December 2023: Events and Anniversaries Preview
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Welcome to your akg-images December preview, full of content ideas for the coming months through to March 2024, with albums of supporting images.
December is here, bringing winter to the northern hemisphere. December also heralds the arrival of the festive season with St Nicholas Day and, of course, Christmas and the New Year. Our office will be closed from 6pm on 22nd December - 9am on 2nd January (GMT).
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Featured Story: Artists out of copyright in 2024: Works that will enter the public domain on 1st January. There will be some exciting additions, including Raoul Dufy and Francis Picabia.
December 2023
2 December: Maria Callas - 100th birthday anniversary
5 December: Nelson Mandela - 10th anniversary of his death
5 December: Prohibition ends in the US - 90th anniversary
7 December: Hanukkah begins
7 December: Gian Lorenzo Bernini - 425th birthday anniversary
8 December: Jim Morrison - 80th birthday anniversary
14 December: Théophile Alexandre Steinlen - 100th anniversary of his death
16 December: Boston Tea Party - 250th anniversary
17 December: Orville and Wilbur Wright's first successful flight - 120th anniversary
20 December: Irene Dunn - 125th birthday anniversary
25 December: Christmas Day - contemporary or classic style
27 December: Alexandre Gustave Eiffel - 100th anniversary of his death
31 December: Donna Summer - 75th birthday anniversary
31 December: New Year's Eve
January 2024
1 January: Public Domain Day: see our list of works entering the public domain
7 January: Francis Poulenc - 125th birthday anniversary
7 January: Jozef Israëls - 200th birthday anniversary
8 January: Marco Polo - 700th anniversary of his death
12 January: Jean Beraud - 175th birthday anniversary
13 January: Roland Petit - 100th birthday anniversary
17 January: Al Capone - 125th birthday anniversary
17 January: Michelle Obama - 60th birthday
21 January: Vladimir Lenin - 100th anniversary of his death
23 January: Salvador Dali - 35th anniversary of his death
23 January: Edvard Munch - 80th anniversary of his death
25 January: Burns Night
26 January: Théodore Géricault - 200th anniversary of his death
27 January: Siege of Leningrad ends - 80th anniversary (graphic content)
27 January: Holocaust Memorial Day
30 January: National Storytelling Week
February 2024
1 February: Piet Mondrian - 80th anniversary of his death
3 February: Gertrude Stein - 150th birthday anniversary
3 February: Woodrow Wilson - 100th anniversary of his death
6 February: Ramon Novarro - 125th birthday anniversary
8 February: Fern Andra - 50th anniversary of her death
10 February: Chinese New Year - Year of the Dragon
10 February: Shirley Temple Black - 10th anniversary of her death
12 February: Darwin Day
13 February: Shrove Tuesday
14 February: Valentine's Day
15 February: Sir Ernest Shackleton - 150th birthday anniversary
19 February: Lee Marvin - 100th birthday anniversary
20 February: Gloria Vanderbilt - 100th birthday anniversary
21 February: Dirck van Baburen - 400th anniversary of his death
24 February: Franz Skarbina - 175th birthday anniversary
March 2024
1 March: Women's History Month UK
2 March: World Book Day
2 March: Bedrich Smetana - 200th birthday anniversary
8 March: International Women's Day
9 March: Yuri Gagarin - 90th birthday anniversary
10 March: Mother's Day UK
10 March: Ramadan begins
17 March: St Patrick's Day
22 March: World Water Day
24 March: Harry Houdini - 150th birthday anniversary
25 March: Yehudi Menuhin - 25th anniversary of his death
25 March: Holi Festival
27 March: Sarah Vaughan - 100th birthday anniversary
29 March: Terracotta Army unearthed in Xian, China - 50th anniversary
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