Almeida Garrett's birthday

Source: http://www.google.pt/logos/2011/almeidagarrett11-hp.jpg

João Baptista da Silva Leitão de Almeida Garrett, 1st and Only Viscount of Almeida Garrett (February 4, 1799 — December 9, 1854) was a Portuguese poet, playwright, novelist and politician. He is considered to be the introducer of the Romanticism in Portugal, with the epic poem Camões, based on the life of Luís de Camões. He is regarded as one of History's greatest romantics and a true revolutionary and humanist. [Read more on Wikipedia]

A lithograph of Garrett, by Pedro Augusto Guglielmi

25th Anniversary of Vitinho

Source: http://www.google.pt/logos/2011/vitinho11-hp.jpg

The Vitinho was a cartoon of great success in Portugal , whose transmissions lasted between the years 1986 and 1997 .

The daily broadcast in the television films "Good Night, Vitinho!", always in prime time, awarded her peak audience and a consensual admiration: not only for children but also by people of all ages.

Happy Queima das Fitas! (Burning of the Ribbons Day)

The Queima das Fitas (Portuguese for Burning of the Ribbons) is a traditional festivity of the students of some Portuguese universities, organized originally by the students of the University of Coimbra. [Read more on Wikipedia]