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Maurice Grosser (October 23, 1903 – December 22, 1986) was an American painter, art critic, and writer. He was the longtime companion of Virgil Thomson. Maurice Grosser was born on October 23, 1903, in Huntsville, Alabama. He designed the scenery for two operas by Virgil Thomson: "Four Saints in Three Acts" (1934) and "The Mother of Us All" (1947). Grosser died on December 22, 1986, in Manhattan. Paintings by Maurice Grosser are at the Museum of Modern Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Huntsville Museum of Art.
John Cameron Swayze (April 4, 1906 – August 15, 1995) was an American news commentator and game show panelist during the 1940s and 1950s. He later became best known as a product spokesman. Swayne died on August 15, 1995 in Kansas, United States at the age of 89.
Harry Rosen Inc. is a Canadian retail chain with 17 luxury men's clothing stores. Harry Rosen operate for 40 percent of the Canadian market in clothes for man in 2008. The company was founded by Harry Rosen in 1954. In 2009, Harry Rosen opened their own website. Shipping is limited to Canadian addresses.
The 1999 Algarve Cup was an invitational women's football tournament. China won the event defeating the US, 2-1, in the final. It was China's first victory against the USA since 1993 and their first win over them since 1993. Teams. The host and the seven teams invited are Australia, China, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Portugal, Sweden and the United States. The eight teams were split into two groups that played a round-robin group stage with playoff to determine seventh and eighth place. The winners of each group would compete for first and second place and the winners of the groups would be crowned champions. Points. There are 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw and none for a loss.
James Joseph Pappin (September 10, 1939 – June 29, 2022) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the of the National Hockey League (NHL). He won the Stanley Cup in 1964 and 1967 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He also played for the Chicago Black Hawks. Pappin died on June 29, 2022 at his home in Palm Desert, California. Before he died, Pappin said that he was diagnosed with cancer.
William Tripp Woolsey (September 13, 1934 – June 25, 2022) was an American competition swimmer. He represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal. Four years later at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, he won a silver medal. Woolsey was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. Woolsey died on June 25, 2022 in California at the age of 87.
Leopoldo Jesús Posada Hernández (April 1, 1936 – June 23, 2022) was a Cuban-American professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Kansas City Athletics of Major League Baseball from 1960 through 1962.  Posada died on June 23, 2022 in Miami, Florida from pancreatic cancer, aged 86.
China Airlines Flight 140 was a scheduled flight between Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport to Nagoya Airport in Nagoya, Japan. On April 26, 1994, the Airbus A300 B4-622R was completing a flight and was approaching Nagoya airport, when, just before landing, several pilot errors of not correcting their actions and speed caused the plane to end up crashing to the ground, killing almost all the passengers. It was the most serious air disaster of 1994. Aftermath. To date, this accident remains the deadliest in China Airlines history, and the second deadliest aviation accident on Japanese soil, behind Japan Airlines Flight 123. Also, it is the third worst accident in the history of the Airbus A300 after Iran Air Flight 655 and later surpassed by American Airlines Flight 587 with 265 fatalities. On 3 May 1994, the Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) of the Republic of China (Taiwan) ordered China Airlines to modify the flight control computers following Airbus's notice of the modification. On 7 May 1994, the CAA ordered China Airlines to provide supplementary training and a re-evaluation of proficiency to all A300-600R pilots. Following the accident, China Airlines decided to withdraw its flight CI140 on this route and changed it to CI150 after the crash. China Airlines now operates this route with the Airbus A330-300 aircraft and the A300 has since been retired.
The high jump event at the 1930 Women's World Games was held in Prague at the Letná Stadium, with the qualification and final being held on 7 September 1930. Entrants. In August 1930 entrants were published of the athletes of 5 nations: the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Great Britain. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the high jump event. Results. Qualification. The qualification took place in the morning of 7 September 1930, under bad weather conditions. Final. The final took place in the afternoon of 7 September. The weather was still bad and it rained during the competition. The track was wet which affected the performance. The British Marjorie Okell and Mary Milne couldn't jump above 1.50 metres. After the German Helma Notte was not able to jump higher than 1.53 metres, there were two remaining competitors, the German Inge Braumüller and the Dutch Carolina Gisolf. Both Braumüller and Gisolf jumped 1.57 metres. Gisolf got injured during her successfull jump of 1.57 metres toring thigh muscle during the run. She tried to continue jump, to great encouragement from the crowd, but was not able to jump the 1.57 metres. Braumüller was also not able to jump the 1.57 metres. The competition was decided by a toss, which was won in favor of the German.
