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Count was a Japanese statesman and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan, active in the Meiji and Taishō period Empire of Japan. Biography. Hirata was born in the Yonezawa Domain, Dewa Province (currently Yamagata Prefecture) as the son of a local "samurai". He was sent by the domain to Edo for studies, and subsequently fought in the Boshin War on the side of the Ōuetsu Reppan Dōmei. After the Meiji Restoration, was ordered by the domain to go to Tokyo and study at the "Daigaku Nankō" (predecessor of Tokyo Imperial University). After graduating, he was a student member of the Iwakura Mission of 1871 along with Makino Nobuaki. He later stayed in Germany to study at Heidelberg University (where he studied politics and international law) and Leipzig University (where he studied commercial law). He is the first Japanese with a doctorate degree. Hirata returned to Japan in 1876 and served in a number of posts in the new Meiji government's Ministry of Finance, and later became Documentation Bureau Director of the Grand Council "(Daijō-kan)" and Legislation Bureau Director. In 1890, he was selected as a member of the House of Peers of the new Diet of Japan by Imperial command.  He successively held important posts including chief secretary of the Privy Council, director-general of the Legislation Bureau, Agriculture and Commerce Minister in the first Katsura cabinet, Home Minister in the second Katsura cabinet, provisionary Diplomatic Investigation Board member, and Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal of Japan.  Hirata was also very active in the movement of local agricultural reforms, an industrial cooperative program, and poverty relief projects, striving to protect the local country people against the inflationary economy after the Russo-Japanese War and World War I.
William Joseph Boarman (June 30, 1946 – August 22, 2021) was an American printer. He was the 26th Public Printer of the United States from 2010 until 2012. He was Senior Vice-President of the Communications Workers of America (CWA) and President of that union's Printing, Publishing &amp; Media Works Sector.  Boarman died on August 22, 2021 in Severna Park, Maryland, aged 75.
Charles Robert Watts (2 June 1941 – 24 August 2021) was an English drummer and composer.  Overview. Watts was born in London. His career began in 1959. He was known for being the main drummer of the Rolling Stones. He was one of the band's longest serving members from 1963 until his death.  In 1989, Watts was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of The Rolling Stones.  In 2016, he was named 12th on "Rolling Stone"s "100 Greatest Drummers of All Time" list. In addition to being a rock drummer, Watts was also a Jazz drummer and stated in a lot of interviews that he would have much rather had been a Jazz drummer, than a Rock drummer. Watts studied in Architecture, and also drew the room layout of the hotel rooms he stay in when touring with the Rolling Stones. Death. Watts died in a London hospital on 24 August 2021 from cancer, at the age of 80.
Said al-Harumi or Saeed Alkharumi (, , (January 10, 1972August 25, 2021) was an Israeli politician. He was a member of the Knesset for the Joint List (2017–2021) and the United Arab List (2021). Al-Harumi was born in Shaqib al-Salam, Israel. Al-Harumi died on August 25, 2021 of a heart attack in Beersheba, Israel at the age of 49.
Mahamat ibn Idriss Déby Itno (; born 4 April 1984), also known by his nickname, Mahamat Kaka, is a Chadian politician and general who is the 7th and current President of Chad since 2022. Previously, he was the acting president of Chad and also the Chairman of the Transitional Military Council from 2021 to 2022. Déby took power after his father, the late president Idriss Déby, was killed while fighting at the 2021 Northern Chad offensive. He is widely known in Chad by his nickname Kaka.
Gail Omvedt (2 August 1941 – 25 August 2021) was an American-born Indian scholar, sociologist and human rights activist. She was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Her career began in 1970. She was known for being active in the environmental, farmers' and women's movements, especially with rural women. She was a senior fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library and research director of the Krantivir Trust. Omvedt died on 25 August 2021 at the age of 80.
Wilfried van Moer (1 March 1945 – 24 August 2021) was a Belgian footballer. He played 57 times and scored nine goals for the Belgium national team between 1966 and 1982. Van Moer died in a hospital in Leuven on 24 August 2021 from a stroke, aged 76.
Jan Suchý (10 October 1944 – 24 August 2021) was a Czech ice hockey player. He was born in Německý Brod, then-Nazi Germany. He was sometimes known as the "European Bobby Orr". He played in the Czechoslovakia national team in the world championships of 1965, 1966, 1968–71, 1973 and 1974. He also played in the ice hockey tournament of the 1968 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal with his team. Suchý died on 24 August 2021 at the age of 76.
