting to conduct special business

References

Other websites

State House Abuja Official Website

 
1963 establishments in Africa
Establishments in Nigeria
Free Walking Tour

Free Walking Tour – free of charge walking tour, where participants give tips tour guide for his work. Guide can take money or give it to his Free Walking Tour organization. Free Walking Tour typically has a schedule. Weather and number of coming participants doesn’t matter.

History
The movement appeared in 2004 in Berlin. According to the portal freetoursnetwork in 2016 free walking tour exists in 206 cities in 75  countries around the world.  

The logotype Free Walking Tour has often picture of the legs or left traces.

Analogy
The concept of Free Walking Tour in the tourism branch can be compared with a freeware on the IT-market. Free software can be an advertising of the commercial product or its manufacturer. The organizers of the Free Walking Tour often provide some business services such as a shuttle service, different entertainment, thematic, motorized and individual tours; however, the free tour model has developed as a hugely popular way to tour cities in its own right in recent years, with more and more tour companies offering free walking tours exclusively, such as Generation Tours in Dublin, Ireland, for example.  Free Walking Tour guides can be compared with the street performers who entertain passers-by and offer for donations as well as compared to history professors who bring a city and it's stories to life. Because tour guides only work for gratuities, the quality of a free tour tends to be significantly and consistently better than traditional "pay first" tours, which can take advantage of unknowing travelers.

References

Tourism
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures is an American movie company owned by The Walt Disney Company.

The company began in 1953 as Buena Vista Distribution Company, to manage distribution, marketing and promotion for movies produced by the Walt Disney Studios. These include Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Animation Studios, 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Pixar Animation Studios, Marvel Studios, Lucasfilm, Disneynature, and Touchstone Pictures.

The division changed to its current name in 2007. Since 1987, the company name had been Buena Vista Pictures Distribution.

History 

Before 1953, Walt Disney's productions were distributed by Columbia Pictures, United Artists and RKO. However, an argument led to Walt and his older brother Roy O. Disney beginning the Buena Vista Film Distribution Company, Inc. (BVDC), to handle North American distribution of their own products.

For the  Toy Story premiere, Disney rented the Hollywood Masonic Temple for Totally Toy Story, as a multimedia funhouse and a promotional event for the movie. Because of its success as a venue, in July 1998, Buena Vista Pictures Distribution bought the Masonic Temple building.

In April 2006, Buena Vista International agreed to a distribution deal with MegaStar Joint Venture Company Limited. This was to help them bring their most popular movies to be shown in Vietnam.

In April 2007, Disney stopped using the Buena Vista nickname in its distribution branding.

In 2009, Disney began a partnership with DreamWorks Studios. They agreed to make an estimated 30 movies over a five-year period from DreamWorks and release them under the Touchstone Pictures name. The distribution deal will end in August 2016. DreamWorks and Disney decided to not renew their agreement in December 2015; with Universal Pictures replacing Disney as DreamWorks' distributor.

Distribution

Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has released the most movies that have earned more than $1-billion, (nine, in worldwide grosses), among major Hollywood studios, with eight of the twenty highest-grossing movies of all time being distributed by Disney. 

In 2015, Disney achieved its largest yearly box-office gross worldwide and in North America.

In December 14, 2017, The Walt Disney Company has announced plan to buy 21st Century Fox for $52.4 billion as well as 20th Century Fox and other Fox Entertainment assets.

Highest-grossing movies 

‡—Includes theatrical reissue(s).

References

Other websites 
 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures 

Disney companies
Lathe

A lathe is a type of machine used to shape things.  Various kinds of work such as woodturning, metalworking, metal spinning, spin welding and glassworking use lathes.  A lathe works by turning an object on an axis and applying a tool to shape it.  Most lathes turn the workpiece on a horizontal axis; the potter's wheel uses a vertical axis.  There are various types of lathe machine but horizontal lathes are used widely. 

CNC (Computer numerical control) lathes can perform the same jobs more accurately than manual lathes.  Lathes work by using accessories such as cutting tools and rests. 

Examples of objects that can be made using a lathe are, candlestick holders, gun barrels, cue sticks and baseball bats.

Machines
Tools
Woodturning

Woodturning is a type of woodworking. It is used to create different types of wooden object using a lathe. Woodturning is different from other types of woodworking because the wood is spinning while on a lathe when it is being designed. There are many different types of objects that can be made from this process.

