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Tracey Mann (born December 17, 1976) is an American businessman and politician. He is a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 1st congressional district since 2021. Mann was the 50th Lieutenant Governor of Kansas from 2018 to 2019. He was appointed by Governor Jeff Colyer in February 2018. In August 2020, he won the Republican nomination for the United States House of Representatives for Kansas's 1st congressional district. He won the general election in November 2020.
Cori Bush (born July21, 1976) is an American politician, registered nurse, pastor, and activist. Bush was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Missouri's 1st congressional district from 2021 to 2025. She is a member of the Democratic Party.  On August 4, 2020, she beat 10-term incumbent Lacy Clay in the 2020 U.S. House of Representatives primary election. She won the general election in November 2020. In 2024, she lost her re-election campaign for the Democratic nomination to Wesley Bell.
William Lacy Clay Jr. (born July 27, 1956) is an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative from from 2001 to 2021. He is a member of the Democratic Party.  On August 4, 2020, he lost the Democratic primary to serve for an 11th term to community activist and progressive Democrat Cori Bush.
Sergio Wolmar Zavoli (21 September 1923 – 4 August 2020) was an Italian politician and journalist. Zavoli was born in Ravenna, Italy. He was a member of both Democrats of the Left and the Democratic Party. Between 2001 until his retirement in 2018, he was a member of the Italian Senate for Emilia-Romagna. Zavoli died on 4 August 2020 in Rome at the age of 96.
The spurred big-eyed tree frog ("Nyctimystes pulcher") is a tree frog from New Guinea. It lives on the lower sides of mountains at around 1500 meters above sea level. It lives all through the middle of the island, in both Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. The spurred big-eyed tree frog is one of the largest species in "Nyctimystes". The Latin word "pulchra" means "pale" or "fair."
Ram Mandir or Ram Temple is a Hindu temple in Ayodhya, a city in Uttar Pradesh, India.According to Hindus, the site is the birthplace of the Hindu god Rama. The city (where the temple is), is considered holy by the Hindus. Opening (2024). The Prime minister of India, Narendra Modi held a ceremony in regard to the opening of the temple on 22 January 2024; Some people boycotted the ceremony, because the temple was not completed before the opening; That goes against beliefs of Hindu religion. The Indian National Congress cancelled the invitation calling it a political event of RSS and BJP.
Sky Sport News (until August 4th 2020: "Sky Sport News HD") is Germany and Austria's only 24-hour sports news channel, owned by Sky Sport Deutschland. The channel's format shows rolling news bulletins, updated every 15 minutes. It broadcasts live from 9am to midnight. There are three teams of presenters on air daily. SSNHD launched on 1 December 2011, at midday. The first on-air presenters were Kate Abdo and Thomas Fleischmann.  In 2016 Sky Deutschland announced that the channel would a become free-to-air channel and would be streamed in Germany. The first free-to-air broadcast was a match between Mainz and Bayern. The channel now has more content. Alongside rolling news, it also broadcasts highlights, documentaries and magazine shows, all relating to sport. It is only allowed to broadcast 12 minutes of ads every hour. In 2017, Sky reduced the channel's broadcast hours by three hours to fifteen hours. On 12 March 2017 Sky Sport News HD started streaming. On 5 August 2020 the station changed its name to "Sky Sport News".  Presenters. News bulletins are always anchored by one man and one woman.
Zopto is a British software company established in 2018 with an additional office located in Manhattan, USA. It is a cloud-based set of software tools that is mainly used by B2B businesses to send automatic messages and information over the LinkedIn network. It has been used by companies like Accenture, Zoom, IBM etc.
Ilse Uyttersprot (10 May 1967 – 4 August 2020) was a Belgian politician. She was a member of the Chamber of Representatives from 2007 to 2010. From 2007 to 2013, she was mayor of Aalst, Belgium. Uyttersprot was murdered by her boyfriend with a hammer on 4 August 2020 in Aalst, aged 53.
William Leon Goldenberg (February 10, 1936 – August 3, 2020) was an American composer and songwriter. He was best known for his work on television and movies. He was born in New York City. He was known for composing the scores of "Kojak", "Rhoda" and "Play It Again, Sam". Goldenberg died on August 3, 2020 in New York City from heart failure at the age of 84.
