Howard Hughes

The following fictional characters appear to have been, at least in part, patterned after Hughes: "Charles Foster Kane" of the Orson Welles film Citizen Kane. This character was based on a composite of Howard Hughes and William Randolph Hearst. "Willard Whyte" of the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever Tony Stark, a wealthy inventor and industrialist who becomes Marvel Comics's Iron Man. The Simpsons episode "$pringfield" in which Montgomery Burns exhibits Hughes's OCD, inc ...

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Howard Hughes, Howard Hughes - Birth, Howard Hughes - Education, Howard Hughes - Death of parents, Howard Hughes - Hollywood, Howard Hughes - Aviator and engineer, Howard Hughes - Air crash, Howard Hughes - Spruce Goose, Howard Hughes - RKO, Howard Hughes - Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Howard Hughes - Glomar Explorer, Howard Hughes - Recluse, Howard Hughes - Later years, Howard Hughes - Death and burial, Howard Hughes - Estate, Howard Hughes - Factual media portrayals, Howard Hughes - Books, Howard Hughes - Movies, Howard Hughes - Fictional media inspirations, Howard Hughes - Music

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Hughes was born in Humble, Texas on December 24, 1905. His parents were Allene Gano Hughes and Howard R. Hughes, Sr., who invented the dual cone roller bit, which allowed rotary drilling of oil wells in previously inaccessible places. He founded Hughes Tool Company to commercialize this invention. As a teenager, Hughes declared that his goals in life were to become the world's best golfer, the world's best pilot, and the world's best movie producer. Despite attending many good schools, he never earned a diploma. He attended the Fessen ...

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Howard Hughes, Howard Hughes - Youth and Hollywood, Howard Hughes - Aviator and engineer, Howard Hughes - Post-war, Howard Hughes - Glomar Explorer, Howard Hughes - The recluse, Howard Hughes - Later years, Howard Hughes - Estate, Howard Hughes - Factual media portrayals, Howard Hughes - Books, Howard Hughes - Movies, Howard Hughes - Fictional media inspirations, Howard Hughes - Music

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1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). 1947 - Events. January 1 - British mines nationalized January 1 - Nigeria gains limited autonomy January 1 - The Canadian Citizenship Act went into effect January 3 - Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time January 10 - United Nations takes control of the free city of Trieste January 15 - Elizabeth Short (the "Black Dahlia") is ...

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1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year that started on a Saturday. 1972 - Events. International year of the book January 2 - The Pierre Hotel Heist - Six men rob the safety deposit boxes of the Pierre Hotel in New York City. Loot is at least $4 million. January 4 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first woman judge at the Old Bailey in London. January 5 - President of the United States Richard Nixon orders the development of a space sh ...

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Though old enough to be free of service in World War II, he enlisted anyway, as a colonel in the US Army Air Force in Asia / China, serving as chief of staff for General Claire Chennault of the Flying Tigers. Leading many missions and carefully planning them to minimize loss of life, he was known for his hard work and relentless planning. At the end of the war, he was promoted to Brigadier General. ...

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Merian C. Cooper, Merian C. Cooper - Early Life, Merian C. Cooper - World War I, Merian C. Cooper - Polish Independence, Merian C. Cooper - World War II, Merian C. Cooper - Film Career, Merian C. Cooper - Pioneer in Aviation, Merian C. Cooper - Trivia

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1971 (MCMLXXI) is a common year starting on Friday (click for link to calendar). 1971 - Events. January 1 - British Divorce Reform Act comes into force January 2 - 66 die in stairway crush at Rangers v Celtic football match, Glasgow, Scotland. See Ibrox disaster. January 2 - A ban on television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States. January 3 - BBC Open University begins in the United Kingdom Januar ...

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1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). 1976 - Events. January 12 - UN Security Council votes 11-1 to admit the Palestinian Liberation Organization January 15 - Would-be Gerald Ford presidential assassin Sara Jane Moore is sentenced to life in prison January 16 - Trial against jailed members of the Red Army Faction begins in Stuttgart, West Germany January 18 - The Scottish Labour Party ...

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1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). 1938 - Events. January 3 - The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. January 5 - H.R.H. Prince Juan Carlos of Spain is born. January 11 - Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank. January 20 - Wedding of King Farouk I of Egypt and Queen Farida Zulficar in Cairo January 28 - The first ski tow in America be ...

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1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). 1937 - Events. January 1 - Anastasio Somoza becomes President of Nicaragua January 11 - The first issue of Look magazine goes on sale in the United States. January 19 - Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds. January 23 - In Moscow, 17 leading Communists go on trial accused of participatin ...

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1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). 1905 - Events. January 2 - Russo-Japanese War: The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur, China; an event which shocked the world. January 22 - Massacre of Russian demonstrators at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg, one of the triggers of the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905. January 26 - The Cullinan Diamond is found near Pretoria, South Africa at the Premier ...

