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Claude Léon Auguste Piéplu was a French theatre, film and television actor. He was known for his hoarse and frayed voice.
Claude Piéplu, French actor (born 1923)
Édouard Michelin was managing partner and co-chief executive of the Michelin Group. He was the great-grandson of Édouard Michelin (1859–1940), a co-founder of the company.
Édouard Michelin, French businessman (born 1963)
Kevin Patrick O'Flanagan was an Irish sportsman, physician and sports administrator. An outstanding all-rounder, he represented his country at both soccer and rugby union. He was a…
Kevin O'Flanagan, Irish footballer and physician (born 1919)
Rob Borsellino was a newspaper columnist who worked for the Des Moines Register. His columns, which appeared three times weekly, became popular due to Borsellino's colloquial writi…
Rob Borsellino, American journalist (born 1949)
Paul Xavier Gleason was an American film and television actor. He was known for his roles on television series such as All My Children and films such as The Breakfast Club, Trading…
Paul Gleason, American actor (born 1939)
Craig William Heyward, nicknamed "Ironhead", was an American professional football player who was a fullback in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for t…
Craig Heyward, American football player (born 1966)
Thorleif Schjelderup was a Norwegian ski jumper, author and environmentalist.
Thorleif Schjelderup, Norwegian ski jumper and author (born 1920)
Jacques Bouchard, was a Canadian advertising executive and author. He was one of the founders of Quebec's first French creative advertising agency, BCP, and a pioneer in French-lan…
Jacques Bouchard, Canadian businessman (born 1930)
Katarína Kolníková was a Slovak stage actress.
Katarína Kolníková, Slovak actress (born 1921)
Shōhei Imamura was a Japanese film director. His main interest as a filmmaker lay in the depiction of the lower strata of Japanese society. A key figure in the Japanese New Wave, …
Shohei Imamura, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1926)
David Graham Lloyd was an evolutionary biologist and the seventh New Zealander to be elected as a fellow of the Royal Society in London. He did pioneering work in the field of plan…
David Lloyd, New Zealand biologist and academic (born 1938)
Robert Sterling was an American actor. He was best known for starring in the television series Topper (1953–1955).
Robert Sterling, American actor (born 1917)
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal was a Spanish figurative and abstract sculptor. He is best known for his puzzle sculptures, which can be disassembled into many abstract pieces. These works a…
Miguel Ortiz Berrocal, Spanish sculptor (born 1933)
Raymond Davis Jr. was an American chemist and physicist. He is best known as the leader of the Homestake experiment in the 1960s-1980s, which was the first experiment to detect neu…
Raymond Davis Jr
Keith Smith was an English dual-code international rugby footballer who played in the 1970s. He played representative rugby union (RU) as a centre, for England, England (Under-23s)…
Keith Smith, English rugby player and coach (born 1952)
Canon Clinton Robert Jones Jr. was an Episcopal priest and gay rights activist based in Hartford, Connecticut.
Clinton Jones, American Episcopal priest and gay rights activist (born 1916)
The Federal Parliament of Nepal is the bicameral federal and supreme legislature of Nepal established in 2018. It consists of the National Assembly and the House of Representatives…
The Parliament of Nepal unanimously voted to strip King Gyanendra of many of his powers
The 2006 Yogyakarta earthquake occurred at 05:53 local time on 27 May with a moment magnitude of 6.4 and a maximum MSK intensity of VIII (Damaging) in the Yogyakarta region of Java…
An earthquake registering 6
Palestinian groups have used suicide bombings in the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, predominantly targeting Israeli civilians. This tactic is also referred to as suicide terrorism. …
A Palestinian suicide bomber detonated explosives in a restaurant in Tel Aviv, Israel, killing 11 people and injuring 70
Extremely Severe Cyclonic Storm Mala was the strongest tropical cyclone of the 2006 North Indian Ocean cyclone season. In mid-April 2006, an area of disturbed weather formed over t…
Cyclone Mala made landfall near Thandwe, Myanmar, causing 37 deaths
An Inconvenient Truth is a 2006 American documentary film directed by Davis Guggenheim about former vice president of the United States Al Gore's campaign to educate people about g…
An Inconvenient Truth, a documentary film that has been credited for raising international public awareness of climate c
Junichiro Koizumi is a Japanese retired politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan and president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) from 2001 to 2006. He retired from poli…
Japan's Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi apologizes for Japan's war record
The Airbus A380 is a large wide-body airliner, developed and produced by Airbus from 2003 to 2021. It is the world's largest passenger airliner and the only full-length double-deck…
Airbus A380 aircraft has its maiden test flight
Vanity Fair is an American monthly magazine of popular culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast in the United States.
Vanity Fair reveals that Mark Felt was "Deep Throat"