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17 hours ago · Billie Holiday(born Eleanora Fagan; April 7, 1915 – July 17, 1959) was an American jazzand swing musicsinger. Nicknamed "Lady Day" by her friend and music partner, Lester Young, Holiday made a significant contribution to jazz music and popsinging. Her vocal style, strongly influenced by jazz instrumentalists, inspired a new way of ...
17 hours ago · In 2019, Charles Moore, former editor of The Spectator, The Daily Telegraph, and authorized biographer of Margaret Thatcher, noted that his conversion in 1994 to Catholicism followed the Church of England's decision to ordain women, "unilaterally". The Church of England's "determination to do this," he said, "willy-nilly, come what may, meant that they weren't serious about Christian unity ...
17 hours ago · In Eminem's 2002 single "Without Me", where the lines "I know that you got a job, Ms. Cheney / But your husband's heart problem's complicated" refer to his health problems. In The Day After Tomorrow , the character Raymond Becker (played by Kenneth Welsh ) is intended to be a criticism of Dick Cheney.
17 hours ago · The following is a list of notable deaths in August 2024. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. August 2024 1 Jürgen Ahrend, 94, German pipe organ ...
17 hours ago · [56] [57] In pagan beliefs the fire hearth (vatra e zjarrit) is the symbol of fire as the offspring of the Sun. [58] In some folk tales, myths and legends the Sun and the Moon are regarded as husband and wife, also appearing as the parents of E Bija e Hënës dhe e Diellit ("the Daughter of the Moon and the Sun"); in others the Sun and the Moon are regarded as brother and sister, but in this ...
