The scientist who discovered the electron was?

The Panama Canal, opened in 1914, links the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, greatly reducing shipping time between east and west.

Gold has atomic number 79 and symbol Au; its rarity and properties have made it historically valuable for currency and jewelry.

Winston Churchill used “Iron Curtain” in 1946 to describe the political and ideological divide between Soviet-controlled East and West.

Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to circumnavigate the globe (1519–1522); although he died en route, the voyage completed the circuit.

The Louvre in Paris is the world’s largest art museum, housing the *Mona Lisa* and countless treasures of global civilization.