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2 days ago · Google is an American search engine company, founded in 1998 by Sergey Brin and Larry Page. Since 2015, Google has been a subsidiary of the holding company Alphabet, Inc. More than 70% of worldwide online search requests are handled by Google, placing it at the heart of most Internet users’ experience. It is one of the world’s most ...
Mar 21, 2024 · T.E. Lawrence (born August 16, 1888, Tremadoc, Caernarvonshire, Wales—died May 19, 1935, Clouds Hill, Dorset, England) was a British archaeological scholar, military strategist, and author best known for his legendary war activities in the Middle East during World War I and for his account of those activities in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom ...
Feb 15, 2024 · Amy Tan (born February 19, 1952, Oakland, California, U.S.) American author of novels about Chinese American women and the immigrant experience. Tan grew up in California and in Switzerland and studied English and linguistics at San Jose State University (B.A., 1973; M.A., 1974) and the University of California, Berkeley.
1 day ago · Steven Spielberg, American movie director and producer whose films—which ranged from science-fiction fare, including Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) and E.T. (1982), to historical dramas, notably Schindler’s List (1993) and Lincoln (2012)—enjoyed both unprecedented popularity and critical success.
Mar 11, 2024 · Enzo Ferrari was a test driver for a small automobile company in Milan after World War I. In 1920 he began driving for the Alfa Romeo company, and in 1929 in Modena he founded a racing team, Scuderia Ferrari, that prepared Alfa Romeo race cars. ( Scuderia means “stable”—in the sense of a place for horses—in Italian.)
Mar 14, 2024 · Aldous Huxley (born July 26, 1894, Godalming, Surrey, England—died November 22, 1963, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was an English novelist and critic gifted with an acute and far-ranging intelligence whose works are notable for their wit and pessimistic satire. He remains best known for one novel, Brave New World (1932), a model for much ...
5 days ago · Lionel Messi (born June 24, 1987, Rosario, Argentina) Argentine-born football (soccer) player who received a record-setting eight Ballon d’Or awards as the world’s top male player (2009–12, 2015, 2019, 2021, and 2023). In 2022 he helped Argentina win the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA)’s World Cup.