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Gustaw Herling 2000 Deaths

Gustaw HerlingAge: 81 Polish-born writer and exile whose memoir A World Apart chronicled the horrific experience of living in the Soviet gulag. He also wrote the novel The Island. Died:…

García Pérez, Alan Gabriel Ludwig

(Encyclopedia) García Pérez, Alan Gabriel Ludwig, 1949–2019, Peruvian political leader, president of Peru (1985–90, 2006–11). A lawyer and member of APRA, García was a charismatic speaker who rose…

Waldheim, Kurt

(Encyclopedia) Waldheim, KurtWaldheim, Kurtk&oobreve;rt vältˈhīm [key], 1918–2007, Austrian diplomat, secretary-general of the United Nations (1972–81) and president of Austria (1986–92). He…

United Nations Secretaries-General (table)

(Encyclopedia) United Nations Secretaries-General Secretary-General Nationality Dates in Office Trygve Halvdan Lie Norwegian 1946–53 Dag Hammarskjöld Swedish 1953–61 U Thant Burmese 1962–71…

Cela, Camilo José

(Encyclopedia) Cela, Camilo JoséCela, Camilo Josékämēˈlō hōsāˈ thāˈlä [key], 1916–2002, Spanish novelist, short-story writer, and poet, b. Iria Flavia. Among the writers to emerge after the Spanish…

(Hubert) Sonny Hine 2000 Deaths

(Hubert) Sonny HineAge: 69 horse trainer whose 52-year career peaked with Skip Away, horse of the year in 1998; had a knack for turning modestly priced horses like Skip Away, Big Bet, and…

Brewer's: Cauld-lad

(The) of Hilton Hall. A house-spirit, who moved about the furniture during the night. Being resolved to banish him, the inmates left for him a green cloak, and hood, before the kitchen-…

Kongo, kingdom of

(Encyclopedia) Kongo, kingdom ofKongo, kingdom ofkôngˈgō, kŏngˈ– [key], former state of W central Africa, founded in the 14th cent. In the 15th cent. the kingdom stretched from the Congo River in the…