Woodworking
Metalspinning

Metal spinning is a process where a piece of sheet metal is rotated on a machine (often a lathe) to produce an object. The  object usually has the qualities of being round, hollow and symmetrical. Metal spinning dates back thousands of years to Ancient Egypt. It is closely related to the potter's wheel.

Process 
The process begins with a flat piece of metal or a metal cylinder. It is cut to a specific size based on the size of the finished part. A form is used to create the internal shape of the spun metal part. The form is often made of aluminum or hardened steel. Metal spinning used to be used for creating prototypes and where only a few parts needed to be made. With the introduction of automatic lathes, metal spinning can be used to create a larger number of parts inexpensively.

References

Other websites 
 Metal Spinning a Bowl on a Lathe

Manufacturing
Spin welding

Spin welding (also called thermal welding) is a technique used to model thermoplastic materials. The material is remodelled by using enough friction to make it so the material will be heated so much that is able to change its shape or have something attached to it. This is done by using a lathe, drill press or milling machine.

Construction
Technology
Glassworking

Glassworking refers to techniques and styles that use glass. Some common forms of glassworking are:
 Glassblowing
 Glass sculpture
 Stained glass

Skills
Glass
Quispamsis

Quispamsis is a suburb is southern New Brunswick, Canada. It is located 20 kilometres northeast of Saint John. The population of Quispamsis was 18,245 people in 2016.

References

Towns in New Brunswick
Essential fatty acid

Essential fatty acids, or EFAs, are fatty acids that humans and other animals must eat. The body needs them  for good health but cannot make them.

Only two fatty acids are needed for humans. When the two EFAs were discovered in 1923, they were called "vitamin F", but in 1929, research on rats showed that the two EFAs are fats rather than vitamins.

Some other fatty acids are "conditionally essential", meaning that they may become essential under some circumstances.

References 

Nutrition
Balto-Slavic languages

The Balto-Slavic language group is made up of the Baltic and Slavic languages. They are part of a large family group because they share many similarities involving the linguistic traits of the two language families that can not be found in other languages. The Balto-Slavic languages are mainly spoken in areas of eastern, northern and southern parts of Europe. The Balto-Slavic languages are daughter languages of the now extinct Proto-Indo-European.

Some of Balto-Slavic languages spoken today: 
 Russian
 Latvian
 Czech
 Polish
 Ukrainian
 Lithuanian
 Croatian 
 Serbian
 Slovak 
For a complete list of Balto-Slavic languages go here.

Indo-European languages
Baltic languages

The Baltic languages are part of the Balto-Slavic branch of the Indo-European language family. Baltic languages are mostly spoken in the Baltics, around the Baltic sea.

Branches
There are three branches of Baltic languages. Two are extinct.

Western Baltic languages †
 (Western) Galindian †
 Old Prussian †
 Sudovian (Yotvingian) †
 ? Skalvian † (unattested)

Eastern Baltic languages
 Latvian (~2.2 million speakers, whereof ~1.75 million native speakers, 0.5 million second language speakers)
 Latgalian (150,000–200,000 speakers)
 Lithuanian (~3 million native speakers)
 Selonian †
 Semigallian †
 Old Curonian (sometimes considered Western Baltic) †

Dnieper Baltic languages †
 (Eastern) Galindian (the language of the Eastern Galindians, also known by its name in ) †
(† – extinct language)

References
Daughter language

A daughter language is a language that descended from another language, which usually happens over a long period of time.

Examples 
 Italian is a daughter language of Latin, which is a daughter language of Proto-Indo-European.
 English is a daughter language of West Germanic, which is a daughter language of Proto-Indo-European.
Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish are daughter languages of Old Norse, which was a daughter language of Proto-Norse.
Hindi and Urdu are daughter languages of Hindustani, which was the official language of British India until India gained independence. After Pakistan split apart from India, the language became two different languages, Urdu and Hindi in the same order.
Dungan is a daughter language of Mandarin Chinese (Gansu and Shaanxi dialects), which is a daughter language of Proto-Sino-Tibetan.

References

Languages
List of Balto-Slavic languages

There are many Balto-Slavic languages. Some are now extinct and some are still spoken today.

