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Lewis E. "Lew" Lehrman (born August 15, 1938) is an American investment banker, businessman, Republican politician, economist, and historian. He supports the ongoing study of American history. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. He was presented the National Humanities Medal at the White House in 2005 for his contributions to American History, the study of President Abraham Lincoln and monetary policy. Career. He was a member of the Advisory Committee of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission and the Lincoln Forum. Lehrman authored "Lincoln at Peoria: The Turning Point", (2008), "Lincoln "by littles"" (2013). "Churchill, Roosevelt &amp; Company" (2017) and "Lincoln &amp; Churchill: Statesmen at War" (2018). His works on monetary policy include "True Gold Standard, Newly Revised and Enlarged, Second Edition" (2012) and "Money, Gold, and History" (2013) as well as co-authoring "Money and the Coming World Order" (1976) and "The Case for Gold" (1982). He has written for major news publications such as "The Washington Post", "The New York Times" and "The Wall Street Journal". He is a senior partner at L. E. Lehrman &amp; Co., an investment firm he established in 1981. He is also the chairman of the Lehrman Institute, a public policy research and grant making foundation founded in 1972. Honors. He and Richard Gilder were awarded the National Humanities Medal in an Oval Office ceremony on Thursday, November 10, 2005. The Medal was presented by President George W. Bush.
Lois Cleveland Chiles (born April 15, 1947) is an American actress and former fashion model. She was born in Houston, Texas. Chiles is known for her roles as a Bond girl Dr. Holly Goodhead in the 1979 James Bond movie "Moonraker", and as a driver in 1987's "Creepshow 2", as well as such movies as "The Great Gatsby", "The Way We Were", "Death on the Nile" and "Broadcast News".
Mischa de Vreede (17 September 1936 – 12 May 2020) was a Dutch poet and writer. She was born in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. She made her debut in the collection of poetry "Morgen mooi weer maken" in 1957.  In 1959 she was awarded the Herman Gorterprijs for the poem "Een jong meisje droomt". She wrote columns for, among others, VARA radio, wrote children books reviews for "NRC Handelsblad" and was a speaker for the organization Schrijvers School Samenleving. She also wrote travel reports for "Vrij Nederland". Her last novel was "Heilige Dagen" in 2007. Vreede died in Amsterdam on 12 May 2020 after a long-illness, aged 83.
Rolf Hochhuth (1 April 1931 – 13 May 2020) was a German writer and playwright. He was best known for his 1963 drama "The Deputy". His works were controversial as they talked about unpopular opinions of the Holocaust. He also defended Holocaust denier David Irving. Hochhuth was born in Eschwege, Germany. Hochhuth died on 13 May 2020 in Berlin, aged 89.
Keith Lyons (7 May 1952 – 13 May 2020) was a Welsh-born Australian educator and sports scientist. His works were analysis of performance in sport. He was the author of the first book on the use of video in sport. He was born in Buckley, Wales. Lyons founded the Centre for Notational Analysis at the Cardiff Institute of Higher Education in 1992. He moved to Australia in 2002 to take up a position as the founding Coordinator of Performance Analysis at the Australian Institute of Sport. He was the founding Director of the Institute of Sport Studies at the University of Canberra in 2009.  Lyons died on 13 May 2020 in Braidwood, New South Wales at the age of 68.
Buckley ( ) is a town and community in Flintshire, north-east Wales, from the county town of Mold. Buckley is the second largest town in Flintshire in terms of population. At the 2011 Census, its community had a population of 15,665. When the contiguous Argoed community is included, Buckley has a population of 21,502.
Anisuzzaman (18 February 1937 – 14 May 2020) was a Bangladeshi academic of Bengali literature. He was born in Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India. He was an activist who took part in the Language Movement (1952). He was a member of the Planning Commission to the Government of Bangladesh during the Bangladesh liberation war and a member of the National Education Commission.  He was made a National Professor by the Government of Bangladesh in 2018. Anisuzzaman died on 14 May 2020 in Dhaka of kidney and heart disease, aged
Jerzy Łapiński (born Jerzy Gaździński; 2 November 1940 – 14 May 2020) was a Polish actor. He was born in Lublin, Poland. His career began in 1960. He was known for voice dubbing Cornelius Fudge in the "Harry Potter" movies in Polish and as Poodle in the 2000 comedy movie "A Very Christmas Story". Łapiński died on 14 May 2020, aged 79.
