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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Piper_AlphaPiper Alpha - Wikipedia

    22 hours ago · Piper Alpha was an oil platform located in the North Sea about 120 miles (190 km) north-east of Aberdeen, Scotland. It was operated by Occidental Petroleum (Caledonia) Limited (OPCAL) and began production in December 1976, [3] initially as an oil-only platform, but later converted to add gas production. Piper Alpha exploded and collapsed under ...

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Ty_CobbTy Cobb - Wikipedia

    22 hours ago · Early life Cobb was born in 1886 in Narrows, Georgia, a small, unincorporated rural community of farmers. He was the first of three children born to William Herschel Cobb (1863–1905) and Amanda Chitwood Cobb (1871–1936). Cobb's father was a state senator. Faded-out sign that shows the birthplace of Ty Cobb at the Narrows in Georgia on Route 105 about four miles southeast of Baldwin, GA When he was still an infant, his parents moved to the nearby town of Royston, where he grew up. By most ...

  3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › 2016_in_film2016 in film - Wikipedia

    22 hours ago · 2016 was the first year since 2000 to not have films that were among the 10 highest-grossing films of all time at the time of their releases. Sing broke the record of a film that never reached #1 in the US with $270.3 million, passing My Big Fat Greek Wedding ($241.4 million in 2002–2003).