El Greco: Middle years: …in the handsome and unrestored St. Sebastian. The same extreme elongation of body is also present in Michelangelo’s work, in the painting of the Venetians Tintoretto and Paolo Veronese, and in the art of the leading Mannerist painters. The increased slenderness of Christ’s long body against the dramatic clouds in…

Sea Islands: …National Monument (authorized 1936) on St. Simons Island near Brunswick, Georgia. In 1803, Igbo Landing on St. Simons Island was the site of one of the largest mass suicides of enslaved West Africans in the history of chattel slavery.

Nicosia: …name was changed to the Selimiye Mosque in honour of the Ottoman sultan Selim II, under whose reign Cyprus was conquered.

Metéora: …Holy Trinity (Áyia Triada), and St. Stephen (Áyios Stéfanos). Some still serve a religious function, though they are now only sparsely populated by monks and nuns. Since the construction of paved roads through the area in the 1960s, it has been visited annually by thousands of tourists and Orthodox pilgrims.…

Esztergom: The town’s great cathedral (built 1822–60), modeled on St. Peter’s in Rome, overlooks the Danube and is the largest church in Hungary, the outside height of the cupola being 348 feet (106 metres). It is on the site of St. Stephen’s original cathedral (1010). The treasury of the…

Bard College, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, U.S. It is affiliated with the Episcopal church. A liberal arts college, it includes divisions of social studies, languages and literature, arts, and natural sciences and mathematics, as well as

St. Stephen’s Day, one of two holidays widely observed in honour of two Christian saints. In many countries December 26 commemorates the life of St. Stephen, a Christian deacon in Jerusalem who was known for his service to the poor and his status as the first Christian martyr (he was stoned to

Jerusalem: Architecture: …gates to the north, the St. Stephen’s (or Lion’s) Gate to the east, the Dung and Zion gates to the south, and the Jaffa Gate to the west. An eighth gate, the Golden Gate, to the east, remains sealed, however, for it is through this portal that Jewish legend states…

Zagreb: Kaptol has the Gothic Cathedral of St. Stephen (13th–15th century), whose sacristy contains a 13th-century fresco; the cathedral was restored at the end of the 19th century. Near the cathedral is the Baroque palace of the archbishops of Zagreb, with a chapel of St. Stephen (mid-13th century).

Greece: The Peloponnese: The last Navarrese prince, Pierre de Saint-Superan, joined the Ottomans in 1401 to raid Byzantine possessions in the southern Peloponnese; he died in 1402. He was succeeded by his widow, Maria Zaccaria, representative of an important Genoese merchant and naval family. She passed the title to her nephew Centurione…

Western sculpture: Early and High Baroque: The latter’s St. Susanna in Santa Maria di Loreto in Rome, a figure after the antique but enlivened with Berninian textures, was originally made to look toward the observer and, with a gesture, to direct his attention to the altar. The distinction between art and life that…

St. Swithin’s Day, (July 15), a day on which, according to folklore, the weather for a subsequent period is dictated. In popular belief, if it rains on St. Swithin’s Day, it will rain for 40 days, but if it is fair, 40 days of fair weather will follow. St. Swithin was bishop of Winchester from 852

Kotor: …most beautiful of which is St. Tryphon Cathedral, which was built in 1166 and contains many frescoes and a treasury of jewels. Also notable are the church of St. Luke (1195), which was originally Roman Catholic but has been an Orthodox church since the 17th century; the church of St.…

Canadian literature: Fiction: …Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1959), St. Urbain’s Horseman (1971), Joshua Then and Now (1980), Solomon Gursky Was Here (1989), and Barney’s Version (1997) satirize the condition and hypocrisy of modern society through black humour.

Solothurn: Dominating the town is the Cathedral of St. Ursus (1762–73, on an earlier foundation), which since 1828 has been the cathedral church of the bishop of Basel. Other notable buildings are the Jesuit church (1680–88), the Clock Tower, or Zeitglockenturm (1250), the 15th-century town hall, and the Zeughaus, or Arsenal…

Valentine’s Day, holiday (February 14) when lovers express their affection with greetings and gifts. Given their similarities, it has been suggested that the holiday has origins in the Roman festival of Lupercalia, held in mid-February. The festival, which celebrated the coming of spring, included

St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, mass murder of a group of unarmed bootlegging gang members in Chicago on February 14, 1929. The bloody incident dramatized the intense rivalry for control of the illegal liquor traffic during the Prohibition era in the United States. Disguising themselves as policemen,

Melissa McCarthy: …from 2014 included the dramedy St. Vincent (2014), which was noted for her sensitive portrayal of a divorcée trying to manage child care for her prepubescent son, and the road-trip comedy Tammy. The latter was written by McCarthy and her husband, Ben Falcone, who also directed; the couple collaborated on…

DePaul University, private, coeducational university in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. It is the largest Roman Catholic university in the United States. DePaul was founded as St. Vincent’s College in 1898 by the Vincentian Fathers. It was renamed and chartered as a university in 1907. Women were admitted

Sydenham chorea, a neurological disorder characterized by irregular and involuntary movements of muscle groups in various parts of the body that follow streptococcal infection. The name St. Vitus Dance derives from the late Middle Ages, when persons with the disease attended the chapels of St.

Western dance: Dance ecstasies: …the dancing mania known as St. Vitus’ dance. Both originally were ecstatic mass dances, dating from the 11th and 12th centuries. People congregated at churchyards to sing and dance while the representatives of the church tried in vain to stop them. In the 14th century another form of the dance…

Mons: Notable landmarks include the collegiate Church of St. Waudru (1450–1621) with fine stained glass and reliquaries, the town hall (1459–67), the only Baroque-style belfry in Belgium with its 47-bell carillon, and several museums. Pop. (2007 est.) mun., 91,196.

Michael Pacher: …Pacher began work on the St. Wolfgang altarpiece of the Pilgrimage Church of Sankt Wolfgang in Upper Austria (centre completed in 1479; wings completed in 1481). The large figures placed close to the picture plane and seen from a low viewpoint, the deep architectural perspective, and the dramatic foreshortening in…

Xavier University, private, coeducational institution of higher learning in Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. It is affiliated with the Jesuit order (Society of Jesus) of the Roman Catholic church. The university comprises colleges of arts and sciences, business administration, and social sciences. In

Brussels: People: Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, for example, boasts an important Turkish community, and Schaerbeek has a relatively large number of mosques and several Eastern Orthodox churches. Geographic segregation, economic disparity, and, on the part of some groups, a lack of assimilation into Belgian society occasionally have contributed to tensions…

Sweden: Political reform: …1907–50) was forced to ask Karl Staaff to form a Liberal government.

bomber: IV and the huge, four-engined Staaken R.VI, which carried two tons of bombs. Bomber airplanes were soon developed by the other major combatant nations. Tactical bombing was carried out on the battlefield by smaller aircraft such as the French Voisin, which carried some 130 pounds (60 kg) of small bombs…

Carolina Hurricanes: …play of their young star Eric Staal and team captain Rod Brind’Amour, the Hurricanes posted the best record in franchise history during the 2005–06 season and capped off the year with a dramatic seven-game victory over the Edmonton Oilers in the Stanley Cup finals. The Hurricanes advanced to the conference…

Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Bavarian museum of antiquities in Munich, noted for its collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art. It has one of the world’s largest collections of vases from the ancient Mediterranean. The Staatliche Antikensammlungen museum is located on the Königsplatz, a square

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, state-owned art collection in Dresden, Germany, housed in 15 museums throughout the city. Locations include the Zwinger, which exhibits such collections as the Gemäldegalerie Alter Meister (Old Masters Picture Gallery); the Albertinum, home to the Galerie Neue

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin (SMB), network of state-run museums in Berlin, each specializing in a separate subject. Taken together, the museums encompass centuries of acquisitions in various disciplines and rank among the world’s finest collections of art and artifacts. The collections in each

Bauhaus, school of design, architecture, and applied arts that existed in Germany from 1919 to 1933. It was based in Weimar until 1925, Dessau through 1932, and Berlin in its final months. The Bauhaus was founded by the architect Walter Gropius, who combined two schools, the Weimar Academy of Arts

Staatsgalerie, art museum in Stuttgart, Germany, comprising two locations, the Alte (Old) Staatsgalerie and the Neue (New) Staatsgalerie. The Alte Staatsgalerie houses a collection of European art—namely, German Renaissance paintings, Italian paintings from 1300 to 1800, prints, drawings, and

