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West Bengal is a state in the eastern part of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal. It had a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of 88,752 km2 (34,267…
In West Bengal, India, the Jnaneswari Express train derailment and subsequent collision kills 148 passengers
Shayetet 13 is a naval commando unit of the Israeli Navy and one of the primary reconnaissance units of the Israel Defense Forces. Shayetet 13 specializes in sea-to-land incursions…
Israeli Shayetet 13 commandos boarded the Gaza Freedom Flotilla while still in international waters trying to break the
The Dragon Spacecraft Qualification Unit was a boilerplate version of the Dragon spacecraft manufactured by SpaceX. After using it for ground tests to rate Dragon's shape and mass …
Falcon 9 Flight 1 is the maiden flight of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launches from Cape Canaveral Air Force Stati
Juan Antonio Samaranch y Torelló, 1st Marquess of Samaranch was a Spanish sports administrator under the Franco regime (1973–1977) who served as the seventh president of the Intern…
Juan Antonio Samaranch, Spanish businessman, seventh President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1920)
Kanagaratnam Sriskandan was a Sri Lankan born British engineer and civil servant. He was the former Chief Highway Engineer, of Under Secretary Grade at the British Department for…
Kanagaratnam Sriskandan, Sri Lankan-English engineer and civil servant (born 1930)
Richard Barrett was an American white nationalist, lawyer and self-proclaimed leader in the nationalist Skinheadz movement. Barrett was a speaker and editor of the All The Way mont…
Richard Barrett, American lawyer and activist (born 1943)
Peter Neville Frederick Porter OAM was a British-based Australian poet.
Peter Porter, Australian-born British poet (born 1929)
Alan Sillitoe FRSL was an English writer and one of the so-called "angry young men" of the 1950s. He disliked the label, as did most of the other writers to whom it was applied. He…
Alan Sillitoe, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (born 1928)
Dorothy Irene Height was an African-American civil rights and women's rights activist. She focused on the issues of Foundational Black American women, including unemployment, illit…
Dorothy Height, American educator and activist (born 1912)
Dorothy Michelle Provine was an American singer, dancer and actress. Born in 1935 in Deadwood, South Dakota, she grew up in Seattle, Washington, and was hired in 1958 by Warner Bro…
Dorothy Provine, American actress and singer (born 1935)
Mariam A. Aleem was an Egyptian artist and art professor specializing in printed design. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the Faculty of Fine Arts Cairo in 1954 and her Maste…
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Urs Felber, a pioneer of furniture design, was the CEO of Vitra USA. Felber was also the board director for several companies including Swissflex and was chairman and principal sha…
Urs Felber, Swiss engineer and businessman (born 1942)
Avigdor Arikha was a Romanian-born French–Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian.
Avigdor Arikha, French-Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian (born 1929)
Helen Losee Wagner was an American actress.
Helen Wagner, American actress (born 1918)
Lynn Rachel Redgrave was a British and American actress. During a career that spanned five decades, she won two Golden Globe Awards and was nominated for two Academy Awards, four B…
Lynn Redgrave, English-American actress and singer (born 1943)
Joseph Roy Carrier Sr., known professionally as Roy Carrier, was an American Zydeco musician. He was the father of Chubby and Dikki Du Carrier, who followed their father into Zydec…
Roy Carrier, American accordion player (born 1947)
Peter O'Donnell was an English writer of mysteries and of comic strips, best known as the creator of Modesty Blaise, an action heroine/undercover trouble-shooter. He was also a got…
Peter O'Donnell, English soldier and author (born 1920)
Günter F. Wendt was a German-born American mechanical engineer noted for his work in the U.S. human spaceflight program. An employee of McDonnell Aircraft and later North American …
Guenter Wendt, German-American engineer (born 1923)
Giulietta Simionato was an Italian mezzo-soprano. Her career spanned the period from the 1930s until her retirement in 1966.
Giulietta Simionato, Italian soprano (born 1910)
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua was a Nigerian politician who served as the president of Nigeria from 2007 until his death in May 2010. He won the Nigerian presidential election held on 21 A…
Umaru Musa Yar'Adua, Nigerian academic and politician, 13th President of Nigeria (born 1951)
Robin Evan Roberts was an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher who pitched primarily for the Philadelphia Phillies (1948–1961). He spent the latter part of his career wi…
Robin Roberts, American baseball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1926)
Adele Mara was an American actress, singer, and dancer, who appeared in films during the 1940s and 1950s and on television in the 1950s and 1960s.
Adele Mara, American actress, singer and dancer (born 1923)
Walter Joseph Hickel was an American businessman, real estate developer, and politician who served as the second governor of Alaska from 1966 to 1969 and 1990 to 1994, as well as U…
Wally Hickel, American politician, Governor of Alaska and Secretary of the Interior (born 1919)
Lena Mary Calhoun Horne was an American singer, actress, dancer and civil rights activist. Horne's career spanned more than seventy years and covered film, television and theater.
Lena Horne, American singer, actress, and activist (born 1917)