Banksy's famous 'Girl With Balloon' was sold for £1 million at an auction, then the piece automatically self-destructed by running through a shredder fitted into the frame.
A painting called 'Abstraktes' by Gerhard Richter sold for a record $34 million.
Pablo Picasso's 'Portrait of Suzanne Bloch' was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art, along with O Lavrador de Café by Candido Portinari.
Two of Edvard Munch's stolen artworks were found after being missing for two years.
Leonardo da Vinci's 'The Last Supper' was returned to display in Milan after 22 years of restoration.
Michelangelo's famous painting 'Christ of the Woman of Samaria' was sold for a staggering $7.4 million.
Edvard Munch's painting 'The Scream' was found at a hotel, just three months after it had been stolen from a museum.
Vincent van Gogh's famous painting 'Sunflowers' was sold for an incredible $39.7 million, the most ever paid for a painting.
The play 'Moose Murders' flops spectacularly on Broadway.
The photograph known as Burst of joy is taken.
The portrait of Rembrandt's son, 'Titus,' was purchased at auction for $2.2 million.
Andy Warhol presented his artwork for the first time at the Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles, US.
A painting that had been hung upside down in a museum was finally flipped upright after going unnoticed for over a month.
The National Gallery of Art opens in Washington. D.C.
Leonardo da Vinci's famous Mona Lisa painting was stolen from the Louvre, Paris, by Vincenzo Perugia.
Tchaikovsky's ballet 'Swan Lake' is premiered.
Walter Hunt patented the safety pin.
A glass treasure vase that dated back to between 1 – 25 AD was smashed by a drunk man.
Solymon Merrick patented the wrench tool.
Isaac Fischer Jr. patented sandpaper in Springfield, Vermont, US.
German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss constructed the first heptadecagon using a ruler and a compass.
Harvey Kennedy patented the modern shoelace, which included aglet reinforced tips.
Benjamin Franklin announced his invention of bifocal eyeglasses.
The first idea of a fire escape was patented.
The British Museum opens.
After over four years in the making, Michelangelo unveiled 'The Last Judgment' painting at the Sistine Chapel, Vatican City.
Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling mural was presented to the public.
Michelangelo began his three-year project sculpting the Statue of David.
Michelangelo was commissioned to create his sculpture Pietà.