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The 20th century lasted from 1901 to 2000 in the Gregorian calendar. Common usage sometimes regards it as lasting from 1900 to 1999. The 20th century is also sometimes known as the nineteen hundreds (1900s). However, a number of arguments have been used to justify the common usage. One advanced by Stephen Jay Gould is that the first decade had only nine years, thus contradicting the definition of decade equaled 10 years. Another argument is that the astronomical year numbering system for years does have a year zero, the ...

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Charles Montgomery "Monty" Burns (usually simply Mr. Burns) (born September 15 in an unspecified year), a fictional character, is the owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant in The Simpsons cartoon series. He is fabulously wealthy, and due to his status as Springfield's leading (and perhaps only) plutocrat, Mr. Burns is able to do whatever he wants with little to no consequences. He is attended at almost all times by Waylon Smithers, his loyal aide and confidant. Harry Shearer is the voice behind the character of Mr ...

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The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is a television and radio network in the United States. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company. Corporate headquarters are in New York, while programming offices are in Burbank, California, adjacent to the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank) and the Walt Disney Company corporate headquarters. The formal name of the company that operates the network is American Broadcasting Companies, Inc., and that name appears on copyright ...

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• American Broadcasting Company - Enter Leonard Goldenson
• American Broadcasting Company - The 1960s
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• American Broadcasting Company - Acquisition by Disney
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In the United States, the term carpetbagger was an epithet used to refer to Northern (Yankee) businessmen and politicians who moved to the South during post-U.S. Civil War Reconstruction between 1865 and 1877. It was originally devised to suggest corruption and skulduggery, but was embraced by some of the Northerners involved. Carpetbagger is now a common term, and not always used as an insult. (Compare Wobbly, Quaker, Shaker) Carpetbagger - The epithet. "Carpetbaggers" were so named for the common Civil Wa ...

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• Carpetbagger - In the United Kingdom
• Carpetbagger - In popular culture

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Wynn Las Vegas, built at a cost of US$2.7 billion, is a casino resort on the Las Vegas Strip, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The resort is named after casino developer Steve Wynn and is the flagship property of Wynn Resorts Limited. Wynn Las Vegas is one of the tallest buildings in Las Vegas, towering 50 stories over the Strip. It is located at Las Vegas Boulevard South and Sands Avenue, across from the Fashion Show Mall. The 2,716 rooms range in size from 620 square feet (58 m²) to the villas at 7,000 square feet (650 m²) with ...

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• Wynn Las Vegas - Inspiration and vision
• Wynn Las Vegas - Cool Facts

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The Antonov An-225 Mriya (Антонов Ан-225 Мрія, NATO reporting name: Cossack) is a strategic airlift transport airplane that was built by Antonov (ASTC) and is the world's largest powered aircraft. Mriya (Мрія) means "dream" (as in aspiration) in Ukrainian. Antonov An-225 - Development. The An-225 was designed for the Soviet space program as a replacement for the Myasishchev VM-T 'Atlant'. Able to airlift the Energia rocket's boosters and the Buran space shuttle i ...

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A recluse is someone in isolation who hides away from attention of the public, a person who lives in seclusion from intercourse with the world; from the Latin recludere, to shut up or sequester. A person may become a recluse for many reasons: a celebrity may seek to escape the attentions of their fans; a misanthrope may be unable to tolerate human society; a survivalist may be practicing self-sufficiency. Also, it can be due to psychological problems - such as apathy, a phobia, or other anxiety disorders. A person may also become a recluse for religious reasons, in which case they are ...

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A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate underwater. Most major navies use submarines. Submarines are also used for marine and freshwater science and for work at depths too great for human divers. Nuclear powered submarines and other large submarines are classed as ships, but are customarily referred to by their crews as "boats". The term U-Boat is sometimes used in English, this comes from the German word for submarine, 'U-Boot', itself an abbreviation for Unterseeboot. Modern attack submarines ar ...

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Bettie Mae Page (born April 22, 1923), sometimes known as Betty Page, is an American model and pin-up girl, active mostly in the 1950s. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Page's parents divorced when she was 10 years old, forcing her and her sister to live for a year at an orphanage. A strong student in high school, she reportedly missed earning the title of school valedictorian and a scholarship to Vanderbilt University by a quarter of a grade point, but graduated from Peabody College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1943. She mar ...

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List of corporate leaders - Corporate leaders. Joe Ackermann - Deutsche Bank William Maxwell Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook- newspaper magnate Arthur Andersen - Arthur Andersen Kunitake Ando - Sony John Jacob Astor - Fur trading and real estate Percy Barnevik - Investor Bernard Baruch - Financier, Investor, Presidential advisor Andy Bechtolsheim - Sun Microsystems Silvio Berlusconi - Italian media, Prime Minister of Italy Jeff B

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