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Freedom Riders were civil rights activists who rode interstate buses into the segregated Southern United States in 1961 and following years to challenge the non-enforcement of the United States Supreme Court decisions "Morgan v. Virginia" (1946) and "Boynton v. Virginia" (1960), which ruled that segregated public buses were unconstitutional.  The Southern states had ignored the rulings and the federal government did nothing to enforce them. The first Freedom Ride left Washington, D.C. on May 4, 1961, and was scheduled to arrive in New Orleans on May 17. Southern local and state police considered the actions of the Freedom Riders to be criminal and arrested them in some locations. In some places, such as Birmingham, Alabama, the police worked with the Ku Klux Klan and other white people against the actions of the riders, and allowed mobs to attack the riders.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC, often pronounced ) was the main channel of student activity to the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.  They were a group of students who wanted to show segregation was wrong. They would sit in white only shops and cafes and refuse to move even if they were attacked. It was created in 1960 from the student-led sit-ins to protest segregated lunch counters in Greensboro, North Carolina and Nashville, Tennessee. The group was mainly founded and headed by Ella Baker.
Sterling Burton Marlin (born June 30, 1957) is an American former stock car racing driver. He formerly competed in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series. He won the Daytona 500 in 1994 and 1995. He is the son of late NASCAR driver Coo Coo Marlin.  In October 2012, Marlin was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease.
Frederick "Fred" Lorenzen, Jr. (December 30, 1934 – December 18, 2024), nicknamed The Golden Boy, Fast Freddie, The Elmhurst Express and Fearless Freddy, is an American NASCAR driver. He was born in Elmhurst, Illinois. His career lasted from 1958 to 1972. He won the 1965 Daytona 500. Lorenzen died on December 18, 2024 from problems caused by dementia in Elmhurst at the age of 89.
Ronalee Chapchuk "Rona" Ambrose (; born March 15, 1969) is a Canadian politician. She was interim Leader of the Conservative Party and the Leader of the Opposition between 2015 and 2017.  She was the Conservative Party member of the House of Commons for Sturgeon River—Parkland between 2015 and 2017, and had represented Edmonton—Spruce Grove from 2004 to 2015.
The Leader of His Majesty's Loyal Opposition () is the leader of Canada's Official Opposition. It is the party possessing the most seats in the House of Commons that is not the governing party or part of the governing coalition.  The former interim Leader of the Opposition was Candice Bergen, M.P. since Erin O'Toole's resignation in February 2022. Pierre Poilievre is the current Leader of the Opposition.
William Carvel "Bill" Graham (March 17, 1939 – August 7, 2022) was a Canadian lawyer, law professor, politician, and Chancellor of Trinity College.  Graham was Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of National Defence, Leader of the Opposition and interim Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada. Graham died on August 7, 2022 in Toronto, Ontario at the age of 83.
Hugo Boss AG, often styled as BOSS, is a German luxury fashion house headquartered in Metzingen. It was founded in 1924 by Hugo Boss. With the rise of the Nazi Party in the 1930s, Boss began to produce and sell Nazi uniforms. After World War II and the founder's death in 1948, Hugo Boss started to turn its focus from uniforms to men's suits. The company went public in 1988. Hugo Boss online store in Great Britain is launched in September 2008 and selling Men's suits online from there.  it owned more than 1,113 retail stores worldwide. Hugo Boss along with the Guggenheim Museum administers the Hugo Boss Prize which is given annually to artists from around the world.
Roy Larson Raymond (April 15, 1947 – August 26, 1993) was an American businessman. He founded the Victoria's Secret lingerie retail store in 1977. On August 26, 1993, Raymond committed suicide by jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge.
Charles Lewis Tiffany (February 15, 1812 – February 18, 1902) was an American jewelry designer. He was a leader in the nineteenth century American jewelry trade. He founded New York City's Tiffany &amp; Co. in 1837. He helped introduced the English standard of sterling silver in imported jewelry in 1851.
