Die Georg-August-Universität (lateinisch Georgia Augusta) in Göttingen wurde 1732/1734 von Georg II. unter Federführung von Gerlach Adolph von Münchhausen gegründet und 1737 eingeweiht. Die Universität entwickelte sich schnell und zählte mit fast 1.000 Studenten zu den größeren im Europa der damaligen Zeit. Sie ist die älteste noch existierende Universität in …

August 3 – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Russian writer and Nobel laureate (b. 1918) August 9. Mahmoud Darwish, Palestinian poet (b. 1941) Bernie Mac, American actor and comedian (b. 1957) August 10 – Isaac Hayes, American singer, songwriter, and actor (b. 1942) August 11 – Fred Sinowatz, Austrian politician (b. 1929)

August Wilhelm von Preußen, seit 1744 Prinz von Preußen (* 9. August 1722 in Berlin; † 12. Juni 1758 in Oranienburg), war preußischer General und Vater des späteren preußischen Königs Friedrich Wilhelm II. August Wilhelm war der zweitgeborene Sohn von König Friedrich Wilhelm I.Dessen ältester Sohn König Friedrich II. war kinderlos und hatte seinen jüngeren Bruder …

At 6:05 p.m. CDT on August 1, 2007, with rush hour bridge traffic moving slowly through the limited number of lanes, the central span of the bridge suddenly gave way, followed by the adjoining spans. The structure and deck collapsed into the river and onto the riverbanks below, the south part toppling 81 feet (25 m) eastward in the process. A total of 111 vehicles were …

This list comprises the world's largest companies by consolidated revenue, according to the Fortune Global 500 2022 rankings. American retail corporation Walmart has been the world's largest company by revenue since 2014.. The list is limited to the top 50 companies, all of which except Elevance Health have annual revenues exceeding US$140 billion. This list is …

The Lumière brothers (UK: / ˈ l uː m i ɛər /, US: / ˌ l uː m i ˈ ɛər /; French: ), Auguste Marie Louis Nicolas Lumière (19 October 1862 – 10 April 1954) and Louis Jean Lumière (5 October 1864 – 6 June 1948), were French manufacturers of photography equipment, best known for their Cinématographe motion picture system and the short films they produced between 1895 and …

Windows Server (formerly Windows NT Server) is a group of operating systems (OS) for servers that Microsoft has been developing since July 27, 1993. The first OS that was released for this platform was Windows NT 3.1 Advanced Server. With the release of Windows Server 2003, the brand name was changed to Windows Server.. Microsoft's history of developing operating …

The third generation of the BMW 3 Series range of compact executive cars is designated under the model code E36, and was produced by the German automaker BMW from 1990 to 2000. The initial models were of the four-door sedan body style, followed by the coupe, convertible, wagon ("Touring"), hatchback ("Compact"), and the rare four-door convertible Baur TC4 in later years.

August 28 is the 240th day of the year (241st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 125 days remain until the end of the year. Events Pre-1600. 475 – The Roman general Orestes forces western Roman Emperor Julius Nepos to flee his capital city, Ravenna. 489 – …

The Canon EF-S 18–55mm lens f /3.5–5.6 is a Canon-produced wide-angle to mid telephoto zoom lens for digital single-lens reflex cameras with an EF-S lens mount.The field of view has a 35 mm equivalent focal length of 28.8–88mm, and it is a standard kit lens on Canon's consumer APS-C DSLRs. In February 2017 Canon announced the new Canon EF-S 18–55mm lens f …