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1941–1945. Awards. Legion d'Honneur. MBE. Charlotte Elizabeth Webb, MBE ( née Vine-Stevens; born 13 May 1923) [1] was an English codebreaker [2] who worked at Bletchley Park during World War II at the age of 18. [3] [4] [5] Starting in 1941 she joined the British Auxiliary Territorial Service. [6] She said, of joining the top-secret mission ...
Sunk on 17 March 1941, by HMS Walker southeast of Iceland. Three dead and 40 survivors [1] [2] German submarine U-99 was a Type VIIB U-boat of Nazi Germany 's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was laid down on 31 March 1939 at the Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft in Kiel as yard number 593. She was launched on 12 March 1940 under the command ...
Psychological pricing (also price ending or charm pricing) is a pricing and marketing strategy based on the theory that certain prices have a psychological impact. In this pricing method, retail prices are often expressed as just-below numbers: numbers that are just a little less than a round number, e.g. $19.99 or £2.98. [1]
WA. → SR 99. U.S. Route 99 ( US 99) was a main north–south United States Numbered Highway on the West Coast of the United States until 1964, running from Calexico, California, on the Mexican border to Blaine, Washington, on the Canadian border. It was assigned in 1926 and existed until it was replaced for the most part by Interstate 5.
Max Newman. Maxwell Herman Alexander Newman, FRS, [1] (7 February 1897 – 22 February 1984), generally known as Max Newman, was a British mathematician and codebreaker. His work in World War II led to the construction of Colossus, [6] the world's first operational, programmable electronic computer, and he established the Royal Society ...
1985. MBE. 1987. Mavis Lilian Batey, MBE (née Lever; 5 May 1921 – 12 November 2013), was a British code-breaker during World War II. She was one of the leading female codebreakers at Bletchley Park. [1] She later became a historian of gardening, who campaigned to save historic parks and gardens, and an author. [2]
Release. 21 November 2011. ( 2011-11-21) Codebreaker, also known as Britain's Greatest Codebreaker, is a 2011 television docudrama aired on Channel 4 about the life of Alan Turing. The film had a limited release in the U.S. beginning on 17 October 2012. The story is told as a discussion between Alan Turing and his psychiatrist Dr. Franz Greenbaum.
Elon Reeve Musk (/ ˈ iː l ɒ n / EE-lon; born June 28, 1971) is a businessman and investor.He is the founder, chairman, CEO, and CTO of SpaceX; angel investor, CEO, product architect, and former chairman of Tesla, Inc.; owner, executive chairman, and CTO of X Corp.; founder of The Boring Company and xAI; co-founder of Neuralink and OpenAI; and president of the Musk Foundation.
9-1-1 is an American procedural drama television series created by Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear for Fox. The series follows the lives of Los Angeles first responders: police officers, paramedics, firefighters and dispatchers. 9-1-1 is a joint production between Reamworks, Ryan Murphy Television, and 20th Television. 9-1-1's first season premiered on January 3, 2018 Due to the COVID ...