1971-07-03 Paris, France / This is the End / Das ist das Ende / Este é o Fim / Esto es el Fin

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His poetic lyrics, distinctive voice, wild personality, performances, and the dramatic circumstances surrounded his life and early death. Morrison is regarded by music critics and fans as one of the most iconic and influential frontmen in rock music history. To this day Morrison is widely regarded as the prototypical rock star: surly, sexy, scandalous, mysterious. Morrison was particularly inspired by ...

1961-07-02 Ketchum, USA / For whom the bell Tolls / Wem die Stunde Schlägt / Por quem os sinos Dobram / Por quién doblan las Campanas

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Hemingway arrived home in Ketchum on June 30, and he deliberately shot himself with his favorite shotgun in the early morning hours of July 2, 1961. He had unlocked the basement storeroom where his guns were kept, gone upstairs to the front entrance foyer, and shot himself with the double-barreled shotgun that he had used so ...

2004-07-01 Los Angeles, USA / Bad Boy / Böser Junge / Menino Mau / Chico Malo

Brando earned a reputation as a 'Bad Boy' for his public outbursts and antics. Brando had no code, only his instincts. He was the gangster leader and the outla . He was antisocial because he knew Society was crap; he was a hero to youth because he was strong enough not to take the crap. At the 1973 Academy ...

2015-07-01 Slough, England / Children’s Transport / Kindertransport / Transporte de Crianças / Transporte de Niños

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On 15 November 1938, five days after the devastation of 'Kristallnacht' in Germany, a delegation of British, Jewish, and Quaker leaders appealed, in person, to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Neville Chamberlain. Among other measures, they requested that the British government permit the temporary admission of unaccompanied Jewish children, without their parents. The Cabinet debated the issue the ...