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Chicago Landmark

Chicago Landmark is a designation of the Mayor of Chicago and the Chicago City Council for historic buildings and other sites in Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Sites are selected after meeting many criteria, such as historical, economic, architectural, artistic, cultural, and social importance. Once a site is designated as a landmark, it is subject to the Chicago Landmarks Ordinance, which requires that any alterations must be done with a permit reviewed by the Landmarks Commission.

Many Chicago Landmarks are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places, providing federal tax support for preservation, and some are further designated National Historic Landmarks having more Federal protection.

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Washington County, Arkansas

Washington County is a county in the northwest part of the U.S. state of Arkansas. As of the 2010 census, the population was 203,065, making it the third-most populous county in Arkansas. The county seat is Fayetteville.  It is Arkansas's 17th county, founded on October 17, 1828, and named for George Washington, the first President of the United States.

References 

1820s establishments in Arkansas Territory
1828 establishments in the United States
Arkansas counties
Creola, Alabama

Creola is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. The population was 1,926 as of the 2010 census. This was down from 2,002 at the 2000 census, at which time it was still a town. It is included in the Mobile metropolitan statistical area. It was incorporated in 1978.

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Cities in Alabama
Union Stock Yards

The Union Stock Yard & Transit Co., or The Yards, was the meatpacking district in present-day New City, Chicago. The yards were opened in 1865. Vanderbilt money sponsored the yards.  It was active for for 106 years. The yards inspired Upton Sinclair to write his book The Jungle.

The stockyards became the important point of the rise of some of the earliest international companies. The stockyards have become an impotant part of the popular culture of Chicago's history.

From the Civil War until the 1920s and peaking in 1924, more meat was processed in Chicago than in any other place in the world. The Yards closed on July 30, 1971, after several decades of decline during the decentralization of the meatpacking industry.

It was designated a Chicago Landmark on February 24, 1972, and a National Historic Landmark on May 29, 1981.

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Landmarks in Chicago
19th century in Chicago
20th century in Chicago
1865 establishments in the United States
1971 disestablishments in the United States
Chicago Air & Water Show

The Chicago Air & Water Show is an annual air show held on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois.  The show has been held each year since 1959 and is Chicago's second most popular festival (behind Lollapalooza). 

In 2005, 2,200,000 watched the Chicago Air and Water Show. The Chicago Air and Water Show is presented by the City of Chicago and is the largest free show of its kind in the United States.

References

Festivals in Chicago
1959 establishments in the United States
1950s establishments in Illinois
Lancaster, California

Lancaster  is a city in northern Los Angeles County, in the Antelope Valley of the western Mojave Desert in Southern California. As of 2013, Lancaster was the 31st largest city by population in California.

Cities in California
Settlements in Los Angeles County, California
Magnificent Mile Lights Festival

The Magnificent Mile Lights Festival is an annual event celebrated in Chicago on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. About one million lights on 200 trees brighten the city’s Michigan Avenue, also known as the Magnificent Mile. It also features notable Disney characters.

The festival is hosted by The Magnificent Mile Association. It is considered one of the largest Christmas holiday celebrations in the country.

In 1992, Walt Disney, the company, officially became part of the Lights Festival, turning the event into a major tourist attraction.

References

Other websites
 Magnificent Mile Lights Festival Official Website
 Greater North Michigan Avenue Association

Festivals in Chicago
Fontana, California

Fontana () is a city in San Bernardino County, California, United States.

Other websites 

 Official website

Cities in California
Settlements in San Bernardino County, California
St. Ignace, Michigan

Saint Ignace, usually written as St. Ignace, is a city at the southern tip of the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan, on the northern side of the Straits of Mackinac.  The population was 2,452 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Mackinac County.

References

Cities in Michigan
County seats in Michigan
Ludington, Michigan

Ludington  is a city in the state of Michigan. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 8,076. It is the county seat of Mason County.

References

Cities in Michigan
County seats in Michigan
Visalia, California

Visalia ( ) is a city in the agricultural San Joaquin Valley of California. The city is the county seat of Tulare County.

Visalia is about  southeast of San Francisco,  north of Los Angeles,  west of Sequoia National Park and  south of Fresno. The population was 130,104 at the 2015 census.

Cities in California
County seats in California
Settlements in Tulare County, California
Joe Messina

Joe Messina (born December 13, 1928) is an American guitarist. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He was called the "white brother with soul". Messina was one of the most famous guitarists in Motown Records' in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers. He is known for being a member of The Funk Brothers.

Messina is the creator of an alternative music technique known as The Interval Study Method, which uses the chromatic and diatonic scales to create music.

Messina worked with performers such as Diana Ross & the Supremes, The Temptations, Marvin Gaye, The Four Tops, Stevie Wonder, and Smokey Robinson & the Miracles. Among Messina's most notable performances are his turns on hits such as "Dancing in the Street" (Martha & the Vandellas, 1964), "I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)" (Four Tops, 1965), and "Your Precious Love" (Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, 1967).

References

Other websites
 Danny Wilson's tribute to Joe Messina 
 Joe Messina offers a personal message and interview

1928 births
Living people
American guitarists
American soul musicians
Musicians from Detroit, Michigan
Tulare County, California

Tulare County ( ) is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 442,179. The county seat is Visalia.

