American actress and singer (died 2020)

Naya Rivera

Naya Marie Rivera was an American actress, singer, and model recognized for her work on the popular musical comedy-drama series Glee. She began her career as a child actress and model, first appearing in national television commercials. At the age of four, she landed the role of Hillary Winston on the short-lived CBS sitcom The Royal Family (1991–1992), earning a nomination for a Young Artist Award at age five. After a series of recurring television roles and then guest spots as a teenager, she got her breakthrough role in 2009 as Santana Lopez on the Fox television series Glee.

Born

1987

January 12

Died

2020

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1980s

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475 Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople, and his general, Basiliscus gains control of the empire.
1528 Gustav I of Sweden is crowned King of Sweden, having already reigned since his election in June 1523.
1554 Bayinnaung, who would go on to assemble the largest empire in the history of Southeast Asia, is crowned King of Burma.
1616 The city of Belém, Brazil is founded on the Amazon River delta by Portuguese captain Francisco Caldeira Castelo Branco.

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The world in 1987

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april 11 The London Agreement is secretly signed between Israeli Foreign Affairs Minister Shimon Peres and King Hussein of Jordan.
april 21 The Tamil Tigers are blamed for a car bomb that detonates in the Sri Lankan capital city of Colombo, killing 106 people.
april 27 The U.S. Department of Justice bars Austrian President Kurt Waldheim (and his wife, Elisabeth, who had also been a Nazi) from entering the US, charging that he had aided in the deportations and executions of thousands of Jews and others as a German Army officer during World War II.
april 4 Garuda Indonesia Flight 032 crashes at Medan Airport, killing 23.

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Alasdair MacIntyre 1929– Scottish-American philosopher and academic (died 2025) Arif Yunusov 1955– Azerbaijani author, historian, and human rights activist. Chet Jastremski 1941– American swimmer and physician (died 2014) Edmund Burke 1729–1797 Irish philosopher, academic, and politician (died 1797) Farrah Forke 1968–2022 American actress (born 1968) Fevzi Çakmak 1876–1950 Turkish field marshal and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Turkey (born 1876) Hande Yener 1973– Turkish singer-songwriter, producer, and actress Haruki Murakami 1949– Japanese novelist, short-story writer, and essayist Jusepe de Ribera 1591– Spanish painter (died 1652)

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Andre Russell 1987– Jamaican cricketer Andrew Cogliano 1987– Canadian ice hockey player Brooklyn Decker 1987– American model and actress Carlos Quintero 1987– Colombian footballer Carolina Kostner 1987– Italian figure skater Charlotte Henshaw 1987– English swimmer Chelsea Manning 1987– American soldier and intelligence analyst Dana Vollmer 1987– American swimmer Daniel Hudson 1987– American baseball player

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