The flag is made of three colored stripes, which are red, black, and green. On the top stripe, there is a red sun, with 31 rays. The rising sun means hope and freedom for Africa . The 31 rays of the sun mean that Malawi was the 31st country to have independence. The black means the people of Africa. The red means the blood of their struggle to be free, and the green means nature.
A new flag of Malawi was made on July 29, 2010. The stripes were changed from the first flag to match the Pan-African Flag, with the red stripe at the top, the black stripe in middle, and the green stripe at the bottom. The sun at the top was replaced with a white sun in the middle. This sun had 45 rays, that meant the economic growth Malawi has made since being independent. The flag was approved by the President of Malawi, Bingu wa Mutharika, on July 29, 2010. The people of Malwai didn't want to change the flag, but the government kept going through the process of having it. The flag was nicknamed "Bingu's flag" by the peoplen who saw it as a fake flag. Many didn't like the flag, seeing it as bad for the nation.
On 28 May 2012, President Joyce Banda changed the flag back to the first flag.
Flag of Mauritania
The flag of Mauritania is a green field containing a gold star and crescent, with a red stripe at the top and bottom of the field.
Ribeauvillé
Ribeauvillé is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Panch Pargana Kisan College
Panch Pargana Kisan College, also known as P.P.K. College, established in 1978, is a general degree college in Bundu, Jharkhand. It offers undergraduate courses in arts, commerce and sciences. It is affiliated to Ranchi University.
B.N.J. College was accrediated by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC).
Kingdon Gould Jr.
Kingdon Gould Jr. (January 3, 1924 – January 16, 2018) was an American diplomat, businessman, and philanthropist.
A Republican businessman, President Richard Nixon appointed Gould to serve as United States Ambassador to Luxembourg, a position he would serve from 1969 through 1972. In 1973, Gould was appointed as Ambassador to the Netherlands by President Gerald Ford, serving until 1976.
Gould died on January 16, 2018 in North Laurel, Maryland of pneumonia at the age of 94.
Julie Gibson
Julie Gibson (September 6, 1913 – October 2, 2019) was an American former singer and actress. Her career during became popular in the 1940s.
In 1937, she joined the cast of Joe Penner's radio program.
She made her first movie appearances in small roles in the movies "Nice Girl?" and "The Feminine Touch" (both 1941).
Her first featured role was in the 1944 movie "Lucky Cowboy".
Gibson died at her Los Angeles home on October 2, 2019 at the age of 106.
Dean Stockwell
Robert Dean Stockwell (March 5, 1936 – ) was an American actor. His career has lasted for 70 years before his death from 4 years. As a child actor under contract to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he first came to the public's attention in movies such as "Anchors Aweigh" (1945), "The Green Years" (1946), "Gentleman's Agreement" (1947), and "Kim" (1950).
Stockwell portrays Albert "Al" Calavicci in the science fiction television series "Quantum Leap" which aired from March 26, 1989 through May 5, 1993.
Stockwell died on November 30, 2019, at the age of 83 from complications of normal pressure hydrocephalus.
Elisabeth Waldo
Elisabeth Ann Dentzel (née Waldo; born June 18, 1918) is an American violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist. She was an early adopter of Native American musical instruments among those trained in European classical music.
Dusty Anderson
Ruth "Dusty" Anderson (born December 17, 1918 - Septemeber 12, 2007), was an American actress and World War II pin-up girl. She was known for her roles in "Crime Doctor's Warning" (1945), which was one in the popular Crime Doctor series, and "The Phantom Thief" (1946).
Caren Marsh Doll
Caren Marsh Doll (born April 6, 1919), born as Caren Morris, is an American actress and dancer. She was Judy Garland's stand-in for "The Wizard of Oz" (1939) and "Ziegfeld Girl" in 1941.
Along with Jerry Maren, who also played a munchkin (as a member of The Lollipop Guild), she is one of the two known surviving members of the cast of "The Wizard of Oz", she was helping Judy Garland.
Sono Osato
Sono Osato (August 29, 1919 – December 26, 2018) was an American dancer and actress.
Osato began her career at the age of fourteen with the Ballets Russe de Monte-Carlo; she later went on to dance with American Ballet Theatre (then Ballet Theatre). While at ABT, she danced roles in such ballets as Kenneth MacMillan's "Sleeping Beauty", Antony Tudor's "Pillar of Fire", and Bronislava Nijinska's "The Beloved".
Osato was found dead on December 26, 2019 in Manhattan, aged 99.
Norma Miller
Norma Miller (December 2, 1919 – May 5, 2019) was an American Lindy hop dancer known as the "Queen of Swing".
From 1952 to 1968, Miller directed the Norma Miller Dancers and Norma Miller and Her Jazzmen, both of which included Frankie Manning's son Charles "Chazz" Young as well as her long-time partner Billy Ricker.
Miller wrote several books, including "Me & John Biffar: A Love Story", which chronicles her friendship with filmmaker John Biffar. Another work, "Swing, Baby Swing!" follows the evolution of swing dance into the 21st century. "Swingin' at the Savoy: The Memoir of a Jazz Dancer" was her autobiography.
In 2003, Miller was honored with a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts for creating and continuing to preserve “the acrobatic style of swing dancing known as the Lindy Hop”.
Miller died at her home in Fort Myers, Florida from heart failure on May 5, 2019 at the age of 99.
Nancy Richler
Nancy Richler (May 16, 1957 – January 18, 2018) was a Canadian novelist. Her novels won two international awards and were shortlisted for three others; Richler was also shortlisted for the Canadian Booksellers Association Author of the Year award in 2013. She was born in Montreal, Quebec. Her best known works are "Throwaway Angels", "Your Mouth Is Lovely" and "The Imposter Bride".
Richler also wrote short stories, which were published in magazines and anthologies including "New Quarterly", "Prairie Fire", "A Room of One's Own" and the "Journey Prize Anthology".
Richler died of cancer in Vancouver, British Columbia on January 18, 2018, at the age of 60.
Anna Campori
Anna Campori (22 September 1917 – 19 January 2018) was an Italian actress. Beginning her career in 1951, she appeared in 70 movies. She was born in Rome, Italy. She made her last appearance in the TV series "Carabinieri".
She turned 100 in September 2017 and died on 19 January 2018 in Rome.
Maggie Daley Park
Maggie Daley Park is a public park in the Loop community area of Chicago. It is near the Lake Michigan shoreline in northeastern Grant Park.
Maggie Daley Park is connected to Millennium Park by the BP Pedestrian Bridge. It is named for Maggie Daley, the former first lady of the city who died of breast cancer in 2011.
The park was almost entirely remade with multiple new features including a new field house, an ice skating ribbon, climbing walls, landscaping and children's playground. A garden honors cancer survivors.
It is bounded by Randolph Street, Monroe, Columbus and Lake Shore Drives. Construction took 2 years and cost $60 million, including rebuilding an underground parking lot.
Flag of Mauritius
The flag of Mauritius has four horizontal bands of red, blue, yellow and green. The flag was recorded at the College of Arms in London on 9 January 1968.
Flag of Uganda
The flag of Uganda () was adopted on 9 October 1962, the date that Uganda became independent from the United Kingdom. It has of six equal horizontal bands of black (top), yellow, red, black, yellow, and red (bottom); a white disc is superimposed at the centre and depicts the national symbol, a grey crowned crane, facing the hoist side.
Flag of Guinea-Bissau