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Jerry Rawlings. Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020, [1] also known as Junior Jesus [2]) was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator and politician who led the country for a brief period in 1979, and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military junta until 1992, and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of ...
Westchester High School. Latasha Harlins (January 1, 1976 – March 16, 1991) was an African-American girl who was fatally shot at age 15 by Soon Ja Du ( Korean: 두순자 ), a 49-year-old Korean American convenience store owner. Du was tried and convicted of voluntary manslaughter over the killing of Harlins, based in part on security camera ...
Ghanaian High court judge. Known for. Her work as a Ghanaian High court judge, Her murder in 1982. Monuments. Memorial to the Martyrs of the Rule of Law in front of the Supreme Court of Ghana buildings. Cecilia Koranteng-Addow (née Gaisie, 24 May 1936 – 30 June 1982) was a High court judge in Ghana from 1975 until her abduction and murder on ...
Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (August 8, 1896 – December 14, 1953) [1] was an American writer who lived in rural Florida and wrote novels with rural themes and settings. Her best known work, The Yearling, about a boy who adopts an orphaned fawn, won a Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1939 [2] and was later made into a movie of the same name.
Joanne Rowling CH OBE FRSL ( / ˈroʊlɪŋ / ROH-ling ); [1] born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy series published from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 600 million copies, been translated into 84 languages, and spawned a global ...
Jester Joseph Hairston (July 9, 1901 – January 18, 2000) was an American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor and actor. He was regarded as a leading expert on black spirituals and choral music. [1] [2] His notable compositions include " Amen ," a gospel-tinged theme from the film Lilies of the Field and a 1964 hit for the ...
Signature. J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; / ˈɒpənhaɪmər / OP-ən-hy-mər; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist. He was director of the Manhattan Project 's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II and is often called the "father of the atomic bomb ". Born in New York City ...
O. J. Simpson POOL/AFP via Getty Images O.J. Simpson‘s official cause of death has been revealed. Simpson died from prostate cancer, his attorney Malcolm Lavergne confirmed to TMZ on Friday ...