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20 hours ago · It was designed in 1923 by Sir Algernon Aspinall, then Secretary of the West India Committee. [28] Around the same time in the 1920s the suggested motto for the West Indies team was "Nec curat Orion leones", which comes from a quote by Horace , meaning that Orion, as symbolical of the West Indies XI, does not worry about the lions [of English cricket].
20 hours ago · Ford was born John Martin "Jack" Feeney (though he later often gave his given names as Seán Aloysius, sometimes with surname O'Feeny or Ó Fearna; an Irish language equivalent of Feeney) in Cape Elizabeth, Maine, to John Augustine Feeney and Barbara "Abbey" Curran, on February 1, 1894, [9] (though he occasionally said 1895 and that date is erroneously inscribed on his tombstone). [10]
20 hours ago · Richard Phillips Feynman (/ ˈ f aɪ n m ə n /; May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988) was an American theoretical physicist.He is known for the work he did in the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and in particle physics, for which he proposed the parton model.
20 hours ago · On 21 September 1999, Vodafone agreed to merge its US wireless assets with those of Bell Atlantic Corp to form Verizon. [32] The merger was completed on 4 April 2000, just a few months prior to Bell Atlantic's merger with GTE to form Verizon Communications. [33] In November 1999, Vodafone made an unsolicited bid for Mannesmann, which was rejected.
20 hours ago · Tesla's rebuilt birth house (parish hall) and the church where his father served in Smiljan, Croatia.The site was made into a museum about him. [8]Nikola Tesla was born into an ethnic Serb family in the village of Smiljan, within the Military Frontier, in the Austrian Empire (present-day Croatia), on 10 July 1856.
20 hours ago · Brian L. Roberts. Comcast is described as a family business. [20] Brian L. Roberts, its chairman and CEO, is the son of founder Ralph J. Roberts (1920–2015). Roberts owns or controls about 1% of all Comcast shares but all of the Class B supervoting shares, giving him an "undilutable 33% voting power over the company". [21]
Oct 16, 2024 · Reluctant Polygamist ~~~ ~~~ Joseph Smith Jr. Meg Stout Joseph was killed in 1844, accused of treason and debauchery. Joseph’s wife, Emma, maintained at her death that Joseph was innocent, and that she had been his only wife. Joseph’s successor, Brigham Young, declared Joseph had taught plural marri...
