Birthdays
1841 - Carl "Karl" Tausig (born Karol Tausig), Polish virtuoso pianist, composer, and arranger, a student of Franz Liszt, generally regarded as Liszt's most esteemed pupil, and also considered one of the greatest pianists of his time. (Carl Tausig - Ballade 'The Ghost Ship' Op.1c - Michael Ponti, pianist. Uploaded by deviantrake. Accessed Nov 4, 2020)
1937 - Loretta Swit, an American stage and television actress known for her character roles. Swit is best known for her portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H, for which she won two Emmy Awards.
1941 - Richard James Gill, AO, Australian conductor of choral, orchestral and operatic works. He was known as a music educator and for his advocacy for music education of children.
1955 - Matti T. Vanhanen, Finnish politician, Prime Minister of Finland from 2003 to 2010. He was also Chairman of the Centre Party, and in the second half of 2006 he was President of the European Council. In his earlier career he was a journalist. On June 9, 2020, he became the Minister of Finance.
Leftie:
Former Prime of Finland, Minister Matti T. Vanhanen
More birthdays and historical events, November 4 - On This Day
Historical Events
1783 - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 36 "Linz" is first performed. Below, Mozart's Symphony No. 36 in C major, K. 425 "Linz" (Staatskapelle Dresden & Horst Stein). YouTube, updated by LOFTMusic, from the Great Hall of the Mozarteum, Salzburger Festspiele 1991 Staatskapelle Dresden Horst Stein - conductor. Accessed November 4, 2021.
1876 - Johannes Brahms's Symphony No. 1 is first performed, at Karlsruhe, with Otto Dessoff conducting.
1899 - The Interpretation of Dreams, a book by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, is published in Switzerland. The book introduces the theory of Freud of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation. Dreams, Freud argues, were all forms of a kind of "wish fulfillment", attempts by the unconscious to resolve some conflict, whether recent or something from the past.
1942 - During World War II, the Second Battle of El Alamein ends after 12 days when Field Marshal Erwin Rommel orders German and Italian forces to retreat, turning the tide against the Axis powers in Northern Africa.
1956 - Soviet forces enter Hungary to end the uprising that had begun on October 23.
1979 - Iranian students storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 90 hostages, demanding the deposed Shah be returned to stand trial. (The Shah had been allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment.) The last 52 hostages are released 14 months later, after the Shah has died of cancer and when the U.S. government agrees to return $8 billion of assets to Iran.
1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel of Israel, attends a peace rally in Tel Aviv. While returning to his car, he is shot by Yigal Amir, a right -wing Israeli. He dies in hospital soon after.
2008 - Barack Obama is elected as the 44th president of the U.S. He is the first African-American to obtain the position.
Resources:
1. Asiado, Tel. The World's Movers and Shapers. New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)
1899 - The Interpretation of Dreams, a book by psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, is published in Switzerland. The book introduces the theory of Freud of the unconscious with respect to dream interpretation. Dreams, Freud argues, were all forms of a kind of "wish fulfillment", attempts by the unconscious to resolve some conflict, whether recent or something from the past.
1942 - During World War II, the Second Battle of El Alamein ends after 12 days when Field Marshal Erwin Rommel orders German and Italian forces to retreat, turning the tide against the Axis powers in Northern Africa.
1956 - Soviet forces enter Hungary to end the uprising that had begun on October 23.
1979 - Iranian students storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 90 hostages, demanding the deposed Shah be returned to stand trial. (The Shah had been allowed into the U.S. for medical treatment.) The last 52 hostages are released 14 months later, after the Shah has died of cancer and when the U.S. government agrees to return $8 billion of assets to Iran.
1995 - Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel of Israel, attends a peace rally in Tel Aviv. While returning to his car, he is shot by Yigal Amir, a right -wing Israeli. He dies in hospital soon after.
2008 - Barack Obama is elected as the 44th president of the U.S. He is the first African-American to obtain the position.
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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