Today is International Tiger Day The tiger, the largest of the big cats known for its orange-and-black stripes, has been celebrated on International Tiger Day since 2010. This annual event was launched after a summit revealed that 97% of wild tigers…
History: World War I Begins in 1914On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the…
History: 1st Commercial Jet Test Flight in 1949 On July 27, 1949, the British De Havilland Comet became the world's first jet-propelled airliner to make a test flight in England. This aircraft significantly impacted the airline industry by enabling faster…
History: Ludwig Hohlwein born in 1874On this day in 1874, the famous German poster artist Ludwig Hohlwein was born. Hohlwein was a trained and practicing architect. He moved to Munich in 1906 where he started to focus his talents on…
History: 1st U.S. Railroad Accident The first recorded railroad accident in US history occurred on July 25, 1832, on the Granite Railway in Quincy, Massachusetts. Four individuals invited to observe stone transport were thrown from a vacant car when a…
History: Alphonse Maria Mucha is born in 1860On this day in 1860, the talented Czech Art Nouveau poster artist, illustrator and designer was born. Mucha initially worked as a theatrical scene painter in Vienna before a benefactor discovered his talents…
Woodstock '99: A Music Festival Gone Wrong The Woodstock '99 music festival, held July 23-25, 1999, in Rome, New York, aimed to celebrate the legacy of the original 1969 event, but instead devolved into chaos and violence. Factors like extreme…
History: March of the PenguinsOn this day in 2005, March of the Penguins, a French-made documentary about emperor penguins in Antarctica, opens in theaters across the U.S. March of the Penguins went on to win numerous awards, including an Oscar,…
History: László Moholy-Nagy born in 1895 On this day in 1895, the Hungarian painter, photographer, and influential educator, László Moholy-Nagy, was born. In 1923, Walter Gropius invited Moholy-Nagy to teach at the Bauhaus in Weimar where he was soon placed…
History: "Degenerate Art" On this day in 1937, the infamous Degenerate Art (Entartete Kunst) exhibition opened in Munich, Germany. Organized by Adolf Ziegler and the Nazi Party, the exhibition presented some 650 paintings, sculptures and prints by over 100 (primarily)…