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4 hours ago · Barron Hilton (1946) – co-chairman of the Hilton Hotels chain, and the original owner of the San Diego Chargers. Daisy Ho (何超鳳) (B.A.) – chairman of SJM Holdings and executive director of Shun Tak Holdings. David T. Hon (Ph.D. 1971) – physicist and founder of Dahon folding bicycles.
1 day ago · Development Origins YF-16 and YF-17 prototypes being tested by the U.S. Air Force The United States Navy started the Naval Fighter-Attack, Experimental (VFAX) program to procure a multirole aircraft to replace the Douglas A-4 Skyhawk, the A-7 Corsair II, and the remaining McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom IIs, and to complement the Grumman F-14 Tomcat. Vice Admiral Kent Lee, then head of Naval Air Systems Command, was the lead advocate for the VFAX against strong opposition from many Navy ...
4 hours ago · Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia, officially the State of Georgia, is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Tennessee and North Carolina to the north, South Carolina to the northeast, the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, Florida to the south, and Alabama to the west. Of the 50 United States, Georgia is the 24th-largest ...
1 day ago · The following is a list of encyclopedic people associated with the University of Arizona.Notable alumni include a former U.S. Secretary of the Interior, a former U.S. Surgeon General, five U.S. Senators, two Republican U.S. Presidential nominees, the creator of the television series Sesame Street and founder of Sesame Workshop, the owner of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim Major League Baseball team, and several NASA astronauts.
1 day ago · Los Angeles, [a] often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California. With roughly 3.9 million residents within the city limits as of 2020, [7] Los Angeles is the second-most populous city in the United States, behind only New York City; it is also the commercial, financial and cultural center of ...
4 hours ago · Recorded January 28, 1986. Other offices. 1968 [5] –1969: [6] Chair of the Republican Governors Association. Ronald Wilson Reagan ( / ˈreɪɡən / ⓘ RAY-gən; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989.
1 day ago · Reno, Nevada. / 39.52722°N 119.82194°W / 39.52722; -119.82194. Reno ( / ˈriːnoʊ / REE-noh) is a city in the northwest section of the U.S. state of Nevada, along the Nevada–California border. It is the county seat and most populous city of Washoe County. Sitting in the High Eastern Sierra foothills, in the Truckee River valley, on ...
