Robert William Harrison (born August 12, 1927) is an American former professional basketball player. He played as a point guard and a shooting guard. He played nine seasons (1949–1958) in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Minneapolis Lakers, Milwaukee / St. Louis Hawks and Syracuse Nationals. He was a three-time NBA champion and an NBA All-Star in 1956. Harrison later coached basketball at Kenyon College and Harvard University. He was born in Toledo, Ohio.
1982 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1982 Stanley Cup Finals was the championship series of the National Hockey League's (NHL) 1981–82 season, and the culmination of the 1982 Stanley Cup playoffs.
I Marine Expeditionary Force
The I Marine Expeditionary Force is a Marine Air Ground Task Force (MAGTF) of the United States Marine Corps. Three units made up most of the Force. They are the 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, and 1st Marine Logistics Group. It is based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
I Marine Expeditionary Force is the largest of the three MEFs in the Marine Corps. The Force is commonly called the "Warfighting MEF" as it is constantly involved in major wars around the world. Lt. Gen. Joseph Osterman currently commands the Force. His deputy is Brig. Gen. Rick Uribe.
Steve Watkins
Steven Charles Watkins Jr. (born September 18, 1976) is an American veteran, politician and businessman. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Kansas' . He is a Republican.
In July 2020, Watkins was charged with voter fraud by Shawnee County District Attorney.
In August 2020, he lost his re-election primary campaign to Kansas State Treasurer Jake LaTurner.
Jordi Sierra i Fabra
Jordi Sierra i Fabra (born 26 July 1947 in Barcelona) is a Spanish author. His works for children's literature have been published in Spain and Latin America. He has also studied pop music since the late 1960s. He has founded and/or managed several journals, including"El Gran Musical", "Disco Exprés", "Popular 1" "Top Magazine".
His writing has won many awards.
Massachusetts Street
Massachusetts Street (also called Mass Street) is the main street in downtown Lawrence. It starts slightly south of the Kansas River. It ends at Haskell Indian Nations University. People named it Massachusetts Street because many people from Lawrence came from Massachusetts.
Kansas River
The Kansas River, also known as the Kaw, is a river in northeastern Kansas in the United States.
Wakarusa River
The Wakarusa River is a tributary of the Kansas River. It is about long. It is in eastern Kansas in the United States. It is south of Topeka and Lawrence.
Pervis Ellison
Pervis Ellison (born April 3, 1967) is an American former professional basketball player. Ellison earned the nickname "Never Nervous Pervis" due to his play at the University of Louisville, including leading the Cardinals to the 1986 national championship. A highly touted draft prospect, he played for four teams from 1989 to 2000 during a relatively disappointing career in the NBA.
Herb White
Herbert Thomas White (born June 15, 1948) is a former professional basketball player. Due to his unique leaping ability as well as his hometown, he is nicknamed the "Elevator from Decatur". White played 38 games for the 1970-71 Atlanta Hawks.
Sylvia Miles
Sylvia Miles (September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019) was an American actress. She was born in Greenwich Village, New York City. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her roles in "Midnight Cowboy" (1969) and "Farewell, My Lovely" (1975). She also starred as Mrs. Fisher in the comedy "She-Devil" (1989).
Miles died on June 12, 2019 in Manhattan at the age of 94. She was suffering from anemia and respiratory illnesses at the time of her death.
Wim Betz
Willem (Wim) Betz (22 February 1943 – 8 June 2019) was a Belgian physician. He was a professor emeritus at the Belgian university Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) until November 2007. Betz was a leading skeptic in Flanders and participant in the "EU COST B4 Project". He was a founding member and vice-president of the Belgian skeptic organisation SKEPP.
Betz died on 8 June 2019 at the age of 76.
Sarah Nicole Jones
Sarah Nicole Jones is an American TV writer and producer.
First serving as a writer's assistant on SyFy's "Eureka", Jones eventually became a staff writer for ".
, Jones is currently a producer for ".
Armand De Decker
Armand De Decker (8 October 1948 – 12 June 2019) was a Belgian politician. He was a member of the French-speaking liberal party Mouvement réformateur (MR). De Decker was President of the Senate from 1999 to 2004 and again from 2007 to 2010. De Decker was Mayor of Uccle until 2017. He was born in Brussels.
De Decker died on 12 June 2019 in Uccle at the age of 70.
Léon Kalenga Badikebele
Léon Kalenga Badikebele (17 July 1956 – 12 June 2019) was a Congolese prelate of the Catholic Church. He worked in the diplomatic service of the Holy See. He held the rank of Apostolic Nuncio from 2008 until his death and was Nuncio to Argentina from 2018 until his death in June 2019. He was born in Kamina, Haut-Lomami, then in the Belgian Congo.
Badikebele died on 12 June 2019 from a long-illness at the age of 62.
2019–20 Hong Kong protests
The 2019-20 Hong Kong anti-extradition bill protests were caused by the Fugitive Offenders and Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Legislation (Amendment) Bill 2019 proposed by the Government of Hong Kong. Many protests were held in Hong Kong and other cities around the world, protesting against the bill.
People worried that the bill would cause the city to open itself up to the reach of mainland Chinese law and that people from Hong Kong could become subject to a different legal system.
Various protests have been launched in Hong Kong by the general public and legal communities. Among these, the 9 June protest organised by the Civil Human Rights Front (CHRF), had 1.03 million people protest on the streets. Protests in other places were also launched by overseas Hongkongers and locals.
Despite the widespread demonstrations, the government initially insisted on the bill's passage, saying that the bill was urgent and that the legal "loophole" should be fixed. On 15 June 2019, Carrie Lam announced the suspension of the bill. On 4 September, Lam promised that the bill would be withdrawn when the Legislative Council started again in October. The government formally withdrew the bill on 23 October.
2019 Danish general election
General elections were held in Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing; 175 in Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place ten days after the European Parliament elections.
Dermatophyllum
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Suskityrannus
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Ashleigh Barty
Ashleigh Barty (born 24 April 1996) is an Australian professional tennis player and former cricketer. She is currently ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). She is the second Australian WTA singles No. 1 after fellow Australian player Evonne Goolagong Cawley. Barty has won five singles titles and ten doubles titles on the WTA Tour. Of her wins, she has won one Grand Slam singles title at the 2019 French Open and one Grand Slam doubles title at the 2018 US Open with partner CoCo Vandeweghe.
Barty was born in Ipswich, Queensland and grew up in Springfield, Queensland. She has an Indigenous Australian background through her father.
Deaths in December 2016