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Gisèle Halimi

Gisèle Halimi (born Zeiza Gisèle Élise Taïeb; 27 July 1927 – 28 July 2020) was a Tunisian-French lawyer, feminist, and essayist. She was born in Tunis. 

In 1971 she founded the feminist group Choisir ("To Choose"), to protect the women who had signed the Manifesto of the 343 admitting to having illegal abortions. 

In 1981 she was elected to the French National Assembly and was Deputy for Isère until 1984. Between 1985 and 1987 she was a French legate to UNESCO.

Halimi died at the age of 93 on 28 July 2020 in Paris.

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1927 births
2020 deaths
French lawyers
French politicians
Feminist writers
French essayists
Tunisian writers
Tunisian politicians
People from Tunis
Aleksandr Aksinin

Aleksandr Timofeyevich Aksinin (, 4 November 1954 – 28 July 2020)) was a Soviet athlete. He won a gold medal winner of the 4 × 100m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Aksinin was born in Leningrad.

Aksinin died on 28 July 2020, aged 65.

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1954 births
2020 deaths
Olympic gold medalists
Olympic bronze medalists
Sprinters
Male athletes
Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
Destination Tokyo

Destination Tokyo is a 1943 American World War II adventure movie directed by Delmer Daves and starring Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, Sr., Tom Tully, John Forsythe, John Ridgely, Dane Clark, Warner Anderson, Eleanor Parker, Faye Emerson. It was distributed by Warner Bros. and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1944.

Other websites
 
 
 

1943 movies
1940s war movies
1940s adventure movies
American adventure movies
World War II movies
Movies directed by Delmer Daves
Kina Kadreva

Kina Kadreva (27 September 1931 – 27 July 2020) was a Bulgarian author. She was best known for the children's book The Milk Tree from 1962, and Dragon under a down pillow from 1996. Kadreva was born in Burgas, Bulgaria.

Kadreva died on 27 July 2020 in Sofia, aged 88.

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1931 births
2020 deaths
Bulgarian writers
Children's writers
John Weeks (economist)

John Weeks (1941 – 26 July 2020) was an American economist. He was born in Austin, Texas. He was Professor Emeritus at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. His research interests were in theoretical and policy-applied macroeconomics and economic development. He published academic papers, books and policy reports in these areas. 

He died on 26 July 2020, aged 79.

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1941 births
2020 deaths
American economists
Educators from Austin, Texas
Writers from Austin, Texas
Claudia Giannotti

Claudia Giannotti (19 February 1937 – 26 July 2020) was an Italian actress. She was born in Campobasso, Italy. She was known for her role as Dr. Natoli in the 1969 comedy Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue.

Giannotti died on 26 July 2020 in Torino, Italy at the age of 83.

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1937 births
2020 deaths
Italian movie actors
Italian television actors
Italian stage actors
Giulio Maceratini

Giulio Maceratini (13 February 1938 – 25 July 2020) was an Italian politician. He was born in Rome. He was a member of the European Parliament between 6 June 1988 to 1 October 1988.

Maceratini died on 25 July 2020 in Rome at the age of 82.

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1938 births
2020 deaths
MEPs for Italy
Former MEPs
Politicians from Rome
Jim Frick

Kjell Jim Erik Frick, (6 November 1951 – 25 July 2020) was a Swedish horse racer within harness racing. He was born in Rättvik, Sweden. After winning 5002 races he ended his career in 2010 after being thrown off the horse. 
In 1987, Frick represented Sweden in the World Driving Championship.

Between 2003 and 2007 he won 36 million (SEK) with 400 victories in the sport. On 21 February 2010, he won his 5000th victory in horse racing with the horse Sandro Mustang at Gävletravet.

Frick died on 25 July 2020 from prostate cancer at the age of 68.

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1951 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from prostate cancer
Swedish sportspeople
Bernard Mohlalisi

Bernard Mohlalisi O.M.I. (March 16, 1933 – July 24, 2020) was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru in Lesotho from 1990 to 2009. On June 30, 2009, his resignation due to age was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI. Mohlalisi was ordained as a priest on July 14, 1963.

Mohlalisi died on July 24, 2020 at the age of 87.

References

Other websites
 Bernard Mohlalisi at the Catholic-hierarchy.org

1933 births
2020 deaths
Roman Catholics
Claude-Gérard Marcus

Claude-Gérard Marcus (24 August 1933 – 24 July 2020) was a French politician. He was a member of the National Assembly from 1968 to 1997. He was born in Paris. He was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic.

Marcus died on 24 July 2020 in Paris, aged 86.

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1933 births
2020 deaths
French politicians
Claude Beausoleil

Claude Beausoleil (16 November 1948 – 24 July 2020) was a Canadian writer, poet, and essayist (An essay writer). He was born in Montreal. 

In 1991, Beausoleil won the Prix littéraires du Journal de Montréal for Une certain fin de siècle. He was also a finalist for the 1991 Governor General's Awards. He won the 1997 Prix Alain-Grandbois for Grand Hôtel des étrangers. La Blessure du silence won the Prix Louise-Labé in 2009, and Mystère Wilde won the Prix Heredia of the Académie française in 2015.

