Harry Beck Harry Beck Henry Charles Beck (4 June 1902 – 18 September 1974), known as Harry Beck, was an English technical draughtsman best known for creating the present London Underground Tube map in 1931. Beck drew up the diagram in his spare time while working as an engineering draftsman at the London Underground Signals Office. London Underground was initially sceptical of Beck's radical proposal, an uncommissioned spare-time project, but tentatively introduced it to the public in a small pamphlet in 1933. It was immediately popular, and the Underground has used topological maps to illustrate the network ever since. Prior to the
60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide commemorations in Beirut 60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide commemorations in Beirut On May 6, 1975, a massive gathering took place in the Lebanese capital Beirut, to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Some 100,000 people participated in the march, which was organized jointly by different groups across the Armenian political spectrum. From the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Armenian Genocide in 1965 onwards, Armenians held assemblies in the streets of Beirut on Commemoration Day (April 24). Previously these events had been held in stadiums. The Armenian political parties in Lebanon decided on September 2, 1974, to commemorate the 60th anniversary