References 

 
1850s establishments in California
1852 establishments in the United States
The Funk Brothers

The Funk Brothers were a group of Detroit soul musicians who performed the backing to most Motown recordings from 1959 until the company moved to Los Angeles in 1972. 

They are thought to be one of the most successful groups of studio musicians in music history. The Funk Brothers played on Motown hits such as "My Girl", "I Heard It Through the Grapevine", "Baby Love", "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours", "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone", "The Tears of a Clown", "Ain't No Mountain High Enough", and "Heat Wave".

The were 13 verified members of the group and they were identified by both NARAS for the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and were recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Some believed the group "played on more number-one hits than the Beatles, Elvis Presley, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys combined."

References

Other websites
"Standing in the Shadows of Motown WebQuest" 
Official Standing in the Shadows of Motown website
Grammy Lifetime Achievement awards

The Soulful Tale of Two Cities

Grammy Award winners
1959 establishments in the United States
1972 disestablishments in the United States
American soul musicians
Musicians from Detroit, Michigan
Jack Ashford

Jack Ashford (born May 18, 1934) is an American soul musician. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He worked for Motown Records' in-house Funk Brothers band during the 1960s and early 1970s. 

Ashford is most famous for playing the tambourine on hundreds of Motown recordings. Ashford played tambourine on include "Nowhere to Run" by Martha & the Vandellas, "You Can't Hurry Love" by The Supremes, "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye, and "Don't Leave Me This Way" by Thelma Houston.

References

Other websites
 Bankhousebooks.com
Jack Ashford Interview NAMM Oral History Library (2013)

1934 births
Living people
American soul musicians
Musicians from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Cundinamarca Department

Department of Cundinamarca  (Departamento de Cundinamarca, ) is one of the 32 departments of Colombia. Its area covers  (not including the Capital District) and it has a population of 2,598,245 as of 2013. Cundinamarca is in the center of Colombia.

Cundinamarca's capital city is Bogotá, the capital of Colombia.

Departments of Colombia
Eddie Willis

Eddie "Chank" Willis (June 3, 1936 – August 20, 2018) was an African-American soul musician. Willis played electric guitar and occasional electric sitar for Motown's in-house studio band, the Funk Brothers. He was born in Grenada, Mississippi. He was active in the 1960s and the 1970s.

Willis was known for his songs "Please Mr. Postman" by The Marvelettes, "The Way You Do the Things You Do" by The Temptations, "You Keep Me Hanging On" by The Supremes, and "I Was Made to Love Her" by Stevie Wonder.

Willis died on August 20, 2018 in Gore Springs, Mississippi from complications of polio at the age of 82.

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1936 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from poliomyelitis
Disease-related deaths in Mississippi
American soul musicians
American guitarists
Musicians from Mississippi
Pine Apple, Alabama

Pine Apple is a town in Wilcox County, Alabama, United States. It was incorporated in 1872. At the 2010 census the population was 132, down from 145 in 2000.

References 

Towns in Alabama
Avery Dulles

Avery Robert Dulles, S.J. (; August 24, 1918 – December 12, 2008) was a Jesuit priest, theologian, and Cardinal of the Catholic Church. Dulles was on the faculty of Woodstock College from 1960 to 1974, of The Catholic University of America from 1974 to 1988, and as the Laurence J. McGinley Professor of Religion and Society at Fordham University from 1988 to 2008. He was born in Auburn, New York.

Dulles died in The Bronx, New York from complications of polio on December 12, 2008, aged 90.

References

Other websites
 Faculty Homepage
 Cardinal Avery Dulles Online Archive
 Catholic Hierarchy – information on Cardinal Dulles
 Cardinal Avery Dulles
 Catholic pages Cardinal Dulles bio
 

1918 births
2008 deaths
Deaths from poliomyelitis
Infectious disease deaths in New York City
Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
American theologians
Educators from New York City
Writers from New York City
Auburn, New York

Auburn is a city in Cayuga County, New York, United States. It is located at the north end of Owasco Lake, one of the Finger Lakes, in Central New York. As of the 2010 census, the city had a population of 27,687. It is the county seat of Cayuga County.

References

Cities in New York
County seats in New York
Clay, Alabama

Clay is a city in northeastern Jefferson County, Alabama, United States.

Actor Clayne Crawford was born here on April 20, 1978.

Cities in Alabama
Pier Giorgio Frassati

Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati (6 April 1901 – 4 July 1925) was an Italian Roman Catholic social activist. He was born in Turin. He was a member from the Third Order of Saint Dominic. 

He was dedicated to social justice issues. He helped the poor and less fortunate living in his hometown of Turin. He died in Turin on 4 July 1925 from polio, aged 24.

His cause for canonization opened in 1932 after the Turin poor made several pleas for such a cause to open. However, Pope Pius XII suspended the cause in 1941. Pope John Paul II beatified Frassati in mid-1990 and dubbed him the "Man of the Eight Beatitudes".

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1901 births
1925 deaths
Deaths from poliomyelitis
Italian Roman Catholics
People from Turin
Onex, Switzerland

Onex () is a municipality of the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.

History 
The municipality of Onex became an independent municipality in 1851 when the municipality of Onex-Confignon split into the two municipalities of Onex and Confignon.

Geography 
The municipality of Onex is on the left bank of the Rhône river.