Stasi, secret police agency of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany). The Stasi was one of the most hated and feared institutions of the East German communist government. The Stasi developed out of the internal security and police apparatus established in the Soviet zone of occupation in

Bernard Haitink: …principal guest conductor of the Staatskapelle Dresden, and in 2006–10 he led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra as principal conductor. Haitink’s many recordings included cycles of the symphonies of Mahler, Bruckner, and Beethoven and the tone poems of Liszt. He retired in 2019, after having conducted his final concert at the…

Vienna State Opera, theatre in Vienna, Austria, that is one of the world’s leading opera houses, known especially for performances of works by Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Richard Strauss. The original theatre, located on the Ringstrasse, was built in 1869 to house the expanded

World War I: The Armistice: …“stab in the back” (Dolchstoss im Rücken). This legend’s theme was that the German Army was “undefeated in the field” (unbesiegt im Felde) and had been “stabbed in the back”—i.e., had been denied support at the crucial moment by a weary and defeatist civilian population and their leaders. This…

Sir Lennox Berkeley: …it religious, such as the Stabat Mater (1947), written for Britten’s English Opera Group. He wrote pieces for specific performers, such as guitarist Julian Bream and oboist Janet Craxton. He composed several operas, including Nelson (1954) and Ruth (1956). Some of his later works, including Sonatina (1962) and his Symphony…

Antonín Dvořák: Life: …to him, although only the Stabat Mater (1877) and Te Deum (1892) continue to hold a position among the finer works of their kind. In 1890 he enjoyed a personal triumph in Moscow, where two concerts were arranged for him by his friend Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. The following year he…

Jacopone Da Todi: …author of the Latin poem Stabat mater dolorosa.

Debbie Stabenow is an American politician who was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate in 2000 and began representing Michigan the following year; she was the first woman to serve the state in that legislative body. Stabenow previously was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives

Stabiae, ancient town of Campania, Italy, on the coast at the eastern end of the Bay of Naples. It was destroyed by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in ad 79. The modern city on the site is Castellammare di Stabia. Stabiae is part of the collective Torre Annunziata World Heritage site, designated by

Western architecture: Stylistic development: The Stabian Baths at Pompeii, built perhaps as early as 120 bce, were already composed of vaulted spaces, though quite compactly and with little of the later freedom and spaciousness. In some buildings—such as the Carcer and Tullianum (prisonlike structures of about 100 bce or earlier)…

airplane: Elevator, aileron, and rudder controls: …single control surface called the stabilator, which moves as an entity to control inputs.

stabile, type of stationary abstract sculpture, developed by the 20th-century American artist Alexander Calder and usually characterized by simple forms executed in sheet metal; the term, coined in reference to Calder’s work by Jean Arp in 1931 (compare mobile), was later applied to similar works

Kosovo: Self-declared independence: …to begin negotiations for a Stabilisation and Association Agreement—a critical step toward accession to the EU. In April 2013 Kosovo and Serbia reached a milestone agreement that granted a degree of autonomy to ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo in exchange for de facto recognition of Kosovo’s authority in the region.…

mechanics: Statics: …statics is to study the stability of structures, such as edifices and bridges. In these cases, gravity applies a force to each component of the structure as well as to any bodies the structure may need to support. The force of gravity acts on each bit of mass of which…

stability, in mathematics, condition in which a slight disturbance in a system does not produce too disrupting an effect on that system. In terms of the solution of a differential equation, a function f(x) is said to be stable if any other solution of the equation that starts out sufficiently close

isotope: Nuclear stability: Isotopes are said to be stable if, when left alone, they show no perceptible tendency to change spontaneously. Under the proper conditions, however, say in a nuclear reactor or particle accelerator or in the interior of a star, even stable isotopes may be transformed,…

hydrocarbon: Aromatic hydrocarbons: …properties, especially that of special stability, and eventually aromaticity came to be defined in terms of stability alone. The modern definition states that a compound is aromatic if it is significantly more stable than would be predicted on the basis of the most stable Lewis structural formula written for it.…

motivation: Attribution theory: …falling along three dimensions: locus, stability, and controllability. Locus refers to the location, internal or external, of the perceived cause of a success or failure. Ability and effort, for example, are seen as internal dispositions of a person, while task difficulty and luck are situational factors external to the person.…

mechanics: Simple harmonic oscillations: …point, a brief discussion of stability is useful.

