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Gérard Vergnaud (8 February 1933 – 6 June 2021) was a French mathematician, philosopher, educator, and psychologist. Vergnaud was a professor emeritus of the Centre national de la recherche scientifique in Paris. He was known for his creation of the Theory of Conceptual Fields. He was born in Doué-la-Fontaine, France.
Vergnaud died on 6 June 2021 in Paris, aged 88.
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt
Saint-Jean-de-Sixt is a commune. It is in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the Haute-Savoie department in southeast France.
Vera Zelinskaya
Vera Zelinskaya (26 August 1944 – 6 June 2021) was a Russian movie production designer. She was known for her works on "Window to Paris", "Time for Sorrow Hasn't Come Yet" and "Of Freaks and Men". Zelinskaya was born in Novosibirsk, Russia.
Zelinskaya died in Saint Petersburg, Russia on 6 June 2021, aged 74.
Villaroger
Villaroger is a commune. It is in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the Savoie department in southeast France.
Ben Roberts (actor)
Bennett "Ben" Roberts (1 July 1950 – 7 June 2021) was a Welsh actor. He was known for his role as Chief Inspector Derek Conway in the ITV British television series "The Bill". Roberts was born in Bangor, Gwynedd, Wales. His career lasted from 1978 until 2019.
Roberts died on 7 June 2021, aged 70.
Édith Moskovic
Édith Moskovic (12 August 1931 – 8 June 2021) was a Hungarian-born French Holocaust survivor and activist. In 2009, she was made a knight of the Legion of Honor. Moskovic was sent to the Camp du Récébédou from 1941 until 1942, when she escaped after bribing the guards.
Moskovic died on 8 June 2021 in Montpellier, France at the age of 89.
Landry, Savoie
Landry is a commune. It is in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the Savoie department in southeast France.
Peisey-Nancroix
Peisey-Nancroix is a commune. It is in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes in the Savoie department in southeast France.
Dale Danks
Alney Dale Danks Jr. (August 27, 1939 – June 9, 2021) was an American Republican politician and lawyer. He was the Mayor of Jackson, Mississippi from 1977 to 1989. Until 1995, he was a member of the Democratic Party.
Danks died as a result of a stroke on June 9, 2021 in Jackson at the age of 81.
He first became the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, in 1977. He was a Democrat at that time. In 1981, he won the election to be the mayor of Jackson again. In 1989 he lost the mayor office to J. Kane Ditto.
Robert Katzmann
Robert Allen Katzmann (April 22, 1953 – June 9, 2021) was an American politician and lawyer. He was a Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1999 until his death. He was nominated by President Bill Clinton. Katzmann was also the circuit's chief judge from 2013 until 2020.
Katzmann was born in New York City. He studied at Columbia University, Yale University and Harvard University. Katzmann died on June 9, 2021 at a New York City hospital from pancreatic cancer, aged 68.
Diogo Correa de Oliveira
Diogo Correa de Oliveira, or Diogo (8 April 1983 – 9 June 2021), was a Brazilian professional footballer. He played as a forward. He was born in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil. He played for playing with Flamengo, Consadole Sapporo and Tokushima Vortis. His career lasted from 2002 until 2015.
Diogo died on 9 June 2021, when his motorcycle crashed in Maringá, Paraná state, Brazil at the age of 38.
Valentina Sidorova
Valentina Vasilyevna Sidorova (; 4 May 1954 – 9 June 2021) was a Soviet fencer. She won a gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics and a silver in the same event at the 1980 Summer Olympics. She was born in Moscow.
Sidorova died on 9 June 2021 in Moscow, aged 67.
Geoffrey Edelsten
Geoffrey Walter Edelsten (2 May 1943 – 11 June 2021) was an Australian medical businessman. He founded Allied Medical Group. He was born in Melbourne. His net worth was $63 million in 2012. In 1990, he went to jail for the assault a former patient. Edelsten was the first private owner of a major Australian football team, the Sydney Swans, which he bought in 1985.
Edelsten was found dead at his Melbourne apartment on 11 June 2021, aged 78.
