Birthdays
1620 - Jean Picard (Jean-Félix Picard), French Astronomer and Priest born in La Flèche, where he studied at the Jesuit Collège Royal Henry-Le-Grand. He is principally notable for his accurate measure of the size of the Earth, based on a careful survey of one degree of latitude along the Paris Meridian.
1863 - Sir Charles Aubrey Smith, CBE, English Test cricketer who became a stage and film actor, acquiring a niche as the officer-and-gentleman type, as in the first sound version of The Prisoner of Zenda. In Hollywood, he organised British actors into a cricket team, much intriguing local spectators. (Top/Best 10 Movies of C. Aubrey Smith. YouTube uploaded by SuperMovie. Accessed July 21, 2021.)
1883 - Carl Engel, French-born American Pianist, Musicologist and Publisher from Paris. He was also President of G. Schirmer, Inc., a Writer on Music for The Musical Quarterly, and Chief of the Music Division of the Library of Congress.
1899 - Ernest Miller Hemingway, American Journalist, Novelist, Short-story Writer, and Sportsman. Hemingway won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954, "for his mastery of the art of narrative, demonstrated in The Old Man and the Sea, and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style." He published seven novels, six short-story collections, and two non-fiction works. Three of his novels, four short-story collections, and three non-fiction works were published posthumously. Many of his works are considered classics of American literature.(Ernest Hemingway Biography. Uploaded by CloudBiography. Accessed July 21, 2015. Short but beautifully animated story of Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea. Uploaded by Encore+. Accessed July 21, 2018. Narrated story of The Old Man and the Sea. Accessed September 11, 2018.)
1907 - A.D. Hope, AC OBE (Alec Derwent Hope), Australian Poet and Essayist known for his satirical slant. He was also a critic, teacher and academic. In 1998 a celebration of his life and works, The Scythe Honed Fine, was published by the National Library of Australia.
1920 - Isaac Stern, American Violinist (A tribute to Isaac Stern). Sharing Isaac Stern's moving and powerful interpretation of Sibelius's Violin Concerto in D minor, conducted by Andre Previn. Uploaded by Nick Bottom. Accessed July 21, 2017.
1951 - Robin McLaurin Williams, American Actor, Comedian and singer, known for his improvisation skills and the wide variety of memorable voices he created. He is often regarded by critics as one of the best comedians of all time. He began performing stand-up comedy in San Francisco and Los Angeles during the mid-1970s, and rose to fame for playing the alien Mork in the sitcom Mork & Mindy.
1971 - Sara Seager, Canadian-American Astronomer and Planetary Scientist. She is a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and is known for her work on extrasolar planets and their atmospheres. She is the author of two textbooks on these topics, and has been recognized for her research by Popular Science, Discover Magazine, Nature, and TIME Magazine. Seager was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 2013 citing her theoretical work on detecting chemical signatures on exoplanet atmospheres and developing low-cost space observatories to observe planetary transits.
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Isaac Stern performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Op.64, IBA, with Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. YouTube, uploaded by violinist102. Accessed July 21, 2018.
1403 - The Battle of Shrewsbury takes place, between the Lancastrian King Henry IV and a rebel army led by members of the Percy family from Northumberland. It is also remembered as the climax of Shakespeare's play, Henry IV, Part I.
1873 - William Gosse, an English explorer, announces the discovery in Australia of the world's largest monolith, which he names Ayers Rock, named after South Australian Premier, Sir Henry Ayers. In 1985, the rock, named "Uluru" is handed back to the Mutitjulu people.
1944 - U.S. troops land on Guam and reclaim it from Japanese forces by August 10.
1970 - Egypt's Aswan High Dam is completed, controlling the floodwaters of the Nile. In 1899 the British began to construct the Aswan Dam in an attempt to control the flooding. It was subsequently raised but still overflowed in 1946. In 1952 plans were made to build it and in 1960 construction of the Russian-designed clay and rock dam began. This day in 1970, the Aswan High Dam was finally completed.
1976 - The IRA assassinates the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Christopher Ewart-Biggs, in Dublin.
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Uluru, a World Heritage Site, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. It lies 335 km (208 mi) south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs, 450 km (280 mi) by road. Uluru is sacred to the Anangu, the Aboriginal people of the area. The area around the Ayers Rock is home to a plethora of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings.
Resources:
1. Asiado, Tel. The World's Movers and Shapers. New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com
3. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011
4. Dateline. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)
5. Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org
Isaac Stern performing Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Op.64, IBA, with Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra. YouTube, uploaded by violinist102. Accessed July 21, 2018.
Historical Events
1403 - The Battle of Shrewsbury takes place, between the Lancastrian King Henry IV and a rebel army led by members of the Percy family from Northumberland. It is also remembered as the climax of Shakespeare's play, Henry IV, Part I.
1873 - William Gosse, an English explorer, announces the discovery in Australia of the world's largest monolith, which he names Ayers Rock, named after South Australian Premier, Sir Henry Ayers. In 1985, the rock, named "Uluru" is handed back to the Mutitjulu people.
1944 - U.S. troops land on Guam and reclaim it from Japanese forces by August 10.
1970 - Egypt's Aswan High Dam is completed, controlling the floodwaters of the Nile. In 1899 the British began to construct the Aswan Dam in an attempt to control the flooding. It was subsequently raised but still overflowed in 1946. In 1952 plans were made to build it and in 1960 construction of the Russian-designed clay and rock dam began. This day in 1970, the Aswan High Dam was finally completed.
1976 - The IRA assassinates the British ambassador to the Republic of Ireland, Christopher Ewart-Biggs, in Dublin.
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Ayers Rock "Uluru"
Uluru, a World Heritage Site, also known as Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in the southern part of the Northern Territory, central Australia. It lies 335 km (208 mi) south west of the nearest large town, Alice Springs, 450 km (280 mi) by road. Uluru is sacred to the Anangu, the Aboriginal people of the area. The area around the Ayers Rock is home to a plethora of springs, waterholes, rock caves and ancient paintings.
Resources:
1. Asiado, Tel. The World's Movers and Shapers. New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com
3. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011
4. Dateline. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)
5. Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org
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