Birthdays
1653 - Johann Pachelbel, German composer, organist, and teacher, famous for Canon in D major. (Video of Canon in D, YouTube, uploaded by Voices of Music. Accessed September 1, 2018.)
1854 - Engelbert Humperdinck, German composer best known for his opera Hänsel and Gretel based on the familiar fairy tale.(Video: Hänsel and Gretel Opera: "Evening Prayer" performed by the National Philharmonic Orchestra and the Ambrosian Singers, with Leonard Slatkin, conducting. YouTube, uploaded by Juanitoamericano. Accessed September 1, 2018.)
1875 - Edgar Rice Burroughs, American speculative fiction writer, best known for his prolific output in the adventure, science fiction and fantasy genres. Among his most well-known creations include Tarzan of the Apes, John Carter of Mars (Barsoom series) and Carson Napier of Venus (Amtor series). He is also known for the hollow Earth-themed Pellucidar series, beginning with At the Earth's Core; and the lost world-themed Caspak trilogy, beginning with The Land that Time Forgot. Burroughs' California ranch is now the center of the Tarzana neighborhood in Los Angeles.
1935 - Seiji Ozawa, Japanese conductor, known for his advocacy of modern composers and for his work with the San Francisco Symphony, the Toronto Symphony Orchestra, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra where he served as music director for 29 years. He is the recipient of numerous international awards. Following his cancer diagnosis, Ozawa and the novelist Haruki Murakami embarked on a series of six conversations about classical music that form the basis for the book Absolutely on Music. In 2015, Ozawa was honored at the Kennedy Center Honors. (Khachaturian: Sabre Dance / Ozawa · Berliner Philharmoniker. YouTube, accessed September 1, 2019.)
1939 - Lily Tomlin (born Mary Jean "Lily" Tomlin), American actress, comedian, writer, singer, and producer. Her breakout role was on the variety show Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1969 until 1973. She currently stars as Frankie Bergstein on the Netflix series Grace and Frankie, which debuted in 2015 and has earned her nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards, three Screen Actors Guild Awards and a Golden Globe Award.
1946 - Barry Gibb CBE (born Sir Barry Alan Crompton Gibb), British-American musician, singer-songwriter and record producer, co-founder of the Bee Gees group, one of the most commercially successful groups in the history of popular music. With his younger brothers, twins Robin and Maurice Gibb, he formed a songwriting partnership. In 1994, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame with his brothers. In 1997, as a member of the Bee Gees, Barry Gibb is a fellow of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors. In 2007, Q magazine ranked him number 38 on its list of the "100 Greatest Singers". Gibb was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2002 New Year Honours for services to music and entertainment and a Knight Bachelor in the 2018 New Year Honours for services to music and charity. (Barry Gibb - Woman in Love. YouTube, uploaded by Gabriel Fialho. Accessed September 1, 2019.)
1957 - Gloria Estefan (born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García), Cuban-American singer, songwriter, actress and businesswoman. A contralto, she started her career as the lead singer in the Miami Latin Boys group, later became known as Miami Sound Machine. She had worldwide success with "Conga". The song became Estefan's signature song. She has won three Grammy Awards and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and Las Vegas Walk of Fame. In 2015, she received the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2015) and the Kennedy Center Honors (2017) for her contributions to American music and American Culture Life, and was also inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame. She is on the Top 100 Greatest Artists of All Time lists of VH1 and Billboard.
Lefties:
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1804 - Juno, one of the largest main-belt asteroids, is discovered by German astronomer Karl Ludwig Harding. He also discovers three comets and catalogs 120,000 stars. A crater on the moon is named after him.
1939 - Germany attacks Poland, beginning World War 2. The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombards the Polish coast at Westerplatte. The German troops also broke down the turnpike at the German-Polish border. Within two days, UK and France declared war on Hitler's Germany, battling the British Empire, France and others. Japan and Italy joined Germany. Attacked by Japan in 1941, the U.S. joined the Allies. The war raged until 1945.
1951 - The Australia, New Zealand and U.S. Security Treaty (ANZUS), is signed by the three countries, a mutual military alliance that binds them to cooperate on defense matters.
1969 - A bloodless coup in Libya brings Col. M. Qaddafi to power, ousting King Idris I. Military officers seize power and declare the country a republic. The day is celebrated in Libya as Revolution Day.
1983 - A Korean Airlines Boeing 747 flying from U.S. to Seoul is shot down , with all 269 people on board killed. The following day, the U.S.S.R. admits to shooting down the aircraft after it entered Soviet airspace.
2004 - More than 1,100 people, mostly children, are taken hostage by Chechen militants at a school in Beslan, southern Russia, a three-day siege.
Resources:
1939 - Germany attacks Poland, beginning World War 2. The German battleship Schleswig-Holstein bombards the Polish coast at Westerplatte. The German troops also broke down the turnpike at the German-Polish border. Within two days, UK and France declared war on Hitler's Germany, battling the British Empire, France and others. Japan and Italy joined Germany. Attacked by Japan in 1941, the U.S. joined the Allies. The war raged until 1945.
1951 - The Australia, New Zealand and U.S. Security Treaty (ANZUS), is signed by the three countries, a mutual military alliance that binds them to cooperate on defense matters.
1969 - A bloodless coup in Libya brings Col. M. Qaddafi to power, ousting King Idris I. Military officers seize power and declare the country a republic. The day is celebrated in Libya as Revolution Day.
1983 - A Korean Airlines Boeing 747 flying from U.S. to Seoul is shot down , with all 269 people on board killed. The following day, the U.S.S.R. admits to shooting down the aircraft after it entered Soviet airspace.
2004 - More than 1,100 people, mostly children, are taken hostage by Chechen militants at a school in Beslan, southern Russia, a three-day siege.
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
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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