Biography

Saturday, 28 February 2026

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Robert Oppenheimer
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.
One of the suspects was Oppenheimer, who was already believed to be a communist sympathizer. The Ame ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from ailurophobia - an irrational, terrifying fear of cats.
He was not the only one among the famous historical figures to suffer from this type of phobia. In a ...
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Napoleon Bonaparte
A major boost to the state budget was France's sale of the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803.
The transaction amounted to $15 million. Napoleon realized that it would be difficult to keep such a ...
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Jane Austen
The family lived on his father's modest income of £600 a year.
It was a modest income at the time; by comparison, a skilled laborer - a blacksmith or carpenter - c ...
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Jane Austen
In 1818, "Northanger Abbey" and "Persuasions" were published.
The first novel was written between 1798 and 1799 under the title - "Susan." Although the manuscript ...
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Salvador Dali
Dali was fascinated by Hitler.
He claimed that he often dreams of him, like other men dream of women.
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William Shakespeare
In October 2020, New York’s Christie’s Auction House reported that a copy of the First Folio sold for $9.97 million.
The previous sales record was set in 2001; a copy of the “First Folio” was sold then for $6 million.
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Constantine the Great
Emperor Constantine established an annual holiday - Easter.
The Council of Nicaea established a single date for the entire Roman Empire to celebrate the feast of Christ's resurrection, the first Sunday after the first full moon of spring.
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Frederic Chopin
The young Frederic Chopin performed before Prince Konstantin Romanov and presented him with an unknown march.
The prince asked him to perform it again. The military march, which pleased the Duke so well, appear ...
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Gaius Julius Caesar
His highest religious dignity, however, was bestowed on him in 63 BC when he was elected Pontifex Maximus.
This was the highest priest in Rome, overseeing all religious life. The office also provided considerable political influence which was most important to Julius Caesar.
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