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Ibrahim Ferrer 2005 Deaths
Ibrahim FerrerAge: 78 Cuban singer who gained fame late in his career with the 1997 release of the Grammy Award–winning album Buena Vista Social Club. Wim Wenders directed a film of the same…Javier Sotomayor
Javier SotomayorBorn: Oct. 13, 1967Cuban high jumper first man to clear 8 feet (8-0) on July 29, 1989; won gold medal at 1992 Olympics with jump of only 7-ft, 8-in.; broke world record with…The Cold War
Key events and moments during the tense time between the Western and Eastern Blocs 1945 Soviet army marches into Berlin; the German capital city falls. World War II ends. Soviet Union, United…Florida, state, United States
(Encyclopedia) CE5 Florida…Fernando Bujones 2005 Deaths
Fernando BujonesAge: 60 one of the world's greatest male ballet dancers who began training at age 8 at the school of the famous Cuban ballerina Alicia Alonso in Havana. Later, he received a…2003 National Book Awards
The 54th Annual National Book Awards were presented November 19, 2003, at New York City's Marriott Marquis Hotel.Fiction:The Great Fire, Shirley Hazzard (Farrar, Straus & Giroux)…Javier Bardem Biography
Javier BardemactorBirthplace: Gran Canaria, SpainBorn: 3/1/1969 Bardem was a major star in his native Spain long before he gained wide praise on these shores for his Oscar-nominated role as gay Cuban…Lucille Ball Biography
Lucille BallactressBorn: 8/6/1911Birthplace: Jamestown, New York Emmy Award-winning television and film actress best remembered for her starring role in television's I Love Lucy (1951–57). A…Nikita Khrushchev
Born a Ukrainian peasant, Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev joined the Communist party in 1918 and in four decades rose through the ranks to become the leader of all the Soviet Union. Nikita Khrushchev…Raul Julia
Name at birth: Raul Rafael Carlos Julia y ArcelayRaul Julia was the suave and exuberant Broadway actor who starred as Gomez in the blockbuster movie The Addams Family (1991) and its sequel, Addams…Trending
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