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The United States one-cent coin, also called the penny, is a unit of currency. It equals one one hundredth of a United States dollar. The cent's symbol is ¢. Its front has shown the profile of President Abraham Lincoln since 1909, 100 years after his birth. Its back has shown the Union Shield since 2010. The official name for this coin from the United States Mint is "cent".
Dietrich Hugo Hermann von Choltitz (9 November 1894 – 5 November 1966) was an officer of the German Army in World War II. Choltitz was born in Gräflich Wiese (now Łąka Prudnicka) next to Neustadt (now Prudnik). He participated in occupation of Sudetenland in 1938 and in the invasion of Poland in 1939. On 7 August 1944 he became the military governor of Paris. On 25 August he surrendered Paris to the Allies.  He has been called the "Saviour of Paris" because he prevented its destruction. Choltitz said he defied Hitler's direct order for its destruction because it was militarily useless. Other reasons were his affection for Parisian history and culture, and his belief that Hitler had become insane. Choltitz died on 5 November 1966 in Baden-Baden.
Mary Poppins Returns is a 2018 fantasy musical comedy-drama movie. It is a sequel to the 1964 award-winning movie "Mary Poppins". Like the first movie, it is also based on the book series of the same name by P. L. Travers. Plot. In 1935 London, England, Michael Banks lives in his childhood home. He lives with his children Annabel, John and Georgie. His wife Kate died a year ago. For that reason, Ellen and Jane are helping him raise the children. However, Michael has taken out a loan from the Fidelity Fiduciary Bank to cover his expenses. William Weatherall Wilkins sends his partners to warn Michael that his house will be taken from him if he doesn't repay the loan by Friday. Michael and Jane remember their father left them shares in the bank that can cover the loan. They search the house for the certificate proving their ownership of the shares. During the search, Michael finds a kite. But there's no worth in it anymore, so he puts it out to give away. While out in the park with Annabel and John, Georgie finds the kite and tries flying it. He ends up being pulled into the sky. He then comes down with Mary Poppins. She decides to take care of the three children as their nanny. She starts off by drawing them a bath. The bath leads down to an oceanic world. Mary Poppins denies anything in fantasy happened. Michael goes to the bank to see if he can find proof of his shares. Wilkins, though, denies there are any records of them. Right after Michael leaves, Wilkins tears the record from the official book and burns it in the fireplace. That evening, Annabel and John decide to sell their mother's "priceless" bowl to pay off the debt. But Georgie tries to stop them. The bowl ends up damaged because of the three fighting over it. The next day, Mary Poppins and the children go and see Topsy so they can get the bowl fixed. But they find out that the bowl isn't worth much. They then head to the bank to give Michael his briefcase. When the children go
Peter Popoff (born July 2, 1946) is a German-born/American televangelist. He was exposed in 1986 for using an earpiece to receive radio messages from his wife Elizabeth. She gave him the names, addresses and ailments of members of the audience during Popoff-led religious services. Popoff falsely said God revealed the information to him so he could cure them by faith healing. Popoff went bankrupt in 1987. But he made a comeback in the late 1990s. Beginning around the mid-2000s, he bought television time to promote "Miracle Spring Water" on late-night infomercials. He referred to himself as a prophet. The "Business Insider" said: "No matter how many times his claims are debunked, he seems to bounce back with another version of the same old scam." Popoff was born in West Berlin, Germany. He was raised in California.
Lawrence G. Roberts (December 21, 1937 – December 26, 2018) was an American scientist. He won the Draper Prize in 2001 "for the development of the Internet", and the Principe de Asturias Award in 2002. Roberts created the ARPANET using packet switching techniques invented by British computer scientist Donald Davies. The ARPANET was a forerunner to the modern Internet.
is "seinen" manga series created by Tochi Ueyama. The story is about a salaryman who can cook well. The manga won a Special Award at the 39th Kodansha Manga Awards. Full recipes for the dishes shown in each chapter are provided at the end of the chapter. The anime of "Cooking Papa" was aired on TV Asahi Thursday every week from April 9, 1992 to May 25, 1995. It was produced by Eiken and directed by Tochi Ueyama. The anime series ran for 151 episodes. It was also aired in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Middle East.
Kiwano ("Cucumis metuliferus"), also known as horned melon, is a sweet tropical fruit. It is an annual vine in the cucumber and melon family, "Cucurbitaceae". It is also called "horned melon" since its fruit has horn-like spines. When ripe, the fruit has orange skin and lime green, jelly-like flesh. Kiwano is native to Sub-Saharan Africa. It is now grown in the United States, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Chile, Australia, and New Zealand. Kiwano is a traditional food plant in Africa. Along with the Gemsbok cucumber ("Acanthosicyos naudinianus") and Tsamma ("Citron melon"), it is one of the few sources of water during the dry season in the Kalahari Desert. In northern Zimbabwe, it is called "gaka" or "gakachika". There it is primarily used as a snack or salad, and rarely for decoration.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence, or A.I., is a 2001 American science fiction drama movie directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay was by Spielberg based on the 1969 short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss.  The movie was produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Spielberg and Bonnie Curtis. It stars Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson and William Hurt. It is set in a futuristic post-climate change society.  "A.I." tells the story of David (Osment), a childlike android uniquely programmed with the ability to love.  Plot. The film takes place in the 22nd century with the effects of climate change changing the world. Henry and Monica are a couple whose child Martin is very sick and remains in a state of motionlessness (suspended animation). The couple acquires David, a robot capable of loving, to replace Martin. Martin gets better and returns. He becomes jealous of David. Martin tries to get David to do dangerous things that may hurt others. At a party, David tries to protect Martin but ends up almost drowning David. David is to be returned and destroyed, but Monica lets David stay in the woods. David wishes to be turned into a real boy by the Blue Fairy. David gets captured by a "Flesh Fair" but gets out, because the people believe he is really human. David travels with Joe. He eventually arrives in New York and meets his creator. He sees that there are other robots like himself and wants to kill himself. He jumps in the ocean and encounters a statue he believes to be the Blue Fairy. Centuries later, humans are extinct, and other species find David and revive him. David wishes to become a boy. Instead, they use the genes of Monica's hair to recreate her so that David can live one more day with her.
A hachimaki (鉢巻, "helmet scarf") is a headband with styles that came from Japan. They are usually made from red and white cloth. People wear them to show hard work, or to keep sweat from the eyes. History. Nobody is sure how hachimaki started. Most people say that Samurai wore them under their helmets for comfort. Kamikaze pilots wore them before flying to their deaths. Styles. Hachimaki are normally decorated with words, such as "Nippon Ichi" (日本一, "the best of Japan"), and with the rising sun between the kanji characters.
Sembawang MRT station (NS11) is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the North South Line in Sembawang, Singapore. The station is in the middle of two roads, Sembawang Way and Sembawang Alley. The station is next to a shopping mall Sun Plaza. A bus station called Sembawang Bus Interchange is also close to the station. History. When the North South Line is planned, there is a station called Sembawang. It is between two other stations - Yio Chu Kang and Yishun. The station is now named Khatib. In 1990, North South Line Woodlands Extension was planed. Sembawang was not part of this planned route. Later, the Singapore government agree to built this station . The station opened on 10 February 1996. The area around the station was not yet filled with anything. Only Canberra Road and a very small Sembawang New Town are located nearby. There are a lot of passengers who fell down into the tracks of the Station. Some passengers also go into the tracks illegally. In 2011, the Land Transport Authority started to build low doors and barriers around the tracks. They were completed in 2012. This station also have high-volume low-speed fans installed in 2012.
The words "hard copy" and "soft copy" are about pages of words and pictures either recorded onto printed paper or in soft-copy form as shown and spoken in telephone or computer machine forms. Sometimes, a recording on a compact disc (CD) can be considered a hard copy of music, pictures or people talking. In the U.S.. In information handling, the U.S. Federal Standard 1037C (Glossary of Telecommunication Terms) defines a "hard copy" as a permanent reproduction, or copy, in the form of a physical object, of any media suitable for direct use by a person (in particular paper), of displayed or transmitted data. Examples of hard copy include teleprinter pages, continuous printed tapes, computer printouts, and radio photo prints. On the other hand, physical objects such as magnetic tapes, diskettes, or non-printed punched paper tapes are not defined as hard copy by 1037C. A file which can be viewed on a screen without printing it out is known as a "soft copy". The U.S. Federal Standard 1037C defines "soft copy" as "a nonpermanent display image, for example, a cathode ray tube display." Older meanings. The term "hard copy" predates the age of the digital computer. When making printed books and newspapers, hard copy refers to a manuscript or typewritten pages that have been edited and proofread and is ready for typesetting or being read on-air on the radio or television broadcast. This traditional meaning has been all but forgotten in the time of the information revolution.
Héctor Marcos Timerman (16 December 1953 – 30 December 2018) was an Argentine journalist, politician, human rights activist and diplomat. He was the Minister of Foreign Relations from 2010 to 2015, during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. He was born in Buenos Aires. Timerman died on 30 December 2018 in Buenos Aires from liver cancer at the age of 65.
Yehoshua Glazer (29 December 1927 – 29 December 2018) was an Israeli footballer. He played for Maccabi Tel Aviv and for the Israel national football team his entire career. He was born in Tel Aviv.  Glazer died on his 91st birthday on 29 December 2018 in Tel Aviv.
Syed Jahangir (2 January 1935 – 29 December 2018) was a Bangladeshi painter. He painted for over 55 years including 9000 oils, watercolors and mixed medias. Through his career, Jahangir has held 35 solo and 1 group exhibition. Jahangir died on 29 December 2018 at the age of 83.
Ringo Lam Ling-Tung (, Cantonese: Lam Ling-tung; 1955 – 29 December 2018) was a Hong Kong director, producer, and screenwriter. His best known work was "Aces Go Places IV". Lam directed "City on Fire" in 1987, which led him to winning his first Hong Kong Film Award. On December 29, 2018, Lam was found dead at his home in Hong Kong, aged 63.
Rosenda Monteros (31 August 1935 – 29 December 2018) was a Mexican actress. She was born in Veracruz. She was best known for her role as Petra in "The Magnificent Seven". She also starred in "A Woman's Devotion" and "Tiara Tahiti". Monteros died in Mexico City on 29 December 2018 at the age of 83.
Aldo Simoes Parisot (September 30, 1918 – December 29, 2018) was a Brazilian-born American cellist and cello teacher. He was first a member of the Juilliard School faculty. He was a music professor at the Yale School of Music for sixty years (1958 to July 2018), retiring at age 99. He was born in Natal, Brazil. Personal life. Parisot was married twice. His first marriage, to the former Ellen Lewis, produced three sons, one of whom is film director Aldo L. "Dean" Parisot. His second marriage, to the pianist Elizabeth Sawyer Parisot, lasted 52 years, until his death. Parisot died at his home in Guilford, Connecticut, on December 29, 2018, aged 100.
Dick Helling (22 September 1950 – 30 December 2018) was a Dutch professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He was born in Zaandam, Netherlands. Helling began his career with Telstar, and also played for Ajax, before spending 8 seasons with Volendam, for whom he scored 48 goals in 218 games in all competitions. Helling died on 30 December 2018 from a stroke in The Hague, aged 68.
Edgar Hilsenrath (April 2, 1926 – December 30, 2018) was a German writer. He was born in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. He was known for his works "Night", "The Nazi and the Barber", and "The Story of the Last Thought". Hilsenrath died in Berlin from complications of pneumonia on December 30, 2018 at the age of 92.
István Seregély (13 March 1931 – 31 December 2018) was a Hungarian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was Archbishop of Eger from 5 June 1987 to 15 March 2007. He was born in Szombathely, Hungary. Seregély died on 31 December 2018 in a priest social home in Nyíregyháza, Hungary at the age of 87.
Peter Thompson (27 November 1942 – 30 December 2018) was an English footballer. He was born in Carlisle, Cumbria. He made 560 appearances in the Football League playing for Preston North End, Liverpool and Bolton Wanderers. Thompson played as an outside left for the Liverpool team which had major successes in the 1960s. He was capped 16 times for England. On 31 December 2018, it was announced Thompson died at the age of 76. Honours. Preston North End Liverpool Bolton Wanderers
John McCririck (17 April 1940 – 5 July 2019) was an English television horse racing pundit, journalist and presenter. He began his career in journalism at "The Sporting Life", where he twice won at the British Press Awards. He joined the "Daily Star", but was later fired by the newspaper. During 1984 and 1985, horse racing moved from ITV to Channel 4 as "Channel 4 Racing". In early 2018, McCririck suffered from pneumonia, which caused a dramatic weight loss. He died on 5 July 2019 at a hospital in London at the age of 79. The cause of death was lung cancer.
James Arthur Osmond (born April 16, 1963) is an American singer, actor, and businessman. He is the youngest member of the sibling musical group the Osmonds. Osmond has had six gold records, one platinum record, and two gold albums. He was born in Canoga Park, California. He made his career debut in the "Andy Williams Show" in 1967. Personal life. On 27 December 2018, following his performance as Captain Hook in a Birmingham, England production, he was hospitalized after having a stroke. He is now in good health after a full recovery. He had suffered a stroke in 2004.
Vibrio vulnificus is a form of bacteria that can make people ill, as when eating bad clams or oysters, and more in people with a liver disease. "Vibrio vulnificus" is a species of Gram-negative, motile, curved rod-shaped (bacillus), pathogenic bacteria of the genus "Vibrio". Present in marine environments such as estuaries, brackish ponds, or coastal areas, "V. vulnificus" is related to 'V. cholerae', as a bacteria which can give people cholera. Infection with "V. vulnificus" leads to rapidly expanding cellulitis or sepsis. It was first isolated as a source of disease in 1976. The capsule, made of polysaccharides, is thought to protect against phagocytosis. The observed connection of the infection with liver disease (associated with increased serum iron) might be due to the capability of more virulent strains to capture iron bound to transferrin.
Paul Christopher Neville (20 March 1940 – 1 January 2019) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the National Party. Neville was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to August 2013, representing the Division of Hinkler, Queensland. Neville died at a hospital in Bundaberg, Queensland on 1 January 2019 at the age of 78.
Raymond Ramazani Baya (16 June 1943 – 1 January 2019) was a Congolese politician. He was the Foreign Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo under the transitional government following his appointment to that post on July 23, 2004. He left the office on February 6, 2007. Before, he was the Ambassador of Zaire to France from 1990 to 1996. Baya died on 1 January 2019 at a Paris hospital at the age of 75.
William Gianelli (February 19, 1919 – March 30, 2020) was an American lawyer, engineer and politician. He was the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) from 1981 to 1984 during the Ronald Reagan. Before this, Gianelli as head of the California Department of Water Resources. He was born in Stockton, California. Gianelli died on March 30, 2020 in Monterey, California at the age of 101.
Stephen Wilkinson MBE (29 April 1919 – 10 August 2021) was an English choral conductor and composer. From 1947 to 1953, Wilkinson was director of the Hertfordshire Rural Music School at Hitchin. From 1953 to 1979 he was on the Music Staff of the BBC, first in Leeds, then from 1961 in Manchester.  Wilkinson also performed with other professional choirs - the BBC Singers in London, the RTE Singers in Dublin and the Nederlands Kammerkoor.  Wilkinson turned 100 in April 2019. He died on 10 August 2021, aged 102.
Basil S. Yamey, CBE (4 May 1919 – 9 November 2020) was a South African economist. He was born in Cape Town in South Africa. For many years he was a Professor at the London School of Economics. He was a part-time member of the Monopolies and Mergers Commission from 1966 to 1978. Yamey died on 9 November 2020 in Cape Town at the age of 101.
June Rosalind Spencer, (14 June 1919 – 8 November 2024) was an English actress. She was best known as the voice of Peggy Woolley in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera "The Archers".  Spencer attended Mountford House preparatory school and Nottingham Girls' High School, which she left at the age of 15 to look after her mother. After joining an amateur dramatic society, she earned a London Guildhall School of Music and Drama certificate. She also studied at Stockwin Music College from the age of 12.  Spencer turned 100 in June 2019. She died on 8 November 2024 in Leatherhead, Surrey at the age of 105.
Gualberto Mauro Cía Montañero (3 July 1919 – 3 January 1990) was an Argentine boxer and actor. Life. Early life. Montañero was born in Buenos Aires.  Career. At the age of 29, when he was an assistant officer at the Argentine Federal Police. He was in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, United Kingdom in the light heavyweight classification.  After a brief acting career in the boxing-themed movies "Su última pelea" (1949), "Diez segundos" (1949) and "Nace un campeón" (1952), Cía unsuccessfully attempted to qualify for the 1956 Summer Olympics
Robert Morris Morgenthau ( ; July 31, 1919 – July 21, 2019) was an American lawyer. From 1975 until his retirement in 2009, he was the District Attorney for New York County, the borough of Manhattan. He also was United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York throughout much of the 1960s on the appointment of John F. Kennedy. Morgenthau was the longest-serving district attorney in the history of the State of New York until 2018. Morgenthau died at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan on July 21, 2019 from a short-illness, ten days before his 100th birthday.
Eleanor Margaret Burbidge ("née" Peachey), FRS (August 12, 1919 – April 5, 2020) was a British-born American astrophysicist. She was known for her original research and holding many educational posts, including Director of the Royal Greenwich Observatory. During her career, she worked at the University of London Observatory, Yerkes Observatory of the University of Chicago, Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge, England, the California Institute of Technology, and from 1979 to 1988 was first director of the Center for Astronomy and Space Sciences at the University of California San Diego, where she has worked since 1962. In 2003, Burbidge was added into the Women's Museum of California Hall of Fame honoring her career and achievements. Burbidge died on April 5, 2020 in San Francisco at the age of 100 after suffering a fall.
Walter Bernstein (August 20, 1919 – January 23, 2021) was an American screenwriter and movie producer. He was blacklisted by the Hollywood movie studios in the 1950s. He was born in Brooklyn, New York City.  His first major work was screenwriting Sidney Lumet's "That Kind of Woman". He is known for his writing works "Paris Blues" (1961), "Fail-Safe" (1964), "The Magnificent Seven" (1960) and "The Train" (1964). Bernstein died on January 23, 2021 in New York City from pneumonia, aged 101.
Gladys Davis ["Terrie"] (September 1, 1919 – October 26, 1991) was a Canadian shortstop and outfielder. She played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League between the 1943 and 1946 seasons with the Rockford Peaches from Rockford, Illinois. Davis batted and threw right handed. She was born in Toronto, Ontario.
Mario Augusto Bunge (; ; 21 September 1919 – 24 February 2020) was an Argentine-Canadian philosopher, philosopher of science and physicist. He was born in Buenos Aires. Bunge has written more than 400 papers and 80 books, notably his best known work "Treatise on Basic Philosophy" in 8 volumes (1974–1989). He is known for his work that involved the core of modern philosophy: semantics, ontology, epistemology, philosophy of science and ethics. He was a critic of the lack of democratic process in the United Nations.
Rear Admiral Edward Lewis "Whitey" Feightner (October 14, 1919 – April 1, 2020) was a United States Navy officer. He was known for his services in World War II Pacific Theater of Operations. During two combat tours, he shot down nine enemy aircraft to become a flying ace. He commanded two Navy ships, served as the head of Navy Fighter Design, and was a key contributor to fighter studies that resulted in the development of jet aircraft that are still in active service. Feightner was the only pilot to land the dash-1 variant of the Vought F7U Cutlass aboard a carrier. He led VF-11 to become the first Atlantic fleet unit in which every pilot received the coveted "E" award in a single exercise. He turned 100 in October 2019. Feightner died on April 1, 2020 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho at the age of 100. Awards and Decorations. Feightner was awarded the following decorations for his military service.
Alun Arthur Gwynne Jones, Baron Chalfont, (5 December 1919 – 10 January 2020) was a British politician. He was a retired British Army officer and historian. He was awarded the Efficiency Medal in October 1950. He was a minister in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office from 1964 to 1970 and appointed to the Privy Council in the former year.  On 27 March 1967, in the House of Lords, Chalfont became the spokesman/figurehead for Harold Wilson. He was the author of several military history books on subjects including the Napoleonic Wars. He retired from the House of Lords on 10 November 2015. Jones died on 10 January 2020 at the age of 100.
Bert J. Harris Jr. (December 9, 1919 – May 19, 2019) was an American politician. He was born in Warwick, Georgia. Harris Jr. was a member of the Democratic Party. He was in the Florida House of Representatives from 1982 to 1996 for district 77. Harris Jr. died on May 19, 2019 in Lake Placid, Florida at the age of 99.
Charles Edward McGee (December 7, 1919 − January 16, 2022) was an African-American fighter pilot. He was one of the Tuskegee Airmen and a career officer in the United States Air Force for 30 years who flew a total of 409 combat missions in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. McGee was born in Cleveland, Ohio.  McGee died in his sleep on January 16, 2022 in Bethesda, Maryland, at the age of 102.