Sankt Augustin is a town in the Rhein-Sieg district, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is named after the patron saint of the Divine Word Missionaries, Saint Augustine of Hippo (354-430).  Sankt Augustin is twinned with:
Mevaseret Zion () is a suburb of Jerusalem with the administrative status of a local council. Mevaseret Zion is made up of two distinct older townships, Maoz Zion and Mevaseret Yerushalayim. Mevaseret Zion is located on a mountain ridge 750 meters above sea level, on the outskirts of Jerusalem.
Quentin Northrup Burdick (June 19, 1908 – September 8, 1992) was an American lawyer and politician. He was a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. He represented North Dakota in the U.S. House of Representatives (1959–1960) and the U.S. Senate (1960–1992).  At the time of his death, he was the third longest-serving senator (after Strom Thurmond and Robert Byrd) among current members of the Senate. Burdick died of heart failure at a Fargo, North Dakota hospital at the age of 84.
Erzsébet Szőnyi, also Erzsébet Szilágyi, (25 April 1924 – 28 December 2019) was a Hungarian composer and music teacher. Her works were about symphonic compositions, chamber music works, art songs, and oratorios. She also wrote many stage works including eight operas. She was born in Budapest. In 1964, Erzsébet became a member directing the International Society for Music Education (ISME). She was vice-president of ISME from 1970 to 1974. Szőnyi died on 28 December 2019 in Budapest at the age of 95.
was a Japanese politician. He was a member of Liberal Democratic Party. He was in the House of Representatives in the Diet of Japan. On September 3, 2007, due to the financial scandal, he resigned as Minister of Agriculture just eight days after he was appointed to the post. Endo died of pneumonia on December 27, 2019 in Yonezawa, Yamagata at the age of 81.
Bek Air Flight 2100 was a domestic passenger flight from Almaty to Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan, onboard a Fokker 100. It crashed on 27 December 2019 while taking off from Almaty International Airport.  Initial reports said fourteen people had been killed and 66 were critically injured, with one of the first survivors dying later in hospital, bringing total fatalities to fifteen; however, the death toll was later fixed to 12, without any explanation.  The local government has started investigations and more reports are pending. The exact number of people on board was not immediately determined.
The Sergeant at Arms of the United States House of Representatives is an officer of the House with law enforcement, protocol, and administrative responsibilities.  The Sergeant at Arms is elected at the beginning of each Congress by the membership of the House. They are known for announcing "Mister/Madam Speaker, the President of the United States" during the beginning of the State of the Union Address as the President enters the United States Capitol.
Kushal Punjabi (23 April 1977 – 26 December 2019) was an Indian actor. He won the TV reality game show, "", the Indian version of the American game show "Wipeout" in February 2011. Punjabi had been in movies such as "Lakshya", "Kaal" and in "Ssshhhh...Phir Koi Hai." He had also appeared in television shows such as "Ishq Mei Marjawan". Punjabi hung himself at his Mumbai home on 26 December 2019 at the age of 42.
William Harold Greider (August 6, 1936 – December 25, 2019) was an American journalist and author. He wrote mainly about economics. He was national affairs correspondent for "The Nation". He also wrote for the "Rolling Stone" magazine during the 1980s and 1990s, and worked as an on-air correspondent for "Frontline" on PBS. Greider died at his home in Washington, D.C. from congestive heart failure-related problems, aged 83, on December 25, 2019.
Joseph Myron Segel (January 9, 1931 – December 21, 2019) was an American entrepreneur. He was the founder of over 20 American companies, most notably QVC, an American television network, and the Franklin Mint. He was seen as the inventor of television shopping channels. Segel died on December 21, 2019 at the age of 88 in Gladwyne, Pennsylvania from congestive heart failure.
Gladwyne is an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. In 2018, Gladwyne was ranked the 6th richest ZIP code (using 2015 IRS data) in the country in a study by Bloomberg BusinessWeek. The population was 4,096 at the 2020 US census.
