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Stewart Prestley Blake (November 26, 1914 – February 11, 2021) was an American businessman. He was a co-founder of the Friendly Ice Cream Corporation (known more commonly as "Friendly's"). Blake founded the Friendly's national restaurant chain during the Great Depression, in 1935. The company was sold to Hershey Foods in 1979 for $164 million, and again for $375 million in 1988. He was chairman of the company until 1979. In 2006 he was minority shareholder in Friendly's. Blake died on February 11, 2021 in Florida, aged 106.
Baron Eduard Oleg Alexandrowitsch von Falz-Fein (14 September 1912 – 17 November 2018) was a Russian-born Liechtenstein businessman and journalist. Biography. He was known as a "sports diplomat" who initiated the Olympic movement in Liechtenstein and vice president of Liechtenstein Olympic Committee in the mid-1930s. He was born in Gavrilovka, Kherson Oblast. In 1951 and from 1953 to 1973, he was President of the Liechtenstein Cycling Association. He turned 100 on 14 September 2012. Falz-Fein died in a house fire in Vaduz on 17 November 2018 at the age of 106.
Margaret Cornelia Morgan Lawrence (August 19, 1914 – December 4, 2019) was an American psychiatrist and psychoanalyst. Her career began in 1948.  Her work included clinical care, teaching, and research, particularly into the development of ego strength in inner-city families. She studied young children seen as "strong" by their teachers in Georgia and Mississippi. Lawrence was chief of the Developmental Psychiatry Service for Infants and Children (and their families) at Harlem Hospital for 21 years, as well as associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, retiring in 1984. Lawrence died on December 4, 2019 at a nursing home in Boston at the age of 105.
Fazlollah Reza () (January 1, 1915 – November 19, 2019) was an Iranian university professor. He was born in Rasht. He was a Fellow of the IEEE and AAAS for his works to network and information theory. He was an honorary member of the Academy of Persian Language and Literature and had written and spoken extensively on classical Persian poetry. Reza was the head of Aryamehr University of Industry (Sharif University of Technology), University of Tehran, Iran's ambassador to Canada and Iran's ambassador to UNESCO.  As a professor, he taught at MIT, McGill University, and University of Tehran.
Ganjam Venkatasubbiah (23 August 1913 – 19 April 2021), also known as G. V., was an Indian writer, grammarian, editor, lexicographer and critic. He was born in Mysore, Mysore Kingdom. He wrote eight dictionaries, four seminal works on dictionary science in Kannada. He also edited over sixty books and published several papers. His work "Igo Kannada", is a socio-linguistic dictionary and is used as a reference by linguists and sociologists. He was honored with the Kannada Sahitya Akademi Award and the Pampa Award. Venkatasubbiah was best known for his work on Kannada dictionary science titled "Kannada Nighantu Shastra Parichaya" which came out exactly one hundred years after the first Kannada dictionary was authored by the German priest and Indologist Reverend Ferdinand Kittel in 1894. Venkatasubbaiah died on 19 April 2021 in Bangalore from kidney disease, aged 107.
Smilja Avramov (15 February 1918 – 2 October 2018) was a Serbian academic, authority and educator. She worked in international law. She was a member of the Senate of Republika Srpska from 1996 to 2009. Avramov was a professor of international law at the Law Faculty at Belgrade University. She turned 100 in February 2018. Avramov died at her apartment in Belgrade on 2 October 2018 from congestive heart failure at the age of 100.
Alfred William Frankland (19 March 1912 – 2 April 2020) was a British allergist. His works include keeping track of the pollen count as a piece of weather-related information to the British public, and for the prediction of increased levels of allergy to penicillin.  Frankland turned 100 in March 2012. In 2015, he appeared in an episode of the BBC 2 TV series "Britain's Greatest Generation" and as a guest on BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs".  In June 2015, at the age of 103, he was awarded an MBE for services to allergy research. In July 2015 he was, at age 103, the oldest recipient of the badge of the Order of Mercy. Frankland died on 2 April 2020 in London at the age of 108. The cause of death was COVID-19.
