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1 day ago · East Chicago Heights → Ford Heights — in Cook County. East Wood River → Wood River — in Madison County. Elk Hart City → Elkhart — in Logan County. Ellsworth → Lostant — in LaSalle County; name now used by Ellsworth, McLean County. Elyda → Winnebago — in Winnebago County. Emporium City → Mound City — in Pulaski County.
1 day ago · A diacritic (also diacritical mark, diacritical point, diacritical sign, or accent) is a glyph added to a letter or to a basic glyph. The term derives from the Ancient Greek διακριτικός ( diakritikós, "distinguishing"), from διακρίνω ( diakrínō, "to distinguish"). The word diacritic is a noun, though it is sometimes used ...
1 day ago · J. Robert Oppenheimer. J. Robert Oppenheimer (born Julius Robert Oppenheimer; / ˈɒpənhaɪmər / OP-ən-hy-mər; April 22, 1904 – February 18, 1967) was an American theoretical physicist who served as the director of the Manhattan Project 's Los Alamos Laboratory during World War II. He is often called the "father of the atomic bomb " for ...
1 day ago · Robert Siodmak – director [ 439 ] Wim Wenders – film director [ 440 ] William Wyler – film director [ 441 ] Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. – Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies [ 442 ] George Lucas -director, founder of Lucasfilm, of German and Swiss-German descent.
