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Anthoine Hubert (22 September 1996 – 31 August 2019) was a French professional racing driver. He was born in Lyon and began his kart racing career in 2006 at age nine. In 2018, he became the GP3 Series champion. At the time of his death in 2019, he raced for BWT Arden. On 31 August 2019, Hubert was involved in a crash during the Formula 2 feature race at Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, Belgium. He died of his injuries a short time later. He was 22.
Jukka Jalmari Virtanen (25 July 1933 – 1 September 2019) was a Finnish entertainer and author. He won the Rose d'Or in 1965 for the entertainment program "Lumilinna". He starred in the movies "Millipilleri", "Pähkähullu Suomi" and "Noin 7 Veljestä". Virtanen was the host of Levyraati from 1980 through 1997. Virtanen was born in Jämsänkoski, Finland. Virtanen died from prostate cancer on 1 September 2019, aged 86.
On August 31, 2019, multiple people were shot from a vehicle traveling between and in the Texas cities of Odessa and Midland.  Odessa police announced five deaths (including the shooter) and 21 injuries (including three police), and described the shooter as a white male in his mid-30s, shot and killed by police outside a movie theater as he fired at them again.
Bradford Swain Linaweaver (September 1, 1952 – August 29, 2019) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He was known for directing "The Brain Leeches" and "Jack-O". He also wrote Libertarian-leaning novels such as "The Boneyard Collection" and "Space Babes Meet the Monsters". Linaweaver was born in Washington, North Carolina. His best known novel was "Moon of Ice". Linaweaver died on August 29, 2019 from cancer at the age of 67.
Washington, commonly known as The Original Washington or Little Washington (to distinguish it from Washington, D.C.), is a city in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 9,875 at the 2020 census.  It is the county seat of Beaufort County.
Berthe's mouse lemur or Madame Berthe's mouse lemur ("Microcebus berthae") is the smallest mouse lemur and the smallest primate in the world. Its average body length is and seasonal weight is around .  This primate was found in 1992 in the dry Kirindy Forest in western Madagascar. After its discovery genetic studies showed it was as a new species, "M. berthae". This lemur is named after the conservationist and primatologist Berthe Rakotosamimanana of Madagascar, who was the Secretary General of the "Groupe d'Etudes et de Recherche des Primates" (GERP) from its founding until her death in 2005.
Alec Holowka (30 October 1983 – 31 August 2019) was a Canadian indie game developer, co-founder of an independent game companies Infinite Ammo, Infinite Fall, and Bit Blot. He was known for collaborating with Derek Yu to create "Aquaria" and freeware game "I'm O.K - A Murder Simulator" and with Scott Benson and Bethany Hockenberry to create "Night in the Woods". He was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Controversy and death. In early August 2019, Holowka was accused of physical and sexual assault by many women including Zoë Quinn. He killed himself on August 31, 2019, aged 35. According to his sister, Holowka had been "battling mood and personality disorders" through his life but "was a victim of abuse".
Zoë Tiberius Quinn (born 1987) is an American video game developer, programmer, writer, and artist. In 2014, a blog post by her ex-boyfriend sparked the Gamergate controversy, in which Quinn was subjected to a lot of criticism and harassment.
Brianna Wu (born July 6, 1977) is an American video game developer and computer programmer. She co-founded Giant Spacekat. Giant Spacekat makes indie games. She is also a blogger and podcaster on matters relating to the video game industry. Wu unsuccessfully ran as a Democrat against incumbent Stephen F. Lynch in Massachusetts for the 8th district for the U.S. House of Representatives in 2018. Wu unsuccessfully ran a second campaign for the 2020 election.
Stephen Francis Lynch (born March 31, 1955) is an American politician. He has been a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Massachusetts since 2001. He is a Democrat representing Massachusetts's 8th congressional district. Lynch ran for the Democratic nomination in the 2013 special election for the U.S. Senate but lost to Ed Markey.
Immanuel Maurice Wallerstein (; September 28, 1930 – August 31, 2019) was an American sociologist, economic historian and world-systems analyst. His best known works helped developed the world-systems approach. He published bimonthly commentaries through Agence Global on world affairs from October 1998 to July 2019.  He was a Senior Research Scholar at Yale University from 2000 until his death in 2019.
