Famous Scientists
This Italian astronomer is often called the "Father of Observational Astronomy" and greatly improved the telescope.
Galileo Galilei
This 1969 event saw Neil Armstrong become the first human to walk on the surface of the Moon.
Apollo 11 moon landing
This country has won the FIFA World Cup the most times, with five titles.
Brazil
This is the closest planet to the Sun and is also the smallest in our solar system.
Mercury
Released in 1997, this movie told the fictional love story between Jack and Rose aboard a famously ill-fated ocean liner.
Titanic
This German-born physicist, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on the photoelectric effect, is best known for his theories of General and Special Relativity.
Albert Einstein
Considered the start of World War II in Europe, this is the country Germany invaded on September 1, 1939.
Poland
Born Edson Arantes do Nascimento, this Brazilian is widely regarded as the greatest soccer player of all time.
Pelé
This icy body was demoted from planet status to "dwarf planet" in 2006.
Pluto
This 2009 film directed by James Cameron was the first movie to surpass 2.5 billion at the box office and takes place on the moon Pandora.
Avatar
This English naturalist, who sailed aboard the HMS Beagle, is the author of On the Origin of Species and the theory of evolution by natural selection.
Charles Darwin
The official, final abolition of slavery in Brazil, the last country in the Western world to legally end the practice.
May 13, 1888.
This track and field sprinter from Jamaica holds the world record for both the 100m and 200m dashes.
Usain Bolt
This is the only planet, besides Earth, that has been extensively explored by rovers like Curiosity and Perseverance.
Mars
This 2019 superhero film wrapped up the storyline of a decade's worth of movies and features the famous line, "I am Iron Man."
Avengers: Endgame
This Polish and naturalized-French physicist was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and the only person to win Nobel Prizes in two different scientific fields (Physics and Chemistry)
Marie Curie
On December 7, 1941, the Japanese attack on this U.S. naval base brought the United States into World War II.
Pearl Harbor
This basketball superstar, known as "His Airness," led the Chicago Bulls to six NBA championships in the 1990s.
Michael Jordan
Separating the inner rocky planets from the outer gas giants is this large, dusty ring of minor planets and irregularly shaped space rocks.
Asteroid Belt
This 1993 movie directed by Steven Spielberg used pioneering CGI to bring dinosaurs to life on screen
Jurassic Park
Famous for his Laws of Motion and his work on gravity, this English physicist's head was supposedly hit by an apple.
Isaac Newton
This is the year that the Berlin Wall was officially torn down, symbolizing the end of the Cold War.
1989
With 23 gold medals, this American swimmer holds the record for the most Olympic medals won by any athlete in history.
Michael Phelps
Named for the Roman god of the sea, this is the farthest major planet from the Sun and has the fastest winds recorded in the solar system.
Neptune
This 2008 Christopher Nolan film is often considered one of the greatest superhero movies ever and features Heath Ledger as the Joker.
The Dark Knight