The Japanese invasion and subsequent occupation in 1942–45 during WWII ended Dutch rule, and encouraged the previously suppressed Indonesian independence movement. Dutch invade Indonesia and form the Dutch East India Company which is more commonly known as the VOC. Under the VOC the Dutch were able to establish trading and…
“Return to normalcy” was a campaign slogan used by Warren G. HardingWarren G. HardingWarren Gamaliel Harding (November 2, 1865 – August 2, 1923) was the 29th president of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death in 1923. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of the…
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John Stevens is considered to be the father of American railroads. In 1826 Stevens demonstrated the feasibility of steam locomotion on a circular experimental track constructed on his estate in Hoboken, New Jersey, three years before George Stephenson perfected a practical steam locomotive in England. The concept of constructing a…
“That was 45 years ago.” Steve Silver created Beach Blanket Babylon in 1974. Upon his death in 1996, he left the show to his wife, Jo Schuman Silver, who continues to introduce new characters and costumes based on his original drawings. Steve Silver’s Beach Blanket Babylon is the world’s longest-running…
The Sauna was invented by the Finns over 2000 years ago. The Saunas were originally designed and used as a form of a bath. The sauna was a place to cleanse the body and was considered a sterile environment. In fact, in Finland, women often gave birth in the sauna!…
John Brown led his sons and other followers to plan the murder of settlers who spoke in favor of slavery. At a pro-slavery settlement at Pottawatomie Creek on the night of May 24, the group seized five pro-slavery men from their homes and hacked them to death with broadswords. Kansas…
CornBread, also known as Darryl McCray is widely considered as the world’s first graffiti writer and artist, living and working in Philadelphia. He started doing graffiti in the 1960s and helped put graffiti art into a contemporary context. The word graffiti is derived from the Greek word graphein which means…
The technique was first used in woodcuts in Italy in the 16th century, probably by the printmaker Ugo da Carpi. To make a chiaroscuro woodcut, the key block was inked with the darkest tone and printed first. Tenebrism is developed by Michelangelo Caravaggio and Chiaroscuro by Roger de Piles. Chiaroscuro…
Chris Scarface Willmore runs a backyard fight club called Streetbeefs to keep violence off the streets. He started Streetbeefs in 2008 after what he calls a “beef” with mutual neighborhood friends over a drug debt. “The concept wasn’t really a concept then,” he explains. “More of a loose idea.” Wilmore…