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1902 - Sir William Walton, OM (born William Turner Walton), English composer. During a 60-year career, he wrote music in several classical genres and styles, from film scores to opera. His best-known works include Façade, cantata Belshazzar's Feast, Viola Concerto, First Symphony, and the British coronation anthems Crown Imperial and Orb and Sceptre. Walton was painstakingly perfectionist, and his complete body of work across his long career is not large. His most popular compositions continue to be frequently performed in the 21st century, and by 2010 almost all his works had been released on CD.

1916 - Eugene Joseph McCarthy, American politician and poet. He served in the United States House of Representatives from 1949 to 1959 and the United States Senate from 1959 to 1971. McCarthy sought the Democratic nomination in the 1968 presidential election, challenging incumbent Lyndon B. Johnson on an anti-Vietnam War platform. McCarthy sought the presidency five times, but never won.

1940 - Astrud Gilberto (born Astrud Evangelina Weinert), Brazilian samba and bossa nova singer and songwriter. Known for her unique mellow timbre tone, she gained international attention in the 1960s following her recording of the song "The Girl from Ipanema". Her original recording of "Fly Me to the Moon" was edited as a duet using a recording of the same song by Frank Sinatra. Her recording "Who Can I Turn To?" was sampled by The Black Eyed Peas in the song "Like That" from the 2005 album Monkey Business. Her vocals on "Berimbau" were sampled by Cut Chemist in his song "The Garden". Her recording of "Once I Loved" was featured in the 2007 film Juno. The "Astrud" track on Basia Trzetrzelewska's 1987 album, Time and Tide, is a tribute to Astrud Gilberto. A Legendary Singer Suddenly Passed Away | RIP Girl From Ipanema Singer | Good Bye Astrud Gilberto. YouTube, uploaded by AllinAll. Accessed June 5, 2023. A Gilberto - A Certain Sadness. YouTube, uploade by BasiaDanny. Accessed June 7, 2023.) 
 
1964 - Elle MacPherson (born Eleanor Nancy Macpherson; née Gow), Australian model, TV host and actress, businesswoman. She is known for her record five cover appearances for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue beginning in the 1980s, leading to her nickname "The Body", coined by Time in 1989. She is the founder, primary model, and creative director for a series of business ventures, including Elle Macpherson Intimates, a lingerie line, and The Body, a line of skin care products. She has been the host and executive producer of Britain & Ireland's Next Top Model from 2010 to 2013. She is an executive producer of NBC's Fashion Star and was the host for the first season. As an actress, Macpherson appeared in supporting roles in The Mirror Has Two Faces and as Julie Madison in Batman and Robin, also lead roles in The Edge and South Kensington.

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Feature:

Pyotr Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin. PR Production. New Year's Music Festival 2014. (24.XII.2014'-1.I.2015').  Accessed March 29, 2017.



Historical Events


1461 - The Battle of Towton takes place, part of the Wars of the Roses between the houses of Lancaster and York, represented by a red and white rose respectively. Towton is a victory for the Yorkists. 

1795 - Ludwig van Beethoven performs his Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb at a concert in Burgtheater, Vienna.

1871 - Queen Victoria opens the Royal Albert Hall in London, named for her husband, who had conceived the idea of building the concert hall. She was too overcome to speak, so the Prince of Wales stepped forward and declared the Hall open.

1879 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's opera Eugene Onegin, after Pushkin, is first performed in Maly Theatre, Moscow. Tchaikovsky wrote it a year before. Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, is an opera ("lyrical scenes") in 3 acts (7 scenes). The libretto, organised by the composer himself, closely follows certain passages in Alexander Pushkin's novel in verse, retaining much of his poetry. Tchaikovsky's friend Konstantin Shilovsky contributed M. Triquet's verses in Act 2, Scene 1, while Tchaikovsky himself arranged the text for Lensky's arioso in Act 1, Scene 1, and almost all of Prince Gremin's aria in Act 3, Scene 1. Eugene Onegin is a well-known example of lyric opera, to which Tchaikovsky added music of a dramatic nature. Tchaikovsky was first drawn to the project by the famous "letter scene" (Act One, Scene Two), in which Tatyana declares her affections for Onegin. Tchaikovsky provided music for this scene and built the rest of the work around it, ultimately producing this heartwarming opera with many heartwarming dramatic scenes.  The story concerns a selfish hero who lives to regret his blasé rejection of a young woman's love and his careless incitement of a fatal duel with his best friend. There are several recordings of it, and it is regularly performed. (Eugene Onegin.  New Year's Music Festival '2014 (24.XII.2014'-1.I.2015'). Uploaded by PR Production. Accessed March 29, 2015.) 

1901 - The first federal elections are held in Australia. The interim Prime Minister Edmund Barton is returned to the position.

1973 - U.S. prisoners of war are released in Vietnam, and the last troops are withdrawn.

1974 - NASA's Mariner 10 lands on Mercury and takes the first close-up photos of the planet.

2004 -  The Republic of Ireland is the first nation to ban smoking on all closed public places.


Video Credit:

Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2 in Bb major, Op. 19.  YouTube, uploaded by EuroArtsChannel. Accessed March 29, 2017.


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 Timestables of History, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org



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