Antonino Natoli of Patti
Antonino da Patti, also called Antonio da Patti, was a Sicilian priest. In 1596 he was made an apostolic visitor for the Order of Reformed Friars Minor in the Terra di Lavoro. He suffered many persecutions, and died in Rome the 6th January 1618. He was buried at the church of San Francesco a Ripa.
Greg Rusedski
Gregory Rusedski (born 6 September 1973) is a retired Canadian-British tennis player.
Rusedski was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. His mother is English. His father was born in Germany and was of Polish and Ukrainian descent.
Rusedski turned pro in 1991 and played for Canada until 1995. From 1995 until his retirement in 2007, he played for Great Britain. He was the losing finalist in the 1997 U.S. Open. His world ranking peaked at no.4 later that year. He was the British number 1 in 1997 and 1999. He competed in the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics.
Rusedski was a contestant on "Dancing on Ice" in 2008. He lives in London.
Eugenie Bouchard
Eugenie Bouchard (born February 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional tennis player. She was born in Montreal, Quebec. She lives in Miami Beach, Florida.
Bouchard turned pro in 2009. She was the losing finalist at the 2014 Wimbledon Championships. Her world ranking peaked at no.5 later that year.
Niederhünigen
Niederhünigen is a municipality in the administrative district of Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.
Dotzigen
Dotzigen is a municipality in the administrative district of Seeland in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.
Niedermuhlern
Niedermuhlern is a municipality of the administrative district of Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.
Niederönz
Niederönz is a municipality in the administrative district of Oberaargau in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.
It is 1 km west of Herzogenbuchsee.
Niederösch
Niederösch is a former municipality of the administrative district of Emmental in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2016 the former municipalities of Niederösch and Oberösch merged into the municipality of Ersigen.
Johnny Barnes
Johnny Barnes (born John James Randolf Adolphus Mills, June 23, 1923 – July 9, 2016) was a Bermudian entertainer. He was known for waving to passing traffic at the Foot of the Lane roundabout in Hamilton, Bermuda. He became so loved and well known that the government of Bermuda created a statue of Barnes and be placed in Hamilton.
Barnes died on July 9, 2016 in Hamilton, aged 93.
Geneviève Castrée
Geneviève Castrée Elverum (1981 – 9 July 2016) was a Canadian comics artist, illustrator, and musician. She was from Loretteville, Quebec. She once recorded under the name Woelv and later switched to Ô PAON.
Castrée died on 9 July 2016 from pancreatic cancer in Anacortes, Washington, aged 34.
Vaughn Harper
Vaughn Harper (March 7, 1945 – July 9, 2016) was an American broadcast announcer and DJ. In 1976, Harper became a nighttime Radio DJ for WBLS (107.5 FM) in New York City. He was known for his soft voice so he was nicknamed "the Quiet Storm". He was an active basketball broadcaster for small teams.
Harper died from complications of diabetes on July 9, 2016 in Syracuse, New York, aged 71.
Wolfram Siebeck
Wolfram Siebeck (19 September 1928 – 7 July 2016) was a German journalist, author and food critic. He used to criticize fast food, TV dinners, subsidized agriculture and Intensive animal farming. Siebeck was born in Duisburg.
Silvano Piovanelli
Silvano Piovanelli (21 February 1924 – 9 July 2016) was an Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Florence from 1983 to 2001. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 1985. He was born in Borgo San Lorenzo, Kingdom of Italy.
Piovanelli died on 9 July 2016 in Florence, Italy, aged 92.
Jacques Rouffio
Jacques Rouffio (14 August 1928 – 8 July 2016) was a French movie director and screenwriter. His 1986 movie "My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister" was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.
Rouddio died on 8 July 2016 in Paris, aged 87.
Harold A. Linstone
Harold Adrian Linstone (June 15, 1924 – July 8, 2016) was a German-born American mathematician, consultant, futurist and University Professor Emeritus of Systems Science at Portland State University and a specialist in applied mathematics. He was born in Hamburg.
Linstone was editor-in-chief of the professional journal "Technological Forecasting and Social Change", which he founded in 1969.
Linstone died on July 8, 2016 in Portland, Oregon, aged 92.
Mamnoon Hussain
Hussain briefly served as Governor of Sindh in 1999. His term as governor was cut short by the military coup d'état staged in 1999. After the PML(N) secured majority in general elections held in 2013, Hussain was nominated and elected as President of Pakistan on 30 July 2013. He won the election in a landslide victory winning 432 votes to his rival Wajihuddin Ahmed's 77 votes.
FreeThe20 campaign
FreeThe20 is a campaign to call attention to women who are political prisoners around the world. The campaign names twenty women who are imprisoned unjustly. Samantha Power, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, started the campaign for the twentieth anniversary of the Beijing Declaration.
The reason for the campaign was to tell governments to stop putting women in prison, and to tell the women and their families that they are not alone. There were twenty names of women in twenty days, one for every year since the Beijing Declaration.
In September 2015, a bipartisan "#FreeThe20" bill was introduced to the U.S Senate. All twenty women senators of the two political parties supported the bill. They said,
For status of the women updated to the end of the Powers' term as Secretary of State, see #FreeThe20 Women Political Prisoners and Prisoners of Concern Campaign .
The following women are still imprisoned (updated March 2017):
The following women have been released (alphabetical):
Sydney Schanberg
Sydney Hillel Schanberg (January 17, 1934 – July 9, 2016) was an American journalist. He was best known for his coverage of the war in Cambodia. He has been the recipient of a Pulitzer Prize in 1976 for his reporting on the war.
Schanberg died on July 9, 2016 in Poughkeepsie, New York on July 9, 2016 from a heart attack, aged 82.
Clinton, Massachusetts
Clinton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 13,606 at the 2010 census.
Anatoli Isayev
Anatoli Konstantinovich Isayev (; 14 July 1932 – 10 July 2016) was a Soviet football player and Soviet and Russian coach. Isayev made his debut for USSR in 1955. He first played against West Germany. He played in the 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifiers but was not selected for the final tournament squad. He was born in Moscow.
Isayev died on 10 July 2016 in Moscow, aged 84.
Aziza Siddiqui
Aziza Siddiqui is a human rights activist from Afghanistan. In 2007, Siddiqui received the International Women of Courage Award.
Aziza Siddiqui was born in Afghanistan. When she was 8 years old, her family moved to Pakistan because of war. In 2003 she returned to Afghanistan.
In Afghanistan, Siddiqui worked with Action Aid, an Afghan NGO. She taught women in the northern provinces about their rights. She talked to men about women making decisions. Villages got $50 if they had a man in the council to make decisions. If they also had a woman in the council, they got $100.
After Siddiqui traveled to Washington D.C. to receive the award, her family told her to stay in the U.S. They said it was not safe to go back to Afghanistan. In 2008, Siddiqui worked as a case worker for BIAS, Bi-lingual International Assistant Services in St. Louis. She worked with immigrants. She also worked as an interpreter for the International Institute.
Sundus Abbas
Sundus Abbas is an Iraqi activist for women's rights. She is the Executive Director of the Women's Leadership Institute in Baghdad. In 2007, Abbas received the International Women of Courage Award.