Picture of the Day

Picture of the Day

Today In History

What happened on May 15^th?
1567: Mary, Queen of Scots, marries her third husband
1905: Las Vegas founded by auction of 110 acres (0,45km²)
1928: Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon
1935: Moscow metro is opened to public
1940: McDonald’s opens its first restaurant in California
1958: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3
1960: The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4
1970: Birth of Frank & Ronald de Boer, football players

Today In History

 What happened on May 14^th?
1643: Four-year-old Louis XIV becomes king of France
1870: The first game of rugby is played in New Zealand
1925: Virginia Woolf’s novel Mrs. Dalloway is published
1935: The Philippines ratifies an independence agreement
1944: Star Wars’ director George Lucas is born
1960: Anne Clarck is born south of metropolis London
1973: Skylab is launched as first space station of the US
1991: Jiang Qing, widow of Mao Zedong, dies (b. 1914)

Today In History

What happened on May 13^th?
1648: Construction of the Red Fort in Delhi is completed
1880: Thomas Edison’s first test with electric railway
1912: The Royal Air Force is established in the UK
1950: First F1 World Championship at Silverstone
1950: ‘Happy Birthday’ to Stevie Wonder
1988: American Jazz-legend Chet Baker dies
2000: Fireworks factory explodes in Enschede (NL)
2005: Binh Bridge opens to traffic in Hai Phong, Vietnam

Today In History

What happened on May 12^th?
1965: The Soviet spacecraft Luna 5 crashes on the moon
 Cucumber day

Today In History

What happened on May 11^th?
330: Byzantium is renamed, referred to as Constantinople
1647: Peter Stuyvesant arrives in New Amsterdam
1820: Charles Darwin’s ship HMS Beagle launched
1867: Luxembourg gains its independence
1924: Mercedes-Benz formed by G. Daimler & K. Benz
1983: Aberdeen F.C. defeats Real Madrid 2-1 to win Cup
1995: 170 countries sign nuclear nonproliferation treaty
1997: Chess-computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov

Today In History

What happened on May 10^th?
1424: Go-Kameyama, Emperor of Japan dies
1837: Panic as NYC banks fail and unemployment peaks
1924: J. Edgar Hoover is appointed as director of FBI
1940: Winston Churchill is appointed Prime Minister UK
1954: Bill Haley & His Comets ‘Rock Around the Clock’
1960: U2-frontman Bono is born in Ireland
1981: François Mitterand wins election in France as Socialist
1994: N. Mandela inaugurated as first black president

Today In History

What happened on May 9^th?
1671: Thomas Blood attempts steal Crown Jewels in Tower
1837: Birth of Adam Opel, German engineer/industrialist
1874: First horse drawn bus in the city of Mumbai (2 routes)
1901: Australia opens first parliament in Melbourne
1926: Richard E. Byrd claims to have flown over North Pole
1950: Robert Schuman presents the creation of EU
1974: Formal impeachment of Nixon in Watergate Scandal
2011: Wouter Weylandt dies after a crash in Giro d’Italia

Today In History

What happened on May 8^th?
413: Honorius issues tax relief for those raven by Visigoths
1886: John Styth Pemberton sells first ‘Coca-Cola’ medicine
1927: First attemp for non-stop transatlantic flight fails
1933: Gandhi begins protest against British rule in India
1972: Four Black September terrorists hijack Sabena 571
1978: First ascent of Mount Everest without extra oxygen
1978: Jang Woo Hyuk, a Koran singer, is born
1984: Soviets announce they will boycott the Olimpics in LA

Today In History

What happened on May 7^th?
1429: Joan of Arc ends siege of Orléans in 100 year’s war
1718: New Orleans is founded by JB Le Moyne de Bienville
1794: Robespierre introduces new state religion in France
1824: World premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
1895: Popov demonstrates first primitive radio receiver
1946: Sony is founded with about 20 employees
1992: Shuttle Endeavour is launched on first mission
1994: Edvard Munch’s ‘The Scream’ recoverd undamaged

Today In History

What happened on May 6^th?
1682: Louis XIV moves his court to Versailles
1835: James G. Bennett publishes first issue NY Herald
1877: Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to the US troops
1889: Eiffel Tower is officially opened to the expo-public
1935: The first flight of the Curtiss P-36 Hawk
1937: Hindenburg disaster while attempting to dock in US
1994: Elisabeth II & Mitterand open the Channel Tunnel
2010: Second largest point swing in Dow Jones history

Today In History

What happened on May 5^th?

1494: Columbus lands in LATAM on island of Jamaica

1821: Napoleon dies in exile on the island of Saint Helena
1835: Mechelen-Brussels, first railway in continental EUR
1891: Grand opening of the Music Hall (Carnegie) in NYC
1964: EUR Council declares May 5 as Europe Day
1972: Alitalia Flight 112 crash near Palermo, all 115 die
1981: Bobby Sands dies, 66 days hunger-striking in prison
2010: Mass protests in Greece vs. austerity measures

Booth Overview

By Ronny Broeckx

Location We will have our booth in the same spot as four years ago: Hall 8 booth B64. We are situated at the rear of the hall, which means we will have three surrounding walls which can be used to express our own identity. From the booth, there is access to the outside of the hall for staff catering, booth logistics, waste disposal and administration, and last but not least, to our Magic Cristal hospitality tent outside the fairgrounds. Other companies in hall 8 are Canon, Xeikon and Ricoh. Design Our drupa 2012 booth will be divided into sections which correspond to the segments/applications: Newspapers, Commercial & Packaging, Industrial, Sign & Display. Since our 2008 booth did a terrific job in terms of both design and functionality, this year's booth will largely resemble it. Obvious advantages are that we will be easily recognized by visitors and that we can benefit from a high level of routine for the build-up and the dismantling of the booth. Of course, the lay-out will be adapted to some extent and there will be new booth elements.