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- Nigeria -- United Nations
Like many Third World nations, Nigeria has accumulated a significant foreign debt. Many of the projects financed by these debts were inefficient, bedevilled by corruption or failed to live up to expectations. Nigeria defaulted on its debt as arrears and penalty interest accumulated and increased the size of the debt. However, after a long campaign by the Nigeria authorities, in October 2005 Nigeria and its Paris Club creditors reached an agreement that will see Nigeria's debt reduced by approximately 60%. Nigeria will use part of its oil windfall to pay the residual 40%. This deal will free up at least $1.15 billion annually for poverty reduction programmes. - Edgar Allen Poe -- Born January
Edgar Allen Poe was born in Boston, Jan. 19, 1809. Edgar’s parents, David Poe Jr. and Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins, were touring actors. Unfortunately David and Elizabeth died before Edgar was 3 years old. - Wars of the Roses -- Conflicts
Opinion is divided on the effects of the Wars of the Roses. Chroniclers exaggerated the “dynastic” element in the conflict and the length and scale of the fighting. Although the “wars” lasted for 30 years, the total period of active campaigning was little more than one year. The effects on trade and the economy were limited, and there was no general or prolonged breakdown of law and order. The damage to ordinary people and their way of life was relatively minor. However, there were more casualties and damage than is sometimes claimed. - John Hurt -- Candy Man
Britain's superbly eccentric import John Hurt is a perfect example of how huge, wondrous gifts can come in small, unadorned packages. His magnetic, often bedeviled portraits have touched the souls of filmgoers internationally for over four decades, and there seems to be no end to the depth of this man's talent. Stretching the boundaries every which way but loose, he continues to be a definitive textbook in in the art of acting metamorphosis. - Marvin Gaye -- James Brown
Marvin attended Cardozo High School, where he studied drums, piano, and guitar. A shy, handsome adolescent, he immersed himself in musical pursuits, often skipping classes to watch singers like James Brown and Jackie Wilson perform at the Howard Theatre. An inconsistent student, he dropped out of school in 1957 and joined the air force, where he hoped to learn how to fly. Once he realized that his unruly temperament was not fit for the military, Marvin wanted out. His honorable discharge (1957), read: "Marvin Gay cannot adjust to regimentation and authority." He did achieve one milestone while serving in the Air Forcehe lost his virginity to a prostitute. This experience unleashed an internal struggle between physical desire and moral reserve that bedeviled him throughout his adult life. - William Shatner -- Careers
Shatner's screen acting career could be divided into several phases. In the 1960s, the young actor appeared in a number of TV anthologies, usually playing convincingly earnest, clean-cut men who would ultimately be pushed to increasingly hysterical and emotional heights. His dual appearances on "The Twilight Zone" (CBS, 1959-1964) in the episodes “Nightmare at 20,000 Feet" and "Nick of Time" were considered among the most memorable entries of the historic show. In the former, Shatner played a recovering mental patient bedeviled by a gremlin on the wing of his airplane; in the latter, he was half of a newlywed couple bewitched by a fortune-telling machine. - Jessica Lange -- Blue Sky
Devoting more time to child-rearing, Lange worked less frequently in the late 1980s and early 90s. She worked with Robert De Niro in two high profile noir remakes, Martin Scorsese's "Cape Fear" (1991) and Irwin Winkler's "Night and the City" (1992). Lange was widely acclaimed and received a second Oscar, as Best Actress, for her performance in Tony Richardson's "Blue Sky" (completed in 1990; released 1994). She was Carly, the sensuous "woman-child" wife of a military nuclear engineer, whose tendency to act out her frustrations lead to domestic and professional complications for her family. Lange had two more successes with "Losing Isaiah" (1995), as a social worker who adopts a crack baby, and "Rob Roy" (... 1995), as the great love of the 18th-century Scottish freedom fighter (Liam Neeson). Lange frequently appeared opposite female co-stars that would push and challenge, such her roles in "A Thousand Acres" (1997) playing sister to Michelle Pfieffer and Jennifer Jason Leigh in a modern King Lear allegory; bedeviling unwanted daughter-in-law Gwyneth Paltrow in the thriller "Hush" (1998); and as the lonely spinster seamstress to courtesan Elizabeth Shue who slowly destroys the lives of those who've scorned her in the film adaptation of novelist Honoré de Balzac's "Cousin Bette" (1998). - Indira Gandhi -- Broadcasting
Indira Gandhi clamped an internal emergency in June 1975, jailing thousands of political opponents and suspending civil liberties. She was voted out in the general election called in March 1977. She stormed back to power in January 1980. - Judy Holliday -- Play
Over fifty years ago, Judy Holliday won the Best Actress Oscar in this comic fable, confounding her competition, Bette Davis in All About Eve and Gloria Swanson in Sunset Boulevard. She plays Billie Dawn, the unruly mistress of millionaire junk dealer Harry Brock. Afraid she'll embarrass him in front of the congressman he is planning to bribe, Harry hires a tweedy tutor (William Holden) to smooth her rough edges.Of course, everyone gets the education they deserve. - Princess Diana -- Public
Throughout her life, Princess Diana was very active supporting many charities related to homeless and deprived children, drug abuse, and victims of HIV/AIDS. In 1987, she shocked many people when she publicly shook the hand of an AIDS patient.