Beausoleil was a member of the Académie Mallarmé. His archives are kept in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.

Beausoleil died on 24 July 2020 in Montreal, At the age of 71.

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1948 births
2020 deaths
Essayists
Canadian poets
Writers from Montreal
Bonneville, Haute-Savoie

Bonneville (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.

References

Other websites
  Official site

Communes in Haute-Savoie
Subprefectures in France
Eulogius (Smirnov)

Eulogius (born Yuri Vasilyevich Smirnov; 13 January 1937 – 22 July 2020) was a Russian Orthodox prelate. He was the figure head at the Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Vladimir between 1990 and 2018.

Metropolitan Eulogius died on 22 July 2020, aged 83.

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1937 births
2020 deaths
Russian Orthodox Christians
A15 autoroute

The A15 is a short autoroute (motorway) in France. It goes through the suburbs of the northwest of Paris. It is about  long.

Exits and junctions

References

Autoroutes in France
The Telebugs

The Telebugs is a cartoon from the 1980s about the adventures of three robots with televisions for heads.

Episodes

Series 1 (1986-1987)

References

1986 television series debuts
1987 television series endings
English-language television programs
Theodotion

Theodotion was a Greek-speaking Jewish scholar, who likely worked in Ephesus (a place in the west of modern-day Turkey), and translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek in roughly AD 150.

Jewish people
Qumran

Qumran is an archaeological site in the West Bank by the nation of Israel. It is best known as the settlement nearest to the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were kept. The excavations were carried out by Roland de Vaux in the 1950s, though several later works at the site have since been carried out. The Biblical documents found at Qumran have been very useful to scholars of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity, as it allows them to understand the history of the Jewish community that lived there as well as the history of the Bible (such as which books were part of the canon or when certain books were written).

Archaeological sites in Israel
Squeezie

Lucas Hauchard (born 27 January 1996), also known as Squeezie, is a French YouTuber. He is the most well-known French-speaking gamer with over 14 million subscribers and 7 billion views. He specialises in Let's Play commentaries and vlogs, and also works with Cyprien Iov on Bigorneaux & Coquillages, a channel with over 6 million subscribers as of October 2019.

References

1996 births
French YouTubers
People from Ile-de-France
Living people
Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits

Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits is a chain of fast food restaurants. They serve Cajun-style chicken and biscuits. It was founded in 1977 by Jack Fulk and Richard Thomas.

American fast food restaurants
1977 establishments in the United States
Thin Ice (1937 movie)

Thin Ice is a 1937 American romantic comedy movie directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn, Joan Davis. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1938.

Other websites
 

1937 movies
1930s comedy movies
American romantic comedy movies
20th Century Fox movies
Movies directed by Sidney Lanfield
Pinkel

Pinkel is a type of sausage that is common in the north of Germany.  It does not only contain meat, but also has non-meat ingredients. Its exact composition varies, but it is usually made of bacon, groats of oats or barley, beef suet, pig lard, onions, salt, pepper and other spices. It is the kind of sausage that is usually served cooked, with some form of cabbage. 

Mostly during the winter months, it may also be used in Eintopf. Pinkel is a smoked sausage. It is eaten mainly in northwest Germany, especially the region around Oldenburg, Bremen and Osnabrück as well as in East Frisia and Friesland.

References 

Sausage
German food
Statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Japan

The Statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at the Koyasan University in Wakayama
Prefecture, Japan, is a public monument of Babasaheb Ambedkar. Ambedkar (1891-1956) was an Indian polymath, Dalit leader, human and civil rights activist, the architect of the Indian constitution and the founding father of republic of India. The statue was unveiled on 10 September 2015 by then Maharashtra's Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The statue of a foreign person has been set up for the first time in Wakayama. The statue's height is 10.5 feet (3.2 m). It was established on the celebration of 1,200th year of foundation of Koyasan and the 125th birth anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar. It was established at a cost of ₹ 22.25 lakhs.

Background

As a part of cooperation in the field of tourism, the Government of Maharashtra had
signed a Memorandum of Understanding in October 2013 with the Wakayama
Prefecture in Japan. Japan is considered to be Buddhist country. The Japanese
wanted to establish a statue of Ambedkar on the 'Koyasan' hill, which is considered
sacred to Buddhists. Accordingly, the statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar was decided to
be installed at Koyasan. Koyasan (Mount Kōya) is also included in the World
Heritage Sites. Accordingly, the statue was raised in March 2015 by Maharashtra
Tourism Development Corporation (MTDC) in Koyasana. The statue of a foreign
person has been set up for the first time in Wakayama. The Statue's height is 10.5
feet (3.2 m). The architect Balkrishna (Daji) Panchal had established this statue at Kudal in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra. The work of the statue started from December 2014 and has been completed by the end of March 2015. The statue was unveiled by Chief Minister of Maharashtra Devendra Fadnavis on 10 September, 2015. The Governor of Wakayama Prefecture Yoshinobu Nisaka, Bhante Kobo Dishi, Maharashtra State Industries Minister Subhash Desai, MP Ramdas Athavale, MP Amar Sable, former State Minister Sulekha Kumbhare were also present on the occasion. In the presence of Chief Minister Fadnavis and the governor of Wakayama Yoshinobu Nisaka, A Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University and Koyasan University. The Vice Chancellor of both the universities was present on this occasion.

