On this day

The Day Of The Dead
Today is the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), celebrated in Mexico during the first two days of November, an occasion which (almost) seamlessly blends

Anniversary of the Spruce Goose's maiden flight
At 319 feet 11 inches, the Spruce Goose, or more correctly the H-4 Hercules, boasts the largest wingspan of any aircraft ever built. It made its maiden

David Embury Was Born Today
The author of that seminal work, The Fine Art of Mixing Drinks, David Augustus Embury was born on this day in 1886 in Pine Woods, upstate New York. He

King Tut Day
This day in 1922, the Egyptologist Howard Carter was about to give up hope on ever finding the tomb of Tutankhamun, which he was convinced lay somewhere

Guy Fawkes / Bonfire Night Cocktails
Remember, remember the fifth of November Gunpowder, treason and plot. I see no reason, why gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot.

Hot Scotch & Lemon Day
Somebody somewhere, probably in America, decided today was Hot Scotch & Lemon Day, and who are we to argue? Although we'd like to point out that such a

We're remembering science's first lady
The first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first person to win two Nobel Prizes and the

National Harvey Wallbanger Day
Of all the cocktails to have its very own day, the Harvey Wallbanger is probably the most surprising. But, yes, Harvey Wallbanger Day is a thing in American.

The Berlin Wall was toppled today
On this day in 1989, protestors tore down the Berlin Wall, which had divided communist East Germany from capitalist West Germany since 1961.

Irish Coffee arrived in America this day
The splendidly named Stanton Delaplane, a columnist for the San Francisco Chronicle, may have won a Pulitzer Prize for Reporting, but his legacy remains

The first global conflict ended this day
Today is Veterans Day in the US, Remembrance Day across the Commonwealth, and Armistice Day in France and Belgium – a solemn occasion when we remember

Happy Hour Day
Every hour should be happy but in most bars, this term does not reflect a collective state of joyousness but a period of comparatively cheap booze. Not

A Martini fanatic died this day
You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it

National Pickle Day
In a bit of a pickle? Perfect, because today is National Pickle Day. Celebrated annually on 14th November, this is yet another calendar day that originated

Gillette's birthday
On this day in 1904, the fabulously named King Camp Gillette received a patent for a new kind of razor, putting a gadzillion barber shops out of business

Happy Birthday, Havana
Today is Havana's birthday, an occasion that its residents commemorate by walking around the ceiba tree next to El Templete, a shrine placed on the spot

Martin Scorsese's birthday
One of the world’s most influential directors, the man behind Goodfellas, Raging Bull, The Last Temptation of Christ, The Wolf of Wall Street and, of

International Poitin Day
International Poitín Day was both launched and established in 2015 at an event held at the Sun Tavern in London's Bethnal Green by Bán Poitín.

Kindle's birthday
This day in 2007, Amazon released its very first Kindle. Four and a half hours after that, the device sold out. And a technology that many had been talking

It's World Gibson Martini Day
Marian Beke, founder of The Gibson Bar in London, launched World Gibson Martini Day in 2018 to celebrate this classic cocktail.

World Television Day
In 1996, against considerable opposition, the United Nations proclaimed today World Television Day, a chance to highlight the role of communications, good

JFK, RIP
On 22 November 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald assassinated the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, in Dallas, Texas.

St George's Day
No, this is not a misprint. Today, the 23rd November really is St George's Day - in Georgia, where the lucky folk get the day off work to boot.

The Origin of Species was published this day
An English naturalist and geologist, who spent almost five years recording the wildlife of Latin America from his base on board HMS Beagle, Charles Darwin

Γεννήθηκε ο δημιουργός του πρώτου αυτοκινήτου
Ο Karl Friedrich Michael Vaillant γεννήθηκε σαν σήμερα, το 1844 στην πόλη Karlsruhe της Γερμανίας. Το όνειρο

Η πρεμιέρα της Casablanca
“Of all the gin joints in all the towns in all the world, she walks into mine…”. Η Casablanca, μία ταινία που ακόμη και σήμερα

Πέθανε ένας μεγάλος εραστής του ποτού
Ο ρωμαίος ποιητής Horace, ο οποίος αρέσκονταν αρκετά στο να γράφει τραγούδια με θέμα το

Οι γυναίκες ψηφίζουν για πρώτη φορά
Με τις γυναίκες πλέον να ψηφίζουν παντού εκτός από την Σαουδική Αραβία και την πόλη

Ώρα για παιχνίδια
Ποιος θα πίστευε ότι τρεις γραμμές και δυο τελείες θα μπορούσαν να προσφέρουν τέτοια

Ο Σκοτσέζος Άγιος Ανδρέας
Σήμερα η Σκοτία τιμά τον προστάτης της, St. Andrew ο οποίος πολέμησε ενάντια στους Άγγλους