Alexandra Wong (born April 19, 1982) is an American actress, comedian, producer, and writer. She is known for her Netflix stand-up specials "Baby Cobra" and "Hard Knock Wife," as well as her television appearances in "American Housewife", "Are You There, Chelsea?", "Inside Amy Schumer", and "Black Box".  She also wrote for the first three seasons of the sitcom "Fresh Off the Boat". In 2019, she starred in "Always Be My Maybe". Award. • Best TV stand-up comedy performance.
Terlton is a town in Oklahoma in the United States. Layout. The United States Census Bureau, says the town has a total area of , which is all land.
In the United States, railroads are Class I, II, or III, depending on how big they are. The Surface Transportation Board decides how big the railroads need to be to be in the classes. There are six US Class I freight railroad companies. Canada has two Class I freight railroads. Both of the Canadian companies have trackage in the US. Mexico has two Class I freight railroads, one with trackage in the US. The national passenger railroads in the US and Canada, Amtrak and Via Rail, are both Class I. Classes. Class I. In the United States, the Surface Transportation Board says a Class I railroad is a railroad that gets $250 million or more in revenue every year. It was 1991 when they said it had to be at least $250 million. In 2012, $452,653,248 is how much it would be. In 2011, the Association of American Railroads says that Class I railroads had to get at least $433.2 million. In Canada, a Class I rail carrier is a company that has earned at least $250 million (CAD) in revenue for each of the previous two years. Class I railroads are some of the most efficient kinds of transportation. They move a ton of freight almost 500 miles with each gallon of diesel fuel ( to move ). In 2013, eleven railroads in North America were Class I. In the United States, Amtrak and seven freight railroads are Class I based on 2011 measurements released in 2013. Class II. A Class II railroad in the United States takes freight and is mid-sized in terms of revenue. , a Class II railroad is a railroad with that earns more than $37.4 million but less than $433.2 million in revenue for at least three years in a row. Switching and terminal railroads are can't be Class II railroads. Class III. A Class III railroad earns less than $20 million (1991 dollars) in revenue every year.
The University Press of Kansas is a publisher in Lawrence, KS that represents the six state universities in the US state of Kansas: Emporia State University, Fort Hays State University, Kansas State University (K-State), Pittsburg State University, the University of Kansas (KU), and Wichita State University. History. The press was created in 1946. There were big changes in 1967 and 1976. Today, it operates as a consortium with representation from each of the participating universities. The press is on the west part of the KU campus. The press mostly publishes books about American politics and military history. They also publish books about the region around it.
Shivamogga is the capital of the Shivamogga district in Karnataka. It was earlier called Shimoga. It is located in India.
The University of Nebraska Press, also known as UNP, is an academic publisher of scholarly and general-interest books. It was created in 1941. The press is controlled by the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the main campus of the University of Nebraska system. UNP mostly publishes non-fiction books and academic journals. They publish in both print and electronic editions. The press has strong publishing programs in Native American studies, Western American history, sports, world and national affairs, and military history. UNP has published more than 4,000 books and 30 journals. They publish more than 150 new titles each year, making it the 12th biggest university press in the United States. Since 2010, two of UNP's books have received the Bancroft Prize, the highest honor given to history books in the U.S.
Mount Oread is a hill in Lawrence, Kansas. The University of Kansas is on it. It is on the water divide between the Kansas and Wakarusa rivers. It was named after the Oread Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. The hill was first called Hogback Ridge by many Lawrence residents until the Oread name was chosen in 1866. For emigrants going west by wagon train on the Oregon Trail, "The Hill" was the next big topographical challenge after crossing the Wakarusa River near today's Haskell Indian Nations University. The United States Geological Survey says that Mount Oread is about above sea level. Downtown Lawrence is about above sea level. Mount Oread was whereWilliam Quantrill's raid into Lawrence on August 21, 1863, during the American Civil War, happened. The campus of the University of Kansas (KU) is on Mount Oread.
