Today in History: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York in 1885 131 years ago today, the dismantled Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor after being shipped across the Atlantic Ocean from France in 350 individual…
Today in History: The Pen On June 10, 1943, Hungarian-born László Biró received the first patent for the pen. Biró was a journalist who was frustrated with the use of the fountain pen: it took too much time to refill…
Today on History: Persil - A small revolution in the laundry world Around 1900, housewives would not dare dream of such laundry magic. Washing clothes was not only hard work. The process of soaking, cooking, rubbing the laundry on the…
Today in History: London’s Big Ben starts taking time Big Ben is the nickname commonly used to describe the famous Elizabeth Tower (Clock Tower prior to 2012), the Great Clock and the Great Bell of Westminster Palace in London. But…
Today in History: First Summit Ascent of Mount Everest in 1953 63 years ago today, at 11:30 a.m., Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali Sherpa mountaineer become the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount…
Today in History: Golden Gate Bridge opens in 1937 79 years ago today, on the opening day of the Golden Gate Bridge, some 200,000 pedestrians appeared to cross the bay between San Francisco and Marin County. A day later, the…
Today in History: Sale of #Manhattan in 1626 390 years ago today, Peter Minuit, a Dutch colonist, acquired Manhattan from unnamed Native American people in exchange for trade goods worth 60 Dutch guilders (approx.. $1100 today, accounting for inflation). With…
Today in History: Bob Dylan born in 1941 Happy Birthday! The American music icon is celebrating his 75th birthday today. #BobDylan #Dylan #Vintage #Poster #VintagePosters #VintagePoster https://goo.gl/YC5rQA https://goo.gl/GXcrV8
Today in History: Julius Klinger born in 1876 140 years ago today, the Austrian poster artist, painter and type designer was born near Vienna. Klinger initially worked as a magazine illustrator in Vienna, Munich and Berlin. He produced numerous posters…