Birthdays
1846 - Peter Carl Fabergé (also known as Karl Gustavovich Fabergé), Russian master jeweller and goldsmith, best known for the famous Fabergé eggs made in the style of genuine Easter eggs, but using precious metals and gemstones rather than more mundane materials.
1883 - Riccardo Zandonai, Italian composer. As a young man, he showed such an aptitude for music that he entered the Pesaro Conservatorio in 1899 and completed his studies in 1902. He completed the nine-year curriculum in only three years. Among his teachers was Pietro Mascagni (famous for his masterpiece Cavalleria Rusticana), who regarded him highly. (Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini. Uploaded by bel canto. Accessed May 30, 2019.)
1909 - Benny David Goodman, American clarinetist and jazz-band leader, called the "King of Swing". In the mid-1930s, Goodman led one of the most popular musical groups in the United States. (Benny Goodman plays Wolfgang Mozart's famous clarinet music. Pure bliss! Uploaded by Clarinet Clasica. Accessed May 30, 2014.)
1912 - Julian Gustave Symons (originally Gustave Julian Symons), British crime writer and poet. He also wrote social and military history, biography and studies of literature.
1977 - Rachael Stirling, English actress on stage, film and television. She has been nominated twice for the Laurence Olivier Award for her stage work. She played Nancy Astley in the BBC drama Tipping the Velvet, and Millie in the ITV series The Bletchley Circle, BBC Four sitcom Detectorists. She has also guest starred in episodes of numerous series, such as Agatha Christie's Poirot, Lewis, and Doctor Who alongside her mother Dame Diana Rigg.
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More birthdays and historical events today, May 30 - On This Day
Historical Events
1431 - Joan of Arc is burned at the stake in Rouen, France. Her ashes is thrown into the Seine by the English so no relics could be taken. This was the time called The Hundred Years War, when France was at war against England.
1962 - Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, for soli, chorus, and orchestra, is first performed in the Coventry Cathedral, England. (Here's a relished performance - Britten's War Requiem, himself conducting and Meredith Davies.)
1967 - Evil Knievel successfully jumps over a line of 16 cars on his motorcycle at the Ascot Speedway in California.
1968 - The University of Leipzig's gothic church, after surviving World War II, is blown up by East German dictataor Walter Ulbricht.
1866 - Bedrich Smetana's opera The Bartered Bride first performed in Prague.
2000 - It is reported that physicists have conducted experiments in which light beams appear to travel faster than the speed of light.
Resources:
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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 and 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 Timestables of History, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon and Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org.
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