Samuel Clarke Pomeroy (January 3, 1816 – August 27, 1891) was a United States senator from Kansas in the mid-19th century. He was in the United States Senate during the American Civil War. Pomeroy was also in the Massachusetts House of Representatives.He also was the mayor of Atchison, Kansas from 1858 to 1859. He was also the second president of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, and the first president to oversee any of the railroad's construction and operations. Pomeroy succeeded Cyrus K. Holliday as president of the railroad on January 13, 1864. He was a Republican. Career. Early life. Samuel C. Pomeroy was born on January 3, 1816 at Southampton, Massachusetts. He was a student at Amherst College. Pomeroy was against the politics of slavery. In 1854, he joined the New England Emigrant Aid Company. That fall, he led a group of people to Kansas to help create the city of Lawrence. 1860s. On April 4, 1861, the Kansas legislature elected Pomeroy (along with James Lane) to be one of Kansas's first senators. 1870s. On December 18, 1871, because of Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden urging and after learning of the findings of the Hayden Geological Survey of 1871, Pomeroy introduced the Act of Dedication bill into the Senate. That bill led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park.
"Truth Hurts" is a song by American R&amp;B recording artist Lizzo. It is taken from the deluxe version of her third studio album (and first major-label release), "Cuz I Love You". It was released as a single on September 19, 2017. Lizzo wrote the song with Steven Cheung, Jesse Saint John, and its producer, Ricky Reed. In 2019, it reached number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100, the Pop Songs radio chart, R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs and Rap Songs charts, and on the Radio Songs chart. It also reached the top ten in Canada and New Zealand, while maintaining the top 20 in Australia, the top 40 in the UK, and the top 100 in the Netherlands and Switzerland.
Electoral districts in Canada (also called a "constituency" or "riding") are what Canada's representative democracy is based on. In Canadian French, it is called a "circonscription", but is also called a "comté" (county). Every single federal electoral district is represented by one Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada. In provincial or territorial electoral districts, the person that represents the riding might be called a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), Member of the National Assembly (NLA), Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP), or a Member of the House of Assembly (MHA). Right now, federal and provincial electoral districts are only represented by one person. In the past, however, some have been represented by more than one person.
Kenneth Lee O'Neil Baugh (24 February 1941 – 1 September 2019) was a Jamaican politician. He was an Opposition Leader from January 2005 through April 2005. He was a member of the Parliament of Jamaica, was a general secretary and chairman of the Jamaica Labour Party. Baugh was born in Montego Bay, Jamaica.  Baugh retired from politics in 2015 due to ill health. He had brain surgery later that year. Baugh died on 1 September 2019 from a long-illness at the age of 78.
Alberto Goldman (; 12 October 1937 – 1 September 2019) was a Brazilian engineer and politician. He was elected Vice Governor of São Paulo in 2006 with Governor José Serra. Goldman became governor of São Paulo on 6 April 2010. He resigned on 1 January 2011. He was National President of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party from November 2017 through December 2017. Goldman was born in São Paulo. He died on 1 September 2019 at a São Paulo hospital from problems caused by cancer-related surgery, aged 81.
William J. Larkin Jr. (February 5, 1928 – August 31, 2019) was an American politician. He was a member of the New York State Legislature representing districts in the Hudson Valley. He was a member of the Republican Party. Larkin represented the 39th District in the New York State Senate from 1991 until his retirement in 2018.  During his career in the Army, Larkin helped protect President John F. Kennedy on a visit to Berlin and met Martin Luther King Jr. when escorting one of the Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. Larkin lived in the town of New Windsor, New York. He died there on August 31, 2019 at the age of 91.
Sidney Wallace Morrison (born May 13, 1933) is an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Washington from 1981 through 1993. He was elected as a Republican. Morrison was born in Yakima, Washington. Morrison was a member of the State Senate from 1975 through 1980. Before, he was a member of the State House from 1967 through 1975. In 1992, he ran for Governor, but lost the primary to Ken Eikenberry.
Gilbert Stroud Merritt Jr. (January 17, 1936 – January 17, 2022) was an American lawyer and jurist. He was a Senior United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Merritt Jr. was nominated to the court by President Jimmy Carter. He was judge on the court from 1977 through 2001 and was Chief Judge from 1989 through 1996. Merritt Jr. was born in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1993, when Byron White retired from the Supreme Court, he was seen as a possible replacement pick by President Bill Clinton. Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the final pick. Merritt Jr. died on January 17, 2022 in Nashville on his 86th birthday.
