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"Oberst" (Colonel) Hans-Ulrich Rudel (2 July 1916 in Konradswaldau – 18 December 1982 in Rosenheim) was a Stuka dive bomber pilot on the eastern front during World War II. He was the most highly decorated German serviceman of the war. Rudel was one of only 27 military men to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. He was the only person to be awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with "Golden" Oak Leaves, Swords and Diamonds. It was Germany's highest military decoration at the time. After the war he went to South America and helped organize Nazi refugees.
Avon is a city in Bon Homme County , South Dakota, United States. The population was 586 at the 2020 census.
was a Japanese sumo wrestler with the Hanakago beya, and an actor. He was born in Ōta, Tokyo. His highest rank in sumo was "komusubi". He appeared in many movies since 1977 and since then, he guest starred on several television shows.  Seihō died on August 29, 2014 in Kakegawa, Shizuoka, aged 73.
Curcy Hendricks Andrews, Jr., known as Bud Andrews (July 5, 1940 – August 30, 2014) was an American DJ. He worked at Radio KDAV in Lubbock, Texas. In 1970 he said to have "discovered" the Mississippi-based humorist Jerry Clower. Andrews died in Lubbock, Texas, aged 74.
Carol Marcel Vadnais (September 25, 1945 – August 31, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played seventeen seasons in the National Hockey League from 1966–67 until 1982–83. Vadnais won two Stanley Cups during his career, in 1968 with the Montreal Canadiens and again in 1972 with the Boston Bruins. Vadnais died of cancer on August 31, 2014 at the age of 68.
Franz Anton Mesmer (23 May 1734 – 5 March 1815) was a German physician with an interest in astronomy. He had a theory that there was a natural transfer of energy between all animated and inanimate objects. He called this animal magnetism, sometimes later referred to as "mesmerism". The theory attracted a wide following between about 1780 and 1850, and continued to have some influence until the end of the century. In 1843 the Scottish physician James Braid proposed the term hypnosis for 'animal magnetism'. Today this is the usual term for mesmerism.
Desouk ( "") is a city in northern Egypt. It is east of Alexandria. It belongs to Kafr el-Sheikh Governorate. As of 2009, 129,604 people lived there. History. The city of Buto, northeast Desouk was the capital of Lower Egypt, and the seat of the kings of Northern Egypt. Ancient papyri show it was called Pe "Dep". The Greek name was "Botous" or "Botosus", Latin "Boutos", Coptic name is "Buto", and its Arabic name is "Ebto". The city was the capital of province No. XIX called "Imty Phw". Administrative division. Desouk city is a capital of Desouk that includes 2 districts, 11 main villages, 33 villages and 253 small villages (Ezba). President city and Markaz is Ahmed Basiouny Zeid since September 3 2013.
The flag of the Azerbaijan SSR was first adopted in 1920, and was a red flag with a yellow crescent and star in the left upper corner. From the second part of 1921 to 1922, Azerbaijan SSR used a red flag with the yellow Cyrillic letters "АССР" (ASSR). In 1937, golden hammer and sickle were added in the top left hand corner, with beneath the Latin letters "AzSSR" in a serif font in place of the Cyrillic letters. A third version was issued in 1940s, and had "AzSSR" replaced by its Cyrillic version "АзССР". The last version of the flag was adopted by the Azerbaijan SSR on October 7, 1952. It was the flag of the Soviet Union, with an horizontal blue band on the bottom fourth.
Dogs in Space is a 1986 Australian drama movie about Melbourne's little band scene in 1978. It was directed by Richard Lowenstein. It starred Michael Hutchence as Sam, a drugged dazed singer of a band named Dogs in Space. The story was from Lowenstein's personal experience of living in a shared house in Melbourne in the late 1970s. Lowenstein had already worked with Michael Hutchence making rock videos. He also produced video clips for songs from the INXS album "The Swing". He wrote the lead role of Sam with Michael Hutchence in mind. The character Sam is about a real member of a punk rock band that Lowenstein had lived with in the 1970s. The house in the movie was the one they had shared. It was rented from its new owners and changed back to its original condition for the movie. The cost for the deconstruction of the house was part of the movie's budget. Copies of "Dogs in Space" are being preserved by the National Film and Sound Archive in Canberra. This means the movie will be protected from damage that happens to older film that was used to make movies. Plot. A group of young music fans share a house in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond. It is not too far away from the city to be an active part of the music scene. Sam and Tim are members of a band named Dogs in Space. They share the house with a group of social misfits and quite troubled young people. These include Sam's girlfriend Anna and a really smart university student, Luchio. He is actually trying to study for exams even in the confusion of the house. There is also a nameless teenager, who is just called The Girl. She comes and goes; sometimes sleeping over. The scenes cover the day-to-day lives of the characters, mainly the sexual relationship between Sam and Anna. There are many party scenes with live music and drug use. During quiet times, the housemates move the television outdoors into the street to watch it on sofas and eat junk food and drink beer. The group makes frequent trips to a convenience store to restock. Footage of Sputnik 2 is intermittently seen in the
Mark Justin Roiland (born February 21, 1980) is an American actor, writer, television director and producer. He voiced Oscar in "Fish Hooks", and the Earl of Lemongrab in "Adventure Time". He is also the co-creator and executive producer of "Rick and Morty", in which he voiced the two title characters Rick Sanchez and Morty Smith. Roiland voiced The Delicious One in the 2D-animated commercials of Wienerschnitzel. In August 2020, Roiland was arrested for domestic battery and false imprisonment for an incident that happened in January 2020. He pled not guilty and was released on bail. After news of his arrest was made public, many people came forward to say that Roiland had abused and sexually harassed them and that he was also texting minors in a predatory way. On January 24, 2023, Roiland was fired from "Rick &amp; Morty" and his voice roles were recast. The charges against him were dropped in March 2023.
Garrett Augustus Morgan, Sr. (March 4, 1877 – July 27, 1963) was an African-American inventor and community leader. He is known for his inventions which included a type of protective respiratory hood (or gas mask), a traffic signal, and a hair-straightening chemical. He is also known for a heroic rescue in 1916 in which he and three others used the safety hood device he'd developed to save workers trapped within a water intake tunnel, fifty feet beneath Lake Erie. He is also credited as the first African American in Cleveland, Ohio, to own an automobile.
Marvin Pentz Gay Sr. (October 1, 1914 – October 10, 1998) was an American minister. He was the father of singers Marvin Gaye and Frankie Gaye. He was best known for shooting and killing his son on April 1, 1984, following an argument at their Los Angeles home. He was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. He was given a six-year suspended sentence and five years probation. In 1998, Gay died of pneumonia in Culver City, California at age 84.
The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) is a 1987 agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was signed in Washington, D.C. by U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev on December 8, 1987. It was ratified by the United States Senate on May 27, 1988 and came into force on June 1 of that year. The treaty is formally titled The Treaty Between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Elimination of Their Intermediate-Range and Shorter-Range Missiles. The treaty eliminated nuclear and conventional ground-launched ballistic and cruise missiles with intermediate ranges of 500–5,500 km (300-3,400 miles). In 2012 the United States complained about Russian treaty violations. The two systems that appear to be violations are the R-500, a cruise missile using the 9K720 Iskander launcher, and a short ranged ICBM. In July 2014, the United States formally notified Russia of the breach, while Russian officials called the treaty unsuitable for Russia and unfair because other countries in Asia had such weapons. Russia later attacked the United States by calling American drones a "violation of the treaty". On October 20, 2018, citing Russian non-compliance, US President Donald Trump announced that he was withdrawing the US from the treaty. The U.S. formally suspended the treaty on February 1, 2019, as did Russia the following day.
Raphael Mark John De Mesa Eigenmann (25 September 1961 – 1 September 2014), better known by his stage name Mark Gil, was a Filipino actor. He appeared in the movie "Batch '81" (1982). He also appeared in the ABS-CBN drama television series "The Legal Wife", starring Angel Locsin. The series aired between January and June 2014. Gil was born in Manila. His mother, actress Rosemarie Gil, was of Filipino and Spanish ancestry. His father, actor and singer Eddie Mesa, was of Swiss and German ancestry. He was married four times and had five children. Gil died from liver cirrhosis on 1 September 2014 in Manila. He was 52.
Victoria "Vicki" Mallory (born Victoria Morales; September 20, 1949 – August 30, 2014) was an American actress and singer. She was best known for her Broadway appearances. She also appeared in the television soap operas "The Young and the Restless", "Everwood" and "Santa Barbara". Mallory was born in Virginia and grew up in Columbus, Georgia. Her mother died on August 5, 2014. She married actor Mark Lambert in 1975. They had a daughter. Mallory died from pancreatic cancer on August 30, 2014, aged 64.
A trilemma is a difficult choice where there are three different options, and where each option looks unfavorable.  One of the earliest uses of the definition of trilemma is that of the Greek philosopher Epicurus, who says there is no omnipotent and omnibenevolent God. David Hume summarized this trilemma as follows: Although traditionally ascribed to Epicurus, it has been suggested that it may actually be the work of an early skeptic writer, possibly Carneades. In studies of philosophy, discussions and debates related to this trilemma are often referred to as being about the "problem of evil".
Ștefan Andrei (29 March 1931 – 31 August 2014) was a Romanian communist politician for the Romanian Communist Party. He served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania from 8 March 1978 until his sacking on 11 November 1985. He was taken over by Ilie Văduva. In 1989, he was arrested after the overthrow of the Nicolae Ceauşescu regime. He was sentenced to two years and ten months imprisonment. Andrei was born in Podari, Oltenia. He was married to the movie actress Violeta Andrei. They had one son, Călin. Andrei died on 31 August 2014 in Snagov, aged 83.
Roberto Andrés Cairo Pablo (3 May 1963 – 28 August 2014) was a Spanish actor from Madrid. He appeared in many different television series and movies as a supporting actor. He was best known for his role as Desiderio "Desi" Quijo in the series "Cuéntame cómo pasó". Cairo died from lung cancer on 28 August 2014 in Madrid. He was 51.
Bapu (December 15, 1933 – August 31, 2014); (born Satthiraju Lakshmi Narayana); () was an Indian director. He was known for his works in Telugu cinema and for his movies such as "Hum Paanch", "Mister Pellam", "Pelli Pustakam", "Seeta Kalyanam", and "Sri Rama Rajyam". He was a music artist, painter, illustrator, cartoonist, and designer. In 2013, he was awarded the Padma Shri, for his contribution to Indian art and cinema Bapu died on August 31, 2014 in Chennai, India from cardiac arrest, aged 80.
Sir Theodore Wilson Harris (24 March 1921 – 8 March 2018) was a Guyanese writer. He wrote poetry, but has since become a well-known novelist and essayist.  His writing style was often said to be abstract and densely metaphorical. Harris was thought to be one of the most original and innovative voices in postwar literature in English.
Edward Ricardo Braithwaite (June 27, 1912 – December 12, 2016) was a Guyanese novelist, writer, teacher, and diplomat. He is best known for his stories of social conditions and racial discrimination against black people.  He is the author of the 1959 autobiographical novel "To Sir, With Love" which was made into a 1967 movie, "To Sir, with Love", starring Sidney Poitier. E. R. Braithwaite hated the movie, particularly because his novel's interracial relationships and racial issues were not included in the movie's screenplay, although the royalties from the movie made him wealthy. Braithwaite was born in Georgetown, Guyana. He died on December 12, 2016 at a hospital in Rockville, Maryland from complications of a heart attack at the age of 104.
Phyllis Curtin (December 3, 1921 – June 4, 2016) was an American classical soprano. She had an active career in operas and concerts from the early 1950s through the 1980s. She was known for her creation of new roles such as the title role in the Carlisle Floyd opera "Susannah", Catherine Earnshaw in Floyd's "Wuthering Heights", and in other works by this composer. She retired from singing in 1984. Curtin was born Phyllis Smith in Clarksburg, West Virginia. She died on June 4, 2016, aged 94, from non-communicable disease (circulatory disease).
Stan Goldberg (May 5, 1932 – August 31, 2014) was an American comic book artist. He was best known for his work with Archie Comics and as a Marvel Comics colorist who in the 1960s helped design the original color schemes of Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and other major characters. Goldberg was born in New York City, on May 5, 1932. He was inducted into the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame in 2011. Goldberg died at age 82 on August 31, 2014, the result of a stroke he suffered two weeks prior.
Lewis Gilbert, CBE (6 March 1920 – 23 February 2018) was a British movie director, producer and screenwriter. He has directed more than 40 movies during six decades. He is known for his movies; "Reach for the Sky" (1956), "Sink the Bismarck!" (1960), "Alfie" (1966), "Educating Rita" (1983) and "Shirley Valentine" (1989), as well as three James Bond movies: "You Only Live Twice" (1967), "The Spy Who Loved Me" (1977) and "Moonraker" (1979). Gilbert was born in London, England. He died at home in Monaco on 23 February 2018, aged 97.
Jimmy Wayne "Jimi" Jamison (August 23, 1951 – September 1, 2014) was an American rock singer. He was best known as the longtime frontman of platinum selling rock bands Cobra and Survivor and as the voice and cowriter of the theme song for "Baywatch". Jamison died on September 1, 2014 in Memphis, Tennessee from a heart attack, aged 63.
Pat Cooper (born Pasquale Caputo July 31, 1929 – June 6, 2023) was an American actor and comedian. He was known for his roles in "The Howard Stern Show" , "Imus in the Morning" and "Opie and Anthony". He played a mobster in the movie "Analyze This" (1999) and its sequel "Analyze That" (2002). Cooper died on June 6, 2023 at his home in Las Vegas, Nevada at the age of 93.
William Forrest Winter (February 21, 1923 – December 18, 2020) was an American politician. He served as the 57th Governor of Mississippi from 1980 to 1984 as a Democrat. He was born in Grenada, Mississippi. Winter died on December 18, 2020 in Jackson, Mississippi at the age of 97.
Biological pigments are pigments which are chemical colours. The colours of plants and animals have various functions. Chlorophyll is the green pigment used to collect light energy for photosynthesis in plants. Many colours on plants and animals work to change the behaviour of animals. They can be seen, and they act as a means of camouflage, warning or attraction (pollination; mating). The common dark pigment melanin often has the function of protection against sunlight (ultraviolet radiation). Pigments are different from structural colors. Pigments look the same from all angles. Structural color is the result of reflection or iridescence. For this reason, structural colors look different from different viewing angles. As an example, the wings of butterflies commonly use structural color.
Maya Rao (2 May 1928 - 1 September 2014) was an Indian classical dancer, choreographer and educator in Kathak dance. She is known for her work in Kathak choreography, especially in dance ballets, and was thought for bringing Kathak, a North Indian-dance style to South India, when she opened her dance school, Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography (NIKC) in Malleswaram, Bangalore in 1987. She was also the founder director of her dance company, "Natya and Stem Dance Kampani" based in Bangalore. Rao died of cardiac arrest in Bangalore, aged 86.
Norman Gordon (6 August 1911 – 2 September 2014) was a South African cricketer. He played in five Tests in the 1938–39 South African cricket season. He was born in Boksburg, Transvaal. He was the only Test cricketer to live beyond 100 years of age. Gordon became the oldest-ever Test cricketer on 23 March 2011, when he surpassed New Zealander Eric Tindill, who died on 1 August 2010, approximately four months before his 100th birthday. Gordon died in Johannesburg from natural causes, aged 103.
Robert James "Bob"/"Gino" Marella (June 4, 1937 – October 6, 1999) was an American professional wrestler, play-by-play commentator, and booker. He was better known by his ring name Gorilla Monsoon. He is known for his professional wrestling run as a super-heavyweight main eventer. He is also known for being the voice of the World Wrestling Federation as a commentator and backstage manager during the 1980s and 1990s. He also served as the on-screen WWF President. In honor of Monsoon, the staging area behind the entrance curtain at an event, a position which Monsoon established and where he could often be found during WWF shows late in his career, is named the Gorilla Position. On June 9, 1994, he was inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame by Jim Ross. Death. On October 6, 1999, Monsoon died of heart failure brought on by complications of diabetes at his Willingboro Township, New Jersey home. In a tribute which aired on WWF television after his death, McMahon described Marella as "one of the greatest men I have ever known." Monsoon's death was acknowledged by WCW commentator Tony Schiavone (at Bobby Heenan's request) on the October 11, 1999 episode of WCW Monday Nitro, even though Monsoon had never worked for WCW. Heenan said: "Gorilla will be sadly missed. Now he was one big tough man. He was a decent honest man. And we're all gonna miss him very much. And you know the pearly gates in heaven? It's now gonna be called 'the Gorilla position.' Goodbye, my friend." He was interred next to his son, Joey Marella, at Lakeview Memorial Park in Cinnaminson, New Jersey.
Structural coloration is a coloring that results from the special structure of the surface. Sometimes structural coloration is combined with pigments: for example, peacock tail feathers are pigmented brown, but their structure makes them appear blue, turquoise, and green, and often they appear iridescent. English scientists Robert Hooke and Isaac Newton were the first who observed structural coloration. Thomas Young described its principle a century later and called it wave interference. Young described iridescence as the result of interference between reflections from several surfaces of thin films, combined with refraction as light enters and leaves such films. The geometry then determines that at certain angles, the light reflected from both surfaces adds (interferes constructively), while at other angles, the light subtracts. As a result, different colors appear at different angles.
Faking It is an American romantic comedy television series. MTV showed three seasons from 2014 to 2016. Faking It is set in Austin, Texas. It is about two high school girls who are best friends. They pretend to be a lesbian couple.
Daniel Auteuil (; born 24 January 1950) is a French actor.  Auteuil was born in Algiers, French Algeria. He was raised in Avignon and Nancy.  He won a Prix d'Interpretation Masculin for Best Actor for his role in "The Eighth Day" ("Le huitième jour") and a BAFTA Award for his role in "Jean de Florette".
Victoria Gray Adams (November 5, 1926 – August 12, 2006) was an American civil rights activist. She was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on November 5, 1926. She went to Wilberforce University, but could not afford it so she had to leave. Even though she did not finish college, Adams found work as a teacher.  Career. Adams was an African American who became interested in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s when she started teaching classes for people who wanted to vote. In 1962, Adams became a secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). Not long after becoming more involved in civil rights, Adams led a boycott against businesses in Hattiesburg. She also helped to organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Adams, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Annie Devine (fellow activists) were chosen to be the represent the MFDP. They traveled to Atlantic City to go to the Democratic Convention. They were not seated this time, but in 1968 they were all seated as guests on the floor of the US House of Representatives. Adams became the first woman from Mississippi to run for the US Senate. Adams made a big change when in 1968, she and her husband moved to Thailand. Her goal for this move was to fight against discrimination towards African-American soldiers and their families. Adams had a very successful career, receiving many awards and honors for her efforts towards ending discrimination. She was also in the documentary Eyes on the Prize and taught at the University of Southern Mississippi.  Death. Victoria Adams died on August 12, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland when she was 79 from cancer.
Reverend Samuel Akinbode Sadela (Ifon Osun, 25 August 1900? - Lagos, 26 August 2014) was a Nigerian pastor and an unverified claimant for the world's oldest man. If his age is true, he would have been the oldest living man, the oldest living person in Africa, the oldest person in Nigeria, and the 10th oldest living person. Sadela is also known for being married at 107 years old to a 30 years old woman. Rev. Samuel Akinbode Sadela was a remarkable man of God who was instrumental to almost all the Christian revivals which happened in Nigeria. He put an amazing 82 years into the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was the founder of the Gospel Apostolic Church. His first school was St. Paul's Primary School in Ifon Osun. In 1914, he was forced to drop out of school and start working. In 1918, he returned to school. He went to the University of London in 1925. After graduation, he became a priest. Before the news of his death, the high priest claimed that Samuel was in the hospital and that he was receiving medical treatment. Apparently he died on the premises of his church in Lagos, Nigeria. On 26 August 2014, he died at the claimed age of 114 from natural causes.
Gottfried John (; August 29, 1942 – September 1, 2014) was a German actor and comedian. John was known for his roles in General Ourumov in the James Bond movie "GoldenEye" and Julius Caesar in "Asterix and Obelix take on Caesar". On September 1, 2014, John died in Utting am Ammersee near Munich, Germany of cancer at age 72.
John Bowman Duncan (December 7, 1923 – February 8, 2016) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in "The East Side Kids", "The Bowery Boys" and the 1949 serial "Batman and Robin" as Dick Grayson/Robin, the Boy Wonder. He was also in "Bedtime for Bonzo" and in "Plan 9 from Outer Space" He was also one of the "Dead End Kids". They were a group of young actors from New York who were in a Broadway play, "Dead End", in 1935.