After ten days in space, one of the most important missions in the race to reach the moon landed in the Atlantic ocean. On this day in 1969, at five o’clock, Apollo 9 splashed down into the North Atlantic Ocean, after 10 days, one hour and 54 seconds of flight. The objective of the mission […]readmore
Until today the world only knew Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) via the oil painting Elias Gottlob Haussmann made of the composer in 1746. Now, a painting long thought to be lost has reappeared in Berlin. This is a pastel painting dating from 1730 when Bach was 45 years old and has been purchased by the […]readmore
Gandhi Begins the Salt March A Campaign of Passive Resistance Against British Colonial Rule in India On this day in 1930 Mohandas K. Gandhi, the «Mahatma», launched a new campaign of civil disobedience against the British colonial authorities in India. The purpose of the campaign at this time was the salt tax, a profitable monopoly in […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI — Secretary of State A. Ralph Mollis has announced that the Visitor Center’s Inaugural event will be held on Friday, March 21, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the Governor’s State Room. «The Visitor Center has been open for several months, but this is the official celebration,» said Mollis. «I am proud to kick […]readmore
Today marks the 10 year anniversary when in 2004 Spain suffered the worst terrorist attack in its history On March 11, 2004, between 07:35 and 07:40 during the morning rush hour, the city of Madrid was rocked by the worst terrorist attack in its history. Ten almost simultaneous explosions occurred on the commuter train lines linking […]readmore
Despite being one of the years in which carnival has fallen carnival later in the calendar , the weather was the main character of the Mardi Gras parades called Fat Tuesday in New Orleans, where the city celebrates the last day before the beginning of Lent. The usual procession of floats and marching bands remained […]readmore
The Sambadrome began Monday in the second and final day of the big parade of samba schools of Rio for Carnival, which paid tribute to former star Zico, legend of ‘ Selecao’, and the 100 day countdown to the World Cup in Brazil . Six schools paraded on Sunday night , spreading samba and fantasy […]readmore
PROVIDENCE, RI – ArtPlace America has announced that the City of Providence’s Department of Art, Culture + Tourism is a finalist in the 2014 grant award competition for the city’s innovative Three Squares: Creative Placemaking at Providence’s Neighborhood-Based Community Transit Hubs submission. Providence is one of 97 finalists among 1,270 applications, and submitted a cooperative proposal with the […]readmore
The flamenco guitarist Paco de Lucía died this morning at age 66 of a heart attack while on a beach in Mexico where he had a house in which he lived year round. Apparently the teacher began to feel ill while playing with one of his grandchildren. The artist died on way to hospital. Born […]readmore
Simón Díaz, a Latin-American Folklore Icon The news saddened the world of folklore. Simón Narciso Díaz Márquez, better known as «Simón Díaz» or «Uncle Simon», died in the early hours of Wednesday, February 19, at the age of 85, after struggling for years against the syndrome of Alzheimer’s disease. It was a sad week, in […]readmore