June 3 Dateline

Birthdays

1808 - Jefferson Finis Davis, American politician, the first and only President of the Confederate States of America from 1861 to 1865. As a member of the Democratic Party, he represented Mississippi in the United States Senate and the House of Representatives before the American Civil War.

1819 - Johan Barthold Jongkind, Dutch painter and printmaker. He painted marine landscapes in a free manner and is regarded as a forerunner of Impressionism. Jongkind's frequent subject was the marine landscape, which he painted both in the Netherlands and in France. Many of his works depict the Seine, particularly the area near Notre-Dame Cathedral. He painted watercolors out-of-doors, and used them as sketches for oil paintings made in his studio. His paintings are characterized by vigorous brushwork and strong contrasts. Like the 17th-century Dutch landscape painters of the Golden Age of Dutch painting, he typically composed his landscapes with a low horizon, allowing the sky to dominate. (Hommage a Jongkind. Uploaded by Henri Lasserre. Jongkind's Moonlight Paintings. Uploaded by Rikki the Picture. Accessed June 3, 2020.)

1851 - Theodore Baker, American musicologist and music lexicographer. He published Baker's Dictionary of Musical Terms (1895) and most notably, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, which was revised after his death by Nicholas Slonimsky and then Laura Kuhn and as of 2007 is in its ninth edition. He translated Oscar Paul's A Manual of Harmony For Use in Music-Schools and Seminaries and For Self-Instruction (1885) and numerous other works published by Schirmer.

1865 - George V, son of Edward VII and grandson of Queen Victoria. He rules the British Empire during World War I. Not a great patron of the arts, it's been said that his favourite opera was La Boheme. Why? It was short.

1910 - Paulette Goddard (born Marion Levy), American actress, child fashion model and performer in several Broadway productions as a Ziegfeld Girl; she became a major star of Paramount Pictures in the 1940s. Her most notable films were her first major role, as Charlie Chaplin's leading lady in Modern Times, and Chaplin's subsequent film The Great Dictator. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in So Proudly We Hail! (1943). Her husbands included Chaplin, Burgess Meredith, and Erich Maria Remarque.

1925 - Tony Curtis (Anthony Curtis), American actor whose career spanned six decades but who achieved the height of his popularity in the 1950s and early 1960s. He acted in more than 100 films in roles covering a wide range of genres, from light comedy to serious drama. In his later years, Curtis made numerous television appearances and starred alongside Roger Moore in the 24-episode ITC TV series The Persuaders!, with Curtis playing American millionaire Danny Wilde.

1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet, philosopher and writer. He is considered to be one of the leading figures of both the Beat Generation during the 1950s and the counterculture that soon followed.

1986 - Rafael Nadal, Spanish Professional Tennis Player ranked world No. 2 (as of 2020) in men's singles tennis by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP).

Lefties:
Tennis player Rafael Nadal

 

More birthdays and historical events today, 3 June - On This Day. 

 

Historical Events

1140 - Peter Abelard, French scholar, poet, and eunuch, is found guilty of heresy.

1896 - Camille Saint-Saens's Piano Concerto No. 5 is first performed in Paris, by the composer himself. 

1916 - The U.S. Congress establishes the Reserce Officers Training Corps (ROTC) for officer training in colleges.

1923 - Dictator Benito Mussolini grants the right of Italian women to vote.

1969 - The last episode of the original Star Trek series, airs for the first time in the U.S. It is produced by Gene Roddenberry. 

1973 - Reggae band Bob Marley and The Wailers releases the album Exodus.

1991 - Mount Unzen erupts in Kyushu, Japan. forty-three scientists and journalists are killed.



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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