These names will be used for named storms that form in the North Atlantic in 2021. Retired names, if any, will be announced by the World Meteorological Organization in the spring of 2022. The names not retired from this list will be used again in the 2027 season. This is the same list used in the 2015 season, with the exceptions of "Elsa" and "Julian", which replaced "Erika" and "Joaquin".
Norman Thavaud
Norman Thavaud (born 14 April 1987) is a French YouTuber.
A Star Is Burns
"A Star Is Burns" is the 18th episode of the 6th season of "The Simpsons". It was first shown on the Fox network on March 5, 1995.
Dobsonian telescope
A Dobsonian telescope is an Newtonian telescope design.
It is "altazimuth-mounted". An altazimuth or alt-azimuth mount is a simple two-axis mount. It supports and rotates an instrument about two perpendicular axes – one vertical and the other horizontal.
Rotation about the vertical axis varies the compass bearing of where the instrument points (the azimuth). Rotation about the horizontal axis varies the altitude (angle of elevation) of the pointing direction.
It was popularised by John Dobson in 1965. It increased the size of telescopes for amateur astronomers. Dobson's telescopes had a simplified mechanical design that was easy to make from readily available components. It made a large, portable, low-cost telescope.
The design works for looking at faint, deep-sky objects such as nebulae and galaxies. This type of observation needs a large objective diameter (i.e. light-gathering power) of relatively short focal length. It can be taken to less light-polluted places.
Lava lamp
A lava lamp is a decorative lamp, invented in 1963 by British entrepreneur Edward Craven Walker, who made the lighting company Mathmos. The lamp usually takes 2 to 6 hours to heat up, but this also depends on the light bulb which is heating the wax. The lamps are designed in a variety of styles and colours, for example, a mixture of blue and red. The wax inside usually reflects the colours.
Arthur Berckmans
Arthur Berckmans (3 May 1929 – 28 December 2020), better known as Berck, was a Belgian comics writer. He wrote "Sammy". He was born in Leuven, Belgium. He retired in 1994. He also worked on "Zonneland".
Berckmans died on 28 December 2020 at the age of 91.
Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska
Maria Gąsienica Bukowa-Kowalska (2 January 1936 – 27 December 2020) was a Polish cross-country skier. She competed in the women's 10 km and the women's 3 × 5 km relay events at the 1956 Winter Olympics. Bukowa-Kowalska was born in Kościelisko, Poland.
Bukowa-Kowalska died on 27 December 2020 at the age of 84.
Armando Manzanero
Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican bolero singer-songwriter, composer and pianist. He was born in Mérida, Yucatán. His career began in 1950. His record label was RCA Records. His best known singles were: "Somos Novios (It's Impossible)", "Mía" and "Adoro".
In 2014, Manzanero was honored with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.
On 17 December 2020, Manzanero was hospitalized in Mexico City after being diagnosed with COVID-19. He died five days later from the infection, aged 85.
Mérida, Yucatán
Mérida () is the capital and largest city in the Yucatán state in Mexico. It is also the largest city of the Yucatán Peninsula.
Chris Wilder
Chris Wilder (born 23 September 1967) is an English football manager and a former player. He is currently the manager of Premier League football club Sheffield United.
Yaël Braun-Pivet
Yaël Braun-Pivet (born 7 December 1970 in Nancy) is a French lawyer, activism associative and politician.
Yaël was member of the Socialist Party (PS) and then of En Marche (now La République en Marche). She was elected as member of the national assembly for Yvelines 5th constituency
She is Chair of the Committee on Constitutional Laws, Legislation and the General Administration of the Republic in the French National Assembly.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (movie)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy movie directed by David Yates. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2003 novel of the same name. The fifth movie in the "Harry Potter" movie series, it was written by Michael Goldenberg and produced by David Heyman and David Barron.
The movie stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
The movie had a budget between £75 and 100 million ($150–200 million). Warner Bros. released the movie in North America on 11 July 2007 and in the United Kingdom on 12 July. It is the first "Potter" movie to be released in IMAX 3D.
"Order of the Phoenix" opened to a worldwide five-day opening of $333 million. The movie was nominated for two BAFTA Film Awards in 2008.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (movie)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is a 2009 fantasy movie directed by David Yates. It is based on J. K. Rowling's 2005 novel of the same name. The movie, which is the sixth one in the "Harry Potter" movie series.
It stars Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter, alongside Rupert Grint and Emma Watson as Harry's best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.
With a budget of $250 million, it is one of the most expensive movies ever made and the most expensive movie in the "Harry Potter" movie series.
National Democratic Alliance
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is an Indian political alliance. It made up of center-right and right-wing political parties and led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It was founded in 1998. It currently controls the Indian union government as well as the government of 18 Indian states.
Its first chairman was Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. L. K. Advani, the former Deputy Prime Minister, took over as chairman in 2004 and served until 2014. Afetr that, Amit Shah has been the chairman since 2014. The coalition ruled from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 general elections with a combined vote share of 38.5%. Its leader, Narendra Modi, was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. In the 2019 general election, the alliance further increased its tally to 353 seats with combined vote share of 45.43%.
The NDA was formed in May 1998 as a coalition to contest the general elections. The main aim of the NDA was to form a anti-Congress coalition. It was led by the BJP, and included several regional parties, including the Samta Party and the AIADMK, as well as Shiv Sena, the only member which shared the Hindutva ideology of the BJP. After the election, it was able to muster a slim majority with outside support from the Telugu Desam Party, allowing Atal Bihari Vajpayee to return as prime minister.
The government collapsed within a year because the AIADMK withdrew its support. After the entry of a few more regional parties, the NDA proceeded to win the 1999 elections with a larger majority. Vajpayee became Prime Minister for a third time, and this time served a full five-year term.
The NDA called elections in early 2004, six months ahead of schedule. Its campaign was based around the slogan of "India Shining" which attempted to depict the NDA government. It responsible for a rapid economic transformation of the country. However, the NDA suffered a defeat. They won with only a 186 seats in the Lok Sabha, compared to the 222 of the United Progressive Alliance led by the Congress, with Manmohan Singh. Singh has succeeded Vajpayee as prime minister. Commentators have argued that the NDA's defeat was due to a failure to reach out to the rural masses.