tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20223248480440183302024-03-27T19:53:22.765-04:00INSPIRED PEN WEBSharing passions for classical music, literature, painting, science, biographies, films & soundtracks, icons & legends. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1091125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022324848044018330.post-49236766103117138492024-03-27T16:00:00.000-04:002024-03-27T17:38:21.076-04:00March 28 Dateline<div>
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Birthdays </h3>
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<b>1483</b> - <b>Santi Raphael</b>, Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance (birthday is not certain, could be March 28 or April 6). The works of Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, known as Raphael, is admired for its clarity of form, ease of composition, and visual achievement of the
Neoplatonic ideal of human grandeur.<br />
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<b>1868</b> - <b>Maxim Gorky</b> (born Alexei Maximovich Peshkov), Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright, a founder of the socialist realism literary method, and a political activist. He was also a five-time nominee for the Nobel Prize in Literature. <br />
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<b>1871</b> - <b>Willem Mengelberg</b>, Dutch conductor famous especially for his performances of Mahler and Strauss with the Concertgebouw Orchestra. (Mengelberg conducts <a href="https://youtu.be/J18wFaVjbPw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mahler's Symphony No. 4</a>. Live recording, Amsterdam, XI.1939. Accessed March 28, 2017. So engaging, can't help but listen intently. Brilliant conducting from Mengelberg!) </div><div>
<p><b>1943 - Sir Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe</b> <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: 85%; font-weight: normal;">OBE DL, </span>is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician, and broadcaster who is
best known for his humorous songs and frequent television appearances.
His output includes collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Peter Skellern. He is also a keen puzzler who has hosted several quiz shows and written several books on the subject. Stilgoe is also notable for his charity work and fundraising. <br /></p><b>1921</b> - <b>Dirk Bogarde </b>(Sir Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde), English actor and writer. Initially a matinée idol in films such as <i>Doctor in the House</i> for the Rank Organisation, Bogarde later acted in art-house films. In a second career, he wrote seven best-selling volumes of memoirs, six novels and a volume of collected journalism, mainly from articles in <i>The Daily Telegraph</i>. Bogarde came to prominence in films including <i>The Blue Lamp</i> in the early 1950s, before starring in the successful <i>Doctor</i> film series. He twice won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, for <i>The Servant</i> and <i>Darling</i>. His other notable film roles included <i>Victim</i>, <i>Accident</i>, <i>The Damned</i>, <i>Death in Venice</i>, <i>The Night Porter</i>, <i>A Bridge Too Far</i> and <i>Despair</i>. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters in 1990 and a Knight Bachelor in 1992. (Haunting <a href="https://youtu.be/TyflXLYlNRE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">scenes from <i>Death in Venice/Muerte en Venecia</i>, starring Dirk Bogarde</a>, (uploaded by Nick Tsormas), and <a href="https://youtu.be/4kpJehOi2p4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">more scenes</a> (uploaded by Morrissot), with a poignant theme from Mahler's Symphony No. 5, "<a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2017/07/mahlers-adagietto-from-symphony-no-5.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Adagietto</a>" in Movement 4. Directed by Luchino Visconti, based on the great novel by Thomas Mann. Uploaded by Nick Tsormas. Accessed March 28, 2018.<br />
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<b>1924</b> - <b>Freddie Bartholomew</b> (born Frederick Cecil Bartholomew), English-American child actor. One of the most famous child actors of all time, he became very popular in 1930s Hollywood films. His most famous starring roles are in <i>Captains Courageous</i> (1937) and <i>Little Lord Fauntleroy</i> (1936). Freddie Bartholomew was born in London, and for the title role of MGM's <i>David Copperfield</i> (1935) he emigrated to the United States at the age of 10, living there the rest of his life. He became an American citizen in 1943 following World War II military service. Despite his great success and acclaim following <i>David Copperfield</i>, his childhood film stardom was marred by nearly constant legal battles
and payouts which eventually took a huge toll on both his finances and his career. After World War II service, his film career dwindled, and he switched from performing to directing and producing in the medium of television.(<a href="https://youtu.be/C_z8QkwGGHI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lord Fauntleroy (1936) - Full Movie</a>. Described and Captioned Media Program. Accessed March 28, 2018.) <br />
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None known</div><div> </div><div><b>More birthdays and historical events, March 28 - <a href="https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/March/28" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On This Day</a></b><br />
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<h3>Historical Events </h3>
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<b>1854</b> - The Crimean War begins when France and Britain declare war on Russia to stop the Russians from controlling sections of the crumbling Ottoman empire. <br />
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<b>1930</b> - The Turkish Post Office officially changes Constantinople's name to Istanbul, a name used by Arabs since the thirteenth century that derives from the Greek phrase <i>eis ten polin</i>, "in the city." The city was originally named for the Roman emperor Constantine, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire. Constantine converted to Christianity when he saw a vast cross in the sky. It is said that his vision may have coincided with a meteor strike reported that same time, great enough to create a cloud that looked like a cross. He wanted Christian relics of similar stature to St peter, so had the bones of St Andrew, another apostle, brought to Constantinople. Some of them were later taken by a monk shipwrecked off the coast of Scotland, which somehow got its link to St. Andrew.<br />
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<b>1938</b> - Ugo Cerletti and Lucio Bini, Italian psychiatrists, use electric shock treatment for the first time. They used a man found mumbling to himself as he wandered in a railway station as their first patient. <br />
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<b>1939</b> - Madrid surrenders to General Francisco Franco, ending the Spanish Civil War. More than one million people had died in the three-year conflict.<br />
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<b>1941</b> - English writer Virginia Woolf, one of the foremost modernists of the 20th century drowns herself in the River Ouse, fearing another attack of the mental disorder that has plagued her intermittently since youth. <br />
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<b>1941 - </b>U.S. President George W. Bush announces the withdrawal of his nation's signature from the Kyoto Protocol. <br />
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<b>Resources: <br /></b>
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's
Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing
House (2005)</div><div>2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical
Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney:
Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables
of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon &
Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org<br />
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© June 2007. Updated March 28, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022324848044018330.post-1062899313377436072024-03-26T16:00:00.000-04:002024-03-27T17:37:01.796-04:00March 27 Dateline<div>
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<b>1785</b> - <b>Louis XVII of France </b>((born Louis Charles, Duke of Normandy), the younger son of King Louis XVI of France and Queen Marie Antoinette. His older brother, Louis Joseph, Dauphin of France, died in June 1789, a little over a month before the start of the French Revolution. At his brother's death he became the new Dauphin (heir apparent to the throne), a title he held until 1791, when the new constitution accorded the heir apparent the style of Prince Royal. When his father was executed on 21 January 1793, the middle period of the French Revolution, he succeeded as the king of France, Louis XVII. France was by then a republic, so he never actually ruled. But in 1814 after the Bourbon Restoration, his uncle acceded to the throne and was proclaimed Louis XVIII.<br />
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<b>1851</b> - <b>Vincent d'Indy</b>, French composer and teacher. Few of his works are performed regularly today. His best known pieces are probably the <i>Symphony on a French Mountain Air</i> (<i>Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français</i>, also known as <i>Symphonie cévenole</i>) for piano and orchestra (1886), and <i>Istar</i> (1896), a symphonic poem in the form of a set of variations in which the theme appears only at the end. Vincent d'Indy's works show the influence of Franck, Berlioz and especially of Wagner. D'Indy helped revive a number of then largely forgotten early works, for example, making his own edition of Claudio Monteverdi's opera <i>L'incoronazione di Poppea</i>. His musical writings include the studies of Franck and Beethoven. (<a href="https://youtu.be/9P95bhg-DR4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vincent d'Indy Souvenirs, Poeme for Orchestra, Op. 62</a>. Uploaded by Gunnar Frederikson. Accessed March 27, 2020.)<br />
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<b>1863 </b>- <b>Sir</b><b> Frederick Henry Royce, 1st Baronet</b>, <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: 85%;">OBE, </span>English engineer famous for his designs of car and aeroplane engines with a reputation for reliability and longevity. With Charles Rolls (1877 – 1910) and Claude Johnson, he founded Rolls-Royce. He initially focused on large 40-50 horsepower motor cars, the Silver Ghost and its successors. Royce produced his first aero engine shortly after the outbreak of the First World War and aircraft engines became Rolls-Royce's principal product. His health broke down in 1911 and he was persuaded to leave his factory in the Midlands at Derby and, taking a team of designers, move to the south of England spending winters in the south of France.<br />
