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1 day ago · Entering 1960, the band, then a trio John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison, was still undecided on a name, though they had recently performed as Johnny and the Moondogs. John Lennon’s friend from art school, Stuart Sutcliffe, joined the band after being convinced by his friends to invest £65—money he earned from selling a painting—into a bass guitar.
1 day ago · James Vernon Taylor (born March 12, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. A six-time Grammy Award winner, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.
1 day ago · Metformin is the British Approved Name (BAN), the United States Adopted Name (USAN), and the International Nonproprietary Name (INN). It is sold under several brand names . Common brand names include Glucophage, Riomet, Fortamet, and Glumetza in the US. [ 163 ]
1 day ago · The date of birth is based on a statement by the Byzantine Greek scholar John Tzetzes that Archimedes lived for 75 years before his death in 212 BC. [8] In the Sand-Reckoner, Archimedes gives his father's name as Phidias, an astronomer about whom nothing else is known.
2 hours ago · The surname “Jongejan” is of Dutch origin, composed of two elements: “jonge,” meaning “young,” and “jan,” a diminutive of “Johann” or “John.” Thus, the name can be interpreted as “young John” or “son of John,” which was a common naming convention in Dutch culture.
1 day ago · The Age of Anxiety, formerly Floss the Musical, [104] is the name given to a work-in-progress by Townshend. [105] The musical has been a work in progress at least since 2009 with an original estimated release of 2011. [ 106 ]
1 day ago · Wilhelm II [b] (Friedrich Wilhelm Viktor Albert; 27 January 1859 – 4 June 1941) was the last German Emperor and King of Prussia from 1888 until his abdication in 1918, which marked the end of the German Empire as well as the Hohenzollern dynasty's 300-year rule of Prussia.