References

Statues
Japan
B. R. Ambedkar
Additions to Esther

Additions to Esther refer to several additional chapters to the Book of Esther found in the Septuagint. They are distributed among the conventional Book of Esther and are found in Catholic and Orthodox Bibles but generally not in ones used by Protestants. Some of the additions are: Mordechai's dream, his later interpretation of the dream in light of what happened to him in real life and details of the decree against the Jews.

Septuagint
Old Testament
Georgian Orthodox Church

The Apostolic Autocephalous Orthodox Church of Georgia (), usually known as the Georgian Orthodox Church, is an  is an autocephalous (meaning independent) Eastern Orthodox Church in full communion with the other churches of Eastern Orthodoxy. It is Georgia's main religious institution, and a majority of Georgian people are members. The Orthodox Church of Georgia is one of the oldest churches in the world. Its claim to be apostolic means it can be traced back to the original disciples of Jesus. Its doctrine is similar to that of Eastern Orthodoxy, with only some differences. The church is the most trusted institution in Georgia. According to a 2013 survey 95% respondents had a positive opinion of its work.

Christian denominations
Eastern Christian denominations
Eastern Orthodox Church
Georgia (country)
Tbilisi
Molecular gastronomy

Molecular gastronomy is a type of science that studies the chemical reactions in food during cooking.

Food and drink
Science
Nyctimystes intercastellus

Nyctimystes intercastellus  is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea.  Scientists found it on three of the D'Entrecasteaux Islands: Fergusson Island, Normanby Island, and Goodenough Island.

This frog is 3.9 to 5.1 cm long.  Scientists say it has more webbing on its feet than other tree frogs.

References

Animals of Oceania
Frogs
Carnoy

Carnoy is a former commune. It is found in the region Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in the north of France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Carnoy-Mametz.

References 

Former communes in Somme
Hargicourt, Somme

Hargicourt is a former commune. It is found in the region Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in the north of France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune of Trois-Rivières.

References 

Former communes in Somme
Vedasandur taluk

Vedasandur is a one of the taluks of Dindugal district in India.

Local government in India
Settlements in Uttar Pradesh
Montdidier, Somme

Montdidier is a commune. It is found in the region Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in the north of France.

Communes in Somme
Subprefectures in France
Trois-Rivières, Somme

Trois-Rivières is a commune. It is found in the region Hauts-de-France in the Somme department in the north of France. The municipality was created on 1 January 2019 and consists of the former communes of Pierrepont-sur-Avre (the seat), Contoire and Hargicourt.

References 

2019 establishments in France
Communes in Somme
Suresnes

Suresnes is a commune that is found in the Hauts-de-Seine department in France. In 2017, 48,264 people lived there.

References 

Communes in Hauts-de-Seine
Vanves

Vanves is a commune that is found in the Hauts-de-Seine department in France. In 2017, 27,729 people lived there.

Communes in Hauts-de-Seine
Vaucresson

Vaucresson is a commune that is found in the Hauts-de-Seine department in France. In 2017, 8,667 people lived there.

Communes in Hauts-de-Seine
Villeneuve-la-Garenne

Villeneuve-la-Garenne is a commune that is found in the Hauts-de-Seine department in France. In 2007, 24,516 people lived there.

References 

Communes in Hauts-de-Seine
Plonévez-Porzay

Plonévez-Porzay () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plouarzel

Plouarzel () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Simbang big-eyed tree frog

The Simbang big-eyed tree frog (Nyctimystes obsoletus)  is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea.  Scientists found it on the Huon Peninsula.

This frog's ear is hard to see when it is alive.  The ear is easier to see when it is dead and preserved.

References

Animals of Oceania
Frogs
Ditat Deus

Ditat Deus is the state motto of Arizona. It is featured on the state's seal. It means "God enriches" in Latin.

References 

Arizona
Latin state mottos of the United States
Eintopf

Eintopf is a traditional recipe in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. At the base it is a vegetable soup to which other ingredients, usually meat or sausages are added. It is commonly eaten during the winter months. An eintopf should be a complete meal. 

Soups
North to the Future

North to the Future is the state motto of :Alaska. It was adopted in 1967.

References 

Alaska
State mottos of the United States
Ploudalmézeau

Ploudalmézeau () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

References 

Communes in Finistère
My Gal Sal

My Gal Sal is a 1942 American musical movie directed by Irving Cummings and stars Rita Hayworth, Victor Mature. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox.