Balto-Slavic languages still spoken

Baltic languages 
 Latvian
 Lithuanian

West Slavic languages 
 Polish
 Czech
 Slovak
 Silesian
 Sorbian (Serbsce and Serbski)
 Kashubian

South Slavic languages 
 Croatian
 Serbian
 Bosnian
 Slovene
 Bulgarian
 Church Slavonic
 Macedonian

East Slavic languages 
 Russian
 Ukrainian
 Belorussian
 Rusyn

Extinct Balto-Slavic languages 
 Old Prussian
 Old Church Slavonic
 Galindan
 Polabian
 Sudovian
 Selonian
 Semigallian
 Knaanic
 Old West Slavic
 Old Novgorod
 Old East Slavic
 Old Ruthenian

Pan-Slavic languages 
 Interslavic
 Slovio

Indo-European languages
Language-related lists
Old Prussian language

Old Prussian was a Baltic language spoken in what is now called the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia. It was spoken by the indigenous peoples of Prussia, the Old Prussians. It was spoken in the area where north-eastern Poland and the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia are today. It was named Old Prussian in order to show that it is different to the people who lived in Prussia afterwards. It went extinct in the early 18th century. There has been an attempted revival, but with little progress.

References

Baltic languages
Knaanic language

Knaanic (also called Canaanic, Leshon Knaan, Judaeo-Czech) is an extinct West Slavic Jewish language. It was spoken in the area known today as Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia. It became extinct in the late middle ages.

Slavic languages
The Larry Sanders Show

The Larry Sanders Show is an American sitcom. It is about Garry Shandling portraying a fictional host named Larry Sanders. It aired from 1992-1998.

References

Other websites
 

1992 American television series debuts
1998 American television series endings
1990s American television series
American comedy television series
English-language television programs
Wheelock Whitney, Jr.

Wheelock "Whee" Whitney, Jr. (July 30, 1926 – May 20, 2016) was an American businessman, politician, educator, sports team executive and owner, philanthropist. Whitney was a successful investment banker from 1957 until 1972. When he left the industry, he taught at the Carlson School of Business.

Whitney was born in St. Cloud, Minnesota. He studied at Phillips Academy and Yale University.

Whitney was the 1964 Republican nominee for U.S. Senate from Minnesota. He lost to Eugene McCarthy, and the Republican nominee for governor of Minnesota in 1982, losing to Rudy Perpich.

He was the team executive for the Minnesota Twins. He was also a part-owner and president of the Minnesota Vikings football team for a number of years.

Whitney died under hospice care in Independence, Minnesota on May 20, 2016, aged 89.

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1926 births
2016 deaths
Educators from Minnesota
American philanthropists
Businesspeople from Minnesota
Politicians from Minnesota
Sportspeople from Minnesota
Writers from Minnesota
US Republican Party politicians
People from St. Cloud, Minnesota
Nick Lashaway

Nick Lashaway (March 24, 1988 – May 8, 2016) was an American actor. He was best known for his roles on The X-Files, Girls, and The 40 Year Old Virgin. He appeared in The Last Song. He played Brandon O'Neil in My Soul to Take.

Lashaway died in a car crash on May 8, 2016, in Framingham, Massachusetts, aged 28.

References

Other websites

 
 Notice of death of Lashaway in Framingham, Massachusetts

1988 births
2016 deaths
Road accident deaths in the United States
American movie actors
American television actors
Actors from Washington, D.C.
Renzo Piano

Renzo Piano, OMRI, OMCA (; born 14 September 1937) is an Italian architect and engineer. He won the Pritzker Prize in 1998. He is known for designing London's tallest skyscraper The Shard and The New York Times Building in New York City. He was born in Genoa, Italy.

In 2006, Piano was selected by TIME as one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was selected as the 10th most influential person in the "Arts and Entertainment" category of the 2006 Time 100.

In August 2013, he was appointed Senator for Life in the Italian Senate by President Giorgio Napolitano.

References

Pritzker Prize winners
1937 births
Living people
Italian architects
Italian engineers
People from Genoa
Ken Gorgal

Kenneth Robert Gorgal (February 13, 1929 – May 8, 2016) was an American football player. He was born in Peru, Illinois. He played in the National Football League for the Cleveland Browns, the Chicago Bears and the Green Bay Packers in the 1950s. He played college football at Purdue University.

After retiring from football, Gorgal went back to Chicago. He later held a seat on the Chicago Board of Trade, a major exchange.

