August 15th: Today in 1843 Tivoli Gardens, one of the worlds oldest still operating amusement parks, opened in Copenhagen, Denmark. Started by Georg Carstensen who convinced the King that ‘when the people are amusing themselves, they do not think about politics’. Ahhh the power of bread and circuses…

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