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National Fine Arts

Marriage of Figaro premiered

May 1, 1786: Le nozze di Figaro, ossta la folle giornata premieres in Vienna, Austria. The work is known in English as The Marriage of Figaro or...
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Venus de Milo found

April 8, 1820: A French ensign goes hunting for treasure. The French schooner, Estafette, was sailing in the Aegean Sea. Olivier Voutier, 23, was...
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Opera: the popular music of the past

February 24, 1607: L'Orfeo by Claudio Monteverdi premieres. The production was also called La Favola d'Orfeo or The Legend of Orpheus and...
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The Bollingen Prize first awarded

February 19, 1949: The Bollingen Prize is first bestowed. It was awarded yearly for the first 15 years and is now given out every two years. The...
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Wilson Bentley, snowflake man

January 15, 1885: Wilson Bentley photographs his first snowflake. He was 19-years-old at the time. Born in Jericho, Vermont, he was surrounded by...
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On This Day: Beethoven was born

December 16, 1770: Ludwig van Beethoven is born in Bonn, then part of Cologne and now Germany. His father was a tenor serving in the Electoral...
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On This Day: Biblioteca Ambrosiana, first continental European library

December 8, 1609: The first public library on continental Europe and the second in the world, opens its reading rooms. Biblioteca Ambrosiana,...
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On This Day: Bolero was first performed

November 22, 1928: Boléro by Maurice Ravel is first performed. Dancer Ida Rubinstein asked Ravel to orchestrate some music for her using...
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On This Day: The first gangster film

October 31, 1912: The Musketeers of Pig Alley is released. The movie is credited with being the first gangster film. It is 17 minutes long and...
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On This Day: Statue of Liberty was dedicated

October 28, 1886: President Grover Cleveland holds a dedication ceremony. In the struggle for autonomy, colonial America needed an ally. She found...
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