The first dive of the year

In many countries, it is traditional to welcome the New Year with a dip in the sea, and in Brazil and Angola it is a very old tradition. In Rio de Janeiro, three million Brazilians welcomed 2025 on Copacabana beach, watching 15 tons of fireworks set off into the open...

John Philip Sousa turned 170

John Philip Sousa was born on November 6, 1854, and his 170th birthday is being celebrated in several places in the USA. He was born in Washington DC, the son of a German mother (Elizabeth Trinkhous), who gave him a Germanophile education, and João António Sousa, who...