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Frances Ruth Shand Kydd (later Spencer; "née" Roche; 20 January 1936 – 3 June 2004) was the mother of Diana, Princess of Wales. Shand Kydd was the maternal grandmother for Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex. The earlier became the second in the line of succession to the British throne. The latter was the sixth in line of succession. Marriage and issue. On 1 June 1954, Shand Kydd married John Spencer, Viscount Althorp (later the 8th Earl Spencer), at Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth II and other members of the royal family attended the wedding ceremony. She was 18 years old and became the youngest woman wed in Westminster Abbey in the last five decades. They had five children: Death. Shand Kydd was born in the Sandringham village of Norfolk County in eastern England. She died almost five months after her 68th birth following long illnesses. They included Parkinson's disease and brain cancer. Shand Kydd was inside her home in Seil, one of the Slate Islands in Scotland when she died.
Rudolf Edlinger (20 February 1940 – 21 August 2021) was an Austrian politician. He was a member of the Social Democratic Party of Austria. He was the Finance Minister from 1997 until 2000. He was the president of the football club SK Rapid Wien between 2001 and 2013. He was born in Vienna. Edlinger died on 21 August 2021 in Vienna at the age of 81.
Paul Muegge (September 28, 1936 – August 16, 2021) was an American politician. He was a member of the Oklahoma Senate from the 20th district from 1990 to 2002. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Muegge was born in Lamont, Oklahoma. Muegge died on August 16, 2021, in Tonkawa, Oklahoma at age 84.
James William Loewen (February 6, 1942August 19, 2021) was an American sociologist, historian, and author. He was best known for his 1995 book, "Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong". He was born in Decatur, Illinois. Loewen worked at the University of Vermont and The Catholic University of America. Loewen died on August 19, 2021 at a hospital in Bethesda, Maryland from bladder cancer at the age of 79.
Istriot is a Romance language, spoken in Istria. Today, Istria is part of Croatia. Croatian is a Slavic language. There are only few speakers left. They live around the cities/villages of Rovinj (Rovigno), Vodnjan (Dignano), Bale (Valle), Fažana (Fasana), Galižana (Gallisana), Ližnjan (Lissiano) and Pula (Pola). The Istriot language is different from the Istriot dilect of the Venetian language. The language is mostly used for speaking; in writing, Italian is used. From the forms of the language, Istriot is between Italian, and the Eastern Romance languages, most notably the extinct Dalmatian language. No exact figures exist, but probably there are less than 1000 speakers left. Its speakers do not call the language Istriot, they use the name of the place where they live, so they mights speak about Rovignano for example.
Thomas T. Hall (May 25, 1936 – August 20, 2021) was an American country music singer-songwriter, musician, novelist, and short-story writer. He wrote 12 No. 1 hit songs such as "Harper Valley PTA" and "I Love". Hall died at his home in Franklin, Tennessee, on August 20, 2021.
Igor Vovkovinskiy ( (aka "Igor Ladan") September 18, 1982 – August 20, 2021) was a Ukrainian-American law student, interviewee and actor. He was best known for being the tallest person living in the United States until his death. He was tall. He was raised in Rochester, Minnesota. Vovkovinskiy was born in Bar, Vinnytsia Oblast. Vovkovinskiy's height was caused by a tumor pressing on his pituitary gland, causing his body to have released large amounts of growth hormone.  In 2019, Vovkovinskiy was diagnosed with heart disease. He died on August 20, 2021 in Rochester, aged 38.
Michael Morgan (September 17, 1957 – August 20, 2021) was an American conductor. He was music director of the Oakland East Bay Symphony and the Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra. He was also the artistic director of Festival Opera in Walnut Creek, California.  Morgan was born in Washington, D.C. He was openly gay. Morgan died on August 20, 2021 at the age of 63.
Over the Garden Wall is an American animated television miniseries created by Patrick McHale for Cartoon Network. The series is about two half-brothers who travel across a mysterious forest to find their way home. The show is based on McHale's animated short movie "Tome of the Unknown". It stars Elijah Wood and Collin Dean voices of Wirt and Greg, and Melanie Lynskey voices Beatrice, a bluebird. The series' voice cast also includes Christopher Lloyd, Tim Curry, John Cleese and Samuel Ramey.  "Over the Garden Wall" was broadcast throughout the week of November 3 to November 7, 2014.
