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Hace 15 horas · Robert Hutchings Goddard (October 5, 1882 – August 10, 1945) was an American engineer, professor, physicist, and inventor who is credited with creating and building the world's first liquid-fueled rocket, which was successfully launched on March 16, 1926. By 1915 his pioneering work had dramatically improved the efficiency of the solid-fueled rocket, signaling the era of the modern rocket ...
Hace 15 horas · Barack Obama, then junior United States senator from Illinois, announced his candidacy for president of the United States on February 10, 2007, in Springfield, Illinois. After winning a majority of delegates in the Democratic primaries of 2008, on August 23, leading up to the convention, the campaign announced that Senator Joe Biden of Delaware would be the vice presidential nominee.
Hace 15 horas · Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) is an American motion picture visual effects company that was founded on May 26, 1975 by George Lucas. It is a division of the film production company Lucasfilm, which Lucas founded, and was created when he began production on the original Star Wars, now the fourth episode of the Skywalker Saga.. ILM originated in Van Nuys, California, then later moved to San ...
Hace 15 horas · John Alan Lasseter (/ ˈ l æ s ə t ər / LASS-ə-tər; born January 12, 1957) is an American film director, producer, and animator. He has served as the Head of Animation at Skydance Animation since 2019. Previously, he acted as the chief creative officer of Pixar Animation Studios, Walt Disney Animation Studios, and Disneytoon Studios, as well as the Principal Creative Advisor for Walt ...
Hace 15 horas · The India men's national cricket team represents India in men's international cricket.It is governed by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), and is a Full Member of the International Cricket Council (ICC) with Test, One Day International (ODI) and Twenty20 International (T20I) status.. The team played its first international match on 25 June 1932 in a Test against England at Lord ...
Hace 15 horas · The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public research university with campuses near Vancouver and Okanagan in British Columbia, Canada.Established in 1908, it is the oldest university in British Columbia.With an annual research budget of $773 million, UBC funds over 10,000 projects a year.. The Vancouver campus is situated adjacent to the University Endowment Lands located about 10 km ...
Hace 15 horas · Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa.Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahari Desert.It is bordered by South Africa to the south and southeast, Namibia to the west and north, Zambia to the north and Zimbabwe to the northeast. Being a country of slightly over 2.4 million people, and ...
