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3 days ago · The largest river fire, in 1952, caused over $1 million in damage to boats, a bridge, and a riverfront office building. [20] Things began to change in the late 1960s, when new mayor Carl Stokes and his utilities director rallied voters to approve a $100 million bond to rehabilitate Cleveland's rivers. [21]
1 day ago · Early life and first reign Accession of Mehmed II in Edirne, 1451. Mehmed II was born on 30 March 1432, in Edirne, then the capital city of the Ottoman state.His father was Sultan Murad II (1404–1451) and his mother Hüma Hatun, a slave of uncertain origin.
- August 1444 – September 1446
- Murad II
- 3 February 1451 – 3 May 1481
- Murad II
3 days ago · Clothing is used for protection against injury in specific tasks and occupations, sports, and warfare. Fashioned with pockets, belts, or loops, clothing may provide a means to carry things while freeing the hands. Clothing has significant social factors as well. Wearing clothes is a variable social norm.
5 days ago · Carl Friedrich Gauss (born April 30, 1777, Brunswick [Germany]—died February 23, 1855, Göttingen, Hanover) was a German mathematician, generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time for his contributions to number theory, geometry, probability theory, geodesy, planetary astronomy, the theory of functions, and potential ...
5 days ago · Last updated: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 -1:00. Seeking redemption and a shortened prison sentence, young convict Bode Donovan joins a firefighting program that returns him to his small Northern California hometown, where he and other inmates work alongside elite firefighters to extinguish massive blazes across the region. Show Details:
3 days ago · Freediving. Freediving, free-diving, free diving, breath-hold diving, or skin diving, is a mode of underwater diving that relies on breath-holding until resurfacing rather than the use of breathing apparatus such as scuba gear . Besides the limits of breath-hold, immersion in water and exposure to high ambient pressure also have physiological ...
1 day ago · Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (German: Gauß [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈɡaʊs] ⓘ; [2] [3] Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. He ranks among history's most influential mathematicians and has ...
