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The Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji are a series of forty-six prints made by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) and published between 1831 and 1833. They represent Mount Fuji from different places, according to the seasons.

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Ray Bradbury is the author of the dystopian science-fiction novel Fahrenheit 451, published in 1953. This classic explores a future where books are banned and burned.

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Fernand de Magellan's fleet set sail from Seville on 10 August 1519.

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Billie Holiday first performed Strange Fruit in 1939 at New York's Café Society, marking a turning point in her career and in committed music.

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The author of the famous short story The Metamorphosis, published in 1915, is Franz Kafka, a major Czech writer of the 20th century with a strange universe.

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The project is assigned to a committee of five representatives (John Adams, Roger Sherman, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston and Thomas Jefferson). Thomas Jefferson eventually developed a draft and became the principal author of the text.

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Miriam Makeba, nicknamed Mama Africa, was born in South Africa. She is known for her political commitment against apartheid and her ethno-jazz music.

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The largest eruption in volume of ejected materials was Toba 73,000 years ago with 2,800 km³.

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The American musical romantic comedy film Singin' in the Rain was released in 1952. Directed by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly, it illustrates the transition from silent to talking pictures.

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Bluesman John Mayall is a British national. Born in Macclesfield, England, he has been a major figure in English blues since the 1960s.

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