Famous Birthdays
1519 - Cosimo I de Medici, the second Duke of Florence from 1537 until 1569, when he became the first Grand Duke of Tuscany, a title he held until his death. A large bronze equestrian statue of Cosimo I by Giambologna, erected in 1598, still stands today in the Piazza della Signoria, the main square of Florence. Cosimo was also an enthusiast of alchemy, a passion he inherited from his grandmother Caterina Sforza.
1802 - Harriet Martineau, English social theorist and Whig writer often seen as the first female sociologist.
She wrote many books and essays from a sociological, holistic,
religious, domestic and feminine perspective, translated works by Auguste Comte. The young Princess Victoria enjoyed reading her and invited her to her coronation in 1838.
Martineau believed thorough analysis was needed to understand women's status
under men.
1827 - Johanna Spyri, Swiss-born novelist, notably children's stories. She is best known for her famous classic book Heidi. Born in Hirzel, a rural area in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland, as a child she spent several summers near Chur in Graubünden, the setting she later used in her novels. (Johanna Sryri. Uploaded by Linda Harris. Accessed June 12, 2018. Heide, the 1937 film starring Shirley Temple as Heide, is based on Spyri's book of the same name. Uploaded by Free Mind. Accessed June 12, 2019. Heide is a heart-warming story based on the real-life adventures of Heide Schwaller, 92, who grew up near Chur in the Swiss Alps. It's elegant yet down-to-earth. Schwaller recalled how she met Spyri when the writer spent summers near the village of Maienfeld in eastern Switzerland more than 80 years ago.)
1890 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter and graphic artist, a protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and the many self-portraits the produced, including naked self-portraits. The twisted body shapes and the expressive line that characterize his paintings and drawings mark the artist as an early exponent of Expressionism.
1924 - George H.W. Bush, American politician and businessman who served as the 41st president of the United States from 1989 to 1993. A member of the Republican Party, Bush also served in the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, as Director of Central Intelligence, and as the 43rd vice president. He's father of George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States.
1929 - Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank, German-Jewish diarist, famous for her diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, and one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. In her diary she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in the Second World War. She died February 1945, in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, Germany. (Here's "Anne Frank (The Whole Story)" film based on Melissa Muehler's biography of Anne Frank and original research and interviews by Kirk Ellis. YouTube, uploaded by Rajkamal. Accessed June 12, 2016.)
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Former President George H.W. Bush
More birthdays and historical events today, 12 June - On This Day.
1778 - Mozart's Symphony No. 31 "Paris Symphony" premieres in a private performance in the home of Count Karl Heinrich Joseph von Sickingen, the ambassador of the Electorate of the Palatinate.
1897 - The Swiss Officer's knife (or Army knife) is patented, becoming a staple of all camping trips and the like, though most people who use one have a story of the blade closing on their fingers.
1942 - Anne Frank receives a diary for her 13th birthday. She begins writing in it and continues as her Jewish family hide in an Amsterdam attic until their discovery by the Gestapo in 1944.
1962 - Toshiro Mayuzumi's symphonic poem Samsara is first performed in Tokyo, Japan.
1963 - The film Cleopatra premieres at the Rivoli Theater in New York City. A lavish production, it sees the blossoming of romance between co-stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
1964 - Africa's ANC leader Nelson Mandela is one of the 8 activists sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage, in pretoria, south Africa. Mandela is sent to the notorious Robben Island where he is held until February 11, 1990.
1987 - Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, in a speech at the Brandenburg Gate, publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Two-and-a-half years later, the wall was opened, then torn down by Berliners.
1991 - Boris Yeltsin becomes the first democratically elected President of Russia.
1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald goldman are murdred outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.
Resources:
1. Asiado, Tel. The World's Movers and Shapers. New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)
Historical Events
1778 - Mozart's Symphony No. 31 "Paris Symphony" premieres in a private performance in the home of Count Karl Heinrich Joseph von Sickingen, the ambassador of the Electorate of the Palatinate.
1897 - The Swiss Officer's knife (or Army knife) is patented, becoming a staple of all camping trips and the like, though most people who use one have a story of the blade closing on their fingers.
1942 - Anne Frank receives a diary for her 13th birthday. She begins writing in it and continues as her Jewish family hide in an Amsterdam attic until their discovery by the Gestapo in 1944.
1962 - Toshiro Mayuzumi's symphonic poem Samsara is first performed in Tokyo, Japan.
1963 - The film Cleopatra premieres at the Rivoli Theater in New York City. A lavish production, it sees the blossoming of romance between co-stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton.
1964 - Africa's ANC leader Nelson Mandela is one of the 8 activists sentenced to life imprisonment for sabotage, in pretoria, south Africa. Mandela is sent to the notorious Robben Island where he is held until February 11, 1990.
1987 - Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan, in a speech at the Brandenburg Gate, publicly challenges Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Two-and-a-half years later, the wall was opened, then torn down by Berliners.
1991 - Boris Yeltsin becomes the first democratically elected President of Russia.
1994 - Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald goldman are murdred outside her home in Los Angeles, California. O.J. Simpson is later acquitted of the killings, but is held liable in a civil suit.
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 and Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org
(c) June 2007. Updated June 12, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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
(c) June 2007. Updated June 12, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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