Elizabeth Spencer (July 19, 1921 – December 22, 2019) was an American writer. She was born in Carrollton, Mississippi. Spencer's first novel, "Fire in the Morning", was published in 1948. She wrote a total of nine novels, seven collections of short stories, a memoir ("Landscapes of the Heart", 1998), and a play ("For Lease or Sale", 1989).  Her novella "The Light in the Piazza" (1960) was made into a movie in 1962 and made into a Broadway musical of the same name in 2005.  She was a five-time recipient of the O. Henry Award for short fiction. Spencer's mother was the great-aunt of U.S. Senator John McCain. Spencer died on December 22, 2019 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina at the age of 98.
Monroe is a city in and the county seat of Union County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 34,562 in 2020. It is within the rapidly growing Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC Metropolitan area. A new mayor was elected in 2023. The election came down to a coin flip which Robert Burns won.
"Fly Me to the Moon", originally titled "In Other Words", is a song written in 1954 by Bart Howard.  Kaye Ballard made the first recording of the song the year it was written. Frank Sinatra's 1964 version was mainly about the Apollo missions to the Moon. Patti Page also sang this song and made a hit.  In 1999, the Songwriters Hall of Fame honored "Fly Me to the Moon" by adding it as a "Towering Song".
"You Make Me Feel So Young" is a 1946 popular song composed by Josef Myrow, with lyrics written by Mack Gordon. It was created for the movie "Three Little Girls in Blue". The song was recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1956, and performed many times throughout his career. It is featured in the 2003 movie "Elf".
The Rat Pack was an informal group of entertainers centered on the Las Vegas casino scene. The group met at the Los Angeles home of Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Members. In the 1960s the group had Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop among others. They appeared together on stage and in movies in the early 1960s, including the movies "Ocean's 11", "Sergeants 3", and "Robin and the 7 Hoods" (in the last movie, Bing Crosby replaced Lawford). Sinatra, Martin, and Davis were seen as the group's lead members after Bogart's death.
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, also known as Chicka Chicka ABC, is a bestselling American children's book written by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault, illustrated by Lois Ehlert, and published by Simon &amp; Schuster in 1989. The book teaches the alphabet through rhyming couplets, It charted "The New York Times" Best Seller list for children's books in 2000. Plot. The anthropomorphic lowercase alphabet magnets climb up a coconut tree in order, but their weight causes the tree to lean over, causing themselves to fall out of the tree. Shortly after, the uppercase alphabet magnets (the older relatives of the lowercase alphabet) come to rescue them. Again alphabetically, while being rescued, most of the alphabet receive certain injuries. Later that night, the letter A gets up and climbs back up the coconut tree, proposing a double dare on the rest of the alphabet to catch him. You see the story in the Hutchinson Treasury of Stories to Read Aloud, the book published in 2000. It has British and American terms, too. The book was published by Random House, but the American book is the 20th-century Children's Book Treasury. It was published in 1998. Album. In 1992, John Archambault and David Plummer made an album called "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom and Other Coconutty Songs". It was named a 1992 "Notable Children's Recording American Library Association and in 1993, won a Parents' Choice Award. Its main track was the title song "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom", which was the book's title.
Pietro Brollo (1 December 1933 – 5 December 2019) was an Italian Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Tolmezzo. Brollo was ordained to the priesthood in 1957. He was titular bishop of "Zuglio" and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Udine, Italy, from 1985 to 1995. He then was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belluno-Feltre, Italy, from 1995 to 2000. Brollo was archbishop of the Udine Archdiocese from 2000 to 2009. Brollo died on 5 December 2019 in Tolmezzo at the age of 86.
Trasquera is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont. Trasquera is about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania. It is in the Val Divedro, on the border with Switzerland. As of 2004, 247 people lived there. It has an area of . Trasquera is next to these municipalities: Bognanco, Crevoladossola, Domodossola, Varzo, Zwischbergen (Switzerland).
