Alexander Alexeev (conductor)
Alexander Alexeev () (10 March 1938 – 7 October 2020) was a Russian conductor. He was a Honored Artist of the RSFSR. He was Music Director of the Kharkov Philharmonic Orchestra. Alexeev recorded with different orchestras in Russia for the label Melodya, including the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra.
Alexeev died in Saint Petersburg on October 7, 2020 at the age of 82.
Ray Pennington
Ramon Daniel Pennington (December 22, 1933 – October 7, 2020) was an American country music singer-songwriter, musician and record producer. He was known for writing the Waylon Jennings and Montgomery Gentry song "I'm a Ramblin' Man", and for founding the independent Step One Records label. He was born in Clay County, Kentucky.
Pennington died in a house fire in Hendersonville, Tennessee on October 7, 2020 at the age of 86.
Hendersonville, Tennessee
Hendersonville is the largest city in Sumner County, Tennessee, on Old Hickory Lake. The population was 51,372 at the 2010 census.
Sumner County, Tennessee
Sumner County is a county located on the central northern border of the U.S. state of Tennessee, in what is called Middle Tennessee.
As of the 2010 census, the population was 160,645. Its county seat is Gallatin. Its largest city is Hendersonville. The county is named for American Revolutionary War hero General Jethro Sumner.
A New Leaf
A New Leaf is a 1971 American black comedy movie directed by Elaine May (who also stars) and was based on the short story "The Green Heart" by Jack Ritchie. It also stars Walter Matthau, Jack Weston, George Rose, James Coco, Doris Roberts, William Redfield and was distributed by Paramount Pictures.
Emancipation
Emancipation is any time when someone tries to have more economic and social rights, political rights or equality. This is usually for a group of people that feels disfranchised.
R46 (New York City Subway car)
The R46 is a New York City Subway car model that was built by the Pullman Standard Company from 1975 to 1978 for the IND/BMT B Division. They replaced all remaining Arnine cars and GE-powered R16s, and some R10s. The R46 order initially consisted of 754 single cars, each 75 feet (23 m) long, and was the largest single order of passenger cars in United States railroad history at the point of the fleet's completion. The R46 was the second order of 75-foot cars to be ordered for the New York City Subway, after the R44s.
Pete 'n' Tillie
Pete 'n' Tillie is a 1972 American comedy movie directed by Martin Ritt and was based on the 1968 novella "Witch's Milk" by Peter De Vries. It stars Walter Matthau, Geraldine Page, Carol Burnett, Barry Nelson, Lee H. Montgomery and was nominated for 2 Academy Awards in 1973. It was distributed by Universal Pictures.
Federation Council (Russia)
The Federation Council (; "Sovet Federatsii", common abbreviation: Совфед ("Sovfed") or ) is the upper house of the Federal Assembly of Russia (the parliament of the Russian Federation), according to the 1993 Constitution of the Russian Federation.
Federal Assembly (Russia)
The Federal Assembly () is the national legislature of the Russian Federation, according to the Constitution of the Russian Federation (1993). It was preceded by the Supreme Soviet.
It is made up of the State Duma, which is the lower house, and the Federation Council, which is the upper house. Both houses are located in Moscow.
Politburo of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
The Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (or Politburo, ; abbreviated: ) was the highest policy-making authority within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
It was founded in October 1917, and refounded in March 1919, at the 8th Congress of the Bolshevik Party. It was known as the Presidium from 1952 to 1966. The Politburo ended in 1991 when the Soviet Union broke-up.
Jan Szarek
Jan Szarek (13 February 1936 – 8 October 2020) was a Polish Lutheran minister. He was Bishop of Evangelical Church of the Augsburg Confession in Poland from 1991 to 2001 and Chairman of Polish Ecumenical Council from 1993 to 2001. Szarek was born in Bielsko, Poland.
Szarek died on 8 October 2020 in Cieszyn, Poland from COVID-19 at the age of 84.
Francesc Betriu
Francesc "Paco" Betriu Cabeceran (18 January 1940 – 7 October 2020) was a Spanish movie director and screenwriter. He was born in Organyà, Spain. Betriu was known for directing and writing the screenplay for "The Time of the Doves", "Sinatra" and "Monica del Raval".
Betriu died on 7 October 2020 at the age of 80.
Choi Yun-chil
Choi Yun-chil (July 19, 1928 – October 8, 2020) was a South Korean long-distance runner. He was a two-time Olympian and a two-time national champion in the marathon. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and at the 1952 Summer Olympics. He was born in Tanchon, present-day North Korea.
Choi died on October 8, 2020 in Seoul at the age of 92.
Anne Carson
Anne Carson (born June 21, 1950) is a Canadian poet, essayist, translator, classicist, and professor. She was born in Toronto.
Carson has taught classics, comparative literature, and creative writing at universities across the United States and Canada since 1979, including McGill, Michigan, NYU, and Princeton.
Publishing more than twenty books of writings and translations. She was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 2005 for her works to Canadian letters.
Annie Ernaux
Annie Ernaux (born Annie Duschesne; 1 September 1940) is a French writer. She was born in Normandy, France.
Her books "A Woman's Story," "A Man's Place," and "Simple Passion" were seen by the "The New York Times" Notable Books, and "A Woman's Story" was a Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
"Shame" was named a Publishers Weekly Best Book of 1998, "I Remain in Darkness" a Top Memoir of 1999 by "The Washington Post", and "The Possession" was listed as a Top Ten Book of 2008 by More Magazine.
BelaPAN
The Belarusian Private News Agency () or shortly BelaPAN () is a non-governmental news agency in Belarus. It is a big news agency in the country. BelaPAN makes news on politics, economy, and sports from Belarus in the Russian, Belarusian, and English languages.
BelaPAN has the on-line newspaper Belorusskiye Novosti (naviny.by). Its site can't be opened in Belarus. It has been writing about the 2020 Belarusian protests and 2020 Belarusian presidential election.
On January 14, 2021, the office of BelaPAN was searched. Computers and part of the written by hand and printed papers were taken away. All that stopped the work of the news agency.
29th Street (movie)
29th Street is a 1991 American Japanese comedy drama movie directed by George Gallo and was based on the story by Frank Pesce (who also stars) and James Franciscus. It stars Danny Aiello, Anthony LaPaglia, Lainie Kazan, Robert Forster, Rick Aiello, Ron Karabatsos and was distributed by 20th Century Fox.
Darleane C. Hoffman
Darleane Christian Hoffman (born November 8, 1926) is an American nuclear chemist. He was among the researchers who found the existence of Seaborgium, element 106.
She is a faculty senior scientist in the Nuclear Science Division of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor in the graduate school at UC Berkeley.
In 2002, she was named as one of the 50 most important women in science by "Discover Magazine".
She is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
Shlomo Gazit
Shlomo Gazit (; 1926 – 8 October 2020) was a Turkish-born Israeli military officer and academic. He was a Major General in the Israel Defense Forces. He was in charge of Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate. He later was President of Ben-Gurion University and head of the Jewish Agency. He was born in Istanbul.
Gazit died on 8 October 2020 at the age of 93.
Laren
Laren is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland. In 2019, 11,195 people lived there.
Oostzaan
Oostzaan is a municipality in the Dutch province of North Holland. In 2019, 9,757 people lived there.
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