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The camphor tree, a resistant and symbolic tree, is the emblematic tree of Hiroshima, as some of them survived the atomic bomb of 1945.

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Roky Erickson is an American guitarist and composer, known as a founding member of the 13th Floor Elevators and author of You're Gonna Miss Me.

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The Paleolithic paintings and engravings at Chauvet cave were discovered in 1994. This prehistoric site is one of the most important in the world for rock art.

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The Crucifix of Santa Croce is a large crucifix painted in tempera and gold on wood, made around 1272-1288 by Cimabue. It is exhibited in the Museum of the Work of Santa Croce in Florence.

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It was in 1931 that the Japanese Guandong army invaded Manchuria, a key event with major historical consequences.

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The episode of the Soissons vase takes place in 486, after Clovis' victory over Syagrius, marking a key event in Merovingian history.

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In 1956, Duke Ellington relaunched his career with the album Ellington at Newport, recorded at the Newport Jazz Festival, a landmark concert in his career.

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James Brown began his career as a gospel singer in Georgia before joining and becoming the figurehead of a vocal R&B group called The Famous Flames.

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The Garden of Earthly Delights is an oil painting on wood by the Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch. The work is structured in triptychs: Left panel, Paradise, Eve's creation, her presentation to Adam and their union; Central panel, Humanity before the Flood; Right panel, Hell.

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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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