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<b>1868</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/patty-smith-hill-lyricist-of-happy.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Patty Smith Hill</a></b>, American songwriter and teacher who created our endeared "Happy Birthday" song. She co-wrote the tune which was "Happy Birthday to You" later, simply "Happy Birthday". She was an American nursery school, kindergarten teacher, and key founder of the National Association for Nursery Education (NANE) which now exists as the National Association For the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).<br />
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<b>1924</b> - <b>Sarah </b>Lois <b>Vaughan</b>, American jazz singer, Nicknamed "Sassy" and "The Divine One", she won four Grammy Awards, including the Lifetime Achievement Award. She was given an NEA Jazz Masters Award in 1989. Vaughan had numerous accolades and awards. Among other awards were: the album <i>Sarah Vaughan with Clifford Brown</i> and the single "If You Could See Me Now" were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, an award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old and have "qualitative or historical significance." In 1985 she received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and in 1988 she was inducted into the American Jazz Hall of Fame. She was given the George and Ira Gershwin Award for Lifetime Musical Achievement at the UCLA Spring Sing. San Francisco and Berkeley, California, made March 27 Sarah Lois Vaughan Day.<br />
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<b>1927</b> - <b>Mstislav Leopoldovich "Slava" Rostropovich</b>, Soviet and Russian Cellist and Conductor. He is considered to be one of the
greatest cellists of the 20th century. (Here's an absolute favourite, Rostropovitch and Britten interpreting Schubert's <a href="https://youtu.be/aPLOfZW5VwE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sonata for Arpeggione and Piano in A</a>. Uploaded by RDZ Nagano. Accessed March 27, 2016.)<br />
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<b>1942</b> - <b>Michael </b>Hugh <b>York</b>, English actor. A two-time Emmy Award nominee, for the <i>ABC Afterschool Special</i>: <i>Are You My Mother?</i> (1986) and the AMC series <i>The Lot</i> (2001), he has appeared in more than 70 films, including <i>Romeo and Juliet</i>, <i>Cabaret</i>, <i>The Three Musketeers</i>, <i>Logan's Run</i>, Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express, and the <i>Austin Powers</i> film series (1997–2002).<br />
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<b>1952</b> - <b>Maria</b><b>-Hélène Schneider</b>, known professionally as <b>Maria Schneider</b>, was a French actress. In 1972 at the age of nineteen she starred opposite Marlon Brando in <i>Last Tango in Paris</i>, but was traumatized by a rape scene and hounded by unsavoury publicity
she subsequently declined to appear nude in roles for even the most prestigious directors. Although Michelangelo Antonioni's <i>The Passenger</i> showcased her abilities, a reputation for walking out of films mid-production resulted in her becoming unwelcome in the industry. An incautious attitude to drugs and their toll on her mental health made what should have been banner years for her increasingly chaotic. She re-established stability in her personal and professional life in the early 1980s, and became an advocate for equality and improving the conditions actresses worked under.<br />
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<b>1963</b> - <b>Quentin </b>Jerome <b>Tarantino</b>, American film director, screenwriter, producer, and actor. His films are characterized by nonlinear storylines, dark humor, aestheticization of violence, extended scenes of dialogue, ensemble casts, references to popular culture and a wide variety of other films, eclectic soundtracks primarily containing songs and score pieces from the 1960s to the 1980s.
His film, <i>Pulp Fiction</i>, a crime comedy, was a major success and won him numerous awards, including the Palme d'Or and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has received many industry awards, including two Academy Awards, two BAFTA Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, and the Palme d'Or, and has been nominated for an Emmy and five Grammys. In 2005, he was included on the annual <i>Time</i> 100 list of the most influential people in the world. In December 2015, Tarantino received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the film industry.<br />
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<b>Leftie:</b><br />
Prince Louis XVII of France<br />
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<b>1306</b> - Robert the Bruce is crowned king of Scotland and begins to fight for Scottish independence. England recognizes Scotland as a separate nation in 1328, one year before his death. <br />
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<b>1625</b> - James I, King of England and Scotland, dies and Charles I becomes King. He also claims the throne of France, though the French ignore him. His reign is fraught with religious and political conflict, resulting in civil war. He believed that he had a "divine right" to rule, that his power is granted by God. He lost the English Civil War.<br />
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<b>1745</b> - G.F. Handel's oratorio <i>Belshazzar</i> is first performed in London. <br />
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<b>1905</b> - Fingerprint evidence is used for the first time in Britain to solve a murder case, that of Ann and Thomas Farrow who had been killed when their shop was robbed. Alfred Stratton's thumbprint was found on their cashbox. <br />
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<b>1958</b> - Nikita Khrushchev, already the Soviet First Secretary, becomes the Premier of the U.S.S.R., and so now holds the two two offices. <br />
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<b>1973</b> - Sacheen Littlefeather, a young Native American woman, goes on stage at the 1973 Academy Awards to reject the award for Best Actor in <i>The Godfather</i> on behalf of Marlon Brando in protest at Hollywood's treatment of her people. <br />
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<b>1989</b> - NATO gives an ultimatum to Yugoslavia's President Slobodan Milosevic, warning that Serbian military positions will be adopted if he does not withdraw Serbian troops from Kosovo. <br />
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<b>Resources: </b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's
Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing
House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical
Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney:
Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables
of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon &
Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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© June 2007. Updated March 27, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022324848044018330.post-16778160549463613102024-03-25T16:00:00.000-04:002024-03-25T18:17:09.756-04:00March 26 Dateline<div>
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Birthdays</h3>
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<b> </b></div><div><b>1850 - </b><b>Edward Bellamy</b>, American author, journalist, and political activist most famous for his utopian novel, <i>Looking Backward</i>. Bellamy's vision of a harmonious future world inspired the formation of numerous "Nationalist Clubs" dedicated to the propagation of Bellamy's political ideas. <i>Looking</i> <i>Backward</i> was one of the most commercially successful books published in the
United States in the 19th century, and it especially appealed to a generation of intellectuals alienated from the dark side of Gilded Age. In the early 1890s, Bellamy established a newspaper known as <i>The New Nation</i> and began to promote united action between the various Nationalist Clubs and the emerging Populist Party. He published <i>Equality</i>, a sequel to <i>Looking Backward</i>.<br />
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<b>1859</b> - <b>A.E. Housman</b> (Alfred Edward Housman<b>)</b>, English Classical scholar and poet, best known for his cycle of poems <i>A Shropshire Lad</i>. Lyrical and almost epigrammatic in form, the poems wistfully evoke the dooms and disappointments of youth in the English countryside. Their beauty, simplicity and distinctive imagery appealed strongly to Edwardian taste, and to many early 20th-century English composers both before and after the First World War. Housman was one of the foremost classicists of his age and has been ranked as one of the greatest scholars who ever lived. He established his reputation publishing as a private scholar and, on the strength and quality of his work, was appointed Professor of Latin at University College London and then at the University of Cambridge. His editions of Juvenal, Manilius and Lucan are considered authoritative.<br />
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<b>1874</b> - <b>Robert </b>Lee<b> Frost</b>, American poet laureate. His work was initially published in England before it was published in America. He was a Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet. Known for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech, Frost frequently wrote about settings from rural life in New England in the early twentieth century, using them to examine complex social and philosophical themes. Frost was honored frequently during his lifetime and is the only poet to receive four Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry. He became one of America's rare "public literary figures, almost an artistic institution." He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1960 for his poetic works. On July 22, 1961, Frost was named poet laureate of Vermont. (<a href="https://youtu.be/o2stTH-rtq8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Robert Frost - American Poet & Four-time Pulitzer Prize Winner | Mini Bio</a>. YouTube, uploaded by Biography. <a href="https://youtu.be/vrBHd41YqTc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Road Not Taken - Robert Frost</a> (Powerful Life Poetry). Worth a Watch. Uploaded by Worth a Watch. Accessed March 26, 2017.)
