Full Name: Juan Jacobo Árbenz Guzmán
Profession: President of Guatemala
Biography: Jacobo Árbenz was a Guatemalan military officer and politician who served as the President of Guatemala from 1951 until his overthrow in a CIA-backed coup in 1954. Upon being elected into power, Árbenz sought to modernize Guatemala's feudal economy with an ambitious agrarian reform program. His Decree 900 redistributed unused lands of large plantations to landless peasants, aiming to break the power of the traditional oligarchy and to create a middle-class farming sector.
Jo Koy's Worst Golden Globes Joke Was About Barbie
After a string of controversies in recent years, the 81st annual Golden Globes on Sunday night should have been a bid to return to awards show relevancy, but the ceremony's host made that an uphill battle. Comedian Jo Koy, who was announced as the host just two weeks before the ceremony, opened the show with a monologue that was cumbersome, contentious, and profoundly uncomfortable, setting the tone for a night that failed to impress.
Kendall Ananyi: Tizeti CEO denies sexual harassment allegations
Amid the wave of renewed public outrage directed at sexual crimes in Nigeria in the past week, Kelechi Udoagwu, a tech consultant, accused Ananyi days ago of exposing his private part and pressuring her for sexual favours during a business meeting. She said the incident happened when he was supposed to be mentoring her while she was in MEST, a tech entrepreneur training. The allegation later led to an announcement by Tizeti, an internet provider, on Sunday, June 7, 2020, that Ananyi has stepped down as CEO while an independent investigation is conducted.
Lady Gaga Just Flaunted Her Toned Abs In Her New 'Stupid Love' Music Video
So, how does Gaga get such fab abs? Well, she doesnt mess in the fitness department. A source told Us Weekly that Lady Gaga is into yoga and does it whenever she can. She also loves being outside, at the beach or on a bike ride. When shes getting fresh air and connecting, shes always happiest, the source said. Gagas trainer Harley Pasternak previously told Us Weekly that the singer is big on working her abs.
Living Together, Marriage, and Divorce: a Complex relationship
Just as nobody buys a car without taking it for a test-drive, most people—about two thirds of couples—don’t get married any more until they’ve lived with their proposed lifetime partner. This has been true for a while, even though studies done right up until the 2000s showed that couples who lived together first actually got divorced more often than those who didn’t. But a spate of new studies looking at cohabitation, as it’s called, are starting to refine those results.
Lonzo Ball (Basketball Player) - On This Day
Full Name: Lonzo Anderson Ball
Profession: Basketball Player
Biography: Lonzo Ball is an American basketball player, best known for his currently playing with the Bulls as a point guard. Ball's two brothers are both also professional basketball players, with LaMelo Ball playing for the Charlotte Hornets and LiAngelo Ball playing for the Greensboro Swarm.
He entered into the NBA after a single season in college basketball with the UCLA Bruins, then being picked by the Los Angeles Lakers (2017-2019) and later transferred to the New Orleans Pelicans (2019-2021).
Milestones, Nov. 1, 1943 | TIME
Married. Margaret Lou Culbertson Scripps, widow of the late Publisher Robert Paine Scripps (son of company-heir of Scripps-Howard Founder Edward Wyllis Scripps); and William Waller Hawkins, portly, pince-nezed chairman of Scripps-Howard’s board; in Minden, Nev. Sued for Divorce. By Constance Keane Detlie, 23, wheat-headed cinemactress “Veronica Lake”; Army Major John Stewart Detlie, 34, peacetime cinema art director; three years after their marriage (for each the first), three months after the death of their premature second child; in Hollywood.
Nation: The Ordeal off a Divided Jury
No verdict in the death of “Baby Girl Weaver” On the sixth day of deliberations, a Saturday, the members of the jury began getting irritable. The air conditioning was broken in the stifling jury room, and the only smoker in the group started chainsmoking. “We thought about banning him,” said Juror Marty Garisek, 33, a bakery deliveryman. That evening, Judge James Turner permitted them their one recreational outing from the Santa Ana Holiday Inn, where they were sequestered under close watch: they went to see the movie Close Encounters of the Third Kind.
Nintendo Is Developing a Live-Action 'Legend of Zelda' Movie
Nintendo Co. is developing a live-action film based on The Legend of Zelda video game franchise, expanding efforts to bring its popular characters to the big screen.
The Kyoto-based entertainment firm wants to release one movie every year, Mario and Zelda creator Shigeru Miyamoto told analysts Wednesday. The upcoming film builds on a decade of internal discussions about film adaptations, an endeavor that scored with The Super Mario Bros. Movie. Released by Universal Pictures in April, the Mario flick generated $1.
Pop star parties with girlfriend Freda Francis, celebs at all white party [Photos]
In celebration of his new age, the ‘’ singer organized an all-white party and invited his celebrity friends. The ‘all-white’ party was held at Tickle Bay, Lekki, Lagos. The birthday boy partied all night long with his girlfriend Freda Francis, and celebrities. Other celebrities who showed up at the party were Ubi Franklin, 2face Idibia, Seyi Law, E-Money, 5 Star Kcee, Harrysong and Skiibii, Sauti Sol, Mike Ezeruonye, Selebobo, Tekno, Sound Sultan and Swanky Jerry among others.