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  • Stadtpark, Austria's first public

    Stadtpark, Austria’s 1st public park

    Vienna opened Stadtpark, Austria's first public park, August 21, 1862. Designed by Vienna's first city gardener, Rudolph Siebeck, in 1861 using original plans by Joseph Selleny Stadtpark Vienna and Botanic […]

  • Nazik Al-Malaika (1923-2007) portrait

    Iraqi poet Nazik Al-Malaika born Aug 22, 1923

    Nazik Al-Malaika, one of Iraq's great modern poets, was born August 22, 1923 in Baghdad.  Al-Malaika was an anomaly in her society, and her legacy as a poet resulted from […]

  • Irish painter Paul Henry died August 24, 1958

    Irish landscape painter Paul Henry died August 24, 1958 in Bray, Ireland. “Cezanne and Van Gogh saw clearly because they had cast aside all the theories and prejudices of the […]

  • 50th Anniversary of moon landing

    The Great Moon Hoax of 1835

    On August 25, 1835, New York City was shaken by the New York Sun's Great Moon Hoax.  The Sun ran a 6 part satirical series about discoveries on the moon, […]

  • Antonie van Leeuwenhoek profile on Dutch stamp

    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek died Aug. 26 1723

    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, the "Master of Fleas and Father of Microbiology" died August 26, 1723. Antoni van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) naturalist Issued by the Dutch post office in 1937 Designed by […]

  • Cesare Pavese portrait imposed on one of his letters

    Italian writer Cesare Pavese died Aug. 27 1950

    Italian writer, poet, translator, publisher and critic Cesare Pavese committed suicide August 27, 1950.  ... the greatest and most influential Italian intellectuals of the 20th century. Cesare Pavese: life and […]

  • Umberto Giordano portrait superimposed on sheet music

    Umberto Giordano born 1867

    Italian composer Umberto Giordano was born in Foggia, Apulia, Italy on August 28, 1867. Birth Centenary of Umberto Giordano (1867-1948) Issued in 1967 by Italy Today Giordano is remembered for […]

  • Amilcare Ponchielli

    Composer Amilcare Ponchielli was born Aug 31, 1834

    Italian composer Amilcare Ponchielli was born  August 31, 1834 in Paderno Fasolaro, Lombardy–Venetia. Best known for his opera “La Gioconda.”   Amilcare Ponchielli Issued in1986 by Italy Designed and engraved […]