This is a list of Nigerian Twenty20 International cricketers. "Statistics are correct as of 20 November 2021."
The shot put event at the 1930 Women's World Games was held in Prague at the Letná Stadium on 6 September 1930. Entrants. In August 1930, entrants were published of the athletes of 5 nations: the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Great Britain. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the shot put event. Results. Final. The final took place on 6 September.
The South Africa national soccer team () is represents South Africa in international men's soccer team. It is the first African country to host a FIFA World Cup to 2010 FIFA World Cup.  South Africa national soccer team qualified for the FIFA World Cup three times including the 1998 FIFA World Cup and 2002 FIFA World Cup, South Africa national soccer team qualified itself in the 2010 FIFA World Cup as host. History. In 1998, The South Africa national soccer team became the first time to qualified for the 1998 FIFA World Cup. In 2002, The South Africa national soccer team became the second time to qualified for the 2002 FIFA World Cup. The South Africa national soccer team spent 2.4 billion euros to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. The South Africa won 2010 FIFA World Cup bid to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup. Top scorers. AFCON 2023. South africa became number 3 in afcon 2023 after losing on semi-finals  on penalties against Nigeria.As they won play off playing against congo. SOUTH AFRICA SQUAD -AFCON 2023 GOALKEPEERS DEFENDERS Nyiko Mobbie * Terrence Mashigo* Khuliso Mudau MIDFIELDERS Jayden Adams * Siphephelo Sithole * Sibongiseni Mthethwa FORWARD
Rolando "Nonoy" Gutierrez Andaya Jr. (March 10, 1969 – June 30, 2022) was a Filipino lawyer and politician. He represented the 1st District of Camarines Sur in the Philippine House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006 and again from 2010 to 2019. He also was the 32nd Majority Floor Leader of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2018 until 2019.  Andaya Jr. was found dead on June 30, 2022 at his apartment in Naga, Philippines with a gunshot wound to his head at the age of 53.
Peter Aho (born 2 March 2003) is a Nigerian cricketer. He played 16 Twenty20 Internationals for Nigeria where he has taken a five wicket bag and a hat-trick. He also played in the 2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.
This is a list of Tanzanian Twenty20 International cricketers. "Statistics are correct as of 20 November 2021."
Ralph Hubert Barger (October 8, 1938 – June 29, 2022), better known as Sonny Barger, was an American outlaw biker, author and actor. He was a founding member of the Oakland, California chapter of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club in 1957. He wrote five books, and appeared on television and movies. He was born in Modesto, California. He played the role of Lenny "The Pimp" Janowitz in the television series "Sons of Anarchy". Barger died on June 29, 2022 in Oakland, California from throat cancer, aged 83.
Mats Traat (23 November 1936 – 27 June 2022) was an Estonian poet, translator and novelist. Traat was born in Arula, Otepää Parish. His career began in 1962. He published over 20 anthologies of poetry. His poetry was about social commentary and society's love for science. He also wrote about the indigenous Estonian population. His short story, "The Cross of Power," won the Friedebert Tuglas Award for Short Prose. Traat died on 27 June 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia at the age of 85.
