January 14 Dateline

Birthdays

1864 - Jean-Baptiste van Loo, French subject and portrait painter. Patronized by the prince of Carignan, who sent him to Rome, he studied under Benedetto Luti. He was employed painting for churches in Rome, and in particular executed a greatly praised Scourging of Christ for the church of Santa Maria in Monticelli. At Turin he painted Charles Emmanuel II, Duke of Savoy and several members of his court. Moving to Paris, he was elected a member of the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture; he executed various altar-pieces and restored the works of Francesco Primaticcio at Fontainebleau. In 1737 he went to England, and attracted attention by his portrait of Colley Cibber and of Owen McSwiny, the theatrical manager; the latter, like many other of van Loo's works, was engraved in mezzotint by John Faber Junior. He also painted Sir Robert Walpole, whose portrait by van Loo in his robes as chancellor of the exchequer is in the National Portrait Gallery, London, and the prince and princess of Wales.

1875 - Albert Schweitzer, Alsatian polymath, physician, missionary, musician, theologian, writer, and humanitarian; Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. A Lutheran, Schweitzer challenged both the secular view of Jesus as depicted by the historical-critical method current at this time, as well as the traditional Christian view. His contributions to the interpretation of Pauline Christianity concern the role of Paul's mysticism of "being in Christ" as primary and the doctrine of Justification by Faith as secondary. He received the 1952 Nobel Peace Prize for his philosophy of "Reverence for Life", becoming the eighth Frenchman to be awarded that prize. His philosophy was expressed in many ways, but most famously in founding and sustaining the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Lambaréné, which up to 1958 was situated in French Equatorial Africa, and after this in Gabon. As a music scholar and organist, he studied the music of German composer Johann Sebastian Bach and influenced the Organ Reform Movement (Orgelbewegung). (Dr. Albert Schweitzer - Full Documentary. Uploaded by DianeDi. Accessed January 14, 2012.)

1899 - Carlos Peña Romulo, QSC, CLH, NA, Filipino diplomat, statesman, soldier, journalist and author. He was a reporter at 16, a newspaper editor by the age of 20, and a publisher at 32. Romulo was a co-founder of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines, a general in the US Army and the Philippine Army, University President, President of the UN General Assembly, was eventually named one of the Philippines' National Artists in Literature, and was the recipient of many other honors and honorary degrees.

1901 - Alfred Tarski (Polish-American logician and mathematician. He taught and carried out research in mathematics at the University of California, Berkeley, from 1942 until his death in 1983. A prolific author best known for his work on model theory, metamathematics, and algebraic logic, he also contributed to abstract algebra, topology, geometry, measure theory, mathematical logic, set theory, and analytic philosophy.  His biographers state that, "Along with his contemporary, Kurt Gödel, he changed the face of logic in the twentieth century, especially through his work on the concept of truth and the theory of models." [Wiki]

1905 - Takeo Fukuda, 42nd Prime Minister of Japan, from 1976 to 1978. (67th Administration)

1925 - Yukio Mishima, (born Kimitake Hiraoka), Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor, model, film director, nationalist, and founder of the Tatenokai. Mishima is considered one of the most important Japanese authors of the 20th century. Suggested reading: Yukio Mishima Biography from Encyclopaedia Britannica.

1938 - Jack Jones (born John Allan Jones), American singer and actor. He has won two Grammy Awards. He is perhaps most widely known for his recordings of "Lollipops and Roses" (1962 Grammy Award, Best Pop Male Performance), "Wives and Lovers" (1964 Grammy Award, Best Pop Male Performance), "The Race Is On", "The Impossible Dream", "Call Me Irresponsible", and "The Love Boat Theme". He also sang the opening theme tune for the 1968 film Anzio ("This World Is Yours").

