Birthdays
1879 - Marcel Lucien Tournier, French harpist and composer, and teacher who composed important solo repertory for the harp that expanded the technical and harmonic possibilities of the instrument. (Tournier's Étude de concert "Au matin" interpreted by Naoko Yoshino. Uploaded by N. Yoshino. Accessed June 5, 2019.)
1883 - John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes CB FBA, British economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments.
1939 - Margaret Drabble, English novelist, biographer, and critic, best known as a consummate chronicler of the city of London. (Margaret Drabble chats about her work with Australian broadcaster, writer & journalist Ramona Koval. Uploaded by WheelerCentre. Accessed June 5, 2018.)
1941 - Martha Argerich, Argentine classical concert pianist. She is widely considered one of the greatest pianists of all time. (The History of Martha Argerich. She started playing the piano at age three. She gave her debut concert in 1949 at the age of eight, playing Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor and Beethoven's First Piano Concerto in C major. At sixteen, she won both the Geneva International Music Competition and the Ferruccio Busoni International Competition within three weeks of each other. Argerich rose to international prominence when she won the seventh International Chopin Piano Competition in Warsaw in 1965, at age 24. In that same year, she debuted in the United States in Lincoln Center's Great Performers Series. Martha Argerich's intimate portrait: Bloody Daughter - Film by Stéphanie Argerich. Uploaded by EuroArtsChannel. Accessed June 5, 2020. Martha Argerich plays Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 1 + Bach Gavotte / Scarlatti K141 (encore). Conducted by Gábor Takács-Nagy Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music December 2019. Uploaded by Will Liang. Accessed June 5, 2020. M. Argerich at the 2016 Kennedy Center Honors. YouTube, uploaded by SProkofieff. Accessed July 1, 2020.)
1949 - Ken Follett, CBE, FRSL (born Kenneth Martin Follett), Welsh novelist, author of thrillers and historical novels. He has sold more than 160 million copies of his works. Many of his books have achieved high ranking on best seller lists.
Leftie:
None known
Death:
2023 - Singer & songwriter Astrud Gilberto.
Feature:
Pianist Martha Argerich performing Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, with Charles Dutoit, conducting. Interesting links: Martha Argerich honoured at Kennedy Centre 2016. and Martha Argerich on a Remarkable Career.
Historical Events
1851 - Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery epic, beings its serialization in the National Era abolitionist paper.
1963 - British Minister John Profumo resigns, after finally admitting to a liaison with Christine Keeler, a call-girl. He then worked for over 40 years at Toynbee Hall, a charity for the elderly in White Chapel, for which he was awarded a CBE (Commander of the British Empire).
1967 - Israel begins the Six-Day War with simultaneous attacks on the air forces of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
1968 - U.S. Presidential candidate Robert E. Kennedy is shot three times at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, California, by Sirhan Sirhan, allegedly over Kennedy's support for Israel in the Six-Day War. He was Attorney General in his brother's administration, on the way to securing the Democratic nomination for the 1968 U.S. presidential race. He dies the next day.
1984 - Indira Gandhi, the Prime Minister of India, orders an attack on the Golden Temple, the holiest site of the Sikh religion.
Video Credits:
History of Martha Argerich, A Tribute. YouTube, upoaded by Sy Kim. Accessed May 5, 2019.
Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No 1 FULL / Martha Argerich, piano - Charles Dutoit, conductor. Orchestre de la Suisse Romande 1975. YouTube, uploaded by spanishbaritone. Accessed June 5, 2015.
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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