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Robert William Hoskins was an English actor and film director. Known for his intense but sensitive portrayals of "tough guy" characters, he began his career on stage before making …
Bob Hoskins, English actor (born 1942)
Khaled Choudhury was a theatre personality and artist of Bengal. He worked for various directors of both Bengali and Hindi plays, including Sombhu Mitra, Tripti Mitra, and Shyamana…
Khaled Choudhury, Indian painter and set designer (born 1919)
The 2014 South Napa earthquake occurred in the northern San Francisco Bay Area on August 24 at 03:20:44 Pacific Daylight Time. At 6.0 on the moment magnitude scale and with a maxim…
A magnitude 6.0 earthquake strikes the San Francisco Bay Area; it is the largest in that area since 1989.
From the late 1980s until 2013, group-based child sexual exploitation affected an estimated 1,400 girls, generally from care home backgrounds, in the town of Rotherham, South Yorks…
The Jay Report into the Rotherham child sexual exploitation scandal is published.
Charles Gyude Bryant was a Liberian politician and businessman. He served as the Chairman of the Transitional Government of Liberia from 14 October 2003 to 16 January 2006. The ins…
Gyude Bryant, Liberian businessman and politician (born 1949)
Gabriel José García Márquez was a Colombian writer and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors o…
Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1927)
Jaap Havekotte was a Dutch speed skater. He skated in several Dutch championships during the 1940s, but is best known as the founder of Viking Schaatsenfabriek, a Dutch producer of…
Jaap Havekotte, Dutch speed skater and producer of ice skates (born 1912)
Ian Charles "Roscoe" Ross was an Australian television news presenter for Seven News in Sydney and for Nine News.
Ian Ross, Australian journalist (born 1940)
Alhaji Adamu Atta was the first civilian governor of the Nigerian Kwara State during the Second Republic, representing the National Party of Nigeria (NPN).
Adamu Atta, Nigerian lawyer and politician, 5th Governor of Kwara State (born 1927)
Radhia Cousot was a French computer scientist known for inventing abstract interpretation.
Radhia Cousot, Tunisian-American computer scientist and academic (born 1947)
Assaf "Assi" Dayan was an Israeli film director, actor, screenwriter, and producer.
Assi Dayan, Israeli actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1945)
Juan de Dios Castillo González was a Mexican footballer and coach, last with F.C. Motagua of the Liga Nacional de Fútbol de Honduras, the top tier of the Honduran football. He has …
Juan de Dios Castillo, Mexican footballer and coach (born 1951)
William "Sandy" Pullar Jardine was a Scottish professional footballer who played for Rangers, Hearts and represented Scotland. He played over 1000 professional games and twice won …
Sandy Jardine, Scottish footballer and manager (born 1948)
Bhuma Shobha Nagi Reddy was an Indian politician from Andhra Pradesh, India. She represented the Allagadda constituency in the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for four terms…
Shobha Nagi Reddy, Indian politician (born 1968)
Tadeusz Różewicz was a Polish poet, playwright, writer, and translator. Różewicz was in the first generation of Polish writers born after Poland regained its independence in 1918, …
Tadeusz Różewicz, Polish poet and playwright (born 1921)
Daniel James Macdonnell Heap was a Canadian activist and politician. Heap served as a Member of Parliament with the New Democratic Party, a Toronto City Councillor, a political act…
Dan Heap, Canadian priest and politician (born 1925)
Earl Edwin Morrall was an American professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) for 21 seasons, both a starter and reserve. He was the l…
Earl Morrall, American football player and coach (born 1934)
Tomás Balduíno, O.P. was a diocesan bishop of the Catholic Church in Brazil.
Tomás Balduino, Brazilian bishop (born 1922)
Žarko Petan was a Slovenian writer, essayist, screenwriter, and theatre and film director. He is best known as a writer of aphorisms.
Žarko Petan, Slovenian director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1929)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr. was an American actor and theatre producer. Known for his "mellifluous voice and air of sophistication," he was known to television audiences for his starring r…
Efrem Zimbalist Jr
Gary Stanley Becker was an American economist who received the 1992 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. He was a professor of economics and sociology at the University of Ch…
Gary Becker, American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1930)
Stefanie Zweig was a German Jewish writer and journalist. She is best known for her autobiographical novel, Nirgendwo in Afrika (1995), which was a bestseller in Germany. The novel…
Stefanie Zweig, German journalist and author (born 1932)
Gerald Stanford "Gerry" Guralnik was the Chancellor’s Professor of Physics at Brown University. In 1964, he co-discovered the Higgs mechanism and Higgs boson with C. R. Hagen and T…
Gerald Guralnik, American physicist and academic (born 1936)
John Travilla Ramsay was an American basketball coach, commonly known as "Dr. Jack". He was best known for leading the Portland Trail Blazers to the 1977 NBA championship, and for …
Jack Ramsay, American basketball player, coach, and sportscaster (born 1925)