The crypto facilitators.A stablecoin is a cryptocurrency that aims to maintain price stability by pegging its monetary value to a given fiat currency, typically on a one-to-one basis. What this means is that a stablecoin pegged to, say, the U.S. dollar on a one-to-one basis should always be equal

phase diagram, graph showing the limiting conditions for solid, liquid, and gaseous phases of a single substance or of a mixture of substances while undergoing changes in pressure and temperature or in some other combination of variables, such as solubility and temperature. The Figure shows a

economic stabilizer, any of the institutions and practices in an economy that serve to reduce fluctuations in the business cycle through offsetting effects on the amounts of income available for spending (disposable income). The most important automatic stabilizers include unemployment compensation

tank: Fire control: …of tanks were fitted with stabilized gun controls to enable them to fire more accurately on the move (i.e., to keep their gun barrels at a constant angle of elevation even while the tank was riding over bumps or depressions). At first some tanks, such as the T-54, had their…

Kosovo: Self-declared independence: …to begin negotiations for a Stabilisation and Association Agreement—a critical step toward accession to the EU. In April 2013 Kosovo and Serbia reached a milestone agreement that granted a degree of autonomy to ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo in exchange for de facto recognition of Kosovo’s authority in the region.…

Spain: Franco’s Spain, 1939–75: …forced Franco to implement a stabilization plan in 1959, which provided a fierce dose of orthodox finance. Economic nationalism, protectionism, and the state intervention characteristic of autarky were abandoned in favour of a market economy and the opening of Spain to international trade and much-needed foreign investment. The stabilization plan…

wastewater treatment: Oxidation pond: Oxidation ponds, also called lagoons or stabilization ponds, are large, shallow ponds designed to treat wastewater through the interaction of sunlight, bacteria, and algae. Algae grow using energy from the sun and carbon dioxide and inorganic compounds released by bacteria in water. During…

technology of photography: Stabilization processing: Certain rapid-processing papers incorporate developing agents in their emulsions and are processed on a roller processor. This processor runs the paper through an activating bath for instant development and then through a stabilizing bath, followed by a pair of squeegeeing rollers from which…

road: Pavement: …base course, it can be “stabilized” with relatively small quantities of lime, portland cement, pozzolana, or bitumen. The strength and stiffness of the mix are increased by the surface reactivity of the additive, which also reduces the material’s permeability and hence its susceptibility to water. Special machines distribute the stabilizer…

tank: Fire control: …of tanks were fitted with stabilized gun controls to enable them to fire more accurately on the move (i.e., to keep their gun barrels at a constant angle of elevation even while the tank was riding over bumps or depressions). At first some tanks, such as the T-54, had their…

emulsifier: Emulsifiers are closely related to stabilizers, which are substances that maintain the emulsified state. The consistency of food products may also be improved by the addition of thickeners, used to add body to sauces and other liquids, and texturizers. These various additives serve a dual purpose: they make food more…

economic stabilizer, any of the institutions and practices in an economy that serve to reduce fluctuations in the business cycle through offsetting effects on the amounts of income available for spending (disposable income). The most important automatic stabilizers include unemployment compensation

evolution: Stabilizing selection: Natural selection can be studied by analyzing its effects on changing gene frequencies, but it can also be explored by examining its effects on the observable characteristics—or phenotypes—of individuals in a population. Distribution scales of phenotypic traits such as height, weight, number of…

Hudson Maxim: …a new smokeless powder, called stabillite because of its high stability, and motorite, a self-combustive substance to propel torpedoes.