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<b>1911</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2008/11/tennessee-williams.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tennessee Williams</a></b> (Thomas Lanier Williams), Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller, he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama. He became famous with the success of <i>The Glass Menagerie.</i> It was the first of a string of successes, including <i>A Streetcar Named Desire</i>, <i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i>, <i>Sweet Bird of Youth</i>, and <i>The Night of the Iguana</i>. His drama <i>A Streetcar Named Desire</i> is often numbered on short lists of the finest American plays of the 20th century alongside Eugene O'Neill's <i>Long Day's Journey into Night</i> and Arthur Miller's <i>Death of a Salesman</i>.<br />
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<b>1925</b> - <b>Pierre Boulez</b>, CBE, French conductor and composer. He was one of the dominant figures of the post-war classical music world. (Boulez Conducts Boulez. Uploaded by Polyphonie X. Accessed March 26, 2019. Boulez's "<a href="https://youtu.be/X7IS1LXA6IQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Le marteau sans maître</a>" (English: "The Hammer without a Master"). Phyllis Bryn-Julson, soprano. Pierre Boulez, conductor.
Ensemble InterContemporain. Performed live at Salzburg, Austria, August 1982.<br />
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<b>1940</b> - <b>James </b>Edmund<b> Caan</b>, American actor. After early role in <i>The Glory Guys</i> (1965), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. He came to prominence in the 1970s with significant roles in films such as <i>Brian's Song</i>, <i>Cinderella Liberty</i>, <i>The Gambler</i>, <i>Funny Lady</i> and <i>A Bridge Too Far</i>. For his signature role in <i>The Godfather</i> (1972), that of hot-tempered Sonny Corleone, Caan was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the corresponding Golden Globe. Caan's subsequent notable performances include roles in <i>Thief</i>, <i>Misery</i>, <i>For the Boys</i>, <i>Bottle Rocket</i> and <i>Elf</i>, as well as the role of "Big Ed" Deline in the television series <i>Las Vegas</i>. He prominently lent his voice to <i>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs</i> and <i>Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2</i>. Caan was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978 with a motion pictures star located at 6648 Hollywood Boulevard.<br />
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<b>1944</b> - <b>Diana Ross</b>, American singer, actress, and record producer. She rose to fame as the lead singer of the vocal group The Supremes, who during the 1960s became Motown's most successful act, and are the best-charting female group in US history. Following her departure from the Supremes in 1970, Ross released her eponymous debut solo album that same year, featuring the No. 1 Pop hit "Ain't No Mountain High Enough". She later released the album <i>Touch Me in the Morning</i> in 1973; its title track was her second solo No. 1 hit. She continued a successful solo career through the 1970s, which included hit albums like <i>Mahogany</i> and <i>Diana Ross</i> and their No. 1 hit singles, "Theme from Mahogany" and "Love Hangover", respectively. Her final single with Motown during her initial run with the company achieved her sixth and final US number one Pop hit, the duet "Endless Love" featuring Lionel Richie, whose solo career was launched with its success.(<a href="https://youtu.be/VOH6SzDX3l4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Diana Ross sings "Theme from Mahogany"</a>, uploaded by Shooofly. Accessed March 26, 2016.) <br />
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<b>1947</b> -<b> John </b>Edward<b> Rowles</b>, <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: 85%;">KNZM OBE</span> (born 26 March 1947) is a New Zealand singer. He was most popular in the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, and he was best known in New Zealand for his song from 1970, "Cheryl Moana Marie", which he had written about his younger sister.(John Rowles' "<a href="https://youtu.be/ToNK2-JuQMs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">If I Only Had Only Time</a>". Uploaded by C. R. Waetford. Accessed December 1, 2016.)<br />
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<b>1985</b> -<b> Keira Knightly</b>, English actress. She is the recipient of an Empire Award and has been nominated for two BAFTA Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and two Academy Awards. Her breakthrough came with the film <i>Bend It Like Beckham</i>. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress for starring as Elizabeth Bennet in <i>Pride & Prejudice; </i>subsequently became known for starring in period dramas, including <i>Atonement</i>, <i>The Duchess</i>, <i>A Dangerous Method</i>, <i>Anna Karenina</i>, and <i>Colette</i>. She received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress portraying Joan Clarke in the historical drama <i>The Imitation Game</i>. On stage, Knightly has appeared on the West End in production of <i>The Misanthrope</i>, which earned her a nomination for a Laurence Olivier Award. She starred as the eponymous heroine in the 2015 Broadway production of <i>Thérèse Raquin</i>. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2018 Birthday Honours for services to drama and charity.
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<b>Leftie:</b><br />
Actor James Caan<br />
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<b>Death:</b><br />
1827 - Composer <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/ludwig-van-beethoven.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ludwig van Beethoven</a> (In remembrance: Beethoven: <a href="Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 61 - Larghetto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Violin Concerto in D Major Op. 61 - Larghetto</a>. Uploaded by Radial by the Orchard. Accessed March 26, 2023.)