Abraham "Abe" Fortas (June 19, 1910 – April 5, 1982) was an American lawyer. He was a U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1965 to 1969. Fortas died from an aortic rupture on April 5, 1982 in Washington, D.C. at the age of 71.
Richard Ravitch (July 7, 1933 – June 25, 2023) was an American politician and businessman. He was Lieutenant Governor of New York from 2009 to 2010. He was appointed to the position in July 2009 by New York Governor David Paterson. Ravitch died on June 25, 2023 at a hospital in New York City at the age of 89.
Hugh Leo Carey (April 11, 1919 – August 7, 2011) was an American politician and attorney. He was a seven-term United States Representative from 1961 to 1974, as well as 51st Governor of New York from 1975 to 1982. Carey died on August 7, 2011 at his home in Shelter Island, New York of heart failure at the age of 92.
Georgia Holt (born Jackie Jean Crouch; June 9, 1926 – December 10, 2022) was an American singer-songwriter, actress, and model. She was the mother of singer and actress Cher and the grandmother of Chaz Bono. Personal life. Holt was born in Kensett, Arkansas. She was married to six men, one of them twice.  Career. Holt appeared as a model on two episodes of "I Love Lucy". She was an audience polling member as part of a group of ten mothers of famous celebrities on the U.S. game show "Card Sharks" from July 4–8, 1988. Holt also released her album "Honky Tonk Woman", which was recorded in 1982, in 2013. The album includes a duet with Cher titled "I'm Just Your Yesterday". Holt appeared on talk shows hosted by Mike Douglas, Merv Griffin, Dinah Shore, Jay Leno and Ellen DeGeneres.
Carlo Fonseka ( "Kālō Fonsēkā"; 4 March 1933 – 2 September 2019) was a Sri Lankan physician, academic and political activist. He was a dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya. He was president of the Sri Lanka Medical Council from 2012 through 2017. He was born in Colombo, Ceylon.  Fonseka died in Colombo on 2 September 2019 at the age of 86.
Marc Singer (born January 29, 1948) is a Canadian-born American actor. Singer is best known for his roles in the "Beastmaster" movie series, as Mike Donovan in the original 1980s TV series "V", as Man-Bat in "" and his role in "Dallas" as Matt Cantrell. Singer also played General Matthew Shrieve on The CW television series "Arrow"'s third season.
George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is an American conservative political commentator. He writes regular columns for "The Washington Post" and is a political commentator for NBC News and MSNBC.  In 1986, "The Wall Street Journal" called him "perhaps the most powerful journalist in America". He won the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 1977. In later years, he criticized Republican politicians like Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich, and Donald Trump. He did not support Trump's campaign for president, so he became an independent in 2016. He then voted for Joe Biden in 2020.
Arthur Boggess Culvahouse Jr. (born July 4, 1948) is an American attorney and politician. He was the United States Ambassador to Australia from March 13, 2019 to January 19, 2021 under the Trump administration. Before, he was the White House Counsel from 1987 through 1989 during the Ronald Reagan presidency. He was an important figure in John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign. He helped picked McCain's running mate. In May 2016, Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, chose Culvahouse to head the search for his running mate. In November 2018, Trump nominated Culvahouse to be the U.S. Ambassador to Australia. He was confirmed by the United States Senate in January 2019.
Cecilia Seghizzi (5 September 1908 – 22 November 2019) was an Italian composer, painter and teacher. Her music catalog includes more than 130 compositions, among which many are choral music. On 5 September 2018, she became a supercentenarian upon celebrating her 110th birthday. She died on 22 November 2019 at the age of 111.
Anthony Austin Street (8 February 1926 – 25 October 2022) was an Australian federal politician. He was Foreign Minister in the Fourth Fraser Ministry between 1980 and 1983. A member of Parliament, he represented the Corangamite division in Victoria from 1966 through 1984.  His father Geoffrey Street held his seat before him, and other members of the Street family. Street was a member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He was born in Melbourne. Street died on 25 October 2022, at the age of 96.
