Admin ¿Qué año murió Howard Hughes?
5 de abril de 1976Howard Hughes / Fecha de la muerte
«Quiero ser el mejor aviador del mundo, el mayor productor y el hombre más rico de la Tierra» había dicho Howard Hughes a uno de sus ayudantes, cuando tenía veinticinco años. Cuando murió, el 5 de abril de 1976, a la edad de 72 años, Húghes había realizado su programa casi punto por punto.
Who is Howard Hughes?
Howard Hughes. Jump to navigation Jump to search. Howard Robard Hughes Jr. (December 24, 1905 – April 5, 1976) was an American business magnate, investor, record-setting pilot, engineer, film director, and philanthropist, known during his lifetime as one of the most financially successful individuals in the world.
What happened to Howard Hughes’s estate?
Hughes’s $2.5 billion estate was eventually split in 1983 among 22 cousins, including William Lummis, who serves as a trustee of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The Supreme Court of the United States ruled that Hughes Aircraft was owned by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, which sold it to General Motors in 1985 for $5.2 billion.
What happened to Howard Hughes’s aircraft?
During World War II Hughes leveraged political connections in Washington to obtain rights for TWA to serve Europe, making it the only U.S. carrier with a combination of domestic and transatlantic routes. After the announcement of the Boeing 707, Hughes opted to pursue a more advanced jet aircraft for TWA and approached Convair in late 1954.
Why did Howard Hughes start the Howard Hughes Institute?
In 1953, Hughes launched the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in Miami, Florida (currently located in Chevy Chase, Maryland) with the expressed goal of basic biomedical research, including trying to understand, in Hughes’ words, the «genesis of life itself,» due to his lifelong interest in science and technology.