<h3><b> </b></h3><h3><b>More birthdays and historical events, March 26 - <a href="https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/March/26" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On This Day</a></b><br /> <br /></h3><h3> </h3><h3>Historical Events</h3>
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<b>1723</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/johann-sebastian-bach.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>'s St John Passion is first performed on Good Friday services at St. Thomas-Kirche, in Leipzig. <br />
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<b>1827</b> - Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna, aged 56.<br />
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<a name='more'></a><b>1828</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2016/01/austrian-composer-franz-schubert.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Franz Schubert</a> gives a public concert of his own works, in Vienna. It proves an artistic and financial success. <br />
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<b>1953</b> - Jonas Salk announces he has developed a vaccine for poliomyelitis, otherwise known as infantile paralysis. <br />
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<b>1964</b> - Funny Girl starring Barbara Streisand, 20 years old, opens on Broadway. According to New York Times, Streisand "knocked New York on its ears."<br />
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<b>1973</b> - The London Stock Exchange admits women for the first time in its 200-year history. Ten women were admitted on this day, and 28 years later Clara Furse gains one of the most senior roles, that of chief executive. <br />
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<b>1979</b> - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Manachim Begin sign a peace treaty at the White House in Washington D.C., ending 30 years of conflict. They were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978.<br />
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<b>1999</b> - The Melissa computer virus strikes, infecting around one million personal computers and causing around U.S. $80nmillion worth of damage. <br />
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<b>2000</b> - Vladimir Putin, acting President of Russia sine the resignation of Boris Yeltsin on December 31, 1999, is elected President. <br />
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<b>2001</b> - The Russian Mir space station is brought down and breaks up over the ocean between Chile and New Zealand. It was launched in February 1986, and had traveled 20.9 billion miles or 33.6 billion km, in 86,331 orbits of the Earth. <br />
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<b>Resources: </b></div><div><br />
1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's
Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing
House (2005)</div><div>2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical
Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney:
Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables
of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon &
Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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</div><div><br /> </div><div>© June 2007. Updated March 26, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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Birthdays</h3>
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<b>1867</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/maestro-arturo-toscanini.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arturo Toscanini</a></b>, Italian conductor, one of the most acclaimed musicians conductor of the late 18th and 19th century and renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orchestral detail and sonority, and his eidetic memory. He was at various times the music director of La Scala in Milan, the Metropolitan Opera in New York, and the New York Philharmonic. Later in his career he was appointed the first music director of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (1937–54), and this led to his becoming a household name (especially in the United States) through his radio and television broadcasts and many recordings of the operatic and symphonic repertoire.<br />
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<b>1881</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/bela-bartok.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bela Bartok</a></b>, Hungarian composer and pianist. With Zoltan Kodaly, Bartok collected folksongs extensively. (Enjoy a recording of his Concerto for Orchestra (<a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/bela-bartok-concerto-for-orchestra.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here)</a> or Pinchas Zukerman playing Bartok's Violin Concerto No. 2, First Movement, Allegro non troppo [Part 1/4], with Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta conducting - <a href="https://youtu.be/0rxhtP-Mk5U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">here</a>.)<br />
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<b>1928</b> - <b>James Lovell</b> (James Arthur Lovell Jr.), retired American astronaut, naval aviator, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he became one of the first three humans to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then commanded the 1970 Apollo 13 lunar mission which, after a critical failure en route, circled around the Moon and returned safely to Earth through the efforts of the crew and mission control. He was the first person to fly into space four times, and the also the first to fly to it twice. He is a recipient of the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (in 1970, as one of 17 recipients in the Space Exploration group), and co-author of the 1994 book <i>Lost Moon</i>, on which the 1995 film <i>Apollo 13</i> was based.<br />
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<b>1934</b> - <b>Gloria </b>Marie <b>Steinem</b>, American feminist journalist and social political activist. Steinem was a columnist for <i>New York</i> magazine, and a co-founder of <i>Ms.</i> magazine. In 1969, Steinem published an article, "After Black Power, Women's Liberation", which brought her to national fame as a feminist leader. In 1971, she co-founded the National Women's Political Caucus which provides training and support for women who seek elected and appointed offices in government. Steinem, Jane Fonda, and Robin Morgan co-founded the Women's Media Center, an organization that "works to make women visible and powerful in the media".<br />
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<b>1942</b> - <b>Aretha </b>Louise <b>Franklin</b>, American singer, songwriter, actress, pianist, and civil rights activist. Franklin began her career as a child singing gospel at New Bethel Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan, where her father C. L. Franklin was a minister. At the age of 18, she embarked on a secular-music career as a recording artist for Columbia Records. Hit songs such as "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)", "Respect", "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman", "Chain of Fools", "Think", and "I Say a Little Prayer" propelled her past her musical peers. By the end of the 1960s, she had come to be known as the "Queen of Soul". Franklin recorded numerous singles on Billboard, R&B entries, etc. She received numerous honours in her career. The Pulitzer Prize jury in 2019 awarded Franklin a posthumous special citation "for her indelible contribution to American music and culture for more than five decades". In 2020, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame.<br />
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<b>1943</b> - <b>Paul Michael Glaser</b>, American actor and director best known for his role as Detective Dave Starsky on the 1970's television series, <i>Starsky & Hutch</i>. Glaser also played Captain Jack Steeper on the NBC series <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_Watch" title="Third Watch">Third Watch.</a></i> <br />
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<b>1965</b> - <b>Sarah Jessica Parker</b>, American actress and producer. She is known for her role as Carrie Bradshaw on the HBO television series <i>Sex and the City</i>, for which she won two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards for Best Actress in a Comedy Series and three Screen Actors Guild Awards. She later reprised the role in films <i>Sex and the City</i> (2008) and <i>Sex and the City 2</i> (2010). Parker made her Broadway debut at the age of 11 in the 1976 revival of <i>The Innocents</i>, before going on to star in the title role of the Broadway musical <i>Annie</i> in 1979. She made her first major film appearances in the 1984 dramas <i>Footloose</i> and <i>Firstborn</i>. Her other film roles include <i>L.A. Story</i>, <i>Honeymoon in Vegas</i>, <i>The First Wives Club</i>, among others. She starred as Frances Dufresne in the HBO series <i>Divorce</i>, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Since 2005, she has run her own production company, Pretty Matches, which has been creating content for HBO and other channels.<br />
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<b>1947</b> - <b>Sir Elton </b>Hercules<b> John</b> <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: 100%;">CH Kt CBE</span> (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight),<b> </b>English singer, songwriter, pianist, and composer. Collaborating with lyricist Bernie Taupin since 1967 on more than 30 albums, John has sold over 300<span class="nowrap"> </span>million records, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. He has more than fifty Top 40 hits in the UK Singles Chart and US <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100, including seven number ones in the UK and nine in the US, as well as seven consecutive number-one albums in the US. His tribute single "Candle in the Wind 1997", rewritten in dedication to Diana, Princess of Wales, sold over 33<span class="nowrap"> </span>million copies worldwide and is the best-selling single in the history of the UK and US singles charts. He has also produced records and occasionally acted in films.<br />
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<b><i>Lefties:</i></b><br />
Astronaut James Lovell <br />
Actor Paul Michael Glaser<br />
Actress Sarah Jessica Parker<br />
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<h3><b>More birthdays and historical events, March 25 - <a href="https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/March/25" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On This Day</a></b><br /> <br /></h3><h3> </h3><h3>Historical Events</h3>
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<b>1807</b> - The British Parliament passes the Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, banning the trade of human beings throughout the empire. <br />
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<b>1957</b> - France, West Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg sign the Treaty of Rome to form the European Economic Community. <br />
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<b>1969</b> - John Lennon and Yoko Ono begin their first "bed-in for peace" in Amsterdam.<br />
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<b>1975</b> - King Faisal of Saudi Arabia dies. when King Faisal bent forward on the previous day to greet his nephew, Prince Musaed, the mentally unstable prince drew a pistol and shot the King in the head. <br />
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<b>1996</b> - Five days prior, the British Government admits there is a link between bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a similar disease in humans. On this day, the European Union bans the import of British beef products. <br />
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<b>Resources</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's
Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing
House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical
Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney:
Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables
of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon &
Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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© June 2007. Updated March 25, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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<h3>Birthdays </h3>
