The conquest marked the end of the Byzantine empire in 1961 the Duke of Edinburgh became the first member of the royal family to give a TV interview. In 1453 the city of Constantinople was captured by the Ottoman army of Sultan Mehmed II, and renamed Istanbul. Sanctions were imposed on both countries. The action was in response to tests by India. He served 14 months in prison in 1998 Pakistan conducted five underground nuclear tests in the Baluchistan region. He had wanted to build an “imaginary bridge” of peace between nations. Able died a few days later as a result of a medical procedure Baker died on Novemin 1987 Mathias Rust, an 18-year-old West German, flew a light aircraft undetected from Helsinki, Finland, and landed near Red Square in Moscow. They travelled 300 miles up and 1,500 miles over the Atlantic missile range from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The winner of the first race recorded an average speed of 38.21 mph in 1951 the Exhibition of Industrial Power was formally opened by Princess Elizabeth at the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, part of the Festival of Britain in 1959 two monkeys, Able and Baker, were recovered unharmed after Nasa launched them into space in the nose cone of a Jupiter intermediate-range ballistic missile. As of 2013, Americans are divided – a majority (60 percent) believes homosexuality should be accepted, while 33 percent disagree.In 1907 the International Auto-Cycle Tourist Trophy took place, now known as the Isle of Man TT race. Opinion about the acceptability of homosexuality is divided in Israel, Poland and Bolivia". The Pew Research Center's 2013 Global Attitudes Survey found that there is "greater acceptance in more secular and affluent countries", with "publics in 39 countries broad acceptance of homosexuality in North America, the European Union, and much of Latin America, but equally widespread rejection in predominantly Muslim nations and in Africa, as well as in parts of Asia and in Russia. The high prevalence of people from the West on this list may be due to societal attitudes towards homosexuality. See homosexuality and bisexuality for criteria that have traditionally denoted lesbian, gay and bisexual ( LGB) people. Some prefer to simply follow an individual's self-definition or identity. However, most definitions include a psychological component (such as the direction of an individual's erotic desire) and/or a behavioural component (which focuses on the sex of the individual's sexual partner/s). Indeed, several studies have found that much of the research about sexual orientation has failed to define the term at all, making it difficult to reconcile the results of different studies. A number of different classification schemes have been used to describe sexual orientation since the mid-19th century, and scholars have often defined the term "sexual orientation" in divergent ways. The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time for example the word "gay" wasn't used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century. Famous people who are simply rumored to be gay, lesbian or bisexual, are not listed. This is a partial list of confirmed famous people who were or are gay, lesbian or bisexual. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.