Victoria Gray Adams (November 5, 1926 – August 12, 2006) was an American civil rights activist. She was born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on November 5, 1926. She went to Wilberforce University, but could not afford it so she had to leave. Even though she did not finish college, Adams found work as a teacher.
Adams was an African American who became interested in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s when she started teaching classes for people who wanted to vote. In 1962, Adams became a secretary for the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC).
Not long after becoming more involved in civil rights, Adams led a boycott against businesses in Hattiesburg. She also helped to organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP). Adams, Fannie Lou Hamer, and Annie Devine (fellow activists) were chosen to be the represent the MFDP. They traveled to Atlantic City to go to the Democratic Convention. They were not seated this time, but in 1968 they were all seated as guests on the floor of the US House of Representatives. Adams became the first woman from Mississippi to run for the US Senate.
Adams made a big change when in 1968, she and her husband moved to Thailand. Her goal for this move was to fight against discrimination towards African-American soldiers and their families.
Adams had a very successful career, receiving many awards and honors for her efforts towards ending discrimination. She was also in the documentary Eyes on the Prize and taught at the University of Southern Mississippi.
Victoria Adams died on August 12, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland when she was 79 from cancer.
Samuel Sadela
Reverend Samuel Akinbode Sadela (Ifon Osun, 25 August 1900? - Lagos, 26 August 2014) was a Nigerian pastor and an unverified claimant for the world's oldest man. If his age is true, he would have been the oldest living man, the oldest living person in Africa, the oldest person in Nigeria, and the 10th oldest living person. Sadela is also known for being married at 107 years old to a 30 years old woman.
Rev. Samuel Akinbode Sadela was a remarkable man of God who was instrumental to almost all the Christian revivals which happened in Nigeria. He put an amazing 82 years into the preaching of the gospel of Jesus Christ. He was the founder of the Gospel Apostolic Church.
His first school was St. Paul's Primary School in Ifon Osun. In 1914, he was forced to drop out of school and start working. In 1918, he returned to school. He went to the University of London in 1925. After graduation, he became a priest.
Before the news of his death, the high priest claimed that Samuel was in the hospital and that he was receiving medical treatment. Apparently he died on the premises of his church in Lagos, Nigeria. On 26 August 2014, he died at the claimed age of 114 from natural causes.
Gottfried John
Gottfried John (; August 29, 1942 – September 1, 2014) was a German actor and comedian. John was known for his roles in General Ourumov in the James Bond movie "GoldenEye" and Julius Caesar in "Asterix and Obelix take on Caesar".
On September 1, 2014, John died in Utting am Ammersee near Munich, Germany of cancer at age 72.
Johnny Duncan (actor)
John Bowman Duncan (December 7, 1923 – February 8, 2016) was an American actor. He was known for his roles in "The East Side Kids", "The Bowery Boys" and the 1949 serial "Batman and Robin" as Dick Grayson/Robin, the Boy Wonder. He was also in "Bedtime for Bonzo" and in "Plan 9 from Outer Space"
He was also one of the "Dead End Kids". They were a group of young actors from New York who were in a Broadway play, "Dead End", in 1935.
Grenada, Mississippi
Grenada is a city in Grenada County, Mississippi, United States. The population was 13,092 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Grenada County.
Stellar (payment protocol)
Stellar is a system for sending money through the internet. It is based on the Ripple communication protocol and software.
Go Eun-bi
Go Eunbi (;(November 23, 1992 – September 3, 2014), better known by her stage name Eunb , was a South Korean singer. She was a member of the South Korean girl group .
EunB was born in Seoul. She graduated from the high school Hanlim Multi Art School. She was related to SBS anchor, Kim Sung-joon.
EunB died in a car accident on 3 September 2014, aged 21. She was travelling in a van with Ladies' Code after their schedule for the day ended when it slid off a freeway near Yongin, Gyeonggi Province. She was rushed to a hospital in Suwon and later died there. Two members, Sojung and Rise, were badly injured and also rushed to hospital. Rise died soon afterwards on 7 September.
Fast casual restaurant
A fast casual restaurant is a type of restaurant invented in the United States. It aims to fill the gap between fast food joints and more formal restaurants.
This type of restaurant does not offer full table service. It gives a higher quality of food than fast food places. The fast casual restaurants use fewer frozen or processed ingredients than a fast food restaurant.
The promoters of this idea see it as fitting between fast food and what they call "casual dining". By 'casual dining' they mean chains like TGI Friday's and Applebee's in the U.S. and Harvester in the U.K.
The typical cost per meal in a fast casual is in the $8–$15 range. Typical examples of fast casual restaurants in the U.S. are Chipotle Mexican Grill, Culvers, and Panera.
Elena Varzi
Elena Varzi (21 December 1926 – 1 September 2014) was an Italian movie actress. She was best known for her roles in Spaghetti Westerns. Her movies included "It's Forever Springtime" (1950), "Path of Hope" (1950), "The Forbidden Christ" (1951), "" (1952), "Los ojos dejan huella" (1952) and "Human Torpedoes" (1954). She also appeared in the 1999 movie "Toni".
Varzi was born in Rome. She was married to actor Raf Vallone from 26 July 1952 until his death on 31 October 2002. They had three children.
Varzi died from a cardiac arrest on 1 September 2014 at her holiday cottage in Sperlonga, Latina. She was 87.
Buffet
A buffet is a serve-yourself food system.
Food is placed in a public area where the diners choose what they want.
Buffets are now usual in many hotels for breakfast, and sometimes for other meals. They are also common at social events, where people stand up to eat and talk.
Buffet restaurants usually offer all-you-can-eat food for a set price. Buffets usually have some hot dishes. The term cold buffet (see Smörgåsbord) has been developed to describe buffets lacking hot food. Hot or cold buffets usually involve dishware and utensils, but a finger buffet is designed for small pieces taken by hand, such as cupcakes, slices of pizza, foods on cocktail sticks, etc.
The essential feature of the various buffet formats is that the diners can see the food and immediately select which dishes they wish to eat, and usually also can decide how much food they take. Buffets are effective for serving large numbers of people at once, and are often seen in institutional settings, such as business conventions or large parties.
Buffets grade into cafeterias when there is a serving counter and the customer moves with a tray along a track.
Helena Rakoczy
Helena Rakoczy (née Krzynówek; 23 December 1921 – 2 September 2014), also Rákóczy or Rákóczi, was a Polish gymnast. She competed in two Summer Olympic Games: 1952 in Helsinki, Finland and 1956 in Melbourne, Australia. After a poor performance in 1952, she had a successful one in 1956, winning a bronze medal. After this, she became the most decorated gymnast from Poland.
Rakoczy was born in Kraków. In 2004, she was added to the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Rakoczy died from natural causes on 2 September 2014 in Kraków, aged 92.
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