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30th March 1939: Batman’s debut in Detective Comics #27

  • 30th March 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Art, Cartoon, Comic, Culture, USA

On the 30th March 1939, Batman made his first appearance when Detective Comics #27 went on sale.

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18th March 1990: 13 works of art stolen from Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in the world’s largest ever art theft

  • 18th March 2021
  • Tagged as: America, Art, Boston, Crime, Criminal, Culture, Robbery, Theft, United States

Despite a reward of $10 million, and extensive investigations by the FBI, none of the works have ever been recovered and nobody has ever been arrested for the robbery.

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13th January 1910: First public radio broadcast features a live performance from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York

  • 13th January 2021
  • Tagged as: Art, Culture, De Forest, Music, New York, New York City, Radio, Science, Technology

The broadcast included performances of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci featuring acclaimed Italian tenor Enrico Caruso.

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19th December 1918: Ripley’s ‘Believe it or Not!’ published for the first time in the New York Globe

  • 19th December 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Art, Cartoon, Culture, New York, Sport, United States, USA

It has since been adapted into numerous formats and is still printed in more than 40 countries.

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6th November 1975: Sex Pistols play their first gig

  • 6th November 2020
  • Tagged as: Art, Culture, Music

On the 6th November 1975, the Sex Pistols played their first gig at St. Martin’s College of Art in London.

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4th October 1927: Work begins on the USA’s Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota

  • 4th October 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Art, Culture, George Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, Mount Rushmore, Roosevelt, Sculpture, South Dakota, United States, USA, Washington

Washington’s face was the first to be completed, seven years after work began. In July 1939 Roosevelt was the final likeness to be dedicated.

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19th September 1970: The First Glastonbury Festival takes place in Somerset

  • 19th September 2020
  • Tagged as: Art, Culture, England, Festival, Music

On the 19th September 1970 the first Glastonbury Festival took place at Worthy Farm in Somerset.

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21st August 1911: The Mona Lisa stolen from the Louvre

  • 21st August 2020
  • Tagged as: Art, Crime, Criminal, France, Italy, Theft

Leonardo Da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre on the 21st August 1911.

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16th September 1978: Filming begins on Monty Python’s Life of Brian

  • 16th September 2019
  • Tagged as: Art, Britain, Culture, Film, Religion, Satire

On the 16th September 1978, filming began on Monty Python’s Life of Brian.

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13th September 1501: Michelangelo begins work on his statue of David

  • 13th September 2019
  • Tagged as: Art, Culture, David, Florence, Italy, Michelangelo, Renaissance, Sculpture, Statue

Michelangelo’s David is considered to be one of the greatest examples of Renaissance sculpture.

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