Other websites 
 
 
 

1942 movies
1940s musical movies
American musical movies
Movies directed by Irving Cummings
Ploudaniel

Ploudaniel () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Ploudiry

Ploudiry () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plouédern

Plouédern () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plouégat-Guérand

Plouégat-Guérand () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

References 

Communes in Finistère
Plouégat-Moysan

Plouégat-Moysan () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

References 

Communes in Finistère
Plouénan

Plouénan () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

References 

Communes in Finistère
Plouescat

Plouescat () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Le Ponthou

Le Ponthou () is a former commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the commune of Plouigneau.

References 

Former communes in Finistère
Plouigneau

Plouigneau () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France. On 1 January 2019, Le Ponthou became a part of the commune of Plouigneau.

References 

Communes in Finistère
Vouziers

Vouziers () is a commune of the Ardennes department in northern France.

Vouziers is known for being the burial place of the pioneer First World War fighter pilot , after whom the Stade Roland Garros in Paris (the location of the French Open tennis tournament) is named. Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk (the first president of Czechoslovakia) fought at Vouziers with the Czechoslovak Legion in France; there is a monument to the legion, and the president's name given to the city lycee (high school). The cellist and conductor Jean Witkowski was born in Vouziers on 23 May 1895.

The town was also known for the solar eclipse of August 11, 1999. It hosted a major observation event. Because of its closeness to the Belgian border, it was gridlocked by visiting Belgian cars on the morning of the eclipse.

Geographical information 
The river Aisne flows through Vouziers, doubled by a branch of the "canal des Ardennes".

The town lies between the Forest of Argonne, the pre-Ardennes, and Champagne, and near the Ardennes Massif (dense woodland). It is not far from Charleville-Mézières, Sedan (the largest medieval castle in Europe), Rocroi, Reims (where the kings of France were crowned), Châlons-en-Champagne, and Varennes-en-Argonne (where Louis XVI was arrested during the French Revolution). On 1 June 2016, the former communes Terron-sur-Aisne and Vrizy were merged into Vouziers.

Population 

The inhabitants are called Vouzinois.

Relations with other cities 
Vouziers is twinned with:

  Gräfenroda, Germany
  Ratíškovice, Czech Republic
  Agnam Civol, Senegal

References 

Communes in Ardennes
Subprefectures in France
Adamswiller

Adamswiller is a French commune. It is located in the Bas-Rhin department.

References 

Communes in Bas-Rhin
Dehlingen

Dehlingen is a French commune. It is located in the Bas-Rhin department.

References 

Communes in Bas-Rhin
Stephanie Murphy

Stephanie Murphy (born Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung; September 16, 1978) is a Vietnamese-born American politician. She has represented Florida's 7th congressional district since 2017. Murphy is the first Vietnamese-American woman to serve in Congress. She is the second overall, after Joseph Cao. She is a Democrat and used to be an Independent.

Political career
Murphy announced her candidacy for the United States House of Representatives for Florida's 7th congressional district in the 2016 elections. She ran against then-incumbent Republican John Mica. She was supported by President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and former congresswoman Gabby Giffords. Murphy won the election, beating Mica with 51% of the vote.

After Democrats won the House majority in 2018, Murphy became a member of the United States House Committee on Ways and Means.

On December 18, 2019, Murphy voted for both articles of impeachment against Trump.

On January 7, 2021, Murphy wanted President Donald Trump to be removed from office under the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution. She voted in favor of Trump's second impeachment on January 13, 2021.

In March 2019, Murphy supported Beto O'Rourke's presidential candidacy in the 2020 Democratic party presidential primaries. After O'Rourke dropped out of the race, Murphy supported Michael Bloomberg in January 2020 and became his campaign's national co-chair. After Bloomberg dropped out in March 2020, Murphy supported Joe Biden's presidential campaign.

On December 20, 2021, Murphy announced that she will not run for reelection in 2022.

Personal life
Murphy was born Đặng Thị Ngọc Dung in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Her family fled Communist-controlled Vietnam in 1979 when she was six months old. Their boat ran out of fuel and they were rescued by the United States Navy at sea. She was raised in Virginia and Winter Park, Florida.

Murphy and her husband, Sean, have two children. Murphy is a Protestant.

References

Other website
 Congresswoman Stephanie Murphy official U.S. House website
 Campaign website

 

1978 births
American Protestants
US Democratic Party politicians
United States representatives from Florida
Living people
People from Winter Park, Florida
Vietnamese politicians
Politicians from Virginia
Naturalized citizens of the United States
Arameans

Arameans, also known as Syriacs are a predominantly Syriac Christian ethnic group whose origins remain in what is today Iraq, Turkey and Syria and fled to Western Europe, North America and the Caucasus due persecution over the past centuries. The Arameans speak Aramaic which once was the language of the whole Middle East.

Their culture has survived for thousands of years despite efforts by their Arab, Turkish and Kurdish neighbors to demolish it: it remains a strong influence on their way of life. 
Today there are about 3-5 million Arameans worldwide with the majority living in the diaspora.

References

Ethnic groups
Somen Mitra

Somendra Nath Mitra (31 December 1941 – 30 July 2020), popularly known as Somen Mitra, was an Indian politician. He was a member of the 15th Lok Sabha, elected from the Diamond Harbour constituency in West Bengal state in 2009. He was a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from Sealdah from 1972 to 2006. He was the president of the state unit of the Indian National Congress. 

In July 2008, he left the Indian National Congress and formed a new party, named, Pragatisheel Indira Congress. He was born in Katorah, India.

Mitra died on 30 July 2020 at a hospital in Kolkata, India from cardiac arrest caused by multiple organ failure, aged 78.

References

1941 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from cardiac arrest
Deaths from multiple organ failure
Indian politicians
John McNamara (baseball)

John Francis McNamara (June 4, 1932 – July 28, 2020) was an American professional baseball manager, coach and player. He was born in Sacramento, California.

After spending over 15 years in the minor leagues as a player and player-manager, McNamara helmed six Major League Baseball (MLB) teams for all or parts of 19 seasons between 1969 and 1996. He directed the 1986 Boston Red Sox to the American League pennant.

He also managed the Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Cincinnati Reds, California Angels, and Cleveland Indians. He coached the Athletics, the San Francisco Giants, and the Angels.

McNamara died on July 28, 2020, at his home in Brentwood, Tennessee at the age of 88.

References

Other websites

John McNamara at SABR (Baseball BioProject)

1932 births
2020 deaths
Baseball players from California
Boston Red Sox managers
Cincinnati Reds managers
Sportspeople from Sacramento, California
David Ramsay (Ontario politician)

David James Ramsay (April 23, 1948 – July 29, 2020) was an Australian-born Canadian politician. He was elected as a New Democratic member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1985. He retired in 2011. Ramsay was born in Sydney. He was a member of the New Democrat and later switched parties to Liberal.

Ramsay died on July 29, 2020 at his home in Belle Vallée, Ontario at the age of 72.

References

1948 births
2020 deaths
Politicians from Sydney
Politicians from Ontario
Oz Griebel

Richard Nelson "Oz" Griebel (June 21, 1949 – July 29, 2020) was an American banker, lawyer, and politician. He ran as a Republican primary candidate in the 2010 Connecticut gubernatorial election, and as an independent in the 2018 gubernatorial election.

On July 21, 2020, Griebel was hit by a car while jogging in Pennsylvania. He died from problems caused by his injuries on July 29 at the age of 71.

References

1949 births
2020 deaths
Road accident deaths in the United States
lawyers from Connecticut
lawyers from New Jersey
Politicians from Connecticut
Businesspeople from Connecticut
Independent politicians in the United States
People from Camden, New Jersey
Mike Gillespie (baseball)

Michael James Gillespie (May 7, 1940 – July 29, 2020) was an American college baseball coach.  He was the head coach at UC Irvine and head coach at USC from 1987 to 2006.  He led USC to the 1998 College World Series championship. He was born in Los Angeles, California.

Gillespie died on July 29, 2020, in Irvine, California from problems caused by lung disease and a stroke, aged 80.

References

1940 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from lung disease
Deaths from stroke
College basketball coaches
Sportspeople from Los Angeles
Anatoli Fedyukin

Anatoli Viktorovich Fedyukin (; January 26, 1952 – July 29, 2020) was a Soviet/Russian handball player. He competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was born in Voronezh, Soviet Union. 

Fedyukin died on July 29, 2020 in Moscow at the age of 69.

References

1952 births
2020 deaths
Soviet Olympic gold medalists
Soviet Olympic silver medalists
Malik B.

Malik Abdul Basit (November 14, 1972 – July 29, 2020), who performed under the name Malik B., was an American rapper and singer. He was a founding member of the Roots. He appeared on the first four albums released by the Roots. He returned as a featured artist for some later albums. 

He released one EP, entitled Psychological, on emcee Haak Blast's publishing company Future Blast Publishing. He also released two studio albums, Street Assault (2005) and Unpredictable (2015) with Mr. Green. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Basit died on July 29, 2020 at the age of 47.

References

1972 births
2020 deaths
Rap musicians from Pennsylvania
American hip hop musicians
Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Singers from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Diana E. H. Russell

Diana E. H. Russell (6 November 1938 – 28 July 2020) was a South African feminist writer and activist. B

For the past 45 years she was engaged in research on sexual violence against women and girls. She wrote many books and articles on rape, including marital rape, femicide, incest, misogynist murders of women, and pornography. 

For The Secret Trauma, she was co-recipient of the 1986 C. Wright Mills Award. She was also the recipient of the 2001 Humanist Heroine Award from the American Humanist Association. 

She was also an organizer of the First International Tribunal on Crimes against Women, in Brussels in March 1976.

References

1938 births
2020 deaths
South African writers
Political activists
Feminist writers
Deaths from respiratory failure
Gerry Harris

Gerald William Harris (8 October 1935 – 28 July 2020) was an English professional footballer. He spent the majority of his league career with Wolverhampton Wanderers, with whom he won two league championships and the FA Cup.

Harris died on July 28, 2020, at the age of 84.

References

1935 births
2020 deaths
People from Shropshire
English footballers
The GTOs

The GTOs (Girls Together Outrageously) were an all-girl group from the Los Angeles area, specifically the Sunset Strip scene. They were active for only two and a half years (1968–1970) with a single reunion in 1974, their only album, Permanent Damage, produced by Frank Zappa, was released in 1969.

References

Musical groups from Los Angeles
R. Stephen Berry

R. Stephen Berry (April 9, 1931 – July 26, 2020) was an American professor of physical chemistry. He was the James Franck Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus at The University of Chicago. He was also Special Advisor for National Security to the Director, at Argonne National Laboratory. He was born in Denver, Colorado.

He died on July 26, 2020 in Chicago at the age of 89.

References

1931 births
2020 deaths
Educators from Denver, Colorado
American chemists
Scientists from Denver, Colorado
Ward Plummer

E. Ward Plummer (October 30, 1940 – July 23, 2020) was an American physicist. His main works were in surface physics of metals.  Plummer was a Professor of Physics at Louisiana State University. He was born in Astoria, Oregon. In 2014, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Plummer died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on July 23, 2020 at the age of 79.

References

1940 births
2020 deaths
American physicists
Educators from Oregon
Scientists from Oregon
Hugh Dane

Hugh Dane (October 21, 1942 – May 16, 2018) was an American actor. He was best known for playing Hank the security guard on the television sitcom The Office from 2005 to 2013. His career began in 1989. He was born in Phoenix, Arizona.

Dane died on May 16, 2018, at the age of 75 from pancreatic cancer in Los Angeles, aged 75.

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2020 deaths
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
American movie actors
American television actors
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Don Townsend

Donald Edward Townsend (17 September 1930 – 30 July 2020) was an English footballer. He played as a left back in the Football League. He was the father of former Ireland international Andy Townsend. His career lasted from 1953 to 1965. He played for Trowbridge Town, Charlton Athletic and Crystal Palace.

Townsend was born in Swindon, England. He died in 30 July 2020, aged 89.

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English footballers
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Bathsheba

Bathsheba was the wife of Uriah the Hittite and later of David, according to the Hebrew Bible. She is most known for the biblical narrative in which she had an affair with King David, who had seen her bathing and lusted after her. This affair resulted in the birth of Solomon, who succeeded David as king, making her the Queen mother.

Biblical people
Old Testament people
Religious leaders
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Cyprien Iov

Cyprien Iov (born 12 May 1989), also known as Monsieur Dream, is a is a French comedian, actor, dubber, and YouTuber.

As of October 2019, his YouTube channel had 13.3 million subscribers and over 2.3 billion views.

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1989 births
People from Nice
Living people
French YouTubers
French comedians
Hard Hunted

Hard Hunted is a 1993 American action adventure movie directed by Andy Sidaris and starring Bruce Penhall, Geoffrey Moore, Cynthia Brimhall, Chu Chu Malave, Dona Speir, Roberta Vasquez, Becky Mullen. It was distributed by Malibu Bay Films.

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1993 action movies
1990s adventure movies
American action movies
American adventure movies
Tyson Brummett

Tyson Colby Brummett (August 15, 1984July 3, 2020) was an American baseball player. He was born in Columbus, Mississippi. In 2012, he played as a pitcher in one Major League Baseball (MLB) game for the Philadelphia Phillies. He batted and threw right-handed and was mainly a starting pitcher.

Brummett was drafted by the Phillies in 2007. He played for five of their minor league affiliates until 2012, when the organization promoted him to the major leagues. He later signed for the Toronto Blue Jays and Los Angeles Dodgers.

On July 3, 2020, Brummett was piloting an airplane that crashed in the mountains north of Alpine, Utah. He died along with three passengers. He was 35.

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1984 births
2020 deaths
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Aviation deaths in the United States
American baseball players
Los Angeles Dodgers players
Philadelphia Phillies players
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Alpine, Utah

Alpine is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 9,555.

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Cities in Utah
Kiss the Boys Goodbye

Kiss the Boys Goodbye is a 1941 American musical movie directed by Victor Schertzinger and was based on the play of the same name by Clare Boothe Luce. It stars Mary Martin, Don Ameche, Oscar Levant, Virginia Dale, Jerome Cowan and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.

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1941 movies
1940s musical movies
American musical movies
Movies based on plays
Movies directed by Victor Schertzinger
Paramount Pictures movies
Bigender

Bigender is a gender identity which can be literally translated as 'two genders' or 'double gender'. Bigender people experience exactly two gender identities, either simultaneously or varying between the two. These two gender identities could be male and female, but could also include non-binary identities.

Flags

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Bắc Ninh Province

Bắc Ninh is a province of Vietnam. Its capital is Bắc Ninh.