Martha Cecile Kolthoff (27 January 1908 — 15 September 1999) was a Dutch sprinter, javelin thrower and discus thrower in the 1920s. She was a member of Hygiëa, The Hague. Career. Her earliest achievement was in September 1923, becoming champion of South Holland in the athletics’ triathlon. In 1924 she won in this competition the javelin throw. In September 1925 she broke with the national record in the 4x 80 meters. Later the month she became national champion in the athletics’ triathlon ahead of Leny Rombout and . She also became with her club national champion in the 4x 80 metres relay. In 1927 she became Dutch national champion in the 4x 100 metres together with Nici Mür, Willy Hamerslag and Nettie Grooss with a time of 55 seconds. On 31 July 1927 Kolthof set the first official Dutch national record in the discus throw with 23.84 metres. During an out of competition record attempt in September 1927 Nici Mür threw in discus throw 24.11 metres, so further than the record of Kolthoff. Kolthof broke during this record attempt session the national records javelin throw with 27.25 metres. While a special prize was awarded for the new record and these records were mentioned in newspapers as new national records, the records were never recognized by the Dutch athletics federation. Kolthof lost eventually the record in August 1928 to . Personal life. Kolthoff was born on 27 January 1908 in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. She was the only child of father Abraham Kolthoff (1863-1940) who was director Officer of Health 1st class of the K.N.I.L. and worked in in Batavia. Her mother was Johanna Cornelia Brandon (1870-1947). They moved back to the Netherlands where she married to mechanical engineer Lucas Ruinen (1901-1993) on 20 August 1937 in The Hague. They had four children together.
The "England Grand Prix" is a Formula One non-championship event that is part of the Formula One. The inaugural England Grand Prix to held by Donington Park in 1994 before merged to British Grand Prix in 2010.
Nura Pakhang () is a Meitei-Portuguese bilingual song. It was sung by Manipuri folk musical artist Mangka Mayanglambam and the artists of Portuguese musical band "Clã". The music video was directed by Romi Meitei. It was released worldwide on 28 April 2017. It is a part of an album called "T(H)REE". It is a musical collaboration between Portuguese and Asian musicians in unique ways. Making. Portuguese music video producer David Valentim contacted Manipuri folk music artist Mangka Mayanglambam and her lyricist father Mayanglambam Mangangsana through email about his desire to collaborate Portuguese music with Meitei music. When the collaboration between the two musical cultures was confirmed and finalised, Manipuri musical lyricist Mangangsana sent three musical tracks to the Portuguese producer David Valentim through email. David chose the song "Nura Pakhang" among the three. Clã also wrote their own musical lyrics to mix it with the Meitei folk song. All these processes of conversations were done through emails and the song was finally created. Interestingly, Mangka Mayanglambam and her father Mayanglambam Mangangsana had never met David Valentim and the Portuguese artists of "Clã" in real life. So, the artists couldn't record the song together but it doesn't affect their touring together in the musical journey. It's director Romi Meitei who met both teams of Meitei and Portuguese artists. The first part of the music video was made in Manipur of India and its later parts are made in Porto of Portugal. The contributions of the lyrics are mainly credited to Carlos Tê, Hélder Gonçalves, Manuela Azevedo and Mayanglambam Mangangana. "Nura Pakhang" shows the way in which two different things depend on each other in a way that make sense together. The sound of the music video crosses jazzy pop rock with traditional Manipuri music. Release. The song "Nura Pakhang" was released was released worldwide on 28th April 2017. Regarding radio broadcasting, it
Ahmed Ali Mohammed Qurei (or Qureia; , ), also known by his "Arabic "kunya' Abu Alaa (, ) (March 26, 1937 – February 22, 2023) was a former Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. He was speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He was a senior leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).
The prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority was the position of the official head of government of the Palestinian Authority government, active between 2003 and January 2013. It was officially transformed into the State of Palestine.  List of prime ministers (2003–2013). On 6 January 2013 the Palestinian National Authority was officially transformed into the State of Palestine and the position of the prime minister of the Palestinian National Authority became the prime minister of the State of Palestine.
