June 25 Dateline

Birthdays

1860 - Gustave Charpentier, French opera composer, best known for his opera Louise.  (Renee Fleming sings Charpentier'sLouise, "Depuis le jour". Uploaded by Thewisemonkey9. Accessed Jun 25, 2014.)

1900 - Louis Mountbatten, Viceroy of India, Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma, was a British Royal Navy officer and statesman, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, and second cousin once removed of Queen Elizabeth II.

1903 - George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair), English author, creator of 1984 and Animal Farm. He is  novelist and essayist, journalist and critic, whose work is characterised by lucid prose, awareness of social injustice, opposition to totalitarianism, and outspoken support of democratic socialism.  (Literature - George Orwell. Uploaded by The School of Life. Accessed June 25, 2018. George Orwell's Animal Farm ~ 1954 Animation [full movie]. Uploaded by Glenn Copeland. Accessed June 25, 2019. )

1945 - Carly Simon, American singer-songwriter, musician, and children's author. She first rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), "You Belong To Me" (No. 6), "Coming Around Again" (No. 18), and her four Gold certified singles "Jesse" (No. 11), "Mockingbird" (No. 5, a duet with James Taylor), "You're So Vain" (No. 1), and "Nobody Does It Better" (No. 2) from the 1977 James Bond film, The Spy Who Loved Me.(Carly Simon - Anticipation. Accessed June 25, 2011)

1963 - George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou), English singer, songwriter, record producer, and philanthropist. Michael sold over 80 million records worldwide making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He achieved seven number one songs on the UK Singles Chart and eight number one songs on the US Billboard Hot 100. He was widely known for his success in the 1980s and 1990s, including Wham! singles such as "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" and "Last Christmas" and solo singles such as "Careless Whisper" and "Faith".

1963 - Yann Martel, Spanish-born French Canadian author best known for the Man Booker Prize-winning novel Life of Pi, published in more than 50 territories. It has sold more than 12 million copies worldwide and spent more than a year on the bestseller lists of the New York Times and The Globe and Mail, among many other best-selling lists. It was adapted for a film, garnering four Oscars including Best Director and winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score. Martel is also author of other bestselling novels, stories (The Facts Behind the Helsinki Roccamatios), and a collection of letters to Canada's Prime Minister 101 Letters to a Prime Minister. He has won a number of literary prizes. 

Lefties:
George Michael, Singer
Carly Simon, Singer

More birthdays and historical events today, 25 June - On This Day.

Historical Events

1840 - Felix Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 2 in B flat major, Op. 52, "Lobgesang" (or Hymn of Praise), a symphony-cantata, is first performed, in St. Thomas Church, Leipzig. (Listen to a performance of Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang" conducted by Sir Mark Elder, with Halle Orchestra.  Uploaded by Duncan Wilson, from 2009 BBC Proms. (Note: "Lobgesang" or "Hymn of Praise" was  composed by Felix Mendelssohn, written in 1840 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the invention of printing, along with the less-known Festgesang "Gutenberg Cantata". The composer's description of the work was 'A Symphony-Cantata on Words of the Holy Bible, for Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra'. Structurally, it consists of three purely orchestral movements followed by 11 movements for chorus and/or soloists and orchestra, and lasts approximately 65--70 minutes. Resource: Wikipedia.org.)  

1857 - Gustave Flaubert goes on trial for public immorality. His tragic novel, Madame Bovary, is described as obscene at the time, depicting a woman who embarks on a series of affairs in a search for meaning.

1876 - American General George Custer and over 260 men of the 7th Cavalry and their Nativ eAmerican interpreters are killed by a force of Sioux and Cheyenne Indian at Little Big Horn in Montana, U.S.

1886 - Arturo Toscanini makes his conducting debut in Rio de Janeiro performing Verdi's opera Aida, substituting on short notice.  (refer to this link: Verdi Opera Aida, for Toscanini performance with NBC) 

1903 - Scientist Marie Curie announces that she and husband Pierre Curie have discovered radium.

1910 -Igor Stravinsky's ballet The Firebird is first performed, by the Ballet Russe, in Paris. 

1950 - North Korea invades South Korea in a surprise attack. U.S. President Harry S. Truman sends forces to help South Koreain what will become the Korean War.   

1975 - Mozambique achieves independence from Portugal and begins self-government under a former guerilla organization. 

1993 - Kim Campbell becomes the first female Prime Minister of Canada after the retirement of Brian Mulroney.  




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



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