Birthdays
1643 - Isaac Newton, English mathematician, philosopher, famous for Principia. Originally, according to the “old” Julian calendar, he was born on Christmas Day, December 25, 1642. Today, his birthday is also celebrated as January 4th.
1710 - Giovanni (Battista) Draghi, often referred to as Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, an Italian Composer, Violinist and Organist. His best-known works include his Stabat Mater and the opera La serva padrona (The Maid Turned Mistress). His compositions include operas and sacred music. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 26. (Pergolesi: Stabat Mater (complete); Voices of Music, original version, Labelle and Bragle, soloists. Uploaded by Voices of Music. Accessed January 4, 2017.)
1785 - Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm, also known as Ludwig Karl, was a German philologist, folklorist, jurist, and mythologist. He was the elder of the Brothers Grimm, the younger one being Wilhelm Grimm. He is known as the discoverer of Grimm's law of linguistics, the co-author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie, and the editor of Grimm's Fairy Tales. (A documentary of the Brothers Grimm, "Once Upon a Time: The Brothers Grimm". Uploaded by Art of East & West. Accessed January 4, 2018.)
1809 - Louis Braille, French educator of the blind, inventor of Braille, named after him. The Braille he invented is a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired. His system remains virtually unchanged to this day, and is known worldwide simply as braille. Louis Braille served as a professor at the Institute and had an avocation as a musician, but he largely spent the remainder of his life refining and extending his system. It went unused by most educators for many years after his death, but posterity has recognized braille as a revolutionary invention, and it has been adapted for use in languages worldwide.
1937 - Dyan Cannon ((born Samille Diane Friesen), American actress, film director, screenwriter, producer, and editor. She has been nominated for three Academy Awards. Cannon made her film debut in 1960 in The Rise and Fall of Legs Diamond. In the 1980s, Cannon, who is also a singer/songwriter, appeared in Honeysuckle Rose with Willie Nelson, Author! Author! with Al Pacino, Deathtrap with Christopher Reeve and Michael Caine, Caddyshack II, as well as several made-for-TV movies. Cannon wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical film The End of Innocence, and had roles in Jailbirds and Christmas in Connecticut. For her contributions to the film industry, Cannon was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1983 with a motion pictures star located at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard.
Lefties:
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More birthdays and historical events, January 4 - On This Day
1881 - Johannes Brahms conducts the premiere of his "Academic Festival Overture" at the University of Breslau, which had conferred on him an honorary doctorate.
1904 - Thomas Alva Edison's movie crew films the electrocution of an elephant in front of a paying audience at Coney Island, New York.
1958 - Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the top of Mt. Everest, is the first explorer to reach the South Pole since Captain Robert Scott in 1912.
1959 - The Russian Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
1972 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.
1981 - Frankenstein, the most expensive dramatic production in Broadway history, opens and closes, losing U.S. 2 million dollars.
2000 - Catherine Hartley and Fiona Thornewill are the first British women to walk across Antarctica to the South Pole. Thornewill and her husband Mike are also the first married couple to make the journey.
2001 - The Gower brothers launch "RuneScape," which becomes one of the most popular online Java-based games in the world.
Video Credit:
Historical Events
1881 - Johannes Brahms conducts the premiere of his "Academic Festival Overture" at the University of Breslau, which had conferred on him an honorary doctorate.
1904 - Thomas Alva Edison's movie crew films the electrocution of an elephant in front of a paying audience at Coney Island, New York.
1958 - Sir Edmund Hillary, the first person to reach the top of Mt. Everest, is the first explorer to reach the South Pole since Captain Robert Scott in 1912.
1959 - The Russian Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
1972 - Rose Heilbron becomes the first female judge to sit at the Old Bailey in London.
1981 - Frankenstein, the most expensive dramatic production in Broadway history, opens and closes, losing U.S. 2 million dollars.
2000 - Catherine Hartley and Fiona Thornewill are the first British women to walk across Antarctica to the South Pole. Thornewill and her husband Mike are also the first married couple to make the journey.
2001 - The Gower brothers launch "RuneScape," which becomes one of the most popular online Java-based games in the world.
Video Credit:
Bernstein - Academic Festival Overture (Brahms). Uploaded by Canal de rivalXXI. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
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. Isaac Newton Biography. Biography.com. Accessed December 25, 2015.
7. 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. Isaac Newton Biography. Biography.com. Accessed December 25, 2015.
7. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org
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