Destitute and hoping to earn enough money to reunite with her daughter, Margaretha began to dance professionally in Paris in 1905 under the name of Lady...
Mata Hari was a Dutch exotic dancer and courtesan who was executed by firing squad in France during World War I on charges of spying for...
Keynes started his education at the age of five and a half. He attended Eton College and then Cambridge University where he studied mathematics and economics. He...
John Maynard Keynes was an English economist, journalist, and financier best known for his economic theories (Keynesian economics) on the causes of prolonged unemployment. He was born...
Charles de Gaulle’s political profession spanned each world wars and his political profession, interrupted by a brief retreat from public affairs within the Fifties, occurred throughout...
Charles de Gaulle was a French general and statesman who acted as leader of the Free French during the Second World War. He was one of the...
Jesse Owens was an American track-and-field athlete who won four gold medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. He was born on September 12, 1913, in...
Neil Armstrong was a really non-public individual and didn’t like to speak about himself. Nevertheless, he was recognized for his humility and his capacity to stay...
Neil Armstrong was an American astronaut and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the Moon in 1969. He was born in Wapakoneta, Ohio...
The Dalai Lama is the spiritual and political leader of the dominant Dge-lugs-pa (Yellow Hat) order of Tibetan Buddhists. He was born Lhamo Thondup in 1935...