Ismail Abdel Salam Ahmed Haniyeh (; 1962/1963 – 31 July 2024) was a senior political leader of Hamas. He was the disputed Prime Minister of the Palestinian National Authority. In September 2017, he became Chief of Hamas's Political Bureau. Personal and family life. Haniyeh is married to Amal Haniyeh and the couple have 13 children. In 2009, the family lived in Al-Shati refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip. In 2010, the couple shifted to the Rimla neighborhood in Gaza City. In 2020, He went to Qasem Soleimani's funeral, in Tehran, Iran. After visiting some other countries he decided to permanently reside in Doha, Qatar. His family joined him there in 2021.  On 17 October 2023, during Israel–Hamas war an airstrike by Israeli forces in Sheikh Radwan neighborhood in Gaza City reportedly killed 14 Palestinians, Haniyeh's brother and nephew were among the victims while several other family members were also injured. Three of his sons and three grandchildren were killed in the Gaza Strip on 10 April 2024. Views. Haniyeh was seen as someone in Hamas who thought practically. Haniyeh was a relative moderate within Hamas and had repeatedly offered a peace deal in exchange for a fully sovereign Palestinian state on the land that Israel did not occupy until 1967. Osama bin Laden. On 2 May 2011, Osama bin Laden was killed by the U.S. Military, and the killing of Osama was praised by Fatah who is one of Hamas' rival groups. Haniyeh however called bin Laden a "Arab holy warrior" and condemned his killing as "the continuation of the American oppression and shedding of blood of Muslims and Arabs". Analysts say that he praised bin Laden to cool down Salafist groups in the Gaza Strip such as Jaysh al-Ummah al-Salafi Bayt al-Maqdis, which see Hamas as too moderate. The United States said that Haniyeh's speech condemning the killing of bin Laden and calling bin
Salam Fayyad (, ) is a Palestinian politician. He was the Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority and Finance Minister. He was Finance Minister from June 2002 to November 2005 and from March 2007 to May 2012. Fayyad was Prime Minister between June 2007 and June 2013. Fayyad resigned from the cabinet in November 2005 to run as founder and leader of the new Third Way party for the legislative elections of 2006.
The prime minister of the State of Palestine is the head of government of the State of Palestine. The post was created in January 2013, when the Palestinian National Authority was officially renamed into the State of Palestine. References.
The discus throw event at the 1930 Women's World Games was held in Prague at the Letná Stadium, with the qualification and final being held on 7 September 1930. 20 athletes from 12 nations competed in the event. Entrants. In August 1930 entrants were published of the athletes of 5 nations: the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Great Britain. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the discus throw event. Results. Qualification. The qualification took place in the morning of 7 September 1930, under bad weather conditions. Polish Halina Konopacka won the qualification ahead of German Tilly Fleischer and Italian Vittorina Vivenza. Swedish Elsa Svensson, Latvian Karlson and British Weston also qualified. The Dutch Dora Wevers had three invalid throws and so didn't qualify. Final. The final took place in the afternoon of 7 September. The weather was still bad. Source:
This is a list of television programs broadcast by the U.S. cable television channel Discovery Family. Former programming. This is a list of programs that have formerly aired on Discovery Kids (1996–2010), The Hub Network (2010–2014), and Discovery Family (2014–present). Former programming by The Hub Network. An asterisk (*) indicates that the program had new episodes aired on Discovery Family.
Sphaenorhynchus botocudo is a frog. It lives in Brazil. The adult male frog is 23.9-29.3 mm long from nose to rear end. It has a black line from the nose to each eye. It has a white spot under each eye. It has a white stripe with brown color around it from each eye to the middle of the body.
The athletics competitions at the 1930 Women's World Games in Prague were held from 7 to 9 September 1930 at the Letná Stadium.  The athletes competed in 12 events: running (60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres, 800 metres, 4 x 100 metres relay and hurdling 80 metres), high jump, long jump, discus throw, javelin, shot put and triathlon (100 metres, high jump and javelin). Several world records were set. At some days there were 20000 spectators in the stadium. Points table. Source
John "Jackie" Gordon (March 3, 1928 – June 27, 2022) was a Canadian ice hockey manager, coach and player. Gordon played 36 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers from 1946 to 1961. He was also head coach of the Minnesota North Stars from 1970 to 1973. He also was a general manager of the North Stars from 1974 to 1978 and of the Vancouver Canucks from 1985 to 1987. Gordon was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. He died on June 27, 2022 at the age of 94.
Dmitry Fyodorovich Stepushkin (; September 3, 1975 – June 30, 2022) was a Russian bobsledder. He won three medals in the four-man event at the FIBT World Championships with two silvers (2005, 2008) and a bronze (2003). Stepushkin also competed in three Winter Olympics in 2002, 2006 and 2010. Stepushkin was born in Chkalovsk, Russia. Stepushkin died on June 30, 2022 in Moscow, Russia at the age of 46.
