New York's 15th congressional district is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives in New York City, New York. Democrat Ritchie Torres has been the representative since 2021.
The 15th district used to be a Brooklyn-based seat but now it is the Bronx's main district.
From 1813 to 1823, 15th district got two seats in the House, elected at-large on a general ticket.
In New York State politics, there are a few minor parties who have different political opinions. Some parties will endorse the Republican or Democratic candidate.
Antoine Pfeiffer
Antoine Pfeiffer (27 February 1940 – 25 February 2021) was a French reformist pastor. He served as President of the Protestant Reformed Church of Alsace and Lorraine from 1988 to 2000 and was a member of the .
Pfeiffer died in Strasbourg, France on 25 February 2021, two days before his 81st birthday.
Archibald Mogwe
Archibald Mogwe (29 August 1921 – 25 February 2021) was a Botswana politician. From 1974 until 1984, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 1985 until 1994, he was Minister of Mineral Resources and Water Affairs. He was born in Kanye, Botswana.
Mogwe died on 25 February 2021 at the age of 99.
Walter Savitch
Walter John Savitch (February 21, 1943 – February 1, 2021) was an American computer scientist. He was best known for defining the NL (nondeterministic logarithmic space) and for Savitch's theorem. He was a professor at the University of California, San Diego.
Savitch died on February 1, 2021 in San Diego, California from problems caused by Parkinson's disease, aged 77.
František Šedivý
František Šedivý (July 2, 1927- February 23, 2021) was a Czech writer and former political prisoner. He served as vice president of the Confederation of Political Prisoners.
František Šedivý studied at the high school, from which he was expelled during the Heydrichiad in 1942 and in 1944 he worked in the Junkers factory. At that time, as a liaison, he actively participated in the anti-Nazi resistance. After the communist coup in February 1948, he became involved in the fight against the then regime by publishing and distributing leaflets, organizing illegal groups and helping to flee abroad. As a smuggler, he twice successfully transferred groups of refugees across the borders in Šumava. At university, he organized a group that was preparing for the soon-to-fall fall of the ruling regime. In early fifties of the 20th century , he managed to reveal an agent provocateur Golda . As a result, he was arrested in 1952 and at the age of 25 in the trial of Šedivý et al. (was identified as the leader of the group) sentenced to 14 years in prison for the crime of high treason and espionage. He was imprisoned on Mírov and spent many years in uranium mines in Jáchymov, at the central camp, the camp C , the camp L (the so-called Tower of Death) and in Pribram Bytiz and Vojna . He was released on parole in February 1964. After 1989, he became involved in the Confederation of Political Prisoners , where he held the position of First Vice-President. He was also the chairman of the Club dr. Milady Horáková and was also a member of the international PEN club and the author of several books.
On the occasion of the national holiday of the Day of the Establishment of the Independent Czechoslovak State, he received the Order of Tomáš Garrigu Masaryk II from the hands of the President of the Republic Václav Klaus on 28 October 2009 . outstanding achievements for the development of democracy and human rights. On Saturday, 31 May 2008, he was granted honorary citizenship of the municipality of Zadní Třebaň. On May 7, 2010, he was granted honorary citizenship of the town of Řevnice.
Southern Bavarian
Southern Bavarian or Southern Austro-Bavarian (German: "Südbairisch") is a variety of the original Bavarian language. It is mostly spoken in Austria (Tyrol, Carinthia, and Upper Styria) and Italy (South Tyrol). There are subvariants of Southern Bavarian. Gottscheerish and Cimbrian are all Southern Bavarian dialects.
The Tyrolean dialect is spoken in North Tyrol, East Tyrol, and South Tyrol. The Tyrolean dialect is close to the dialect spoken in Ostallgäu. The Carinthian dialect is spoken in Carinthia. The Carinthian dialect has a lot of Slavic similarities and spelling. The examples of Carinthian: the High German "a" often becomes "ò" instead of "å" and "Ei" becomes "à" ("Dòs wàss i nit").
The Book of Joe
"The Book of Joe" is the 2nd episode of "Family Guy"s 13th season. It was first broadcast on the Fox network on October 5, 2014. In the episode, Peter Griffin helps his friend Joe Swanson publish a book that Joe wrote. Peter then acts as the writer of the book. Brian starts exercising to make himself look good to a female runner.
About 3.63 million people watched the episode when it was first broadcast. Narshima Chintaluri from "TV Fanatic" thought that the episode was "enjoyable" becase of how the characters' personalities are shown in the episode.
Matea Bolívar
Matea Bolívar (1773-1886) was a slave owned by the family of Simón Bolívar. She was born to parents who were also the Bolívars' slaves. When she was 9, their owners forced her to leave her parents and start working on their plantation in San Mateo. Soon after Simón Bolívar was born, it became her job to raise and teach him. Today, she is considered a national heroine in Venezuela. However, she is usually celebrated as a mammy figure.
Motherland (anthem)
"Motherland" is the national anthem of Mauritius.
DZYA-AM
DZYA (1476 AM) Radyo Pilipino Angeles is an kapampangan language radio station owned by Radio Corporation of the Philippines
Mamoru Morimoto
Morimoto died on 28 February 2021, aged 81.
Nandkumar Singh Chauhan
Nand Kumar Singh Chauhan (8 September 1952 – 2 March 2021) was an Indian politician. He was born in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh. He was a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Chauhan was a member of the Lok Sabha from 1996 until 2009 and again from 2014 until his death.
Chauhan died on 2 March 2021 at a New Delhi hospital from COVID-19, aged 68.
Tiago Dantas
Tiago Filipe Oliveira Dantas (born 24 December 2000) is a Portuguese professional footballer who is currently playing midfielder for German side Bayern Munich II on loan from Benfica.
Benfica
Bayern Munich
Bernard Guyot
Bernard Guyot (19 November 1945 – 1 March 2021) was a French road cyclist. He competed in the individual road race at the 1964 Summer Olympics. Guyot was born in Savigny-sur-Orge, France.
Guyot died on 1 March 2021 at the age of 75.
Eileen Anderson
Eileen Anderson (born October 18, 1928) is an American politician. She was Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii from 1981 to 1985. She was the first woman to hold the office.
Frank Fasi
Frank Francis Fasi (August 27, 1920 – February 3, 2010) was an American politician. He was the longest serving Mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii. He was mayor for 22 years. He also was a territorial senator and member of the Honolulu City Council.
Fasi died on February 2010 in Honolulu at the age 89.
Kirk Caldwell
Kirk William Caldwell (born September 4, 1952) is an American politician. He was the mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii from 2013 to 2021. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
Rick Blangiardi
Rick Blangiardi (born September 15, 1946) is an American television executive and politician. He became mayor of Honolulu in 2021. He is politically Independent.
Dana Ivey
Dana Robins Ivey (born August 12, 1941) is an American actress. In 1997, she won a Drama Desk Award.
Her best known movie roles were in "The Color Purple" (1985), "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" (1988), "The Addams Family" (1991), "" (1992), "Two Weeks Notice" (2002), "Rush Hour 3" (2007), and "The Help" (2011).
United National Movement (Georgia)
United National Movement (, "Ertiani Natsionaluri Modzraoba", ENM) is a political party in Georgia founded by Mikheil Saakashvili which rose to power following the Rose Revolution. Was rulling party from 2004 to 2012.
Michael Gudinski