Cruella is a 2021 American crime comedy movie based on the character Cruella de Vil from Dodie Smith's 1956 novel "The Hundred and One Dalmatians". The movie is directed by Craig Gillespie. Emma Stone stars as the title character, with Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser, Emily Beecham, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, and Mark Strong in supporting roles.  The movie is set in London and is about Estella Miller, a rising fashion designer and shows how she becomes the villainous Cruella de Vil. "Cruella" was released in the United States theatrically and on Disney+ on May 28, 2021.
Lauren Diane Shuler Donner (born June 23, 1949) is an American movie producer. She owned The Donners' Company with her husband, director Richard Donner. She is known for producing the "X-Men" movie series. When she was young, she was diagnosed with lupus.
Prince Joseph Wenzel of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg (Joseph Wenzel Maximilian Maria; born 24 May 1995) is the oldest child of Prince Alois of Liechtenstein, the Regent and Hereditary Prince of Liechtenstein, and his wife Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Duchess in Bavaria. He is also the oldest grandchild of the current ruling prince of Liechtenstein. He is second in the line of succession to the Liechtensteiner throne through his father. 24 May 1995 His Serene Highness Prince Joseph Wenzel Maximilian of Liechtenstein, Count of Rietberg
Sophie, Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg (born Duchess Sophie in Bavaria; 28 October 1967) was born a Duchess in Bavaria. She is a member of the House of Wittelsbach, and second in line for the Jacobite succession.  She is married to Alois, Hereditary Prince and Regent of Liechtenstein.  28 October 1967:3 July 1993 Her Royal Highness Princess Sophie of Bavaria  1973-3 July 1993 Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Bavaria, Princess of Bavaria  3 July 1993 Her Royal Highness The Hereditary Princess of Liechtenstein, Countess of Rietberg, Duchess of Bavaria
Tropical Storm Fred was a strong tropical storm which affected much of the Greater Antilles and the Southeastern United States in August 2021. The sixth tropical depression and sixth tropical storm of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season. It began on August 4 and was listed as a potential tropical cyclone by August 9.  By August 11, it became a tropical storm and was named "Fred". It was heading just south of Puerto Rico, shortly before hitting the Dominican Republic on the island of Hispaniola later that day. Fred continued towards the Florida Panhandle before making landfall late on August 16 and moving into the state of Georgia.
Ian Harshman (September 13, 1974 – August 20, 2021), better known by his stage name Ian Carey, was an American house DJ, musician, and record producer. He was raised in Hancock, Maryland and spent most of his career in Miami, Florida. His career began in 1993. He became a record producer in 1998. He worked with Jason Papillon (see DJ Jason Brooks) as part of Soul Providers. Their first single, "Rise", peaked within the top 60 of the charts in the United Kingdom. Carey died on August 20, 2021 at the age of 46.
Fort Hancock is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Hudspeth County, Texas, United States. Its population was 1,052 at the 2020 census. It is known for being close to the Mexico–United States border.
Raymond Leo Burke (born June 30, 1948) is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He is a cardinal, and the patron of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta. He led the Archdiocese of St. Louis from 2004 to 2008 and the Diocese of La Crosse from 1995 to 2004.  From June 2008 to November 2014, he was the prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura. He was born in Richland Center, Wisconsin. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Burke became known for being against the COVID-19 vaccine. In August 2021, he was hospitalized under critical condition after being diagnosed with COVID-19.
Svetlana Iosifovna Alliluyeva (28 February 1926 – 22 November 2011), later known as Lana Peters, was the youngest child and only daughter of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin and his second wife Nadezhda Alliluyeva.  In 1967, she defected to the United States and, in 1978, became a naturalized citizen. From 1984 to 1986, she briefly returned to the Soviet Union and had her Soviet citizenship was given back. She was Stalin's last surviving child. Alliluyeva died on 22 November 2011 at a hospital in Richland Center, Wisconsin from problems caused by colon cancer, aged 85.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was first confirmed to have spread to : Hong Kong on 23 January 2020. Hong Kong was not affected badly during the first wave of the pandemic. Many people believe it is because people normally wear face masks in Hong Kong. The government also limited travel and used quarantine hotels.
