Alfred Stieglitz

"Wherever there is light, one can photograph."

Alfred Stieglitz

Born this day in 1864, Alfred Stieglitz was an American art dealer, an advocate for Modernist art, and his era's preeminent photographer, among whose most famous photos were those of his wife, painter Georgia O'Keeffe.

On this day in 2002 the euro, the monetary unit of the European Union, was introduced with the issuance of both currency and coins, and by March 2002 it was the sole legal tender of participating member states.

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1863: The Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slaves of the Confederacy (the states in rebellion against the Union during the American Civil War), was issued by U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.