In the 1780s, telescopes used metal mirrors which were not very reflective. Each mirror would absorb light and make the image dimmer. So Herschel invented a telescope with a tilted mirror that put the eyepiece in the front.
When mirrors became more reflective, Herschelian telescopes stopped being useful.
Hawa Abdi
Hawa Abdi Dhiblawe (May 17, 1947 – August 5, 2020) was a Somali human rights activist and medical doctor. She was the founder and chairperson of the Dr. Hawa Abdi Foundation (DHAF), a non-profit organization. Abdi was born in Mogadishu, Somalia. In 2009, she was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Abdi died on August 5, 2020, at her home in Mogadishu at the age of 73.
Opéra Bastille
The Opéra Bastille (, "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France.
It was opened in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's "Grands Travaux".
It became the main facility of the Paris National Opera.
Shyamal Chakraborty
Shyamal Chakraborty (1944 – August 6, 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha from 2008 to 2014. He was the transport minister of West Bengal from 1982 to 1996. He was also a member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly from 1981 to 1996.
Chakraborty died on August 6, 2020 at a hospital in Kolkata from cardiac arrest caused by COVID-19, aged 76.
Werner Düggelin
Werner Düggelin (7 December 1929 – 6 August 2020) was a Swiss theatre director. He was born in Zurich and grew up in Siebnen, Switzerland. In 1987, he won the Hans-Reinhart-Ring.
Düggelin was known for her stage directions relating to "The Importance of Being Earnest", "Dom Juan", "The Just Assassins", "The Lesson" and "Le Bourgeois gentilhomme".
Düggelin died on 6 August 2020 in Basel, aged 90.
Mukund Lath
Mukund Lath (9 October 1937 – 6 August 2020) was an Indian scholar and cultural historian. He was known for his writings on music, dance, aesthetics and culture of India. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2010, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. Lath was born in Kolkata.
Lath died on 6 August 2020 in Jaipur at the age of 82.
Run-DMC
Run-DMC was an American hip hop group from Queens, New York. The group was founded in 1983 by Joseph Simmons, Darryl McDaniels, and Jason Mizell.
Run-DMC is thought to be one of the most important acts in the history of hip hop culture. The group was one of the most famous hip hop acts of the 1980s.
Along with LL Cool J and Public Enemy, the group pioneered new school hip hop music.
The group was among the first to highlight the importance of the MC and DJ relationship.
Joseph Simmons
Joseph Ward Simmons (born November 14, 1964), better known by the stage name Run, Rev. Run or DJ Run, is an American rapper, producer, DJ and TV personality. Simmons is one of the founding members of the influential hip hop group Run–D.M.C.
Darryl McDaniels
Darryl Matthews McDaniels (born May 31, 1964), better known by his stage name DMC, is an American musician and rapper. He is a founding member of the hip hop group Run–D.M.C.
Jam Master Jay
Jason William Mizell (January 21, 1965 – October 30, 2002), better known by his stage name Jam Master Jay, was an American musician and DJ. He was the DJ of the influential hip hop group Run-D.M.C.
During the 1980s, Run-D.M.C. became one of the biggest hip hop groups.
On October 30, 2002, at 7:30 pm, an unknown person shot Mizell in New York City.
It's Tricky
"It's Tricky" is the fourth and final single released from Run-DMC's third album, "Raising Hell". It was released early in 1987 through Profile Records and was co-produced by Rick Rubin and the group themselves.
The song peaked at No. 57 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 and No. 21 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs.
Carmine Benincasa
Carmine Benincasa (17 December 1947 – 3 August 2020) was an Italian art critic, philosopher and editor. He was an art historian professor. Benincasa was born in Eboli, Italy.
He was a professor of art history at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Macerata, the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and Professor of History of Art at the Faculty of Architecture of the University La Sapienza in Rome.
From 1978 to 1982 he was a member of the Venice Biennale Visual Arts Committee. He was the chief editor of the Italian edition of "Cahiers d'Art".
Benincasa died on 3 August 2020 at the age of 72.
Pierre Viot
Pierre Viot (9 April 1925 – 6 August 2020) was a French executive. He was a Senior Advisor on the French Court of Audit. He was born in Bordeaux, France. Viot headed the Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée from 1973 to 1984.
Viot was President of the Paris Opera between 1985 to 1987. Between 1985 to 1990, he was President of the Opéra Bastille. Between 1984 to 2000, he was President of the Cannes Film Festival.
Viot died on 6 August 2020 at the age of 95.
Bernard Stiegler
Bernard Stiegler (; 1 April 1952 – 6 August 2020) was a French philosopher. He was head of the Institut de recherche et d'innovation (IRI), which he founded in 2006 at the Centre Georges-Pompidou. His best known work was "Technics and Time, 1: The Fault of Epimetheus" and "Echographies of Television". He was born in Seine-et-Oise, France.
Stiegler died on 6 August 2020 in Paris at the age of 68.
Cilia Flores
Cilia Adela Gavidia Flores de Maduro (born 15 October 1956) is a Venezuelan lawyer and politician. She is married to the President of Venezuela Nicolás Maduro. In 2013, she became the First Lady. In 2015, she became a deputy in the National Assembly of Venezuela. She was president from 2006 to 2011, for her home state of Cojedes.
Fabiana Rosales
Fabiana Andreina Rosales Guerrero (born 22 April 1992), also known as Fabiana Rosales de Guaidó, is a Venezuelan journalist and social media human rights activist.
She is married to Juan Guaidó, president of the National Assembly. She is considered by the White House and the National Assembly of Venezuela as the first lady of Venezuela.
Magdi Yacoub
Sir Magdi Habib Yacoub ( ) (born 16 November 1935), is an Egyptian-British surgeon and cardiologist. He was a professor of cardiothoracic surgery at Imperial College London.
Yacoub is best known for his early work in repairing heart valves and for helping create the Ross procedure. He performed the UK's first combined heart and lung transplant in 1983.
From 1986 to 2006, he held the position of British Heart Foundation Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at the National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College Faculty of Medicine.
He is the founding editor of the journal "Disease Models & Mechanisms". He was born in Bilbeis, El Sharqia, Egypt.
Freya Pausewang
Freya Pausewang (20 August 1932 – 6 July 2020) was a German author and sociology educator. She was a younger sister of Gudrun Pausewang. She was born in Mladkov, Czech Republic.
Pausewang was known for her works in "Ziele suchen" (1994), "Dem Spielen Raum geben" (1997), "Ins Leben begleiten" (2009), "Macht mich stark für meine Zukunft!" (2012), "Zukunftsorientierte Pädagogik" (2016), "Sozialkompetenz. Themenkarten für Teamarbeit, Elternarbeit, Seminare" (2017) and "Pädagogik auf dem Weg in die Zukunft" (2018).
Pausewang died on 6 July 2020 at the age of 87.
Wayne Fontana
Wayne Fontana (born Glyn Geoffrey Ellis, 28 October 1945 – 6 August 2020) was an English rock and pop singer. He was best known for the 1965 hit "Game of Love" with the Mindbenders. Fontana was born in Manchester.
Fontana died on 6 August 2020 from cancer in Stockport, Greater Manchester at the age of 74.
Cameo Kirby (1930 movie)
Cameo Kirby is a 1930 American drama movie directed by Irving Cummings and based on the 1909 play of the same name by Booth Tarkington and Harry Leon Wilson. It stars J. Harold Murray, Norma Terris, Douglas Gilmore, Robert Edeson, Myrna Loy and was distributed by 20th Century Fox. It is a lost movie.
Gokulathil Seethai (2019 TV series)