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In 1956, Ampex engineers created the world's first rotary head recorder, the VR-1000 videotape recorder. Poniatoff served as president of Ampex until 1955, when he was elected chairman of the board. Poniatoff served as president of Ampex until 1955, when he was elected chairman of the board.
Ampex 601 playing a recording of "Les Paul's New Sound, Vol. II". Made in Redwood City, California, c. 1956. Internals of Ampex Fine Line F-44, a 3-head Ampex home-use audio tape recorder, c. 1965 AMPEX model 300 half-inch three-track recorder AMPEX 440 (2tr, 4tr) & 16-track MM 1000
It is a unitary parliamentary republic, has 10.5 million inhabitants and the capital and largest city is Prague, with over 1.2 million residents. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004; it is a member of the United Nations, the OECD , the OSCE , and the Council of Europe .
Former Au Bon Pain headquarters in Boston Au Bon Pain at Siam Square in Bangkok Au Bon Pain in the Hesburgh Library at the University of Notre Dame. ABP OPCO, LLC, doing business as Au Bon Pain, (French pronunciation: [o bɔ̃ pɛ̃], meaning "at the good bread" [2]) is an American fast casual restaurant, bakery, and café chain headquartered in Richardson, Texas, which operates 175 locations ...
It was founded in 1472. The Raeapteek in the center of Tallinn city, Estonia is one of the oldest continuously running pharmacies in Europe, having always been in business in the same exact house since the early 15th century. It is also the oldest commercial enterprise and the oldest medical establishment in Tallinn.
1345 – University of Prague founded. [5] 1347 - The black death killed millions. 1347 – 2 September: Coronation of Charles IV as King of Bohemia; Prague becomes capital of the Holy Roman Empire. [1] 1348 – New Town founded outside Prague city walls. [6] 1354 - Public clock installed (approximate date). [7] 1363 – St. Wenceslas Chapel built
Prague 7 is a municipal district (městská část) in Prague, Czech Republic. The administrative district (správní obvod) of the same name consists of the quarters Letná, Holešovice, Bubny, Bubeneč, Troja as well as a small part of Libeň. It's one of the smallest Prague districts and stretches along the left bank of the Vltava.
Ivo Lukačovič (born February 7, 1974, in Prague) is a Czech entrepreneur, founder and chairman of Seznam.cz, [1] an Internet portal in the Czech Republic. According to Forbes magazine he is the 11th richest person in the Czech Republic with assets of around $1.3 billion.