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<b>1693 </b>- <b>John Harrison</b>, (3 April [O.S. 24 March]), English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a device for solving the problem of calculating longitude while at sea. His solution revolutionized navigation and greatly increased the safety of long-distance sea travel. The problem he solved was considered so important following the Scilly naval disaster of 1707 that the British Parliament offered financial rewards of up to £20,000 (equivalent to £3.17 million in 2020) under the 1714 Longitude Act. Toward the end of his life, he
received recognition and a reward from Parliament. Harrison came 39th in the BBC's 2002 public poll of the 100 Greatest Britons.<br />
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<b>1808</b> - <b>Maria Felicia Malibran</b>, nee Garcia, Spanish opera singer, who commonly sang both contralto and soprano parts, and was one of the best-known opera singers of the 19th century. Malibran was known for her stormy personality and dramatic intensity, becoming a legendary figure after her death, Sept 1836, Manchester, UK, at the age of 28. She was the sister of Pauline Viardot, <span class="st">a leading 19th century French mezzo-soprano, pedagogue, and composer. </span>She lived with composer Charles Auguste de Bériot and had a child (Charles-Wilfrid de Bériot, a piano professor). They were married in 1836 when Malibran obtained an annulment of her previous marriage.<br />
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<b>1874</b> - <b>Harry Houdini (</b>born Erik Weisz, later Ehrich Weiss or Harry Weiss), Hungarian-born American illusionist and stunt performer, noted for his sensational escape acts. He first attracted notice in vaudeville in the United States and then as "Harry 'Handcuff' Houdini" on a tour
of Europe, where he challenged police forces to keep him locked up. Soon he extended his repertoire to include chains, ropes slung from
skyscrapers, straitjackets under water, and having to escape from and hold his breath inside a sealed milk can with water in it.<br />
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<b>1930</b> - <b>Steve McQueen</b> (born Stephen Terrence McQueen), American actor. McQueen was nicknamed "The King of Cool", and his antihero persona developed at the height of the counterculture of the 1960s made him a top box-office draw during the 1960s and 1970s. McQueen received an Academy Award nomination for his role in <i>The Sand Pebbles</i>. His other popular films include <i>The Cincinnati Kid</i>, <i>Love With the Proper Stranger</i>, <i>The Thomas Crown Affair</i>, <i>Bullitt</i>, <i>The Getaway</i>, and <i>Papillon</i>, as well as the all-star ensemble films <i>The Magnificent Seven</i>, <i>The Great Escape</i>, and <i>The Towering Inferno</i>. In 1974, he became the highest-paid movie star in the world,
although he did not act in films again for four years. McQueen was combative with directors and producers, but his popularity placed him in high demand and enabled him to command large salaries.<br />
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<b>1936</b> - <b>David</b><b> </b>Takayoshi <b>Suzuki</b> <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: 85%;">CC OBC FRSC</span>, Canadian academic, science broadcaster and environmental activist. He earned a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Chicago, and was a professor in the genetics department at the University of British Columbia. Suzuki has been known for his television and radio series, documentaries and books
about nature and the environment. He is also best known as host and narrator of the popular and long-running CBC Television science program <i>The Nature of Things</i>, seen worldwide. A longtime activist to reverse global climate change, Suzuki co-founded the David Suzuki Foundation in 1990, "to find ways for society to live in balance with the natural world that does sustain us".<br />
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<b>1951</b> - <b>Tommy Hilfiger </b>(Thomas Jacob Hilfiger), American fashion designer and founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. After by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upstate New York in the 1970s, he began designing preppy clothing for his own eponymous menswear line. The company later expanded into women's clothing and various luxury items such as perfumes. Hilfiger's collections are often influenced by the fashion of music subcultures and marketed in connection with the music industry. In 2006, Hilfiger sold his company for $1.6 billion to Apax Partners, who next sold it to Phillips-Van Heusen for $3 billion. He remains the company's principal designer, leading the design teams and overseeing the entire creative process. In 2012, Hilfiger was awarded the Geoffrey Beene Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. <br />
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<b>Lefties:</b><br />
Actor Steve McQueen<br />
Fashion entrepreneur Tommy Hilfiger<br />
<b> </b></div><div><b>More birthdays and historical events, March 24 - <a href="https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/March/24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On This Day</a></b><br />
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<b> </b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Sibelius' Symphony No. 7 with L. Bernstein conducting the Vienna Philharmonic </b><br />
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Historical Events </h3>
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<b>1603</b> - On the death of Queen Elizabeth I of England and Ireland, King James VI of Scotland succeeds to the English throne, uniting the two countries, and becoming James I. QEI dies after a reign of 44 years, ending the Elizabethan age that saw the Spanish Armada smashed in 1588, prominence of Shakespeare, Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake prominent, and a huge period of expansion in English power at sea and on land. <br />
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<b>1882</b> - Dr. Robert Koch announces in Berlin that he has isolated the bacterium responsible fffor tuberculosis. He receives the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1905.<br />
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<b>1900</b> - The construction of the first section of New York's subway system begins. The decision to build a subway came about because the elevated rail system had ceased to function during the Blizzard of 1888.<br />
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<b>1924</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/jean-sibelius-biography.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jean Sibelius</a> conducts the first performance of his Symphony No. 7, in Stockholm. <br />
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<b>1955</b> - The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_on_a_Hot_Tin_Roof" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Cat on a Hot Tin Roof</i></a> opens in Morosco Theatre, New York, and becomes one of Tennessee William's greatest Broadway successes. One of Williams's best-known works and his personal favorite, the play won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, same year. Set in the "plantation home in the Mississippi Delta of Big Daddy Pollitt, a wealthy cotton tycoon, William's play examines the relationships among members of Big Daddy's family, mainly between his son Brick and Maggie the "Cat",
Brick's wife.<br />
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<b>1969</b> - Per Norgaard's <i>Voyage into the Golden Screen</i>, for chamber orchestra, is first performed in Copenhagen. <br />
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<b>1958</b> - Elvis Presley becomes a private in the U.S. Army, where he serves for two years, spending much of his time in Germany.<br />
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<b>1989 - </b>The <i>Exxon Valdez </i>runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska, creating one of the most damaging oil spills in history.<br />
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Video Credit:<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/dfwLm1rW14Q" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sibelius, Symphonie Nr 7 C Dur op 105 Leonard Bernstein, Wiener Philharmoniker</a>. YouTube, uploaded by some oane. Accessed March 24, 2017.</div>
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<b>Resources:<br /></b>
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br 2.="" br="" britannica.="" www.britannica.com="" />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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© June 2007. Updated March 24, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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<h3>Birthdays </h3>
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<b>1878 - Franz Shreker</b>, Austrian late Romantic composer, first won success with his ballet <i>Der Geburstag der Infantin</i>, and still more, with his opera <i>Der ferne Klang</i> (<i>The Distant Sound</i>). He was <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">a popular composer in the early decades of the 20th century, until his music was banned by the Nazis because he was of Jewish background. <i>Der ferne Klang</i>, his first major work, is a late Romantic opera of grand passions. Briefly, the opera is about </span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Fritz, a composer, and Grete Graumann, the daughter of a poor retired officer, in love. Fritz wants to marry Grete, but he tells her that
before that happens, he has to write a great piece of music and discover the mysterious distant sound ("der ferne Klang") which he hears within
him. Grete tries in vain to convince him to stay with her. Fritz leaves his childhood sweetheart and goes in search of the distant sound.(<a href="https://youtu.be/lnCWyNLl9Yk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Trailer of Der ferne Klang,</a> uploaded by theaterbonn. Accessed March 23, 2019.)</span><br />
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<b>1887 </b>- <b>Juan Gris</b> (born José Victoriano (Carmelo Carlos) González-Pérez<b>), </b>Spanish painter born in Madrid who lived and worked in France most of his life. Closely connected to the innovative artistic genre Cubism, his works are among the movement's most distinctive. <br />
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<b>1900</b> - <b>Erich Fromm</b>, German psychologist, psychoanalyst, sociologist, humanistic philosopher, democratic socialist, a Jew who fled the Nazi regime and settled in the US. He was one of the Founders of The William Alanson White Institute of Psychiatry, Psychoanalysis and Psychology, associated with the Frankfurt School of critical theory. The word <i>biophilia</i> was used by Fromm as a description of a productive psychological orientation and "state of being". For example, in an addendum to his book <i>The Heart of Man: Its Genius For Good and Evil</i>, Fromm wrote as part of his humanist credo: "I believe that the man choosing progress can find a new unity
through the development of all his human forces, which are produced in three orientations. These can be presented separately or together:
biophilia, love for humanity and nature, and independence and freedom." E. Fromm postulated eight basic needs: Transcendence, Rootedness, Sense of Identity, Frame of Orientation, Excitation & Stimulation, Unity, and and Effectiveness. (<a href="https://youtu.be/sdSCd4tsq-I" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Art of Love | Erich Fromm</a> - The art of loving. Uploaded by 5 Minute Concepts. Accessed March 23, 2021.)<br />
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<b>1908</b> - <b>Joan Crawford</b> (born Lucille Fay LeSueur), American film and television actress. She debuted as a chorus girl on Broadway before signing a motion picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1925, her career spanning six decades. Her films ranged in genres from contemporary crime, melodramas, film noir, historical costume dramas, romances, mysteries, musicals, suspense, horror, to three westerns and over a dozen comedies. Her greater successes and perhaps most memorable performances were in romantic dramas and melodramas. In 1999, The American Film Institute ranked Crawford tenth on its list of the greatest female stars of Classic Hollywood Cinema.<br />
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<b>1910</b> - <b>Akira Kurosawa</b>, Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years. He is regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers in the history of cinema.
<br /> ore entering the Japanese film industry in 1936, he had a brief stint as a painter. He made his debut as a director during WWII with the popular action film <i>Sanshiro Sugata</i> (a.k.a. <i>Judo Saga</i>). After the war, the critically acclaimed <i>Drunken Angel</i> (1948), in which Kurosawa cast then-unknown actor Toshiro Mifune
in a starring role. The two men collaborated on another 15 films.
Kurosawa directed approximately one film per year, including a number of highly regarded (and often
adapted) films, such as <i>Ikiru</i>, <i>Seven Samurai</i> and <i>Yojimbo</i>. His final two epics, <i>Kagemusha</i> and <i>Ran</i> continued to win awards. In 1990, he accepted the Academy Award for Lifetime Achievement. Posthumously, he was named "Asian of the Century" in the "Arts, Literature, and Culture" category by <i>AsianWeek</i> magazine and CNN, cited there as being among the five people who most prominently contributed to the improvement of Asia in the 20th century. <br />
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<b>1944</b> - <b>Michael Nyman</b>, English composer, librettist, musicologist and pianist, known for numerous film scores / soundtracks, and minimalist music. Many of his film scores were written in collaboration with filmmaker Peter Greenaway. He is also known for his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's <i>The Piano</i>. (See feature linked below)<br />
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<b>Lefties:</b><br />
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<b>Features:</b><br />
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<b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2009/09/the-piano-film-soundtrack.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Film Soundtrack</a></b> of the <i>The Piano </i>composed by Michael Nyman. <br />
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Historical Events</h3>
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<b>1729 - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/johann-sebastian-bach.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> </a></b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/johann-sebastian-bach.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johann Sebastian Bach's</a> <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2009/04/bach-st-matthew-passion.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>St Matthew Passion</i></a> is first performed, in Leipzig. <br />
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<b>1917</b> - Leonard and Virginia Woolf establish the Hogarth Press.<br />
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<b>1935</b> - Samuel Barber's <i>Music from a Scene from Shelley</i> is first performed, by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. <br />
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<b>1919</b> - Benito Mussolini and several other World War I veterans found the <i>Fasci Italiani di Combattimento,</i> or the Italian Combat Fascists, in Milan. They believe that post-war Italy can be restored by force.<br />
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<b>1999</b> - NATO gives an ultimatum to Yugoslavia's President Slobodan Milosevic, warning that Serbian military positions will be adopted if he does not withdraw Serbian troops from Kosovo. <br />
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<b>2001</b> - The Russian Mir space station is brought down and breaks up over the ocean between Chile and New Zealand. It was launched in February 1986, and had traveled 20.9 billion miles or 33.6 billion km, in 86,331 orbits of the Earth. <br />
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<b>Resources:</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <i>The World's Movers and Shapers</i>.
New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3.<i> Chambers Biographical Dictionary</i>, 19th Ed.
London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<i> Dateline</i>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <i>The Timetables of History</i>, New
3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org<br />
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Birthdays</h3>
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<b>1599</b> - <b>Sir Anthony Van Dyck</b>,<b> </b>Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England after success in the Southern Netherlands and Italy. Van Dyck worked in London for some months in 1621, then returned to Flanders briefly, before travelling to Italy, where he stayed until 1627. In the late 1620s he completed his greatly admired <i>Iconography</i> series of portrait etchings. In 1632 he returned to London to be the main court painter, at the request of Charles I of England. With the exception of Holbein, van Dyck and Diego Velázquez were the first painters to work mainly as court portraitists, revolutionising the genre. He is best known for his portraits of the aristocracy, most notably Charles I, his family and associates. Van Dyck became the dominant influence on English portrait-painting for the next 150 years. He also painted mythological and biblical subjects, including altarpieces,and was an important innovator in watercolour and etching. The Van Dyke beard is named after him. Charles I granted him a knighthood, and he was buried in St Paul's Cathedral.<br />
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<b>1887</b> - <b>Chico Marx</b> (born Leonard Joseph Marx), American Comedian, Musician, Actor and Film star. He was a member of the Marx Brothers (with Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, and Zeppo Marx). His persona in the act was that of a charming, uneducated but crafty con artist, seemingly of rural Italian origin, who wore shabby clothes and sported a curly-haired wig and Tyrolean hat. On screen, Chico is often in alliance with Harpo, usually as partners in crime, and is also frequently seen trying to con or outfox Groucho. He was the oldest of the Marx Brothers to live past early childhood (first-born Manfred Marx died in infancy). <a href="https://youtu.be/amQ63EZfUMA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chico Marx playing piano. 10 films. Complete</a>. Uploaded by FairDealDan. Accessed March 22, 2018.<br />
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<b>1923</b> - <b>Marcel Marceau</b>, French actor and mime artist most famous for his stage persona as "Bip the Clown". He referred to mime as the "art of silence" and he performed professionally worldwide for over 60 years. As a youth, he lived in hiding and worked with the French Resistance during most of World War II, giving his first major performance to 3,000 troops after the liberation of Paris in August 1944.<sup> </sup> Following the war, he studied dramatic art and mime in Paris. Marceau established his own pantomime school in Paris, and set up the Marceau Foundation to promote the art in the U.S. Among his various awards and honours he was made "Grand Officier de la Légion d'Honneur" and was awarded the National Order of Merit in France. He won the Emmy Award for his work on television, was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin and was declared a "National treasure" in Japan.<br />
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<b>1930</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/stephen-sondheim.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen Sondheim</a></b>, American songwriter/lyricist and composer, known for his work in musical theater. He's considered one of the most important figures in 20th-century musical theater. His best-known works as composer and lyricist include <i>A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum</i>, <i>Follies, </i><i>A Little Night Music</i>, <i>Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street</i>, <i>Sunday in the Park with George</i>, and <i>Into the Woods</i>. He is also known for writing the lyrics for <i>West Side Story </i>and <i>Gypsy. </i>Sondheim<i> </i>has received an Academy Award, eight Tony Awards (more than any other composer, including a Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre), eight Grammy Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, a Laurence Olivier Award, a 2015 Presidential Medal of Freedom, and more.<br />
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<b>1931</b> - <b>William Shatner</b>, Canadian actor, author, producer, director, screenwriter, and singer. He became a cultural icon for his portrayal of Captain James T. Kirk of the USS <i>Enterprise</i> in the <i>Star Trek</i> franchise. He has written a series of books chronicling his experiences playing Captain Kirk, being a part of <i>Star Trek</i>, and life after <i>Star Trek</i>. Shatner has also co-written several novels set in the <i>Star Trek</i> universe, and a series of science fiction novels called <i>TekWar,</i> that were adapted for television. Shatner also played the eponymous veteran police sergeant in <i>T. J. Hooker</i> (1982–1986) and hosted the reality-based television series <i>Rescue 911</i> (1989–1996), which won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Dramatic Series. Among others, he starred as attorney Denny Crane both in the final season of the legal drama <i>The Practice</i> and in its spinoff series <i>Boston Legal</i>, a role that earned him two Emmy Awards. Shatner has also pursued a career in music and spoken word recordings since the late 1960s, having released eight albums.
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<b>1943</b> - <b>George </b>Washington <b>Benson</b>, American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. A former child prodigy, Benson first came to prominence in the 1960s, playing jazz guitar, and soul jazz with Jack McDuff and others. He then launched a successful solo career, alternating between jazz, pop, R&B singing, and scat singing. His album <i>Breezin'</i> was certified triple-platinum, hitting no. 1 on the <i>Billboard</i> album chart in 1976. Benson has been honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.<br />
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<b>1948</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2016/03/andrew-lloyd-webber.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber</b></a>, English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass. Multi-awarded, including a knighthood, several of Andrew Lloyd Webber's songs have been widely recorded and were hits, "The Music of the Night" and "All I Ask of You" from <i>The Phantom of the Opera</i>, "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from <i>Jesus Christ Superstar</i>, "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina" from <i>Evita</i>, "Any Dream Will Do" from <i>Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat</i>, and "Memory" from <i>Cats</i>.<br />
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<b>1976</b> - Laura Jeanne <b>Reece Witherspoon</b>, American actress,<b> </b>producer, and entrepreneur. The recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, two Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, she is one of the highest-paid actresses in the world as of 2019. <i>Time</i> magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2006 and 2015, and <i>Forbes</i> listed her among the World's 100 Most Powerful Women in 2019. Her breakthrough came in 1999 with a supporting role in <i>Cruel Intentions</i>, and for her portrayal of Tracy Flick in the black comedy <i>Election</i>. Other wider recognition followed with critical acclaim including her starring role in the romantic comedy <i>Sweet Home Alabama</i>. Her portrayal of June Carter Cash in the biographical musical film <i>Walk the Line</i>, won her the Academy Award for Best Actress. Witherspoon has since begun work in television, by producing and starring in the HBO drama series.<br />
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<i><b>Lefties:</b></i><br />
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<b> </b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Featuring the music of two great composers of musicals: Stephen Sondheim (1930) and Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948):</b><br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=04E8Y8nDfRQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Judi Dench - The Definitive "Send in the Clowns - South Bank Show 1995</a>. The video features Dame Judi Dench on the South Bank Show in 1995, which centers around her appearance in the revival of Stephen Sondheim's <i>A Little Night Music</i>. Its a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. The profile ends with this performance of the ever popular "Send In The Clowns." <br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/oZDcSrODALQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phantom of the Opera Live - 1988 Tony Awards</a>. The <i>Phantom of the Opera</i> musical is composed by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart, with additions from Richard Stilgoe. It is based on the French novel <i>Le Fantôme de l'Opéra</i> by Gaston Leroux. Its central plot revolves around Christine, a beautiful soprano, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Palais Garnier.<br />
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Historical Events </h3>
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<b>1457</b> - The Gutenberg Bible, the first printed book, is published. It is named after the inventor of the printing press, Johannes Gutenberg.<br />
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<b>1834</b> - Horace Greeley and Jonas Winchester establish a weekly literary and new journal, the <i>New Yorker. </i><br />
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<b>1895</b> - Louis Lumiere, a French industrial chemist, and his brother Auguste show their first motion picture to an invited audience. <br />
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<b>1956</b> - Martin Luther King, American civil rights leader, is convicted of organizing a boycott of buses in Alabama after a black woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat for a white woman. <br />
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<b>1965</b> - The U.S. Government confirms its troops used chemical warfare against the Vietcong in the Vietnam War. <br />
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<b>1977 - </b>Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India, resigns after her defeat in the elections two days earlier. She is succeeded by Moraji Desai, leader of the Janata Party. <br />
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<b>1979 </b>- Sir Richard Sykes, British Ambassador to the Netherlands, is assassinated. Police later find the IRA responsible.<br />
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<b>1979 - </b>The Israeli Parliament approves a peace treaty with Egypt. <br />
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<b>1993 -</b> Intel introduces the Pentium processor #80586. <br />
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<b>Resources:</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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© June 2007. Updated March 22, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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Birthdays</h3>
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<b>1685</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/johann-sebastian-bach.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johann Sebastian Bach</a> </b>or<b> JS Bach</b>, (N.S. 31 March [O.S. 21 March]), German composer and Organist of the Baroque period. He is known for instrumental compositions such as the <i>Brandenburg Concertos</i> and the <i>Goldberg Variations</i>, and for vocal music such as the <i>St Matthew Passion</i> and the Mass in B minor. Since the 19th-century Bach Revival he has been generally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time.<br />
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<b>1839</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/modest-mussorgsky.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Modest Mussorgsky</a></b>, (N.S. 21 March [O.S. 9 March]), Russian composer and member of the group known as "The Five" and famous for his work <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2011/10/modest-mussorgsky-pictures-at-exhibition.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pictures at an Exhibition</a>. He was an innovator of Russian music in the romantic period. He strove to achieve a uniquely Russian musical identity (history, folklore, and other national theme), often in deliberate defiance of the established conventions of Western music. uch works include the opera <i>Boris Godunov</i>, the orchestral tone poem <i>Night on Bald Mountain</i> and the piano suite <i>Pictures at an Exhibition</i>.<br />
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<b>1905</b> - <b>Phyllis McGinley</b>, American author of children's books and poetry. She was a 1961 Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet (<i>Times Three: Selected Verse from Three Decades</i>). Her poetry was in the style of light verse, specializing in humor, satiric tone and the positive aspects of suburban life. McGinley enjoyed a wide readership in her lifetime, publishing her work in newspapers and women's magazines such as the <i>Ladies Home Journal</i>, and literary periodicals, including <i>The New Yorker</i>, <i>The Saturday Review</i> and <i>The Atlantic</i>.<br />
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<b>1906</b> - <b>John D. Rockefeller III</b>, American billionaire philanthropist, the eldest son of John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller. He was engaged in a wide range of philanthropic projects, many of which his famous Rockefeller family had launched, as well as supporting organizations related to East Asian affairs. Rockefeller was also a major supporter of the Population Council, and the committee that created the Lincoln Center in Manhattan.<br />
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<b>1916</b> - <b>Harold Robbins</b>, American author of popular novels. One of the best-selling writers of all time, he wrote over 25 best-sellers, selling over 750 million copies in 32 languages. His first book was <i>Never Love a Stranger</i>. Usually<i>, </i>Robbins blended his own life experiences with history, melodrama, sex, and glossy high society into a fast-moving story. His 1952 novel, <i>A Stone for Danny Fisher,</i> was adapted into a 1958 motion picture <i>King Creole</i>, which starred Elvis Presley. Among his best-known books is <i>The Carpetbaggers</i> – featuring a protagonist who was a loose composite of Howard Hughes, Bill Lear, Harry Cohn, and Louis B. Mayer. <i>The Carpetbaggers</i> takes the reader from New York to California, from the prosperity of the aeronautical industry to the glamor of Hollywood. A sequel, <i>The Raiders</i>, was released in 1995. <input class="toctogglecheckbox" id="toctogglecheckbox" role="button" style="display: none;" type="checkbox" /><br />