The Stewart Island tokoeka, Stewart Island kiwi, Rakiura tokoeka or Rakiura kiwi ("Apteryx australis lawryi") is a subspecies of southern brown kiwi. It lives in New Zealand. This bird does not fly. It runs on the ground. Appearance. The Stewart Island tokoeka is the largest type of southern brown kiwi. It has red-brown feathers that look like fur. It has small wings and does not fly. It has a long, curved bill, or beak. The nostrils are at the end of the bill, not at the top near the rest of its face. Experts think the kiwi can smell very well. Habitat and family. About 20,000 Stewart Island tokoeka live on Stewart Island. Unlike other kiwis, they look for food during the day and at night instead of only at night. Unlike other kiwis, the Stewart Island tokoeka does not live alone. Instead, Stewart Island tokoeka live in families. The baby kiwis stay with their parents for up to seven years. They help sit in their parents' younger eggs. This makes it so much easier to raise eggs that kiwi parents sometimes have two clutches, groups of eggs, each year. It also goes onto the beach to look for food, which most other kiwis do not do. Threats. Mustelids, for example stoats, never came to Stewart Island the way they came to the rest of New Zealand as invasive species. So the Stewart Island tokoeka does not have stoats that try to eat its eggs and chicks. However, there are stray cats on Stewart Island, and they can be very big.
Puppet History is a YouTube show by Ryan Bergara, Steven Lim, and Shane Madej in their company, Watcher. Bergara, Lim, and Madej used to work with BuzzFeed. Bergara and Madej did "BuzzFeed Unsolved". The show started in January 2020. On "Puppet History", a colorful puppet historian leads a game show, a contest. Each episode is about one strange person or event from history. The two people in the contest answer questions, and the Professor gives them points. Format. All the history on "Puppet History" is real. "Welcome one and all to Puppet History. Today we take an ever-widening look into the heavy heavy book we call history while our guests ruthlessly compete for the coveted title of History Master! I am obviously your beloved host, the Professor!" - the Professor at the beginning of most episodes The show begins with the Professor, a blue puppet, saying hello to the guests from a puppet theater stage. The Professor then tells a story about history. He stops every few minutes to ask the two guests a question, sometimes multiple choice. The guests write down their answers on small whiteboards. Then the professor says "Let's see the answer through the magic of theater!" and paper cutouts of people from history act out the answer to the question. Then the professor gives "jelly beans" to whoever had the true answer. Each jelly bean is worth one point. The Professor encourages the guests to speak and tell jokes. Sometimes, he will give a "rotten jelly bean" to whoever makes a bad joke. The rotten jelly bean is worth negative one point. The Professor gives the special guest extra points. This way, Ryan Bergara almost always loses. ("Stealing The World’s Most Expensive Necklace" ended in a tie.) Before the end of the show, the Professor leaves to "tally the score" and another puppet comes onto the stage and sings a song about the historical event. The show always ends with the "coveted cup and title of History Master" almost always going to the guest who is not Ryan Bergara. The cup is a small plastic trophy with real jelly bean candy or another small prize
A scheme is a systematic plan for the implementation of a certain idea. Scheme or schemer may refer to:
Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Peter Robin Harding, (2 December 1933 – 19 August 2021) was a Royal Air Force officer. He was a bomber pilot in the 1950s. He became Chief of the Air Staff in 1988. He became Chief of the Defence Staff in December 1992.  Harding died on 19 August 2021, aged 87.
Alberto Viller Bica Alonso (11 February 1958 – 22 August 2021) was a Uruguayan footballer. He was born in Montevideo. He played as a right winger. He played in nine matches for the Uruguay national team from 1979 to 1981. Bica died of leukemia on 22 August 2021 in Montevideo, aged 63.
Micki Grant (born Minnie Perkins, June 30, 1941 – August 22, 2021) was an American singer, actress, playwright and composer. She performed in "Having Our Say" (as Sadie Delaney), "Tambourines to Glory" and "Jericho-Jim Crow". She was nominated for a Tony Award three times. Grant was born in Chicago.  Grant died on August 22, 2021 at the age of 80.
Sheikh Shahidur Rahman (died 22 August 2021) was a Pakistani-born Bangladeshi politician. He was a member of the Workers Party of Bangladesh. He was a member of the Jatiya Sangsad from 1986 to 1988. Rahman was born in Pakistan. Rahman died on 22 August 2021 in Khulna, Bangladesh from a heart attack at the age of 70.
