Birthdays
1466 - Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch humanist and scholar, considered the greatest scholar of the northern Renaissance, the first editor of the New Testament, and also an important figure in patristics and classical literature.
1685 - Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer and harpsichord virtuoso. Son of composer Alessandro Scarlatti, the younger Domenico Scarlatti is classified primarily as a Baroque composer, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style and he was one of the few Baroque composers to transition into the classical period. Like his renowned father, Alessandro Scarlatti, he composed in a variety of musical forms, although today he is known mainly for his 555 keyboard single-movement sonatas (Exercises). (Scarlatti: 42 Sonatas. YouTube, uploaded by Brilliant Classics. Accessed October 26, 2020.)
1854 - Charles William "C. W." Post, American innovator, entrepreneur, breakfast cereal and foods manufacturer and a pioneer in the prepared-food industry. He was the founder of what is now Post Consumer Brands.
1865 - Benjamin "Ben" Guggenheim, American businessman. Notable for being a passenger of RMS Titanic, he died aboard when the ship sank in the North Atlantic Ocean, and his body was never recovered. In 1894, he married Florette Seligman, daughter of James Seligman, a senior partner in the firm J. & W. Seligman & Co. and Rosa Seligman, née Content. They had three daughters: Benita Rosalind Guggenheim, Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim and Barbara Hazel Guggenheim. Ben Guggenheim inherited a great deal of money from his mother. Due to business concerns, he grew distant from his wife and was frequently away from their New York City home.
1911 - Mahalia Jackson (born Mahala Jackson), American gospel singer. Possessing a contralto voice, she was referred to as "The Queen of Gospel". She became one of the most influential gospel singers in the world and was heralded internationally as a singer and civil rights activist. She recorded about 30 albums (mostly for Columbia Records) during her career, and her 45 rpm records included a dozen "golds"—million-sellers. "I sing God's music because it makes me feel free", Jackson said about her choice of gospel, adding, "It gives me hope. With the blues, when you finish, you still have the blues."
1916 - Francois Mitterrand (François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand), French statesman who served as President of France from 1981 to 1995, the longest time in office in the history of France. As First Secretary of the Socialist Party, he was the first left-wing politician to assume the presidency under the Fifth Republic.
1947 - Hillary Rodham Clinton (born Hillary Diane Rodham), American politician, diplomat, lawyer, writer, and public speaker who served as the 67th United States secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, as a United States senator from New York from 2001 to 2009, and as First Lady of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Clinton became the first woman to be nominated for president of the United States by a major political party when she won the Democratic Party nomination in 2016. She was the first woman to win the popular vote in an American presidential election, which she lost to Donald Trump.
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More birthdays and historical events, October 26 - On This Day
Historical Events
1919 - Sir Edward Elgar conducts the first performance of his Cello Concerto at Queen's Hall, London with cellist Felix Salmond.
1977 - The last case of smallpox is diagnosed in Somalia. After this case, the World Health Organization (WHO) and Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declare that smallpox is officially eradicated, due to the success of vaccination.
1979 - Park Chung Hee, the President of South Korea, is assassinated by the country's Chief of Intelligence, Kim Jea Kyu.
1984 - Baby Fae, born on October 12, receives a heart transplant from a baboon, and lives for another 20 days.
1994 - Israel and Jordan sign a peace treaty in a symbolic ceremony on the Israeli-Jordanian aborder, ending 46 years of war. U.S. President Clinton attends.
2000 - The "mad cow disease" in the U.K. reveals that Government ministers misled the public by waiting six months before revealing incidences of the disease.
Resources:
1984 - Baby Fae, born on October 12, receives a heart transplant from a baboon, and lives for another 20 days.
1994 - Israel and Jordan sign a peace treaty in a symbolic ceremony on the Israeli-Jordanian aborder, ending 46 years of war. U.S. President Clinton attends.
2000 - The "mad cow disease" in the U.K. reveals that Government ministers misled the public by waiting six months before revealing incidences of the disease.
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
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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