The history of ticker tape parades (1886)

360.org - Wednesday, 28 October 2020 - Today in 1886 the first spontaneous ticker tape parade was held in New York City. The city celebrated the dedication of the Statue of Liberty. Employees in the offices wanted to take part in the celebrations and threw out their tickertape. Read More >>

E.T. on home video (1988)

360.org - Tuesday, 27 October 2020 - It�s still one of the most quoted film lines ever: �E.T. Phone Home�. The image of E.T., Elliot and his friends on a bike in front of the full moon is also iconic. E.T. was a hit when it got out in the cinemas in 1982 and was still a hit the day it was released as a home video, six years later. Today in 1988 the video got out. By that time, 14 million copies were already presold. Read More >>

A tour through history (1992)

360.org - Monday, 26 October 2020 - It feels like you�re part of a thriller when you set foot on the island in San Francisco Bay; Alcatraz Island. It was once a military fortification, a military prison and a federal prison. Nowadays you can visit the island. Today in 1972 the first guided tour on Alcatraz took place. Read More >>

The giant multinational airliner

The world�s biggest plane, as of October 2017, made its first commercial flight on this day in the year 2007. The plane is called Airbus A380. The first flight held 471 passengers. It safely touched land in Sydney after departing from Singapore 7+ hours before. Read More >>

Concorde makes its last commercial flight

October 24, 2003 supersonic passenger jet airliner Concorde made its last ever commercial flight. Three flights landed at London�s Heathrow Airport, arriving from New York City�s John F. Kennedy International Airport. It is marked as one of the most iconic moments in the history of aviation. Read More >>

Music from your pocket

Imagine a device. A device with a screen that�s 4,2 centimetres wide and 3,3 tall. It can store 5 GB of data and has 10 hours of battery life. It costs 300 US dollars. Oh, and it can only play music. If you combine all of these you will get the first iPod. Released this day in the year 2001. Read More >>

Highway to success

The famous inventor Thomas Alva Edison had to give Henry the necessary conviction and a push in the right direction to make him proceed with the works that he had merely seen as a dream or hobby. But it worked. Today in 1906 a new icon in car history became a fact. Henry Ford started his own car factory. Read More >>

The media queen

Known as the 'queen of social media', Kimberly Kardashian might be one of the most popular celebrities in the media nowadays, especially amongst teenagers. She is a model, socialite and the reality TV star with the highest income in world history. Today Kim celebrates another year on earth. Happy birthday Kim! Read More >>

1965: Beatles receive a gold record for �Yesterday�

1987: Black Monday; stock markets crash around the world

1968: Circus Circus opens in Las Vegas

1931: Al Capone finally convicted

1923: Hello Mickey!

1987: The Great Storm hits France and England

1940: Happy birthday Sir Cliff!

2010: Mining accident Chile comes to an end

1935: And stars were shimmering. Today was Pavarotti�s birthday.

1986: Why the Reykjavik Summit was a success after all

1963: Life in rosy hues. Today the sparrow died

1940: Tell me it�s not true!