Rafael Heredia Estrella (19 February 1937 – 28 January 2021) was a Mexican basketball player. He competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics and in the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was born in Mexico City.
Heredia died on 28 January 2021 in Mexico City, aged 83.
Puya Mei Thaba
Puya Mei Thaba () (literally, the burning of puya) was a historical event of the burning of the sacred scriptures (puyas) of Sanamahism, the ancient Meitei faith under the tyrannical orders of Emperor on the 23rd day of the Manipuri lunar month of Wakching in 1729 AD in front of the Uttra Sanglen inside the Kangla Palace of Manipur kingdom. It was regarded as the gateway event for the Brahmanical invasion into the Manipuri society.
The historic event of the destruction of the antique scriptures is commemorated still today as "Puya Mei Thaba Numit". It is observed in different parts of Manipuri dominant regions, especially in Manipur.
Reinaldo Paniagua Diez
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Paniagua Diez died on 29 January 2021 in Syracuse, New York at the age of 86.
Allan Burns
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Burns died on January 30, 2021, at the age of 85.
Rafael Gallardo García
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Gallardo García died on 30 January 2021, aged 93.
Marc Wilmore
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Wilmore died at the age of 57 on January 30, 2021 from COVID-19.
Larry Wilmore
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Lauren Southern
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In 2015, Southern ran as a Libertarian Party candidate in the Canadian federal election.
She worked for The Rebel Media until March 2017, then worked independently before announcing her retirement from political activism on 2 June 2019.
Southern announced her return to YouTube on 19 June 2020.
Douglas Bravo
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Bravo died of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Venezuela in Coro, Venezuela on 31 January 2021, aged 88.
Medieval Manipur
Medieval Manipur refers to a long period of history of Manipur between the "ancient period" and the "modern period". It encompasses the 15th century AD to the 19th century AD.
The start of the period is typically taken to be the slow collapse of the Ancient Meitei faith, during the reign of Meidingu Senbi Kiyamba (1467-1507). It was during his reign the Brahmin people migrated to the kingdom and the microscopic volume of Vaishnavism proceeded with the worship of the Pheiya (sacred stone from Pong kingdom) as Hindu God Vishnu.
During the reign of Emperor Pamheiba Garib Niwaz (1709-1748), the name of the kingdom was changed from "Kangleipak" into "Manipur". It is during his regime the religion of the entire Meitei ethnicity was forcibly converted from Sanamahism into Hinduism. In 1729 AD, Puya Mei Thaba, the historic burning of the sacred scriptures of Sanamahism took place.
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Gómez was diagnosed with brain cancer in January 2020. He died a year later on 31 January 2021 from the disease in Vigo, aged 53.
Justo Tejada
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He was born in Barcelona, Catalonia. Tejada began playing football with the youth side of CE Europa. He played professionally with FC Barcelona. He won La Liga and the Copa del Rey.
He died on 31 January 2021, aged 88.
Abraham J. Twerski
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Rabbi Twerski died in Jerusalem on January 31, 2021 of COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Israel, aged 90.
Victor Ziga
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Ziga died on January 31, 2021 in Taguig, Philippines from multiple organ failure, aged 75.
Gordon McVie
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McVie died on 20 January 2021, aged 76.
John Grant (Scottish footballer)
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Grant died in January 2021, aged 89.
Abdul Hamid Mahmud
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Mahmud died on January 31, 2021 at a hospital in Malang from heart disease, aged 79.
Miroslav Tuđman
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Tuđman died on 31 January 2021 in Zagreb, Croatia from COVID-19, aged 74.
Ryszard Szurkowski
Ryszard Jan Szurkowski (12 January 1946 – 1 February 2021) was a Polish road bicycle racer. Szurkowski was born in Świebodów, Poland. He won two Olympic silver medals at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics. He won two gold medals at the UCI Road World Championships in 1973 and 1975.
Szurkowski died on 1 February 2021 at a hospital in Radom, Poland from pneumonia caused by lung cancer, aged 75.
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