Najib Azmi Mikati (; born 24 November 1955) is a Lebanese politician. In 2021, he became the Prime Minister of Lebanon. He was the prime minister before twice, from April 2005 to July 2005 and again from 2011 to 2014. He was also the Acting President of Lebanon from 2022 to 2025.
Hassan Diab (; born 6 January 1959) is a Lebanese politician, engineer, and academic. He has been the Prime Minister of Lebanon since 21 January 2020. He was the Minister of Education from 2011 to 2014, under President Michel Suleiman. On 10 August 2020, Diab announced his resignation along with his government due to the Lebanese government's failure to prevent the 2020 Beirut explosions. He left office on 10 September 2021 when Najib Mikati was picked as his replacement.
The president of the Lebanese Republic is the head of state of Lebanon. The president is elected by the parliament for a term of six years, which is not renewable. List. List of presidents of Lebanon
The president of Zambia is the head of state and the head of government of Zambia. The office was first held by Kenneth Kaunda following independence in 1964.  Since 31 August 1991 the president is also the head of government, as the position of Prime Minister was abolished in the last months of Kaunda's presidential term. The president is elected for a term of five years.
Leonel Mário d'Alva (born 22 July 1935) is a São Toméan politician. He was Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 21 December 1974 until 12 July 1975, when the country gained independence from Portugal.
Manuel Quintas de Almeida (1957 – 26 December 2006) was a lieutenant in the military of São Tomé and Príncipe. He led a coup against the democratically elected government of President Miguel Trovoada on 15 August 1995. He died on 26 December 2006, aged 52.
Fernando "Cobo" Pereira is a major in the military of São Tomé and Príncipe. He led a coup against the elected government of Fradique de Menezes on July 16, 2003. He gave up power a week later as part of an agreement.
Evaristo do Espírito Santo Carvalho (22 October 1941 – 28 May 2022) was a São Toméan politician. He was the President of São Tomé and Príncipe from 3 September 2016 to 2 October 2021. He was the Prime Minister of São Tomé and Príncipe from 7 July 1994 to 25 October 1994 and again from 26 September 2001 to 28 March 2002. He was a member of the Independent Democratic Action (ADI) party. Carvalho died from a short-illness on 28 May 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal at the age of 80.
Sir Wilfred Ebenezer Jacobs (19 October 1919 – 11 March 1995) was the first Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda. He appointed Attorney General of the Leeward Islands for 1957 to 1959 and for Antigua in 1960. From 1960 to 1967 he was in a number of Colonial offices. He was made Governor of Antigua and Barbuda from 1967 until that country gained independence in 1981, after which he became the first governor-general. He was Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda from 1 November 1981 to 10 June 1991. He was replaced by James Carlisle.
Sir Vere Cornwall Bird Sr., KNH (9 December 1910 – 28 June 1999) was the first Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda. His son, Lester Bryant Bird, replaced him as Prime Minister.  In 1994, he was made a Knight of the Order of the National Hero (KNH) by his native country Antigua and Barbuda.
Sir George Herbert Walter, KNH (8 September 1928 – 4 March 2008) was an Antiguan politician of the Progressive Labour Movement and Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda from 14 February 1971 to 1 February 1976. In 2008, he was posthumously made a Knight of the Order of the National Hero (KNH) by his native country Antigua and Barbuda to become the country's fifth national hero.
