July 5, 1946 – Skimpy two-piece outfits have been around for thousands of years, but today was the day the modern “bikini” made its debut.
A French car engineer named Louis Réard was working in his mother’s lingerie boutique. Fashion designer Jacques Heim had just introduced what he called the world’s “smallest bathing suit.” The bottom [...]
June 3, 1948 – Today was the day that Korczak Ziolkowski began his colossal sculpture of Crazy Horse in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Even though he never had any formal training, Ziolkowski always knew he wanted to be a sculptor. He apprenticed with a Boston shipbuilder and learned how to carve wood. In his [...]
May 20, 1896 – On this day, the massive chandelier that loomed over the majestic Paris Opera plummeted into the audience below. A counterweight had failed and the 6-ton baroque behemoth came crashing down.
A construction worker was killed, and the incident would inspire Gaston Leroux to write The Phantom of the Opera.
The building that houses the chandelier is called the Palais [...]
