Boris Yevdokimovich Shcherbina (; 5 October 1919 – 22 August 1990) was a Ukrainian Soviet politician. He was a vice-chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Soviet Union from 1984 to 1989. He was in charge of Soviet crisis management of two major catastrophes: the 1986 Chernobyl disaster and the 1988 Armenian earthquake.
1988 Armenian earthquake
The 1988 Armenian earthquake, also known as the Spitak earthquake (, "Spitaki yerkrasharj"), happened on December 7 at with a surface wave magnitude of 6.8 and a maximum MSK intensity of X ("Devastating").
The shock happened in the northern region of Armenia. Between 25,000 and 50,000 were killed and up to 130,000 were injured.
Despite the tensions of the Cold War, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev formally asked the United States for humanitarian help within a few days of the earthquake.
Lyudmila Lyadova
Lyudmila Alekseevna Lyadova (; 29 March 1925 – 10 March 2021) was a Russian composer and singer. In 1985, she was honored with People's Artist of the USSR. She was known for appearing in many operas and theatre shows for children.
In June 2020, Lyadova was hospitalized in Moscow with COVID-19. She died from problems caused by the infection on 10 March 2021, aged 95.
Isela Vega
Isela Vega Durazo (5 November 1939 – 9 March 2021) was a Mexican actress, singer-songwriter, and filmmaker. She was born in Hermosillo, Sonora. She was best known for her role as Elita in Sam Peckinpah's "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia". She also starred as Victoria Aguirre in the Netflix original series "The House of Flowers".
Vega died of cancer in Mexico City on 9 March 2021 at the age of 81.
Sandbox video game
Sandbox video games are a form of video game that implements a "sandbox" design. These games are usually open world games. A few examples of this design concept are Grand Theft Auto and Minecraft.
Lou Ottens
Lou Ottens (21 June 1926 – 6 March 2021) was a Dutch engineer. He worked his entire career at Philips. He was known as the inventor of the cassette tape. Ottens was born in Bellingwolde, Netherlands
Ottens died on 6 March 2021 in Duizel, Netherlands at the age of 94.
House of Nationalities
The House of Nationalities (, "Amyotha Hluttaw") is the "de jure" upper house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It is made up of 224 members, of whom 168 are directly elected and 56 appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces.
Assembly of the Union
The Assembly of the Union ( "Pyidaungsu Hluttaw") is the "de jure" national-level bicameral legislature of Myanmar (officially known as the "Republic of the Union of Myanmar") created by the 2008 National Constitution. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw is made up of two houses, the House of Nationalities, a 224-seat upper house as well as the Pyithu Hluttaw, a 440-seat lower house.
House of Representatives (Myanmar)
The House of Representatives (, "Pyithu Hluttaw") is the lower house of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, the bicameral legislature of Myanmar (Burma). It is made up of 440 members, of which 330 are directly elected through the first-past-the-post system in each townships and 110 are appointed by the Myanmar Armed Forces.
As of 8 November 2015, 90% of the members are men (389 members) and 10% women (44 members).
Mordechai Bar-On
Mordechai Bar-On (, 26 December 1928 – 7 March 2021) was an Israeli historian, Chief Education Officer of the Israel Defense Forces and politician. He was a member of the Knesset for Ratz from 1984 to 1986.
He died in March 2021.
Thaddeus M. Buczko
Thaddeus M. Buczko (February 23, 1926 – March 7, 2021) was an American politician. He was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1959 until 1964. He was Massachusetts Auditor from 1964 until 1981.
Buczko died on March 7, 2021, in Salem, Massachusetts at age 95.
Olivier Dassault
Olivier Dassault (1 June 1951 – 7 March 2021) was a French politician and businessman. He was a member of the National Assembly from 1988 until 1997 and from 2002 until his death. Dassault was a member of the The Republicans. Dassault was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France.
Dassault was killed in a helicopter crash on 7 March 2021 near Touques, France at the age of 69.
Keith Greene
Keith Greene (5 January 1938 – 7 March 2021) was an English racing driver. He raced in Formula One from 1959 to 1962, participating in six World Championship Grands Prix and numerous non-Championship races. Greene was born in London.
Greene died of a cardiac arrest in London on 7 March 2021, aged 83.
Georges Gruillot
Georges Gruillot (14 August 1931 – 7 March 2021) was a French politician. Gruillot became a Senator from Doubs on 4 September 1988 for the National Assembly. He was a member of the Rally for the Republic. He retired in 2008.
Gruillot died on 7 March 2021 at the age of 89.
Janis Hape
Janis Lynn Hape (March 10, 1958 – March 7, 2021), also known by her married name Janis Dowd, was an American competition swimmer. Hape represented the United States as an 18-year-old at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec. She was born in Gary, Indiana.
Hape died from heart failure in Charlotte, North Carolina on March 7, 2021 at the age of 62.
Sanja Ilić
Aleksandar "Sanja" Ilić (; 27 March 1951 – 7 March 2021) was a Serbian composer and keyboardist. He founded the group Balkanika in 1998. He represented Serbia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 in Lisbon, Portugal, with the song "Nova deca".
Ilić died on 7 March 2021 in Belgrade from problems caused by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia, aged 69.
Mirko Pavinato
Mirko Pavinato (20 June 1934 – 7 March 2021) was an Italian football player and manager. He played as a defender. Pavinato served as manager of San Marino between 1971 and 1972.
Pavinato died on 7 March 2021 at the age of 86 from kidney failure caused by COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy in Bologna.
San Marino Calcio
San Marino Calcio, better known as San Marino, was a Sammarinese professional association football club based in the city of Serravalle, that competed in the Serie D.
It was founded in 1959 and re-founded in 1973 and again in 2000, it was the only football club based in the Republic of San Marino authorized by the FIGC to compete in the Italian football league
Lars Göran Petrov
Lars-Göran Petrov (17 February 1972 – 7 March 2021), often abbreviated as L-G Petrov, was a Swedish singer. He was best known for his work with the band Entombed.
He also played drums in Morbid, which featured Mayhem vocalist Per Yngve "Dead" Ohlin in its original line up.
In August 2020, Petrov was diagnosed with bile duct cancer. He died from the disease on 7 March 2021, aged 49.
Nikolay Smorchkov
Nikolay Gavrilovich Smorchkov (; August 9, 1930 – March 7, 2021) was a Soviet and Russian actor. He starred in more than 160 movies. His best known roles were in "True Friends", "The Cranes Are Flying" and "A Cruel Romance".
Smorchkov died on March 7, 2021 at the age of 90.
Frank Thorne
Benjamin Franklin ”Frank” Thorne (June 16, 1930 – March 7, 2021) was an American comic book artist-writer. He was best known for creating the Marvel Comics character Red Sonja.
Thorne died on March 7, 2021 in Scotch Plains, New Jersey at the age of 90.
Scotch Plains, New Jersey
Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, New Jersey, United States. In the 2010 Census, 23,510 people lived here.
Albert Vallvé
Albert Vallvé i Navarro (2 December 1945 – 7 March 2021) was a Spanish politician. He was a member of the Senate of Spain from 1993 until 1996. He was born in Tarragona, Spain. He was a member of the Democratic Union of Catalonia.
Vallvé died on 7 March 2021 in Tarragona, aged 75.
Josip Alebić
Josip Alebić (also known as Jozo or Joško; 7 January 1947 – 8 March 2021) was a Croatian sprinter. He was part of the 400 metres races. He competed for Yugoslavia in the 400 m and 4 × 400 m relay events in the 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics.
Alebić died on 8 March 2021, aged 74.
Anshuman Singh