September 14 Dateline

Birthdays

1737 - Michael Haydn, Austrian composer and younger brother of Joseph Haydn. He was a friend of Mozart and was also Carl Maria von Weber's teacher. Mozart's father (Leopold) criticized Michael though for his heavy drinking. (Listen to Michael Haydn's beautiful concertante for the organ, viola and orchestra - here. Uploaded by Jorgeloves. Accessed September 14, 2018.) 

1760 - Luigi Cherubini (or Sept 8?),  Italian Classical and pre-Romantic composer whose most significant compositions are operas and sacred music.  Ludwig van Beethoven regarded Cherubini as the greatest of his contemporaries. (Luigi Cherubini's Symphony in D major (1815). Uploaded by KuhlauDelfing2. Accessed September 14, 2014.)

1947 - Sam Neill, DCNZM OBE (born Nigel John Dermot "Sam" Neill), New Zealand actor, writer, producer, director and vineyard proprietor. Neill is the recipient of the Longford Lyell Award and the New Zealand Film Award and also the Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actor. He has three Golden Globe and two Primetime Emmy Award nominations.

Lefties:
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Historical Events

814 - American lawyer Francis Scott Key writes the poem "The Star-Spangled Banner," which fits the tune of "To Anacreon in Heaven," an English song from the 1760s by John Stafford Smith.

1901 - U.S. President William McKinley, who was shot twice on September 6, dies in buffalo, New York. His assassination gives Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt the top job.    

1975 - Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first U.S. saint, is canonized by Pope Paul VI. 

1982 - Princess Grace of Monaco, formerly American actress Grace Kelly, dies from injuries suffered from a car crash accident the day before in Monte Carlo. Stephanie, her youngest daughter was also in the car.    

1984 - Joe Kittinger, an American pilot becomes the first person to fly a hot air balloon alone across the Atlantic Ocean. He launches from Caribou, Maine, U.S., and lands in Montenotte, Italy, 86 hours later. he covered 3,543 miles (5,700 km).





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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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