Letsie III (born David Mohato Bereng Seeiso; 17 July 1963) is the King of Lesotho. He replaced his father, Moshoeshoe II, when he was forced into exile in 1990.  His father was briefly restored in 1995 but soon died in a car crash in early 1996, and Letsie became king again.  As a constitutional monarch, most of King Letsie's duties as monarch of Lesotho are ceremonial.  In 2000, he declared HIV/AIDS in Lesotho a natural disaster, causing national and international response to the epidemic.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Cape Verde in March 2020. On 20 March, the first case of COVID-19 in the country was confirmed, being a 62 year old foreigner from the United Kingdom. Since 16 March tests are being made in Cape Verde rather than abroad, by the Laboratório de Virologia de Cabo Verde, in Praia. On 17 March, as a contingency measure, Prime Minister José Ulisses Correia e Silva announced the suspension of all incoming flights from the US, Brazil, Senegal, Nigeria, Portugal, and all European countries affected by the coronavirus.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Mali in March 2020. On 25 March, Mali confirmed its first two COVID-19 cases. On 27 March, 7 new positive tests for Coronavirus: Mali rose to 11 cases.  On 28 March, seven new cases confirmed, the total rose to 18. On 31 March, 25 cases tested positive and 2 deaths. According to health authorities. On 18 March, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita suspended flights from affected countries, closed schools and banned large public gatherings. However planned elections in March–April, which had already been postponed several times for the poor security situation in the country, will still go ahead as planned.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Barbados is part of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019.  The pandemic was confirmed to have reached Barbados on 17 March 2020 with the announcement of the first two cases, and at its current peak on 12 April there were 56 active cases.  The government declared a public health emergency until 30 June 2020, and an overnight curfew from 8:00 pm to 5:00 am until 17 May 2020. Many businesses are closed and many of the businesses that were allowed to open were subject to a surname-based schedule.
The COVID-19 pandemic reached Kenya in March 2020 with the initial cases reported in the capital city Nairobi and in the coastal area Mombasa county. On 13 March, the first case in Kenya, a 27-year-old Kenyan woman who traveled from the US via London, was confirmed. On April 1, Kenya's coronavirus cases rose by 22, bringing the total to 81 confirmed cases to date. Additionally, the Kenyan government confirmed that the first and third reported cases had both full recovered from the virus, bringing the total number of recoveries nationally to three. As of April 15, 2020, the Kenyan Ministry of Health reported 9 new cases increasing the total number of cases to 225, 12 new recoveries thus increasing the number of total recoveries to 53. The Ministry also reported 1 new fatality, increasing the total number of fatalities to 10. 2366 people had been tested as of April 15, 2020, 1911 people had been released after testing negative.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Antigua and Barbuda is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached Antigua and Barbuda in March 2020. On 13 March 2020, Prime Minister Gaston Browne announced Antigua and Barbuda's first confirmed COVID-19 case. Browne said the patient started presenting symptoms on March 11. On 7 January 2021, Barbuda council reported the first positive case on Barbuda island.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Kitts and Nevis is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached Saint Kitts and Nevis on 24 March 2020. On 24 March 2020. A 21-year-old male and a 57-year-old female that arrived in the federation from New York City became the first two confirmed cases of COVID-19. Both are nationals of St Kitts and Nevis. On 31 March 2020, full lockdown went into effect. From 19:00 31 March until 06:00 3 April there is a 24-hour curfew. The lockdown was later extended to 07:00 9 April, and further extended to 18 April with two days of partial lockdown in order to buy essential goods. The lockdown was once again extended to 25 April. On 3 May 2020, it was reported that 2,000 people will have received benefits from the COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund. People who did not qualify in April will still benefit.
Owen Seymour Arthur, PC (17 October 1949 – 27 July 2020) was a Barbadian politician. He was Prime Minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 20 January 1999; 20 January 1999 to 21 May 2003; and from 21 May 2003 to 15 January 2008.  Arthur died on 27 July 2020 from heart disease-related problems at a hospital in Bridgetown, aged 70.
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason, (born 17 January 1949) is a Barbadian politician, lawyer and diplomat. She was the eighth and last Governor-General of Barbados and has been the 1st and current President of Barbados since 2021.  Life and career. Sandra Mason was born on 17 January 1949 in Saint Philip, Barbados.  In 1975, she obtained a Legal Education Certificate from Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad and Tobago. She was admitted to the bar on 10 November the same year, becoming the first female member of the Barbados Bar Association.  From 1992 to 1994, Sandra Mason was the ambassador of Barbados to Venezuela, Chile, Colombia and Brazil. In 1994, she returned to Barbados and served in several judicial positions. In January 2018, she was appointed as the Governor-General of Barbados, the representative of the monarch of Barbados.  In 2020, Sandra Mason announced Prime Minister Mia Mottley's decision for Barbados to become a republic. In October 2021, she was elected the 1st President of Barbados and she took her oath of office on 30 November 2021 when the monarchy was officially abolished.
