Miguel Angel Cardona (born July 11, 1975) is an American educator. Cardona is the 12th and current United States Secretary of Education since 2021. He was the Connecticut Commissioner of Education from 2019 until 2021.
On December 22, 2020 President Joe Biden nominated Cardona to be the United States Secretary of Education in his cabinet. He was confirmed by a vote of 64-33 on March 1, 2021. He was sworn-in the next day.
Cardona is from Meriden, Connecticut. He began his career as a fourth-grade teacher at Israel Putnam Elementary School in Meriden. In 2003, at the age of 27, he was named principal of Hanover School, also in Meriden, making him the youngest principal in the state.
The Addams Family (2019 movie)
The Addams Family is a 2019 animated supernatural black comedy movie directed by Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan. It is based on the characters created by Charles Addams.
The movie stars the voices of Oscar Isaac, Charlize Theron, Chloë Grace Moretz, Finn Wolfhard, Nick Kroll, Snoop Dogg, Bette Midler, and Allison Janney.
The movie was released on October 11, 2019 to mixed reviews.
Jeanne Robertson
Jeanne Swanner Robertson (born September 21, 1943) is an American comedienne, motivational speaker, a former Miss North Carolina, and a former physical education teacher.
To the Victor
To the Victor is a 1948 American romantic drama movie directed by Delmer Daves and starring Dennis Morgan, Viveca Lindfors, Victor Francen, Eduardo Ciannelli, Anthony Caruso, Tom D'Andrea, Dorothy Malone. It was distributed by Warner Bros..
Harlem After Midnight
Harlem After Midnight is a 1934 American drama movie directed by Oscar Micheaux (who also stars) and starring Lawrence Chenault, Rex Ingram, Carlton Moss, Alice B. Russell. It is a lost movie.
Cesare Emiliani
Cesare Emiliani (8 December 1922 – 20 July 1995) was an Italian-American scientist, geologist, micropaleontologist, and founder of paleoceanography. He developed the timescale of marine isotope stages which is still used today.
He established that the ice ages of the last half million years or so are a cyclic phenomenon. This supported the ideas of Milankovitch and revolutionized ideas about the history of the oceans and the glaciations. He was also the proponent of Project "LOCO" (for Long Cores) to the U.S. National Science Foundation. The project was a success. It gave evidence of the history of the oceans and tested the hypotheses of seafloor spreading and plate tectonics.
Cesare Emiliani was honored by having the genus "Emiliania" erected as home for the taxon "huxlei". This had previously been called "Coccolithus huxleii". He was awarded the Vega Medal of the Swedish Society for Anthropology and Geography (SSAG) in 1983, and the Alexander Agassiz Medal of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences in 1989 for his isotopic studies on Pleistocene and Holocene planktic foraminifera.
K. T. Oslin
Kay Toinette Oslin (May 15, 1942 – December 21, 2020) was an American country music singer-songwriter. She was best known for her 1987 top-ten hit country single "80's Ladies". Oslin was born in Crossett, Arkansas. She won three Grammy Awards (one in 1988 and two in 1989).
In June 2015, she was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. Oslin died on December 21, 2020, a week after being diagnosed with COVID-19 in Nashville, Tennessee, aged 78.
Kevin Greene (American football)
Kevin Darwin Greene (July 31, 1962 – December 21, 2020) was an American professional football player. He was a linebacker and defensive end for the Los Angeles Rams, Pittsburgh Steelers, Carolina Panthers, and San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL) from 1985 through 1999.
He was also an outside linebackers coach for the Green Bay Packers from 2009 through 2013 and the New York Jets from 2017 through 2018.
He was a three-time All-Pro and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2016.
Greene died on December 21, 2020 in Destin, Florida, at the age of 58.
John Fitzpatrick (footballer, born 1946)
John Herbert Norton Fitzpatrick (18 August 1946 – 21 December 2020) was a Scottish footballer. He played as a wing half, forward and full-back for English club Manchester United.
He died in December 2020 at the age of 74.
Inés Moreno
Inés Moreno (1932 – 20 December 2020) was an Argentine actress. She played many femme fatale roles. Moreno was born in Buenos Aires. She was best known for her role as Teresa in the 1958 drama "Behind a Long Wall".
Moreno was married to the actor Juan Carlos Barbieri. They had a daughter Andrea Barbieri. She later divorced Barbieri and married the Uruguayan journalist Lucho Avilés.
Moreno died on 20 December 2020 in Buenos Aires from problems caused by a long-illness, aged 88.
Femme fatale
A femme fatale ( or ; , literally "lethal woman"), sometimes called a maneater or vamp, is a character that is a mysterious, beautiful, and seductive woman. This character often traps her lovers, often leading them into deadly traps.
Anthony Banzi
Anthony Mathias Banzi (28 October 1946 – 20 December 2020) was a Tanzanian Roman Catholic bishop. Banzi was born in Tawa, Tanzania. He became a priest in 1973. He was bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tanga from 1994 until his death in 2020.
Banzi died in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 20 December 2020, aged 74.
David Giler
David Kevin Giler (July 23, 1943 – December 19, 2020) was an American screenwriter and television director. His career began in 1962 and he retired in 2017. He was best known for writing the screenplay for "Aliens", "Fun with Dick and Jane" and "The Money Pit".
Giler was married to actress Nancy Kwan from 1970 until their divorce in 1972.
On December 19, 2020, he died of cancer at his home in Bangkok, Thailand at the age of 77.
Anthony Birley
Anthony Richard Birley (8 October 1937 – 19 December 2020) was a British ancient historian, archaeologist and academic. He was born in Chesterholm, Northumberland. He was known for his works to preserve the Vindolanda in Chesterholm.
Birley was the Professor of Ancient History at the University of Manchester from 1974 to 1990 and at University of Düsseldorf from 1990 to 2002. He was an Honorary Professor in the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Durham.
Birley died of lung cancer on 19 December 2020 in Chesterholm, aged 83.
Sun Weiben
Sun Weiben (; 19 November 1928 – 18 December 2020) was a Chinese politician. He was Communist Party Secretary of Heilongjiang from 1985 to 1994 and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang People's Congress from 1988 to 1998.
He was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a delegate to the 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th National People's Congress.
Sun died on 18 December 2020, almost one month after his 92nd birthday.
Armin Hofmann
Armin Hofmann (HonRDI) (29 June 1920 – 18 December 2020) was a Swiss graphic designer. He was born in Geneva. He worked at the Schule für Gestaltung Basel. In 1965 he wrote the "Graphic Design Manual", a popular textbook in graphic design.
Hofmann died in December 2020 at the age of 100.
William J. Castagna
William John Castagna (June 25, 1924 – December 18, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida from 1979 until his death. He was nominated to the court by President Jimmy Carter. Castagna was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Castagna died on December 18, 2020 in Tampa, Florida at the age of 96.
Ikenwoli Godfrey Emiko
Ikenwoli Godfrey Emiko (19 March 1955 – 21 December 2020) was a Nigerian businessman, philanthropist and traditional ruler. He was the Olu of Warri from 2015 until his death. He was crowned Ogiame Ikenwoli on 12 December 2015
Emiko died on 21 December 2020 in Warri, Nigeria from COVID-19 at the age of 65.
Emil Cadkin