June 10 Dateline

Birthdays

1863 - Louis Marie-Anne Couperus, Dutch novelist and poet, considered to be one of the foremost figures in Dutch literature. His oeuvre contains a wide variety of genres: lyric poetry, psychological and historical novels, novellas, short stories, fairy tales, feuilletons and sketches. 

1901 - Frederick Loewe, originally German Friedrich (Fritz) Löwe, Austrian-American composer. He collaborated with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner on a series of Broadway musicals, including Brigadoon, Paint Your Wagon, My Fair Lady, and Camelot, all of which were made into films, as well as the original film musical, Gigi (1958), which was first transferred to the stage in 1973. (My Fair Lady: Wouldn't it be loverly and Camelot)

1915 - Saul Bellow, Canadian-born American writer, Nobel Prize Laureate. For his literary work, Bellow was awarded the Pulitzer Prize, the Nobel Prize for Literature, and the National Medal of Arts. Many of his stories are both sad and funny at the same time. Typical is his novel Humboldt's Gift, a comic book that won him Pulitzer Prize in 1976. (Saul Bellow Interview. Uploaded by Electric Cereal. Accessed June 10, 2017.)

1921 - Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh.  Born in Corfu, he later served in the Royal Navy as midshipman then lieutenant during WWII. In 1947, he married Princess Elizabeth, six years before her coronation as Queen of the British Empire. Prince Philip is the patron of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards Scheme, said to have around quarter of a million young people taking part at any time. Four areas of competition: Expedition, Skills, Physical Recreation and Service.

1922 - Judy Garland, American actress, singer and dancer. During a career that spanned 45 years, she attained international stardom as an actress in both musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist, and on the concert stage. Famous as Dorothy Gale in Wizard of Oz. Judy Garland singing the now immortal "Over the Rainbow". Uploaded by Movieclips. Accessed June 10, 2012. Judy Garland (1996) Biography. Uploaded by. Accessed June 10, 2018. 

1926 - Lionel Charles Jeffries, English actor, screenwriter, and director. He appeared primarily in films and received a Golden Globe Award nomination during his acting career. His acting career reached a peak in the 1960s with leading roles in other films like Two-Way Stretch, The Trials of Oscar Wilde, Murder Ahoy! (opposite Margaret Rutherford), First Men in the Moon and Camelot. Jeffries turned to writing and directing children's films, including a well regarded version of The Railway Children (1970) and The Amazing Mr Blunden.

 

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Actress Judy Garland

 

 

More birthdays and historical events today, 10 June - On This Day.  

 

Historical Events

1776 - The Continental Congress appoints a committee to write a Declaration of Indpendence for what will become the United States of America.

1865 - Richard Wagner's opera Tristan und Isolde is first performed in Munich under the direction of Hans von Bulow.

1886 - New Zealand's Mount Tarawera erupts, killing some 153 people and destroying the famous Pink and White Terraces, a geological wonder popular to tourists.

1909 - The SS Slavonia transmits an emergency SOS signal when it is wrecked off the Azores, an island group in Portugal. The transmission is said to be the first time ever of its kind.

1921 - Igor Stravinsky's Symphonies of Wind Instruments, in memory of Debussy, is first performed, in London.

1940 - Italy declares war on France and Great Britain, joining Germany.

1967 - Israel ends the Six-Day War, acceding to a UN ceasefire.

1999 - Serb forces begin to withdraw from Kosovo after signing an agreement with the NATO powers, resulting in NATO halting its bombing campaign. 

2003 - The Mars Spirit Rover, the first Rover to land on Mars is launched. It collects invaluable geological data. 



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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 and Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org



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