History: Lincoln is shot in 1865 On this day in 1865, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot. The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, wanted to revive the Confederate cause, mere days after their surrender to the Union Army, bringing the American…
History: 1st nonstop flight from Europe to North America in 1928 German pilot Hermann Köhl, Irish aviator James Fitzmaurice and Baron Ehrenfried Günther Freiherr von Hünefeld, the expedition’s financier, completed the first Europe to North America transatlantic flight, taking off…
History: Euro Disneyland opens in 1992 On this day in 1992, the happiest place on earth opened its doors on the European continent in Marne-la-Vallée, near Paris, France. Attracting some 10 million visitors each year, Disneyland Paris (as it is…
History: Cigarette Tax in USA In 1921, Iowa becomes the first state to impose a cigarette tax in the United States; in 1969, North Carolina was the last state to enact a cigarette excise tax. Here is another wonderful poster…
Today is National Golf (Lover's) Day! Some avid golfers might suggest any and every day is Golfer's Day. But on this day, it's official. Golfer's Day is an opportunity to be thankful that someone invented this addicting, yet relaxing hobby.…
History: Victor Vasarely born in 1908 The Hungarian-French artist Victor Vasarely (born: Gyözö Vásárhelyi ) was born in Pecs, Hungary, in 1908, Vasarely began his artistic training in Budapest in the late 1920s. In 1928, he studied the concepts of…
History: Leonetto Cappiello born in 1875 On this day in 1875, painter and poster artist Leonetto Cappiello was born in Livorno, Italy. Leonetto Cappiello started his career as a caricaturist before dedicating himself to poster art. Sometimes called the "father…
Today is National Zoo Lovers Day Each year on April 8, National Zoo Lovers Day is observed. This would be a perfect day to visit a zoo and be one of the millions of people who visit them each year.…
Today is National Beer Day National Beer Day is observed annually on April 7th. The world’s oldest beverage might date back as far as 9500 BC when cereal was first farmed, so recorded in the written history of ancient Iraq…
History: The first modern Olympics open in Athens in 1896 On this day in 1896, 241 athletes from 14 countries took part in the first modern Olympiad in Athens, Greece. The event took place over 1500 years after the last…