Biography

During World War II, Hemingway was in Europe from May 1944 to March 1945.

In 1834, he left his wife and five kids and fled from Europe.

Jane's father, George Austin, was an educated minister of the Anglican Church.

Oppenheimer was suspected of treason. When the Soviet Union successfully tested an atomic bomb in 1949, it came as a surprise to the United States. Since it came so soon after the Manhattan Project, it was suspected that someone had betrayed the project.

During his studies he became interested in comedy and theater.

Her breakthrough was a lead solo performance in Michael Fokine’s “The Dying Swan” in 1905.

At the end of his sophomore year, Tesla lost his scholarship and became addicted to gambling.

Since 1927 the Frederic Chopin International Piano Competition has been held in Warsaw.

The authorship and circumstances of the Iliad and the Odyssey have been debated for centuries. The lack of reliable information about Homer's life has led some scholars to hypothesise that Homer never existed.

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.