October 2023: Events and Anniversaries Preview

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.

AKG2324074 ©Fred Stein / picture-alliance / akg-imagesAKG2562710 © Fred Stein / picture-alliance / akg-imagesAKG2324178 ©Fred Stein / picture-alliance / akg-images

AKG2028485 Edith Piaf ©akg-images / Hugues Vassal

AKG8427856 Luca Signorelli ©Heritage Images / Fine Art Images / akg-images

AKG8428012 Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller ©Heritage Images / Fine Art Images / akg-imagesAKG1066572 Mustafa Kemal Ataturk © akg-images / WHA / World History Archive

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

AKG256574 Rene Magritte ©Daniel Frasnay / akg-imagesAKG2595968 Beer Hall Putsch ©akg-images / picture-alliance / dpa

AKG46929 Paul Signac ©akg-imagesAKG277619 Albert Camus ©Daniel Frasnay / akg-images

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

AKG1525532 End of prohibition ©akg-imagesAKG7566276 Christmas ©akg-images / Science Source

AKG380331 Orville & Wilbur Wright ©akg-imagesAKG1704683 Gian Lorenzo Bernini ©akg-images / Andrea Jemolo

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

AKG680156 Edvard Munch ©akg-images

AKG1520217 Roland Petit ©akg-images / Jacques VioletAKG118354 Siege of Leningrad ©akg-images

AKG4235937 Vladimir Lenin ©akg-images

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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