Happy birthday Gordon Gekko! (1944)

360.org - Saturday, 25 September 2021 - Today is a special day for one of Hollywood's greatest. Michael Douglas was born today, in 1944, the American actor, director and producer who won an Academy Award for producing One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest and another one for his role as Gordon Gekko in Oliver Stone's Wall Street. Read More >>

War between chicken and hamburger (1952)

360.org - Friday, 24 September 2021 - Fried chicken and fast food have never been the same since September 25,1952. It�s the day Harland Sanders, known as Colonel Sanders opened his first franchise restaurant in Salt Lake City: Kentucky Fried Chicken. KFC popularized chicken in fast food and challenged the dominance of the hamburger. Read More >>

Unconsciously, Freud will always be in our minds (1939)

360.org - Thursday, 23 September 2021 - He�s long gone, and most of his believes are overhauled by new insights. Nevertheless, Sigmund Freud�s ideas of the unconscious are still known and frequently used. The Austrian founder of psychoanalyses died on September 23, 1939, aged 83. Read More >>

Congratulations Fiddler on the Roof!

One of the longest running musicals on Broadway has its birthday today. September 22, 1964 was the day Fiddler on the Roof was played for the first time on Broadway at the Imperial Theatre. Although critics weren�t all that positive, the play would become a tremendous success. Read More >>

The man who saved millions of lives

Whether you�re used to the British slogan �Click it or ticket� or to the more American version �Buckle up. It�s the law�, everybody knows, seat belts must be worn. Seat belt legislation is relatively new. The three-point safety belt as we know it was invented in 1959 by Niels Ivar Bohlin. He died today in 2002 after suffering a heart attack. Read More >>

Buon compleanno Sophia Loren!

She starred on the big screen next to the greatest actors in history. Today is Sophia Loren�s birthday. She was born in Rome, Italy, as Sofia Villani Scicolone on September 20, 1934. Read More >>

Scrunching or folding?

Toilet paper. It�s one of those things that seem to have existed forever. But that�s not true of course. At least someone must have been the first to sell it. Those credits go to Joseph Gayetty. He introduced the first modern commercially available toilet paper in the United States, September 19, 1857. It was sold in packages of flat sheets and was called Gayetty�s Medicated Paper. It even had a watermark on every sheet with the inventor�s name. Read More >>

First picture of moon and earth

For lots of people it�s still a magical thing. Standing on earth, watching the moon. Some people might even see the man in the moon, or believe there will be werewolves walking around when the moon is full. However, the first picture ever taken with the moon and earth in one frame show no proof of anything paranormal. Voyager 1 captured this image, featuring both Earth and its moon in their entirety, on September 18, 1977. The space probe was �only� 7.25 million miles away. Read More >>

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2008: Once upon a time ... Lehman Brothers

1978: Outside the box

1955: Tutti Frutti, aw Rooty!

2004: And you get a car! And you get a car! And you ...

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2001: Where were you?

1981: A masterpiece coming home

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1664: The city that never sleeps wakes up

1923: The international force of justice

1997: Goodbye England's rose