A team at the Institute were the first to identify, analyze and name the genetic sequence of the novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). They made it available for scientists around the world to study.
Ina Balin
Ina Balin (née Rosenberg; November 12, 1937 – June 20, 1990) was an American actress. She is best known for her role in the movie "From the Terrace" (1960), for which she won a Golden Globe Award. Balin was born in New York City.
Balin died on June 20, 1990 in New Haven, Connecticut of lung disease, aged 52.
Operation Mad Ball
Operation Mad Ball is a 1957 American comedy movie directed by Richard Quine and written by Blake Edwards. It stars Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Arthur O'Connell, Mickey Rooney, Dick York, Jeanne Manet, William Hickey, L. Q. Jones and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.
Rita Tushingham
Rita Tushingham (born 14 March 1942) is an English actress. She was born in Liverpool. She is known for her starring roles in movies including "A Taste of Honey" (1961), "The Leather Boys" (1964), "The Knack …and How to Get It" (1965), "Doctor Zhivago" (1965), and "Smashing Time" (1967). She has won a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award.
Stopover Tokyo
Stopover Tokyo is a 1957 American Japanese mystery movie directed by Richard L. Breen and based on the novel of the same name by John P. Marquand. It stars Robert Wagner, Joan Collins, Edmond O'Brien, Ken Scott, Larry Keating and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Elke Sommer
Elke Sommer (born Elke Baronin von Schletz; 5 November 1940) is a German actress. She was born in Berlin. She won a Golden Globe Award in 1964. Sommer appeared in almost 100 movies between 1959 and 2005.
Her best known roles were in "A Shot in the Dark" (1964) with Peter Sellers, "The Art of Love" (1965) with James Garner and Dick Van Dyke, "The Oscar" (1966) with Stephen Boyd, "Boy, Did I Get a Wrong Number!" (1966) with Bob Hope, "The Wrecking Crew" (1968) with Dean Martin, and "The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz" (1968).
Samsung Galaxy Watch
The Samsung Galaxy Watch is a smartwatch developed by Samsung. It was announced on 9 August 2018. The Galaxy Watch was scheduled for availability in the United States starting on 24 August 2018, at select carriers. It's retail locations in South Korea on 31 August 2018, and in additional select markets on 14 September 2018.
Galaxy Watch Active2 has been released in 2 forms: Bluetooth, and LTE. The LTE version can be a standalone smartphone without the need to be in the vicinity of a phone. With LTE connectivity, a user can call, text, pay, stream music, or stream video without a nearby smartphone.
Olivia Hussey
Olivia Hussey (born Olivia Osuna; 17 April 1951) is an English actress. She played Juliet in Franco Zeffirelli's movie version of "Romeo and Juliet" (1968). She won a Golden Globe for her role. Hussey has three children; including the famous actress India Eisley.
India Eisley
India Joy Eisley (born October 29, 1993) is an American actress.
She is known for her role as Ashley Juergens in the ABC Family television series "The Secret Life of the American Teenager", and her roles as Eve in 2012 movie "", Sawa in the 2014 movie "Kite", and Audrina in the 2016 television movie "My Sweet Audrina".
In 2019 she starred as Fauna Hodel on the TNT television series "I Am the Night".
Eisley was born on October 29, 1993, in Los Angeles. Her parents are musician David Glen Eisley and actress Olivia Hussey.
Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi Sharda (born 5 March 1990) is an Australian-Indian actress. She has worked in Hindi movies like "My Name Is Khan", "Dus Tola", "Besharam", "Hawaizaada" and "Begum Jaan".
In 2016, she starred as Prama in the 2016 movie "Lion".
Sharda was born in Perth, but was raised in Melbourne. She later moved to Mumbai for her Bollywood career.
Noomi Rapace
Noomi Rapace (; ; born 28 December 1979) is a Swedish actress. She became well known for her role as Lisbeth Salander in the Swedish movie versions of the "Millennium" series: "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "The Girl Who Played with Fire", and "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornets' Nest".
She has also starred as Anna in "Daisy Diamond" (2007), Leena in "Beyond" (2010), Anna in "The Monitor" (2011), Madame Simza Heron in "" (2011), Dr. Elizabeth Shaw in "Prometheus" (2012), Beatrice in "Dead Man Down" (2013), Raisa Demidova in "Child 44" (2015), and the seven lead roles in "What Happened to Monday" (2017).
Prometheus (2012 movie)
Prometheus ( ) is a 2012 science fiction horror movie directed by Ridley Scott, written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof. It stars Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Guy Pearce, Idris Elba, Logan Marshall-Green, and Charlize Theron.
It is set in the late 21st century and is about the crew of the spaceship "Prometheus" as it follows a star map discovered among the artifacts of several ancient Earth cultures. They wanted to find out the origins of humanity, but the crew arrives on a distant world and discovers a threat that could bring extinction to humanity.
"Prometheus" was released on June 1, 2012, in the United Kingdom and on June 8, 2012, in North America.
Bella ciao
"Bella ciao" (; "Goodbye beautiful") is an Italian protest folk song. It was created to protest against harsh working conditions in the paddy fields of North Italy.
The song was later made as an anthem of the anti-fascist resistance by the Italian partisans between 1943 and 1945 during the Italian Resistance, against the Nazi Germany.
Versions of "Bella ciao" are sung worldwide as an anti-fascist hymn of freedom and resistance.
In 2017 and 2018, the song became popular because of the singing of "Bella ciao" multiple times in the Spanish television series "Money Heist".
Italian resistance movement
The Italian resistance movement ( or just ) is a term for Italian resistance groups during World War II.
It was against the forces of Nazi Germany as well as the Italian Social Republic between September 1943 and April 1945
Known as partisans (), the brutal conflict they took part in is called the Italian Liberation War.
Resistance movement
A resistance movement is an organized movement by some portion of the civil population of a country to fight against an occupying power and to cause civil disorder. Sometimes they could be a nonviolent resistance (sometimes called civil resistance), or the use of force.
In many cases, as for example in Norway in the Second World War, a resistance movement may have had both violent and non-violent methods.
Brian Howe (singer)
Brian Anthony Howe (22 July 1953 – 6 May 2020) was an English rock singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was best known for replacing Paul Rodgers as the lead vocalist of Bad Company. He also worked with Ted Nugent for his "Penetrator" album. Howe was born in Portsmouth, Hampshire.
Howe died of cardiac arrest on 6 May 2020 on the way to a hospital in Florida, aged 66. He had a heart attack in 2017.
Daisy Lúcidi
Daisy Lúcidi (10 August 1929 – 7 May 2020) was a Brazilian actress. She was born in Rio de Janeiro. Her best known role was as Valentina Miranda in the telenovela "Passione". She also starred in "Paraíso Tropical" and "Babilônia". Her best known movie role was as Elder Isaura in "As Aventuras de Agamenon, o Repórter" (2012).
On 4 May 2020, Lúcidi was hospitalized for COVID-19 in Rio de Janeiro. She died three days later on 7 May from the infection, aged 90.
HR 6819
HR 6819, also known as HD 167128 or QV Telescopii (abbreviated QV Tel), is a triple star system in the southern constellation of Telescopium, near the southern constellation boundary with Pavo.
It is located at a distance of about 1,120 light years from the Sun, and is drifting farther away at a rate of +15 km/s. A May 2020 study reported it to contain a black hole, making it the closest known black hole, and the first one located in a stellar system visible to the naked eye.
Peque Gallaga