Jack Bush
John “Jack” Bush was a Canadian abstract painter.
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Zubin Mehta
The conductor Zubin Mehta was born on this day, April 29, in 1936.
“The World of Yousuf Karsh”
More press for the exhibition at the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier21.
Edward R. Murrow
Murrow was an American broadcast journalist and war correspondent.
Buckminster Fuller
We are honoring Earth Day with the futurist Buckminster Fuller.
Queen Elizabeth II
Queen Elizabeth II celebrates her 96th birthday today.
George Ball
George Ball was an American diplomat and banker.
Jackie Robinson
It’s Jackie Robinson Day in the United States on April 15th.
Grey Owl
The conservationist known as Grey Owl was born Archibald Belaney in England in 1888 and died on this day, April 13, in 1938.
Pablo Picasso
“‘He will never be here,’ the gallery owner commented, when my assistant and two hundred pounds of equipment arrived.”
Helen Keller
Helen Keller was an American author, political activist, and lecturer.
Georgia O’Keeffe
Two prints of Georgia O’Keeffe from the 1956 Sitting at her home in Abiquiu, New Mexico, have been freshly scanned.
Gordie Howe
Professional Canadian ice hockey player Gordie Howe was born on March 31, 1928.
Yukio Ozaki’s Cherry Blossoms
Each year, the National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, D.C. commemorates the gift of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Ozaki of Tokyo.
Five Year Anniversary
The Karsh website celebrates five years alive on the Internet this year.
Ralph J. Bunche
We are thrilled to add more images of Ralph Bunche to the database.
Elizabeth Taylor
We lost Elizabeth Taylor on this day, March 23, in 2011.
Bobby Short
“…he and his Dalmatian, Chili, companionably shared the flickering candlelight.”
Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21
“I wanted this exhibition to come to the immigration museum because of the unique bond that Halifax has with the life history of Yousuf Karsh himself.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
On March 15, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson addressed a joint session of Congress to urge the passage of legislation guaranteeing voting rights for all.
Albert Einstein
“At Princeton’s Institute for Advanced Study, I found Einstein a simple, kindly, almost childlike man…”
“The World of Yousuf Karsh” Heads to Halifax
“The World of Yousuf Karsh: A Private Essence” has traveled to the Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Samuel Barber
Samuel Barber was an American composer, pianist, conductor, baritone, and music educator.
Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev was born on this day, March 2, in 1931.
Sir Alexander Fleming
Sir Alexander Fleming was a Scottish physician and microbiologist, best known for discovering the world’s first broadly effective antibiotic substance.
James Watson
On February 28, 1953, Cambridge University scientists James Watson and Francis Crick announced that they had determined the double-helix structure of DNA.
Corazon Aquino
Aquino was a Filipino politician who served as the 11th President of the Philippines.
Cesar Chavez
Cesar Chavez was an American labor leader and civil rights activist.
Andy Warhol
Warhol was once advised by an art teacher to paint what he liked, which happened to be rather ordinary things.
W. H. Auden
British-American poet W. H. Auden was born on this day, February 21, in 1907.
Judith Jamison
Judith Jamison is an American dancer and choreographer.
Barbara Ann Scott
Canadian figure skater Barbara Ann Scott was the 1948 Olympic champion.
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal was the last Cabinet-level United States Secretary of the Navy and the first United States Secretary of Defense.
Kim Novak
American actress Kim Novak celebrated her 89th birthday on February 13, 2022.
Nelson Mandela
On February 11, in 1990, Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years in prison.
Claude Ryan
Claude Ryan was a Canadian journalist and politician.
Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee
On February 6, 2022, Her Majesty The Queen became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee.
Bob Cousy
Bob Cousy is a beloved American former professional basketball player.
Lord Bertrand Russell
British polymath Bertrand Russell died on this day, February 2, in 1970.
Jackie Robinson
Baseball legend Jackie Robinson was born on this day, January 31, in 1919.