Biography

Eugene Adrien Roland Georges Garros was a French aviation pioneer and fighter pilot.

Beethoven began learning music at the age of five, and because the study regime was strict and intense, it often reduced him to tears.

While on a tour in China, she performed 37 turns atop a moving elephant.

His favorite song was an American chant written by Daniel Emmett, “Dixie.”

According to tradition, Homer died in old age on the island of Chios.

Among Shakespeare’s masterpieces, the most acclaimed nowadays is “Romeo and Juliet,” a tragic love story of two young people who are separated by their feuding families’ past, and “Hamlet,” the story of a Danish prince entangled in love, betrayal, and revenge, who learns of a family secret.

He measured about 195 centimeters, which makes him the tallest president of the US.

John Augustus Sutter was born on February 23, 1803, in Kandern, former Holy Roman Empire.

According to historians, Napoleon was a short man, being 169 centimeters tall.

In 1995, a television adaptation of "Pride and Prejudice" - a miniseries starring Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth, was awarded an Emmy statuette.