Charles Morris Godfrey, (24 September 1917 – 24 July 2022), was an American-born Canadian physician, professor and politician. He was a member of the Ontario New Democratic Party. He was a Member of Provincial Parliament for two years in the Ontario legislature, but he is best known for having led the protests against the proposed Pickering International Airport in the 1970s.  Godfrey turned 100 in September 2017. He died on 24 July 2022 in Uxbridge, Ontario, Canada at the age of 104.
Florence Marguerite Knoll Bassett (née Schust; May 24, 1917 – January 25, 2019) was an American architect and furniture designer who studied under Mies van der Rohe and Eliel Saarinen. She was born Florence Schust in Saginaw, Michigan, and was known in familiar circles as "Shu". Knoll felt architects should contribute their design ability to furniture as well. Some of these furniture designs would become design icons of the 20th century and have remained in the Knoll line for decades due to their timeless design. Knoll's most famous creations are the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company Headquarters building in Bloomfield, Connecticut and the interior of the CBS Building in New York City.
Lieutenant General Harry Edgar Goldsworthy (April 3, 1914 – February 16, 2022) was an American Air Force lieutenant general. He was deputy chief of staff for systems and logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.  He was responsible for all Air Force logistics support which includes maintenance engineering, transportation, supply and services, and foreign military assistance and sales. His military decorations and awards include the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters and the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters. Goldsworthy turned 100 in April 2014. He died on February 16, 2022 in Riverside, California at the age of 107.
Air Commodore Dame Felicity Barbara Hill, (12 December 1915 – 30 January 2019) was a retired British Royal Air Force officer. From 1966 to 1969, she served as Director of the Women's Royal Air Force. Hill joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) during World War II. She died on 30 January 2019, aged 103.
Major Kenneth George Mayhew (18 January 1917 – 14 May 2021) was a British Army veteran of World War II. Mayhew was one of the only four living knights of the very exclusive Military William Order, the highest honour of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.  In 1939 Mayhew was an officer of the 1st Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment. He commanded a company which landed in Normandy in 1944 and fought in the North West Europe Campaign. Mayhew was injured while fighting in the Netherlands.  In 1946, Mayhew was knighted by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands, receiving the Knight fourth class of the Military William Order. The chapter of the order lost contact with him in the 1980s until he was seen wearing his medal at a memorial service in 2011. Mayhew died on 14 May 2021, aged 104.
James Megellas (March 11, 1917 – April 2, 2020) was a United States Army officer. He commanded a platoon in Company "H" of the 3rd Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR), 82nd Airborne Division during World War II. Megellas was "the most-decorated officer in the history of the 82nd Airborne Division," having received a Distinguished Service Cross, a Silver Star, and been nominated for the Medal of Honor. Megellas died on April 2, 2020 in Colleyville, Texas at the age of 103.
Neil David Van Sickle (July 8, 1915 – September 29, 2019) was an American Air Force major general. He was the deputy inspector general at Headquarters, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. Van Sickle was born in Minot, North Dakota on July 8, 1915. On January 15, 1965, he assumed command of the U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service, with headquarters at Randolph Air Force Base.
Antonio Coppola (March 21, 1917 – March 9, 2020) was an American opera conductor and composer. He was the uncle of movie director Francis Ford Coppola and actress Talia Shire. He was the grand-uncle of Nicolas Cage, Sofia Coppola, Gian-Carlo Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Robert Schwartzman, and the younger brother of American composer and musician Carmine Coppola. Coppola was the musical director of six Broadway musicals, including "Silk Stockings", "Bravo Giovanni" and "The Boy Friend". He conducted two movie scores, 1990s "The Godfather Part III" and 1992's "Bram Stoker's Dracula". He appeared in the former, shown conducting the opera "Cavalleria rusticana" in the Teatro Massimo in Palermo. Coppola turned 100 in March 2017. He died on March 9, 2020 in New York City, aged 102.