Jason Thomas Kenney PC MLA (born May 30, 1968) is a Canadian politician. He is the 18th Premier of Alberta since 30 April 2019, and leader of the United Conservative Party in Alberta since 2017.  Kenney was inspired to enter politics after having a short conversation with former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker at an early age.
(; born May 26, 1957) is a Canadian politician and businessman. He is the 32nd and current Premier of Quebec since 2018. He has been Leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) punding in 2011. He was the co-founder of the Canadian airline Air Transat. Legault was a member of the National Assembly of Quebec from 1998 to 2009. During this time, he was a part of the Parti Québécois (PQ). He was a cabinet minister while Lucien Bouchard and Bernard Landry were Premier. He was elected in the 1998, 2003, 2007, and 2008 elections. He did not run for election again in 2009, and stopped being a member of the National Assembly that year. As a part of the CAQ, he became a member of the National Assembly again after the 2012 provincial election.
Plymouth is the seventh largest city in the U.S. State of Minnesota. It is located west of downtown Minneapolis in Hennepin County. It is the third largest suburb of Minneapolis–Saint Paul. The population was 81,026 at the 2020 Census.
"Let's Get Loud" is a 2000 song recorded by American singer Jennifer Lopez for her debut studio album "On the 6" (1999). It was written by the song's co-writer Gloria Estefan for herself but she felt as if the song was too similar to her last songs and gave it onto Lopez. Estefan, who co-wrote the song alongside Kike Santander, stated that Lopez would have "more fun with it" and would put "a new spin" on it. "Let's Get Loud" is sometimes seen as Lopez's signature song. Estefan eventually released her own version of the song in 2011 as a bonus track on the deluxe Target edition of her album "Miss Little Havana".
Emilio Estefan Gómez (born March 4, 1953) is a Cuban-American musician and producer. He has won 19 Grammy Awards. Estefan is known as a member of the Miami Sound Machine. He is the husband of singer Gloria Estefan, father of son Nayib Estefan and daughter Emily Estefan, and the uncle of Spanish-language television personality Lili Estefan.
Jane Jungyon Kim (born July 9, 1977) is an American civil rights attorney and politician. She is the first Korean American elected official in San Francisco. She represented San Francisco's District 6 on the Board of Supervisors between 2011 and 2019. She is currently a member of the San Francisco's Democratic County Central Committee and was the top vote getter in CA AD17. In 2016, she ran for the 11th California State Senate District, but lost to Scott Wiener in the primary. She was a candidate for Mayor in the 2018 mayoral election, finishing third with 24.03% of the first-round vote.
Iah ( Egyptian: "jˁḥ", Coptic ) is a minor ancient Egyptian moon god who eventually evolves into Khonsu. Iah is said to be a god of both time and fertility. He is most notable for creating the ancient lunar calendar. The word "jˁḥ" simply means "moon". It is also transliterated as "Iahu", "Iahw", "Yah", "Yahu", "Yahw", "Jah", "Iahu", "Jahw", "Aah", "Aahu", or "Aahw". 5 Day Myth. In an ancient Egyptian myth, sun god Ra has cursed goddess Nut so that she can not have birth on any of the 360 days of the year. The wisdom god Thoth devised a plan that involved challenging A'ah to a game of Senet. Thoth outsmarted A'ah and won enough moonlight to add 5 days to the year. Since these extra days were not cursed, Nut was able to birth a god on each of these days; Isis, Osiris, Nephthys, and Horus. Due to the loss of moonlight, the moon was unable to shine continuously and was forced to periodically dim in order to recuperate. Thus creating the phases of the moon.
Fred A. Risser (born May 5, 1927) is an American Democratic politician. He has been a member of the Wisconsin Senate, representing the 26th District since 1962. His district includes most of the west side and central neighborhoods of Madison. He was a member of the Wisconsin Assembly from 1957 to 1962. Risser has never lost an election and is the longest-serving state legislator in American political history. Upon the death of New Mexico State Senator John Pinto in May 2019, Risser became the only remaining World War II veteran currently serving as a state legislator in the United States.