Karin Anna-Lena Granhagen (born 7 January 1938) is a Swedish actress and singer. She has appeared in 40 movies and television shows since 1958. She starred in the 1969 movie "Made in Sweden", which won a Silver Bear award at the 19th Berlin International Film Festival.
Granhagen also starred in "Musik ombord" (1958), "Damen i svart" (1958), "Mannequin in Red" (1958), "Himmel och pannkaka" (1959), "Sommar och syndare" (1960), "På en bänk i en park" (1960), "The Cat and the Canary" (1961), "The Cats" (1965), "Stimulantia" (1967), "Hugs and Kisses" (1967), "Children's Island" (1980), "Love Me!" (1986) and "Glasblåsarns barn" (1998).
Granhagen was born in Luleå, Sweden. She was engaged to actor Olof Thunberg.
Bernie Kilgariff
Bernard Francis Kilgariff (30 September 1923 – 13 April 2010) was an Australian politician. He was one of the founders of the Country Liberal Party. From 1975 to 1987, he was a Senator for the Northern Territory. He also served as the member for Alice Springs in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1976.
Kilgariff was born in Adelaide, South Australia. He died in Alice Springs, Northern Territory on 13 April 2010, at the age of 86. After his death, a state funeral for Kilgariff was held.
Liz Andrew
Elizabeth Jean Andrew-Oates (28 February 1948 – 12 April 1993) was an Australian politician. She was a member of the Country Liberal Party. She served as the member for Sanderson in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1977.
Andrew was born in Border Town, South Australia. She was married twice and had two children. In 1989, she was diagnosed with cancer. She died on 12 April 1993 in Adelaide, South Australia, at the age of 45.
Cilician pirates
Cilician pirates dominated the Mediterranean Sea from the 2nd century BC until their suppression by Pompey in 6766 BC. Because there were notorious pirate strongholds in Cilicia, on the southern coast of Asia Minor, the term "Cilician" was used to refer to any pirates in the Mediterranean.
The Battle of Korakesion in 67 BC was said by Plutarch to be the "key battle of Pompey's clearing of the Mediterranean of pirates". By 66 BC, the pirates were no more."
Rupert Kentish
Rupert James Kentish (26 June 1914 – 1978 or 1979) was an Australian politician. He was a member of the National Party and later the Country Liberal Party. He served as a member of the Northern Territory Legislative Council from 1968 to 1974. He then served in the Northern Territory Legislative Assembly from 1974 to 1977 for Arnhem.
Kentish was born in the Gums, Queensland. He was married to Maluda, an indigenous woman. He died in 1978 or 1979.
1920 North Dakota Blizzard
The 1920 North Dakota blizzard was a severe blizzard that killed 34 people from March 15–18, 1920 in the U.S. state of North Dakota.
High winds and an eight-inch (20-centimeter) snowfall stopped rail service in Bismarck, North Dakota. Only one telephone line functioned between Fargo, North Dakota, and Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Black and white
Black-and-white (B/W or B&W) images combine black and white in a continuous spectrum, producing a range of shades of gray. In the 1910s through 1950s, all to some movies were made only in black and white.
The earliest television broadcasts were transmitted in black-and-white, and received and displayed by black-and-white only television sets. Scottish inventor John Logie Baird demonstrated the world's first color television transmission on July 3, 1928
Color television
Color television is a television transmission technology that includes information on the color of the picture, so the video image can be displayed in color on the television set. It was an upgraded form from black and white to color transmission in the 1960s to the 1980s.
The invention of color television standards is an important part of the history of television, and it is described in the technology of television article.
Glynn County, Georgia
Glynn County is a county in the U.S. state of Georgia. In the 2010 census, 79,626 people lived there. The county seat is Brunswick. Glynn County is part of the Brunswick, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area.
High-definition video
High-definition video (HDTV Video or HD video) is video of higher resolution and quality than standard-definition. While there is no standardized meaning for "high-definition", generally any video image with considerably more than 480 vertical scan lines (North America) or 576 vertical lines (Europe) is considered high-definition.
480 scan lines is generally the minimum even though the majority of systems greatly pass that.
Digital 3D
Digital 3D is a non-specific 3D standard in which movies, television shows, and video games are presented and shot in digital 3D technology or later processed in digital post-production to add a 3D effect.
One of the first studios to use digital 3D was Walt Disney Pictures. The 2008 animated feature "Bolt" was the first movie which was animated and rendered for digital 3D.
4K resolution
4K resolution talks about a horizontal display resolution of about 4,000 pixels. Digital television and digital cinematography commonly use several different 4K resolutions. In television and consumer media, 3840x2160 (4K UHD) is a common 4K standard. The movie projection industry uses 4096x2160 (DCI 4K).
2021 Christian Democratic Union of Germany leadership election
The 2021 Christian Democratic Union leadership election is set to take place during the Christian Democratic Union party's 33rd Congress. It was set to take place in Berlin on the 25 April 2020, following Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's decision in February 2020 to resign as Leader of the party. However, the election was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
On 14 September 2020, it was announced that the election would be held as a one-day meeting on 4 December 2020, during which the leadership election would take place. In October 2020, it was postponed again to 15 and 16 January 2021.
After her announcement, Norbert Röttgen surprisingly announced on the 18 February his intention to run for the leadership. This was followed by a joint announcement on the 25 February by Armin Laschet and Jens Spahn, in which Spahn endorsed Laschet for the leadership and Laschet announced his intention to stand.
A couple of hours later on the 25 February Friedrich Merz in turn announced his intention to stand for the leadership of the party.
Armin Laschet
Armin Laschet (born 18 February 1961) is a German politician. He has been the current Minister-president of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 27 June 2017. On 16 January 2021, he was elected Leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), replacing Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer.
In February 2020, Laschet announced his candidacy for Christian Democratic Union of Germany leader in the 2021 leadership election. He won the leadership race on 16 January 2021 after beating Friedrich Merz in the second round.
Norbert Röttgen
Norbert Röttgen (born 2 July 1965) is a German lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). He was Federal Minister for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety in the government of Chancellor Angela Merkel from 2009 to May 2012.
In February 2020, Röttgen announced his candidacy for Christian Democratic Union of Germany leader in the 2021 leadership election. He was eliminated in the first round of voting on 15 January 2021.
Vice (magazine)
Vice is a Canadian-American magazine. It was started by Suroosh Alvi, Gavin McInnes and Shane Smith in 1994 in Montreal, Canada as "The Voice of Montreal". It was a magazine for alternative punk music and received government funding. It is now an alternative media outlet which talks about lifestyle, the arts, culture, news and politics. When the editors later sought to get rid of their connections with the original publisher Alix Laurent, they bought him out and changed the name to "Vice" in 1996.