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1 day ago · C++ Programming at Wikibooks. C++ ( / ˈsiː plʌs plʌs /, pronounced " C plus plus " and sometimes abbreviated as CPP) is a high-level, general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup.
2 days ago · Anthony Bourdain. Anthony Michael Bourdain ( / bɔːrˈdeɪn /; June 25, 1956 – June 8, 2018) was an American celebrity chef, author, and travel documentarian. [1] [2] [3] He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international culture, cuisine, and the human condition. [4]
3 days ago · Robert Bernard Altman ( / ˈɔːltmən / AWLT-mən; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He was a five-time nominee of the Academy Award for Best Director and is considered an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era. His most famous directorial achievements include M*A*S*H (1970 ...
1 day ago · The following notable deaths in the United States occurred in 2024.Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order as set out in WP:NAMESORT.A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth and subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, year of birth (if known), and reference.
6 days ago · Bernard Herrmann is so much more than just Psycho and North by Northwest. He won an Oscar for The Devil and Daniel Webster (1941), directed by William Dieterle, and was nominated on four other occasions, none of them for Hitchcock films, but it was with Hitchcock that his uncanny ability to extract tension and suggest the extraordinary were seen at their best.
2 days ago · Beyond Lincoln's death, the plot failed: Seward was only wounded, and Johnson's would-be attacker became drunk instead of killing the vice president. After a dramatic initial escape, Booth was killed at the end of a 12-day chase. Powell, Herold, Atzerodt, and Mary Surratt were later hanged for their roles in the conspiracy.
1 day ago · Anne Frank at the 6th Montessori School, 1940. Photographs of Anne Frank, 1939. Frank was born Annelies [6] or Anneliese [7] Marie Frank on 12 June 1929 at the Maingau Red Cross Clinic [8] in Frankfurt, Germany, to Edith ( née Holländer) and Otto Heinrich Frank. She had an older sister, Margot. [9]
