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Roger Henri Vivier (November 13 1907 – 2 October 1998) was a French fashion designer who specialized in shoes. Early life. Born on November 13, 1903 in Paris, France and died on October 2, 1998 in Toulouse, France. His best-known creation was the stiletto heel. Orphan at the age of nine, Vivier studied sculpture at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and his compositions show a concern for form and texture characteristic of a sculptor. His best-known creation is the stiletto heel, which he shares in the creation authorship with Charles Jourdan. Works. In 1937, he opened his first store on rue Royale in Paris and worked for Elsa Schiaparelli. After several years in New York, he designed shoes for the Christian Dior collections, then collaborated with Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Balmain, Nina Ricci, Guy Laroche. In 1970, hippie fashion inspired her waders that Brigitte Bardot and young women in miniskirts adopted. In 1985, he opened a boutique on Madison Avenue, in New York, and another in Japan in 1991. In 1997, he even became artistic director of Myrys. Over the years, he has created custom models for such famous personalities as Josephine Baker, Jeanne Moreau, Catherine Deneuve, and the Beatles.
Vine () was an American short-form video hosting service where users shared six-second-long, looping video clip's. It was founded in June 2012. Twitter bought it in October 2012, before its launch on January 24, 2013.  Videos were published through Vine's social network, and could be shared on other platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. The Vine app could be used to browse videos, along with groups of videos by theme, and "trending" videos. Vine competed with other social-media services such as Instagram and Mobli. By December 2015, Vine had 200 million active users. On October 27, 2016, Twitter announced it would disable uploads, but viewing and download would continue to work.  On January 20, 2017, Twitter launched an Internet archive of all Vine videos, allowing people to watch previously uploaded videos. The archive was discontinued in 2019.
Lucky Peterson (born Judge Kenneth Peterson; December 13, 1964 – May 17, 2020) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. He played contemporary blues, fusing soul, R&amp;B, gospel and rock and roll. He played guitar and keyboards. Peterson was born in Buffalo, New York. His best known albums were "You Can Always Turn Around", "Live at the 55 Arts Club Berlin" and "Deep Down". Peterson died on May 17, 2020 at a hospital in Dallas, Texas at the age of 55.
Yuri Zisser (, June 28, 1960 – May 17, 2020) was a Ukrainian-born Belarusian web businessman and blogger. He was the founder and owner of TUT.BY. the most visited Belarusian web portal. Zisser was born in Lviv, Ukraine. In 1987 he moved to Minsk, Belarus. In 1992, created the company "Nadezhnye programmy" (). He was born in Lviv, Ukraine. Zisser died of stomach cancer on May 17, 2020 in Minsk at the age of 59.
Maciej Marian Giertych (, born March 24, 1936) is a Polish dendrologist and social conservative politician. He is a member of the League of Polish Families (LPR). He was a member of the Sejm between 2001 and 2004 and a Polish member of the European Parliament from 2004 to 2009.  He was a candidate for President of Poland in the 2005 elections, but withdrew from the race because of low vote results (circa 3%).
Robert Leszek Moczulski (, 7 June 1930 – 10 October 2024) was a Polish historian and politician. He was a member of many government organizations as a critic of communism. From 1993 to 1997, he was a member of Sejm. He is a member of the Confederation of Independent Poland. Moczulski was born in Warsaw. Moczulski died in Warsaw on 10 October 2024 at the age of 94.
Amistad is a 1997 American historical drama movie directed by Steven Spielberg. It is based on the true story of the events in 1839 aboard the slave ship "La Amistad". It stars Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, and Matthew McConaughey. David Franzoni's screenplay was based on the book "" (1987).  "Amistad" received mainly positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the movie receives an approval rating of 77% based on reviews from 64 critics. "Amistad" was nominated for Academy Awards in four categories: Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Hopkins), Best Original Dramatic Score (John Williams), Best Cinematography (Janusz Kamiński), and Best Costume Design (Ruth E. Carter).