1941 - Dorothy Faye Dunaway, American actress, recipient of many accolades, including an Academy Award, an Emmy Award (Primetime), three Golden Globe Awards, and a BAFTA Award. In 2011, the government of France made her an Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters. She rose to fame with her portrayal of outlaw Bonnie Parker in Arthur Penn's Bonnie and Clyde, for which she received her first Academy Award nomination. Her most notable films include the crime caper The Thomas Crown Affair, the drama The Arrangement, the Little Big Man, an adaptation of the Alexandre Dumas classic The Three Musketeers, the neo-noir mystery Chinatown, for which she earned her second Oscar nomination, the action-drama disaster The Towering Inferno, the political thriller Three Days of the Condor, the satire Network, for which she won an Academy Award for Best Actress, and the thriller Eyes of Laura Mars.

 

1943 - Mariss (Ivars Georgs) Jansons, Latvian conductor, the son of conductor Arvīds Jansons and the singer Iraida Jansone. He conducted several orchestras in Europe and the United States, with stints as assistant conductor at the Leningrad Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. He was a regular guest conductor at the London Philharmonic Orchestra, and was guest conductor with the London Symphony Orchestra. His conducting of the traditional New Year concert in Vienna was particularly memorable. Mariss Janson has been awarded the Class II Three Star Order and the Star of the Royal Norwegian Order. He was an Honorary Member of the Royal British Academy of Music (1999) and Honorary Member of the Vienna Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde (2001). (New Year's Concert 2006. Mariss Jansons conducting Wiener Philharmoniker. Johann Strauss II's Frühlingsstimmen, Walzer, Op. 410.  Uploaded by goodies.ch. Accessed January 14, 2016.  Mariss Jansons Conducting Mahler's Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection". M Jansons: Music is the language of the heart and soul. Uploaded by CMajor Entertainment. Accessed December 1, 2018.)

1967 - Emily (Margaret) Watson, OBE, English actress. She began her career on stage and joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1992. In 2002, she starred in productions of Twelfth Night and Uncle Vanya at the Donmar Warehouse, and was nominated for the 2003 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the latter.

Featuring: Shostakovich: Symphony No.5 in D minor, Op.47 - Conducted by Mariss Jansons / Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks. Uploaded by fur bru. Accessed January 14, 2014.



Lefties:
Actor Jason Bateman
Doctor and missionary Albert Schweitzer

More birthdays and historical events, January 14 - On This Day
 

 

Below is a performance of Mozart's Missa brevis in D minor (Latin for 'short mass'), said to be conducted by Peter Neumann, German conductor and organist.  

Historical Events

1769 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, aged 13, completes the Missa brevis in D minor (K.65), in Salzburg. It is believed that this piece was performed at the University of Salzburg's Kollegienkirche to open a 40-hour vigil. 

1878 - Alexander Graham Bell demonstrates his invention, the telephone, to Queen Victoria. She's on it for hours.

1900 - Giacomo Puccini's opera Tosca is first performed, conducted by Leopoldo Mugnone, in Rome's Teatro Constanzi. It is a tragic story of love and loss. (Tenor Luciano Pavarotti sings the aria "E lucevan le stelle" from Puccini's Tosca. The event: Madison Square Garden 25th anniversary concert, with Emerson Buckley conducting.)

1914 - Henry Ford announces the newest advance in assembly line production, a continuous-motion that reduces the assembly line from 12 1/2 hours to 93 minutes.

1943 - Franklin D. Roosevelt becomes the first President of the U.S. to travel via airplane while in office, flying from Miami, Florida, to Morocco to meet with British Prime Minister Winston Churchill  to discuss World War II.

1954 - American actress Marilyn Monroe marries baseball legend Joe DiMaggio. the marriage lasts nine months. He has red roses delivered to her crypt twice a week after her death.

1953 - President Harry Truman announces the U.S. has developed a hydrogen bomb that is a thousand times more powerful than the existing atomic bomb.

1990 - The Simpsons first airs on television.

Image Credit: en.wiki.org 

1994 - U.S. President Bill Clinton and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign the Kremlin Accords, treaties aimed at stopping the pre-programmed aiming of nuclear missiles.



Video Credit:

Pavarotti - Tosca o E lucevan le stelle.  YouTube, uploaded by uncjim.  Retrieved January 14, 2017.
W.A. Mozart - Missa Brevis, K.65. Youtube, uploaded by Sebastos100. Accessed January 14, 2018. 


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. enikipedia.org


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