Opening of the Moulin Rouge (1889)
Moulin Rouge (lit. ’Red Mill‘) is a cabaret in Paris, on the Boulevard de Clichy, at Place Blanche, the intersection and end of Rue Blanche. In 1889, the Moulin Rouge was…
Happy Birthday Keanu Reeves (1964)
Keanu Reeves (born September 2, 1964) is a Canadian actor and musician. The recipient of numerous accolades in a career on screen spanning four decades, he is known for his…
NEC is founded (1899)
NEC Corporation is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial…
Microsoft is Founded (1975)
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975 the company became highly influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows,…
The Eiffel Tower is Opened to the Public
The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris, France. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel, whose company designed and built the…
Happy Birthday Kim Stanley Robinson (1952)
Kim Stanley Robinson (born March 23, 1952, in Waukegan, Illinois) is an American science fiction writer best known for his Mars trilogy. Many of his novels and stories have ecological,…
Happy Birthday Karl Friedrich Schinkel (1781)
Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the…