Margaret Nixon "Marni" McEathron (February 22, 1930 – July 24, 2016), known professionally as Marni Nixon, was an American singer and actress in movie musicals. She was best known for dubbing the singing voices of the leading actresses in movies, including "The King and I", "West Side Story", and "My Fair Lady".
Jacques Hamel
Jacques Hamel (30 November 1930 – 26 July 2016) was a French Catholic priest. He was born in Darnétal, Seine-Maritime, France. He worked in the parish of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray.
On 26 July 2016, Hamel was murdered during the 2016 Normandy church attack by two Muslim men pledging allegiance to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant while he celebrated Mass in his church. His throat was slit during the attack in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France. He was 85 years old.
Hamel was called a martyr by some international press shortly after his death. Calls to make him a saint started soon after his death. The canonization cause was officially opened at diocesan level in April 2017, after Pope Francis had waived the otherwise mandatory five-year waiting period for the opening of such causes.
Arthur Dion Hanna
Arthur Dion "A.D." Hanna (born 7 March 1928) is a Bahamian politician. He served as Governor-General of the Bahamas from 2006 to 2011.
In 1984, Hanna resigned his post as Deputy Prime Minister in protest at the retention by Prime Minister Sir Lynden Pindling.
He retired on 14 April 2011 and was succeeded by Sir Arthur Foulkes.
Miloš Radulović
Miloš Radulović (22 February 1929 – 15 October 2017) is a Montenegrin politician. He was born in Spuž. He was an acting president in 1993.
He served as the Dean of Titograd Faculty of Economics from 1974 until 1978, as the rector of Titograd University from 1986 until 1990. Later, he served as a President of the Chamber of Republics of the Federal Assembly of Yugoslavia (1992–1996) and as an ambassador to the United Kingdom (1996–1999).
Michael J. Williams (politician)
Michael Jay Williams (born 16 October 1929) is a Trinidad and Tobago politician and businessman.
Williams was appointed to the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago by A. N. R. Robinson following the National Alliance for Reconstruction victory in the 1986 General Elections. Williams served as President of the Senate between 1986 and 1990 and President of Trinidad and Tobago from 13 March 1987 to 19 March 1987 following Ellis Clarke.
Maria Schneider (politician)
Maria Schneider (born 9 February 1923) is a former German politician. She was born in Merka (Bautzen), Saxony, Germany. She was a member of the SED.
Schneider was a member of the East German State Council between 1967 and 1971.
Schneider had already served as a "community representative" from 1949 till 1953, and in 1957 she became a local councilor for the . In 1967 she moved into national politics, sitting as a representative of the Trades Union Federation (FDGB) in the National Legislature ("Volkskammer"), where she continued to sit till 1976.
Between 1971 and 1976 she was also a member of the assembly's Committee for Industry, Construction and Transport.
Krastyu Trichkov
Krastyu Sergeyev Trichkov (; born 12 April 1923) is a retired Bulgarian politician. He is a member of the Bulgarian Communist Party. He served as the first First Deputy Chairmen of the State Council. He was born in Belitsa, Bulgaria.
From 1958 to 1962 a candidate member, and since 1962 member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party,where it remained until 1990. From 1966 to 1981 a candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Communist Party.
Between 1971 and 1976 he was first deputy chairman of the State Council, Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Committee on State and People's Control (1976 to 1981).
Alfonso Lovo Cordero
Alfonso Lovo Cordero (June 11, 1927 – May 10, 2018) was a Nicaraguan politician. He served in Liberal-Conservative Junta from May 1, 1972 until December 1, 1974. He was born in Danli, Honduras.
Lovo Cordero was a member of the Nationalist Liberal Party (NLP).
On December 23, 1972, Lovo Cordero exercised power after the NLP as Chief Director of the National Guard. On March 1, 1973, President of the National Guard Agüero resigned and Edmundo Paguaga Irías was appointed in his place; they handed power to him on December 1, 1974. Lovo along with doctor Lorenzo Guerrero Gutiérrez became senators of the National Congress.
Lovo Cordero retired from politics and from public life in 2013. He died on May 10, 2018 in the United States at the age of 90.
Alfred Miodowicz
Alfred Miodowicz (born June 28, 1929) is a Polish politician and trade union activist. He was born in Poznań, Poland.
Miodowicz was a member of communist Polish United Workers Party. He held posts in the State National Council, Central Committee and Political Bureau. He was also the leader of the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions and took part in the Polish Round Table Agreement.
Ravan A. G. Farhâdi
Professor Abdul Ghafoor Ravan Farhâdi (born 23 August 1929) is an Afghan academic and diplomat. He was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. He served as Afghanistan's Ambassador to the United Nations from 1993 to 2006. He was known for being a major supporter of the United States in Afghanistan and thought the United States was good to help the country of Afghanistan.
He studied at Lycée Esteqlal in Paris. His paper was on ""le Persan parlé en Afghanistan"", later translated to English and Russian. Farhâdi speaks French, English and Persian fluently.
In 1964, he returned to Kabul to work at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. From 1964 till 1968, he served as Director-General for Political Affairs at the ministry and then he was Deputy Foreign Minister for 5 years. Between 1965 and 1971 he also was Secretary of the Council of Ministers of the Afghan Government. He later served as Afghan Ambassador to France.
Tehreek-e-Labaik
Rosario Green
María del Rosario Green Macías (31 March 1941 – 25 November 2017) was a Mexican economist, diplomat and politician. She was born in Mexico City. Green served as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in the Ernesto Zedillo cabinet from 1998 through 2000. She was also the Secretary General of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) from 2005 to 2006.
In her later years, Green served as Senator for the 2006–2012 period. During the Vicente Fox administration, she served as Ambassador to Argentina.
Green died on 25 November 2017 in Mexico City at the age of 76.
Frederick Forsyth
Frederick McCarthy Forsyth (born 25 August 1938) is a British author and former journalist. He is best known for his thriller novels "The Day of the Jackal", "The Odessa File", "The Fourth Protocol", "The Devil's Alternative", "The Fist of God", "Icon", "The Afghan", "The Cobra" and "The Kill List". He has sold more than 70 million books in total.
Forsyth was born in Ashford, Kent. He said in 2016 that he worked as an MI6 spy for over twenty years.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows is a children's book by Scottish author Kenneth Grahame. It was published in 1908. It is about four animals (a mole, rat, badger and toad) throughout their adventures in the English countryside.
Beuningen
Beuningen () is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. It is near the city of Nijmegen. The river Waal is to the north. The other towns in the municipality are: Ewijk, Weurt, and Winssen.
There is a restored windmill in the town, De Haag.
Kenneth Grahame
Kenneth Grahame (8 March 1859 – 6 July 1932) was a Scottish children's writer. He is best known for his book "The Wind in the Willows" (1908). The Mr. Toad story from the movie "The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad" (1949) is based off "The Wind in the Willows". He also wrote the short story "The Reluctant Dragon" (1898), which was made into a movie in 1941. Until 1908, Grahame was a banker.