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NCAA Award of Valor is an award presented by NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) in order to recognize "courageous action or noteworthy bravery" by individuals who are involved with intercollegiate athletics. Notable recipients. Source:
An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Wyoming. The two people in the election were Cynthia Lummis (Republican Party) and Merav Ben-David (Democratic Party). Mike Enzi who was the senator was not going to try to be reelected so the seat was left for a new person. Cynthia Lummins won the election and became the first woman senator from Wyoming. There were primary elections for the political parties. Ten people were in the Republican Party primary election and six people were in the Democratic Party primary election. Cynthia Lummis won the Republican Party primary election and Merav Ben-David won the Democratic Party primary election.
Shirley Valerie Horn (May 1, 1934 – October 20, 2005) was an American jazz musician, pianist and singer. She collaborated with many jazz greats, including Dizzy Gillespie, Carmen MacRae and Wynton Marsalis. Horn was nominated for nine Grammy Awards. She won the Grammy for Best Jazz Vocal Performance. Horn was born in Washington, D.C.. She died from breast cancer and diabetes.
Debra Janine "Debi" Thomas (born March 25, 1967) is an American former figure skater and physician. She is the 1986 World champion, 1988 Olympic bronze medalist and two-time U.S. national champion. She competed with Katarina Witt in the 1988 Calgary Olympics. Thomas was born in Poughkeepsie, New York. She grew up in San Jose, California.
Kimberly Elise Trammel (born April 17, 1967) is an American movie and television actress. She made her first movie acting in "Set It Off" in 1996. She got high marks for her performance in the 1998 movie "Beloved". In her career, Elise has appeared in such movies as "The Manchurian Candidate" (2004), "Diary of a Mad Black Woman" (2005), "For Colored Girls" (2010), "Almost Christmas" (2016) and "Death Wish" (2018). She received a nomination for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female Lead for her performance in the 2004 drama movie "Woman Thou Art Loosed". She is a four-time NAACP Image Awards winner. Elise is a vegan. Elise was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of West Virginia. The three people in the election were Shelley Moore Capito (Republican Party), Paula Jean Swearengin (Democratic Party), and David Moran (Libertarian Party). Shelley Moore Capito won the election and a second term in the Senate.  There were primary elections for the Republican and Democrat political parties. Three people were in the Republican Party primary and also the Democratic Party primary. Shelly Moore Capito won the Republican Party primary and Paula Jean Swearengin won the Democratic Party primary.
An election happened on November 3, 2020, to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Virginia. The two candidates were Senator Mark Warner (Democratic Party) and Lieutenant colonel Daniel Gade (Republican Party). Mark Warner won the election and a third term in the Senate. There was a primary election for the Republican Party. There were three people in the Republican primary and Daniel Gade won. There was no Democratic Party primary because no one ran against Mark Warner. Democratic Party primary. Nobody in the Democratic Party went against Mark Warner in the primary, so no election happened.
Timothy Malcolm Healy (born 29 January 1952) is an English actor. He is best known for portraying the roles of Dennis Patterson in the ITV-BBC comedy-drama series "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" (1983–1986, 2002–2004), Les/Lesley Conroy in the ITV sitcom "Benidorm" (2009–2018), and Gastric in the BBC sitcom "Still Open All Hours" (2014–present). He has also made appearances in various British television series, including "Coronation Street", "Emmerdale", "Casualty", "The Grand" and "Waterloo Road".  Personal life. Healy married actress Denise Welch in 1988. They had two sons before divorcing in 2012; their oldest son, Matthew, is the lead singer of The 1975. Healy married Joan Anderton in 2015. He is an strong supporter of Newcastle United FC.
Benidorm is a British sitcom written and created by Derren Litten and produced by Tiger Aspect Productions for ITV that aired for ten series from 1 February 2007 until 2 May 2018.  The series features an ensemble cast of holiday makers and staff at the Solana all-inclusive hotel in Benidorm, Spain over the course of a week each year. Story. Each series, different families and couples arrive in an all-inclusive hotel in Benidorm. There are many different characters and storylines throughout the series. Behind the scenes. "The Solana" is the fictional hotel featured in the show, where most of the characters stay. The pool scenes are filmed at the Sol Pelicanos Ocas Hotel in Benidorm, and the room scenes are filmed in the Acuariam II Apartments (which overlook the pool). The reception area and the salon is filmed in a studio set in a building opposite Benidorm Palace, known as "The Pink House". "Neptune's" is an all-inclusive bar/restaurant featured in the show, and owned by The Solana. Most of the characters are seen here in the evening, where seemingly there is karaoke and live entertainment every night.  Cancellation. After the end of the tenth season, it was confirmed that the show would not return. This was because fewer people were watching the show in its final years.