Geno Silva (January 20, 1948 – May 9, 2020) was an American actor. He was best known for his role as The Skull, Alejandro Sosa's silent hitman in "Scarface" (1983). He also starred as Ruiz in the Academy Award-nominated movie "Amistad" (1997). Silva was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His career lasted from 1974 to 2007. Silva died on May 9, 2020 in Los Angeles from frontotemporal dementia-related problems, aged 72.
Radica Games Limited is an American company that makes electronic games. It was founded in 1983. It started by making electronic souvenir games for casinos. In the late 1990s, it became known for its "Bass Fishin" line of games. On October 3, 2006, Mattel, Inc. () announced they now own Radica. Radica still makes electronic handheld games based on casino or card games, but now also makes toys, board games, and video game accessories. Products. Product lines under Radica, past and present, include:
Lesley Ann Manville (born 12 March 1956) is an English actress. She was born in Brighton, Sussex, England. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "Phantom Thread" (2017). Manville also starred as Penny "All or Nothing" (2002). She also starred as Flittle in "Maleficent (2014). Manville was married to Gary Oldman from 1987 until they divorced in 1990. They have a son, Alfie.
Gugulethu "Gugu" Sophia Mbatha-Raw (; born 21 April 1983) is an English actress. She was born in Oxford, Oxfordshire. She starred as Tish Jones in the science-fiction series "Doctor Who" (2007). Her leading performance as the main character in Jessica Swale's 2015 play "Nell Gwynn". She also appeared in "Beauty and the Beast" (2017), "A Wrinkle in Time" (2018), and "Misbehaviour" (2020). She also starred as Hannah Shoenfeld on Apple TV+ drama series "The Morning Show" (2019) and as Ravonna Renslayer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe / Disney+ television series "Loki" (2021-2023).
Marama Mere-Ana Davidson (née Paratene; born 29 December 1973) is a New Zealand politician. She became a member of the New Zealand parliament in 2015 as a representative of the Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand. She is also the female co-leader of the Green Party.
James D. Oberweis (born June 10, 1946) is an American businessman, investment manager and politician. He is the owner of Oberweis Dairy in North Aurora near Chicago. He was a member of the Illinois Senate, representing the 25th district from 2013 until 2021. Oberweis ran for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate in 2002 and 2004 and the Republican nomination for Governor of Illinois in 2006. He was the Republican nominee for Illinois's 14th congressional district in a March 2008 special election and the November 2008 general election, losing on both occasions to Democrat Bill Foster. He was first elected to the Illinois Senate in 2012. He ran for the U.S. Senate again in 2014, losing to Democratic incumbent Dick Durbin. Oberweis announced he would run again for Illinois's 14th congressional district, challenging Lauren Underwood. On March 17, 2020, he won the Republican nomination. He lost the election by a narrow margin in November 2020.
Jeanne M. Ives (née Remmes, born October 4, 1964) is an American Republican politician. She was a member of the Illinois House of Representatives for the 42nd district from 2013 to 2019.  She ran in the Republican primary in the 2018 Illinois gubernatorial election, almost beating incumbent Governor Bruce Rauner. She is a candidate in the 2020 election for United States House of Representatives in Illinois's 6th congressional district, running against Democrat Sean Casten. On March 17, she won the Republican primary.
Elizabeth Ann Sheridan (April 10, 1929 – April 15, 2022) was an American actress and dancer. She was born in Rye, New York. She was best known for her role as Jerry's mother in "Seinfeld". She also played Edna Gordon in the 2009 romantic comedy "Play the Game". She also played Raquel on "ALF". Sheridan died on April 15, 2022 from natural causes, five days after her 93rd birthday.
ALF is an American sitcom television series that aired on NBC from September 22, 1986, to March 24, 1990. The title character is Gordon Shumway, a sarcastic, friendly alien nicknamed ALF, who crash-lands in the garage of the suburban middle-class Tanner family. The series stars Max Wright as father Willie Tanner, Anne Schedeen as mother Kate Tanner, and Andrea Elson and Benji Gregory as their children, Lynn and Brian Tanner. ALF was performed by puppeteer Paul Fusco, who co-created the show with Tom Patchett. "ALF" originally ran for four seasons and made 99 episodes. The series ended with an unresolved cliffhanger, but the later TV movie, "Project ALF", gave a series finale for the franchise. In August 2018, Warner Bros. Television announced development of an "ALF" reboot. These plans were cancelled in November 2018.
Mamaroneck is a village in Westchester County, New York, United States. The population was 20,151 at the 2020 census. It is located partially within the town of Mamaroneck and partially within the town of Rye.  The portion in Rye is unofficially called "Rye Neck".
Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, in the United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester. The population is 15,333, as of the 2020 US Census. Bennington is the most populous town in southern Vermont.
St. Johnsbury (known locally as "St. J") is the shire town (county seat) of Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 7,364 at the 2020 census. St. Johnsbury is located about northwest of the Connecticut River and south of the Canada-U.S. border.
Guildhall is a town in and the shire town (county seat) of Essex County, Vermont, United States. The population was 262 at the 2020 census. According to a large sign in the town center, it is the only town in the world with that name. It is bordered by New Hampshire and the Connecticut River on the east side.
Hyde Park is a town in and the shire town (county seat) of Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. The population was 3,020 at the 2020 census. There is also a village of the same name within the town.
North Hyde Park is an unincorporated village in the town of Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vermont, United States. It is also a census-designated place, with 403 people in 2020. The community is located along Vermont Route 100 and the Gihon River north of Morrisville. North Hyde Park has a post office with ZIP code 05665, which opened on May 29, 1839.
Chelsea is a town in and the shire town (county seat) of Orange County, Vermont, United States. The population was 1,233 at the 2020 census.
Woodstock is the shire town (county seat) of Windsor County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 3,005.
Growth capital is a type of private equity investment. It is usually provided to already mature businesses for them to be able to develop more, such as to expand or to enter new markets.
The Zimmer Twins is a Canadian animated series and website. The project was made by producer Jason Krogh and artist Aaron Leighton and is made by Lost the Plot Productions Inc. Some animations made by users of the website are made into shorts that are shown on Teletoon. Les Jumeaux Zimmer is the version of the television series and website in French. "The Zimmer Twins" is known for its unique format, which allows users to join in online to get their work to be shown on television. Children are invited to make and share 1-minute animated episodes using a story editor and library of animation. The audience creates endings to short "story-starters" that are professionally produced. Children tell their stories by choosing actions, characters, props and backgrounds. They can also add their own dialog and on-screen text. New clips are sometimes added. The first Zimmer Twins website came out on March 14, 2005. The television series was first shown on Teletoon in May 2005. 60 episodes (30 in English and 30 in French) were made and shown in the 2005/2006 Canadian television season. By the end of the first season, over 50,000 users had made over 100,000 episodes. A major change to the website happened on July 1, 2006. 120 episodes were shown in the 2006/2007 Canadian television season, and 32 episodes were shown in the 2007/2008 Canadian television season. The website's amount of users passed 200,000 on November 5, 2011. In 2008, the online audience voted to select the three most popular movies made by users. The winners' movies were in a half-hour awards show special that was shown on September 26, 2008 in English and September 20, 2008 in French. An Australian Zimmer Twins was made from 2006–2009, featuring James Arnold as Edgar, Alisa Koverick as Eva, and Luke as 13, and an American Zimmer Twins was made from 2007-2010, featuring James Arnold Taylor as Edgar, Lacey Chabert as Eva, and Seth Green as 13.
Félicien Kabuga (born 19 July 1935) is a Rwandan businessman. He is accused of participating in the Rwandan genocide. He was born in Muniga, Ruanda-Urundi. On 29 August 1998, the prosecutor of the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Carla Del Ponte, indicted Kabuga. In the amended indictment, Kabuga was charged with conspiracy to commit genocide, genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. He shortly went into hiding as a fugitive. Kabuga, aged 84, was captured in Asnières-sur-Seine, near Paris, France, on 16 May 2020 after 26 years as a fugitive.
Munir Mohamad Mangal (1950 – May 2, 2020) was an Afghan general. His professional military career lasted more than 40 years. Mangal was in high-level military and government positions. He was the Commander of the Afghan National Police, before his retirement in 2016. Mangal was born in Samkanay District, Paktia Province, Afghanistan, in 1950. Mangal died from COVID-19 at his home in Kabul on May 2, 2020, at the age of 70.
Marko Elsner (11 April 1960 – 18 May 2020) was a Slovenian footballer who played as a defender. He was born in Ljubljana, FPR Yugoslavia. He played 14 games for the Yugoslav national team between 1984 and 1988. He also played for the Slovenian national team from 1992 to 1993.  Elsner died on 18 May 2020 in Ljubljana from a long-illness on 18 May 2020, aged 60.
The Mahabodhi Temple (literally: "Great Awakening Temple") or the Mahabodhi Mahavihar, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is an ancient, but much rebuilt and restored, Buddhist temple in Bodh Gaya, marking the location where the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. The site contains a descendant of the Bodhi Tree under which Buddha gained enlightenment, and has been a major pilgrimage destination for Hindus and Buddhists for well over two thousand years, and some elements probably date to the period of Ashoka (died c. 232 BCE). It is the "National Buddhist temple of India" respectively.
Jens Georg Reich (born 26 March 1939) is a German scientist, activist and politician. He was born in Göttingen, Province of Hanover. He is a member of the German Ethics Council. He has become famous as a civil rights campaigner in the last years of the German Democratic Republic (GDR).  In 1994, he ran for President of Germany. He lost in the 1st round after winning 62 votes.
The recycling symbol is an internationally declared symbol of recycling. It can be found on products. Gary Anderson created the symbol in 1970.
Marion County is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2020, 65,359 people lived there. The county seat is Marion. History. The county was founded on May 1, 1824 and is named for General Francis "The Swamp Fox" Marion, a South Carolinian officer in the Revolutionary War. Geography. The U.S. Census Bureau says that the county has a total area of . Of that is land and (0.1%) is water. It is the fifth-smallest county in Ohio by total area. Demographics. 2020 census. The 2020 United States Census says that there were 65,359 people, 24,932 households, and 16,035 families living in the county. 2010 census. The 2010 United States Census says that there were 66,501 people, 24,691 households, and 16,837 families living in the county.
A figure eight is anything that is in the shape of the number 8 or the infinity symbol ∞. Movement in the shape of a figure eight is done in ice skating, auto racing, sailing, horse riding, and dancing. Some roller coasters are shaped like a figure eight. A figure-eight knot is a type of knot in knot theory. Another type of figure-eight knot, and the similar figure-eight loop and figure-eight bend, can be tied on a rope.
George Mikell (born Jurgis Mikelaitis; 4 April 1929 – 12 May 2020) was a Lithuanian-Australian actor and writer. He was best known for his roles as Schutzstaffel (SS) officers in "The Guns of Navarone" (1961) and "The Great Escape" (1963). Mikell has appeared in over 30 British and American movies from 1957 until his retirement in the early 2000s. Mikell was born in Bildeniai, Tauragė district, Lithuania. Mikell died on 12 May 2020 in London, aged 91.
Rosa Nell Powell (née Speer; September 22, 1922 – May 16, 2017) was an American southern gospel singer who sang with the well-known Speer Family. She was born in Double Springs, Alabama, the second child (and oldest daughter) of George Thomas "GT" Speer and Lena (née Brock) Speer (known to most people in Southern gospel music as "Dad" and "Mom" Speer), who led and helped founded the family group. Speer began singing with the group at age 3, and eventually became the singing group's pianist. Along with her parents, she performed with her brothers, Jackson Brock and Ben Lacy, and sister, Mary Tom. She continued to perform with the group/family until 1948, when she left to get married. Eventually Speer-Powell would return decades later to perform sporadically with the group (till its end in 1997), and sometimes with the Gaither Homecoming Series as well. Speer was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association in 2005. Personal life. Speer married Edwin Powell in 1948. He died in May, 1979. Death. Speer-Powell died on May 16, 2017. She was 94 years old. A pioneer of the Gaither homecoming, she left behind 3 kids and grandkids.
The COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Lithuania in February 2020.  On 18 March 2020, the first domestic case was confirmed, the first infected being an immediate family member of a known case. The first cases of community spread were found in the country on 19 March and the first related death happened on 20 March 2020. The Lithuanian government initially declared quarantine from 16 March to 30 March, but it was extended many times and was set to end on 31 May.
Chatham County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia, and is on the state's Atlantic coast. The county seat and largest city is Savannah. The county was created on February 5, 1777, and is named after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. At the 2020 census, 295,291 people lived in Chatham County. This makes it the sixth-most populous county in Georgia, and the most-populous Georgia county outside the Atlanta metropolitan area. It is part of the Savannah metropolitan area.
Giorgio Kutufà (April 10, 1948 – May 13, 2020) was an Italian Democratic Party politician. He was the President of the Province of Livorno from June 13, 2004, to October 14, 2014. He also was in the Regional Council of Tuscany from 1985 to 1995. He was born in Livorno. Kutufà died on May 13, 2020 in Livorno, aged 72.
Fred David Gray (born December 14, 1930) is an American civil rights attorney, preacher and activist. He was in charge of many major civil rights cases in Alabama, including some that reached the United States Supreme Court for rulings. He was the President of the National Bar Association in 1985, and in 2001 was elected as the first African-American President of the Alabama State Bar. From 1971 to 2015, he was a Democratic member of the Alabama House of Representatives. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama.
James Weldon Johnson (June 17, 1871June 26, 1938) was an American writer and civil rights activist. He was married to civil rights activist Grace Nail Johnson. Johnson was a leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). He started working there in 1917. In 1920, he was the first African American to be the executive secretary of the organization. This made him the person in charge. Johnson held that position from 1920 to 1930. As a writer, he was known during the Harlem Renaissance for his poems and his novel. He also has a collection of both poems and spirituals of black culture. He wrote the lyrics for "Lift Every Voice and Sing". This was later known as the Negro National Anthem. The music for the song was written by his younger brother, composer J. Rosamond Johnson. Johnson was the U.S. consul in Venezuela and Nicaragua for most of the period from 1906 to 1913. In 1934. he was the first African-American professor to be hired at New York University. Later in life, he was a professor at Fisk University, a historically black university.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic was confirmed to have reached Armenia on 1 March 2020 when its first case was confirmed. The disease, coronavirus disease 2019 (), caused by a new virus known as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (), has spread to all of the regions (marz) of Armenia. Armenia suspended visa-free travel for Chinese citizens since 1 February, shortly after it pushed a 90-day visa-free regime on 19 January. Citizens of Iran could no longer receive a visa on arrival either.  Passengers who had been to most of Europe, as well as Japan and South Korea, within the past 14 days, were no longer allowed to enter Armenia. The border of Armenia with the Republic of Artsakh was also closed in order to prevent the virus from spreading. Before the virus was confirmed to have arrived in Armenia, 118 tests were performed in February with negative results.
Willy Schmidt (29 October 1926 – 15 May 2020) was a Dutch footballer. He was born in Alkmaar, North Holland. He played for FC Eindhoven from 1951 to 1956, AFC Ajax from 1956 to 1959 and for Fortuna Sittard from 1959 to 1960. Schmidt died on 15 May 2020 in Almere, Flevoland at the age of 93.
F. Hoffmann-La Roche AG is a Swiss multinational healthcare company. It operates worldwide under two divisions: Pharmaceuticals and Diagnostics. Its holding company, Roche Holding AG, has bearer shares listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. The company headquarters are located in Basel. The company controls the American biotechnology company Genentech. Roche's revenues during fiscal year 2018 were 56.85 billion Swiss francs, or about US$57 billion. Roche is the second-largest pharmaceutical company worldwide.
Fritz Gerber (22 March 1929 – 10 May 2020) was a Swiss business executive and philanthropist. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Hoffmann-La Roche from 1978 to 1998. From 1977 to 1991, he was also the CEO of Zurich Insurance Group. He was born in Huttwil, Switzerland. Gerber had a stroke on 9 May 2020 and died the next day, aged 91.