July 14 Dateline

Birthdays

1858 - Emmeline Pankhurst, British suffragist, political activist and helper of the British suffragette movement who helped women win the right to vote. In 1999 Time named Pankhurst as one of the 100 Most Important People of the 20th Century, stating "she shaped an idea of women for our time; she shook society into a new pattern from which there could be no going back". She was widely criticised for her militant tactics, and historians disagree about their effectiveness, but her work is recognised as a crucial element in achieving women's suffrage in the United Kingdom

1862 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. He is noted for his paintings, murals, sketches, and other objets d'art. Klimt's primary subject was the female body, and his works are marked by a frank eroticism. In addition to his figurative works, which include allegories and portraits, he painted landscapes. Among the artists of the Vienna Secession, Klimt was the most influenced by Japanese art and its methods. (The Complete Works of Gustav Klimt. Uploaded by Tuen Tony Kwok. Accessed Juky 14, 2019.)

1904 - Isaac Bashevis Singer, Polish-American writer, awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1978. He was a leading figure in the Yiddish literary movement, writing and publishing only in Yiddish. He was also awarded two U.S. National Book Awards, one in Children's Literature for his memoir A Day Of Pleasure: Stories of a Boy Growing Up in Warsaw (1970) and one in Fiction for his collection A Crown of Feathers and Other Stories (1974).

1910 - William Hanna, American animator, director, producer, voice actor, and cartoon artist whose film and TV cartoon characters entertained millions of people. Working at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Hanna met Joseph Barbera. The two men began a collaboration that was at first best known for producing Tom and Jerry (won seven Academy Awards). Hanna-Barbera collaboration became the most successful TV animation studio, creating and/or producing programs such as The Flintstones, The Huckleberry Hound Show, The Jetsons, Scooby-Doo, The Smurfs, and Yogi Bear. They won eight Emmy Awards. Their cartoons have become cultural icons, and their cartoon characters have appeared in other media such as films, books, and toys.

1918 - Ingmar Bergman (born Ernst Ingmar Bergman), Swedish director, writer, and producer who worked in film, television, theatre, and radio. Considered to be among the most accomplished and influential filmmakers of all time, Bergman's films include Smiles of a Summer Night, The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, Persona, Cries and Whispers, Scenes from a Marriage, and Fanny and Alexander; the last two exist in extended television versions.

1921 - Leon Garfield,  FRSL, British writer of fiction. He is best known for children's historical novels, though he also wrote for adults. He wrote more than thirty books and scripted Shakespeare: The Animated Tales for television.

1926 - Harry Dean Stanton, American actor, musician, and singer. In a career that spanned more than six decades, Stanton played supporting roles in films such as Cool Hand Luke, Kelly's Heroes, Dillinger, The Godfather Part II, Alien, Escape from New York, Christine, Repo Man, Pretty in Pink, The Last Temptation of Christ, Wild at Heart, The Straight Story, The Green Mile, Alpha Dog and Inland Empire. He was given rare lead roles in Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas and Lucky (2017), his last film. 

 

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Historical Events

1789 - Bastille Day. Around 800 Parisians armed with muskets and cannons attack the Bastile, a medieval fortress used as a prison. they wipe the garrison out and free the seven prisoners inside. This even triggers the French Revolution. Today this known as Bastille Day is celebrated to commemorate the event and the forming of the French Republic.

1791 - In Birmingham, England, rioters burn the home and laboratory of Joseph Priestly, the chemist who discovered oxygen, because of his support for the French Revolution. Three yearslater, he leaves for the U.S.A. 

1867 - Alfred Nobel, Swedish businessman, chemist, inventor, and philanthropist, demonstrates dynamite in a quarry in Surrey, England. He was an explosives manufacturer whose legacy endows the Nobel Prize. 

1946 - Dr. Benjamin Spock's The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care is published and becomes the child-rearing bible of the baby boom.

1958 - The monarchy of Iraq is overthrown in a violent military coup and 23-year-old King Faisal is killed. Abdul Karim el Qasim leads the coup and becomes Prime Minister, but is filled when he is overthrownin 1963.

2002 - An assassination attempt is made on French President Jacques Chirac during Bastille Day celebrations. The president was riding in an open -topped car during the parade when a gunman fired a single shot at him. Undeterred by the attack, Chirac continued with the day's celebration.  



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6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org.



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