Andre Devell Spencer (July 20, 1964 – August 4, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. He played for three teams in the NBA. From 1992 to 1994 Spencer played for the Atlanta Hawks, Golden State Warriors and Sacramento Kings during his brief NBA career. Spencer was born in Stockton, California. Spencer died on August 4, 2020 at the age of 56.
Eric Russell Bentley (September 14, 1916 – August 5, 2020) was a British-born American theater critic, playwright, singer, editor, and translator. In 1998, he was added into the American Theatre Hall of Fame. He was born in Bolton, Lancashire. Beginning in 1953, he taught at Columbia University and was a theatre critic for "The New Republic". He was sued by Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller because he gave them negative reviews on their plays. Bentley was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1969.  Bentley died at his home in New York City on August 5, 2020, at the age of 103.
Sadia Dehlvi (1957 – 5 August 2020) was an Indian activist, writer and columnist. She worked with the daily newspaper, the "Hindustan Times", and published in "Frontline" and Urdu, Hindi and English newspapers and magazines. She criticised radical versions of Islam and called for a united understanding of Islam.  Dehlvi died on 5 August 2020 at a hospital in New Delhi from breast cancer, aged 63.
Pete Hamill (; June 24, 1935 – August 5, 2020) was an American journalist, novelist, essayist, editor and educator. He won the Grammy Award for Best Album Notes in 1976. Career. He was known as "the author of columns that [looked] to [catch] the flavors of New York City's politics and sports and the particular pathos of its crime."  Hamill was a columnist and editor for the "New York Post" and "The New York Daily News". Hamill, along with fellow columnist Jimmy Breslin, were thought to be New York City's two best known street columnists of their time. He was a friend of Robert F. Kennedy. Hamill pushed Kennedy to run for President of the United States, then worked for the campaign and covered it as a journalist. He was one of four men who disarmed Sirhan Sirhan of his gun in the aftermath of the Robert F. Kennedy assassination. Death. Hamill died at a hospital on August 5, 2020 from problems caused by a fractured hip, at age 85.
Agathonas Iakovidis (; 2 January 1955 – 5 August 2020) was a Greek folk singer and musician. He represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2013 with Koza Mostra and the song "Alcohol Is Free". He was born in Langadas, Thessaloniki. His career began in 1971. On 5 August 2020, Iakovidis died from a heart attack at his Athens home, aged 65.
National Park Service rangers are uniformed employees whose jobs are to protect and preserve areas in the National Park System by the United States Congress and the President of the United States.  While all employees of the agency work on the National Park Service mission of preserving the natural and cultural resources, the term "park ranger" is traditionally used to describe all National Park Service employees who wear the uniform.
Toni Erdmann is a 2016 German-Austrian comedy-drama movie directed, written and co-produced by Maren Ade. It stars Peter Simonischek and Sandra Hüller. The movie was named the best movie of 2016 by "Sight &amp; Sound". It won five awards at the 29th European Film Awards. It also won the European Parliament LUX Prize.  It was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but lost to Iran's "The Salesman".
Doris Eleanor Buffett (February 12, 1928 – August 4, 2020) was an American philanthropist. She was also known as the 'retail' philanthropist. She was the founder of "The Sunshine Lady Foundation", "The Learning By Giving Foundation", and "The Letters Foundation" who she co-founded alongside her younger brother, billionaire Warren Buffett. She was also the daughter of U.S. politician and stockbroker Howard Homan Buffett. She planned to give all of her money away before her death. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska. Buffett was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2018. She died on August 4, 2020 at her home in Rockport, Maine at the age of 92.
Catherine Daisy Coleman (March 30, 1997 – August 4, 2020) was an American women's rights activist. Her experience of sexual assault at the age of 14 was featured in the 2016 documentary movie "Audrie &amp; Daisy".  Coleman co-founded the nonprofit organization, SafeBAE aimed at preventing sexual assault in schools.  In January 2012, Matthew Barnett, 17, was arrested for the rape and sexual assault of Coleman, a 14-year-old girl. However, the case was dropped by the county prosecutor. Many believe it was dropped because Barnett's grandfather was state representative Rex Barnett. Coleman died by suicide on August 4, 2020 at the age of 23.
