1) The word "bank" comes from the Italian word "banco," which means bench. In medieval Italy, bankers conducted their business on benches in the marketplace.

2) The first modern Olympic marathon race was held at the 1896 Olympics in Athens and has since become one of the most iconic and challenging events in athletics.

3) The Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 brought the United States and the Soviet Union to the brink of nuclear war during the Cold War.

4) The development of the microprocessor by Intel in 1971 paved the way for the modern computer and led to the exponential growth of computing power.