General (Rtd) Tan Sri Dato' Mohd Ghazali bin Mohd Seth (4 February 1929 – 24 August 2021) was a Malaysian military personnel. He was the 7th Chief of Defence Forces of Malaysia from 1982 until 1985 when Mahathir Mohamad was the Prime Minister. He also was the Army chief from 1977 until 1982. He was born in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Ghazali died on 24 August 2021 at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur from heart failure, aged 92.
Mangala Pinsiri Samaraweera (21 April 1956 – 24 August 2021) (, ; ) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was also the first openly gay politician from Sri Lanka.  He was the Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2019, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, for two terms from 2005 to 2007 and 2015 to 2017. He was born in Matara, Sri Lanka. Samaraweera died at a hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 24 August 2021 from COVID-19, aged 65.
Simply Red are a British soul and pop band which formed in Manchester in 1985. Their singles "Holding Back the Years" (1987) and their cover of "If You Don't Know Me by Now" (1990) were nominated for a Grammy Award.
Jerald B. Harkness (May 7, 1940 – August 24, 2021) was an American professional basketball player. He played for the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Indiana Pacers of the American Basketball Association (ABA). Harkness also played for the Loyola of Chicago, where he won the 1963 NCAA Title. He was born in Harlem, New York. Harkness died on August 24, 2021 at age 81.
Country Joe and the Fish was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Berkeley, California, in 1965. The band self-produced two EPs that drew attention on the underground circuit before signing to Vanguard Records in 1966. Their debut album, "Electric Music for the Mind and Body". Their second album, "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-to-Die", was released in late 1967.
Olabiyi Durojaiye (8 February 1933 – 24 August 2021) was a Nigerian politician. He was a member of the Senate of Nigeria for the Ogun East constituency of Ogun State from 1999 until 2003. Durojaiye died on 24 August 2021 from COVID-19, aged 88.
Anatoliy Chizhov (; 15 June 1934 – 24 August 2021) was a Russian engineer and politician. He was Director of the Progress Rocket Space Centre from 1980 to 1996. He was a member of the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from 1989 to 1991. Chizhov died on 24 August 2021 at the age of 87.
The 1964 United Kingdom general election happened on 15 October 1964. This was five years after the previous election. It resulted in the Conservatives, led by the current Prime Minister Alec Douglas-Home losing. The Labour Party won the election. This meant Harold Wilson would become the new Prime Minister. Labour got a overall majority of four seats. The Labour Party got a lot more votes in Scotland than before. This was the start of them winning most seats in Scotland. They did this until Scottish National Party won more at the 2015 general election.
O. Chandrasekhar Menon (10 July 1936 – 24 August 2021) was an Indian professional footballer. He played as a defender. He represented India at the 1960 Summer Olympics (Rome), the 1962 Asian Games (Gold medal),1964 AFC Asian Cup (Silver medal), Merdeka Tournament (Silver Medal - 1959 &amp; 1964) and 1964 Summer Olympics (Tokyo Qualifiers). He was born in Irinjalakuda, British Raj.  Chandrashekar died on 24 August 2021 in Kolkata, India at the age of 85.
Volodymyr Dmytrovych Bondarenko (; 4 December 1952 – 24 August 2021) was a Ukrainian politician. He was a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 1996 until 2014. Bondarenko was the Head of Kyiv City Administration from 7 March 2014 until 25 June 2014. Bondarenko was born in Okhinky, then-Soviet Union. He was a member of the Fatherland and Reforms and Order Party. Bondarenko died on 24 August 2021 in Kyiv, Ukraine at the age of 68.
Jean-Luc Nancy (; ; 26 July 1940 – 23 August 2021) was a French philosopher. He was born near Bordeaux, France. He taught at the University of Strasbourg. Nancy's first book, published in 1973, was "Le titre de la lettre" ("The Title of the Letter", 1992). He wrote many books such as "La remarque spéculative" in 1973 ("The Speculative Remark", 2001) on Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, "Le Discours de la syncope" (1976) and "L'Impératif catégorique" (1983) on Immanuel Kant, "Ego sum" (1979) on René Descartes, and "Le Partage des voix" (1982) on Martin Heidegger. Nancy died on 23 August 2021 in Strasbourg, France at the age of 81.