Audrie &amp; Daisy is an American 2016 documentary movie about three cases of rape of teenage American girls, in 2011 and 2012.  The documentary shares the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the time of the sexual assaults, Pott was 15 and Coleman was 14 years old. After the assaults, the victims and their families were abused and cyberbullied. Audrie Pott died by suicide in 2012, ten days after the sexual assault. On August 4, 2020, Daisy Coleman also died by suicide after years of fighting depression and trauma. She was 23 years of age. "Audrie &amp; Daisy" had its world premiere at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival on January 25, 2016. The movie was bought by Netflix for streaming, and was released on September 23, 2016.
Audrie Taylor Pott (May 27, 1997 – September 12, 2012) was a 15-year-old student at Saratoga High School in Saratoga, California, who died by suicide. She had been sexually assaulted at a party eight days earlier by three 16-year-old boys she knew and nude pictures of her were posted online. She was also bullied.  On September 3, 2010 while at a party, Pott was dragged sexually assaulted after she passed out because she was drunk. Markers were also used to draw and write on her body, and photographs were taken and shared on social network. On September 12, 2012, she killed herself by hanging. On September 30, 2014, California Governor Jerry Brown signed Audrie's Law, "a bill that increases penalties and decreases privacy protections for teens convicted of sex acts on someone who is passed out from drugs or alcohol".
Rex Barnett (born October 22, 1938) is an American politician. He was an officer of the Missouri State Highway Patrol for 32 years in Troop H. He was a member of the Republican Party. Between 1994 and 2002, he was a member of the Missouri House of Representatives. He was born in Laredo, Missouri. In 2012, Barnett's grandson, Matthew Barnett, was arrested for the rape of the then fourteen-year-old Daisy Coleman. However prosecutors declined to pursue charges and the records were sealed. Many people believed the case was closed because of Barnett's connection.
Martelli's cat ("Felis lunensis") is a small wild cat in the Felinae subfamily. It used to live in Europe. It is extinct now. That means there are no Martelli's cats alive now. Martelli's cat first lived about 12 million years ago. This was during the Pliocene era. It was bigger than most wildcats. It hunted birds and small mammals. Some scientists think that the modern wildcat ("Felis silvestris") evolved from Martelli's cat.
James Elbert "Tootie" Robbins (June 2, 1958 – August 2, 2020) was an American professional football player. He was an offensive tackle for 12 seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the St. Louis/Phoenix Cardinals and the Green Bay Packers. Robbins was born in Windsor, North Carolina. Robbins died on August 2, 2020 from COVID-19 in Chandler, Arizona at the age of 62.
Cecil Leonard (July 20, 1946 – August 5, 2020) was an American football defensive back. He played two seasons with the New York Jets of the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Tuskegee University. Leonard was born in Sylacauga, Alabama. Leonard was also a member of the Birmingham Americans of the World Football League (WFL). Leonard died on August 5, 2020 in Statesboro, Georgia at the age of 74. His family and close friends will hold a memorial service in his hometown on August 23rd in Sylacauga, Alabama.
A list of earliest movies produced in Azerbaijan SSR ordered by year of release in the 1930s: Films: 1918-1990 see also List of Soviet films
Hanauma Bay is a tuff cone in Honolulu, Hawaii. It sits near another volcano called Koko Crater. It was created 32,000 years ago as a vent of the Koʻolau Volcano. It is a popular tourist attraction due to the beach in its crater and at one point had 3 million visitors a year. The bay holds many types of marine wildlife. The origin of the name “Hanauma” is not well known. The “hana” part means “bay” while the meaning behind “uma” is debated.
Hannah Ama Nyarko (born 25 July 1964) is a Ghanaian diplomat. She is the ambassador of Ghana to Israel. She studied at the University of Ghana gaining a first and masters degree. In January 1992, she joined the foreign service. She promoted trade between Ghana and Israel.
Ense petit placidam sub libertate quietem is a Latin phrase meaning "By the sword we seek peace, but peace only under liberty". It is the motto of both Massachusetts and the University of Massachusetts Amherst. It was written around 1660 by Algernon Sidney, a member of the British "long parliament". He was an opponent of Charles II, who had him executed for treason.