Francis Alan Jackson, CBE (2 October 1917 – 10 January 2022) was a British organist and composer. He was the organist and director of music at York Minster for 36 years. He was appointed organist and director of music at York Minster in 1946 and held these positions until his retirement in 1982. Jackson died on 10 January 2022, aged 104.
Eleanor Sokoloff (née Blum; June 16, 1914 – July 12, 2020) was an American pianist and piano teacher. She taught on the faculty of the Curtis Institute of Music from 1936 until her death. She taught many famous pianists such as Hugh Sung, Lambert Orkis, Susan Starr, Claire Huangci, Kit Armstrong, Craig Sheppard, Leon McCawley, Keith Jarrett and Sean Kennard. In 2001, in recognition of her tenure, Sokoloff received the Curtis Alumni Award.  She turned 100 in June 2014. Sokoloff died on July 12, 2020 at a hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the age of 106.
Bernardino Piñera Carvallo (22 September 1915 – 21 June 2020) was a Chilean prelate of the Catholic Church. He was born in Paris, France. When he died at age 104, he was the oldest living Catholic bishop. Piñera was ordained as a priest on 5 April 1947 and worked for the Catholic Action. On 11 February 1958, Pope Pius XII appointed Piñera Carvallo auxiliary bishop of Talca.  In May 2020, he was diagnosed with COVID-19. Piñera died on 21 June 2020 from pneumonia caused by COVID-19 in Santiago de Chile, aged 104.
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, "née" Muazzez İlmiye İtil (20 June 1914 – 17 November 2024) was a Turkish archaeologist and Assyriologist. She was born in Bursa, Turkey. She works in the study of Sumerian civilization.  In 2006, at the age of 92, she received world-wide coverage in international media outlets when, upon publication of her 2005 book which described, among other topics, how her research into the history of the headscarf revealed that it did not originate in the Muslim world, but was worn five thousand years ago by Sumerian priests who initiated young men into sex. Çığ died on 17 November 2024, at the age of 110 years and 150 days. She was the oldest verified person in Turkey at the time of her death.
Richard Kenneth Guy (30 September 1916 – 9 March 2020) was a British-Canadian mathematician. He was professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Calgary.  Guy was known for his work in number theory, geometry, recreational mathematics, combinatorics, and graph theory. He is best known for co-authorship (with John Conway and Elwyn Berlekamp) of "Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays" and authorship of "Unsolved Problems in Number Theory".  He also published over 300 papers. Guy died on 9 March 2020 in Calgary, Alberta, aged 103.
George Haigh (26 June 1915 – 23 April 2019) was an English professional footballer. He is known for his association with Stockport County. At the age of 103, he was the oldest surviving former County player.  He was said to be the oldest surviving former professional footballer, although Arthur Smith was one month older.
Arthur Hoyle Smith (8 May 1915 – 21 August 2021) was an English professional footballer. At age 106 he was, at the time of his death, the oldest living former professional Football League player. In 1938, he joined Leicester City on a free transfer. In his first season with Leicester, he made eight appearances, and in his second, he made two more, scoring two goals against Manchester City. From 1935 to 2015 (with the exception of five years' war service in the British Army), Smith was the organist and choirmaster at Christ Church, Walmersley.
John Lysak (August 16, 1914 – January 8, 2020) was an American canoeist. He competed in the Olympic Games in 1936 in Berlin. He was born in Bound Brook, New Jersey.  Lysak competed in the 1936 Olympics in Men's Folding Kayak Doubles, 10 kilometres, finishing seventh. After a stint in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, Lysak worked as a painting contractor until the age of 62. He was the San Francisco Bay Area's oldest living Olympian.
Ignacio "Nacho" Trelles Campos (31 July 1916 – 24 March 2020) was a Mexican football player and coach. He had five tenures as coach of the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) in 106 international matches, and was in charge of the Mexico squads at FIFA World Cup tournaments: 1962 and 1966. He guided Mexico to their first win in a FIFA World Cup. He coached 1083 matches, collected 463 wins, 319 draws and 301 losses. He turned 100 in July 2016. Trelles died on 24 March 2020 of a heart attack in Mexico City, aged 103.
