The right dose of DOS (1983)

360.org - Monday, 8 March 2021 - On the 8th of March in 1983, the International Business Machines Corporation, IBM for short, launched a new version of their computer; PC DOS 2.x. Its predecessor was all set for an upgrade and the company moved forward. They enhanced their machinery and the operating system, making the DOS 2 twice as big as DOS 1, but many times as successful. Read More >>

How painting lines can put you on the Nazi blacklist (1872)

360.org - Sunday, 7 March 2021 - Today we could congratulate Pieter �Piet� Mondrian with his birthday, had he been alive. He was born in 1872 in Amersfoort, the Netherlands. Piet was a famous artist, who�s most notable works might be paintings with just straight lines and boxes. These boxes would be filed in with a colour. However, these are not the only types of paintings Mondrian made. Read More >>

Don�t do drugs, but this one is quite okay (1899)

360.org - Saturday, 6 March 2021 - Nowadays you can always get an aspirin whenever you need one. They help reduce fevers and pain. But the drug wasn�t always around in the way we know it. On this day in the year 1899 the famous drug got patented. However, the drug has always been available in some shape or form. The main ingredient in aspirin is salicylic acid, this is extracted from a willow tree. Hippocrates used salicylic tea to reduce fevers, in the year 400 BC. Hippocrates certainly wasn�t the first to use salicylic plants to treat the sick. The Egyptians were using willow and myrtle thousand years before him. Read More >>

You use them everyday without thinking about it

Everyone uses them on a daily basis, probably without even thinking about it. Batteries! from your phone to you remote control, it�s everywhere. Alessandro Volta, invented them many years ago, but sadly died on this day, in the year 1827. Before Volta debunked the theory, people used to think electricity could only be generated by living things. Volta proved this could also be done chemically. This probably doesn�t need saying, but the electrical unit �volt� was created to honour him. Read More >>

The first air ship travels the skies

The very first zeppelin went up in the air on this day, in the year 1936. The air ship carried 87 passengers. On the balloon 5 Olympic rings where displayed to promote the summer games of 1936. The ship was called �Hindenburg�, named after the, at the time of construction, German president. Read More >>

The Adventures of Tintin

Many will know this adventurous reporter for his typical orange-hued hairstyle, others for the little white dog that stood bravely by his side or for his ever-swearing friend Captain Haddock; The Adventures of Tintin made quite the impression on our world. On Thursday, the 3rd of March in 1983, Tintin's Belgian creator Georges Prosper Remi Remi passed away. Read More >>

Viva la Vida

Today, on the 2nd of March in 1977, singer Chris Martin was born in Exeter. He would become the frontman of the highly acclaimed band Coldplay, which has its headquarters in an old bakery they bought in London. The young singer co-founded the band with three college friends Jon, Will and Guy, who could either play an instrument already or started to learn it for the sake of their band. In the shaping years of the band, it had momentarily been called 'Starfish' before they settled for Coldplay. Read More >>

''Music has no fatherland''

Over two hundred years ago a little boy was born in ?elazowa Wola, Poland. His parents were both talented musicians, but that doesn't necessarily mean their offspring will inherit these skills. In Chopin's case it did. Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin would have the world at his feet in just a couple of years, listening in awe as his talent for playing the piano surpassed so many other prodigies. But what would become of this musically inclined mastermind? Read More >>

1940: A racing legend raised in a refugee camp

1892: The designer of the Louis Vuitton bags died on this day

1932: Today we commemorate Johnny Cash

1841: Pierre Renoir, a struggling artist who found his place

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1965: Do you remember Stan Laurel?

1987: Who was Andy Warhol?

1965: Malcolm X�s life in a nutshell

1967: Kurt Cobain�s birthday

1473: Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born on this day

1954: Let�s boogie on the birthday of John Travolta

1963: Happy birthday Michael Jordan!