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1 hour ago · Early life Childhood and education Oppenheimer was born Julius Robert Oppenheimer into a non-observant Jewish family in New York City on April 22, 1904, to Ella (née Friedman), a painter, and Julius Seligmann Oppenheimer, a successful textile importer. Robert had a younger brother, Frank, who also became a physicist. Their father was born in Hanau, when it was still part of the Hesse-Nassau ...
1 day ago · Hirohito announcing the surrender of Japan to Allied forces. Recorded 14 August 1945. Hirohito [a] (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), posthumously honored as Emperor Shōwa, [b] was the 124th emperor of Japan according to the traditional order of succession, reigning from 1926 until his death in 1989. He was one of the longest-reigning ...
1 day ago · Norman Ernest Borlaug ( / ˈbɔːrlɔːɡ /; March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) [2] was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution. Borlaug was awarded multiple honors for his work, including the Nobel Peace Prize, the Presidential ...
1 day ago · 0428803. Website. chicago .gov. Chicago [a] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 census, [9] it is the third-most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles.
1 day ago · Unit 731 (Japanese: 731部隊, Hepburn: Nana-san-ichi Butai), short for Manchu Detachment 731 and also known as the Kamo Detachment: 198 and the Ishii Unit, was a covert biological and chemical warfare research and development unit of the Imperial Japanese Army that engaged in lethal human experimentation and biological weapons manufacturing during the Second Sino-Japanese War (1937–1945 ...
1 day ago · Sinking of the Titanic The sinking of the Titanic as depicted in Untergang der Titanic, a 1912 illustration by Willy Stöwer Date 14–15 April 1912 ; 112 years ago (1912-04-15) Time 23:40–02:20 (02:38–05:18 GMT) [a] Duration 2 hours and 40 minutes Location North Atlantic Ocean, 370 miles (600 km) southeast of Newfoundland Coordinates Type Maritime disaster Cause Collision with an iceberg ...
1 day ago · 2024 in film is an overview of events, including award ceremonies, festivals, a list of country- and genre-specific lists of films, and notable deaths.Columbia Pictures and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) celebrated their 100th anniversaries; Miramax will celebrate its 45th anniversary; 20th Century Animation, DreamWorks Pictures, DreamWorks Animation, and Searchlight Pictures will celebrate their ...
