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2 hours ago · From the post-war prosperity of the Jazz Age to the 1929 Wall Street Crash, take a stroll down memory lane and discover what life looked like in the 1920s loveMONEY 100 years ago: stunning photos ...
1 day ago · Sarah Bernhardt (French: [saʁa bɛʁnɑʁt]; born Henriette-Rosine Bernard; 22 October 1844 – 26 March 1923) was a French stage actress who starred in some of the more popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including La Dame aux Camélias by Alexandre Dumas fils, Ruy Blas by Victor Hugo, Fédora and La Tosca by Victorien Sardou, and L'Aiglon by Edmond Rostand.
1 day ago · Howard Hughes. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American aerospace engineer, business magnate, film producer, investor, philanthropist, and pilot. [2] He was best known during his lifetime as one of the richest and most influential people in the world. He first became prominent as a film producer, and then ...
- April 5, 1976 (aged 70), en route via air from Mexico to Houston, Texas, U.S.
- Howard Robard Hughes Jr., December 24, 1905, Houston, Texas, U.S.
- Businessman, filmmaker, investor, philanthropist, pilot
- Howard R. Hughes Sr. (father)
2 hours ago · French Indochina (previously spelled as French Indo-China ), [a] [b] officially known as the Indochinese Union [c] [d] and after 1947 as the Indochinese Federation, [e] was a grouping of French colonial territories in Mainland Southeast Asia until its end in 1954. It comprised Cambodia, Laos (from 1899), the Chinese territory of Guangzhouwan ...
2 hours ago · A mother reads to her children, depicted by Jessie Willcox Smith in a cover illustration of a volume of fairy tales written in the mid to late 19th century. The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) is a canonical piece of children's literature and one of the best-selling books ever published.
1 day ago · Jimmy Buffett. James William Buffett (December 25, 1946 – September 1, 2023) was an American singer-songwriter. [10] He was known for his tropical rock sound and persona, [2] which often portrayed a lifestyle described as "island escapism" [11] and promoted enjoying life and following passions. [12]
1 day ago · Slovenia has a developed economy and is the richest Slavic country by GDP per capita. [144] Slovenia is also among the top global economies in terms of human capital. [145] It is the most developed transition country with an old mining - industrial tradition, chemical industry, and developed service activities.
