Today is the first day of winter!
Today is the first day of winter! View at https://tinyurl.com/vvxuh99a #PosterArt #VintagePoster #VintagePosters #vintage #art #posterconnection #originalposter #vintagefinds
History: Titanic movie opens in 1997
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: Last eruption of Mount Fuji in 1707
History: Last eruption of Mount Fuji in 1707 In 1707, the highest volcano in Japan erupted for the last time in what is known as the Hōei Eruption. The eruption lasted for 17 days. View at https://bit.ly/3wk9vij #MtFuji #PosterArt #VintagePoster…
Today: Ottomar Anton born in 1895
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 Today: Edward McKnight Kauffer born in 1890
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!
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…
History Today: Apple goes public in 1980
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
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
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…
History: David Klein died in 2005
History: David Klein died in 2005 David Klein was an American artist who is perhaps best known for the iconic travel images he created for Trans World Airlines (TWA) during the 1950s and 1960s. Klein studied art in Los Angeles…