Douglas Cagas
Douglas Cagas (1944 – 10 June 2021) was a Filipino politician. He was born in Digos. Cagas was a member of the House of Representatives from 1998 until 2007. Between 2007 and 2013 he was Governor of Davao del Sur. He became governor again in 2016. Cagas was a member of the PDP–Laban Party.
Cagas died at a hospital in Digos on 10 June 2021 from COVID-19, aged 76–77.
Digos
Digos is a city and capital of the province of Davao del Sur, Philippines. The city lies on the western shores of the Davao Gulf and southern foothills of Mount Apo on the island of Mindanao. It became a city in 2000.
Buddhadeb Dasgupta
Buddhadeb Dasgupta (11 February 1944 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian movie director, producer, screenwriter and poet. He was known for his movies "Bagh Bahadur", "Tahader Katha", "Charachar" and "Uttara". He won National Film Award for Best Direction twice, for "Uttara" (2000) and "Swapner Din" (2005). He was born in present-day Purulia District, West Bengal.
Dasgupta died on 10 June 2021 at a hospital in Kolkata from kidney disease, aged 77.
Neno (footballer)
Adelino Augusto da Graça Barbosa Barros (27 January 1962 – 10 June 2021), known as Neno, was a Portuguese professional footballer. He played as a goalkeeper. He appeared in 242 Primeira Liga games during 15 seasons. He was known for playing with Vitória de Guimarães and Benfica. Neno also played for the national team from 1989 until 1996.
Neno died in Guimarães, Portugal on 10 June 2021 at the age of 59.
Haico Scharn
Helprich Haico Stephanus Adrianus Scharn (18 June 1945 – 10 June 2021) was a Dutch middle-distance runner. He competed at Helsinki's 1971 European Athletics Championships in the 1500 m. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics, again in the 1500 m. He finished in fourth place at the 1974 European Athletics Championships in Rome. He was born in Gemert, Netherlands.
Scharn died in Culemborg, Netherlands on 10 June 2021, one week before his 75th birthday.
Dingko Singh
Ngangom Dingko Singh (1 January 1979 – 10 June 2021) was an Indian boxer. He won the gold medal at 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok. He was born in Manipur, India. He was awarded the Padma Shri in 2013. He also participated in the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Singh died on 10 June 2021 from liver cancer in Manipur, aged 42. He had recovered from COVID-19 before his death.
Larisa Shoygu
Larisa Kuzhugetovna Shoygu (, 21 January 1953 – 10 June 2021) was a Russian politician. She was a Deputy of the State Duma from 2007 until her death. She was a member of United Russia. Shoygu was born in Chadan, Soviet Union.
Shoygu died on 10 June 2021 at a hospital in Moscow from a stroke caused by COVID-19, aged 68.
Sanyika Shakur
Sanyika Shakur (born Kody Dejohn Scott; November 13, 1963 – June 6, 2021), also known by his former street moniker Monster or Monster Kody, was a former member of the Los Angeles gang the Eight Tray Gangster Crips. He got his nickname when he beat a robbery victim until he was disfigured. He wrote a 1993 memoir called "". He was born in Los Angeles.
Shakur was found dead in a homeless tent in Oceanside, California on June 6, 2021 at the age of 57.
Paola Pigni
Paola Pigni (30 December 1945 – 11 June 2021) was an Italian middle and long-distance runner. She was a three-time world champion in cross country. She held the world record over five distance running events on the track, from 1500m to 10,000m. She won the bronze medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Pigni was born in Milan.
Pigni died on 11 June 2021 in Rome from a heart attack, aged 75.
Lucinda Riley
Lucinda Riley (February 1965 – June 11, 2021) was a Northern Irish writer and actress. She was born in County Down, Northern Ireland. She was known for her roles in "The Story of the Treasure Seekers" (1982), "Auf Wiedersehen, Pet" (1983) and "Jumping the Queue" (1989).
Riley died on June 11, 2021 in Lisburn, Northern Ireland from cancer at the age of 55.
Lisburn
Lisburn (; ) is a city in Northern Ireland. It is southwest of Belfast city centre. It had a population of 45,370 people in the 2011 Census.
2020–21 North American drought
Drought developed in the Midwestern, Western and Northeastern United States during summer 2020. States especially hard hit by drought were Iowa Nebraska, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming, New Mexico and Nevada.