Provinces of Vietnam
Hà Nam Province

Hà Nam is a province of Vietnam. Its capital is Phủ Lý.

Provinces of Vietnam
Deir ez-Zor Governorate

Deir ez-Zor Governorate ( ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. Its capital is Deir ez-Zor.

Governorates of Syria
Regnat populus

Regnat populus is the national motto of Arkansas. It means "the people rule". It is featured on the state's seal.

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Arkansas
Latin state mottos of the United States
Aleppo Governorate

Aleppo Governorate ( ) is one of the fourteen governorates of Syria. Its capital is Aleppo.

It is the most populous governorate in Syria.

Governorates of Syria
Sarrebourg

Sarrebourg is a commune of 12,045 people (2017). It is found in the region Grand Est in the Moselle department in the northeast of France.

Communes in Moselle
Subprefectures in France
Nyctimystes latratus

Nyctimystes latratus is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea. It lives between 500 and 1200 meters above sea level on Mount Dayman and near the Bai-u River.

This frog has gold eyes.  This frog is light brown or dark brown with a dull white belly.

The name of this frog is from the Latin word latros for "to bark."

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Animals of Oceania
Frogs
Plouezoc'h

Plouezoc'h () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

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Communes in Finistère
Saint-Thégonnec

Saint-Thégonnec () is a former commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner.

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Former communes in Finistère
Plougar

Plougar () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

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Communes in Finistère
Plougasnou

Plougasnou () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plougastel-Daoulas

Plougastel-Daoulas () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plougonvelin

Plougonvelin () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plougonven

Plougonven () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plougoulm

Plougoulm () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

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Communes in Finistère
Plougourvest

Plougourvest () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

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Communes in Finistère
Plouguerneau

Plouguerneau () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plouguin

Plouguin () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

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Communes in Finistère
Plouhinec, Finistère

Plouhinec () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plouider

Plouider () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Ploumoguer

Ploumoguer () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plounéour-Ménez

Plounéour-Ménez () is a commune. It is found in the region of Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plounéventer

Plounéventer () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plounévézel

Plounévézel () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plounévez-Lochrist

Plounévez-Lochrist () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plourin

Plourin () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
Plourin-lès-Morlaix

Plourin-lès-Morlaix () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

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Communes in Finistère
Plouvien

Plouvien () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

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Communes in Finistère
Plouvorn

Plouvorn () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

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Communes in Finistère
Eureka (word)

Eureka is a Greek word meaning "I have found it". It is often used excitedly when there is a sudden discovery. It is the state motto of California.

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California
State mottos of the United States
Greek language
Plouyé

Plouyé () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

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Communes in Finistère
Anna and the King of Siam (movie)

Anna and the King of Siam is a 1946 American drama movie directed by John Cromwell and is an adaptation of the 1944 novel of the same name by Margaret Landon. It stars Irene Dunne, Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It won for two Oscars in 1947.

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American drama movies
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Hernán Pinto

Hernán Eduardo Pinto Miranda (17 January 1953 – 29 July 2020) was a Chilean lawyer, politician and member of the Christian Democratic Party (PDC). He was the Mayor of Valparaíso from March 1990 to March 1992 and again from 26 September 1992 until 6 December 2004.

In 2009, Pinto ran for the Senate of Chile, but lost the election.

Pinto ran for Mayor of Valparaíso, in 2012 and lost the election.

On 3 July 2020, Pinto was hospitalized in Viña del Mar, for respiratory failure caused by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile. Pinto died in the hospital from the infection on 29 July 2020, at the age of 67.

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1953 births
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Mayors
Chilean lawyers
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People from Valparaíso
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile
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Plouzané

Plouzané () is a commune. It is found in the region Brittany in the Finistère department in the northwest of France.

Communes in Finistère
National Assembly (Nigeria)

The National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is a bicameral legislature. It is made up of a Senate with 109 members and a 360-memberHouse of Representatives. 

The body, modeled after the federal Congress of the United States, is supposed to make sure it has equal representation with 3 Senators to each 36 states. 

The National Assembly, like many other parts of the Nigerian federal government, is based in Abuja, in the FCT, Abuja.

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Senate of Nigeria

The Senate is the upper chamber of Nigeria's bicameral legislature, the National Assembly of Nigeria. The National Assembly (popularly referred to as NASS) is the nation's highest legislature, whose power is to make laws. It is made up of 109 senators. 

The President of the Senate is the presiding officer of the Senate, whose chief function is to guide and regulate the proceedings in the Senate. The Senate President is third in the Nigerian presidential line of succession.

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House of Representatives (Nigeria)

The House of Representatives is the lower chamber of Nigeria's bicameral National Assembly. The Senate is the upper chamber.

The House of Representatives has 360 members who are elected in single-member constituencies using the plurality (or first-past-the-post) system. Members serve four-year terms. The Speaker of the Nigerian House of Representatives is the presiding officer of the house.