There were two civil wars in Liberia, which lasted from 1989 to 2003. Liberia is made of multiple ethnic groups. In the civil wars these groups fought for power and influence. On the other hand, there were warlords, who fought each other. The civil wars were also about who had control of the natural resources of the country. Child soldiers were common during these wars.  The first war lasted from 1989 to 1996. Charles Taylor started an armed uprising against president Samuel Doe. Doe was quickly captured, and one of Taylor's associates, Yormie Johnson, tortured him to death. Johnson later split from Taylor, and founded his own movement. The supporters of Doe also founded their own movement, fighting went on between the different factions. All parties were very brutal when it came to interactions with civilians. Joshua Milton Blahyi, a young warlord, who was better known as General Butt Naked, was especially cruel. Using child soldiers, he is said to have killed 20,000 civilians. The UN enforced an embargo against Liberia.  At the same time, there was a civil war in Sierra Leone. Charles Taylor supported a rebel force in Sierra Leone. He is said to have traded with blood diamonds.  The first war lasted until 1996. In 1997, Taylor was elected president. He obtained about 75% of the votes, the elections were called free and fair. The former enemies of Taylor didn't want to accept the election result, and they started the second war, in 1999. In 2003, the government held control over a third of the country, two thirds were controlled by rebel groups. In 2003, an international arrest warrant was issued against Taylor, for crimes he had committed when supporting the rebels in Sierra Leone. Taylor agreed to step down and leave the county, which ended the war.  Because of both wars, about 250,000 people were killed. Over a million became displaced people or refugees. Some stayed in refugee camps in Liberia, others fled to the neighboring countries.  The wars had a big impact on the economy, which can still be seen. In some regions in Liberia, up to 85% of the workforce are unemployed.
Kaitlyn Dever (born December 21, 1996) is an American actress. She acted in the television crime drama series "Justified" and the ABC/Fox show "Last Man Standing". She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress-Miniseries for her role in "Unbelievable" (2019). Movies in which Dever had supporting parts include "Beautiful Boy" (2018), "Detroit" (2017) and "Bad Teacher" (2011). Dever was born in Phoenix, Arizona.
An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of North Carolina. The four people in the election were Thom Tillis (Republican Party), Cal Cunningham (Democratic Party), Shannon Bray (Libertarian Party) and Kevin E. Hayes (Constitution Party). Tillis won the election against Cunningham but many people thought that Cunningham would win. There was two primary elections for the Democrat and Republican parties. Four people were in the Republican primary election and five people were in the Democratic primary. Thom Tillis won the Republican primary and Cal Cunningham won the Democratic primary.
An election happened on November 3, 2020 to elect a Senator from the U.S. state of Oregon. The four people in the election were Jeff Merkley (Democratic Party), Jo Rae Perkins (Republican Party), Gary Dye (Libertarian Party), and Ibrahim Taher (Pacific Green Party of Oregon). The election was thought to be a easy win for the Democrats but the election got a lot of news when Jo Rae Perkins said she agreed with the conspiracy theory group, QAnon. Jeff Merkley won the election and was the senator for the third time.  There was two primary elections for the Democrat and Republican parties. Jeff Merkey was the only one in the Democratic primary and there were four people in the Republican Party primary. Jo Rae Perkins won the Republican primary election.
"Brother's Little Helper" is the 2nd episode of the 11th season of The Simpsons. It was first shown on the Fox network on October 3, 1999. The episode is about Bart Simpson getting a prescription to take a drug.  The episode was written by George Meyer. Mark Kirkland is the director of the episode. Meyer did not like his first writing of the episode. He used a fake name when he showed others his writing. The episode makes humor of children in school being misdiagnosed (diagnosed wrong) with ADHD. Mark McGwire is a guest star for the episode. Story. Principal Skinner teaches his students about fire prevention. However, Bart makes a very big wave that floods the school's gym and schoolyard. Skinner is very angry at Bart. Skinner tells Homer and Marge that Bart has been diagnosed with ADHD. Bart must take the drug Focusyn (a parody of Ritalin). Marge is worried because Focusyn is a new drug and it might not be safe.  Bart takes Focusyn and does better in school. He is good to his parents and he is the tutor of a Navajo boy. However, Bart starts to feel paranoid. He thinks that Major League Baseball is spying on the town with satellites. A doctor tells Bart to stop taking Focusyn. Bart does not want to and overdoses. Bart goes to a military base and takes a tank. He drives the tank to his school. Bart shoots at the sky. A satellite from Major League Baseball falls from the sky with documents on what everyone does. Mark McGwire comes from the satellite and distracts everyone. He puts the documents under his cap. He gives Bart a baseball bat so he can keep spying on the Simpson family.  Production. "Brother's Little Helper" was written by George Meyer. The episode was first named "Bart a Go Go". "Bart's Inner Child" was the last episode he wrote himself before this one. He was tired after writing that episode. He came back to writing with this episode. He thought it was not easy to write the episode because he was going through "psychological problems". He did not like what he
Armenian mythology comes from ancient Indo-European traditions. The earliest Armenian traditions (called Proto-Armenian) developed into Armenian mythology. Gradually, Anatolian, Hurro-Urartian, Mesopotamian, Iranian, and Greek beliefs and deities became a part of Armenian mythology. The early religions in Armenia are not that well known. According to De Morgan there are signs which indicate that the Armenians, as their other Aryan relatives, were initially nature worshipers and that this faith in time was transformed to the worship of national gods, of which many were the equivalents of the gods in the Roman, Greek and Persian cultures. Georg Brandes described the Armenian gods in his book: “When Armenia accepted Christianity, it was not only the temples which were destroyed, but also the songs and poems about the old gods and heroes that the people sang. We have only rare segments of these songs and poems, segments which bear witness of a great spiritual wealth and the power of creation of this people and these alone are sufficient reason enough for recreating the temples of the old Armenian gods. These gods were neither the Asian heavenly demons nor the precious and the delicate Greek gods, but something that reflected the characteristics of the Armenian people which they have been polishing through the ages, namely ambitious, wise and good-hearted.”
Colin Campbell McDonald (17 November 1928 – 11 January 2021) was an Australian cricketer. He played in 47 Test matches for his country from 1952 to 1961. He also played in 192 first-class matches between 1947 and 1963. McDonald was born in Glen Iris, Victoria. McDonald died in Melbourne, Victoria, on 11 January 2021. He was 92.
Larissa de Macedo Machado (stage name: Anitta; born March 30, 1993), is a Brazilian singer, songwriter, television host, actress, and businesswoman. In 2017, she was ranked as one of the most influential celebrities in social media according to "Billboard".
Thomas James Acker (March 7, 1930 – January 4, 2021) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He was born in Paterson, New Jersey. From 1956 to 1959, he played for the Cincinnati Reds. Acker died on January 4, 2021 in Caernarvon Township, Pennsylvania at the age of 90.
Cornelis George Boeree (January 15, 1952 – January 5, 2021) was an American psychologist and professor emeritus at Shippensburg University. He worked in personality theory and the history of psychology. Boeree was also the inventor of the auxiliary language Lingua Franca Nova. He was the coeditor of the Lingua Franca Nova dictionary.  He was born in Badhoevedorp, near Amsterdam, in the Netherlands. He died on January 5, 2021 at his home in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania from pancreatic cancer.
John Georgiadis (1939 – 5 January 2021) was a British violinist and conductor. He was the Concert Leader with the London Symphony Orchestra during the 1960s and 70s. He was a member of both the ensembles London Virtuosi and the Gaberieli String Quartet as well as conductor for both the Bangkok Symphony Orchestra and the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.  He was Director of Orchestral Studies at the Royal Academy of Music. Georgiadis died on 5 January 2021, aged 81.
Diamonté Quiava Valentin Harper (born July 2, 1993), known by her stage name Saweetie, () is an American rapper.
Vladimír Oplt (1937 – 5 January 2021) was a Czech politician. He was a member of the Czech Senate from 1996 to 2001. He was a member of the Civic Democratic Party. Oplt was born in Kladno, Czech Republic. Oplt died on 5 January 2021 in Prague, aged 83.
John Richardson (19 January 1934 – 5 January 2021) was an English actor. He was known for his roles in "Black Sunday" (1960) and in "She" (1965). He also starred in "One Million Years B.C." (1966). Richardson died of COVID-19 on January 5, 2021 in London, at age 86.
William Ashe Dymoke Windham (2 April 1926 – 5 January 2021) was a British rower. He competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire.  He died on 5 January 2021 at the age of 94.
Bobby Few (October 21, 1935 – January 6, 2021) was an American jazz pianist and singer. He played with saxophonist Charles Gayle and led his own trio in Paris. He was working on a Booker Ervin tribute project called "Few's Blues". Few died on January 6, 2021 aged 85.
Edward Gnat (1 March 1940 – 6 January 2021) was a Polish politician. He was a Deputy from 1985 to 1989 and again from 1993 to 1997. He was born in Maurzyce, Poland.  Gnat died, aged 80, in Łódź, of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Poland.
Francis Hammel (11 December 1950 – 6 January 2021) was a French politician. From 1997 to 2002, he was a member of the National Assembly. Hammel was born in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, France. He was a member of the Socialist Party. Hammel died on 6 January 2021 at the age of 70.
Gordon Ralph Renwick (February 13, 1935January 6, 2021) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator. He was president of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA). He also was vice-president of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and was the team president of the Galt Hornets. He was born in Galt, Ontario. Renwick died on January 6, 2021 in Cambridge, Ontario at the age of 85.
Antonio Sabàto Sr. (2 April 1943 – 10 January 2021) was an Italian-American actor. He was the father of model and actor Antonio Sabàto Jr. He was known for his roles in spaghetti western movies. His best known movies were "One Dollar Too Many" and "Due volte Giuda". Sabàto Sr. died in Los Angeles on 10 January 2021 from COVID-19, aged 77.
Antonio Sabàto Jr. (born February 29, 1972) is an Italian-American model, actor, and politician. Sabàto was an underwear model for Calvin Klein and playing Jagger Cates on the soap opera "General Hospital" from 1992 to 1995.  Sabàto ran unsuccessfully as the Republican candidate for U.S. Congress against incumbent Democratic Congresswoman Julia Brownley for California's 26th district in the 2018 election.
James Townsend (20 June 1937 – 7 January 2021) was an Irish Labour Party politician. In 1991, he was elected to Carlow County Council. He was a member of the Seanad Éireann from 1993 to 1997. Townsend died on 7 January 2021, aged 83.
Filip Trifonov () (4 May 1947 – 6 January 2021) was a Bulgarian actor. He appeared in more than thirty movies. His career began in 1971. Trifonov's best known role was as Ran in the 1972 movie "The Boy Turns Man". Trifonov was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. Trifonov died on 6 January 2021 from a heart attack in Sofia, aged 73.
Jan Blommaert (4 November 1961 – 7 January 2021) was a Belgian sociolinguist and linguistic anthropologist. He was a Professor of Language, Culture and Globalization and Director of the Babylon Center at Tilburg University. Blommaert was born in Dendermonde, Belgium. Blommaert died on 7 January 2021, aged 59.
Biserka Cvejić (; November 5, 1923 – January 7, 2021) was a Serbian operatic mezzo-soprano and contralto. She was a university professor. Her career began at the Belgrade Opera in 1954.  She was a member of the Vienna State Opera from 1959 to 1979. She first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera in 1961 as Amneris in Verdi's "Aida". Cvejić died at the age of 97 in Belgrade on January 7, 2021.
Jordan Terrell Carter (born September 13, 1995), known professionally as Playboi Carti, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter and record producer from Atlanta, Georgia. His rapper name was Sir Cartier because of the luxury brand Cartier then a girl told his he is on some playboi "stuf" hence his name Playboi Carti. Carter was initially signed to local underground label Awful Records prior to signing with ASAP Mob's AWGE Label under Interscope Records. He started his own record label and rap collective Opium in 2019. After gaining a cult following early in his career, Sir Cartier became popular in 2017.  Carter's first mixtape was released in April 2017. The mixtape included the "Billboard" Hot 100 charting singles "Magnolia" and "wokeuplikethis* AKA Woke Up Like This" (featuring Lil Uzi Vert). His first studio album, "Die Lit" (2018), peaked at number 3 on the US "Billboard" 200. Following a two-year break with little-to-no new music released, Carter's second album, "Whole Lotta Red" (2020), debuted at number one on the "Billboard" 200. It became his first chart-topping release. Then after another break spanning over 5 years, he dropped MUSIC (2025). MUSIC has been cited as a rushed, inconsistent, and sloppy project overall. MUSIC had been in development hell for the last five years leading up to its release, leading it to be pushed back multiple times. MUSIC was also called "Narcissist", before changing to "I AM MUSIC", and then finally "MUSIC"
Vladimir Viktorovich Kiselyov (; ; sometimes listed as Volodymyr Kyselyov 1 January 1957 – 7 January 2021) was a Soviet-born Ukrainian athlete. He competed in the shot put during his career. He competed for the USSR in the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow, where he won the gold medal. Kiselyov died on 7 January 2021, aged 64.
Dimitri Leslie Roger (born July 13, 1992), professionally known as Rich the Kid is an American rapper. Signed to Rostrum Records, he released his first studio album, "The World Is Yours", on March 30, 2018. His second studio album, "The World Is Yours 2", was released on March 22, 2019, and his third studio album, "Boss Man", on March 13, 2020. Rogers was born in Queens, New York and is of Haitian descent. Discography. This discography consists of 3 studio albums, 7 mixtapes, 15 collaborative mixtapes, 3 extended plays and 1 compilation album.
Bill Kahan Kapri (born Dieuson Octave on June 11, 1997), better known by his stage name Kodak Black, is an American rapper. Early life. Kodak Black was born Dieuson Octave on June 11, 1997, in Pompano Beach, Florida. He is the son of Haitian immigrant Marcelene Octave. His stage name combines the first name of the photo company Kodak and Lil' Black, which was another name Octave used.  Career. Black first became known with the single "No Flockin", released in 2014. His first studio album, "Painting Pictures" (2017), went onto the US "Billboard" 200 at number three. It included the "Billboard" Hot 100 top 10 single "Tunnel Vision".  Black's second album, "Dying to Live" (2018), went to number one on the "Billboard" 200. Its single "Zeze" (featuring Travis Scott and Offset) went onto the Hot 100 at number two. He released his third album, "Bill Israel" (2020), while incarcerated. His fourth album, "Back for Everything", followed in 2022. "Back for Everything" contains the hit single "Super Gremlin" as a bonus track. Personal life. On May 2, 2018, Black legally changed his name from "Dieuson Octave" to "Bill Kahan Kapri".
Thomas J. LaBonge (October 6, 1953 – January 7, 2021) was an American politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party. LaBonge was born in Los Angeles. He was a member of the Los Angeles City Council from 2001 to 2015. LaBonge died on January 7, 2021 from cardiac arrest in Los Angeles, aged 67.
Genival Lacerda Cavalcante (5 April 1931 – 7 January 2021) was a Brazilian forró singer-songwriter. He was born in Campina Grande, Paraíba. His best known songs were "Severina Xique-Xique", "Radinho de Pilha" and "O Chevette da Menina". In December 2017, Lacerda was honored with the Order of Cultural Merit. Lacerda died on January 7, 2021, in Recife, Pernambuco from COVID-19, aged 89.
John Land (17 July 1938 – January 2021) was a British field hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Land died in January 2021, aged 82.
Marion Ramsey (May 10, 1947 – January 7, 2021) was an American actress and singer. She was known for her role in "Cos" and as Officer Laverne Hooks in the "Police Academy" movies. She also starred in "Lavalantula" and "2 Lava 2 Lantula!". Ramsey died on January 7, 2021 in Los Angeles at the age of 73.
Henri Schwery (14 June 1932 – 7 January 2021) was a Swiss prelate of the Catholic Church. He was Bishop of Sion from 1977 to 1995. He was promoted to cardinal in 1991. Schwery was born in Saint-Léonard, Switzerland. Schwery died at a retirement home in St-Léonard on 7 January 2021, aged 88.
Reynaldo Villar Umali (February 26, 1957 – January 7, 2021) was a Filipino politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2010 to 2019. He ran for governor of Oriental Mindoro in 2019 but lost to Humerlito Dolor. Umali died on January 7, 2021 from COVID-19 while being treated with liver cancer, aged 67.