October 2023: Events and Anniversaries Preview
2 October 2023
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Welcome to your akg-images October preview, full of content ideas for the coming months through to January 2024, with albums of supporting images.
With a new year on the horizon, now is a good time to remind you of our annual lists of significant events and anniversaries - we have 2024 and 2025 available in our newsroom, and 2026 is available exclusively to our clients. 2027 will be available soon.
You can find the preview in our Newsroom along with other stories, and you can connect with us on Instagram and LinkedIn where we regularly share useful content.
Featured Story: Fred Stein - pioneer of Modern photography. After fleeing Germany for Paris when the Nazis rose to power, he bought his first camera and became a photographer. Stein's images show his keen eye and ability to capture compelling compositions.
October 2023
4 October: Charlton Heston - 100th birthday anniversary
5 October: Crimean War began - 170th anniversary
10 October: Edith Piaf - 60th anniversary of her death
11 October: Jean Cocteau - 60th anniversary of his death
16 October: The Walt Disney Company is founded - 100th anniversary
16 October: Luca Signorelli - 500th anniversary of his death
19 October: Camille Claudel - 80th anniversary of her death
19 October: Sir Godfrey Kneller - 300th anniversary of his death
20 October: Sydney Opera House was founded - 50th anniversary
22 October: Catherine Deneuve - 80th birthday
24 October: Ernst Barlach - 85th anniversary of his death
27 October: Roy Lichtenstein - 100th birthday anniversary
29 October: Turkey becomes a republic - 100th anniversary. See also Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
29 October: British Summer Time ends UK
30 October: Orson Welles's radio broadcast of H.G Wells's War of the Worlds - 85th anniversary
31 October: River Phoenix - 30th anniversary of his death
31 October: Federico Fellini - 30th anniversary of his death
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November 2023
5 November: Guy Fawkes Day UK
5 November: Vivian Leigh - 110th birthday anniversary
7 November: Albert Camus - 110th birthday anniversary
8 November: Beer Hall Putsch/Munich Putsch - 100th anniversary
9 November: Kristallnacht / November Pogroms - 85th anniversary
10 November: Miriam Makeba - 15th anniversary of her death
11 November: Paul Signac - 160th birthday anniversary
11 November: Remembrance Day
14 November: King Charles III - 75th birthday
17 November: Lauren Hutton - 80th birthday
21 November: René Magritte - 125th birthday anniversary
22 November: John Fitzgerald Kennedy - 60th anniversary of his death
23 November: Thanksgiving USA
28 November: Tehran conference - 80th anniversary
30 November - 12 December: COP28 climate conference
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
31 December: Donna Summer - 75th birthday anniversary
31 December: New Year's Eve
January 2024
7 January: Francis Poulenc - 125th birthday anniversary
7 January: Jozef Israëls - 200th birthday anniversary
8 January: Marco Polo - 700th anniversary of his death
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
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