The javelin throw event at the 1930 Women's World Games was held in Prague at the Letná Stadium, with the qualification and final being held on 8 September 1930. Entrants. In August 1930 entrants were published of the athletes of 5 nations: the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, Italy and Great Britain. Listed below are the athletes from these nations who were entered for the javelin throw event. Results. Qualification. The qualification took place ion 8 September 1930. Final. The final took place on 8 September. Liesel Schumann won the competition in a new world record. With her performance of 42.3 metres she improved the former world record of Braumuller (40.37). who finished second was with a distance 40.99 metres also better than the former world record.
The Dards are a group of un-mixed Indo-Aryan people living in Northern Pakistan, Western Jammu &amp; Kashmir, and Eastern Afghanistan who speak the Dardic languages. A very small minority also live in Xinjiang, China and Tajikistan. Dardic is a geographical phrase, not a ethnic or linguistic one. It is not used by any of its speakers. Dardic languages are mostly Indic, but have a huge amount Iranian loanwords from Pashto, Yidgha, or Ormuri.
Grupo Telefe (legally Television Federal S.A.) is an Argentine conglomerate dedicated to the production of audiovisual content and the operation of terrestrial television licenses. The company, created in 1989, belongs to the multinational Paramount Global since November 2016. History. On December 6, 2012, Telefe presented its voluntary adaptation plan before the Argentinean Federal Authority for Audiovisual Communication Services in order to adapt to the Audiovisual Communication Services Law, where it proposed to put Neuquén channels 7 and 9 up for sale in Bahía Blanca. The plan was approved two years later on December 16, 2014, leaving the two channels for sale. On December 29, 2015, changes were made to several articles of the law (among them Article 45, which indicated that the licensee could not cover with its open media more than 35% of the country's population); as a result of the elimination of the limit percentage of national coverage, Telefe would no longer have the obligation to sell the two channels, being able to keep the 8 channels from the interior in its possession. On February 2, 2016, the National Communications Entity (successor to AFSCA) decided to file all adaptation plans (including Telefe's) as a consequence of this, Telefe no longer has the obligation to sell any of its television channels. On November 3, 2016, it was announced that the US group Viacom had reached an agreement to buy Telefe and its channels for US$345 million. The purchase was finalized on November 15. The ENACOM approved the transfer of Telefe and its licenses to Viacom on March 30, 2017. On August 13, 2019, CBS Corporation and Viacom announced that they had reached an agreement to merge their respective business units (including Grupo Telefe) under the umbrella of the former (to be renamed ViacomCBS).The merger was completed on December 4.  As of February 16, 2022, ViacomCBS was renamed Paramount Global.
Jennifer O'Neill (born February 20, 1948) is a Brazilian-born American actress, model, author, and activist. She is known for her modeling and spokesperson career with CoverGirl. She acted in the Oscar-winning 1971 movie "Summer of '42." She also starred in the cult horror movie "Scanners" (1981) and the television series "Cover Up" (1984–85). She has also been active in the anti-abortion-rights movement. Personal life. O'Neill was born to a wealthy family in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She was raised in New Rochelle, New York and Wilton, Connecticut. O'Neill went to school at the Dalton School in Manhattan. She got married at age 17. When she was young, she was an equestrienne and was on the covers of "Vogue", "Cosmopolitan", and "Seventeen", earning $80,000 in 1962. O'Neill has been married nine times to eight husbands (she married, divorced, and remarried her sixth husband Richard Alan Brown). She has three children from three fathers.
Gloria Romero (; born Gloria Galla; December 16, 1933 – January 25, 2025) was an American-born Filipina actress. She was called the "Queen of Philippine Cinema" in the 1950s. She acted in "Tanging Yaman", "Nagbabagang Luha" and "Dalagang Ilocana". She played Imelda Marcos in the biopic movie "Iginuhit ng Tadhana". Romero died on January 25, 2025 in Quezon City, Philippines after experiencing low blood pressure at the age of 91. She was hospitalized a month before her death because of malnutrition and dehydration.