Tag: art

ON THIS DAY: The death of Edgar Allan Poe (1849)

On this Day October 7, 2025 at 17:59

The master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s most influential writers and poets, died on this day in 1849 in Baltimore,...

ON THIS DAY: Mozart’s The Magic Flute premieres in Vienna (1791)

On this Day September 30, 2025 at 16:38

On 30 September 1791, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute) was first performed at the Theater auf der Wieden in Vienna....

ON THIS DAY: Goethe (1749) and Tolstoy (1828) are born

On this Day August 28, 2025 at 15:46

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) Born on 28 August 1749 in Frankfurt am Main, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was one of Germany’s greatest literary figures...

Director Francis Ford Coppola discharged from Rome hospital

Life August 11, 2025 at 16:46

Oscar-winning director Francis Ford Coppola has been discharged from the hospital in Rome where he was admitted two days ago, and is "feeling good",...