Who would have thought that Beyoncé is related to Austrian renowned composer and conductor Gustav Mahler (1860-1911). Besides his own compositions he was director of the Vienna Court Opera and later director of New York’s […]
Manufacturer and distributor of table tennis and fitness equipment, children’s toys, bicycles and leisure furniture has seen several changes over the past three decades in North America. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Aug. 16, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — […]
This is a local German-Austrian specialty that is famous in the South and of course in Austria itself. Let’s first define first names. “Kaiser” means “Emperor” and “Schmarrn” means “Mishmash” in Austrian-German. It is one […]
Doris Day, born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff on April 3rd 1924 releases her first album in 17 years. The classic Hollywood-legend played herself into our hears in movies like “Pillow Talk” (German Title: Bettgeflüster) alongside […]
Bill Ramsey is a German – American jazz and pop singer, journalist and actor. Famous for his German-language hits. He was born April 17th 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio as William McCreery Ramsey. Due to the […]
The one with Rachel and Ross using “Überweiss” in the hit TV Series “Friends”. Ross: “ÜBERWEISS, it’s new, it’s German, it’s extra tough!” Überweiß is not an actual German detergent. But the prefix Über- definitely […]
Bernhard Victor Christoph Carl von Bülow, short Vicco, beloved German comedian, better known as Loriot died at age 87. He made a whole nation, not exactly known for its humor, laugh with his sketches and […]
Commemorating 50 years Berlin Wall. The Wall went up almost overnight on August 13th 1961 to keep Easter German from fleeing to the West. It divided the German capital in two. Eingemauert Images August 13th […]
Hand it to German engineering, the company Festo has developed a lifelike robotic seagull that seems to fool real birds into accepting it as part of the flock. It does not stop there, there is […]
Brilliant final performance by German counter tenor Klaus Nomi, who died from AIDS August 6th 1983. Born in Immenstadt in 1944 as Klaus Sperber, his wide vocal range and an unusual, otherworldly stage persona made […]
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