The municipality has of the villages of Cressy - Marais, Evaux, Cité-Nouvelle, Gros-Chêne, Pré-Longet, Belle-Cour and Onex - village.

Twin towns 
Onex is twinned with:
  Liestal, Switzerland
  Massagno, Switzerland
  Bandol, France

References

Other websites 

 Official website 

Municipalities of Geneva
Cities in Switzerland
1851 establishments
19th-century establishments in Switzerland
1850s establishments in Europe
Crossville, Alabama

Crossville is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Other websites 
 Town of Crossville official website 

Towns in Alabama
Pope Gelasius I

Pope Gelasius I (died 19 November 496) was Pope of the Catholic Church. He reigned from 492 to 496. He was preceded by
Felix III and succeeded by Anastasius II.

References 

490s deaths
Algerian people
Popes
Christian saints
Year of birth unknown
Margareta Niculescu

Margareta Niculescu (4 January 1926 – 19 August 2018) was a Romanian artist, puppeteer, director, teacher and theater director. She was director of Tandarica Theatre of Bucharest. She was born in Iaşi, Romania.

From 2000 until 2004 she was president of the International Puppetry Association in Charleville-Mezieres, in Ardennes, and co-founded with Jacques Felix, the National School of Puppetry Arts in that city.

In 1978 she won the Erasmus Prize together with other noted puppeteers Yves Joly, Peter Schumann and the Napoli brothers.

Niculescu died on 19 August 2018 in Charleville-Mézières, France at the age of 92.

References

Romanian people
Artists
Romanian educators
Puppeteers
2018 deaths
1926 births
Everton de Viña del Mar

Everton de Viña del Mar, is a Chilean football club based in Viña del Mar. The club was founded in 1909, and now plays in first chilean football league. Their home matches are played at Sausalito stadium, which has a capacity of approximately 25,000 seats.

Honours 
 National champions: 1950, 1952, 1976
 Copa Chile champions: 1984
 Second Division champions: 1974, 1982, 2003

References

Other websites 
 Everton VM official website 

Everton
1909 establishments
1900s establishments in South America
20th-century establishments in Chile
Dario Argento

Dario Argento (; born 7 September 1940) is an Italian movie director, producer, critic and screenwriter. He is best known for his work in the horror movies during the 1970s and 1980s. He was known for his "The Three Mothers" trilogy: Suspiria (1977), Inferno (1980) and The Mother of Tears (2007).

His first movie, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), was a major hit in Italy. He helped produced George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead (1978).

References

Other websites

 

1940 births
Living people
Italian critics
Italian movie directors
Italian movie producers
Italian screenwriters
Writers from Rome
Asia Argento

Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress, singer, model, activist and director. She is the daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento.

Argento is best known for her roles in the movies XXX (2002), Land of the Dead (2005) and Marie Antoinette (2006).

Argento was in a relationship with celebrity chef Anthony Bourdain from early 2017 until his suicide in 2018.

In the #MeToo movement she is thought to be one of the most vocal leaders of the movement. She was one of the many women abused by Harvey Weinstein. 

In August 2018, an article published in The New York Times revealed that she sexually assaulted Jimmy Bennett, a then 17-year-old actor and musician, in a California hotel in 2013, and arranged to pay $380,000 to her accuser.

References

Other websites
 

1975 births
Living people
Italian movie actors
Italian television actors
Italian voice actors
Italian political activists
Political writers
Italian models
DJs
Italian movie directors
Actors from Rome
Writers from Rome
Sourcery (book)

Sourcery is a fantasy book by Terry Pratchett. It was published in 1988 and it is the fifth book in the Discworld series.

Plot
The story follows the wizard Rincewind who appeared in the first two Discworld books. He has to deal with the problems created when a young boy named Coin, the eighth son of an eighth son, and the most powerful wizard in the world tries to take over the world.

Adaptation
Sky TV planned to make a TV version of the book, although these plans were never completed.

Reception
Several newspapers praised Sourcery for its humour. The Daily Mail said Sourcery was the "most entertaining science-fantasy discovery in many years", whilst The Guardian said "One turns with relief … to the stylish magic of Sourcery." However it was criticised for its "lazy" plot and for being "muddled".

References 

Fantasy books
N. K. Jemisin

Nora K. Jemisin (born September 19, 1972) is an American speculative fiction writer.  She has won several awards for her work. She is the only author to have won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in three consecutive years.

In 2016, Jemisin's novel The Fifth Season won the Hugo Award for Best Novel. This win made her the first African American writer to win a Hugo award in that category. Its sequels, The Obelisk Gate and The Stone Sky, won the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2017 and 2018, respectively.

Early life 
Nora K. Jemisin was born in Iowa City, Iowa, and grew up in New York City and Mobile, Alabama. Jemisin has a B.S. degree in psychology (1994) Tulane University. She  also has a Master's of Education from the University of Maryland College Park.

Personal life 
Jemisin lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.