Thomas W. Flynn (August 18, 1955 – August 23, 2021) was an American author, journalist, novelist, executive director of the Council for Secular Humanism, and editor of its journal "Free Inquiry". Flynn died on August 23, 2021 at aged 66.
Jeffrey M. Beltzner (April 18, 1964 – August 23, 2021) known by his ring name Brick Bronsky, was an American actor, movie producer, professional wrestler and sports promoter. He was known for his roles in "Sgt. Kabukiman N.Y.P.D." (1990), ' (1991), and ' (1994). Bronsky was born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.  Bronsky died at a hospital in Sherman Oaks, California on August 23, 2021 from COVID-19, aged 57.
Jaafar Jaafar is a Nigerian journalist and the founder and CEO of Daily Nigerian, an online publishing company. Education. Jaafar holds a Master's Degree in Communication Studies from Bayero University, Kano Bachelor's Degree in Mass Communication from Bayero University Kano, and a diploma in Public Relations Strategy from London School of Public Relations.
Juan Carlos Blanco Estradé (19 June 1934 – 22 August 2021) was an Uruguayan lawyer and politician. He was born in Montevideo. He was a member of the Colorado Party. Blanco was Foreign Minister of Uruguay from 1972 to 1976. He was Ambassador to the United Nations from 1982 to 1985. From 1990 to 1995, Blanco Estradé was a member of the Senate. Blanco Estradé died on 22 August 2021 in Montevideo at the age of 87.
Nicholas Peter Volpe (February 23, 1926 – August 21, 2021) was a Canadian football player. He played for the Toronto Argonauts from 1949 until 1952. He won the Grey Cup with the Argonauts in 1950. Volpe was born in Toronto, Ontario. Volpe died in Toronto on August 21, 2021 at the age of 95.
Andreas Norland (9 May 1935 – 21 August 2021) was a Norwegian newspaper editor. He was known as editor of three large newspapers "Adresseavisen", "Verdens Gang" and "Aftenposten". He was born in Bærum, Norway. Norland died on 21 August 2021, aged 86.
Boutros Gemayel (29 June 1932 – 21 August 2021) was a Lebanese Maronite Catholic prelate. He was the emeritus Maronite Archbishop of the Maronite Catholic Archeparchy of Cyprus. He was the Archeparch of Cyprus from 1988 until 2008. Gemayel was born in Greater Lebanon. Gemayel died on 21 August 2021, aged 89.
Osório Claudio Bebber, O.F.M. Cap., (June 11, 1929 – August 13, 2021) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic prelate. He was the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tubarão from 1981 to 1992, the Territorial Prelate of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Coxim from 1992 to 1999, and the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joaçaba from 1999 until his retirement in April 2003.  He was Bishop Emeritus of Joaçaba until his death in August 2021. Bebber was born in Flores da Cunha, Rio Grande do Sul. Bebber died of sepsis caused by heart surgery on August 13, 2021 in Caxias do Sul, Rio Grande do Sul at the age of 92.
Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei (12 June 1946 – 25 August 2021) was a Romanian foil fencer. She competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and won team bronze medals in 1968 and 1972. She was born in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei was married to Olympian Ion Drîmbă until they divorced. She later married footballer Emerich Jenei. Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei died on 25 August 2021 in Cluj-Napoca at the age of 75.
Eugene Francis "Gene" Kranz (born August 17, 1933) is an American aerospace engineer. He was a NASA Flight Director and manager. Kranz was NASA's second Chief Flight Director. He was in charge of the Gemini and Apollo programs. He was born in Toledo, Ohio. Kranz is a recipient of a Presidential Medal of Freedom, given in 1970 by President Richard Nixon. In 2010, Kranz was listed as the #2 most popular space hero by the Space Foundation.
Seymour "Sy" Abraham Liebergot (born February 15, 1936) is a retired NASA flight controller. He worked at NASA during the Apollo program. Liebergot was an EECOM controller. In 1970, he was part of the team that guided Apollo 13 back to Earth. Liebergot was born in Camden, New Jersey. Liebergot was a Deputy Flight Director on Apollo 4. He was the EECOM flight controller on Apollo 8–15. On Apollo 17. He continued as a controller in the Skylab and ASTP missions.
Glynn Stephen Lunney (November 27, 1936 – March 19, 2021) was an American NASA engineer. He began working at NASA since its creation in 1958. Lunney was a flight director during the Gemini and Apollo programs. Lunney died on March 19, 2021 at his home near Houston, Texas from leukemia, aged 84.
