Biography

Tuesday, 2 December 2025

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Sting
In the summer of 2014, he wrote the musical "The Last Ship," inspired by his childhood in the shipyard town of Wallsend.
“The Last Ship”, Sting’s eleventh studio album, was released in 2013.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He is a wealthy person.
When registering as a presidential candidate, he submitted a declaration of assets showing that he o ...
Frederic Chopin
The composer returned to Paris shortly before Napoleon Bonaparte was elected President of the Second French Republic.
Chopin's state of health was very bad, and the only homeopath doctor who could help the artist died.
Frederic Chopin
When his health improved, the couple returned to France.Chopin spent six successive summers at George Sand's summer estate at Nohant, and these were undoubtedly his happiest moments in life after leaving his homeland.
There he composed, among other works, the Ballade in A flat major, Nocturnes Op. 48, the Fantasy in ...
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway and Pauline attended a three-month safari in Africa.
Their guide was Philip Hope Percival, who also hunted with Theodore Roosevelt in 1909. During the sa ...
Abraham Lincoln
He loved telling stories and anecdotes, especially in situations where he could not openly express his opinion.
During the escape of Confederate President Jefferson Davis, when asked by General Sherman whether he ...
William Shakespeare
Shakespeare’s name appears in the surviving books of Queen Elizabeth I’s treasurer as one of three so-called “Lord Chamberlain’s servants” who got paid to perform a play before the Queen at Greenwich Palace on December 26 and 28, 1594.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy
He assumed the office of president after being sworn in on May 20, 2019.
On the same day, he announced the dissolution of parliament, and in early elections the associated " ...
Peter the Great
The envoy consisted of 200-250 people accompanying three plenipotentiary deputies (ambassadors).
These included three governors: Novgorod, Siberia, and Belov.
Robert Oppenheimer
He took a course in thermodynamics taught by Professor Percy Bridgman.
He then became interested in experimental physics. Since there were no world-class experimental phys ...