Awards 

 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Best Fantasy Novel 2010 (The Broken Kingdoms)
 Locus Award, Best First Novel 2011 (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms)
 Sense of Gender Award, 2011 (The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms)
 Romantic Times Reviewers' Choice Award, Best Fantasy Novel 2012 (The Shadowed Sun)
 Hugo Award, Best Novel 2016 (The Fifth Season)
 Hugo Award, Best Novel 2017 (The Obelisk Gate)
 Nebula Award, Best Novel 2018 (The Stone Sky)
 Locus Award, Best Fantasy 2018 (The Stone Sky)
 Hugo Award, Best Novel 2018 (The Stone Sky)

References 

1972 births
American science fiction writers
Hugo Award winning writers
Living people
Anthony Mackie

Anthony Dwane Mackie He started his career in 2002. 

Mackie first appeared on stage before acting in mostly movies and sometimes television. He has appeared in movies such as 8 Mile (2002), Million Dollar Baby (2004), The Hurt Locker (2008), Notorious (2009), The Adjustment Bureau (2011), Man on a Ledge (2012), Gangster Squad (2013), Pain & Gain (2013) and The Night Before (2015). In 2014, he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as the superhero Falcon. As this character, he has appeared in the movies Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015), Ant-Man (2015), Captain America: Civil War (2016) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). In May 2016, he co-starred as Martin Luther King Jr. in the HBO television movie All the Way. In 2019, he played Danny Parker in the Black Mirror episode "Striking Vipers".

Mackie was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. He married Sheletta Chapital in 2014, but the couple divorced in 2018. The couple have three children.

References

Other websites

 

1978 births
Living people
Actors from New Orleans, Louisiana
African American actors
American movie actors
American stage actors
American television actors
National Library and Documentation Services Board

The National Library and Documentation Services Board (NLDSB) is the agency of the government of Sri Lanka which helps maintains all state libraries around the country.

The NLDSB was established under the act No: 51 of 1998. This act established the Sri Lanka National Library Services Board in 1970. The board is placed under the Sri Lankan Ministry of Education. The present Board of Directors consists of 11 members including a full-time Chairperson. The Director General is the chief executive and secretary of the Board.

Goals and targets 

 To assess the need for library and documentation services among all sectors of the community and to promote the development of library and documentation services.
 To administer, manage and control the affairs of the National Library and Documentation Centre.
 To advise the authorities regarding plans, programmes and activities for the development of library and documentation services in Sri Lanka.
 To provide leadership for libraries of all categories in Sri Lanka, leadership in providing information to the nation and for all services.
 Establishment, development and maintenance of a complete national collection of written, printed and non print media published in Sri Lanka or abroad.
 Establishment and maintenance of Bibliographic and Documentation Services.
 Advise the government on matters relevant to the Library and Information Science field.
 Organization of human resources and Promotion of physical resources for the development of libraries in Sri Lanka.
 Encourage the local book publication and promotion of reading.
 Encourage usage of Information Technology for library and information services.
 Promote co-operation with the institutions and organizations at national, regional and international level related to library and information field.
 Organization of library and information services respecting to the cultural identity of different groups in the society.
 Provide resources and organize services needed for academic research activities.

References

Other websites 

  Official website not in Wikidata

Sri Lanka
National libraries in Asia
Birbal

Birbal (born Mahesh Das; 1528  16 February 1586), or Raja Birbal, was a Hindu advisor in the court of the Mughal emperor, Akbar. Birbal was appointed by Akbar as a poet and singer in around 1560. He was one of the navaratnas (nine jewels of Akbar).

He is mostly known in the Indian subcontinent for the folk tales which focus on his wit. In the local folk tales he is presented as a very clever person. These tales are popular in India. These tales involve him being smarter then or making fool of other courtiers and sometimes even Akbar, using only his intelligence and cunning. From the twentieth century onwards, plays, movies and books based on these folk tales were made. Some of these folk tales are in children's comics and school books.

References 

1528 births
1586 deaths
Akbar
Mughal Empire
Peninsular War

The Peninsular War (1807–1814) was a war between the first French Empire and the Spanish Empire for control of what is now Spain and Portugal. The war began when French and Spanish armies invaded and occupied Portugal in 1807. It became more serious in 1808 when France attacked Portugal's ally Spain, and made Joseph Bonaparte its king. General Sir Arthur Wellesley, later Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, became famous in the war. The war lasted until certain European states joined together in the Sixth Coalition and defeated Napoleon in 1814.

Wars involving France
Wars involving Spain
19th century in France
19th century in Spain
History of Portugal
List of governors of Michigan

The Governor of Michigan is the head of the executive branch of Michigan's state government and is the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.

The governor has a duty to enforce state laws. He or she is also empowered to reorganize the executive branch of the state government.

In 1805, the Michigan Territory was created, and five men were territorial governors, until Michigan was granted statehood in 1837. Forty-eight individuals have held the position of state governor. The first female governor, Jennifer Granholm, was elected in 2003.

Governors of Michigan state (since 1837)
 Parties
 (19)
 (2)
 (28)

Living former U.S. governors of Michigan
As of , there are four living former governors of Michigan. The most recent death of a former governor was that of William Milliken on October 18, 2019. The state's living former governors are:

Notes

References
Ilir Meta

Ilir Meta (; born 24 March 1969) is an Albanian diplomat and politician. He has served as President of Albania since 24 July 2017. Previously he served as Prime Minister from 1999 to 2002 and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2002 to 2003 and again from 2009 to 2010. He was Chairman of the Parliament of Albania from 2013 to 2017.

