Myrdal was a Marxist and supported Leninism and Maoism and other forms of third worldist and anti-Soviet Communism, including Hoxhaism (see "Albania Defiant"). He supported anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist causes.
Myrdal died on 30 October 2020 in Varberg, Sweden from sepsis-related problems at the age of 93.
Žarko Knežević
Žarko Knežević (Serbian Cyrillic: Жарко Кнежевић; 17 July 1947 – 30 October 2020) was a Yugoslav basketball player. He played at the Center position. Knežević played for the Yugoslav national team from 1971 to 1974. He played for Fenerbahçe at the 1978-79 season. He was born in Mojanovići, Montenegro.
Knežević died on 30 October 2020 in Belgrade, Serbia at the age of 73.
Ricardo Blume
Ricardo Cristóbal Blume Traverse (August 16, 1933 – October 30, 2020) was a Peruvian-Mexican actor and theatre director. He was born in Lima, Peru. He was best known for his roles in "Intimidad de los parques" (1965), "All of Them Witches" (1996) and in "Fuera del cielo" (2007).
Blume died on 30 October 2020 at a Mexico City hospital from pneumonia caused by Parkinson's disease, aged 87.
Kim Nam-chun
Kim Nam-chun (; 19 April 1989 – 30 October 2020) was a South Korean footballer who played as a defender. He was born in Incheon, South Korea. His debut club goal for FC Seoul was against Ulsan Hyundai in K League Classic on October 9, 2014.
On 30 October 2020, Kim killed himself at his Seoul apartment, aged 31.
Herb Adderley
Herbert Anthony Adderley (June 8, 1939 – October 30, 2020) was an American professional football player who was a cornerback for the Green Bay Packers and the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). His career lasted from 1961 to 1972.
In 1980, he was honored in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Adderley died on October 30, 2020 at the age of 81.
New Rules
"New Rules" is a song by English singer Dua Lipa. It was recorded for her self-titled debut studio album (2017). The track was written and produced by Ian Kirkpatrick. It was additionally written by Caroline Ailin and Emily Warren. It was released on 15 July 2017 as the album's seventh single for contemporary hit radio in the United Kingdom. It was released in the United States on August 22 in the same format.
Józef Zawitkowski
Józef Zawitkowski (23 November 1938 – 29 October 2020) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. He became a priest in 1962. He was titular bishop of "Ausana" and auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Warsaw, Poland, from 1990 to 1992 and as auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Łowicz, Poland, from 1992 to 2013.
Zawitkowski died on 29 October 2020 in Warsaw at the age of 81.
Eternally Yours (movie)
Eternally Yours is a 1939 American comedy drama movie directed by Tay Garnett and starring Loretta Young, David Niven, Broderick Crawford, Billie Burke, Eve Arden, C. Aubrey Smith, Ralph Graves. It was distributed by United Artists and was nominated for an Academy Awards in 1940.
2020 Aegean Sea earthquake
The 2020 Aegean Sea earthquake was a magnitude 7.0 earthquake. It struck on 30 October 2020, about northeast of the island of Samos, Greece.
The earthquake caused many buildings to be damaged; some collapsed. In the Turkish city İzmir, dozens of buildings were either damaged or collapsed.
In Greece, 2 people were killed, with 19 more sustaining minor injuries. In Turkey, 25 people were killed and 804 more were injured.
A tsunami later hit the islands of Ikaria, Kos, Chios and Samos. It also hit İzmir where it killed one person.
Typhoon Molave (2020)
Typhoon Molave, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Quinta, was a powerful typhoon that impacted the Philippines and later Vietnam in October 2020, becoming the strongest to strike Vietnam since Typhoon Damrey in 2017.
The eighteenth named storm and eighth typhoon of the 2020 Pacific typhoon season, Molave started from a tropical depression that formed on October 23 east of Palau.
At 15:00 UTC the next day, the depression was upgraded into Tropical Storm Molave as it moved northwestward. Molave soon became a typhoon on October 25 as it turned west, shortly before making landfall on the San Miguel Island in Albay, with another in Malinao, San Andres, Torrijos and Pola.
After striking the Philippines, Molave entered the South China Sea and began to become more violent. Molave strengthened into a powerful Category 3 typhoon later that day, before weakening again as it approached Vietnam. The typhoon struck Vietnam on October 28, before rapidly weakening as it headed further into Indochina.
Icaria
Icaria, also spelled Ikaria (), is a Greek island in the Aegean Sea, 10 nautical miles (19 km) southwest of Samos. The island is named after Icarus, the son of Daedalus in Greek mythology. The historic capitals of the island include Oenoe and Evdilos.
The island is also known for it’s life expectancy.
October–November 2020 Polish protests
The October 2020 Polish protests began in Poland on 22 October 2020 over the rulings of the Constitutional Tribunal illegalizing abortions. The country banned abortions even if there are cases of severe disability or incurable and life-threatening disease of the unborn child.
Mass protests began shortly after the rulings the afternoon of the same day. It is the biggest protest in the country since the fall of communism in 1989.
Borys Budka
Borys Piotr Budka (born 11 March 1978) is a Polish politician. He was elected a member of Sejm in 2011.
He was Minister of Justice in 2015. He was vice-president of the Civic Platform political party in the 2016 to 2020 period, and leader of the parliamentary political group of Civic Coalition since 2019.
In 2020, he was elected leader of the Civic Platform.
Litoria mucro
Litoria mucro is a frog from New Guinea. Scientists saw it in the Torricelli Mountains in Papua New Guinea and in Cenderawash Bay in Indonesia.
Scientists say this frog is related to "Litoria nigropunctata".
The Untouchables (movie)
The Untouchables is a 1987 American crime movie directed by Brian De Palma, produced by Art Linson, written by David Mamet, and based on the book of the same name (1957).
It is about Eliot Ness (Costner) as he creates the Untouchables team to bring Al Capone (De Niro) to justice during Prohibition.
The Grammy Award–nominated score was composed by Ennio Morricone.
"The Untouchables" was released on June 3, 1987 in the United States. The movie made $106.2 million worldwide and had strong positive reviews from critics. It was nominated for four Academy Awards; Connery won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
The Hunt for Red October (movie)
The Hunt for Red October is a 1990 American submarine spy-thriller movie.
It was directed by John McTiernan, produced by Mace Neufeld, and starred Sean Connery, Alec Baldwin, Scott Glenn, James Earl Jones, and Sam Neill.
The film is based on Tom Clancy's 1984 bestselling novel of the same name. It is the first part of the movie series with the protagonist Jack Ryan.
John McTiernan
John Campbell McTiernan Jr. (born January 8, 1951) is an American movie director, producer and screenwriter. He is best known for his action movies, especially "Predator" (1987), "Die Hard" (1988), and "The Hunt for Red October" (1990).
Basil Poledouris
Basil Konstantine Poledouris (; August 21, 1945 – November 8, 2006) was an Emmy Award-winning American composer, conductor, and orchestrator. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri.
Poledouris was best known for his works on "Conan the Barbarian" (1982), "Red Dawn" (1984), "Iron Eagle" (1986), "RoboCop" (1987), "The Hunt for Red October" (1990), "Free Willy" (1993), "Starship Troopers" (1997) and "Les Miserables" (1998).
Poledouris died of lung cancer on November 8, 2006 in Los Angeles at the age of 61.
Helmut Bakaitis