HISTORY
On this day September 25-October 1, 2022 (week 39)
September 25, 2022 - October 1, 2022 -
Graphics show birthdays and anniversaries for each day of the week. This week features China’s first aircraft carrier, the stage musical West Side Story, Europe’s first moving walkway, the British company Marks and Spencer, the U.S. artist Roy Lichtenstein, the Berlin Airlift in WWII, and the Yosemite National Park
September 25, 2012: China’s first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, officially entered service, increasing regional tensions over Beijing’s growing territorial ambitions
September 26, 1957: The stage musical West Side Story, by Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim, had its world premiere in New York. The film version (above) opened in 1961
September 27, 1960: Europe’s first moving walkway opened at Bank Underground station in London, six years after the first U.S. version was installed at a station in New Jersey
September 28, 1894: Polish immigrant Michael Marks and Englishman Tom Spencer opened a “Penny Bazaar”. It grew into the major British multinational company Marks and Spencer
September 29, 1997: U.S. artist Roy Lichtenstein died. A founder of the Pop Art movement of the 60s, his work was heavily influenced by popular advertising and comic books
September 30, 1949: The 15-month Berlin Airlift, in which U.S. and British planes countered a Soviet blockade by delivering over two million tons of supplies to Berlin, ended
October 1, 1890: The Yosemite National Park was created in California to protect the Yosemite Valley and surrounding mountains and forests from development