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Porto-Novo is the capital of Benin, located in the south of the country, near the Atlantic coast. It is the city par excellence of the Goun and Yoruba ethnic groups and the Tori ethnic minority. In Goun-Gbe language, Porto-Novo is generally called Xogbonou and Adjatchey by the Yorubas.

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Director Stanley Kubrick cast Kirk Douglas in Spartacus, released in 1960. This epic film recounts the slave revolt led by Spartacus against Rome.

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Nigeria's capital is Abuja. Officially designated in 1991, it replaced Lagos to give the country a more central and balanced location.

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The eruption of Krakatoa in Indonesia on 27 August 1883, where the explosion was heard as far as Rodrigues Island, 500 kilometres east of Mauritius.

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Azerbaijan's capital is Baku, a city on the Caspian Sea renowned for its unique blend of modern and historic architecture.

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Joseph Bramah, an English mechanic and inventor, developed the first hydraulic press in 1795, revolutionizing industrial technology.

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It was Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States, who officially declared war on the German Empire on April 6, 1917, during the World War I.

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The Tribute Money is a fresco painted between 1424 and 1427 by Masaccio, probably with the help of his associate Masolino. It is in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Florence, in the Brancacci Chapel.

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20th Century Boy is a song by the band T. Rex written and composed by Marc Bolan. It was released as a single in 1973, but did not appear on the Tanx album released the same year. It was included in the album when it was re-released in 1994.

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Marielle Goitschel won the gold medal in slalom at the 1968 Grenoble Olympic Games.

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