Maria Lassnig (1919–2014) is regarded as one of the most important artists of the present day. Over the course of her remarkable career, she created a substantial body of work in the fields of painting and graphics alongside her excursions into (animated) film and sculpture.
Joseph Stalin (born December 18 [December 6, Old Style], , Gori, Georgia, Russian Empire [see Researcher’s Note] —died March 5, , Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was the secretary-general of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (–53) and premier of the Soviet state (–53), who for a quarter of a century dictatorially ruled the Soviet Union and transformed it into a major.
Sarah Mintz. Actress: Behind Closed Doors. Sarah Mintz was born on 1 September in Barranquilla, Colombia. She is an actress, known for Behind Closed Doors (), El Rostro de Analía () and Vuelo ().
English: Presidential Standard of Guyana () under President LFS Burnham. Originally , but changed to by proclamation in November Originally , but changed to by proclamation in November
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Childhood and Adolescence. Terence Tao was born in Adelaide, Australia, on July 17, Dr. Billy Tao, his father, is a paediatrician, and Grace, his mother, was a mathematics and physics teacher in Hong Kong. Dr. Billy Tao was born in Shanghai and graduated from the University of Hong Kong with an MBBS degree in
Soekarno (or Soekarno), was born as Kusno Sosrodihardjo (6 June – 21 June ). He was the first President of Indonesia (from to ). Soekarno was the leader of Indonesia’s struggle for independence from the Netherlands.
Samuel Wright Bodman III (November 26, – September 7, ) was an American politician. He was the 11th United States Secretary of Energy. [1] He was previously the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of Commerce. Bodman died in El Paso, Texas on September 7, at the age of [2].
Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill was born on 30 November at his family's ancestral home, Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire. [2] On his father's side, he was a member of the aristocracy as a descendant of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough. [ 3 ].
The English statesman and soldier Simon de Montfort, 6th Earl of Leicester (), led the opposition to Henry III and played a major role in constitutional development. Simon de Montfort, born in Normandy, was the fourth and youngest son of Simon de Montfort IV and Alice de Montmorency.
At LACC, he became involved in campus politics and was the first African American study body president. He was active in the civil rights, African independence, and peace movements. He also chaired the Los Angeles chapter of the Afro-American Association.
Joseph Chamberlain was a renowned liberal politician with a reforming record in Birmingham. He would eventually split and then leave the Liberal party over their imperial policies. He became the standard bearer for late 19th Century Imperialism and came close to leading the Conservative party on the back of these policies.
Yves Saint Laurent is a French biographical drama film directed by Jalil Lespert and co-written with Jacques Fieschi, Jérémie Guez, and Marie-Pierre Huster. The film is based on the life of Yves Saint Laurent from
Experience Bill Coleman's year photographic odyssey of an Amish Community, s Europe, and vintage Penn State photography. Buy your prints and licensing here. Amish Galleries - Bill Coleman.
Vũ Lệ Quyên (sinh ngày 2 tháng 4 năm tại Hà Nội), thường được biết đến với nghệ danh Lệ Quyên, là một nữ ca sĩ người Việt Nam. Sinh ra tại Hà Nội [2] trong một gia đình giàu truyền thống nghệ thuật, cha là văn công và mẹ là nghệ sĩ hát chèo, Lệ Quyên sớm bộc lộ năng khiếu bẩm sinh về âm nhạc ngay từ khi còn ở độ tuổi nhi đồng.
Pamela Lyndon Travers (syntyjään Helen Lyndon Goff, 9. elokuuta Maryborough, Queensland, Australia – huhtikuuta Lontoo) oli australialainen kirjailija, näyttelijä ja journalisti, joka tunnetaan etenkin Maija Poppanen-kirjasarjastaan, jossa mystinen, sateenvarjolla lentävä lastenhoitaja Maija Poppanen onnistuu aina uudestaan piristämään lasten päivää taikaa ja.
