Today we commemorate Johnny Cash (1932)

360.org - Wednesday, 26 February 2020 - The famous singer and songwriter was born on February 26, in 1932. Johnny Cash was the most influential musician of the 20th century and is also known as the Man in Black for his unique style of on-stage costuming. Read More >>

Pierre Renoir, a struggling artist who found his place (1841)

360.org - Tuesday, 25 February 2020 - Many years ago, on this very day, Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born. He was born in the year 1841. Pierre was an artist, he was part of the impressionism movement of the 19th century. One of Renoir�s most notable works might be the �Bal du moulin de la Galette�. Read More >>

The Secret Gay Life of Malcolm Forbes (1990)

360.org - Monday, 24 February 2020 - On this day, 1990, Malcolm Forbes died of a heart attack. Forbes was perhaps best known as the publisher of Forbes magazine. Malcolm lived a luxurious life and was an avid promoter of capitalism. He collected many objects, from homes to aircrafts and art to motorcycles. Read More >>

Do you remember Stan Laurel?

Stan Laurel was part of the famous slapstick comedy duo Laurel and Hardy. With his co-star being Oliver Hardy. Laurel was born on the 16th of June in Ulverston. From his birth on he grew up with theatre, since his parents owned many successful theatres and where a huge force in the industry. Read More >>

Who was Andy Warhol?

Andy Warhol died today, in the year 1987. Warhol was an artist in many ways. He was famous for his art, with probably his most famous painting being the Marilyn Diptych. This was a series of the same pictures of Marilyn Monroe. He made this weeks after the death of Marilyn. Read More >>

Malcolm X�s life in a nutshell

Malcolm X was a human rights activist during the African-American civil rights movement. Malcolm was very charismatic and inspired many African-Americans to rise to action. Malcolm was only 39 years old when he was assassinated, today in the year 1965. Read More >>

Kurt Cobain�s birthday

Today would have been Kurt Donald Cobain�s birthday. Sadly, Kurt was 27 years old when he died. Cobain started the band Nirvana, which lent its name from a Buddhist concept. Kurt described the concept as "freedom from pain, suffering and the external world", which could be considered as ironic, since Cobain later committed suicide. Read More >>

Astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born on this day

On this day in the year 1473, astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was born in Torun, Poland. He is known as the father of modern astronomy since he was the first scientist who proposed that the Earth and other planets revolve around the sun. Read More >>

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

1963: Happy birthday Michael Jordan!

1923: Archaeologist Howard Carter opens the tomb of King Tutankhamen

1564: Famous astronomer and scientist Galilei Galilei was born on this day

1962: A tour through the White House for everybody in the world

1920: Today we can celebrate the neutrality of Switzerland

1809: The inventor of the theory of evolution was born on this day

1929: How the Vatican City became the smallest country in the world

1996: World chess champion Garry Kasparov loses game to computer

2002: The sad story of Princess Margaret

1969: A large ball of fire hits Chihuahua

1940: The day Pinocchio came to life