Eileen Ash (née Whelan; 30 October 1911 – 3 December 2021) was an English cricketer. She was born in London. Whelan played seven Test matches for England between 1937 and 1949. She was the oldest living former international cricketer. Whelan played Test cricket both before and after the Second World War, making her debut against Australia at Northampton in June 1937 and playing her last game against New Zealand in Auckland in March 1949.  Whelan also played representative cricket for the Civil Service, Middlesex and South of England. In July 2017, aged 105, Ash rang the bell at Lord's to signal the start of play at the 2017 Women's World Cup Final, which England won. Ash died on 3 December 2021 in Norwich, Norfolk at the age of 110.
The Dniester is a large river of eastern Europe. It starts on the north side of the Carpathian Mountains. It flows through Ukraine, Transnistria and Moldova for . It ends at the Black Sea near Odesa. It is the second longest river in Ukraine.
Gavin Buckley (born 8 February 1963) is an Australian-American politician and businessman. He has been the Mayor of Annapolis, the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland since December 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Buckley first moved to the United States in 1985. He later moved to Maryland in 1992. He is a successful businessman in Annapolis, opening four restaurants and a café. In June 2018, while he was in office, the "Capital Gazette" shooting happened in Annapolis, leaving five dead. After the shooting, he called for stricter gun control in the U.S., similar to laws passed in Australia following the Port Arthur massacre of 1996. Buckley was born in Boksburg, South Africa. He grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He has been married to Julie Williams since 1997. The couple have two children. He is a cancer survivor.
SodaStream International is an Israel-based manufacturing company. It's best known as the maker of the consumer home carbonation product by the same name. It carbonates water by adding carbon dioxide from a pressurized cylinder to create soda water to drink. The company also sells more than 100 types of concentrated syrups and flavorings to make carbonated drinks. In the past, several major brands were available in the SodaStream concentrate, including Sunkist and Fanta. SodaStream also offers diet concentrates. In January 2012, SodaStream and Kraft Foods became partners. It involved the use of Country Time and Crystal Light brand flavors. In July 2012, the two companies extended their partnership to include the Kool-Aid flavor line.
Kool-Aid is an American brand of flavored drink mix. The product is owned by Kraft Foods.  History. Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska. Before Kool-Aid, there was a liquid drink called Fruit Smack. To cut down shipping costs, Perkins found a way to remove the liquid from Fruit Smack and leave only a powder. The powder was called "Kool-Aid".  Perkins moved his production to Chicago in 1931. Kool-Aid was sold to General Foods in 1953. Kool-Aid is usually sold in powder form, in packets and small tubs. The actual beverage is made by mixing the substance with water and sugar. But there are some sugar-free varieties. The drink is usually served with ice or refrigerated and then served chilled.  The Kool-Aid Man is associated with Kool-Aid. He was created in the 1950s. He was made over in 2013.
Elmore is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama. The total area of Elmore, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, is 4.0 square miles (10.4 km2), of which 3.9 square miles (10.2 km2) are land and 0.1 square miles (0.2 km2), or 1.69%, are water.
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The Equality House is a house in Topeka, Kansas. It is painted with the colors of the rainbow flag.  History. The house was bought for $81,000 in March 2013. It was painted with the colors of rainbow flag, because it just across the street from Westboro Baptist Church, who are known to hate LGBT people. A 5 year old girl set up a lemonade stand just outside the house in June 2013 to raise money for Planting Peace, who owns the Equality House. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church tried to get the police to stop her and when that didn't work, began yelling swear words at her. She raised $400. Later that month, a lesbian wedding was held outside the house. In October 2013, a drag show was held outside of the house. This was done to raise money for anti-bullying campaigns to stop LGBT youth from killing themselves. In May 2015, after JK Rowling said she wanted a fake wedding between Dumbledore and Gandalf in Ireland, the Westboro Baptist Church tweeted that they would picket if this were to happen. In June that year, the mock wedding happened in the front yard of the equality house instead. Dumbledore is a gay character, according to JK Rowling, but this is not said in the books. In October 2016, the house was vandalized with the phrase "Fuk Fags" painted on it and seven bullet holes were found. Transgender House. Before 2016, the house was painted with the colors of the transgender flag. Later, a house next to it was bought and was made a permanent "transgender house".