References 

1969 births
Presidents of Albania
Prime Ministers of Albania
European diplomats
Chairpersons of the Parliament of Albania
Current national leaders
Living people
Adams County, Iowa

Adams County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,029, making it Iowa's least-populated county. The county seat is Corning.

References 

1850s establishments in Iowa
1853 establishments in the United States
Iowa counties
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa

Cerro Gordo County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 44,151. The county seat is Mason City. The county is named for the Battle of Cerro Gordo, which took place during the Mexican–American War.

Cerro Gordo County was founded in 1851.

References 

1851 establishments in Iowa
Iowa counties
José Mário Vaz

José Mário Vaz (born 10 December 1957) is a Guinea-Bissauan politician. He was the President of Guinea-Bissau, from 23 June 2014 to 27 February 2020.

References 

1957 births
Presidents of Guinea-Bissau
Government ministers
Mayors
Roman Catholics
Living people
Binangun

Binangun is a village in Karangkobar, Banjarnegara, Central Java, Indonesia.

Villages in Indonesia
Java
Mundrothuruth

Mundrothuruth (Munroe's Island) is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India

Villages in Kollam district
Pavithreswaram

Pavithreswaram is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India

Villages in Kollam district
Ambal

Ambal is a village in Karangkobar, Banjarnegara, Central Java, Indonesia.

Villages in Indonesia
Java
Cusseta, Alabama

Cusseta  is a town in Chambers County, Alabama, United States.  Situated between Opelika and Lanett, it was named for the ancient Creek Indian town of Cusseta. As of the 2010 census, its population was 123.

References 

Towns in Alabama
Washington County, Iowa

Washington County is a county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 21,704. The county seat is Washington.

References 

1830s establishments in Wisconsin Territory
1838 establishments in the United States
Iowa counties
Gryfice

Gryfice (; Kashubian: Grëfice), formerly known as Greifenberg, is a town in Pomerania, north-western Poland with 16,632 people (2008). It is the capital of Gryfice County in West Pomeranian Voivodeship (since 1999), previously in Szczecin Voivodeship (1975–1998).

Twin towns — Sister cities 
Gryfice is twinned with:
  Güstrow
  Meldorf
  Gryfów Śląski

References

Other websites 

 Official website 

Towns in Poland
Priceville, Alabama

Priceville is the third largest municipality in Morgan County, Alabama, United States. The 2010 census counted a population of 2,658, up from 1,631.

Priceville was incorporated in 1975.

Geography 
Priceville is located at  (34.521001, -86.879678).

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all land.

References 

20th-century establishments in Alabama
1975 establishments in the United States
Towns in Alabama
Somerville, Alabama

Somerville is a town in Morgan County, Alabama, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population of the town was 724, up from 347 in 2000.

Towns in Alabama
Garden Grove, California

Garden Grove is a city in northern Orange County, California, United States. It is about  southeast of the city of Los Angeles. The population was 170,883 at the 2010 United States Census.

Other websites 

 Official website

1874 establishments in California
Cities in California
Settlements in Orange County, California
Talladega Springs, Alabama

Talladega Springs is a town in Talladega County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 166.

References 

Towns in Alabama
Booth, Alabama

Booth is an unincorporated community in Autauga County, Alabama, United States.

Unincorporated communities in Alabama
Dauphin Island, Alabama

Dauphin Island is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.

Towns in Alabama
Chêne-Bougeries

Chêne-Bougeries is a municipality of the canton of Geneva in Switzerland.

References

Other websites 

 Official website of Chêne-Bougeries 

Municipalities of Geneva
Cities in Switzerland
Breach discography

Breach is an Swedish post hardcore band consists of 4 studio albums.

Albums

Studio albums

Discographies
Barbara C. Harris

Barbara Clementine Harris (June 12, 1930 – March 13, 2020) was an American bishop of the Episcopal Church. She was the first woman ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion. She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

From 1989 to 2003, she was the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. From 2003 to 2007, Harris was Bishop in the Episcopal Diocese of Washington.

In February 2020, Harris was hospitalized for "serious gastrointestinal problems" and had surgery. She died at the hospital on March 13, 2020 in Lincoln, Massachusetts from surgery-related problems, aged 89.

References

Other websites
Barbara C. Harris Camp & Conference Center website
Harris' oral history video excerpts at the National Visionary Leadership Project
 "The Right Reverend Barbara C. Harris, 1930-", Leadership Gallery, The Church Awakens.

1930 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from surgical complications
American Christians
Bishops
African-American people
People from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Otávio Frias Filho

Octavio Frias de Oliveira Filho, known as Otávio Frias Filho (7 June 1957 – 21 August 2018), was a Brazilian newspaper editor. He was Folha de S.Paulos editorial director from 1984 until his death in 2018, as well as Grupo Folha's editorial director. He was born in São Paulo, Brazil.

Frias died on 21 August 2018, aged 61, in his hometown of São Paulo from pancreatic cancer.

References

Other websites
Folha - institutional webpage
"Otavio Frias Filho reafirma compromissos editoriais da Folha", video in Portuguese

1957 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from pancreatic cancer
Cancer deaths in Brazil
Brazilian writers
Editors
Brazilian journalists
People from São Paulo
The Second City

The Second City is an improvisation comedy group. It is best known as the first ever on-going improvisational theater troupe based in Chicago. It also has programs that run out of Toronto and Los Angeles. The Second City Theatre opened on December 16, 1959, and has become one of the most well known comedy theatres in the world. It was founded by Bernard Sahlins and co-founded by Paul Sills and Barbara Harris.