Litoria sauroni is a tree frog from Papua New Guinea. Scientists have only seen it in the Kikori Integrate Conservation and Development Project area. Different scientists disagree about whether this frog should be in the genus "Litoria" or "Nyctimystes". This frog has red-and-black eyes and pads, called nuptial pads, on its front feet.
John William Alan Okell OBE (; 1934 – 3 August 2020) was a British linguist. He was known for his studies related to Burma. Okell was born in Brighton, England.  He retired from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 1999, although he remained a research associate in the Department of South East Asia. In 2014, in the Queen's Birthday Honours, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to UK/Burma relations. He died on 3 August 2020 at the age of 86.
Brent Carver (November 17, 1951 – August 4, 2020) was a Canadian actor. He was best known for his roles on Broadway in "Parade" as Leo Frank and "Kiss of the Spider Woman" as Molina. He won the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Musical in 1993.  Carver was born in Cranbrook, British Columbia. He died on August 4, 2020 at the age of 68 at home in Cranbrook.
Murray Cheater (26 January 1947 – 4 August 2020) was a New Zealand athlete. He competed in the men's hammer throw at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Auckland. Cheater died on 4 August 2020 at the age of 73.
John Chang-yik (November 20, 1933 – August 5, 2020) was a South Korean Roman Catholic prelate. He was Bishop of Diocese of Ch’unch’on, South Korea from 1994 to 2010. In 1963, he became a priest.  Chang-yik died on August 5, 2020 at the age of 86.
Cassegrain telescopes are reflector telescopes that use two curved mirrors to make an image. The big primary mirror gathers and concentrates light. The small secondary mirror then reflects the light through the back of the mirror. The secondary mirror is also curved so that it the light path is longer than the tube. A "true Cassegrain" uses a primary mirror with a parabola-shaped curve, and a secondary mirror with a hyperbola-shaped curve. This is hard to make. Sphere-shaped curves are easier to make, but the image would be blurry. Catadioptric (lens and mirror) telescopes fix this by putting a special lens in front of the telescope. Cassegrains are useful both as amateur telescopes which normal people can buy, and for scientists for serious astronomy work. Types of Cassegrain telescopes. Lots of telescopes which are similar to cassegrains have been invented. Here are a few.
Horace Meredith Clarke (June 2, 1938 – August 5, 2020) was an American Major League Baseball player. He played for the New York Yankees and the San Diego Padres from 1965 to 1974. Clarke was born in Frederiksted, U.S. Virgin Islands. Clarke and Joe Mauer are the only hitters to break up three no-hit bids in the ninth inning. Clarke died on August 5, 2020 in Laurel, Maryland from Alzheimer's disease-related problems at the age of 82.
A Gregorian telescope was the first telescope to be designed that uses mirrors instead of lenses. It was invented by the English astronomer John Gregory. Even though it was designed in 1663, it wasn't the first reflecting telescope to be built. Newton's telescope, a different design, was built in 1668. The Gregorian telescope was first built in 1673 by Robert Hooke. The telescope uses two curved mirrors. The large primary gathers light, and the small secondary reflects the light out the back of the primary mirror. Both mirrors are concave (bowl-shaped). It is very similar to the Cassegrain telescope, which uses a large concave primary mirror and a small convex secondary mirror.
A Herschelian telescope was invented in the 1780s by William Herschel. It is similar to a Newtonian telescope, except using only one mirror.  In the 1780s, telescopes used metal mirrors which were not very reflective. Each mirror would absorb light and make the image dimmer. So Herschel invented a telescope with a tilted mirror that put the eyepiece in the front. When mirrors became more reflective, Herschelian telescopes stopped being useful.
Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe (May 17, 1947 – August 5, 2020) was a Somali human rights activist and medical doctor. She was the founder and chairperson of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF), a non-profit organization. Abdi was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. In 2009, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. Abdi died on August 5, 2020, at her home in Mogadishu at the age of 73. Career. Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation. The Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF) was run by Abdi and her two physician daughters, CEO Deqo Adan (also known as Deqo Mohamed) and assistant Adan (also known as Amina Mohamed), who followed in their mother's footsteps as ob/gyn specialists As of 2012, the organization has a multinational staff of 102 workers, augmented by a 150-member team comprising volunteers, fishermen and farmers. Awards and recognition. In 2014, Abdi received the Roosevelt Four Freedoms Award in Middelburg, the Netherlands.