Ralph Walter McGehee (April 9, 1928 – May 2, 2020) was an American intelligence official. He worked for 25 years in American intelligence, being a former case officer of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). From 1953 to 1972, his assignments were in East Asia and Southeast Asia. After leaving the CIA, he published books and became a critic of the agency. McGehee was born in Moline, Illinois. McGehee died on May 2, 2020 of COVID-19 in Falmouth, Maine at the age of 92.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic spread to Jordan on 2 March 2020, when the Ministry of Health confirmed the first case in the kingdom. As of May 2, Jordan had 460 confirmed cases, with 367 recovered and 9 deaths. Cases. On 2 March, the Prime Ministry of Jordan reported the first case of coronavirus in Jordan. The Jordanian had returned from Italy two weeks prior, before quarantine procedures for Jordanians returning from Italy had been put in place. On 22 March, there were 13 additional cases confirmed, one of the cases was for a 19-year-old man who came from Britain, and 5 more cases from Irbid's wedding, and 6 cases for people who were in close contact with a nurse who was infected, including an 83-year-old woman who was in mild to moderate condition, and one of unknown origin, bringing the total of the cases to 112. Death. On 28 March, the first death resulting from COVID-19 was confirmed in the kingdom. An 83-year-old woman who was admitted to a private hospital suffering from many illnesses along with blood poisoning. Later in the evening, the total confirmed cases rose to 246 after 11 new cases were confirmed. Of those 11, 5 cases came from Irbid, 1 individual who was in close contact with an infected person, 1 woman who was in close contact with her infected daughter that was visiting from Norway, 3 cases from those already quarantined in hotels (2 of which came from the UK and 1 came from Baghdad, and the final remaining case was of unknown origin/cause.  The health Minister announced that there were 3 cases in serious conditions. Infection rate. On 8 May, 8 new cases were confirmed until noon. These are also linked to the recent discovery of an infected driver a couple of days before in Mafraq. 4 of these cases were reported in Ramtha.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Grenada is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached Grenada on March 22, 2020. Despite lockdowns and social distancing protocols, it appeared to have reached the level of community spread within one month. On 22 March, the country's first case ("Patient Zero") was announced, a 50-year-old female patient who returned from the United Kingdom on March 16 and became sick on March 17, and was officially diagnosed on March 21. On 25 March, the government pushed a policy of restricted movement and nightly curfew. On 1 April, one new case announced—a 58-year-old male who arrived on a flight from New York City on March 19 On 6 April, government renewed curfew/lockdown for another two weeks (through April 20). Tests were now being done at St. George's University.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in March 2020. The first confirmed case was discovered on 11 March 2020. On March 11, 2020, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines confirmed its first case. The passenger had travelled from the United Kingdom. They travelled on British Airways to Barbados and onward to Saint Vincent via LIAT. On April 1, 2020 St. Vincent and the Grenadines recorded its second confirmed case of COVID-19.