Lloyd Shapley: …be paired off until a stable arrangement has been reached where no pair of mates would prefer another match. Roth and others later applied the Gale-Shapley algorithm to such diverse problems as matching new doctors with hospitals and prospective students with high schools. In 1974 Shapley and American economist Herbert…

human disease: Repair and regeneration: …multiply throughout life, (2) the stable cells, which do not multiply continuously but can do so when necessary, and (3) the permanent cells, incapable of multiplication in the adult—only the permanent cells are incapable of regeneration. These are the brain cells and the cells of the skeletal and heart muscles.

climax, in ecology, the final stage of biotic succession attainable by a plant community in an area under the environmental conditions present at a particular time. For example, cleared forests in the eastern United States progress from fields to old fields with colonizing trees and shrubs to

equilibrium: …equilibrium is said to be stable if small, externally induced displacements from that state produce forces that tend to oppose the displacement and return the body or particle to the equilibrium state. Examples include a weight suspended by a spring or a brick lying on a level surface. An equilibrium…

stable fly, (Stomoxys calcitrans), a species of vicious bloodsucking fly in the family Muscidae (sometimes placed in the family Stomoxyidae) in the fly order, Diptera. Stable flies are usually found in open sunny areas, although they may enter a house during bad weather. Often known as biting

isotope: Nuclear stability: …interior of a star, even stable isotopes may be transformed, one into another. The ease or difficulty with which these nuclear transformations occur varies considerably and reflects differing degrees of stability in the isotopes. Accordingly, it is important and useful to measure stability in more quantitative terms.

transfection: …other cases, transfection may be stable, resulting in the integration of the nucleic acid into the cellular genome (its full complement of genes). This approach allows the effects of the nucleic acid to be investigated over a long period of time.

Old Roman chant: …again raised in 1950 by Bruno Stäblein, a German musicologist, who held that the Old Roman tradition was sung at the time of Pope Gregory the Great (reigned 590–604) and was therefore the authentic Gregorian chant, whereas the so-called Gregorian body of song dated from the second half of the…

Sam Wood: Films with the Marx Brothers: The horse-racing drama Stablemates (1938) featured Rooney as a jockey and Wallace Beery as an alcoholic veterinarian.

Georgetown, capital city of Guyana. The country’s chief port, Georgetown lies on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Demerara River. Although founded as a settlement by the British in 1781 and named for George III, the town had been largely rebuilt by the French by 1784. Known during the Dutch

art conservation and restoration: Wall paintings: Less intrusive is the stacco method; a thicker layer of plaster is retained along with the fresco and is smoothed flat on its back surface before the composite rigid layer is mounted to a prepared support. Lastly, in the procedure called stacco a massello, the least intrusive to the…

art conservation and restoration: Wall paintings: Lastly, in the procedure called stacco a massello, the least intrusive to the fresco but more challenging transfer procedure due to mass and weight, the wall painting is removed with its entire original substrate. This feat requires bracing the wall with counter-forms to avoid damages due to torque, vibration, and…

W. T. Stace was an English-born philosopher who sought to reconcile naturalism with religious experience. His utilitarian theories, though empiricist in nature, acknowledged the necessity of incorporating mystical and spiritual interpretations. Educated at Bath College and Fettes College,

W. T. Stace was an English-born philosopher who sought to reconcile naturalism with religious experience. His utilitarian theories, though empiricist in nature, acknowledged the necessity of incorporating mystical and spiritual interpretations. Educated at Bath College and Fettes College,

gravity: The inverse square law: Frank D. Stacey and his colleagues in Australia made such measurements at the top and bottom of deep mine shafts and claimed that there may be a real difference between their value of G and the best value from laboratory experiments. The difficulties lie in…

Stakhanov, city, eastern Ukraine. It is situated in the northern part of the Donets Basin. The city developed in the 19th century as a coal-mining settlement. From 1935 to 1943, it was known as Sergo. Stakhanov was one of the major coal-mining towns of the Donets Basin, though it declined in

Sergei Eisenstein: Thus, in Strike, which recounts the repression of a strike by the soldiers of the tsar, Eisenstein juxtaposed shots of workers being mowed down by machine guns with shots of cattle being butchered in a slaughterhouse. The effect was striking, but the objective reality was falsified.

human nutrition: Other sugars and starch: , raffinose and stachyose), which contains three to 10 saccharide units; these compounds, which are found in beans and other legumes and cannot be digested well by humans, account for the gas-producing effects of these foods. Larger and more complex storage forms of carbohydrate are the polysaccharides, which…

