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The flag of South Africa from 1928 to 1994 was the flag of the Union of South Africa from 1928 to 1961 and the flag of the Republic of South Africa to 1994. It was also the flag of South West Africa (now Namibia) to 1990, when that territory was under South African administration. The design features three horizontal bands of orange, white and blue with three small flags (the flag of the United Kingdom to the left, the vertical version of the flag of the Orange Free State in the centre and the flag of the South African Republic to the right) centered on the white band. Because of its colours it was known as the Oranje, Blanje, Blou (Afrikaans for Orange, White, Blue) by citizens. The flag is viewed as a symbol of apartheid and white supremacy, since 2019 it is illegal to display this flag in public in South Africa and is classified as a hate speech. This ruling is seen as a political move on the part of the ANC government, who has been ruling the country since 1994. The banning of the Oranje, Blanje, Blou is challenged by many in the South African Supreme Court of Appeal. In 2023, the ban was partially upheld by the Supreme Court which ruled that "gratuitous" display was unlawful but did not rule on if private display was unlawful.
Aromanticism or aromanticity is a romantic orientation in which a person does not experience romantic attraction, whether entirely, partially or circumstantially. They may not feel romantic love, and may not feel the need to be in romantic relationships. It doesn't mean they are agamous. They can have any sexual orientation, be asexual, bisexual, heterosexual, homosexual, pansexual, polysexual, omnisexual, pomosexual, or ceterosexual. It's often shortened to aro.
The Free European Song Contest (abbrev. as FreeESC) is a song contest run by the private channel ProSieben that started in 2020. Different singers representing countries in Europe (mainly) compete every year. Some of the competitors are famous singers include: Nico Santos (famous singer in Germany), Max Mutzke (represented Baden-Württemberg at the Bundesvision Song Contest 2014, Ilse DeLange (represented the Netherlands at the ESC2014 as member of The Common Linnets), Sarah Lombardi (participant in the 8º season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar), Eko Fresh (German rapper of Turkish and Kurdish descent who won 5 awards). The latest winner of the Free European Song Contest is Rea Garvey of Ireland. The Free European Song Contest was created by Stefan Raab (with the collaboration of the private channel ProSieben and the production company Brainpool TV) after the cancelation of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. The first contest took place at the ProSieben Studios, Cologne, Germany on 16 May 2020 at 20:15 CEST on the television channel ProSieben and the second contest took place at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany.
Ole Mogens Espersen (20 December 1934 – 4 December 2020) was a Danish politician. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party. Espersen was Minister of Justice during two cabinets of Anker Jørgensen in the 1980s. He also was a member of the Folketing from 1973 to 1994. Espersen died on 4 December 2020 at the age of 86.
was a Japanese volleyball player. She was a member of the Japanese winning team, . Tanida won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Tanida died on 4 December 2020 in Tokyo from a cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 81.
Xu Shousheng (; 23 January 1953 – 5 December 2020) was a Chinese politician. He was the Communist Party Secretary of Hunan from 2013 to 2016. He was the Governor of Hunan and Gansu provinces from 2006 to 2013. Xu was born in Jiangsu, China. Xu died on 5 December 2020 in Nanjing, China at the age of 67.
Ricardo Antonio Chavira (born September 1, 1971) is an American actor. He is best known for his role as Carlos Solis in the television series "Desperate Housewives" (2004–2012).  He plays Abraham Quintanilla in the television series "" (2020).
Li Guanxing (; 14 January 1940 – 1 December 2020) was a Chinese nuclear material engineer. He was president of the CNNC North Nuclear Fuel Element Co., Ltd. between 2001 and 2004. He was chairperson and party chief of China Nuclear Society from 2008 to 2018. He was a delegate to the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. In 1999, Li became a member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. He was born in Shanghai.  Li died of an illness in Beijing, on December 1, 2020, aged 80.
Lidia Menapace (born Brisca, 3 April 1924 – 7 December 2020) was an Italian resistance fighter and politician. She was a member of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. She was a member of the Communist Refoundation Party. Menapace died on 7 December 2020 in Bolzano, Italy from COVID-19, aged 96.