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Dominican Republic is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have spread to the Dominican Republic on 1 March 2020. On 1 March, the first case in the country and the Caribbean was confirmed. A 62-year-old man from Italy entered the country on 22 February and fell ill on 24 February, when he was transferred to Ramón Lara military hospital from the beach resort of Bayahibe. On 6 March, the second case in the country was confirmed as a Canadian tourist (also vacationing in Bayahibe) was detected. On 14 March, a large wedding in Cap Cana was the COVID-19 infection source for a number of its attendees. The chancellor of the Dominican Republic, Miguel Vargas Maldonado would have contracted the virus from his son, who attended the said wedding and also contracted COVID-19. The first COVID-19-related death was announced by health authorities on 16 March 2020, of a 47-year old Dominican woman who had recently traveled from Spain.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Dominica is part of the ongoing global viral pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), which was confirmed to have reached Dominica on 22 March 2020. On 22 March, the country's first case of COVID-19 was announced, a 54-year-old man who returned from the United Kingdom.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was first confirmed to have spread to Costa Rica on 6 March 2020, after a 49-year-old woman tourist from New York, United States, tested positive for the virus. As of 13 May 2020, Costa Rica has reported 815 positive cases, 527 recoveries, and 7 deaths.  One senior citizen, an 87-year-old man, died on 18 March and is the first COVID-19 death in Costa Rica. He was one of 25 people infected by a doctor in Alajuela. By 30 April, the country had the lowest case fatality rate in the Americas, at about 0.86%. More Costa Ricans have died in the United States than in Costa Rica.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was shown to have spread to Nicaragua when the first case, a Nicaraguan citizen who had returned to the country from Panama, was confirmed on 18 March 2020. Ana Emilia Solís, the World Health Organisation's representative in Nicaragua, has stated that since January, when the Nicaraguan Government declared a sanitary alert due to the threat of COVID-19. Some critics of Daniel Ortega's government claimed the government was downplaying the severity of the virus.  A large public rally was organized by government supporters to support coronavirus victims in other countries; however, the event was criticized for lack of social distancing.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Guatemala in March 2020. On 13 March 2020, the first case in Guatemala, a Guatemalan man who traveled from Italy to Guatemala, was confirmed.  On 13 March 2020, the Guatemalan government extended its travel restrictions to travelers from the US and Canada. Starting on 16 March, no travelers coming from these countries were allowed to enter Guatemala, until March 31. On 15 March 2020, the Guatemalan government confirmed its second case and the first COVID-19 death in the country, an 85-year-old man who arrived from Madrid with his family nine days earlier. On April 23, the United Nations Commission on Human Rights called on Mexican and Central American governments to stop deportations during the coronavirus pandemic. 2,500 migrants were stuck in Panama because Honduras had closed its border. Mexico dumped migrants in Guatemala, but Guatemala did not let them in. On April 23 the organization helped 41 migrants return to El Salvador from Mexico.
Ronald J. Shurer II (December 7, 1978 – May 14, 2020) was a former United States Army Special Forces staff sergeant and medic. He was born in Fairbanks, Alaska.  He was a senior medical sergeant during the Battle of Shok Valley in April 2008. He and his team were attacked by an enemy force of more than 200 fighters. Shurer fought for more than an hour to reach part of his unit.  He was initially awarded a Silver Star for this action, but in 2016 The Pentagon upgraded this recognition to a Medal of Honor. He received the medal in a White House ceremony on October 1, 2018.  Shurer died on May 14, 2020 of lung cancer-related problems at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, aged 41.
Bubble Bobble is the first game in the Bubble Bobble series of games, produced by Taito in 1986, at the start for arcade and later converted to computers and consoles.  In the game, the player control a dragon that spits bubbles to eliminate the enemies. The game is centered on the adventure of two dragons, Bub and Bob. The objective is to save the girlfriends of the protagonists, for that the player must face a hundred different stages. They use bubbles for attack the enemies. Each time an enemy is eliminated, a reward is generated that increases the player's score.
The Rock-afire Explosion is an animatronic character rock band created by Aaron Fechter. They played at the Showbiz Pizza Place restaurants from 1980 until 1993 when they were rebranded into Chuck E. Cheese characters, after the band was discontinued.
Falmouth is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 12,444 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.
Splash is a 1984 American fantasy romantic comedy movie directed by Ron Howard, written by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel and starring Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, John Candy and Eugene Levy. The movie is about a young man who falls in love with a mysterious woman who is secretly a mermaid. The movie was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The movie is the first to be released by Touchstone Pictures. "Splash" had received a PG-rating for some profanity and brief nudity.
Karen Percy is (born October 10, 1966) in Banff, Alberta is a Canadian Olympic skier. She had her Olympic debut in 1988. She was in Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in the year 1994.We went to be on the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame the next year. She also became a member of the Order of Canada in 1988.  In 2005, she got into the Banff Sports Hall of Fame.