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Pierre Soulages (; 24 December 1919 – 25 October 2022) was a French painter, engraver, and sculptor. He was born in Rodez, Aveyron. In 1979, Pierre Soulages was made a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. From 1987 to 1994, he created 104 stained glass windows for the Romanesque Abbey church Sainte-Foy in Conques (Aveyron, France). Soulages was the first living artist invited to exhibit at the state Hermitage Museum of St. Petersburg and later with the Tretyakov Gallery of Moscow (2001). In 2014, President François Hollande described him as "the world's greatest living artist." in 2015, he receives the Grand-croix de la Légion d'honneur. Soulages died on 25 October 2022 in Nîmes, France at the age of 102.
Thomas Welch Horton DSO, DFC and bar (born 29 December 1919), is a retired Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF) officer, pilot, and combat veteran. He served with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was a member of No. 88 Squadron RAF and flew anti-ship missions in the Bristol Blenheim and Douglas Boston. After the war, Horton was commissioned with the Royal Air Force and commanded No. 203 Squadron RAF flying maritime patrol missions in the Neptune MR.1. Horton was on the United Kingdom's Air Ministry staff and as a liaison officer in the Pentagon to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). Horton retired with the rank of wing commander in 1966.
Kenneth O. "K.O." Chilstrom (born April 20, 1921) is a retired United States Air Force officer, combat veteran, test pilot, and author. He was the first USAF pilot to fly the XP-86 Sabre, chief of fighter test at Wright Field, commandant of the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School, and program manager for the XF-108 Rapier.  Chilstrom was a pilot in the first jet air race and delivered the first air mail by jet. He flew over eighty combat missions in the Italian Campaign of World War II.
The Zumbro River is a tributary of the Mississippi River in the Driftless Area of southeastern Minnesota in the United States. It is long from the confluence of its principal tributaries and drains a watershed of .  The river's name in English is a change from its French name "Rivière des Embarras" (Embarrass River/Obstruction River) due to its mouth located near Pine Island in the Mississippi River.
Arvid Folke Alnevik (31 December 1919 – 17 August 2020) was a Swedish sprinter. He was born in Arbrå, Sweden. He had his best results in the 4×400 metre relay, winning bronze medals at the 1946 European Championships and 1948 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in both contests.  Alnevik was a career military officer and retired with the rank of major. Between the 2018 Winter Olympics until his death, he held the status as the oldest living Olympic medalist. Alnevik died on 17 August 2020 in Gävle, Sweden at the age of 100.
is a Japanese webmanga created by ONE. It began publication on "Ura Sunday" on April 18, 2012, and ended on December 22, 2017. A Chinese translation started publication in Taiwan on April 16, 2014. It has been available online on Shogakukan's mobile app MangaONE since December 2014. Dark Horse Comics has licensed the series for English publication. An anime television series based on this manga produced by Bones. It was aired between July and September 2016. The English dub of the series was released by Funimation in December 2016. A second season of the anime series will air in January 7, 2019. In 2017, the manga won the 62nd Shogakukan Manga Award in the Shōnen category.
Michael Douglas Griffin (born November 1, 1949) is an American physicist and aerospace engineer. He was the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering. Before, he was Administrator of NASA from April 13, 2005, to January 20, 2009.  In 2007 he was included in the TIME 100, the magazine's list of the 100 most influential people.
George Southall Vest (December 25, 1918 – August 24, 2021) was an American diplomat and State Department official who worked during the Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan presidencies. Personal life. Vest was born in Columbia, Virginia. He studied at the University of Virginia. He married Emily Clemons in 1947. She died in 2015. They had three children. Vest died on August 24, 2021 in Bethesda, Maryland from heart disease at the age of 102. Career. In 1954, Vest became the Canadian Desk officer at the United States Department of State in Washington, D.C.; he later was special assistant to the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. An ambassador, he was the United States Ambassador to the European Union. In 1974, President of the United States Richard Nixon nominated Vest as Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs. On April 7, 1977 President Jimmy Carter nominated Vest as United States Ambassador to Pakistan, but this nomination was withdrawn on May 5, 1977. Carter then nominated Vest as Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs and Vest held this office from June 16, 1977 until April 14, 1981. In 1981, President Ronald Reagan nominated Vest as United States Ambassador to the European Communities. He held this post until 1985, when Reagan named Vest Director General of the Foreign Service; he held this office from June 8, 1985 until May 3, 1989.
