A Blank Canvas
Starbucks' holiday cups are back and Red Cup Day is next Tuesday. The cup has never carried a Christian symbol. In 2015 it was still accused of a war on Christmas.
Simultaneous Release
Xbox and Halo both turn 25 next Sunday. Halo was first shown to the world by Steve Jobs, as a Mac game. This summer it came out on PlayStation.
Looking for Credit
Monday is 37 years since the Berlin Wall opened. Its most famous freedom anthem was a 1978 song about a rich kid, and the man who sang it on the Wall wanted his photo in the museum.
Wiggle Your Toes
Sunday is World Radiography Day, 131 years since Röntgen found the X-ray. Within 25 years it was standing in shoe stores, so kids could watch their own toe bones wiggle.
Surplus to Requirements
Next Tuesday Argentina dresses up as gauchos for Día de la Tradición. The trousers in that outfit were sewn for the Turkish army and arrived as leftovers from the Crimean War.