Andrzej Bobola Maria Schinzel (April 5, 1937 – August 22, 2021) was a Polish mathematician. He was known for his works with number theory. In 1994, he was elected as a member of the Polish Academy of Sciences. Schinzel was born in Sandomierz, Poland.  Schinzel died on August 22, 2021 at the age of 84.
The 1966 United Kingdom general election happened on 31 March 1966. The Labour Party won with a landslide win. The Prime Minister Harold Wilson stayed in power. Wilson decided to call a snap election because his government had a small majority. This made it hard for them to make new laws. This was the last general election with a voting age of 21. After the Representation of the People Act, 18 year-olds were allowed to vote in elections.
The blue duck or whio ("Hymenolaimus malacorhynchos") is a member of the duck, goose and swan family Anatidae. It is endemic to New Zealand. It is the only member of the genus Hymenolaimus.  It appears to be most closely related to the tribe Anatini, the dabbling ducks, but its exact taxonomy is unknown. The New Zealand Department of Conservation categorizes the blue duck as "Threatened: Nationally Vulnerable."
Aphasia is damage to the brain which affects speech. It is used for all forms of brain damage which negatively affects speech.  The damage may cause muteness, in which case treatment depends on knowing exactly what caused the aphasia. The condition primary progressive aphasia is serious because it is progressive. It gets worse with time.
Raj Kapoor (born Shrishti Nath Kapoor; 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988) was an Indian actor, film director and film producer who worked in Bollywood films. He was fondly called "Raj Sahab", "The Showman", "The Greatest Show Man of Indian cinema", "Ranbir Raj Kapoor", and "Charlie Chaplin of Indian cinema" by his family, friends and fans.  Raj Kapoor worked in many films, and his filmography is listed below.
Sheyene Gerardi (born April 13) is a Venezuelan actress, producer and businessperson. She is also a mining executive, co-founder NASA´s Planetary Landing Team. She was granted the status of an individual with exceptional ability in the national interest in the United States. The National Interest status is the Nation’s highest civilian recognition, presented to individuals for achievements and significant contributions to the security, prosperity, and social wellbeing of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public or private endeavors.  Gerardi has worked with the Next Generation Committee of the Robotics Society of Japan. In 2018, Sheyene was named as the Lead for Robotics Outreach at NASA’s Center for Lunar and Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS), the Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI) and The Florida Space Institute (FSI) network.  The Planetary Landing Team Laboratory founded by Sheyene is a part of the Center for Lunar &amp; Asteroid Surface Science (CLASS) at University of Central Florida (UCF). During her time at NASA, she also founded the Sheyene Institute. It is, a company that works on technologies for use on the Moon, Mars and asteroids. These are known as “space resources” to support NASA missions. She leads a philanthropic organization dedicated to expand global participation and ownership of AI and the space industry. Sheyene is member to the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, member of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) and the committee on professional ethics, rights, and freedoms.  She is working with governments introducing robotics education into low-resource communities . Entertainment career. Entertainment. Sheyene is known for her work in more than 30 countries, including Russia, Germany, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Puerto Rico. Given her influence on the culture, a non-profit charity foundation in Barlovento, Venezuela — the Sheyene School — is named after her. Gerardi has won the Emmy Award, the 2 de Oro award, She has received the key of the city in Barlovento, the Meridiano award and the Imagen Awards. The actress has also credits in roles
Abdullah Mokoginta (5 May 1935 – 16 August 2021) was an Indonesian politician. He was Deputy Governor of North Sulawesi from 1986 to 1991. He was a member of the People's Representative Council from 1992 to 1999. Mokoginta was born in North Sulawesi, Dutch East Indies. Mokoginta died on 16 August 2021 in Kotamobagu, Indonesia at the age of 86.
Percha Leanpuri (24 June 1986 – 19 August 2021) was an Indonesian politician. She was a member of the Nasdem Party. She was on the People's Representative Council from 2019 to 2021 and the Regional Representative Council from 2009 to 2015. She was the daughter of Governor of South Sumatra Herman Deru. Leanpuri was born in South Sumatra, Indonesia. Leanpuri died on 19 August 2021 at a hospital in Palembang, Indonesia from while giving birth at the age of 35.