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Nigeria
V.S. Ramachandran

Vilayanur Subramanian Ramachandran, also called V.S. Ramachandran (born 1951) is an Indian scientist and educator.  He has written more than 180 scientific research papers.  He co-discovered the mirror neuron, is a nerve cell that helps human beings understand other human beings' actions.  Richard Dawkins called him "the Marco Polo of Neuroscience." Time magazine called him one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Ramachandran is the director of the Center for Brain and Cognition at the University of California, San Diego, distinguished professor in the Psychology Department and Neurosciences Program at the University of California, San Diego, and adjunct professor of biology at the Salk Institute.  He is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians.

Early life

Ramachandran was born in Tamil Nadu, in India.  His father was a diplomat.  His grandfather, Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, helped write India's constitution.  When Ramachandran was a child, he collected shells and fossils.  He sent his fossils to the American Museum of Natural History.  When he was an adult, the dinosaur Minotaurasaurus ramachandrani was named after him.

Career

At first, Ramachandran learned to be a medical doctor (MBBS) at Stanley medical Collage in Madras in India.  He became a research scientist later.  He earned a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge's Trinity College.

Ramachandran helped discover the mirror neuron, a type of brain cell that does not work the same way in autistic people.  He also figured out how to help people with phantom pain.  A person who is missing part of their body, for example a hand, may feel as if the hand is still there.  They may feel hot or cold or as if their hand is closed too tight.  This is called a phantom limb.  They may feel pain in their hand, even though it is not there.  Really, it is the brain's sensory cortex making this pain.  Ramachandran figured out how to use mirrors to trick the person's brain into thinking that the limb was there and healthy, so it would stop hurting.

V.S. Ramachandran wrote many books.  The BBC made one book, Phantoms in the Brain, into a mini-series.

Ramachandran also studies evolution, dinosaurs, plate tectonics, Indian art, and medicine in the 1800s.

Awards

The government of India named Ramachandran Padma Bhushan in the 2000s.  This is India's third-highest honor.

Family

Ramachandran married Diane Rogers-Ramachandran in 1987.  She is an experimental psychologist, and she and Ramachandran have performed experiments together.  They have two sons, Chandramani and Jaya.

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1951 births
Living people
Neuroscientists
Indian scientists
Alex Fraser Bridge

The Alex Fraser Bridge is a cable stayed bridge that used to have six lanes until a counterflow lane was added to help reduce traffic, during the morning and afternoon rush hour. It crosses the Fraser River that connects Richmond, British Columbia and New Westminster, British Columbia.

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British Columbia
Traditional pop

Traditional pop, also called standard music, is a genre (or type) of Western popular music that was popular before the beginning of rock and roll in the middle of 1950s. The most popular and ever-lasting songs during this period of music are also known as pop standards or American standards.

About 
The works of these songwriters are usually considered part of the great pieces known as the "Great American Songbook". In general, the word "standard" means any popular song that has become very widely known within our basic culture.

"Traditional pop" is now also currently used for standard music, as one category of popular music in Grammy Awards. AllMusic defines traditional pop as "post-big band and pre-rock & roll pop music."

History 
On the Broadway, Tin Pan Alley, and Hollywood show in the 1930s and 1940s, a number of popular songs were written by many songwriters - such as: Irving Berlin, Frederick Loewe, Victor Herbert, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, Jerome Kern, George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, Oscar Hammerstein, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields, Hoagy Carmichael and Cole Porter.

Good improvements were added then. These are string sections or orchestral parts and put more importance on the vocal presentation before the listenners. In this way, rich sounds of strings can be heard in much of the popular music throughout the 1940s and 1950s. Songs made by these writers became popular among people in America. Some of these are now forgotten, but others called standards by people at present time.

In 1960s, rock and roll appeared in music scene and became more popular than such standard music. But some singers like Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Tony Bennett and others still remained popular on television and radio. 

Harry Nilsson recorded an album "A Little Touch of Schmilsson In the Night" in 1973 with orchestra by Gordon Jenkins. In 1980s, Linda Ronstadt, a popular female singer sang and recorded albums of standard songs. She performed with Nelson Riddle orchestra. Recordings by Rod Stewart's It Had to Be You: The Great American Songbook, Willie Nelson's Stardust and Carly Simon's Torch were made public. These were great successes on the music scene.

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More information 
青木啓, "ポピュラー音楽200年 - フォスターからボブ・ディランまで", 誠文堂新光社, 1976
岡部柚子編, "ポピュラー・スター事典 (en: "Who's Who in Popular Music", 音楽之友社、1976

American music
American pop singers
Popular culture
Mars 2020

Mars 2020 is a Mars rover mission by NASA's Mars Exploration Program that includes the Perseverance rover and the Ingenuity helicopter drone.

It was launched on 30 July 2020 at 11:50 UTC, and landed in the Jezero crater on Mars on 18 February 2021.

It will investigate to see if living organisms have lived or is living on Mars and if people can live there.

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