Arthur's Day Arthur's Day Arthur's Day was an annual series of music events worldwide, originally organised by Diageo in 2009 to promote the 250th anniversary of its Guinness brewing company. The 2009 events took place, internationally, in the cities of Dublin, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos, New York and Yaoundé on 23 September 2009. The event was broadcast internationally on Sky TV, ITV2 and DirecTV. €6 million was pledged to the Arthur Guinness Fund at the time. The so-called celebration was endorsed by several high-profile names, such as rock star-turned political activist Bob Geldof, director and screenwriter Guy Ritchie, footballer and Guinness football ambassador
History of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines the upcoming centenary of the school and the improvements of the facilities of the university and its other campuses. In 2004, the university celebrated its centennial anniversary with the theme ""PUP: Kabalikat ng Pamahalaan sa Pag-angat ng Antas ng Kabuhayan ng Mamamayan"". As part of the celebration and to highlight the signing of the Declaration of Peace to be put before the United Nations, the university broke the record for the world's largest human rainbow consisting of 30,365 students, faculty, staff and alumni. In 2005, Dr. Dante G. Guevarra became the University President. His administration lasted 6 years, from 2005-2011.