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10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Alexei N. Kosygin.md

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ category: "Other"
 tags:
   - Person
 summary: "Premier of the Soviet Union who flew to Cairo during the 1973 Yom Kippur War to persuade Sadat to accept a cease-fire, defusing a crisis that had triggered a U.S. nuclear alert."
+born: 1904-02-20
+died: 1980-12-18
+location: "Saint Petersburg, Russia"
 ---
 
 Alexei N. Kosygin was the Premier of the [[Soviet Union]] from 1964 to 1980. In mid-October 1973, during the [[Yom Kippur War]], Kosygin flew to [[Cairo]] and persuaded [[Anwar Sadat]] to call for a cease-fire. This occurred after the Israeli military had successfully counterattacked in the [[Golan Heights]] and the [[Sinai]], ending any immediate threat and the necessity for the nuclear alert.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Amos Lapidot.md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Military
   - Israel
 summary: "Amos Lapidot was the chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force."
+born: 1934
+died: 2019-11-20
+location: "Kfar Saba, Israel"
 ---
 
 Amos Lapidot was the chief of staff of the Israeli Air Force. He assured [[Aviem Sella]] that [[Jonathan Pollard]] was not a rogue and that clearance for Sella's new assignment as Pollard's handler had been obtained from [[Yitzhak Rabin]], the minister of defense.[^1]

10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Annie Jacobsen.md

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ tags:
   - Person
   - RemoteViewer
 summary: "Annie Jacobsen is an American investigative journalist and author, known for her non-fiction books focusing on government secrecy, national security, and warfare."
+born: 1967-06-28
+location: "Middletown, Connecticut"
 ---
 
 Annie Jacobsen is an American investigative journalist and author, known for her non-fiction books focusing on government secrecy, national security, and warfare. She is a graduate of Princeton University.

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Andrija Puharich.md

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 ---
-category: "Key Figures"
+category: “Key Figures”
 tags:
   - Person
   - Stargate
   - CIA
-summary: "Henry Karel “Andrija” Puharich (1918–1995) was a prominent American physician, research scientist, and parapsychologist who became a central figure in the U.S."
+summary: “Henry Karel “Andrija” Puharich (1918–1995) was a prominent American physician, research scientist, and parapsychologist who became a central figure in the U.S.”
+born: 1918-02-19
+died: 1995-01-03
+location: “Chicago, Illinois, USA”
 ---
 
 

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Anwar Sadat.md

@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ tags:
   - Israel
   - Soviet
 summary: "He was informed by the Soviets about Israel's attitude towards a comprehensive peace settlement in the Middle East, following Golda Meir's meeting with Leonid Brezhnev in 1972."
+born: 1918-12-25
+died: 1981-10-06
+location: "Mit Abu al-Kawm, Al-Minufiyya, Egypt"
 ---
 
 [[Anwar Sadat]] was the President of [[Egypt]]. In 1978, he successfully concluded the [[Camp David Accords|Camp David summit]] with Israeli Prime Minister [[Menachem Begin]], a significant step towards peace in the [[Middle East]].[^2]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Jonathan Pollard.md

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ tags:
 summary: "Pollard was an unhappy child in South Bend, Indiana, tormented and beaten in grade school for being Jewish."
 born: 1954-08-07
 location: "Galveston, Texas"
+
 ---
 
 [[Jonathan Pollard]] was a junior civilian analyst with the [[United States|U.S.]] Navy who became a paid spy for [[Israel]]. He began working in 1979 as a civilian employee of U.S. Navy intelligence and was recruited as an operative in the fall of 1981, three years earlier than he and the Israeli government have admitted. He was then working as an intelligence specialist with the Navy's Field Operations Intelligence Office.[^2]

10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Walter Stoessel Jr..md

@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ tags:
   - Soviet
   - Diplomat
 summary: "U.S. Ambassador to Moscow exposed to the Soviet microwave Moscow Signal at the American embassy, later dying of leukemia along with two predecessors."
+born: 1920-01-24
+died: 1986-12-09
+location: "Manhattan, Kansas"
 ---
 
 Walter Stoessel Jr. (1920–1986) was a distinguished American diplomat who served as the U.S. Ambassador to [[Moscow]] from 1974 to 1976. During his tenure, he was exposed to the [[Moscow Signal]], a microwave beam directed at the [[U.S. Embassy in Moscow]] by the [[Soviet Union]][^1].

10 - PEOPLE/(T-Z)/Leslie Ronald Young.md

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ tags:
 summary: "Leslie Ronald 'Jimmy' Young was a veteran British broadcaster for BBC Radio 2, known for his show *The Jimmy Young Show*, which had a wide audience across England, Ireland, and Scotland."
 born: 1921-09-21
 died: 2016-11-07
-location: "Cinderford, England"
+location: "Cinderford, Gloucestershire, England"
 ---
 
 Leslie Ronald "Jimmy" Young was a veteran British broadcaster for [[BBC Radio 2]], known for his show *The Jimmy Young Show*, which had a wide audience across England, [[Ireland]], and [[Scotland]][^1].