Birthdays
1730 - Antonio Sacchini, Italian opera Composer (Enjoy this heartwarming work by Sacchini: "Te deum laudamus" performed by Singakademie Carinthia, with Michael Paumgarten, conducting.)
1811 - Harriet Beecher Stowe, American abolitionist and author, famous for Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852). She came from the Beecher family, a famous religious family, and is best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions for enslaved African Americans. She stirred up abolitonist sentiment in the decade before the Civil War. (Who is Harriet Beecher Stowe? Uploaded by AmericanExperiencePBS. Accessed June 14, 2105.)
1835 - Nicolas Rubinstein (born Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein), Russian pianist, conductor, and composer. He was the younger brother of Anton Rubinstein and a close friend of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. (Nikolai Rubinstein - Mazurka. YouTube, uploaded by wwwkyrkancom. Accessed June 14, 2010.)
1909 - Burl Ives (born Burl Icle Ivanhoe Ives), American singer and actor of stage, screen, radio and television. He is often remembered for his voice-over work as Sam the Snowman, narrator of the classic 1964 Christmas television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which continues to air annually around Christmas.
1946 - Donald Trump, Businessman, 45th U.S. president. Before entering politics, he was a businessman and television personality.
1961 - Boy George (born George Alan O'Dowd), English Singer, Songwriter, DJ and Fashion Designer. He is the lead singer of the pop band Culture Club. During the 1980s, they recorded global hit songs such as "Karma Chameleon", "Do You Really Want to Hurt Me" and "Time (Clock of the Heart)". George is known for his soulful voice and his androgynous appearance. He was part of the English New Romantic movement which emerged in the late 1970s to the early 1980s. Boy George received an Ivor Novello Award from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors for Outstanding Services to British Music in 2015.
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More birthdays and historical events today, 14 June - On This Day.
1777 - The Stars and Stripes is adopted as the flag of the United States of America.
1789 - The 19 survivors of the HMAV Bounty mutiny, including Captain William Bligh, reach Timor after a nearly 4,000 mile (6,400 km) travel in an open boat. The remarkable seamanship of Capt. Bligh is given as the reason for their survival.
1822 - Mathematician Charles Babbage proposes the "difference engine" to perform mathematical calculations. It is the first computer design in science.
1921 - Ralph Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, romance for violin and orchestra, is first performed, in London.
1940 - A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnow are the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1982 - The Falklands War ends with Argentina's surrender to the U.K.
Resources:
1. Asiado, Tel. The World's Movers and Shapers. New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)
Historical Events
1777 - The Stars and Stripes is adopted as the flag of the United States of America.
1789 - The 19 survivors of the HMAV Bounty mutiny, including Captain William Bligh, reach Timor after a nearly 4,000 mile (6,400 km) travel in an open boat. The remarkable seamanship of Capt. Bligh is given as the reason for their survival.
1822 - Mathematician Charles Babbage proposes the "difference engine" to perform mathematical calculations. It is the first computer design in science.
1921 - Ralph Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending, romance for violin and orchestra, is first performed, in London.
1940 - A group of 728 Polish political prisoners from Tarnow are the first inmates of the Auschwitz concentration camp.
1982 - The Falklands War ends with Argentina's surrender to the U.K.
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 and 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 and Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org
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