In 2021, drought conditions improved in the Northeast. However, they got worse in the Western United States. As of June 2021, "nearly the entire region (97 percent) was facing abnormally dry conditions." Drought conditions also affected large areas of Mexico and Canada.
The drought conditions of 2020 were associated with a very strong La Niña pattern that had developed in the Pacific Ocean.
By Fall 2020, drought in the Western U.S. was the worst since a similar drought seven years earlier.
The 2020–21 drought was described by some as the worst drought in modern history in the Western U.S.
By late spring 2021, dry conditions had expanded to almost the entire state of California and to nearby Nevada.
Iowa got widespread rain during September 2020. It improved the dry conditions in the eastern part of the state. However, the western part of the state had severe-to-extreme drought. The conditions lasted past 2020 and well into 2021. By late spring 2021, northeastern, northern and central Iowa were back under dry conditions.
The 2020–21 drought also affected Michigan, south-central Wisconsin, most of North Dakota and South Dakota.
In northeastern Illinois near the Chicago metropolitan area, May 2021 was the driest since 2012. As of June 1, 2021, Chicago had only gotten barely half an inch of rain due to dry conditions in the area.
By late August/early September 2020, dry conditions across several parts of the United States had worsened. The New England states and New York were under severe or extreme drought.
The Northeastern United States were out of drought conditions by June 2021.
By June 2021, moderate drought conditions had developed in Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Florida.
As of April 2021, Mexico was under one of the most widespread droughts in its history. Almost 85% of the country had drought conditions.
As of spring 2021, extreme drought threatened the Canadian Prairies in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. These areas had gone through an abnormally dry fall and spring.
Patrick McGoohan
Patrick Joseph McGoohan (March 19, 1928 – January 13, 2009) was a British-Irish-American actor, screenwriter, producer, and director. He was known for his roles in "Danger Man" and "The Prisoner". He won two Primetime Emmy Awards and a BAFTA.
David Heyman
David Jonathan Heyman (born 26 July 1961) is an English movie producer and the founder of Heyday Films. He is known for producing the "Harry Potter" movie series. Heyman also received three nominations for the Academy Award for Best Picture for "Gravity", "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood", and "Marriage Story".
Warwick Davis
Warwick Ashley Davis (born 3 February 1970) is an English actor, comedian, filmmaker and television presenter. He played the main villain in the "Leprechaun" movie series (1993–2003), many characters in the "Star Wars" movie series (1983–2019) and Professor Filius Flitwick and Griphook in the "Harry Potter" film series (2001–2011).
David Yates
David Yates (born 8 October 1963) is an English movie director. He is best known for directing the last four movies in the "Harry Potter" series.
Bini (group)
Bini (stylized as BINI) is an eight-member Filipino girl group formed by ABS-CBN Star Hunt Academy, consisting of Aiah, Colet, Maloi, Gwen, Stacey, Mikha, Sheena, and Jhoanna. Their pre-debut single "Da Coconut Nut" was released on November 20, 2020. The group officially debuted on June 4, 2021 with the single "Born to Win".
On November 6, 2020, the group released their first ever Pre-debut single and other content such as teaser release, Lyric Video, Music Video, Pre-debut documentary and more. They also trained through the Korean Training System led by MC Doctor before the pandemic and Pinoy Training system led by Direk Lauren Dyogi and Star Hunt Academy Staff. They were also introduced as a pre-debut girl group and Apperanced on ABS-CBN TV shows, and went viral with their first single "Da Coconut Nut" Performance on Its Showtime.
On December 4 the group signed and became the new face in Star Magic, the group is officially an artist in Star Magic and they are already preparing for their upcoming debut this year.
In May 2021, the group announced and released teasers for their upcoming debut. The group is also confirmed to have their official debut in June according to ABS-CBN. The group was officially debuted and release their first single "Born To Win" on June 4, 2021.
Darnella Frazier
Darnella Frazier is an American woman known for in 2021 having received an honorary Pulitzer Prize.
In 2020 she got the 2020 PEN/Benenson Courage Award from PEN America.
Frazier grew up in Minnesota.
Bini
Bini may refer to: