Hello there, fantastic friend!

If you're reading this on an Apple device, it's your time to celebrate a little, but significant milestone: It was 41 years ago today that the now iconic ad, 1984, was released at the Super Bowl to announce the brand new Apple Macintosh. 

Thanks to responses from learners who have taken our Advertising Masters course, we know that it's not only a highly memorable ad, but many people's favourite!

(This is also a sneaky way to remind you not to sleep on our "On This Day" section below 😉)

Big love,
Chris & the 42courses team x 

• When Manhattan was sold for $24: In 1626, Dutch settlers more or less swindled the island of Manhattan from Native Americans for goods worth 60 Dutch guilders (approximately $1,000 today). 
   
• A Bittersweet settlement: Arguably one of the best songs ever written, Bittersweet Symphony by The Verve was allegedly stolen from The Rolling Stones, who took all royalties for it for 22 years. 
   
• 32 Youtube stats you need to know: Did you know that over 500 hours of video content are uploaded to YouTube every single minute? Get this, and other astounding stats about the world most popular platform.
   
• The future Mark Zuckerberg is trying to build: Speaking of Youtube, the wonderful Cleo Abrams interviewed the founder of Facebook on what Meta AI has in the pipeline for changing the way we live.
   
• Don't get called "wooly minded" by David Ogilvy: In a marvellously succinct list of 10 tips for writing, David Ogilvy gave advice to his employees, saying, "Woolly minded people write woolly memos, woolly letters and woolly speeches."

And did you know...?

• 1616 - Dutch mariners Jacob Le Maire and Willem Schouten become the first Europeans to discover the Le Maire Strait and round Cape Horn in South America, opening a new route for exploration. 🌎
   
• 1722 - Tsar Peter the Great establishes a civil system in Russia, modernising the country's bureaucracy and governance. 🇷🇺
   
• 1848 - James Marshall discovers gold at Sutter's Mill, sparking the California Gold Rush and transforming the region forever. 🏆
   
• 1935 - The first canned beer, Krueger's Cream Ale, is sold by Krueger Brewing Co., revolutionising the way beer is packaged and consumed. 🍺
   
• 1962 - Brian Epstein signs a management contract with The Beatles, setting them on the path to global stardom. 🎸
   
• 1984 - Apple unveils its revolutionary Macintosh personal computer in the legendary "1984" Super Bowl TV ad, directed by Ridley Scott, redefining personal computing. 💻
   
• 1986 - NASA’s Voyager 2 makes its first flyby of Uranus, discovering new moons and expanding our understanding of the outer solar system. 🪐
   
• 2006 - Disney announces its $7.4 billion purchase of Pixar, uniting two of the most influential forces in animation. 🎥
   
• 2023 - The Doomsday Clock is reset to 90 seconds until midnight, the closest it has ever been since its creation in 1947, due in part to the war in Ukraine. ⏳