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12 hours ago · Washington was buried in the Washington family vault at Mount Vernon. At the time of his death, his estate was worth an estimated $780,000 in 1799, equivalent to $14.29 million in 2023. Washington's peak net worth was $587 million, including 300 slaves. Washington held title to more than 65,000 acres of land in 37 different locations.
12 hours ago · Early life Childhood and education Oppenheimer was born Julius Robert Oppenheimer into a non-observant Jewish family in New York City on April 22, 1904, to Ella (née Friedman), a painter, and Julius Seligmann Oppenheimer, a successful textile importer. Robert had a younger brother, Frank, who also became a physicist. Their father was born in Hanau, when it was still part of the Hesse-Nassau ...
12 hours ago · 18 February – Garry Tee, mathematician and computer scientist (University of Auckland) (born 1932). 21 February – Efeso Collins, politician, Auckland Councillor (2016–2022), Green list MP (since 2023) (born c. 1974). 24 February Bill Alington, architect (Wellington High School, Alington House) (born 1929).
