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The construction of the road was finished in 1950 and was named "Phet Kasem" on December 10, 1950 in honour Luang Phet Kasemwithisawasdi (Tham Phetkasem), formerly the seventh director deputy general of the State Highways Department. Before that, it had been called "Bangkok–Khlong Phruan Road" (ถนนกรุงเทพ–คลอง ...
The baht ( / bɑːt /; Thai: บาท, pronounced [bàːt]; sign: ฿; code: THB) is the official currency of Thailand. It is divided into 100 satang ( สตางค์, pronounced [sà.tāːŋ] ). Prior to decimalisation, the baht was divided into eight feuang ( เฟื้อง, pronounced [fɯá̯ŋ] ), each of eight att ( อัฐ ...
Life and academic career Personal life Nagavajara spent his formative years in the vicinity of the former Phra Nakhon province [th] (now part of Bangkok, situated east of the Chao Phraya river, near the Victory Monument (Bangkok), as the youngest among six siblings. Both of his parents, school teachers by profession, instilled in him a deep appreciation for learning and culture. His father ...
Operation Paperclip was a secret United States intelligence program in which more than 1,600 German scientists, engineers, and technicians were taken from the former Nazi Germany to the U.S. for government employment after the end of World War II in Europe, between 1945–59. Some were former members and leaders of the Nazi Party .
Forrest Gump is a 1994 American comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is an adaptation of the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field. The film follows the life of an Alabama man named Forrest Gump (Hanks) and his ...
Candace Parker announces her retirement from women's basketball after 16 seasons in the WNBA and a stellar college career at Tennessee.
The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educational programs to public television stations in the United States, distributing shows such as Frontline, Nova, PBS NewsHour, Masterpiece, Sesame Street ...
Longevity is the buzzword. Women are already living on average six years longer than men and might easily make it past 100 — more than 8 in 10 centenarians are women. But there’s a dark side ...