The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. It was opened in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's "Grands Travaux". It became the main facility of the Paris National Opera.
Shyamal Chakraborty (1944 – August 6, 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014. He was the transport minister of West Bengal from 1982 to 1996. He was also a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1996. Chakraborty died on August 6, 2020 at a hospital in Kolkata from cardiac arrest caused by COVID-19, aged 76.
Werner Düggelin (7 December 1929 – 6 August 2020) was a Swiss theatre director. He was born in Zurich and grew up in Siebnen, Switzerland. In 1987, he won the Hans-Reinhart-Ring. Düggelin was known for her stage directions relating to "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Dom Juan", "The Just Assassins", "The Lesson" and "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme". Düggelin died on 6 August 2020 in Basel, aged 90.
Mukund Lath (9 October 1937 – 6 August 2020) was an Indian scholar and cultural historian. He was known for his writings on music, dance, aesthetics and culture of India. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2010, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. Lath was born in Kolkata. Lath died on 6 August 2020 in Jaipur at the age of 82.
Run-DMC (also spelled Run-D.M.C.) was an American hip hop group based in Queens, New York. The group was founded in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell.  Run-DMC is thought to be one of the most important acts in the history of hip hop culture. The group was one of the most famous hip hop acts of the 1980s.  Along with LL Cool J and Public Enemy, the group pioneered new school hip hop music.  The group was among the first to highlight the importance of the MC and DJ relationship. The group ended when Mizell was killed in 2002. Accomplishments. The group achieved a number of "notable firsts" in hip hop music history. They are credited with being the act most responsible for pushing hip hop into mainstream popular music, initiating its musical and artistic evolution and enabling its growth as a global phenomenon. Run-DMC is the first rap act to have reached a number of major accomplishments: Discography. Studio albums. Run-D.M.C. released 7 studio albums:
Darryl Matthews McDaniels (born May 31, 1964), better known by his stage name DMC, is an American rapper. He was a member of the hip hop group Run–D.M.C. Discography. Solo albums
Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-D.M.C.  Life. During the 1980s, Run-D.M.C. became one of the biggest hip hop groups. Assassination. On October 30, 2002, Mizell was shot in the head in his studio in Queens in Jamaica, Queens, New York City. He was pronounced dead at the scene. His friend, 25-year-old Urieco Rincon, was shot in the ankle but he survived.  On August 17, 2020, two men, Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan Jr., were arrested and charged for the murder of Mizell. Before their trials began, a third suspect, Jay Bryant, was arrested on May 30, 2023. He was given a seperate trail than the other two. On January 29, 2024, their trials began and they both pled not guilty. On February 27, 2024, Washington and Jordan were both convicted for killing Mizell.
"It's Tricky" is the fourth and final single released from Run-DMC's third album, "Raising Hell". It was released early in 1987 through Profile Records and was co-produced by Rick Rubin and the group themselves.  The song peaked at No. 57 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and No. 21 on the Hot R&amp;B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Carmine Benincasa (17 December 1947 – 3 August 2020) was an Italian art critic, philosopher and editor. He was an art historian professor. Benincasa was born in Eboli, Italy.  He was a professor of art history at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Macerata, the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and Professor of History of Art at the Faculty of Architecture of the University La Sapienza in Rome.  From 1978 to 1982 he was a member of the Venice Biennale Visual Arts Committee. Benincasa died on 3 August 2020 at the age of 72.
Pierre Viot (9 April 1925 – 6 August 2020) was a French executive. He was a Senior Advisor on the French Court of Audit. He was born in Bordeaux, France. Viot headed the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée from 1973 to 1984. Viot was President of the Paris Opera between 1985 to 1987. Between 1985 to 1990, he was President of the Opéra Bastille. Between 1984 to 2000, he was President of the Cannes Film Festival. Viot died on 6 August 2020 at the age of 95.