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In 1667, French physician Jean-Baptiste Denys made the first attempt to transfuse blood from a lamb to a human being.

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The Matchmaker is a painting by the Utrecht painter Gerrit van Honthorst, acquired in 1951 by the Centraal Museum in Utrecht.

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The Shah's Mosque is a religious building in Isfahan, built for the Safavid ruler Shah Abbas I between 1612 and 1630 by Muhibb al-Din al-Kula and Ustad ali Akbar Isfahani.

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George R. R. Martin is the author of A Song of Ice and Fire series of novels, adapted into a TV series under the title Game of Thrones.

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The golden eagle is a member of the Accipitridae, a family of birds of prey that also includes harriers, vultures and falcons.

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Julie London first sang Cry Me a River in 1955. This song, written by Arthur Hamilton, has become emblematic of her career.

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Cathy's Clown is a song written and originally performed by the Everly Brothers. They released it as a single in 1960. It was the first single in history to be simultaneously number one in the United States and the United Kingdom.

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In 1769, French military engineer Joseph Cugnot built the first motorized steam vehicle, the fardier à vapeur, the forerunner of the automobile.

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Bell X-1 was the first aircraft to break the sound barrier in horizontal flight (October 14, 1947). Developed specifically for this purpose as part of the USAAF and NACA (NASA's predecessor) X-Planes research program, it is built by Bell Aircraft Corporation.

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The first inhabitants of South Africa were the Bochimans. In the XII^e century, the country was colonized by the Hottentots.

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