The Second City has made television programs in both Canada and the United States, including SCTV, Second City Presents, and Next Comedy Legend. Many famous comedians began their careers at Second City such as Bill Murray, John Candy, Dan Aykroyd, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and Aidy Bryant among many others.

References

Chicago, Illinois
1959 establishments in the United States
1950s establishments in Illinois
Hobe Sound, Florida

Hobe Sound is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP) in Martin County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,521 at the 2010 census.

Hobe Sound is located at .

References

Other websites
 Hobe Sound Chamber of Commerce

Unincorporated communities in Florida
Census-designated places in Florida
The Happytime Murders

The Happytime Murders is an 2018 American action crime mystery black comedy thriller movie directed by Brian Henson and written by Todd Berger. The movie stars Melissa McCarthy, Bill Barretta, Maya Rudolph, Joel McHale, and Elizabeth Banks.

It is scheduled to be released by STXfilms on August 24, 2018. It is the first R rated Muppets movie.

References

2018 comedy movies
2010s action comedy movies
2010s action thriller movies
2010s crime thriller movies
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American action comedy movies
American action thriller movies
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Muppets
Spencer P. Jones

Spencer Patrick Jones (28 October 1956 – 21 August 2018) was a New Zealand-born Australian guitarist and singer-songwriter. He was born in Te Awamutu, New Zealand. Jones was known for his singles "The World's Got Everything in It" (1995) and "What's Got into Him?" (1997)

From 1976, he worked in Australia and was a member of various groups including The Johnnys, Beasts of Bourbon, Paul Kelly and The Coloured Girls, Chris Bailey and The General Dog, Maurice Frawley and The Working Class Ringos, and Sacred Cowboys.

In May 2012 Australian Guitar magazine rated Jones as one of Australia's Top 40 best guitarists.

In March 2018, Jones was diagnosed with terminal liver cancer. He died on 21 August 2018 from the disease in Sydney, aged 61.

References

Other websites
 "Spencer P Jones Live from Byron", ABC DIG Internet Radio, 9 September 2004

1956 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from liver cancer
Cancer deaths in Sydney
New Zealand singers
New Zealand writers
Australian singer-songwriters
Australian guitarists
Wyrd Sisters

Wyrd Sisters is a fantasy book by Terry Pratchett. It was published in 1988 and it is the sixth book in the Discworld series and the first one to focus on the Witches.

Plot
Granny Weatherwax, the witch who appeared in Equal Rites is the main character, along with the two other witches in her group. The story is a take on the Shakespeare play Macbeth.

TV adaptation
In 1997, the book was made into a TV mini series.

References 

Fantasy books
Hurricane Lane

Hurricane Lane was a 2018 Pacific hurricane. The storm threatened to hit the U.S. State of Hawaii. It was the first Category 5 hurricane since Hurricane Patricia in October 2015.

On August 21, when Lane came close to the Hawaiian Islands, a hurricane watch was put up for Maui and Hawaii counties. Early the next day, the watch was changed to a hurricane warning.

Lane dumped heavy rainfall on Hawaiian Islands, with rainfall accumulations of over 50 inches in Mountain View, resulting of becoming the wettest tropical cyclone on record in Hawaii. It is also ranked as the second wettest tropical cyclone in the United States after Hurricane Harvey in 2017.

On August 29, Lane was dissipated near the International Date Line.

References

Hurricanes in the United States
History of Hawaii
Jack Guy Lafontant

Jack Guy Lafontant (born 4 April 1961) is a Haitian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Haiti from 21 March 2017 to 17 September 2018.

References 

1961 births
Prime Ministers of Haiti
Living people
Adama Barrow

Adama Barrow (born 16 February 1965) is a Gambian politician and real estate developer. He is the 3rd and current President of the Gambia, in office since 2017.

In November 2021, Adama Barrow announced his candidacy for the 2024 presidential election.

Notes

References 

1965 births
Presidents of the Gambia
Muslims
Current national leaders
Living people
Real estate developers
Stary Dwór

Stary Dwór  (formerly German Altenhof) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Trzciel, within Międzyrzecz County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. The village has a population of 360.

Geography 
Stary Dwór lies about  west of Trzciel,  south-east of Międzyrzecz,  north of Zielona Góra, and  south-east of Gorzów Wielkopolski.

Gallery

References 

Villages in Poland
Stobno

Stobno  () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kołbaskowo, within Police County, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-western Poland, close to the German border. It lies about  south-west of Police and  west of the regional capital Szczecin.

The village has a population of 450.

References 

Villages in Poland
Daviston, Alabama

Daviston is a town in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 214, down from 267 in 2000.

References 

Towns in Alabama
Goldville, Alabama

Goldville is a town in Tallapoosa County, Alabama, United States. The population was 55 at the 2010 census, up from 37 in 2000.

Notable person 
 John Malcolm Patterson, 44th Governor of Alabama

References 

Towns in Alabama
Mas Soubeyran

Mas Soubeyran is a small village in the commune of Mialet. It is in the Gard department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

Settlements in France
Villages in Europe
Occitanie
Mialet, Gard

Mialet is a commune. It is in the Gard department in the Occitanie region in southern France.