Gorgal died on May 8, 2016 in Vero Beach, Florida at the age of 87.

References

1929 births
2016 deaths
Cleveland Browns players
Chicago Bears players
Green Bay Packers players
Sportspeople from Chicago
Jim Ray Hart

James "Jim" Ray Hart (October 30, 1941 – May 19, 2016) was an American. He played for the National League's San Francisco Giants from 1963 to 1973 and the New York Yankees in 1973 and 1974. Hart batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Hookerton, North Carolina.

In a 12-season career, Hart posted a .278 batting average, with 170 home runs and 578 runs batted in (RBIs) in 1,125 Major League games played.

Hart died in Acampo, California on May 19, 2016 after a long-illness, aged 74.

References

1941 births
2016 deaths
San Francisco Giants players
New York Yankees players
Sportspeople from North Carolina
Patricia M. Derian

Patricia Murphy "Patt" Derian (August 12, 1929 – May 20 2016) was an American civil rights and human rights activist. She was born in New York City, but was raised in Danville, Virginia. During the 1976 U.S. presidential election, Derian was deputy director of the Carter-Mondale campaign. Derian served as Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs from 1977 to 1981. She was known for being a critic of the Ronald Reagan presidency and his administration. 

Derian died at her home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from Alzheimer's disease on May 20, 2016, aged 86.

References

1929 births
2016 deaths
Deaths from Alzheimer's disease
American civil rights activists
American human rights activists
Politicians from New York City
Politicians from Virginia
US Democratic Party politicians
Robert Mandan

Robert Mandan (February 2, 1932 – April 29, 2018) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Chester Tate on the satirical sitcom Soap from 1977 through 1981.

Mandan died on April 29, 2018 in Los Angeles, California of prostate cancer at the age of 86.

References

Other websites
 
 

1932 births
2018 deaths
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Wendy Davis (politician)

Wendy Russell Davis (born Wendy Jean Russell; May 16, 1963) is an American lawyer and  Democratic politician. She was born in West Warwick, Rhode Island, but was raised in Fort Worth, Texas.

Davis represented District 10 in the Texas Senate from 2009 to 2015. She previously served on the Fort Worth City Council.

Davis ran for the office of Governor of Texas in the 2014 election but lost to Greg Abbott with 59-38 percent.

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Tammy Duckworth

Ladda Tammy Duckworth (born March 12, 1968) is an American politician. She is the United States senator from  Illinois. She was a U.S. Representative for Illinois's 8th congressional district from 2013 to 2017. 

A member of the Democratic Party, she is the first Asian American woman elected to Congress in Illinois, the first disabled woman to be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the first member of Congress born in Thailand.

Duckworth ran for the United States senate seat against the current senator Mark Kirk in the 2016 Illinois senate elections. On November 8, 2016, she defeated Kirk in his bid for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat.

In April 2018, Duckworth gave birth to her daughter Maile, making her the first U.S. Senator to give birth while in office.

In July 2020, she became one of the finalists for Joe Biden's running mate in the 2020 election/

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 Official U.S. House website 
 Tammy Duckworth for Senate

Duckworth participates in panel discussion, Returning Veterans at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library

1968 births
Living people
United States senators from Illinois
United States representatives from Illinois
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People from Bangkok
Boris Schnaiderman

Boris Solomonovitch Schnaiderman (Russian Борис Соломонович Шнайдерман; 17 May 1917 – 18 May 2016) was a Brazilian translator, writer and essayist. He was of Jewish descent.

He became a naturalized citizen of Brazil in 1941 and fought in World War II with the Brazilian Expeditionary Force.

In 2003 he received the Prize of Translation by the Academia Brasileira de Letras. He was the first person who translated to Portuguese classical Russian books directly from the Russian language.

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Agostinho Neto

António Agostinho Neto (17 September 1922 – 10 September 1979) was an Angolan politician and poet. He was the first President of Angola, serving from 1975–1979 after he leading the Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) in the war for independence that lasted from 1961–1974.

He died of inoperable cancer on 10 September 1979 in a hospital in Moscow, Russia, aged 56.

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1922 births
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Communist politicians
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Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo

Miguel de la Quadra-Salcedo y Gayarre (April 30, 1932 – May 20, 2016) was a Spanish journalist and Olympic athlete. He was born in Madrid. He was the director and founder of cultural program Aventura 92 (Adventures 92). He was mainly known by the Basque-Navarre people.

