15-08-2025

Met Museum

Reverse Copy of Le Petit Port appelé aussi Le Port de Mer (The Small Port, also called the Sea Port), from "Les Quatre Paysages" (The Four Landscapes)

17th century

Anonymous

MoMA Highlight

Campbell's Soup Cans

1962

Andy Warhol

Synthetic polymer paint on canvas

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On This Day

• 2005 The Helsinki Agreement between the Free Aceh Movement and the Government of Indonesia was signed, ending more than 28 years of fighting.
Free Aceh MovementGovernment of IndonesiaInsurgency in Aceh
• 1998 The Troubles: A car bomb attack carried out by the Real Irish Republican Army killed 29 people and injured approximately 220 others in Omagh, Northern Ireland.
The TroublesOmagh bombingReal Irish Republican ArmyOmagh
• 1977 Big Ear, a radio telescope at Ohio State University received a strong, apparently extraterrestrial radio signal that became known as the Wow! signal.
Ohio State University Radio ObservatoryRadio telescopeOhio State UniversityRadio waveWow! signal
• 1963 President Fulbert Youlou was overthrown in the Republic of Congo, after a three-day uprising in the capital.
Fulbert YoulouTrois Glorieuses (1963)
• 1948 The Republic of Korea was established with Syngman Rhee (pictured) as its first president.
History of South KoreaSyngman Rhee
• 1947 Jawaharlal Nehru (pictured) took office as the first prime minister of India, a post he held for 16 years.
Jawaharlal NehruPrime Minister of India
• 1944 World War II: Allied forces began Operation Dragoon, their invasion of southern France.
World War IIAllies of World War IIOperation DragoonSouthern France
• 1942 World War II: The tanker SS Ohio reached Malta as part of an operation to deliver much-needed supplies during the siege of Malta.
World War IISS Ohio (1940)Operation PedestalSiege of Malta (World War II)
• 1941 Josef Jakobs, a German spy, became the last person executed at the Tower of London.
Josef JakobsTower of London
• 1909 A military coup against the government of Dimitrios Rallis began in the neighbourhood of Goudi in Athens, Greece.
Goudi coupDimitrios RallisGoudiAthens
• 1812 War of 1812: Potawatomi warriors ambushed a United States Army convoy after it had evacuated Fort Dearborn (site pictured), in present-day Chicago, and razed the fort.
War of 1812PotawatomiBattle of Fort DearbornFort DearbornChicago
• 1461 Byzantine–Ottoman wars: The Empire of Trebizond, the longest-surviving Byzantine successor state, was conquered by Ottoman forces following a month-long siege.
Byzantine–Ottoman warsEmpire of TrebizondByzantine EmpireOttoman EmpireSiege of Trebizond (1461)
• 1261 Michael VIII Palaiologos was crowned Byzantine emperor in Constantinople.
Michael VIII PalaiologosList of Byzantine emperorsConstantinople
• 1038 Upon the death of his uncle Stephen I, Peter (depicted) became the second king of Hungary.
Stephen I of HungaryPeter, King of HungaryKing of Hungary
• 1018 Byzantine general Eustathios Daphnomeles captured and blinded Ibatzes of Bulgaria by means of a ruse, ending the last resistance against Emperor Basil II's conquest of Bulgaria.
Eustathios DaphnomelesIvatsBasil IIByzantine conquest of Bulgaria
• 718 Forces of the Umayyad Caliphate abandoned a year-long siege of Constantinople, ending their goal of conquering the Byzantine Empire.
Umayyad CaliphateSiege of Constantinople (717–718)Byzantine Empire