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Emperor Marcus Aurelius died in 180 AD, probably of the Antonine plague, during a military campaign near Vindobona, modern-day Vienna.

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet is a jazz quartet founded in 1951 by Dave Brubeck, including Brubeck on piano and Paul Desmond on saxophone. He is the author of the standards Take Five and Blue Rondo a la Turk.

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Buck Owens was one of the pioneers of the Bakersfield sound: an allusion to Bakersfield, California the city where he lived and from which he was inspired for what he preferred to call "American music".

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Bert Jansch is a Scottish folk musician. Fascinated by the blues of Big Bill Broonzy or the folk of Leadbelly, Bert Jansch develops his own evocative guitar playing, assimilating jazz as well as traditional British music.

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Cleopatra VII, Egypt's last queen, died in Alexandria in August 30 BC, probably from an asp bite or poisoning.

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British band The Who hail from the London neighborhood of Shepherd's Bush, where they made their debut in the 1960s.

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The Artist in his Studio is a painting made by Rembrandt in 1628. It is kept at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.

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Somalia's capital is Mogadishu, located on the coast of the Indian Ocean. It is the country's political, economic and cultural center.

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The song of the lark is called "grisolle" in French. It is a very characteristic and melodious song, often associated with the first signs of spring.

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The first French sailor to win the Route du Rhum was Florence Arthaud, who won this transatlantic race in 1990.

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