Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, née Muazzez İlmiye İtil, (born 20 June 1914) is a Turkish archaeologist and Assyriologist. She was born in Bursa, Turkey. She works in the study of Sumerian civilization.
In 2006, at the age of 92, she received world-wide coverage in international media outlets when, upon publication of her 2005 book which described, among other topics, how her research into the history of the headscarf revealed that it did not originate in the Muslim world, but was worn five thousand years ago by Sumerian priests who initiated young men into sex.
James C. Floyd
James Charles Floyd (born October 20, 1914) is a Canadian aerospace engineer. He was born in Manchester, England. Floyd was the Avro Aircraft Ltd. (Canada) chief design engineer. He helped create the design and development of the Avro Jetliner, CF-100 and CF-105 Arrow aircraft designs.
Richard K. Guy
Richard Kenneth Guy (30 September 1916 – 9 March 2020) was a British-Canadian mathematician. He was professor emeritus in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Calgary.
Guy was known for his work in number theory, geometry, recreational mathematics, combinatorics, and graph theory. He is best known for co-authorship (with John Conway and Elwyn Berlekamp) of "Winning Ways for your Mathematical Plays" and authorship of "Unsolved Problems in Number Theory".
He also published over 300 papers.
Guy died on 9 March 2020 in Calgary, Alberta, aged 103.
George Haigh
George Haigh (26 June 1915 – 23 April 2019) was an English professional footballer. He is known for his association with Stockport County. At the age of 103, he was the oldest surviving former County player.
He was said to be the oldest surviving former professional footballer, although Arthur Smith was one month older.
Arthur Smith (footballer, born 1915)
Arthur Hoyle Smith (born 8 May 1915) is an English former professional footballer. At 103, he is the oldest surviving former professional footballer, and is a month older than George Haigh, who was first thought to be the oldest.
In 1938, he joined Leicester City on a free transfer. In his first season with Leicester, he made eight appearances, and in his second, he made two more, with a brace against Manchester City.
From 1935 to 2015 (with the exception of five years' war service in the British Army), Smith was the organist and choirmaster at Christ Church, Walmersley.
John Lysak
John Lysak (born August 16, 1914) is an American canoeist. He competed in the Olympic Games in 1936 in Berlin. He was born in Bound Brook, New Jersey.
Lysak competed in the 1936 Olympics in Men's Folding Kayak Doubles, 10 kilometres, finishing seventh. After a stint in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, Lysak worked as a painting contractor until the age of 62.
He is the San Francisco Bay Area's oldest living Olympian.
Bound Brook, New Jersey
Bound Brook is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. It is located along the Raritan River. At the 2010 United States Census, the borough's population was 10,402.
Ignacio Trelles
Ignacio "Nacho" Trelles Campos (31 July 1916 – 24 March 2020) was a Mexican football player and coach. He had five tenures as coach of the Selección de fútbol de México (Mexico national team) in 106 international matches, and was in charge of the Mexico squads at FIFA World Cup tournaments: 1962 and 1966. He guided Mexico to their first win in a FIFA World Cup.
He coached 1083 matches, collected 463 wins, 319 draws and 301 losses. He turned 100 in July 2016. Trelles died on 24 March 2020 of a heart attack in Mexico City, aged 103.
Eileen Whelan
Eileen Ash (née Whelan; born 30 October 1911) is a former English cricketer. She was born in London. Whelan played seven Test matches for England between 1937 and 1949. She is the oldest living international cricketer.
Whelan played Test cricket both before and after the Second World War, making her debut against Australia at Northampton in June 1937 and playing her last game against New Zealand in Auckland in March 1949.
Whelan also played representative cricket for the Civil Service, Middlesex and South of England.
In July 2017, aged 105, Ash rang the bell at Lord's to signal the start of play at the 2017 Women's World Cup Final, which England won.
Dniester
The River Dniester is a large river of eastern Europe. It starts on the north side of the Carpathian Mountains. It flows through Ukraine, Transnistria and Moldova for . It ends at the Black Sea near Odessa. It is the second longest river in Ukraine.
Gavin Buckley
Gavin Buckley (born 8 February 1963) is an Australian-American politician and businessman. He has been the Mayor of Annapolis, the capital of the U.S. state of Maryland since December 2017. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
Buckley first moved to the United States in 1985. He later moved to Maryland in 1992. He is a successful businessman in Annapolis, opening four restaurants and a café. In June 2018, while he was in office, the "Capital Gazette" shooting happened in Annapolis, leaving five dead. After the shooting, he called for stricter gun control in the U.S., similar to laws passed in Australia following the Port Arthur massacre of 1996.
Buckley was born in Boksburg, South Africa. He grew up in Perth, Western Australia. He has been married to Julie Williams since 1997. The couple have two children. He is a cancer survivor.
Baleka Mbete
Baleka Mbete (born 24 September 1949) is a South African politician. She is the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, a position she has had since May 2014.
Big Banana
The Big Banana is a tourist attraction and amusement park in the city of Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. The Big Banana is in a banana plantation, and has a large walk-through banana model. It was opened on 22 December 1964. It was one of Australia's first big things. The site includes laser tag, mini golf, ice skating, a theatre for learning, a toboggan ride and a water park.
SodaStream
SodaStream International is an Israel-based manufacturing company. It's best known as the maker of the consumer home carbonation product by the same name. It carbonates water by adding carbon dioxide from a pressurized cylinder to create soda water to drink. The company also sells more than 100 types of concentrated syrups and flavorings to make carbonated drinks.
In the past, several major brands were available in the SodaStream concentrate, including Sunkist and Fanta. SodaStream also offers diet concentrates.
In January 2012, SodaStream and Kraft Foods became partners. It involved the use of Country Time and Crystal Light brand flavors. In July 2012, the two companies extended their partnership to include the Kool-Aid flavor line.
Kool-Aid
Kool-Aid is an American brand of flavored drink mix. The product is owned by Kraft Foods.
Kool-Aid was invented by Edwin Perkins in Hastings, Nebraska. Before Kool-Aid, there was a liquid drink called Fruit Smack. To cut down shipping costs, Perkins found a way to remove the liquid from Fruit Smack and leave only a powder. The powder was called "Kool-Aid".
Perkins moved his production to Chicago in 1931. Kool-Aid was sold to General Foods in 1953.
Kool-Aid is usually sold in powder form, in packets and small tubs. The actual beverage is made by mixing the substance with water and sugar. But there are some sugar-free varieties. The drink is usually served with ice or refrigerated and then served chilled.
The Kool-Aid Man is associated with Kool-Aid. He was created in the 1950s. He was made over in 2013.
Dodge City, Alabama
Dodge City is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is located south of the center of Cullman County.
Edwardsville, Alabama
Edwardsville is a town in the U.S. state of Alabama.
Elberta, Alabama
Elberta is a town in Baldwin County, Alabama, United States. At the 2010 census the population was 1,498, up from 552 at the 2000 census.
Magnolia Springs, Alabama
Magnolia Springs is a small town in the U.S. state of Alabama.