Jim Henson (born September 24, , Greenville, Mississippi, U.S.—died May 16, , New York, New York) was an American puppeteer and filmmaker, creator of the Muppets of television and motion pictures. He coined the term Muppets as a meld of marionettes and puppets.
While his impact upon art cannot be denied, he also led a short life with a rather tragic ending. Let us look at a brief biography of his art as well as his life. Early Life. Basquiat was born on 22 December in Brooklyn, New York. His mother was of Haitian descent and his father was Puerto Rican. He also had two younger sisters.
Craig Alan Biggio was a Major League Baseball player who spent his entire twenty-year Hall of Fame career with the Houston Astros ().Did you know that Craig, Barry Bonds and Rickey Henderson are the only three players in Major League history with 2,+ hits, + doubles, + stolen bases and + home runs?.
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Sir Russell Coutts KNZM CBE (born 1 March ) is a world champion New Zealand yachtsman. He won an Olympic gold medal and skippered three Americas Cup victories in , , and
The story in the book spans a period of time over years from to and follows the immortal life of the titular character Orlando, a young nobleman who starts out the novel by becoming the steward, treasurer and eventual lover of Queen Elizabeth I.
Bernard Mannes Baruch was a Jewish-American financier. He was very successful in the stock exchange. He also helped several presidents in 3 major global conflicts. First in World War 1 with Woodrow Wilson, then in World War 2 with Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman, and lastly in the Cold War, with Harry Truman again.
The vast majority of the people promoted to field marshal won major battles in wars of their time. Field marshals played a compelling and influential role in military matters, were tax-exempt, members of the nobility, equal to government officials, under constant protection or escort, and had the right to directly report to the royal family. [3].
Tom Pollock. Producer: Chloe. Tom Pollock served as chairman of Universal Pictures from to and was the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Film Institute. In , Pollock co-founded The Montecito Picture Company with Director/Producer Ivan Reitman.
The Hanging of Vasil Levski. O my Mother, dear Motherland. Why weep you so mournfully, so plaintively? And you, raven, cursed bird - On whose grave croak you with such a dread?.
Nueve temas que nos demuestran que la locura baila al ritmo de la cumbia. La cumbia es todo y todos somos parte de la cumbia. Juan Sebastián Barriga Ossa. Publicidad. Recientes. Page 1 of 1.
Armin Mueller-Stahl plays Nicoli Seroff, a reclusive, well-known landscape painter with whom an year-old student, John Talia Jr. (Trevor Morgan), spends a life-changing summer (in ) on.
--Oct. 16, -- Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Krakow is elected pope and takes the name John Paul II. He is the first Pole to be elected pope and the first non-Italian pontiff in years. Jan. 25, -- The new pontiff makes his first trip abroad, visiting the Dominican Republic, Mexico, and the Bahamas.
Alfred Stieglitz’s seminal role as artist and art impresario at a time when American culture was redefining its fundamental ways of seeing, thinking and experiencing the world. View a.
Peg Phillips (September 20, – November 7, ) was an American actress. She is best known for playing storekeeper Ruth-Anne Miller on the television series Northern Exposure. Phillips was born in Everett, Washington.
Peter Lerangis is the author of many books for young readers, including wtf, Smiler’s Bones, the Watchers series, The Sword Thief, and the New York Times bestselling 39 Clues series. Peter lives with his wife and two sons in New York City. Visit him at
Listening to Claire Harman’s biography of Charlotte Bronte made me realise I had seriously underestimated the remarkableness of her and her sisters and their novels. Claire Harman’s account reads like a story of survival; money was always a worry for the Brontë family, and the three sisters only hope for a better life was for their brother.
Arne Quinze continues to contest the greyness and dullness of the environments we live in. "Driven by the force of nature, I have the urge to guide our cities towards a better future. Since I was born in , man has destroyed more than 30% of the world’s flora and fauna.
Hemchandra was a Sanskrit scholar who published works on science, languages and philosophy. Hemchandra's mother was named Pahini and his father Chachadev. The name Hemchandra was one he took later in life and he was named Candradeva after he was born.