Biography

She was also a gambling enthusiast - in her late 40s she lost more than £3,000 on horse racing.

In 1905, Rasputin returned to St. Petersburg. A circle of his friends led to his presentation at the Tsar's court.

On his return to Spain, the ailing Columbus requested an audience at court, but his greatest protector, Isabella of Castile, was already dead, and King Ferdinand was unwilling to receive him.

He made his public debut in Vienna in 1795.

Volodymyr Zelenski won in the second round.

J. Robert Oppenheimer was an American theoretical physicist.

At 18, Shakespeare married 26-years old Anne Hathaway. Because of the age difference and Anne’s pregnancy, it was suspected that the wedding was a necessity.

Forbes magazine included her in its ranking of the highest-earning dead celebrities.

On the eve of World War I, Garros was in the German Reich. It was there that he learned of the impending conflict.

He loved ripping money off of naive people.