Alfonso Milián Sorribas (15 January 1939 – 26 November 2020) was a Spanish Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in La Cuba, Spain. He became a priest in 1962.
He was titular bishop of "Diana" and as Auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zaragoza, Spain, from 2000 to 2004 and as bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Barbastro-Monzón, Spain, from 2004 to 2014.
Milián Sorribas died on 26 November 2020 in Zaragoza, Spain at the age of 81.
Kevin Burnham
Kevin Lobdell Burnham (December 21, 1956 – November 27, 2020) was an American two-time Olympic medalist and was a sailor. He won the silver medal at the 1992. He won a gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Burnham was born in New York City.
Burnham died on November 27, 2020 from problems caused by lung disease, aged 63.
Špiro Guberina
Špiro Guberina (1 March 1933 – 27 November 2020) was a Croatian actor. He was born in Šibenik, Kingdom of Yugoslavia. His career began in 1957. He was known for his roles as Marko in "The Secret of an Old Attic" (1984), Stari in "Agonija" (1998) and as the Priest in "The Last Will" (2001).
Guberina died on 27 November 2020 in Zagreb, aged 87.
Tony Hsieh
Tony Hsieh ( ; ; December 12, 1973 – November 27, 2020) was an American businessman and venture capitalist. He retired as the CEO of the online shoe and clothing company Zappos in August 2020. He became CEO in 1999.
Hsieh co-founded the Internet advertising network LinkExchange, which he sold to Microsoft in 1998 for $265 million. He was born in Illinois, but raised in San Francisco, California and Las Vegas, Nevada.
On November 18, 2020, Hsieh was injured in a house fire in New London, Connecticut while visiting family for Thanksgiving. He was trapped in the basement during the fire. He died a week later on November 27 at a Bridgeport hospital from his injuries, aged 46.
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi (; 195827 November 2020) was an Iranian nuclear physicist. He was a professor of physics at Imam Hussein University in Tehran.
He also was a brigadier general in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, senior scientist in the Ministry of Defence and Armed Forces Logistics and the former head of the Physics Research Center (PHRC) at Lavizan-Shian.
Fakhrizadeh was believed by many countries as being in charge of Iran's nuclear programme, Project 111, which tried to help the country create a nuclear bomb.
On 27 November 2020, Fakhrizadeh was assassinated while traveling in a caer near Tehran. The attack began when a truck carrying explosives hidden under a load of wood exploded near Fakhrizadeh's car. A second car was destroyed with a bomb.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ( or Sepâh for short) is a branch of the Iranian Armed Forces. It was founded after the Iranian Revolution on 22 April 1979 by order of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Whistleblower
A whistleblower (also written as whistle-blower or whistle blower) is a person, usually an employee, who leaks information or activity privately, public, or government organization that is seen as illegal, unsafe, or a waste, fraud, or abuse of taxpayer funds.
Over 83% of whistleblowers report internally to a supervisor, human resources, or a neutral third party within the company. A whistleblower can bring allegations to light by calling for a third party outside of the organization such as the media, government, or law enforcement.
Navy Petty-Officers School
The Higher School of Mechanics of the Navy (in Spanish, Escuela Superior de Mecánica de la Armada, commonly known by its acronym ESMA), was originally an educational facility of the Argentine Navy. It was used as an illegal, secret detention center during the Dirty War of military dictatorship.
Australian Cattle Dog
The Australian Cattle Dog, or simply referred to as Cattle Dog, is a herding dog, and, as the name suggests, originates from Australia.
The Australian Cattle Dog is an extremely intelligent, active and sturdy dog breed. Developed by Australian settlers for handling herds of cattle, (also suggested by the name), they are still used today as a herding dog. They thrive on having a job to do, and being part of family activities.
Clive Griffiths (politician)
Clive Edward Griffiths (20 November 1928 – 8 November 2020) was an Australian politician. He was born in South Perth, Western Australia. He was a member of the Liberal Party.
He was a member of the South Perth City Council from 1962 to 1966, and in 1965 was elected to the Western Australian Legislative Council representing South-East Metropolitan Province.
He was elected President of the Council in 1977. He retired in 1997. He was given the AO. Griffiths was also awarded the Centenary Medal in 2003.
Griffiths died on 8 November 2020, just less than two weeks before his 92nd birthday.
National Library of Poland
The National Library (Polish: "Biblioteka Narodowa") is the central Polish library. It is managed by the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage of the Republic of Poland.
The library collects books, journals, electronic and audiovisual publications published in the territory of Poland. It also collects materials related with polish culture published abroad. It is the most important humanities research library. It is also the main archive of Polish writing and the state centre of bibliographic information about books. The role of gathered collections is great in case of any scientific activity. It is an important methodological center for other Polish libraries. Copy of every book published in Poland is placed in this library.
There are three general sections:
The national library of Poland was created in 18th century. Initially, it was called the Załuski Library. First resources of library were the collections of John III Sobieski. Later, this collection was confiscated by Russian troops and placed in Imperial Public Library.
When Poland regained her independence in 1918, there was no central institution to serve in the capacity of a national library. Recreation of National Library of Poland was made on 24 February 1928, by the decree of president Ignacy Mościcki. It was opened in 1930 and initially had 200 thousand volumes. Its first Director General was Stefan Demby. In 1934, the Director has been changed. Stefan Vrtel-Wierczyński became the new Director.
Today the collections of the National Library are one of the largest in the country. There are 7,900,000 volumes (2004) held in the library in total. Among them, there are 160,000 objects printed before 1801, over 26,000 manuscripts (including 6,887 music manuscripts), over 114,000 music prints and 400,000 drawings. The library collections also include photographs and other iconographic documents, more than 101,000 atlases and maps, over 2,000,000 ephemera, as well as over 2,000,000 books and about 800,000 copies of journals from the 19th to 21st centuries. Notable items in the collection include 151 leaves of the "Codex Suprasliensis", which was included in UNESCO's Memory of the World Programme Register in 2007 because of its popularity, meaning and prestige in Poland and other countries.
In 2012 the library signed an agreement to add 1.3 million Polish library records to WorldCat.
El Trece
Channel 13 (known by its current brand name El Trece, stylized as eltrece) is an Argentine free-to-air television network. It is also the main station of the network of the same name. It is located in the capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires. It is owned by Grupo Clarín.