Cron is a computer program that can be used to make a computer do tasks at specific time intervals. It is used in UNIX computer operating systems and operating systems that are similar to UNIX, like Linux. "Cron" can be used to schedule most repetitive tasks. It is often used to automate tasks related to a computer or computer network's maintenance or administration, although it can be used for many other tasks like downloading files from the Internet and downloading email at specific times or dates. The name of the cron computer program is from the word "cron," which is from the Greek word for time, χρόνος (chronos). Cron is set up by editing a file called a crontab (cron table). This file lists the specific tasks for the computer to run and when the tasks should be run.
Greater Sudbury, referred to as Sudbury, is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population, with a population of 166,004 in 2021. Origin. As with many towns in North America, the name is a copy from an English name, probably Sudbury in Derbyshire, or Sudbury in Suffolk. The name is also used elsewhere in North America. Media. CKSO 790 CHNO 1440 CBC Radio SRC Radio CICI CTV Television Network CICO TVO CHLF TFO CFGC Global Television Network
The Trans-Canada Highway () is a transcontinental that goes across the country in southern Canada. The main route is long. History. The section between Sault Ste Marie, Ontario and Wawa, Ontario opened on September 17, 1960. The Rogers Pass in British Columbia opened on September 3, 1962. The paving of the Trans-Canada across Newfoundland was completed on November 27, 1965.
A pantry is a room where food and other household goods may be stored for a while. Some food, such as butter, eggs, milk, and such need to be kept cool. Before modern refrigeration was available, there was the pantry. The pantry was a room or large cupboard made to keep cooler than the temperature in the kitchen. Built on the north side of the house close to the kitchen, it had no windows, but had air ventilation. The walls were brick or wood. As the air in the pantry warmed, it rose, escaping through the upper vent. This in turn drew cooler air in from the lower vent, providing constant circulation of cooler air.  In the summertime, the temperatures in the pantry would be several degrees lower than the ambient temperature in the house. In wintertime, the temperature in the cold pantry would be considerably lower than that in the kitchen. A pantry was the place to keep foodstocks that did not need to be kept refrigerated. Remember, food was bought regularly in those days, and not stored for long. Breads, butter, cheesecakes, eggs, pastries, and pies were kept in a cold. Vegetables could be brought up from the cellar in smaller amounts and stored in the cold pantry until ready to use. The pantry was a place to store fresh berries and fruit, cheese, butter and such.
KIIS-FM (102.7 FM) is a radio station in Los Angeles, California, United States. It broadcasts a top 40 radio format. KIIS-FM is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. History. The station started broadcasting in 1948. At that time, the station was called KLAC-FM; it played pop music. In 1967, the station changed its call sign (name) to KRHM; it started to play soft music. In 1971, KRHM changed its name to KKDJ. It changed to a top 40 music format, playing the most popular songs. For a short time, in 1975, KHRM tried an "adult contemporary" or soft rock format. However, it was not successful. The station changed its name to KIIS-FM in 1975. It went back to broadcasting top 40 music. The name KIIS sounds like the word "kiss". However, the name of the station has nothing to do with kissing. It is spelled with two letter I's instead of two letter S's. This is because the station took its name from its former AM radio sister station — a station that is owned by the same company. The other KIIS station was located at 1150 AM; "115" looks like "IIS". Throughout its history, KIIS-FM has had several well-known radio hosts. These include Rick Dees and Ryan Seacrest.
White sapote ("Casimiroa edulis") is a species of tropical tree in the family Rutaceae. It is a tree that grows fruit. The skin of this fruit is not suitable for eating but the pulp can be eaten. It is native to eastern Mexico and Central America south to Costa Rica. The genus is named for "an Otomi Indian, Casimiro Gómez, from the town of Cardonal in Hidalgo, Mexico, who fought and died in Mexico's war of independence."  White Sapote has another name called Cochizxihuitl.