July 28 Dateline

Birthdays

1844 - Gerard Manley Hopkins, English poet and Jesuit Priest, whose posthumous fame established him among the leading Victorian poets. His manipulation of prosody – particularly his concept of sprung rhythm and use of imagery – established him as an innovative writer of verse. His works for which he is known today were only published after his death. Much of his verses are about God's relationship to humanity. His ideas and style owed to earlier poets, including John Donne. He in turn influenced some prominent poets of the 20th-century, including T.S. Eliot and W.H. Auden. (The Life and Poetry of Gerard Manley Hopkins- Mr. Steve Ayers, Authenticum Lecture Series. Uploaded by Authenticum Lectures. Accessed July 28, 2018.) 

1866 - Beatrix Potter, English Children's writer, illustrator, natural scientist and conservationist, creator of Peter Rabbit. She is best known for her children's books featuring animals, such as those in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. Born into an upper-middle-class household, Potter was educated by governesses and grew up isolated from other children.The World of Beatrix Potter. Accessed July 28, 2019. Patricia Routledge On Beatrix Potter: "Who was the Real Beatrix Potter?". YouTube, uploaded by Timeline - World History Documentaries. Accessed July 28, 2021.)

1887 - Marcel Duchamp (born Henri-Robert-Marcel Duchamp), French-American painter, sculptor, and writer whose work is associated with Cubism, Dada, and conceptual art. He was careful about his use of the term Dada and was not directly associated with Dada groups. (Dadaism is art movement of the European avant-garde in the early 20th century). Here's Marcel Duchamp interview on Art and Dada (1956), uploaded by Manufacturing intellect. Accessed July 28, 2019.  

1922 - Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer. An undersea explorer known for having developed underwater submarines for studying ocean currents. In the Challenger Deep, he and Lt. Don Walsh of the United States Navy were the first people to explore the deepest part of the world's ocean, and the deepest location on the surface of Earth's crust, the Mariana Trench, located in the western North Pacific Ocean.

1929 - Jacqueline Lee "Jackie" Kennedy Onassis (née Bouvier), former First Lady of the United States as the wife of President John F. Kennedy. She was regarded as an international fashion icon. Her ensemble of a pink Chanel suit and matching pillbox hat that she wore in Dallas, Texas, when the president was assassinated on November 22, 1963, has become a symbol of her husband's death. Even after her death, she ranks as one of the most popular and recognizable First Ladies in American history, and in 1999, she was listed as one of Gallup's Most-Admired Men and Women of the 20th century.

1938 - Robert Hughes, AO (born Robert Studley Forrest Hughes), Australian-born art critic, writer, and producer of television documentaries, known for his contentious critiques of art and artists. Described in 1997 by Robert Boynton of The New York Times as "the most famous art critic in the world." Hughes earned recognition for his book and television series on modern art, The Shock of the New, and for his longstanding position as art critic with TIME magazine. He is also known for his best seller The Fatal Shore, a study of the British convict system in early Australian history.

1941 - Riccardo Muti, OMRI,  Italian conductor. He holds two music directorships, at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and at the Orchestra Giovanile Luigi Cherubini. He has previously held posts at the Maggio Musicale in Florence, the Philharmonia Orchestra in London, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Teatro alla Scala in Milan, and the Salzburg Whitsun Festival. Muti has been a prolific recording artist, and has received dozens of honours, titles, awards and prizes. He is especially associated with the music of Giuseppe Verdi. Today he is one of the most successful directors of the world. (Riccardo Muti Music).

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More birthdays and historical events today, 28 July - On This Day. 

Historical Events

1540 - Henry VIII, aged 44, marries 19-year-old Catherine Howard, wife number five.

1750 - Johann Sebastian Bach dies in Leipzig following a stroke; he was 65.

1850 - The Bach Gesellschaft  (Bach Society) is founded in Leipzig, marking the centenary of Bach's death. The society was for purpose of publishing the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach without editorial additions. The collected works are known as the "Bach-Gesellschaft-Ausgabe."

 
1914 - World War I begins when the Austro-Hungarian Empire declares war on Serbia at 11:00 A.M. when it fails to meet the conditions of an ultimatum set on July 23, demanding that Serbia find the killer of Archduke Francis Ferdinand.

1945 - A U.S. bomber pilot, disoriented by foggy conditions, crashes into New York's Empire State Building.

1976 - A devastating earthquake measuring 7.8 on the Richter scale strikes the city of Tangshan in China. Thousands of people were buried by collapsing buildings. 




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