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2 days ago · Pei was born in 1917, in Guangzhou, to a wealthy and well-educated family with roots in Suzhou. His mother Lien Kwun was an artist and flautist of some renown, and his father Tsuyee Pei had just started working for the Bank of China; he would eventually rise in rank to become its general manager and a governor of China’s central bank.
1 day ago · The Bretton Woods Conference, formally known as the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, was the gathering of 730 delegates from all 44 allied nations at the Mount Washington Hotel, in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire, United States, to regulate the international monetary and financial order after the conclusion of World War II. [1]
3 days ago · Practically all man-made structures are destroyed. Massive landslides and liquefaction, large scale subsidence and uplifting of land forms and many ground fissures are observed. Changes in river courses and destructive seiches in large lakes occur. Many trees are toppled, broken and uprooted.
1 day ago · Prince Edward Island tide times for today, tomorrow and this week. Thursday 25 July 2024, 5:28 PM ADT (GMT -0300). The tide is currently rising in Prince Edward Island. As you can see on the tide chart, the highest tide of 1m was at 9:08 am and the lowest tide of 0m was at 3:46 pm. Click here to see Prince Edward Island tide times for the week.
3 days ago · On 14 June 1990, an earthquake measuring 7.1 in the Richter Scale hit Panay Island at 3:41 P.M., killing 8 and injuring 41 people. The epicenter was located at 11.34°North latitude; 122.10° East longitude, in the vicinity of Culasi, Antique. The depth was computed to be 15 kilometers.
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2 days ago · In October 2019, a series of strong shallow earthquakes struck the province of Cotabato and vicinity. These earthquakes occurred on October 16, 7:37 PM Philippine Standard Time (PST) at magnitude 6.3, on October 29, 9:04 AM and 10:42 AM at magnitudes 6.6 and 6.1, respectively, and on October 31, 9:11 AM at magnitude 6.5.
