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French diplomat Ferdinand de Lesseps was behind the construction of the Suez Canal. Inaugurated in 1869, the canal links the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea.

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The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture created by Antony Gormley, located in Gateshead, England.

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In 2010, Lindsey Vonn became the first American woman to win Olympic gold in the downhill, making alpine skiing history at the Vancouver Games.

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In The Adoration of the Shepherds, Giorgione introduces several innovations. First of all, a modest format corresponding to a painting intended for private devotion, but it also gives the landscape a considerable amount of space. The work is now exhibited at the National Gallery of Art in Washington.

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French cycling legend Jeannie Longo won 59 French championship titles during her exceptional career.

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The Soviet Ivan Papanin landed there by plane on May 21, 1937.

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Operation Barbarossa, launched on June 22, 1941, was the code for the Third Reich's invasion of the Soviet Union during the Second World War.

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Thelonious Monk had a profound influence on bebop, the jazz movement born in the 1940s that revolutionized harmony, rhythm and improvisation.

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Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque is a collection of short stories by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1840.

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The Human Genome Project was officially launched in 1990, with the aim of mapping the entire human genome within fifteen years.

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