Janet Clara Malcolm (born Jana Klara Wienerová; July 8, 1934 – June 16, 2021) was an American writer and journalist. She worked at "The New Yorker" magazine. She was the author of "" (1981), "In the Freud Archives" (1984), and "The Journalist and the Murderer" (1990). Malcolm died from lung cancer at the age of 86 on June 16, 2021, at a hospital in Manhattan.
Robert E. Walkup (November 14, 1936 – March 12, 2021) was an American Republican politician. He was the 40th Mayor of Tucson from 1999 to 2011. Walkup died on March 12, 2021, at his home in Tucson from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, aged 84.
Ombretta Fumagalli Carulli (5 March 1944 – 16 March 2021) was an Italian politician, jurist, and academic. Carulli began her political career in 1987, when she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies as a member of the Christian Democracy party.  In 1996, Carulli was elected to the Senate and joined the center-right Pole for Freedoms coalition. In 1999, she became Undersecretary to the Ministry of the Interior. She then became Undersecretary to the Ministry of Health. She retired in 2001. Carulli died in Milan on 16 March 2021 at the age of 77.
Karin Strenz (14 October 1967 – 21 March 2021) was a German politician. She represented the CDU. Strenz was a member of the Bundestag for the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern between 2009 and 2021. On 21 March 2021, Strenz fell unconscious during a flight between Cuba and Germany in Limerick, Ireland. She died a few hours later, aged 53.
Susana Canales Niaucel (5 September 1933 – 22 March 2021) was a Spanish actress. She starred in the 1951 drama "Black Sky" (1951). Canales died on 22 March 2021 in Madrid, at the age of 87.
Hamdan bin Rashid Al Maktoum (, ""; 25 December 1945 – 24 March 2021) was an Emirati politician. He was the deputy ruler of Dubai and the minister of finance and industry of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). He was the second son of ruler Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. Rashid Al Maktoum died on 24 March 2021 at the age of 75.
Howard Leslie Schnellenberger (March 16, 1934 – March 27, 2021) was an American football coach. He held head coaching positions with the National Football League's Baltimore Colts and in college for the University of Miami, University of Oklahoma, University of Louisville, and Florida Atlantic University. Schnellenberger was born in Saint Meinrad, Indiana. Schnellenberger died on March 27, 2021 in Boca Raton, Florida at the age of 87.
Bibian Mentel-Spee (27 September 1972 – 29 March 2021) was a Dutch three-time Winter Paralympics gold-medalist. Mentel won the Paralympic gold medal in the snowboard cross discipline in the 2014 and 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, as well as in the banked slalom in 2018. On 5 March 2021, it was announced that she had been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer. Mentel died on 29 March 2021 from the disease, aged 48.
Joye Evelyn Hummel (April 4, 1924April 5, 2021) was an American comic book author. She is known for writing more than 70 "Wonder Woman" stories between 1944 and 1947. Hummel died on April 5, 2021, one day after her 97th birthday, at her home in Winter Haven, Florida.
Robert Todd Schilling (January 23, 1964 – April 6, 2021) was an American politician. He was a U.S. Representative for from 2011 to 2013. Schilling was a member of the Republican Party. In 2012, he lost his re-election to Democrat Cheri Bustos. In 2014, he ran for his former seat but lost again to Bustos. Schilling again ran for public office in 2020 for Iowa's 2nd congressional district, but lost the Republican nomination to Mariannette Miller-Meeks. In May 2020, Schilling was diagnosed with cancer. He died from the disease on April 6, 2021 in LeClaire, Iowa at the age of 57.
William Robert "Slick" Leonard (July 17, 1932April 13, 2021) was an American professional basketball player, coach and color commentator. He played college basketball for the Indiana Hoosiers. He won the national championship in 1953.  Leonard coached the Indiana Pacers to three American Basketball Association (ABA) championships. He was added into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach in 2014. Leonard died on April 13, 2021 in Indianapolis, Indiana, at the age of 88.
Du Jinfang (杜近芳; 1932 – 17 April 2021) was a Chinese actress. She worked at the of the China National Peking Opera Company. She appeared in the 1972 movie "The Red Detachment of Women". She was vice chairman of the All-China Youth Federation. Jinfang died on 17 April 2021, aged 89.