László Kuncz (29 July 1957 – 6 December 2020) was a Hungarian water polo player. He competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. Kuncz died on 6 December 2020 at the age of 63.
Džej Ramadanovski (; 29 April 1964 – 6 December 2020) was a Serbian pop-folk singer. He was known for his ballads. Ramadanovski was born in Belgrade. Džej made cameo appearances in movies "Hajde da se volimo 2" (1989) and "Vikend sa ćaletom" (2020). With songs such as "Nedelja" (1991), "Sunce ljubavi" (1995) and "Upalite za mnom sveće" (1996) he became one of the biggest regional artists in the 1990s. Ramadanovski died in Belgrade of a heart attack on 6 December 2020 at the age of 56.
Senta Wengraf (10 May 1924 – 6 December 2020) was an Austrian actress. She was born in Vienna. Her career began in 1946.  Wengraf was appeared in "Two Times Lotte" (1950), "Voices of Spring" (1952), "The Spendthrift" (1953), "Franz Schubert" (1953), "Don Juan" (1955), "Sissi – The Young Empress" (1956), "Kaiserjäger" (1956), "Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress" (1957), "Scandal in Bad Ischl" (1957) and "When the Bells Sound Clearly" (1959). Wengraf died in Vienna on 6 December 2020 at the age of 96.
Ali-Asghar Zarei () (1956 – 6 December 2020) was an Iranian military officer and conservative politician. He was a member of the Islamic Consultative Assembly representing Tehran, Rey, Shemiranat and Eslamshahr from 2008 to 2016. Zarei died on 6 December 2020 at the age of 64.
Richard Dennis Ralston (July 27, 1942 – December 6, 2020) was an American professional tennis player. He was active during the 1960s and 1970s. Ralston was born in Bakersfield, California. He was coached by tennis pro Pancho Gonzales. He was the highest-ranked American player at the end of three consecutive years in the 1960s. Ralston, a Davis Cup winner with the US Davis Cup team in 1963, continued to serve in the team as a coach from 1968 to 1971 and as a captain from 1972 to 1975, winning the title in 1972 over Romania. Ralston was honored into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 1987. Ralston died on December 6, 2020 in Austin, Texas from cancer at the age of 78.
Ricardo Alonso "Pancho" González (May 9, 1928 – July 3, 1995), known sometimes as Richard Gonzales, was an American tennis player. He won 14 major singles titles (12 Pro Slam events, 2 Grand Slam events). Gonzales was the world's leading professional player at a time when almost all players were amateur. His peak was from about 1952 to about 1958. He won many professional and open titles. He was always a serve-and-volley player at a time when many amateurs played a baseline game. When he first turned professional, the reigning top man was Jack Kramer. At first, Kramer crushed him. Gonzales semi-retired in 1950/51. When he came back in late 1951, Gonzales was much improved. He reached the top in 1952, winning the professional hard-court title in Los Angeles. The Tennis Hall of Fame says Gonzales rose to the rank of number one in 1952.
Juliari Peter Batubara (born 22 July 1972) is an Indonesian politician. He was Minister of Social Affairs from 23 October 2019 until his arrest in December 2020 for alleged corruption. He is a member of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P). On 6 December 2020, Juliari was arrested in Jakarta for receiving bribes from suppliers of social assistance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Juliari could face life imprisonment or the death penalty if convicted.
The baculum (also penis bone), is a bone found in the penis of many male mammals. It is absent in the human penis, but present in the penises of our close relatives the apes, such as the gorilla and chimpanzee. The bone is located along the top of the penis and it aids in sex by keeping it stiff for a long time during the sex act.  A bone in the penis allows a male to mate for a much longer time with a female. This can be an advantage as it prevents a rival male from having sex with the female for some time. Male animals without a penis bone tend to form close emotional bonds with a female and so ensure they are the father of her offspring. References. How do you Sex a fossil? The Guardian Wed 24 Jan 2018
The United Socialist Party of Venezuela (, PSUV) is a far left socialist political party in Venezuela which came from the fusion of some of the political and social forces that support the Bolivarian Revolution led by President Hugo Chávez. It is the largest political party in Venezuela.
This is the newer part of the Somali Civil War which began in 2009. It is mainly between the al-Shabaab jihadist group and the Somali government. It is mainly happening in southern and central Somalia and parts of north eastern Kenya. It began in early February 2009 with the conflict between the forces of the Federal Government of Somalia, supported by African Union peacekeeping troops. On 16 October 2011, the Kenyan Army crossed the border into Somalia in Operation Linda Nchi against al-Shabaab. They wanted to capture Kismayo. In August 2014, the Somali government launched Operation Indian Ocean. In 2017, the 14 October Mogadishu bombings killed over 500 people and injured over 300 others. In December 2019, a suicide truck bombing in Mogadishu killed at least 85 people.
Gam-COVID-Vac (, romanized: "Gam-KOVID-Vak"), trade-named Sputnik V, is a COVID-19 vaccine created by the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, and registered on 11 August 2020 by the Russian Ministry of Health.  Gam-COVID-Vac has been approved for distribution in Russia.
Klaus Ofczarek (17 March 1939 – 6 December 2020) was an Austrian actor and opera singer. Ofczarek was born in Vienna. He was known for his roles as the old waiter in "Klimt" (2006) and as Redaktionsleiter in "North Face" (2008). Ofczarek died on 6 December 2020 in Vienna at the age of 81.
Li Ligong (; February 1925 – 6 December 2020) was a People's Republic of China politician. He was born in Jiaocheng County, Lüliang, Shanxi.  He was Communist Party of China Committee Secretary of his home province from 1983 to 1991 and political commissar of the People's Liberation Army Shanxi Military District from 1983 to 1985.  He was a member of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1982 to 1987 and 13th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China from 1987 to 1992.  He was a delegate to the 7th National People's Congress from 1988 to 1993 and 8th National People's Congress from 1993 to 1998. Li died on 6 December 2020 in Beijing at the age of 95.
Grant Murray Robertson (born 30 October 1971) is a New Zealand politician and member of the Labour Party who was the 20th Minister for the Public Service from January 2023 until November 2023. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand from 2020 until 2023. He was the Minister of Finance from 2017 to 2023. He was Member of Parliament (MP) since 2008. He is the first openly gay deputy prime minister.
John Peter Spyros Sarbanes (born May 22, 1962) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for from 2007 to 2025. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
was a Japanese nuclear physicist and politician. He was known for his works in the interacting boson model. Arima was born in Osaka, Japan. He was a member of the House of Councillors between 1998 to 2004. He was a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. Arima died on December 7, 2020 in Tokyo at the age of 90.
The 2022 French presidential election was held between 10 and 24 April 2022, the first round was held on 10 April 2022. The second round was held two weeks after the first. Since no candidate wins a majority of the vote in the first round, a runoff was held between the top two candidates two weeks later, which was incumbent president is Emmanuel Macron of La République En Marche! (LREM) against right-wing Deputy Marine Le Pen. Macron became the first French president to be re-elected in twenty years. Candidates. Declared. On 7 March 2022, the Constitutional Council published the names of the twelve candidates who received 500 valid sponsorships, with the order of the list determined by drawing lots. Results. ! colspan="2" rowspan="2"| Candidate ! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Party ! colspan="2"| 1st round 10 April 2022 ! colspan="2"| 2nd round 24 April 2022 ! width="75"|Votes ! width="30"|% ! width="75"|Votes ! width="30"|% Official results published by the Constitutional Council –1st round result
Jean Lassalle (; born 3 May 1955) is a French politician serving as an Independent member of the National Assembly since 2002. He was a presidential candidate in the 2017 election and again in the 2022 elections. In March 2024, Lasalle announced that it would take the lead in the “Rural Alliance” list alongside Willy Shraen, the president of the National Hunters Federation.
Eva Son-Forget (born 15 April 1983), previously known as Joachim Son-Forget (pronounced "son-for-zhay"), is a South Korean-born, French politician. From 2017 to 2022, she was a member of the National Assembly. In February 2020, Son-Forget announced her candidacy for President of France in the 2022 election. However, she later dropped out and supported Éric Zemmour's unsuccessful campaign. In November 2024, she announced being a transgender woman and changed her first name to Eva.
Tropical Storm Cristobal was a devastating storm that formed from the remnants of Tropical Storm Amanda. The storm formed over the Bay of Campeche on June 1, and devastated Mexico in the following days. It then made landfall in Louisiana on June 7. The storm weakened into a tropical depression shortly after, and became post-tropical over Wisconsin. The impact of the storm was worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, which was rapidly growing at that time. This impacted the ability of medical staff, who were at the time dealing with the pandemic. The storm caused 15 deaths and $665 million. Storm history. On May 31, the National Hurricane Center began to watch Tropical Storm Amanda in the Eastern Pacific for possible development in the Atlantic. Tropical Storm Amanda then made landfall in Guatemala, dissipating shortly after. However, some of its remains survived, and on June 1, they moved over the Bay of Campeche, and started to reorganize shortly after. At this time, they were given a 90% chance of formation. Shortly after, it organized into a tropical depression. On July 2, it strengthened into a tropical storm, as the system started to turn toward the south. On June 3, it reached its peak intensity, with winds of 60 mph, as it made landfall in Mexico. It then stalled near Ciudad del Carmen, as it weakened to a tropical depression. However, as it weakened, it started to speed towards the north, and on June 5, it intensified into a tropical storm again, despite being over the Yutactán Peninsula. It started to reintensify again, reaching its second peak intensity of 50 mph. However, the system did not look like a tropical cyclone, but despite this, it made a second landfall in Louisiana, on June 6, at peak intensity. The storm moved to the east-north-east, weakening, and on June 10, the storm became post-tropical, over Wisconsin.
Gangliogliomas are tumors that start from groups of nerve cells (ganglion and glial cells) and grow in the brain. They are usually small and noncancerous, and they do not spread to other parts of the body. Gangliogliomas are rare tumors. Most gangliogliomas occur in children and young adults. Symptoms. Seizures, headache, vomiting, fatigue and weakness on one side of the body.
The 22nd season of "Arthur" first started showing on PBS Kids on May 13, 2019 with the episode "Mr. Ratburn and the Special Someone". The season ended on May 16, 2019. Jane Lynch made an appearance as a guest star when the season started. Episodes. &lt;onlyinclude&gt;&lt;/onlyinclude&gt;
James Isaac Neutron is the main character in the Nickelodeon show "." Jimmy Neutron lives in a house with his pet dog Goddard. Jimmy Neutron first appeared on the 1998 television pilot.
Camilla Joy Cynthia Power (born 13 November 1976) is an Irish-born English actress. She is best known for portraying the roles of Jessica McAllister in the ITV soap opera "Emmerdale" (1993–1995), and Lorna Dickey in the BBC school-based drama series "Waterloo Road" (2006–2007). Personal life. Power was born in Cork, Ireland, but grew up in Wimbledon and Putney, England.
In cricket, the boundary is the edge of the field. A rope is usually put on the boundary to show where it is. The word "boundary" can also mean the runs scored (either 4 or 6) when the ball touches the boundary or the ground outside the boundary. Edge of the field. In international cricket, the boundaries of the field are about or more from the center of the field. Scoring runs. If the ball is in play and touches the boundary or the ground outside of the field, then it is worth at least four runs, and the ball becomes dead (no longer in play). If the ball was hit by the batter, and didn't touch the ground in the field before or when it became dead, then it is worth six runs. If a fielder throws the ball at the boundary or the ground beyond the boundary, then four runs are scored as "overthrows" in addition to any runs the batters had already scored by running. If the ball touches a fielder who is touching the boundary or the ground beyond the boundary, then it is treated as if the ball has touched the boundary. The same goes for when the ball touches a fielder who is in the air who touched the boundary or the ground beyond the boundary immediately before going in the air, if the fielder had not legally touched the ball before. When a boundary is scored, any runs the batters scored by running do not count, unless the batters had scored more runs by running than the number of runs scored by the boundary; when this happens, the runs scored by the boundary do not count. The Laws of Cricket allow the teams and umpires to agree to change the number of runs scored by the two types of boundaries before the game. Four runs. Four runs are scored when the ball touches the ground in the field and then touches the boundary or the ground beyond the boundary. Six runs. Six runs are scored when the ball touches the boundary, or the ground beyond the boundary, without having touched the ground in the field.
Juana Inés de Asbaje y Ramírez de Santillana (12 November 1648, San Miguel Nepantla, New Spain - 17 April 1695, Mexico, New Spain), better known as Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz, was a writer and Catholic nun in New Spain. She was in the Catholic Order of Saint Jerome. She was a well known writer of the Spanish Golden Age of the literature in Spanish. Early life. Juana was born in San Miguel Nepantla in Tepetlixpa municipality as the illegitimate daughter of Don Pedro Manuel de Asuaje y Vargas-Machuca, a Spanish navy captain from the Canary Islands involved in colonial transatlantic shipping and trade, and Doña Isabel Ramírez de Santillana y Rendón, a distinguished criolla, whose father leased the Hacienda de Panoaya, in Amecameca.
An election was held on 3 May 1979 to elect all 635 seats of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party won the election and Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister. She was the first female Prime Minister of the UK. The election happened because of a vote of no confidence in the James Callaghan passing by one vote in the House of Commons on the 28 March. This vote happened because Thatcher had brought it forward. It forced the election to happen.
Walton Sanders Goggins Jr. (born November 10, 1971) is an American actor. He is known for roles in movies such as Clay Hawkins in "Lincoln" (2012), Billy Crash in "Django Unchained" (2012), Chris Mannix in "The Hateful Eight" (2015), Lawrence in "" (2018), Mathias Vogel in "Tomb Raider" (2018) and Sonny Burch in "Ant-Man and the Wasp" (2018). His TV roles include Shane Vendrell in "The Shield" (2002–2008), Boyd Crowder in "Justified" (2010–2015), Venus Van Dam in "Sons of Anarchy" (2012–2014) and Lee Russell in "Vice Principals" (2016–2017). He was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his work in "Justified".  Goggins also produced and starred in the short movie "The Accountant" (2001). It won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. Goggins was born in Birmingham, Alabama. He grew up in Lithia Springs, Georgia. He married Canadian businesswoman Leanne Kaun in 2001. They were married until her death by suicide in 2004. He married Nadia Conners in 2011. The couple have a son.
Neutrois is a non-binary gender identity that is usually associated with gender neutrality or the nullification of gender. Neutrois is often translated as indifference towards or lack of gender in the individual, similar to or including those who are agender. The term is often used by those who experience gender dysphoria and/or gender euphoria who may seek medical and/or social gender transitions to have a more neutral or androgynous appearance. Those who are neutrois may have complex gender identities, or be indifferent to their gender. Many people who are neutrois avoid gender expression which is strictly associated with femininity or masculinity. Etymology. Neutrois combines ( or neuter), and (), meaning neutral third, as in third gender. History and use of the term. The term neutrois was coined by H. A. Burnham in 1995. In February 2014, Facebook launched Neutrois as one of the 50 identity preset options available for users to select from.
In cricket, two batsmen (scoring players) are on the field at a time. They are in a partnership. Each batsman is in one of the two batsmen's grounds during their team's scoring turn. When the two batsmen run between the grounds, they score one run for each time both batsmen swap grounds. When neither batsmen is in one of the grounds, their opponents can hit the wicket in that ground with the ball to temporarily prevent the batsmen from scoring more runs, and run out the batsman nearest that ground. The batsman who is in the ground at the striker's end of the pitch at the start of a delivery is the one who attempts to hit the ball during that delivery, while the other batsman only runs. Every time one of the two batsmen on the field gets out, another batsman enters the field and has a new partnership with the batsman who did not get out. Each partnership is named by looking at the number of batters who were out before and after the partnership; for example, the partnership between the two batsmen who are on the field when only one batter on the team is out is called the "second-wicket partnership", because it happens after the team has lost 1 wicket (had 1 batter get out), but before the loss of the team's second wicket. Because of this, it rarely happens that a batter retires (leaves the field without being out) and a new batter enters the field without changing the number of the partnership.
Myra is an unincorporated community in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States.  A post office was operated at Myra from September 7, 1883 until it was closed on March 19, 2011.  The community was founded at the same time the post office was established.