Baceno (Lombard "Bascén", Walser German: "Aager") is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont. Baceno is about northeast of Turin and about northwest of Verbania. It is on the border with Switzerland. As of 2004, 963 people lived there. It has an area of . Baceno is next to these municipalities: Binn (Switzerland), Crodo, Formazza, Grengiols (Switzerland), Premia, Varzo.
The American crow ("Corvus brachyrhynchos") is a species of crow that is found in North America. It is of least concern, this means that it is not in any danger of dying out. A large group of crows is also called a murder. These crows can also be tamed to be around humans. It is a common bird found throughout much of North America. American crows are the North American counterpart to the carrion crow and the hooded crow of Eurasia; they all occupy the same ecological niche (role in their environment). Although the American crow and the hooded crow are very similar in size and behavior, their calls and the way the look are different. From beak to tail, an American crow measures , almost half of which is tail. Mass is between , with males tending to be bigger than females. Plumage is all black, with feathers that look like they shine in the sun. It looks much like the other all-black birds in their family. They are very intelligent, and adaptable to human environments. The most usual call is "". American crows are very common in North America. They are considered a pest to farms. Health concerns. These crows also carry different viruses that might be harmful to humans if the crow is infected with the disease. They also catch the West Nile virus easily making them useful to track the virus's spread. Relationship with people. Crows are used as a motif in some human cultures, they are used as symbols of death, bad luck, thieves, graveyards, and other things seen as bad. However, they are seen by some neo-pagan and native cultures as signs of good luck, and even of some gods, such as Apollo &amp; Odin.
The Gaels are an linguistic group who are native to Ireland, Scotland and the Isle of Man in northwestern Europe. Gaelic languages are spoken by the Gaels, including Irish, Manx and Scottish Gaelic.
Urlabari is a city and municipality in the Morang District in the Province 1 of southeastern Nepal that makes it the second largest city in Morang District after Biratnagar. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census, it had a population of 18224. At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, it had a population of 35,166 and 8,165 households. It is found 60 km eastern part of metropolitan city Biratnagar.
is a Japanese singer and songwriter. Discography. Studio albums Extended plays Single As lead artist As featured artist
', officially the ', is a (or town) in the province of , . According to the , it has a population of people. Barangays. In governmental administration, Cateel is divided into 16 divisions called barangays.
Maurizio Noci (10 August 1937 – 22 December 2019) was an Italian politician. He was a member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the Italian Senate and an undersecretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Forests. He was the mayor of Crema from 1975 to 1979. Noci was born in Crema. He was a member of the Italian Socialists. Noci died on 22 December 2019 in Crema at the age of 82.
Athanasios "Thanos" Mikroutsikos (; 13 April 1947 – 28 December 2019) was a Greek composer and politician. He was thought to be one of the most important composers of the recent Greek musical scene. He was born in Patras, Greece. In 1994, he became Minister of Culture. He left the job in 1996. He was supporter of the Communist Party of Greece. Mikroutsikos died on 28 December 2019 from lung cancer at a hospital in Athens at the age of 72.
Mikhail Mikhaylovich Zhvanetsky (; born 6 March 1934 – 6 November 2020) was a Soviet-Russian writer, satirist and performer. He was best known for his shows about different parts of the Soviet and post-Soviet everyday life. He was born in Odesa, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union. He joined the Union of Soviet Writers in 1978 and has written several books. Awards. A minor planet, 5931 Zhvanetskij, discovered on April 1, 1976, is named after him (using different transliteration of the surname).
Sri Vishwesha Tirtharu (officially known as ; (27 April 1931 – 29 December 2019) ) was an Indian Hindu guru. He was the Swamiji of the Sri Pejavara Adokshaja Matha, one of the Ashta Mathas belonging to the Dvaita school of philosophy, founded by Sri Madhvacharya.  Sri Vishvesha Tirtharu was the 32nd in the lineage of the Pejavara matha, starting from Sri Adhokshaja Tirtharu. He was the honorary president of "Vishva Tulu Sammelana". Teertha was born in Ramakunja, India. Teertha died on 29 December 2019 at a hospital in Pejawara Matha, Udupi of pneumonia at the age of 88.
