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Post by raptor on Mar 27, 2020 21:13:55 GMT -5
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary) - Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms from 6 February 1952 – present
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Post by elizab on Mar 28, 2020 2:33:41 GMT -5
Francis Pope
- born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina; is the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere, and the first pope from outside Europe since the Syrian Gregory III, who reigned in the 8th century.
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Post by jan4hs on Mar 28, 2020 19:30:19 GMT -5
George Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair)
- English novelist and essayist, journalist and critic.His work is characterised by lucid prose, biting social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.... As a writer, Orwell produced literary criticism and poetry, fiction and polemical journalism; and is best known for the allegorical novella "Animal Farm"
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Post by Harry Potter on Mar 28, 2020 21:44:51 GMT -5
Humphrey DeForest Bogart
- was an American film and stage actor. His performances in Classical Hollywood cinema films made him an American cultural icon. In 1999, the American Film Institute selected Bogart as the greatest male star of classic American cinema.
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Post by chopin on Mar 29, 2020 0:47:52 GMT -5
Ignacy (Jan Józef) Łukasiewicz
- Polish pharmacist, engineer, businessman, inventor, and philanthropist. He was one of the most prominent philanthropists in Austria-Hungary Empire, who occupied Southern Poland after its partition. He was a pioneer who in 1856 built the world's first modern oil refinery. His achievements included the discovery of how to distill kerosene from seep oil, the invention of the modern kerosene lamp (1853), the introduction of the first modern street lamp in Europe (1853), and the construction of the world's first modern oil well (1854).
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Post by raptor on Mar 29, 2020 3:12:21 GMT -5
John Fitzgerald Kennedy - 35th President of the United States from January 1961 until his assassination on November 22, 1963
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Post by elizab on Mar 29, 2020 19:56:46 GMT -5
Karol Józef Wojtyła
- Polish Cardinal who was elected on 16 October 1978, as Pope John Paul II . He was the first non-Italian pope since the 16th-century Pope Adrian VI.
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Post by jan4hs on Mar 30, 2020 0:44:10 GMT -5
Lech Wałęsa
- Polish statesman, dissident, and Nobel Peace Prize laureate, who served as the first democratically-elected President of Poland from 1990 to 1995. A shipyard electrician by trade, he became the leader of Solidarity, and led a successful pro-democratic effort which in 1989 ended the communist rule in Poland and in the East Block , and ushered in the end of the Cold War.
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Post by chopin on Mar 30, 2020 8:08:40 GMT -5
Michael Jeffrey Jordan
(born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, is an American former NBA player and the principal owner of the Charlotte Hornets. He played 15 seasons in the NBA, winning 6 championships with the Chicago Bulls.
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Post by Harry Potter on Mar 30, 2020 10:42:53 GMT -5
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
- a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader, and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He received more than 250 honours—including the Nobel Peace Prize.
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Post by elizab on Mar 30, 2020 19:10:33 GMT -5
Oliver Norvell Hardy
American comic actor and one half of Laurel and Hardy, the double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted from 1927 to 1955. He appeared with his comedy partner Stan Laurel in 107 short films, feature films, and cameo roles. In most of his silent films before joining producer Hal Roach, he was billed on screen as "Babe Hardy."
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Post by jan4hs on Mar 31, 2020 2:22:01 GMT -5
Plácido José Domingo-Embil
- Spanish opera singer, conductor and arts administrator. He has recorded over a hundred complete operas and is well known for his versatility, regularly performing in Italian, French, German, Spanish, English and Russian in the most prestigious opera houses in the world. Although primarily a lirico-spinto tenor for most of his career, especially popular for his Cavaradossi, Hoffmann, Don José, and Canio, he quickly moved into more dramatic roles, becoming the most acclaimed Otello of his generation. In the early 2010s, he transitioned from the tenor repertory into almost exclusively baritone parts, most notably Simon Boccanegra. He has performed 151 different roles.
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Post by raptor on Mar 31, 2020 11:30:27 GMT -5
Queen Victoria
Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837 until her death. On 1 May 1876, she adopted the additional title of Empress of India. Known as the Victorian era, her reign of 63 years and seven months was longer than that of any of her predecessors. It was a period of industrial, cultural, political, scientific, and military change within the United Kingdom, and was marked by a great expansion of the British Empire.
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Post by elizab on Mar 31, 2020 20:13:51 GMT -5
Roger Federer
- Swiss professional tennis player who is ranked world No. 4 in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals He has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles—the most in history for a male player—and has held the world No. 1 spot in the ATP rankings for a record total of 310 weeks (including a record 237 consecutive weeks) and was the year-end No. 1 five times, including four consecutive.
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Post by chopin on Apr 1, 2020 6:34:13 GMT -5
Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll - Colombian singer-songwriter, dancer, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut at the age of 13. Following the commercial failure of her first two Colombian albums, Magia (1991) and Peligro (1993), she rose to prominence in Spanish-speaking countries with her next albums, Pies Descalzos (1995) and Dónde Están los Ladrones? (1998). Shakira entered the English-language market with her fifth album, Laundry Service (2001). It sold over 13 million copies and spawned the international number-one singles "Whenever, Wherever" and "Underneath Your Clothes".
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