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GeoCities, was a web hosting service that allowed users to create and publish websites for free and to browse user-created websites by their theme or interest, active from 1994 to 2009. GeoCities was started in November 1994 by David Bohnett and John Rezner, and was named Beverly Hills Internet briefly before being renamed GeoCities. [1]
David C. Bohnett (born April 2, 1956) is an American philanthropist and technology entrepreneur. He is the founder and chairman of the David Bohnett Foundation, a non-profit, grant-making organization devoted to improving society through social activism.
Geocities was a popular web hosting service founded in 1995 and was one of the first services to offer web pages to the public. At one point it was the third-most-browsed site on the World Wide Web. [106] Yahoo purchased GeoCities in 1999 and ten years later the web host was closed, deleting some seven million web pages. [107]
The Death and Life of Great American Cities is a 1961 book by writer and activist Jane Jacobs. The book is a critique of 1950s urban planning policy, which it holds responsible for the decline of many city neighborhoods in the United States. [1] The book is Jacobs' best-known and most influential work. [2]
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Yahoo! GeoCities, a web hosting service founded in 1994, closes its United States branch. [61] Various attempts at archiving GeoCities are made. The site would continue to be available only in Japan. 2010: April 14: Web archiving: Twitter announces that it will donate its archive of public Tweets to the Library of Congress. [23] [62] 2010 ...
Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 – February 19, 2023) was an American actor, comedian, and author. [2] He was best known for his role as BPD Detective, NYPD Detective/sergeant and investigator John Munch, [3] whom he portrayed for 23 years in the NBC police drama series Homicide: Life on the Street, [4] Law & Order: Special Victims Unit [3] and several guest appearances on other series.
Geronimo was raised with the traditional religion of the Bedonkohe. When questioned about his opinions concerning life after death, he wrote in his 1905 autobiography: As to the future state, the teachings of our tribe were not specific, that is, we had no definite idea of our relations and surroundings in after life.