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Brandon Teena [note 1] (December 12, 1972 – December 31, 1993) was an American transgender man who was raped and later, along with Phillip DeVine and Lisa Lambert, murdered in Humboldt, Nebraska, by John Lotter and Tom Nissen. [2] [3] His life and death were the subject of the films The Brandon Teena Story and Boys Don't Cry .
A Nissen hut is a prefabricated steel structure originally for military use, especially as barracks, made from a 210° portion of a cylindrical skin of corrugated iron. It was designed during the First World War by the Canadian-American-British engineer and inventor Major Peter Norman Nissen.
Education. Danish School of Journalism. Occupation. Photojournalist. Known for. World Press Photo Award 2015. Website. www .madsnissen .com. Mads Nissen (born November 17, 1979) is a Danish documentary photographer and winner of 2015 and 2021 World Press Photo of the Year [1] [2] and 2023 World Press Photo Story of the Year.
George Peter Nissen (1914–2010) was an American gymnast and inventor who developed the modern trampoline and made trampolining a worldwide sport and recreation. [2] Background [ edit ]
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Biography Family and early life Vonnegut was born in Indianapolis on November 11, 1922, the youngest of three children of Kurt Vonnegut Sr. (1884–1956) and his wife Edith (1888–1944; née Lieber). His older siblings were Bernard (1914–1997) and Alice (1917–1958). He descended from a long line of German Americans whose immigrant ancestors settled in the United States in the mid-19th ...
Marvin Gay Sr. On April 1, 1984, American musician Marvin Gaye, who gained worldwide fame for his work with Motown Records, was shot and killed on the day before his 45th birthday by his father, Marvin Gay Sr., at their house in the Western Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. [1] [2] Gaye was shot twice following an altercation ...
Nissen-Emery Award. The Nissen-Emery Award is the award given to the best senior male collegiate gymnast in the United States. The award reflects admirable scholarship and moral characteristics as well as sporting success. [1] [2]