Famous Birthdays
1834 - Edgar Degas, French artist famous for his paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings. He is especially identified with the subject of dance; more than half of his works depict dancers. Regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism, he rejected the term, preferring to be called a realist. (Degas Biography from Good-bye Academy, uploaded by Philintecircle. Accessed July 19, 2015. Famous Edgar Degas Painting. Uploaded by Arts Heaven. Accessed July 19, 2015. Edgar Degas: Collection of 658 Paintings, uploaded by LearnFrom Masters. July 19, 2017.)
1896 - Archibad Joseph Cronin, Scottish novelist and physician, best-known for his novel The Citadel (1937), the story of a Scottish doctor in a Welsh mining village, who quickly moves up the career ladder in London. (The Citadel by A.J. Cronin. Uploaded by Daisy Mason. Accessed July 19, 2019.)
1941 - Vikki Carr, American vocalist, born to parents with Mexican ancestry. She has performed in a variety of musical genres, including pop, jazz and country, while her greatest success has come from singing in Spanish. She established the Vikki Carr Scholarship Foundation in 1971.(Vikki Carr 2017 Greatest Hits (Full Album). Uploaded by VikkiCarrVEVO. Accessed July 19, 2017.)
Lefties:
None known
Historical Events
64 C.E. - The Great Fire of Rome begins and rages for six days, destroying 3 of the 14 precincts of the city, and damaging 7 more. Some Romans believe that Emperor Nero lit the fire; he is overthrown four years later.
1545 - The Mary Rose sinks during a military engagement with the French off Portsmouth. About 300 people drown. In 1982, the ship is raised and put in a British museum.
1588 - The Armada Day. On this day the Spanish Armada is sighted off the south coast. The attack that follows led to the most famous naval victory in English history.
1799 - The Rosetta Stone is found by a French army engineer. As it was the time when Napoleonic war was going on, the British took it from him, transporting it to London.
1903 - Frenchman Maurice Garin wins the first Tour de France. Of the 60 competitors, only 20 finishes the race.
1946 - Marilyn Monroe takes her first screen test at 20th Century Fox Studios. On this day in 1946, Mrs. Norma Jeane Dougherty, former munitions factory worker and model, took a screen test at 20th Century Fox Studios. On August 26, she passed and signed a contract. The studio suggested her stage name to be "Marilyn" after the 1920s musical star Marilyn Miller. She decided on her surname (or last name) as "Monroe", which was her mother's maiden name. She divorced her husband James Dougherty, an American merchant marine, in September.
1966 - Frank Sinatra (age 50) marries Mia Farrow (age 21). They divorce two years later.
2001 - Sir Jeffrey Archer, British politician and famous novelist, is sentenced to four years' prison for perjury and perverting the course of justice during a libel case he brought against the Daily Star newspaper in 1987.
Resources:
1. Asiado, Tel. The World's Movers and Shapers. New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com
2. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011
3. Dateline. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)
4. Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
5. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org
(c) June 2007. Updated July 19, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
2. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011
3. Dateline. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)
4. Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
5. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org
(c) June 2007. Updated July 19, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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