WebWilliam Kamkwamba (born August 5, 1987) is a Malawian inventor, engineer, and author. He gained renown in his country in 2001 when he built a wind turbine to power multiple electrical appliances in his family's house in Wimbe, 23 km (14 mi) east of Kasungu, using blue gum trees, bicycle parts, and materials collected in a local scrapyard.Since then, he …

Web1901 – Stuart Symington, American lieutenant and politician, 1st United States Secretary of the Air Force (d. 1988) 1902 – Hugues Cuénod, Swiss tenor and educator (d. 2010) 1903 – Big Bill Broonzy, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1958) 1904 – Peter Lorre, Slovak-American actor and singer (d. 1964)

WebThe 1970 United States House of Representatives elections was an election for the United States House of Representatives held on November 3, 1970, in the middle of Richard M. Nixon's first term as president.His party, the Republican Party, lost a net of 12 seats to the Democratic Party, which thereby increased its majority in the House.Many …

WebJames William Fulbright (April 9, 1905 – February 9, 1995) was an American politician, academic, and statesman who represented Arkansas in the United States Senate from 1945 until his resignation in 1974. As of 2022, Fulbright is the longest serving chairman in the history of the United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.He is best known for …

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WebB, or b, is the second letter of the Latin-script alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide.Its name in English is bee (pronounced / ˈ b iː /), plural bees. It represents the voiced bilabial stop in many languages, including English. In some other languages, it is used to …

WebIn 1450, King James II granted the parkland to Bishop William Turnbull and the people of Glasgow. The Green then looked quite different from the Green today. It was an uneven, swampy area made up of several distinct "greens" (separated by the Camlachie and Molendinar Burns): the High Green; the Low Green; the Calton Green; and the …

WebL'alca impenne (Pinguinus impennis Linnaeus, 1758) era un uccello incapace di volare della famiglia degli Alcidi, scomparso attorno alla metà del XIX secolo. Era l'unica specie giunta fino all'epoca storica del genere Pinguinus Bonnaterre, 1791, un gruppo di uccelli che comprendeva originariamente anche un'altra specie di alca gigante incapace di volare …

WebKajaani was one of the cities founded in 1651 by the Swedish Governor General of Finland, Per Brahe. At that time, the Kainuu region—as wood country—was an important producer of tar derived from pine, and the tar trade was its major industry. In 1653-4 the district court sessions of Kajaani and Sotkamo were responsible for authorizing a road to be built …

WebWilliam Symington was from Leadhills, but lived and worked in Wanlockhead. His fame lies in the fact that he designed the engine used to power the world's first steamboat. This boat was successfully tested on Dalswinton Loch near Ellisland on 14 October 1788. Dalswinton was the home of Robert Burns's landlord, Patrick Miller.