Frank Ashcroft Judd, Baron Judd (28 March 1935 – 17 April 2021) was a British Labour politician. He was a Senior Fellow of Saferworld NGO from 1994 to 2002. He was a member of the Unite and GMB trade unions. He was a member of the British Parliament from 1966 until 1979. He had cabinet jobs under the governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan. He died in April 2021 at the age of 86.
Vivekanandan (19 November 1961 – 17 April 2021), known professionally as Vivek, was an Indian actor, comedian, television personality, playback singer and social activist. He was known for his roles in "Run" (2002), "Saamy" (2003) and "Perazhagan" (2004). Vivek died on 17 April 2021 from cardiac arrest in Chennai at the age of 59.
Elizabeth Furse (October 13, 1936 – April 18, 2021) was a Kenya Colony-born American businesswoman and politician. She was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1993 to 1999, representing Oregon's 1st congressional district. She was a Democrat. She was the first naturalized U.S. citizen born in Africa to win election to the United States Congress. Furse died on April 18, 2021, at age 84, at her farm near Hillsboro, Oregon from problems caused by a fall.
Boana paranaiba is a frog that lives in Brazil. The scientists who wrote the first paper about this frog said the adult male frog was 46.3–52.3 mm long from nose to rear end and the adult female frog 46.2–51.2 mm long. The iris of the eye can be bronze in color or gray in color. It can have a blue ring in it. Sometimes there is only half a blue rung. The skin of its back is reddish or yellow in color. It has dark spots. There are wide, brown stripes down its back and all four legs. There is white color around these brown stripes. This frog has a thin white line on its mouth. It has a dark brown line from its nose to each eye. It has a dark brown line under its ear. It has dark spots near its jaw. Its belly is yellow or whitish in color. The insides of the back legs are dark brown with light spots. Male frogs sing for female frogs on the ground or on plants. They can sit up to 2 m off the ground. Scientists saw that the male frogs had scars on their backs. The scars were not deep. The scientists think the male frogs might fight each other. The frog is named after the Paranaíba River. The name "paranabia" comes from the Tupi language. It means "large river with muddy water." The Tupi people live near where the frog lives.
East Slavs are part of the Slavic people. The most of them are in three countries: in Russia, Belarus and Ukraine. East Slavs' national languages are languages from the East Slavic languages group.
Froyla Tzalam is a Belizean Mopan Maya anthropologist and community leader. It was announced on 22 April 2021 by Prime Minister of Belize John Briceno that she was nominated to be the next Governor-General of Belize. She is the third Governor-General and the second woman appointed to the role.
Celso Luiz Nunes Amorim (born June 3, 1942) is a Brazilian politician. He was the Minister of Foreign Relations from July 20, 1993 to December 31, 1994 under President Itamar Franco and again from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2010 under President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.  He was Minister of Defence from August 4, 2011 to December 31, 2014 under President Dilma Rousseff.
Udemy, Inc. is an American massive open online course (MOOC) provider. It is aimed at professional adults and students. The company was founded in May 2010 by Eren Bali, Gagan Biyani, and Oktay Caglar. The platform is a massively-open online course (M.O.O.C.) website. On it, anyone can create and promote courses in the style of traditional post-secondary education. Users can also take courses to earn credit towards technical certification, or just to pick up or improve various job-related skills. As of April 2021, the platform has more than 40 million students, 155,000 courses and 70,000 instructors teaching courses in over 65 languages. There have been over 480 million course enrollments. Students and instructors come from 180+ countries and 2/3 of the students are located outside of the U.S.
Herschel Walker (born March 3, 1962) is an American retired football player, bobsledder, sprinter, and mixed martial artist. He played college football for the University of Georgia. He has been called one of the best college football players of all time. He was the Republican candidate for the United States Senate in Georgia for the 2022 election and was defeated in the runoff election by Raphael Warnock. In December 2024, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Walker to serve as the U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas. Personal life. Walker was born in Augusta, Georgia. He studied at University of Georgia. He was married to Cindy DeAngelis Grossman from 1983 until their divorce in 2002. They have one son, Christian. NFL career. Walker began his professional football career with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League (USFL) in 1983. He later joined the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In the NFL, he also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Giants. He retired from the NFL in 1997. He was honored into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999. Political career. He was named Co-Chair of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition after being appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020. He supported Trump's presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020. Walker ran for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate from Georgia in the 2022 election. Former President Trump supported his Senate campaign. On December 18, 2024 President-elect Trump announced that Walker would be nominated to serve as U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas.