Polyethylene terephthalate (sometimes written poly(ethylene terephthalate)), commonly abbreviated PET, PETE, or the obsolete PETP or PET-P, is the most common thermoplastic polymer resin of the polyester family and is used in fibers for clothing, containers for liquids and foods, thermoforming for manufacturing, and in combination with glass fiber ...
Biography of Jackie Robinson's Life Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born in 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. His dad, Jerry Robinson, left the family when Robinson was still an infant. Robinson's mom, Mallie Robinson, had the family move to California. Years later when Robinson attended Muir Technical High School he excelled in sports such as, track, football, baseball, and basketball.
Jackie Chan was born Chan Kong-Sang (in Chinese usage the family name, Chan, is written first) in Hong Kong on April 7, 1954. Press accounts and his own website state that his parents were poor but steadily employed Hong Kong residents who worked at the French embassy, his father Charles as a cook and his mother Lily (or Lee-Lee) as a housekeeper.