Announcement of Daguerrotype Photography (1839)
As a photographer this day is a very special to me. Without this day there would have been no photography. On the 9th of January 1839 the French Academy of…
Sesame Street First Broadcast on German TV (1973)
Sesame Street is one of the most successful television series for preschool children. The half-hour episodes consist of six to ten shorter, mostly thematically independent segments that interrupt a coherent…
Happy Birthday Elvis (1935)
Happy 90th Birthday to the King of Rock and Roll: Elvis Presley. Born on the 8th of January 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi, he became the most influential musician of all…
Happy Birthday Nicolas Cage (1964)
Nicolas Coppola (born January 7, 1964), known as Nicolas Cage, is an American actor and film producer. He is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Golden Globe…
🇮🇹 Festa del Tricolore (7th January) 🇮🇹
Today we celebrate the „Festa del Tricolore“, Italy’s flag or tricolour day. What way to celebrate this great nation with a Hot Wheels car dedicated to the country of Italy……
Happy Birthday Heinrich Nordhoff (1899)
Today we celebrate Heinrich Nordhoff’s 127th Birthday. Born on the 6th of January 1899 in Hildesheim, Germany, he built up the Volkswagen company after the 2nd World War and was…
Ford Motor Co. introduces 8h shifts and Minimum wage (5$/h + benefits) (1914)
oday we celebrate the Ford Motor Company again, that was the first company to introduce the 8h working day and minimum wage. 111 years ago, a Ford employee would work…
Happy Birthday Jim Downing (1942)
Today we celebrate the US racing driver Jim Downing’s Birthday. Born on the 4th of January 1942 in Atlanta, Georgia, Jim Downing drove for VW, Ford, Toyota, Renault, and Mazda.…
Happy Name Day Daniela (03/01)
Every person’s name has a corresponding name day. As a car and movie fan, I have taken the 2000 movie Gone in 60 seconds, starring Nicolas Cage an inspiration. In…
Happy Birthday Michael Schumacher (1969)
Today we celebrate the multiple German Formula One World Champion Michael Schumacher’s 57th Birthday. What way to celebrate this great racing driver and to wish him all the best, with…
Happy Birthday Isaac Asimov (1920)
Isaac Asimov (January 2, 1920 – April 6, 1992) was an American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University. During his lifetime, Asimov was considered one of the “Big Three” science fiction writers, along with Robert A.…
US National Science Fiction Day
Today we celebrate the US’ „National Science Fiction Day”. What way to celebrate this great nation’s great day with a famous TV Spaceship – the USS Enterprise NX01 … If…
Renamed Air Canada commences flights (1965)
Air Canada is the flag carrier and the largest airline of Canada, by size and passengers carried. Air Canada is headquartered in the borough of Saint-Laurent in the city of Montreal. The airline, founded in 1937, provides scheduled and…
Tanzania’s National Tree Planting Day
Today we celebrate Tanzania’s National Tree Planting Day. In what way but with a beautiful photo of a tree… If you like this photo you can purchase it at PictRS:…