Biography

Oppenheimer was a compulsive smoker. In late 1965, he was diagnosed with throat cancer.

Cyril of Alexandria became a saint of the Catholic Church and a prominent theologian who fought for the purity of Christianity.

There was also an anecdote circulating about Vivaldi referring to him as a red-headed priest running to the sacristy during mass to write down a musical theme that had just come to mind.

Shortly after his public debut, he published three piano trios, which he gave the opus number 1.

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.

Kosciuszko was the first person in 1792 to be awarded the Virtuti Militari gold medal.

He was probably born in Genoa in the year 1451.

Kosciuszko's stay in Paris lasted five years.

At the peak of his virtuoso fame, in the period 1796-1798, Beethoven experienced the first symptoms of deafness.

She was to remarry her second husband, Joe DiMaggio, on 8th August 1962.