Birthdays
76 C.E. - Hadrian (Latin: Caesar Traianus Hadrianus), Roman emperor from 117 to 138. He was born into a Roman Italo-Hispanic family that settled in Spain from the Italian city of Atri in Picenum. His father was of senatorial rank and was a first cousin of Emperor Trajan. He married Trajan's grand-niece Vibia Sabina early in his career, before Trajan became emperor and possibly at the behest of Trajan's wife Pompeia Plotina. Plotina and Trajan's close friend and adviser Lucius Licinius Sura were well disposed towards Hadrian. When Trajan died, his widow claimed that he had nominated Hadrian as emperor immediately before his death.
1670 - William Congreve, English playwright and poet of the Restoration period. He is known for his clever, satirical dialogue and influence on the comedy of manners style of that period. He was also a minor political figure in the British Whig Party. His major plays were The Old Bachelour (1693), The Double-Dealer (1693), Love for Love (1695), and The Way of the World (1700), considered his best known comedy. (The Way of the World - Short Summary & easy to understand. It is widely regarded as one of the best restoration comedies and is still occasionally performed. Initially, the play struck many audience members as continuing the immorality of the previous decades, and was not well received. Uploaded by Train Literacy Ugc Net English Campus. Accessed January 24, 2019.)
1679 - Christian Wolff, German philosopher and mathematician, eminent between Leibniz and Kant. School: Age of Enlightenment and Rationalism. His main achievement was a complete oeuvre on almost every scholarly subject of his time, displayed and unfolded according to his demonstrative-deductive, mathematical method, which perhaps represents the peak of Enlightenment rationality in Germany.
1862 - Edith Wharton (born Edith Newbold Jones), American novelist, short story writer, playwright, and designer. Wharton drew upon her insider's knowledge of the upper class New York "aristocracy" to realistically portray the lives and morals of the Gilded Age. She was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Literature, in 1921. She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in 1996. Best known for novels: Ethan Frome, The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth. (Videos: Edith Wharton, uploaded by Betsy Bayha, accessed Janaury 24, 2019; Tour of Edith Wharton's Mansion Retreat, The Mount, uploaded by Bob Vila, accessed January 29, 2019.)
1941 - Neil Diamond (born Neil Leslie Diamond), American singer-songwriter and actor. He has sold more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling musicians of all time. He has had ten No. 1 singles on the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. Numerous songs have featured in the Top 10 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary charts.He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1984, and he received the Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award in 2000. In 2011, he was an honoree at the Kennedy Center Honors, and in 2018, he received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. (Neil Diamond Greatest Hits Full Album 2020 - Best Song Of Neil Diamond. YouTube, uploaded by Rock Music TV. Accessed Aug. 6, 2020.)
1943 - Sharon Tate (born Sharon Marie Tate Polanski), American actress and model. Tate made her film debut in 1961 in Barabbas with Anthony Quinn. Her most remembered performance was as Jennifer North in the 1967 cult classic film, Valley of the Dolls, earning her a Golden Globe Award nomination. Also in 1967, she performed in the film The Fearless Vampire Killers directed by her future husband Roman Polanski. Tate's last completed film, 12+1, was released posthumously in 1969. On August 9, 1969, an eight-and-a-half months pregnant Tate and four others were murdered by members of the Manson Family in the home she shared with her husband Roman Polanski.
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Featuring Neil Diamond's "You don't bring me flowers."
The song was written by Neil Diamond with Alan & Marilyn Bergman for the TV show 'All that Glitters,' intended to be the theme song, but Norman Lear changed the concept of the show making the song inappropriate. Diamond expanded the track from 45 seconds to 3:17, also added instrumental sections and an additional verse. The Bergmans contributed to the song's lyrics.
The song was written by Neil Diamond with Alan & Marilyn Bergman for the TV show 'All that Glitters,' intended to be the theme song, but Norman Lear changed the concept of the show making the song inappropriate. Diamond expanded the track from 45 seconds to 3:17, also added instrumental sections and an additional verse. The Bergmans contributed to the song's lyrics.
Video from YouTube: "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" provided by Universal Music Group
41 C.E. - Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricities and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. His uncle Claudius succeeds him.
1536 - Henry VIII falls during a joust and the horse rolls over him that leaves him unconscious. He later became enormously fat, but he remains very sporting into his forties.
1848 - The California gold rush began when James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
1888 - Jacob L. Wortman patents the typewriter ribbon.
1908 - The world's first Boy Scout organization is founded in England by Sir Robert Baden Powell.
1924 - St. Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad in the wake of the Russian Revolution.
1965 - UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill dies in London, aged 90. The venue for his state funeral six days later, most of which he planned himself, is at St. Paul's Cathedral, home to the tombs of Lord Nelson and Wellington.
1989 - Serial killer Ted Bundy, convicted of the murder of three women, is executed by electric chair in Florida, U.S. Just before he dies, he confesses to killing a further 19 women.
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
Historical Events
41 C.E. - Roman Emperor Gaius Caesar (Caligula), known for his eccentricities and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. His uncle Claudius succeeds him.
1536 - Henry VIII falls during a joust and the horse rolls over him that leaves him unconscious. He later became enormously fat, but he remains very sporting into his forties.
1848 - The California gold rush began when James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento.
1888 - Jacob L. Wortman patents the typewriter ribbon.
1908 - The world's first Boy Scout organization is founded in England by Sir Robert Baden Powell.
1924 - St. Petersburg, Russia, is renamed Leningrad in the wake of the Russian Revolution.
1965 - UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill dies in London, aged 90. The venue for his state funeral six days later, most of which he planned himself, is at St. Paul's Cathedral, home to the tombs of Lord Nelson and Wellington.
1989 - Serial killer Ted Bundy, convicted of the murder of three women, is executed by electric chair in Florida, U.S. Just before he dies, he confesses to killing a further 19 women.
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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