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The Syrian civil war was an armed conflict that began with the Syrian revolution in March 2011, when popular discontent with the Ba'athist regime ruled by Bashar al-Assad triggered…
Syrian civil war: The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) declare victory in the Raqqa campaign.
Many states began to intervene against the Islamic State (IS), in both the Syrian civil war and the War in Iraq (2013–2017), in response to its rapid territorial gains from its 201…
War against the Islamic State: Philippine defense secretary Delfin Lorenzana declares the end of the Siege of Marawi.
Catalonia is an autonomous community of Spain, designated as a nationality by its Statute of Autonomy. Its territory is situated on the northeast of the Iberian Peninsula, to the s…
Catalonia declares independence from Spain.
Robert Jonathan Demme was an American filmmaker. His career of directing, producing, and screenwriting spanned more than 30 years and 70 feature films, documentaries, and televisio…
Jonathan Demme, American filmmaker, producer and screenwriter (born 1944)
Mordechai Tzipori was an Israeli politician who served as Minister of Communications from 1981 until 1984.
Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (born 1924)
Konstantinos Mitsotakis was a Greek liberal politician and statesman. He served as prime minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993.
Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician and prime minister (born 1918)
Peter Sallis was an English actor. He was the original voice of Wallace in the Academy Award-winning Wallace & Gromit films and played Norman "Cleggy" Clegg in Last of the Summer W…
Peter Sallis, English actor (born 1921)
Juan Goytisolo Gay was a Spanish poet, essayist, and novelist. He lived in Marrakesh from 1997 until his death in 2017. He was considered Spain's greatest living writer at the begi…
Juan Goytisolo, Spanish essayist, poet and novelist (born 1931)
Mariano Gagnon was an American Franciscan friar and Catholic priest, who served as a missionary in Peru. Gagnon founded the Cutivereni mission in Peru's Ene River valley to assist …
Mariano Gagnon, American Catholic priest and author (born 1929)
Rabbi Binyamin "Benny" Elon was an Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Moledet and the National Union between 1996 and 2009. A ninth-gen…
Binyamin Elon, Israeli Orthodox rabbi and politician (born 1954)
Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov was a Russian lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces who played a key role in the 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident. On 26 Septemb…
Stanislav Petrov, Lt
Zbigniew "Zbig" Kazimierz Brzeziński was a Polish-American diplomat and political scientist. He served as a counselor to Lyndon B. Johnson from 1966 to 1968 and was Jimmy Carter's …
Zbigniew Brzezinski, Polish-born American politician (born 1928)
Gregory LeNoir Allman was an American musician, singer and songwriter. He was known for performing in the Allman Brothers Band. Allman grew up with an interest in rhythm and blues …
Gregg Allman, American musician, singer and songwriter (born 1947)
Andrew Cunningham was an English actor, puppeteer, ventriloquist and writer. He was the creator and main writer of the children's BBC television series Bodger & Badger, in which he…
Andy Cunningham, English actor (born 1950)
Cheick Ismaël Tioté was an Ivorian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Cheick Tioté, Ivorian footballer (born 1986)
William West Anderson, known professionally as Adam West, was an American actor. He portrayed Batman in the 1960s ABC series of the same name and its 1966 theatrical feature film, …
Adam West, American actor and investor (born 1928)
Yuli Rachmawati, better known as Julia Perez, abbreviated as Jupe, was an Indonesian singer, model, and actress. In the early 2010s, she became known for her outspoken statements a…
Julia Perez, Indonesian singer and actress (born 1980)
Baldwin Jacobson Lonsdale was a Vanuatuan politician and Anglican priest who served as the president of Vanuatu from 22 September 2014 until his death in 2017.
Baldwin Lonsdale, president of Vanuatu (born 1948)
Helmut Josef Michael Kohl was a German politician who served as chancellor of Germany and governed the Federal Republic from 1982 to 1998. He was leader of the Christian Democratic…
Helmut Kohl, German politician, Chancellor of Germany (born 1930)
Otto Frederick Warmbier was an American college student who was imprisoned in North Korea in 2016 on a charge of subversion. In June 2017, he was released by North Korea in a veget…
Otto Warmbier, American college student detained in North Korea (born 1994)
Albert Johnson, known professionally as Prodigy, was an American rapper and record producer. He was best known for being one half of the rap duo Mobb Deep along with Havoc, yet Pro…
Prodigy, American music artist (born 1974)
Mao Kobayashi was a Japanese freelance newscaster and actress. She was also one of Fuji TV's weathercasters.
Mao Kobayashi, Japanese newscaster and actress (born 1982)
Ketumile Quett Joni Masire GCMG was a Motswana politician and statesman who was the second and longest-serving president of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998. He was given an h…
Quett Masire, Botswanan politician (born 1926)
Peter Ludwig Berger was an Austrian-born American sociologist and Protestant theologian. Berger became known for his work in the sociology of knowledge, the sociology of religion, …
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