Lamiaceae: Major genera and species: …the genus Stachys, or the woundworts generally, had supposed value as folk remedies. Self-heal, or heal-all (Prunella vulgaris), provided another important source of herbal medicine. The 40 to 50 species of the genus Lamium are known as dead nettles; they are low weedy plants that are sometimes cultivated as medicinal…

lamb’s ears, (Stachys byzantina), perennial herb of the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to parts of the Middle East. Lamb’s ears are commonly grown as ornamentals for their attractive fuzzy leaves, which are reminiscent of the soft ears of young lambs. The plants commonly reach about 60 cm (24

Lamiaceae: Major genera and species: Betony (Stachys officinalis) was once regarded as a cure-all, and other plants of the genus Stachys, or the woundworts generally, had supposed value as folk remedies. Self-heal, or heal-all (Prunella vulgaris), provided another important source of herbal medicine. The 40 to 50 species of the…

lamb’s ears, (Stachys byzantina), perennial herb of the mint family (Lamiaceae), native to parts of the Middle East. Lamb’s ears are commonly grown as ornamentals for their attractive fuzzy leaves, which are reminiscent of the soft ears of young lambs. The plants commonly reach about 60 cm (24

Crossosomatales: …of a single genus (Stachyurus) of five species that grow from the Himalayas to Japan. The evergreen or deciduous trees have inflorescences that resemble poplars and aspens, for which reason they were previously placed near the family Salicaceae. Some members of Stachyurus are grown as ornamentals and flower well…

traffic control: Traffic elements: Traditional approach control using stacks (see below) placed a heavy burden on the airport traffic controllers to monitor many planes in the air. After the 1981 air traffic controller strike in the United States and the subsequent dismissal of approximately 10,000 controllers, the Federal Aviation Administration instituted a policy…

blast furnace: …between the hearth and the stack; a vertical shaft (the stack) that extends from the bosh to the top of the furnace; and the furnace top, which contains a mechanism for charging the furnace. The furnace charge, or burden, of iron-bearing materials (e.g., iron ore pellets and sinter), coke, and…

history of photography: Photojournalism: …her husband, Otto Hagel; and Peter Stackpole, whose photographs of the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco attracted much attention. The concept of Life from the start, according to its founder, Henry Luce, was to replace haphazard picture taking and editing with the “mind-guided camera.” Photographers were briefed for their…

Stacks of Wheat (Sunset, Snow Effect), one of a series of paintings that French artist Claude Monet created between 1890 and 1891 depicting heaps of grain behind his house in Giverny, France. Comprising 25 canvases, the series as a whole tracks the effect that light, both in various seasons and

Glen Ellyn, village, DuPage county, northeastern Illinois, U.S. It is a suburb of Chicago, lying 23 miles (37 km) west of downtown. Glen Ellyn’s phases of development were marked by seven name changes: Babcock’s Grove (1833), for the first settlers, Ralph and Morgan Babcock; DuPage Center (1834);

Trenton, city and capital of New Jersey, U.S., seat (1837) of Mercer county, and industrial metropolis at the head of navigation on the Delaware River. It lies 28 miles (45 km) northeast of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and about 55 miles (89 km) southwest of New York City. The original settlement

ancient Olympic Games: Events: The race, known as the stade, was about 192 meters (210 yards) long. The word stade also came to refer to the track on which the race was held and is the origin of the modern English word stadium. In 724 bce a two-length race, the diaulos, roughly similar to…

Stade, city, Lower Saxony Land (state), northwestern Germany. It lies along the Schwinge River, 3 miles (5 km) from its junction with the Elbe River, below Hamburg. The traditional seat of district administration and once the leading port of the lower Elbe, it was chartered in the 12th century and

stadium: …Greek unit of measurement, the stade, the distance covered in the original Greek footraces (about 600 feet [180 metres]). The course for the footrace in the ancient Olympic Games at Olympia was exactly a stade in length, and the word for the unit of measurement became transferred first to the…

Paris attacks of 2015: The November 13 attacks: …his attempt to enter the Stade de France in the northern suburb of Saint-Denis. Inside the stadium, Hollande was among the 80,000 people watching an association football (soccer) match between the French and German national teams. When security officers at one of the stadium’s main entrances detected the attacker’s bomb…

French Open: …moved in 1928 to the Stade Roland-Garros, which contains clay courts. The French Open is generally held in late May–early June.