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17 hours ago · Wikimedia Foundation. The Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., abbreviated WMF, is an American 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization headquartered in San Francisco, California, and registered there as a charitable foundation. [5] It is the host of Wikipedia, the seventh most visited website in the world. In addition, the foundation hosts 14 other related ...
17 hours ago · Amazon was founded on July 5, 1994, by Jeff Bezos in Bellevue, Washington. [6] The company originally started as an online marketplace for books but gradually expanded its offerings to include a wide range of product categories. This diversification led to it being referred to as "The Everything Store". [7]
- Cadabra, Inc. (1994–1995)
- Amazon
- 1,541,000 (December 2022), U.S.: 950,000 (June 2021)
- July 5, 1994; 29 years ago, Bellevue, Washington, U.S.
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17 hours ago · Honda is the largest motorcycle manufacturer in Japan and has been since it started production in 1955. [13] At its peak in 1982, Honda manufactured almost three million motorcycles annually. By 2006, this figure had been reduced to around 550,000 but was still higher than its three domestic competitors.
- 本田技研工業株式会社
- Soichiro Honda
- Hamamatsu, Japan (October 1946, incorporated 24 September 1948; 75 years ago)
- Minato, Tokyo, Japan
17 hours ago · Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa; Russian: Операция Барбаросса, romanized: Operatsiya Barbarossa) was the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany and many of its Axis allies, starting on Sunday, 22 June 1941, during the Second World War. It was the largest and costliest land offensive in human history ...
- 22 June 1941 – 7 January 1942, (6 months, 2 weeks and 2 days)
- Axis captured approximately 600,000 square kilometres of Soviet territory but failed to reach the A-A line
- Soviet Victory, Axis operational failure
17 hours ago · Civilian: 14,300 killed, 24,000 wounded, and 630,000 refugees [16] The Tet Offensive [17] was a major escalation and one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War. The Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) launched a surprise attack on January 30, 1968 against the forces of the South Vietnamese Army of ...
- Phase 1: January 20 – March 20, 1968, (1 month and 4 weeks), Phase 2: May 5 – June 15, 1968, (1 month, 1 week and 3 days), Phase 3: August 9 – September 23, 1968, (1 month and 2 weeks)
- U.S. and South Vietnam tactical victory, North Vietnam and Viet Cong political and strategic victory (see aftermath for details and long-term consequences)
17 hours ago · USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, is a three-masted wooden-hulled heavy frigate of the United States Navy. She is the world's oldest commissioned naval warship still afloat. [9] [. Note 1] She was launched in 1797, one of six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794 and the third constructed.
17 hours ago · Origin and use. Freedom in the World was launched in 1973 by Raymond Gastil. It produces annual scores representing the levels of political rights and civil liberties in each state and territory, on a scale from 1 (most free) to 7 (least free). Depending on the ratings, the nations are then classified as "Free", "Partly Free", or "Not Free". [3]