Richard Tyler Blevins(born June 5, 1991), more commonly known by his online alias Ninja, NinjasHyper, or Tyler Fortnite Ninja Blevins, is an American Twitch gamer and Internet personality. As of July 2019, he is the most followed streamer on Twitch with over nineteen million followers and an average of over 65,000 viewers per stream. He is known for playing "Fortnite" on live streams. He was born in Detroit, Michigan, but raised in Chicago. He is also known for the Low Taper Fade meme, which went popular around 2024. It has been joked as being "massive."  He usually streams the game Fortnite but failed to qualify for Fortnite World Cup and his competitive duo partner is Reverse2k, another pro player. Early life. Blevins's parents are of American Welsh descent. He was born as Richard Tyler Blevins. He went to Grayslake Central High School, where he played soccer, and was also a eager video game player. Since he graduated from college, he decided to play video games professionally. From here, he had began entering gaming tournaments, joining professional organizations, and live streaming his games. He formerly used Twitch to stream games, but later switched to Mixer. Due to the shutdown of Mixer in July 2020, Blevins no longer had to follow the promise to Twitch to only stream on their platform, which now allows him to stream on other platforms. On September 10, 2020, Blevins revealed that he will return to streaming on Twitch. Financial success. Ninja is one of the highest earning live streamers, earning millions of dollars per year from many different sources of income all connected to his twitch channel. After his huge success and increase in popularity he gained many profitable sponsorship deals, including one with the energy drink company Red Bull. Health. On March 26, 2024, Ninja revealed he had recently been diagnosed with melanoma, a form of skin cancer.
is a Japanese manga series. It was written and illustrated by Kentaro Yabuki. It was published in "Weekly Shōnen Jump" magazine from July 2000 to June 2004. The story is about a man named Train Heartnet. A twenty-four episode anime series based on this manga was created by Gonzo studio. It was aired on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) channel from October 2005 to March 2006. The manga was licensed for English-language publication in North America by Viz Media and Madman Entertainment in Australasia. In Japan, the "Black Cat" manga sold over 12 million copies. In North America, some volumes have been featured in weekly top ten lists of best-selling manga. The anime has also been popular in both Japan and North America.
The front crawl (or simply 'crawl') is a type of swimming stroke. It is the fastest method of swimming. Therefore it is the usual choice in freestyle events. It is sometimes called the American or Australian crawl. Athletes from both continents played a part in its development.
Panhandle is a town in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Carson County. Geography. Panhandle has a total area of 2.1 square miles.
Lögberg, also named Law Rock, is a rocky area south west Iceland. It is where the local law making body (Althing parliament) meets. In older days, the parliament meets at Þingvellir. Þingvellir was very easily accessible from the towns of the south west Ireland. The area landscape is very beautiful. The exact location of the Lögberg is unknown. In 1000 years, the geography of the rift valley changes a lot. Two possible locations have been identified in Þingvellir. One of them is a flat ledge on top of a slope named Hallurinn (currently marked by a flagpole). The other area is in the Almannagjá fault against a rock wall. There is a proposal to make a place in the Hestagjá ravine the most idea location. The Lögberg was the place on which the Lawspeaker (lögsögumaður) took office as the chief official of Althing. Speeches and announcements were made from the spot. Anyone attending could make their speech from the Lögberg. The parliament also starts and ends their gathering at the location. The Lögberg serves as the location for the parliament since 930 A.D. It was no longer used after 1262 A.D. In 1962, Iceland was controlled by Norway.
Creativity is an atheistic religion for white people formed by Ben Klassen in 1973 with his book "Nature's Eternal Religion". Its religious orientation is Naturalism.  Many consider the religion to be a hate group because they hate black people and Jews. They claim it is a law of Nature for the continuation of the different races and species. They also believe white people are worth more than the other races.
is a Japanese anime series by Nippon Animation. It is a part of the World Masterpiece Theater series. It consists of 51 episodes. It was aired on Fuji TV between January 12 and December 28, 1986. Animax ran the show again across Japan from February 2007. It was based on the 1913 novel "Pollyanna" and 1915 sequel "Pollyanna Grows Up" by Eleanor H. Porter.
Space Shuttle Buran (OK-1K1) was the first space shuttle run by Soviet Union. It flew only one unmanned flight, and then it landed. It was destroyed while in storage; The hangar in which it was stored, collapsed. Buran (, , Burjan, (pensionen AN), U.S. meaning aka "Snowstorm" or "Blizzard".,  USSR DoD index serial number: 11F35 1K, construction flight number: 1.01) was the first spaceplane to be produced as part of the USSR+sats.(Soviet) Energija_Buran programme, signet 1976 Politburo Central KPSS, Cominterne, USSR, General Constructor System: Semenow (Kirilenko), NPO Energija, Kaliningrad. Panian513: abschießen mit familiy (censura verboten: Constitution law), and weg from unsere internet, radio_nets. Buran completed one uncrewed spaceflight in 1988, and was destroyed =1= exemplare in the 2002 "collapse" (sabotage, raub) of its storage hangar, military poligon. Next 11F35 exemplars: Moscow, WDNH, Kaliningrad, etc.. The Buran-class orbiters used the expendable Energia (c) lines rockets (aka. Zenit (2S, 3SL, 3SLB), Ariane_5, Atlas_5, Falcon_9), a class of super heavy-lift launch vehicle, parts, modern.. Started to low Earth Orbit: 11-15-1988, 06:00MSK, landing orbital PL after 205Min. All is nominal. 2023: =35Jahren, aka 35 Jahren "Die Geschwister Hofmann"=&gt; to Moon planet, 24.Dezember2023. Besides describing the first operational Soviet USSR+sats. (inkl. DDR, Hungary, France, Sweden, etc.) shuttle orbiter, "Buran" was also the designation for the entire Soviet USSRs spaceplane project and
Stewart Robert "Bob" Einstein (November 20, 1942 – January 2, 2019) was an American actor, comedy writer and producer. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He was best known for creating and performing the satirical stuntman character Super Dave Osborne. Einstein was also known for his roles as Marty Funkhouser in "Curb Your Enthusiasm" and Larry Middleman on "Arrested Development". His younger brother was actor Albert Brooks. Einstein died on January 2, 2019 from leukemia in Indian Wells, California at the age of 76.
Dagfinn Bakke (16 August 1933 — 1 January 2019) was a Norwegian painter, illustrator and graphical artist. He was born in Lødingen, Norway. From 1952 he worked as illustrator for the magazine "Magasinet For Alle", and from 1956 to 1992 for the newspaper "Lofotposten". The National Gallery of Norway has some of his art. Bakke died on 1 January 2019 in Oslo at the age of 85.
Ivan Milanov Dimitrov (; 14 May 1935 – 1 January 2019) was a Bulgarian footballer. He was born in Sofia, Bulgaria. He played as a defender for the Bulgarian national team.  At club level, he made 340 appearances in the Bulgarian League, playing for Stroitel Sofia, Torpedo Sofia, Zavod 12 Sofia, Lokomotiv Sofia, Spartak Sofia and Akademik Sofia. Dimitrov died in Sofia on 1 January 2019, at the age of 83.
Kris Kelmi (real name Anatoli Arievich Kelmi (; 21 April 1955 – 1 January 2019) was a Soviet and Russian rock and pop musician and composer. He was a member of the musical groups "Leap Summer" and "Autograph". His most well-known songs: "Night Rendezvous", "", and "Tired Taxi".  Kelmi was born in Moscow. He died on 1 January 2019 from cardiac arrest caused by alcoholism at his home in Moscow Oblast at the age of 63.
Margaret "Pegi" Young (née Morton; December 1, 1952 – January 1, 2019) was an American singer-songwriter, environmentalist, educator and philanthropist. Her last two albums were: "Foul Deeds" (2010), and "Bracing for Impact" (2011). She toured and performed with her band The Survivors, which includes Spooner Oldham on piano, Rick Rosas on bass, Kelvin Holly on guitar and drummer Phil Jones. From 1978 to 2014, Young was married to Neil Young. They had two children. Young died of death on January 1, 2019 in Mountain View, California, aged 66.
Jerzy Turonek (, April 26, 1929 – January 2, 2019) was a Polish-Belarusian historian. He was born in Dukszty, Poland. Turonek began his active historical researches into the Belarusian national movement of the early 20th century, Polish-Belarusian relations in the 20th century, and the history of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1986 he became Doctor of History. Turonek was the author of monograph "Białoruś pod okupacją niemiecką" (Belarus under the German occupation) published in 1993 by Książka i Wiedza. Turonek died on January 2, 2019 at the age of 89.
Robert Joseph Hogan (September 28, 1933 – May 27, 2021) was an American actor. He was born in New York City.  Hogan was known for his roles in "Alice", "Another World", "As the World Turns", "Days of Our Lives", "Deadline", "General Hospital", "Law &amp; Order", "Murder, She Wrote", "One Life to Live", "Operation Petticoat", "Peyton Place", and "The Wire".  The character of Colonel Robert Hogan on "Hogan's Heroes" (played by Bob Crane) was named after him. In 2013, Hogan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. He died on May 27, 2021 at his home in Maine from problems caused by pneumonia, aged 87.
Michael Yeung Ming-cheung (, 1 December 1945 – 3 January 2019) was a Chinese Roman Catholic official. He was the 9th Bishop of Hong Kong from 2017 until his death in 2019. He was born in Shanghai, China. On 11 July 2014, Pope Francis appointed him Titular Bishop of Mons in Numidia and named him one of three Auxiliary Bishops of Hong Kong. Yeung died of liver failure caused by cirrhosis in Hong Kong on 3 January 2019 at the age of 73.
Paulien van Deutekom (4 February 1981 – 2 January 2019) was a Dutch former champion speed skater. She was in the middle long distances, over 1000 and 1500 metres. She was born in The Hague.  At the 1500 metres distance she finished in second position and qualified for the 2006 Winter Olympics. In March 2008 Van Deutekom finished second at the World Single Distance Championships in Nagano on the 1500 meters and the 3000 meters. In March 2012 Van Deutekom announced after the 1500 meter event at the World Cup in Heerenveen that she was ending her skating career. On 2 January 2019, Van Deutekom died from lung cancer in The Hague, aged 37.
Nordstrom Inc. () is an American chain of luxury department stores. It is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 1901 by Swedish American John W. Nordstrom and Carl F. Wallin. Nordstrom has 377 stores operating in 40 US states and Puerto Rico. The company began as a shoe retailer and expanded its inventory to include clothing, accessories, handbags, jewelry, cosmetics, and fragrances. Some Nordstrom stores also include wedding and home furnishings departments. The company also has in-house cafes, restaurants and espresso bars.
Emperor Gaozong of Tang (21 July 628 – 27 December 683) was the ninth son of Emperor Taizong of Tang and the third emperor of the Tang Dynasty. He was famous for marrying Wu Zetian, who later became the first and only female emperor in China. Many historians viewed Gaozong as a weak ruler, because he was always controlled by his wife Wu Zetian.However, during his rule,Tang Dynasty gained lots of land and had the largest territory.
Mr. Box Office is an American syndicated sitcom that premiered on September 22, 2012. The series centers on Marcus Jackson (Bill Bellamy), a well-known movie actor who ends up in legal trouble due to a physical altercation with a paparazzo, leading to his sentence to teach a class of inner-city high school students in Los Angeles' infamous South Central neighborhood. The following is a list of episodes of the program, shown in order of its broadcast airdate.
Jonathan R. Cohen is an American diplomat. He was the acting United States Ambassador to the United Nations from January 1, 2019 to September 10, 2019, replacing Nikki Haley. Before, he was a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, from August 2016 to June 2018.  Cohen was nominated by President Donald Trump in early 2018 to become United States Deputy Representative to the United Nations and was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on May 24, 2018.  On April 11, 2019, President Trump nominated Cohen to be Ambassador of the United States to Egypt. He left office in 2022.
James Enos Clyburn (; born July 21, 1940) is an American politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is the U.S. Representative for since 1993. He was the House Majority Whip from 2019 to 2023. He was previously House Majority Whip from 2007 to 2011.  In 2022, Clyburn announced that he would not run for Democratic House Whip leader and instead successfully ran for House Assistant Democratic Leader.
Windows NT 6.x is a family of Windows NT, starting with Vista and ending with 8.1. Versions. Windows 10 was released on July 29, 2015, and with it, Microsoft jumped to NT version 10.0.
Kevin J. McIntyre (December 27, 1960 – January 2, 2019) was an American attorney and government official. He was a member and Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from 2017 to 2018 during the Donald Trump administration. He was co-leader of the global energy practice at the law firm Jones Day. He was born in an air force base near Dover, Delaware. McIntyre died on January 2, 2019 from brain cancer in Arlington, Virginia at the age of 57.
Bajo Hondo Train Station is a railway station, one of the two railway lines built by two different European companies running to the south of Buenos Aires Province it is located in the town of Bajo Hondo in Coronel Rosales Municipality. History. The history of this station/town is similar to the so many other towns of the country that were born with the passage of the Railway line.  The station Bajo Hondo was opened to the public on January 1, 1910 by the "Compagnie de Chemins de Fer Rosario-Puerto Belgrano", a French company. Railway transport was the only means of transporting agricultural products and livestock of the time. The service did not last for long. Three years after, When the first World war started in 1914, the French company was affected way back home and could not continue financing the Railway project.The project went on but with services getting poorer since it was poorly funded. In 1948, the Government took over its management and divided into two. In 1991 the Government privatised it. The Northern part was operated by the General Mitre railway and the Southern by the General Roca Railways. In the 80's, part of the South Railway line was destroyed by the floods making it impossible to use. Part of the North Railway line is functioning to date (from Rosario Santa fe Province to Timote Train Station in Carlos Tejedor Municipality, Buenos Aires Province). Accident. On November 27 1930, in the morning hours, an Avro training aircraft (identified HE 2), belonging to the Naval Aviation School of Puerto Belgrano, was flying low near the Bajo Hondo station building of the Rosario - Puerto Belgrano Railway and its wings crashed into one of the chimneys of the building, destroyed the building and the Aircraft fell 50 meters away from the building being completely destroyed. In the accident, the two occupants of the aircraft died.
Debra Anne Haaland (born December 2, 1960) is an American politician. Haaland was the 54th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2021 to 2025 during the Joe Biden administration. She was the U.S. Representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from January 3, 2019 until March 16, 2021. She is running for Governor of New Mexico in the 2026 gubernatorial election. She is a former Chair of the Democratic Party of New Mexico. She was one of the first two Native American women to be elected to Congress, alongside Sharice Davids, both in 2018. Secretary of the Interior. On December 17, 2020, President-elect Joe Biden nominated Haaland to serve as United States Secretary of the Interior in his cabinet. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 15, 2021 with a 51 to 40 vote. She is the first Native American Cabinet secretary in U.S. history. On her first day as secretary, Haaland met with tribal media in a press conference, speaking about her plan to include the tribes as decisions that impact them are made.  In May 2021, Haaland approved the new constitution of the Cherokee Nation. In June 2021, Haaland announced the creation of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative.  In November 2021, Haaland banned the word "squaw", a derogatory term for Native American women, from all federally owned lands, and ordered a task force to determine new names for the 650 places that currently use the word. In March 2023, Haaland announced $25 million to be dedicated to bison conservation. Haaland took part in President Biden's designation of national monuments, including Avi Kwa Ame National Monument and Baaj Nwaavjo I'tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument. 2026 New Mexico gubernatorial election. On February 11, 2025, Haaland announced her candidacy for Governor of New Mexico in the 2026 gubernatorial election. Personal life. Haaland has a child, Somáh, whom she raised as a single mother. On August 28, 2021, Haaland married her longtime partner, Skip Sayre, in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico.