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 The Threepenny Opera premieres by The Ovi Team
31 August 2020
August 31st 1928; Die Dreigroschenoper (The Threepenny Opera) receives its world premiere in Berlin on August 31, 1928. "I think I've written a good piece and that several numbers in it, at least musically... (1 comment) |  Enforced Disappearances: NGO Efforts to continue by Rene Wadlow
30 August 2020
30 August is the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. The Day highlights the U.N. General Assembly Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearances, resolution 47/133 of 18 December 1992. (Add a comment) |  Heaven and Earth by George Cassidy Payne
30 August 2020
I am left timeless. My skin is timeless.
Like the rusty mercury gauge in an old Chevy. (Add a comment) |  In Denial: Australia, Human Rights and Climate Change by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
30 August 2020
When the complaint was lodged in May 2019, there was a sense of the audacious about it. Eight Torres Strait Islanders had taken the trouble to petition the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Committee, citing climate change... (Add a comment) |  Koulis pyjamas by Thanos Kalamidas
30 August 2020
The ninth episode of the satirical Asterixian story of the absolutely corrupted Greek Prime Mayor Koulis and his latest reshuffle, all in Greek. (Add a comment) |  Austin Mini by The Ovi Team
30 August 2020
August 30, 1959; The first "Austin Mini 7" called an Austin Seven from the British Motor Corporation ( Sir Alec Issigonis ) goes on sale for 497 UKP ( first shown on August 14th ) making it one of the cheapest sal (Add a comment) |  Charles Bronson by The Ovi Team
30 August 2020
August 30th; on this day in 2003, the actor Charles Bronson, best known for his tough-guy roles in such films as The Dirty Dozen and the Death Wish franchise, dies at the age of 81 in Los Angeles. (Add a comment) |  HOLES and How to Cure Them by David Sparenberg
29 August 2020
Holes instead of eyes. And those afflicted cannot see. They are blind. Holes instead of ears. And those afflicted cannot hear. They are deaf. (Add a comment) |  The virtues of kindness by Joseph Gatt
29 August 2020
A lot Koreans used to tell me that "kindness is a sign of weakness." A lot Arabs also tell me that "kindness is a sign of weakness." (Add a comment) |  Edward Carpenter and the Healing of Nations by Rene Wadlow
29 August 2020
Edward Carpenter (1844-1929) whose birth anniversary we note on 29 August, was an English writer, educator and pacifist, socialist reformer. Carpenter came from a middle class intellectual family and studied at Cambridge University. (1 comment) |  The Rooster That Wouldn't Crow by Artie Knapp
29 August 2020
A story about individuality and a rooster's right to fall in love with whomever he chooses. (Add a comment) |  Ingrid Bergman dies on her birthday by The Ovi Team
29 August 2020
On august 29th 1982, the Swedish-born actress and three-time Academy Award winner Ingrid Bergman dies of cancer in London on her 67th birthday. Bergman, who was best known for her role as Ilsa Lund in Casablanca... (Add a comment) |  Henry James back to U.S. by The Ovi Team
29 August 2020
August 29th 1904; Henry James returns to the U.S. for a visit after living abroad for two decades. James was born to a wealthy and eccentric philosopher father in 1843 in New York, N.Y. (2 comments) |  Hurricane Katrina by The Ovi Team
29 August 2020
Aug. 29, 2005; Hurricane Katrina a Category 5 Storm with sustained winds of 145 MPH and gusts reaching 175 MPH is the most destructive hurricane ever to hit the United States. The storm caused massive devastation... (Add a comment) | | newer 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 older |
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