It lies close to Alès and Saint-Jean-du-Gard.

The commune includes the hamlet of Mas Soubeyran, centre of the Protestant resistance during the 16th century.

Communes in Gard
Saint-Ulrich

Saint-Ulrich () is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.

Related pages 
 Communes of the Haut-Rhin department

References 
INSEE commune file

Other websites

Communes in Haut-Rhin
Mount Vernon, Alabama

Mount Vernon is a town in Mobile County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 1,574, up from 844 in 2000.

Towns in Alabama
Gilbertown, Alabama

Gilbertown is a town in Choctaw County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census, the population was 215.

References 

Towns in Alabama
Franklin Parish, Louisiana

Franklin Parish () is a parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 20,767. The parish seat is Winnsboro. The parish was founded in 1843 and named for Benjamin Franklin, American statesman.

References 

1840s establishments in Louisiana
1843 establishments in the United States
Louisiana parishes
Allamakee County, Iowa

Allamakee County (pronounced AL-uh-muh-KEY) is the northeastern-most county in the U.S. state of Iowa. As of the 2010 census, the population was 14,330. The county seat is Waukon.

References 

1847 establishments in Iowa
Iowa counties
Inyokern, California

Inyokern (formerly Siding 16 and Magnolia) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kern County, California, United States.

References

Census-designated places in California
Settlements in Kern County, California
Kern County, California

Kern County is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2010 census, the population was 839,631. The county seat is Bakersfield.

References 

1866 establishments in California
Hackleburg, Alabama

Hackleburg is a town in the state of Alabama in the United States.

Towns in Alabama
Sousse

Sousse or Soussa ( , Berber: Susa) is a city in Tunisia, capital of the Sousse Governorate. It is located  south of the capital Tunis, the city has 271,428 inhabitants (2014). Sousse is in the central-east of the country, on the Gulf of Hammamet, which is a part of the Mediterranean Sea.

Cities in Tunisia
Duncan D. Hunter

Duncan Duane Hunter (born December 7, 1976) is an American politician. He is a member of the Republican Party from California. He represented parts of San Diego County in the United States House of Representatives from 2009 until 2020, representing the  from 2009 to 2013, and representing  from 2013 until his resignation in 2020. 

Hunter is the son of former Representative Duncan Hunter.

In 2017 it was reported that Hunter was under criminal investigation for alleged campaign finance violations. Hunter, along with his wife, was indicted by a federal grand jury for conspiracy, wire fraud, and violating campaign finance laws on August 21, 2018. 

On December 6, 2019, Hunter said he would resign from Congress "after the holidays". He left office on January 13, 2020.

In December 2020, Hunter was pardoned for his crimes by President Donald Trump.

References

1976 births
Living people
United States representatives from California
Military people from California
Politicians from San Diego, California
US Republican Party politicians
Ontario Highway 407

Ontario Highway 407, also known as 407 ETR (Express Toll Route), is a privately owned toll highway north of Toronto in Ontario. It uses cameras to track licence plates instead of having toll booths. To reduce the price of using the highway riders can get transponders. The highway lets drivers bypass traffic on the Ontario Highway 401.

References

Roads in Ontario
Duncan Hunter

Duncan Lee Hunter (born May 31, 1948) is an American politician. He was a Republican member of the House of Representatives from California's 52nd, 45th and 42nd districts from 1981 to 2009.

Hunter was the chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

Hunter ran for the Republican Party nomination for President of the United States for 2008, but failed to win many votes during the primaries, and he dropped out after the Nevada Republican caucuses.

Hunter was replaced in congress by his son, Duncan D. Hunter.

References

2008 United States presidential candidates
1948 births
Living people
United States representatives from California
American political activists
Politicians from San Diego, California
US Republican Party politicians
Chris Collins (politician)

Christopher Carl Collins (born May 20, 1950) is an American politician. He is a member of the Republican Party. He was the United States Representative for New York's 27th congressional district from 2013 through 2019. 

Collins was the first sitting congressman to endorse Donald Trump for President of the United States. 

Collins and his son, Cameron, were arrested by the FBI on August 8, 2018, and charged with insider trading and lying to the FBI. On September 30, 2019, Collins announced his resignation from the House of Representatives effective on October 1, 2019.

In December 2020, Collins was pardoned for his crimes by President Donald Trump.

References

1950 births
Living people
United States representatives from New York
People from Schenectady, New York
Criminals from New York
US Republican Party politicians
400-series highways

The 400-series highways are group of high-speed highways in Ontario, Canada.

List of highways

Roads in Ontario
Ontario Highway 409

The Ontario Highway 409 is a highway linking the 401 to Pearson Airport in Toronto and Mississauga Ontario.

Roads in Ontario
List of highways in Ontario



400-series highways

Local highways
Don valley parkway
Gardiner expressway

Normal highways
Villano III

Arturo Díaz Mendoza (23 March 1952 – 21 August 2018) was a Mexican professional wrestler. He was best known for performing under the stage name Villano III (in Spanish Villano Tercero).

Career
Díaz was a second generation wrestler, son of luchador Ray Mendoza and the father of professional wrestlers Villano III Jr. and El Hijo de Villano III himself. He retired from wrestling in 2015 due to health issues caused by wrestling.

For years Díaz was one of the known performers for the Universal Wrestling Association and during his career that spanned from 1970 until 2015 he worked for all major Mexican wrestling promotions such as Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre and AAA.

Díaz was an enmascarado, or masked wrestler, up until 2000 where he lost to Atlantis and was forced to unmask. The match against Atlantis was later named "Match of the Year" by the Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards.

Death
He died from a cerebral infarct on August 21, 2018 in Guadalajara, aged 66.

References

1952 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from cerebral infarction
Mexican professional wrestlers
Sportspeople from Mexico City
Tullio Ilomets

Tullio Ilomets (13 July 1921 – 22 August 2018) was an Estonian chemist, science historian and a volunteer in heritage protection. He was born in Tartu, Estonia. 

Ilomets was one of the founders of the Academic Heritage Society and is an honorary member of the Estonian Heritage Society. He was a member of the Society of Estonian Conservators. Ilomets, as of 2016 with his 95 years, was the oldest working employee at the University of Tartu.

Ilomets died in Tallinn on 22 August 2018 at the age of 97.

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1921 births
2018 deaths
Estonian educators
Chemists
Estonian historians
Estonian scientists
Teri Polo

Theresa Elizabeth "Teri" Polo (born June 1, 1969) is an American actress. She is known for her role as Pam Byrnes-Focker in the Meet the Parents trilogy. 

She was one of the stars of the sitcom I'm with Her (2003–2004), starred as Helen Santos on the political drama series The West Wing (2005–2006) and played the role of police officer Stef Adams Foster in the ABC Family series The Fosters (2013–2018).

References

Other websites

1969 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Actors from Delaware
People from Dover, Delaware
Sherri Saum

Sherri M. Saum (born October 1, 1974) is an American actress. Saum is best known for her role as Lena Adams Foster in the Freeform drama series The Fosters (2013–18). She was born in Dayton, Ohio.

Saum is also known for her television roles in Beggars and Choosers, Rescue Me and In Treatment, as well as for her roles in the daytime soap operas Sunset Beach and One Life to Live.

References

Other websites
 

1974 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Actors from Dayton, Ohio
Maia Mitchell

Maia Mitchell (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian actress and singer. She is known for her roles as Brittany Flune in the children's television series Mortified for the Nine Network, and as Natasha Ham in the Seven Network's teen drama Trapped. 

Mitchell starred in the Freeform drama The Fosters as Callie Adams Foster. She also co-starred in the Disney Channel original movies Teen Beach Movie and Teen Beach 2 as McKenzie.

References

Other websites

1993 births
Living people
Australian movie actors
Australian television actors
Australian voice actors
Actors from New South Wales
Singers from New South Wales
Cierra Ramirez

Cierra Alexa Ramírez (born March 9, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She plays the role of Mariana Adams-Foster in the Freeform television series The Fosters.

Ramirez is of Colombian and Mexican descent.

References

Other websites
 

1995 births
Living people
American child actors
American movie actors
American television actors
American voice actors
Actors from Houston, Texas
Singers from Houston, Texas
Noah Centineo

Noah Gregory Centineo (born May 9, 1996) is an American actor. He is known for his roles in the television series The Fosters, the television movie How to Build a Better Boy, television show Austin & Ally and Netflix's To All the Boys I've Loved Before.

References

Other websites
 

1996 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
Actors from Miami, Florida
Kuldip Nayar

Kuldip Nayar (14 August 1923 – 23 August 2018) was an Indian journalist, human right activist, author and politician. Nayar was born in Sialkot, Punjab, British India. 

He was the High commissioner of India to United Kingdom in the 1990s. He was known for his long career as a left-wing political commentator. He was also a Member of the Upper House of the Indian Parliament in 1997 through 2003.

Nayar died on 23 August 2018 in New Delhi, aged 95.

References

Other websites
 Wall at Wagah
 Without Fear – The life & trial of Bhagat Singh 

1923 births
2018 deaths
Indian politicians
Indian writers
Indian journalists
Human rights activists
Ronald Atkins

Ronald Henry Atkins (13 June 1916 – 30 December 2020) was a British Labour politician. He was the Member of Parliament for Preston North on two separate times; from 1966 until 1970 and from February 1974 until 1979.

In June 2016, Atkins celebrated his 100 birthday.

Atkins died on 30 December 2020 in Preston, Lancashire at the age of 104.

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1916 births
2020 deaths
Former Labour Party (UK) MPs
UK MPs 1966–1970
UK MPs 1974
UK MPs 1974–1979
British centenarians
Lenox Hewitt

Sir Lenox Hewitt (7 May 1917 – 28 February 2020) was an Australian public servant.  He was the   Secretary of the Prime Minister's Department under John Gorton (Liberal) 1968-71, and Secretary of the Department of Minerals and Energy under Rex Connor (Labor) 1972-75. 

He remained active in public policy debate.

He was the father of Patricia Hewitt, a former Labour minister in Tony Blair's government in the United Kingdom.

Hewitt died, aged 102, of Lewy body dementia-related problems on 28 February 2020 at a care home in Edgecliff, New South Wales.

References

1917 births
2020 deaths
Deaths from dementia with Lewy bodies
Centenarians
Politicians from Victoria (Australia)