Quadra-Salcedo died in Madrid on May 20, 2016 at the age of 84.

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VideoConference

1932 births
2016 deaths
Spanish journalists
Sportspeople from Madrid
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Depression (economics)

A depression is a long period of time in which the economy of a country is not working well. It is usually marked by a large number of people being without jobs. A depression is a more severe kind of recession. A depression can last for several years. In addition to high unemployment, depressions hurt banks, trade and manufacturing. Prices fall, credit is harder to get and there is an increase in bankruptcies. A depression in one country can quickly spread to other countries.

The Great Depression 
The Great Depression (1929-39) was the longest lasting and deepest economic depression in the history of the modern industrial world. It started after the U.S. stock market crash in 1929. The prices on the Wall Street stock market fell from October 24 to October 29, 1929. It sent Wall Street into a panic. Millions of investors were financially ruined. By 1933 nearly half the banks in the United States had failed and between 13 and 15 million Americans were unemployed. The beginnings of World War II in Europe ended the depression. The Great Depression affected countries worldwide. Unlike previous depressions in which a few countries were hurt, the Great Depression was felt by nearly all industrialized countries. Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe, and North and South America all suffered. Countries tried to protect their own economies by raising tariffs on goods they imported into their countries. This caused world trade to fall by some 30 percent. An estimated 30 million people were unemployed worldwide by 1932. 

The Great Depression had far-reaching political consequences. As economies failed some people looked to military dictators to save their countries. For example, countries like Argentina and several in Central America had dictators. In Germany, Italy and Japan, Fascism took hold which directly led to World War II. In the Soviet Union the depression allowed Joseph Stalin to come to power. He exiled millions to labor camps and began a reign of terror called the Great Purge. As many as 20 million Soviets died in the 1930s alone. In the west, one response was Welfare Capitalism. This took hold in countries such as Canada, France and Great Britain.

Signs of a depression 
As of 2013, some countries in Europe were suffering greater unemployment than they did during the Great Depression of the 1930s. The Gross domestic product has been shrinking faster than some European nations can cut spending. Europe's financial crisis shows every sign of getting worse, not better. While called a recession by some government officials, economists are already calling it a depression. As European countries are locked into the Euro they cannot devalue their own currency to adjust their economies. This means they cannot lower the price of their exports to make them more attractive and so cannot achieve a balance of trade.

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Other websites 
 Financial Panics of the 19th Century
 The 13 Worst Recessions, Depressions, and Panics In American History
 Global Financial and Economic Crises 

Economics
Financial crises
You Don't Own Me

"You Don't Own Me" is a popular song. This single was recorded by Lesley Gore when she was 17 years old in 1963. It was written by Philadelphia songwriters David White and John Madara. The song hit #2 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart in the United States. It was #2 for three straight weeks during February 1964.

The song is about a woman telling her man he should never tell her what to do or what to say. The man should also not put her on display.  It is considered to be a feminist anthem with a connection to the civil rights movement.

Other singers have covered the song, like Dusty Springfield, Joan Jett and Grace Sewell.

Lyrics 
You don't own me

I'm not just one of your many toys

You don't own me

Don't say I can't go with other boys

And don't tell me what to do

Don't tell me what to say

And please, when I go out with you

Don't put me on display 'cause

You don't own me

Don't try to change me in any way

You don't own me

Don't tie me down 'cause I'd never stay

I don't tell you what to say

I don't tell you what to do

So just let me be myself

That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young

I'm free and I love to be free

To live my life the way I want

To say and do whatever I please

And don't tell me what to do

Oh, don't tell me what to say

And please, when I go out with you

Don't put me on display

I don't tell you what to say

Oh, don't tell you what to do

So just let me be myself

That's all I ask of you

I'm young and I love to be young

I'm free and I love to be free

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1963 songs
Pop songs
Songs with feminist themes
Frutigen

Frutigen is a municipality in Frutigen-Niedersimmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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 Official Website 
 Frutigen tourism  

Municipalities of Bern
Burgistein

Burgistein is a municipality in the administrative district of Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.

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Other websites

 Official website of Burgistein 

Municipalities of Bern
William Safire

William Lewis Safir (December 17, 1929 – September 27, 2009), better known as William Safire (), was an American author, columnist, journalist, and presidential speechwriter.

