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Thursday, 30 July 2026
21 facts about Ada Lovelace
21 facts about Ada Lovelace
The first female programmer
Ada Lovelace was a British poet and mathematician who lived in the first half of the 19th century. She was the daughter of one of Britain's greatest d ...

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Roland Garros
Garros began his aviation career in 1909.
He obtained his pilot's license in July 1910 and bought his first plane, a Clément-Bayard Santos-Dum ...
Ernest Hemingway
After all these adventures, in September 1919, he went on a camping trip with his high school classmates to the Upper Peninsula in Michigan.
This trip inspired him to write the short story “Big Two-Hearted River,” in which the protagonist es ...
Rasputin
The Tsar tried to save the monarchy, which was losing prestige, by strengthening his power through personal castling, largely contrary to Russia's state interests.
Since Nicholas II spent all his time outside St. Petersburg, at the headquarters of the Russian mili ...
Jane Austen
In 1995, a television adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" - a miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, was awarded an Emmy statuette.
John Sutter
The settlement was named Nueva Helvetia, which is now part of Sacramento.
Sutter's Fort construction began in 1841, but due to an invasion of gold prospectors, it was abandoned in 1850.
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin lived from 1809 to 1882.
He was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, author of the theory of evolution, which is considered a fundamental concept in science.
Peter the Great
Peter I dreamed of bringing Russia as a strong, modernized, accepted state into the arena of European politics.
He wanted to establish permanent diplomatic relations with European courts to gain their support in ...
John Sutter
John Sutter died on June 18, 1880, in a hotel room in Washington D.C.
Ada Lovelace
Byron was disappointed by the birth of his daughter, he expected a son, "a wonderful boy". The girl was named after Byron's half-sister (his great love), Augusta Leighi; Byron called her Ada.
The marriage of Byron and Annabella Milbanke was not a happy one. Shortly after the birth of their d ...
Salvador Dali
He was often called "Avida Dollars".
He loved money and was known for his greed. He often used unethical methods to earn them. Once, he s ...