On May 24, 1956 the First Eurovision Song Contest was held in the Swiss town of Lugano.
The contest was first known as the Eurovision Grand Prix and was inspired by the Italian Sanremo Festival.
It was organized by the members of the European Broadcasting Union conceived to create a large and spectacular show that will work for the benefit of cultural unification of the continent. Proposal to hold an international music competition came from the General Director of the Swiss television Marcel Bezençon.
In the first musical contest seven participating countries were represented with two songs each. The winner was the Swiss singer Lys Assia with the song Refrain.
The number of countries wishing to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest increased from year to year. In this year's song contest which was held from 6 to 10 May in Denmark, 28 countries participated, the winner was singer from Austria Conchita Wurst.
International Day of chocolate is non-official holiday dedicated to the favorite delicacy of many people on the planet. It is always celebrated on the 13-th September annually. This holiday is the wonderful reason to take a piece of chocolate, even if you try cutting down on sweets.
Mark David Chapman who was 35 years ago convicted because of the murder of the leader of ‘The Beatles’ band John Lennon was not able to convince the profile commission in his deserving the early parole.
On June 9 the International Friendship Day is observed. This is not an official holiday and it was introduced quite recently. However, it has a very noble goal to remind people how much their beloved ones mean for them, and to give a chance to spend an evening with them.
The first significant exhibition dedicated to the legendary The Rolling Stones opens this week in London. Its purpose is to shed new light on 50-year-old history of the prominent rock-band.
After the end of EXPO in Milan in Novegro another bright event will take place – as it goes about the awakening of fair which for a long time has been like Mecca for collectors of vinyl discs – Milano Vinile.
«Let’s learn how to use paper efficiently!» —it is the key thesis of international «paper free» campaign which occurs on every fourth Thursday of October all over the world.