He was best known as a long-time political columnist for the New York Times and the author of "On Language" in the New York Times Magazine, a column on popular etymology, new or unusual usages, and other language-related topics from its inception.

Safire died from pancreatic cancer at a hospice in Rockville, Maryland, on September 27, 2009, aged 79.

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Sándor Tarics

Sándor Tarics (23 September 1913 – 21 May 2016) was a Hungarian water polo player. He won a gold medal in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was born in Budapest. 

He attended the 2012 London Olympics as the oldest living Olympic champion and turned 100 in September 2013.

Tarics died in San Francisco, California on 21 May 2016 at the age of 102.

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Friedrich Schattleitner

Friedrich Schattleitner (28 September 1923 – 4 May 2016) was an Austrian sport shooter. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics, where he finished 35th among a field of 86 competitors in the 50 m rifle - prone position event. He was born in Kalwang.

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Sylvia Kauders

Sylvia Kauders (December 1, 1921 – May 5, 2016) was an American movie, TV and theater actress. She was known for many small but known  roles on Broadway and in movies. 

She was known for her roles in American Splendor, Analyze That, Predator 2, City Hall, two Woody Allen movies: Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989) and Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993). She appeared  in Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) by Joel and Ethan Coen.

Kauders died on May 5, 2016 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from a heart attack, aged 94.

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 IMDB

1921 births
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Tonita Castro

Tonita Castro (1952/53 – May 8, 2016) was a Mexican-born American actress. She was born in Guadalajara, Mexico. She appeared on  television shows such as Little Britain USA, The Sarah Silverman Program, Kroll Show, Life in Pieces, and Dads. She also appeared on movies such as Imagine That, Funny People, Our Family Wedding, Bad Ass, Seeking a Friend for the End of the World and The Book of Life.

Castro died on May 8, 2016 from stomach cancer in Los Angeles, California, aged 63.

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Gaston Berghmans

Gaston Petrus Bernardina Berghmans (11 March 1926 – 21 May 2016) was a Flemish actor and comedian. From 1972 through 1993, he and Leo Martin formed a comic duo called Gaston and Leo. They also made four mvoies together: The boat to Spain (1982), Thugs (1984), The Panic Sowers (1986) and Gaston en Leo in Hong Kong (1988).

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Marion Tournon-Branly

Marion Tournon-Branly (23 September 1924 – 15 May 2016) was a French architect. She was born in Paris. His father was architect Paul Tournon and mother was painter Élisabeth Branly. She studied at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts. She worked with her father and Auguste Perret.

She designed villas, elementary schools, buildings for the Fleury Abbey and the modern church of the Fontenelle Abbey.

Tournon-Branly died in Paris on 15 May 2016, aged 91.

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1924 births
2016 deaths
French architects
People from Paris
Benjamin de Roo

Benjamin hielke de Roo (11 February 1940 – 17 May 2016) was an Dutch-born Australian gymnast. He was born in Enschede, the Netherlands. In 1957 his family immigrated to Australia. In 1960, he became Australian citizen. He competed for Australia at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics.

De Roo died at a hospital in Katoomba, New South Wales on 17 May 2016 from complications of a stroke, aged 76.

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1940 births
2016 deaths
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1964 Summer Olympics
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Cardiovascular disease deaths in New South Wales
Deaths from stroke
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Sportspeople from Overijssel
Ashure

Ashure () is a traditional Turkish pudding.  Ashure is made from grains, dried fruits and nuts.  There are no animal products (butter, milk, cheese, etc.) and ashure is vegan.

Specially, Turkish people make ashure during Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.  Ashure () means tenth in Arabic and the 10th day of every lunar year is the Day of Ashure.

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Gritstone

Gritstone or grit is a hard, coarse-grained, siliceous sandstone. This term is especially applied to sandstones quarried for building material.

British gritstone was used for millstones to mill flour, to grind wood into pulp for paper and for grindstones to sharpen blades. "Grit" is often applied to sandstones with angular sand grains. It may commonly contain small pebbles or breccia. 
 
Millstone Grit is an informal term for gritstones  found in the Peak District and Pennines of northern England. These sediments were laid down in the late (upper) Paleozoic era, in the Carboniferous period, in deltaic conditions. The Millstone Grit Group is a formal stratigraphic term for this sequence of rocks.

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Geography of England