Carroll Baker (born May 28, 1931) is an American actress. She is known for her role in "Baby Doll" in 1956. Her role in the movie earned her BAFTA and Oscar nominations for Best Actress, as well as a Golden Globe award for Most Promising Newcomer that year. Her other early movie roles included George Stevens' "Giant" (1956), playing the love interest of James Dean, and in the romantic comedy "But Not for Me" (1959).
Barry S. Coe (born Barry Clark Heacock, November 26, 1934 – July 16, 2019) was an American actor. He co-starred in one series, titled "Follow the Sun", which aired on ABC during the 1961–1962 season. He also played "Mr. Goodwrench" on TV commercials in the 1970s and 1980s. Coe died on July 16, 2019 from myelodysplastic syndrome in Palm Desert, California at the age of 84.
Mark Damon (born Alan Harris; April 22, 1933 – May 12, 2024) was an American actor and producer. His best known role was in Roger Corman's "House of Usher". Damon died in Los Angeles, California on May 12, 2024, at the age of 91.
Keir Atwood Dullea (; born May 30, 1936) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles of astronaut David Bowman in the 1968 movie "" and its 1984 sequel, "2010: The Year We Make Contact".  His other movie roles include "Bunny Lake Is Missing" (1965) and "Black Christmas" (1974).
Howard Lloyd Weitzman (September 21, 1939 – April 7, 2021) was an American entertainment lawyer. He was known for representing Michael Jackson's estate in the IRS case against him. Other famous clients include Justin Bieber, O.J. Simpson and John DeLorean. Weitzman was a founding partner at Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump &amp; Aldisert (KWIKA). He was born in Los Angeles. Weitzman died on April 7, 2021 in Los Angeles from cancer, aged 81.
Parspatunik,Parspatuniq(in , also Parasapatene and Patsparunik, Parparunik) was the 26th district of Vaspurakan province and the largest region (550 km ²) of the kingdom of Greater Armenia. After 72 A.D. Parspatuniq became principality of Great Armenia, which owned two regions (Parspatunik and Marand) in the province of Vaspurakan. The region belonged to the princely family of Parspatuni(Patsparuni, Parspuni, Parsparuni). History. In antiquity, the main territory of Parspatunik (modern Karadag) was part of the Scythian state-tribal entity. In the western part of Parspatunik, Marand, the center of the ancient region Sangibutu,Ulhu was located . Then the region was part of the kingdom of Urartu. Subsequently, these areas again fell into the power of the Scythians. They later became part of the Median Empire. After the division of the empire of Alexander the Great,еаstern Parspatunik became part of the Media Atropatena. Artashes I annexed еastern Parspatunik to Great Armenia during the military campaign  . Marand was part of the Armenian kingdom before the conquests of King Artashes I. The princely clan of Parspatuni descended from the Matianian kings of Sangibutu. Having become princes, the naxarars of Parspatuni united under their rule the regions of Parspatunik and Marand, choosing the Marand's Bakurarakert(Greco-Roman Philadelphia) as their capital. Parspatunik was not included into Vaspurakan after the second partition of Great Armenia in 591 by the Roman and Sasanids empires. Then, later, under the rule of the Arab caliphate, the region is no longer part of Vaspurakan. The population of Parspatunik was significantly Islamized during the Caliphate. Geographical location and population. Parspatunik was located between the river Araxes from the north and Parthian empire in the
International economics is a field of macroeconomics. It looks at the effect of trade of goods and services between different countries. Generally, there's trade between countries, if any of the following is true: In the end, countries and economies are better off with specialization and trade.
Vanzone con San Carlo is a "comune" (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont. Vanzone con San Carlo is about northeast of Turin and about west of Verbania. As of 2004, 482 people lived there. It has an area of . Vanzone con San Carlo is next to these municipalities: Antrona Schieranco, Bannio Anzino, Calasca-Castiglione, Ceppo Morelli.