"The number of sunken WWII German warships emerging from the Danube as the drought-stricken river hits record-low water levels. The vessels have been hidden underwater for more than 80 years, and the receding river is also exposing unexploded bombs and even woolly mammoth bones."
Félix Auguste Clément (French painter) 1826 - 1888 Belle Romaine Endormie (Roman Woman Sleeping), 1859 oil on canvas 121 x 99 cm. (47.64 x 38.98 in.) pencil inscription on the back of the painting: Clement [...] La Sieste. private collection © photo Wikimedia
"At 18, he inherited millions and became Hollywood's most dashing playboy. At 70, he died emaciated and insane, with five inch fingernails. They identified his body by fingerprints. Howard Hughes was born in 1905 in Houston, Texas.
Oregon was first to legalize medical aid in dying in 1997, and Washington and Montana followed suit in 2009. For the most part, patients who want to pursue the option must be residents of a state where it’s been legalized, though Oregon and Vermont allow it for nonresidents
Henri Matisse (French, 1869-1954) Harmony in Yellow, 1927-28, Oil on canvas, 88 × 88 cm Private Collection
4 August 1935 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Betty Mol, was born in Amsterdam. In September 1944 she was incarcerated in #Theresienstadt Ghetto. On 6 October 1944 she was deported to Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.
James Dean's salary for “Rebel Without a Cause” was $1,250 per week.
Pablo Picasso and Jacqueline Roque met in 1953 and were married from 1961 until the artist’s death, in 1973. During that period, Picasso painted her portrait more than 400 times. Jacqueline with crossed hands 1954
16-year-old Jacqueline Bouvier, 8 years before her marriage to John F Kennedy. 1945
