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1 day ago · Class School or degree Notability References John Backus: Non-degreed Inventor of first high-level programming language, FORTRAN, and recipient of the 1977 A.M. Turing Award: Daniel Barringer: 1888 Graduate proved the existence of meteorites on Earth (Barringer Meteorite Crater) Jesse Beams: 1926 Graduate
1 day ago · Josip Manolić, 104, Croatian politician, prime minister (1990–1991) and speaker of the Chamber of Counties (1993–1994). Mario Menéndez Rodríguez, 87, Mexican journalist . Gerard Murphy, 73, Irish politician, TD (2002–2007). Pavlo Petrychenko, 31, Ukrainian soldier and public activist, killed in action.
1 day ago · Halle Maria Berry (/ ˈ h æ l i / HAL-ee; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress.She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Miss World 1986.
1 day ago · The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago.The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Division in the Western Conference and have won six Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926.
1 day ago · Frank Vincent Zappa (/ ˈ z æ p ə / ZAP-ə; December 21, 1940 – December 4, 1993) was an American musician, composer, and bandleader.In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works; he also produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers of Invention and as a solo artist.
1 day ago · Peggy McCay, 90, American actress (Days of Our Lives, Love of Life, Murphy's Romance). Moi-Yo Miller, 104, Australian actress and illusionist, dementia. Ludo Monset, 72, Belgian politician, Senator (1991–1995), Mayor of Blankenberge (1995–2011). Peter Nyombi, 64, Ugandan politician, Attorney General (2011–2015), heart failure.
