History: Herbert Leupin born On this day in 1919, Swiss poster and advertising designer Herbert Leupin was born in Beinwil am See. Leupin studied in Basel (1932-1935) and Paris (1936-1937) before opening his own graphic design studio in 1939. He…
History: Titanic movie opens in 1997 On this day in 1997, the movie "Titanic," one of the highest-grossing movies of all time, opened in American theaters. The movie was about the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912 starring Kate…
History: Nutcracker premiered in St. Petersburg in 1892 On this day in 1892, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker" premiered at the Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Although the original production was not a success, the 20-minute suite that Tchaikovsky extracted…
History: Ottomar Anton born in 1895 On this day in 1895, German painter and graphic designer Ottomar Carl Joseph Anton was born in Hamburg. Anton is well known for his commercial travel art from the 1920s and 1930s when he…
History: Edward McKnight Kauffer born in 1890 On this day in 1890, Edward McKnight Kauffer, one of Britain’s most influential poster artists and graphic designers between the wars, was born in Great Falls, Montana. Kauffer began his professional life as…
Today is Monkey Day! Quit monkeying around and take a moment to participate in this celebration of all things simian. Did you know that there are three distinct types of simian primates? Familiar species like baboons and macaques are classified…
Today is National Violin Day National Violin Day is celebrated annually on December 13th. The violin, sometimes informally called a fiddle, is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of…
History: Apple goes public in 1980 On this day in 1980, Apple makes its initial public offering at $22 per share. 38 years later, it would become the first US company valued at over $1 trillion. View at https://tinyurl.com/5n8vr4p6 #Apple…
History: Kyoto Protocol adopted in 1997 The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement linked to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, which commits its parties by setting internationally binding emission reduction targets - in essence, the closest thing…
Today is International Animal Rights Day Every year International Animal Rights Day is celebrated on December 10. This observance coincides with the anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which was declared in 1948, and this has been made…