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M-Type Drophead Coupé 1948. The Allard Motor Company was founded in 1945, setting up in Clapham High Street, London. [4] Using its inventory of easy-to-service Ford mechanicals built up during World War II and bodywork of Allard's own design, three post-war models were introduced with a newly designed steel chassis and lightweight body shells: the J, a competition sports car; the K, a ...
These timelines of world history detail recorded events since the creation of writing roughly 5000 years ago to the present day. For events from c. 3200 BC – c. 500 see: Timeline of ancient history. For events from c. 500 – c. 1499, see: Timeline of post-classical history. For events from c. 1500, see: Timelines of modern history.
LNER Class A4 4468. Mallard. LNER Class A4 4468 Mallard is a 4-6-2 ("Pacific") steam locomotive built in 1938 for operation on the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) at Doncaster Works to a design of Nigel Gresley. Its streamlined, wind tunnel tested [ 1] design allowed it to haul long distance express passenger services at high speeds.
Jenna Marie Ortega, [1] the fourth of six siblings, was born on September 27, 2002, [2] in Palm Desert, California, United States. [1] [3] Her father, a former sheriff who works at a California district attorney's office, is of Mexican descent, and her mother, who is of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, works as an emergency room nurse.
226204766. The Encyclopedia of World History is a classic single-volume work detailing world history. The first through fifth editions were edited by William L. Langer . The Sixth Edition contained over 20,000 entries and was overseen by Peter N. Stearns. It was made available online until removed in 2009.
A History of the Modern World. A History of the Modern World is a work initially published by the distinguished American historian at Princeton and Yale universities Robert Roswell Palmer in 1950. The work has since been extended by Joel Colton (from its second edition, 1956) [ 1] and Lloyd S. Kramer (from its ninth edition, 2001), [ 2] and ...
The current world population growth is approximately 1.09%. [7] People under 15 years of age made up over a quarter of the world population (25.18%), and people age 65 and over made up nearly ten percent (9.69%) in 2021. [7] The world population more than tripled during the 20th century from about 1.65 billion in 1900 to 5.97 billion in 1999.
Allard J. Successor. Allard J2X. The Allard J2 is a sports roadster that was made by Allard. The J2 was mainly intended for the American market. [ 6] Since 1981, replicas of the later J2X have been manufactured by a succession of companies in Canada, whilst a continuation of the original models is also now being produced in the UK.