Aleksandr Timofeyevich Aksinin (, 4 November 1954 – 28 July 2020)) was a Soviet athlete. He won a gold medal winner of the 4 × 100m relay at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He also won a bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Aksinin was born in Leningrad.
Aksinin died on 28 July 2020, aged 65.
Destination Tokyo
Destination Tokyo is a 1943 American World War II adventure movie directed by Delmer Daves and starring Cary Grant, John Garfield, Alan Hale, Sr., Tom Tully, John Forsythe, John Ridgely, Dane Clark, Warner Anderson, Eleanor Parker, Faye Emerson. It was distributed by Warner Bros. and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1944.
Kina Kadreva
Kina Kadreva (27 September 1931 – 27 July 2020) was a Bulgarian author. She was best known for the children's book "The Milk Tree" from 1962, and "Dragon under a down pillow" from 1996. Kadreva was born in Burgas, Bulgaria.
Kadreva died on 27 July 2020 in Sofia, aged 88.
John Weeks (economist)
John Weeks (1941 – 26 July 2020) was an American economist. He was born in Austin, Texas. He was Professor Emeritus at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London. His research interests were in theoretical and policy-applied macroeconomics and economic development. He published academic papers, books and policy reports in these areas.
He died on 26 July 2020, aged 79.
Claudia Giannotti
Claudia Giannotti (19 February 1937 – 26 July 2020) was an Italian actress. She was born in Campobasso, Italy. She was known for her role as Dr. Natoli in the 1969 comedy "Il Prof. Dott. Guido Tersilli, primario della clinica Villa Celeste, convenzionata con le mutue".
Giannotti died on 26 July 2020 in Torino, Italy at the age of 83.
Giulio Maceratini
Giulio Maceratini (13 February 1938 – 25 July 2020) was an Italian politician. He was born in Rome. He was a member of the European Parliament between 6 June 1988 to 1 October 1988.
Maceratini died on 25 July 2020 in Rome at the age of 82.
Jim Frick
Kjell "Jim" Erik Frick, (6 November 1951 – 25 July 2020) was a Swedish horse racer within harness racing. He was born in Rättvik, Sweden. After winning 5002 races he ended his career in 2010 after being thrown off the horse.
In 1987, Frick represented Sweden in the World Driving Championship.
Between 2003 and 2007 he won 36 million (SEK) with 400 victories in the sport. On 21 February 2010, he won his 5000th victory in horse racing with the horse Sandro Mustang at Gävletravet.
Frick died on 25 July 2020 from prostate cancer at the age of 68.
Bernard Mohlalisi
Bernard Mohlalisi O.M.I. (March 16, 1933 – July 24, 2020) was the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Maseru in Lesotho from 1990 to 2009. On June 30, 2009, his resignation due to age was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI. Mohlalisi was ordained as a priest on July 14, 1963.
Mohlalisi died on July 24, 2020 at the age of 87.
Claude-Gérard Marcus
Claude-Gérard Marcus (24 August 1933 – 24 July 2020) was a French politician. He was a member of the National Assembly from 1968 to 1997. He was born in Paris. He was a member of the Union of Democrats for the Republic.
Marcus died on 24 July 2020 in Paris, aged 86.
Claude Beausoleil
Claude Beausoleil (16 November 1948 – 24 July 2020) was a Canadian writer, poet, and essayist. He was born in Montreal.
In 1991, Beausoleil won the Prix littéraires du Journal de Montréal for "Une certain fin de siècle". He was also a finalist for the 1991 Governor General's Awards. He won the 1997 Prix Alain-Grandbois for "Grand Hôtel des étrangers". "La Blessure du silence" won the Prix Louise-Labé in 2009, and "Mystère Wilde" won the Prix Heredia of the Académie française in 2015.
Beausoleil was a member of the Académie Mallarmé. His archives are kept in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec.
Beausoleil died on 24 July 2020 in Montreal, aged 71.
Bonneville, Haute-Savoie
Bonneville (; ) is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.
Eulogius (Smirnov)
Eulogius (born Yuri Vasilyevich Smirnov; 13 January 1937 – 22 July 2020) was a Russian Orthodox prelate. He was the figure head at the Russian Orthodox Eparchy of Vladimir between 1990 and 2018.
Metropolitan Eulogius died on 22 July 2020, aged 83.
A15 autoroute
The A15 is a short autoroute (motorway) in France. It goes through the suburbs of the northwest of Paris. It is about long.
The Telebugs
The Telebugs is a cartoon from the 1980s about the adventures of three robots with televisions for heads.
Theodotion
Theodotion was a Greek-speaking Jewish scholar, who likely worked in Ephesus (a place in the west of modern-day Turkey), and translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek in roughly AD 150.
Qumran
Qumran is an archaeological site in the West Bank by the nation of Israel. It is best known as the settlement nearest to the Qumran Caves where the Dead Sea Scrolls were kept. The excavations were carried out by Roland de Vaux in the 1950s, though several later works at the site have since been carried out. The Biblical documents found at Qumran have been very useful to scholars of the Bible, Judaism and Christianity, as it allows them to understand the history of the Jewish community that lived there as well as the history of the Bible (such as which books were part of the canon or when certain books were written).
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Squeezie
Lucas Hauchard (born 27 January 1996), also known as Squeezie, is a French YouTuber. He is the most well-known French-speaking gamer with over 14 million subscribers and 7 billion views. He specialises in Let's Play commentaries and vlogs, and also works with Cyprien Iov on "Bigorneaux & Coquillages", a channel with over 6 million subscribers as of October 2019.
Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits
Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits is a chain of fast food restaurants. They serve Cajun-style chicken and biscuits. It was founded in 1977 by Jack Fulk and Richard Thomas.
Thin Ice (1937 movie)
Thin Ice is a 1937 American romantic comedy movie directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Sonja Henie, Tyrone Power, Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn, Joan Davis. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1938.
Pinkel
Pinkel is a type of sausage that is common in the north of Germany. It does not only contain meat, but also has non-meat ingredients. Its exact composition varies, but it is usually made of bacon, groats of oats or barley, beef suet, pig lard, onions, salt, pepper and other spices. It is the kind of sausage that is usually served cooked, with some form of cabbage.
Mostly during the winter months, it may also be used in Eintopf. Pinkel is a smoked sausage. It is eaten mainly in northwest Germany, especially the region around Oldenburg, Bremen and Osnabrück as well as in East Frisia and Friesland.
Statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar, Japan
The Statue of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar at the Koyasan University in Wakayama
Prefecture, Japan, is a public monument of Babasaheb Ambedkar. Ambedkar (1891-1956) was an Indian polymath, Dalit leader, human and civil rights activist, the architect of the Indian constitution and the founding father of republic of India. The statue was unveiled on 10 September 2015 by then Maharashtra's Chief
Minister Devendra Fadnavis. The statue of a foreign person has been set up for the first time in Wakayama. The statue's height is 10.5 feet (3.2 m). It was established on the celebration of 1,200th year of foundation of Koyasan and the 125th birth anniversary of B. R. Ambedkar. It was established at a cost of ₹ 22.25 lakhs.
As a part of cooperation in the field of tourism, the Government of Maharashtra had
signed a Memorandum of Understanding in October 2013 with the Wakayama
Prefecture in Japan. Japan is considered to be Buddhist country. The Japanese
wanted to establish a statue of Ambedkar on the 'Koyasan' hill, which is considered
sacred to Buddhists. Accordingly, the statue of Babasaheb Ambedkar was decided to