Jean Pierre Marie Orchampt (9 December 1923 – 21 August 2021) was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Until his death, he was the oldest living bishop from France. Orchampt was born in Vesoul, France. He became a priest in 1948. Orchampt became auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Montpellier in 1971. Orchampt was made bishop of Diocese of Angers on 5 July 1974 and retired in 2000. Orchampt died on 21 August 2021 at the age of 97.
Rodrigue Gabriel Gilbert (July 1, 1941August 22, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played his entire career for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1960 until 1978. He played right wing on the GAG line. He was honored into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1982. He was the first player in Rangers history to have his number retired. Gilbert was born in Montreal, Quebec. Gilbert died on August 22, 2021 in New York City, aged 80.
Jack Hirschman (December 13, 1933 – August 22, 2021) was an American Marxist poet, essayist and social activist. He wrote more than 100 volumes of poetry and essays. He was born in New York City.  In 2006, Hirschman was made Poet Laureate of San Francisco by Mayor Gavin Newsom.  His best known poetry volumes were "A Correspondence of Americans" (Indiana U. Press, 1960), "Black Alephs" (Trigram Press, 1969), "Lyripol" (City Lights, 1976), "The Bottom Line" (Curbstone, 1988), and "Endless Threshold" (Curbstone, 1992). Hirschman suddenly died at his home in San Francisco on August 22, 2021, aged 87. He died a few minutes before the start of his speaking in the last of a regular online interview as the World Poetry Movement coordinator board.
Edin Šaranović (8 March 1976 — 22 August 2021) was a Bosnian footballer. He played as a forward. He was born in Tešanj, then-Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. His playing career lasted from 1998 until 2012. He played for the Bosnia and Herzegovina national football team in 2001. In 2016, he managed TOŠK Tešanj. Šaranović died on 22 August 2021 in Munich, Germany at the age of 45.
Eric Wagner (April 24, 1959 – August 22, 2021) was an American heavy metal singer-songwriter. He was best known for his work with doom metal band Trouble. He formed the band in 1979. He also appeared on Dave Grohl's heavy metal side project "Probot" in 2004. He also formed The Skull. Wagner died on August 22, 2021 from pneumonia caused by COVID-19 at the age of 62.
José Antonio Yudica (26 February 1936 – 23 August 2021) was an Argentine football player and manager. He was born in Rosario, Santa Fe. He made four appearances for the national team. He played for Newell's Old Boys from 1954 until 1958 and managed them from 1987 until 1990. Yudica died on 23 August 2021 in Buenos Aires, aged 85.
Major General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi MVO, MBE (3 March 1924 – 29 July 1966) was the first Military Head of State of Nigeria. He took control of Nigeria during the 15 January 1966 military coup. He ruled Nigeria from 16 January 1966 until his assassination on 29 July 1966 by military officials.
Jane Wenham-Jones (1961/1962 – 22 August 2021) was a British author, journalist, presenter, interviewer, creative writing tutor, and speaker. She was a regular contributor to "Writing Magazine", "Woman's Weekly" and the "Isle of Thanet News". She also published short stories for "Bella", "My Weekly", "The People's Friend" and "Take a Break". She was a member of Equity and presented for both BBC Radio Kent and the BBC's Politics Show.  Wenham-Jones died on 22 August 2021, aged 59.
Rosita Quintana (born Trinidad Rosa Quintana Muñoz; July 16, 1925 – August 23, 2021) was an Argentine-Mexican actress and singer-songwriter. She was a famous actress during the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. Life. Quintana starred in Luis Buñuel's "Susana" (1951) and musical movies such as "Serenata en México" (1956) and "Cuando México canta" (1958). Quintana was born in Buenos Aires. Her career began in 1948. Quintana died in Mexico City on August 23, 2021 from problems caused by thyroid cancer surgery at the age of 96.
James Ryan Hayes (November 21, 1989 – August 23, 2021) was an American professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League from 2011 until 2018. He played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Florida Panthers, Boston Bruins and New Jersey Devils. Hayes was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Hayes died on August 23, 2021 in Milton, Massachusetts. He was 31 years old. A toxicology report said that Hayes died from a mix of fentanyl and cocaine use.