<b> </b></div><div><b>1921</b> - <b>Arthur Grumiaux</b>, Belgian violinist. He had a long-standing relationship with Philips Records, and recordings are available from them of him performing works by famous composers including Handel, Bach, Vivaldi, Michael Haydn, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, and more. A recording of Grumiaux;s performance of one movement from Bach's Sonatas & Partitas for Unaccompanied Violin, the "Gavotte en rondeaux" from the Partita No. 3, is included on the Voyager Golden Record, attached to the Voyager spacecraft, as a sample of the culture of Earth. (Here's a beautiful recording of <a href="https://youtu.be/CjrM9l4AsXE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Grumiaux with Clara Haskill</a>: Mozart's Sonatas for Piano & Violin. Uploaded by Classical Music/Reference Recording. Accessed April 5, 2020.) <br />
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<b>1958</b> - <b>Gary </b>Leonard <b>Oldman</b> (born Gary Leonard Oldman), English actor and filmmaker who has performed in theatre, film, and television. Known for his versatility and expressive acting style, Oldman is regarded as one of the greatest actors of his generation. He has received several accolades, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award and three British Academy Film Awards. His films have grossed over $11 billion worldwide, making him one of the highest-grossing actors. Oldman made his film debut in <i>Remembrance</i>. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as Winston Churchill in <i>Darkest Hour</i>, and was also nominated for his portrayals of George Smiley in <i>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy</i> and Herman J. Mankiewicz in <i>Mank</i>. Oldman has served as executive producer of various films; wrote and directed. He has also featured in television shows. He provided the voice of Viktor Reznov in the <i>Call of Duty</i> video games and appeared in music videos for artists such as David Bowie, Guns N' Roses and Annie Lennox.<br />
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<b>1962</b> - <b>Matthew Broderick</b> (born Matthew John Broderick), American actor, comedian, and singer. His roles include the Golden Globe-nominated portrayal of the title character in <i>Ferris Bueller's Day Off</i> , the voice of the adult Simba in Disney's <i>The Lion King</i>, and Leo Bloom in both the Broadway musical <i>The Producers</i> and its 2005 film adaptation. Broderick has won two Tony Awards, one for Best Featured Actor in a Play for <i>Brighton Beach Memoirs</i>, and one for Best Actor in a Musical for <i>How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying</i>. As of 2020, Broderick remains the youngest winner of the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play. In 2006, he was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and 11 years later, he earned induction into the American Theater Hall of Fame.<br />
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<b>Leftie:</b><br />
A<b>c</b>tor Matthew Broderick</div><div><br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/7F7TVM8m95Y" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">JS Bach's Mass in D minor (Proms 2012)</a><br />
Performers: Joélle Harvey soprano, Carolyn Sampson soprano, Iestyn Davies counter-tenor, Ed Lyon tenor, Matthew Rose bass.
Choir of the English Concert. The English Concert.
Harry Bicket conductor. <br />
Venue & Place: Royal Albert Hall
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Historical Events</h3>
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<b>1556</b> - The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cramner, is burned at the stake as a heretic. Hundreds more Protestants were executed during the reign of "Bloody Mary," the Catholic daughter of Henry VIII. <br />
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<b>1851</b> - The Yosemite Valley is discovered in California, U.S.<br />
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<a name='more'></a><b>1963</b> - The notorious U.S. Federal Penitentiary, Alcatraz, closes after 29 years in operation.<br />
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<b>1980</b> - In the famous TV show <i>Dallas</i> episode, JR (played by Larry Hagman) is shot in a cliff-hanger. <br />
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Resources:</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)</div><div>2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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© June 2007. Updated March 21, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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Birthdays </h3>
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<b>43 B.C.E.</b> - <b>Ovid</b>, as known in the English-speaking world, was born Publius Ovidius Naso, a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus. He was a contemporary of the older Virgil and Horace, with whom he is often ranked as one of the three canonical poets of Latin literature. <span class="ILfuVd">The first major Roman <b>poet</b> to begin his career during the reign of Augustus, Ovid is today best known for the <i>Metamorphoses</i>, a 15-book continuous mythological narrative written in the meter of epic, and for works in elegiac couplets such as Ars Amatoria ("The Art of Love") and Fasti. (<a href="https://youtu.be/T5PbTOMQm1k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ovid's Metamorphoses</a>. Uploaded by Gottfried Leibniz. Accessed March 20, 2019.)</span><br />
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<b>1828 </b>-<a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/henrik-ibsen.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <b>Henrik Ibsen</b></a>, Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. As one of the founders of modernism in theatre, Ibsen is often referred to as "the father of realism" and one of the most influential playwrights of his time. (<a href="https://youtu.be/U2Glw642vWM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Henrik Ibsen: The Master Playwright Documentary (1987)</a>. Uploaded by Manufacturing Intellect. Accessed March 20, 2019.)<br />
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<b>1890</b> - <b>Beniamino Gigli</b>, Italian tenor. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest tenors of his generation. Gigli made many important debuts in quick succession: in <i>Mefistofele</i>: Teatro Massimo in Palermo (31 March 1915), Teatro di San Carlo in Naples (26 December 1915), Teatro Costanzi di Roma (26 December 1916), La Scala, Milan (19 November 1918), Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires (28 June 1919) and finally the Metropolitan Opera, New York City (26 November 1920). Gigli rose to true international prominence after the death of the great Italian tenor Enrico Caruso in 1921. Such was his popularity with audiences he was often called "Caruso Secondo", though he much preferred to be known as "Gigli Primo".
(<a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2013/03/beniamino-gigli-sings-mozart-dalla-sua.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gigli sings Mozart</a>) <br />
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<b>1904</b> - <b>B.F. Skinner</b> (Burrhus Frederic Skinner), American psychologist, behaviorist, author, inventor, and social philosopher. He was a professor of psychology at Harvard University until his retirement. Skinner founded the experimental analysis of behavior, a school of experimental research psychology. He also used operant conditioning to strengthen behavior, considering the rate of response to be the most effective measure of response strength. A prolific writer, he published 21 books and 180 articles. Contemporary academia considers Skinner, along with John B. Watson and Ivan Pavlov, a pioneer of modern behaviorism. Accordingly, a June 2002 survey listed Skinner as the most influential psychologist of the 20th century.<br />
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<b>1908</b> - <b>Sir Michael Redgrave</b>, CBE, (born Michael Scudamore Redgrave), English stage and film actor, director, manager, and author. He received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in <i>Mourning Becomes Electra</i>, as well as two BAFTA Award for Best British Actor nominations for his performances in <i>The Night My Number Came Up </i>and <i>Time Without Pity</i>. At the 4th Cannes Film Festival, he won Best Actor for his performance in <i>The Browning Version</i>.<br />
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<b>1917</b> - <b>Dame Vera </b>Margaret <b>Lynn</b>, English singer of traditional popular music whose musical recordings and performances were enormously popular during the WWII. She is known as "the Forces' Sweetheart" for giving outdoor concerts for the troops. The songs associated with her are "We'll Meet Again", "The White Cliffs of Dover", and "There'll Always Be an England". Her last single, "I Love This Land", was released to mark the end of the Falklands War. In 2009, aged 92, she became the oldest living artist to top the UK Albums Chart, with compilation album <i>We'll Meet Again: The Very Best of Vera Lynn</i>.<sup> </sup> Lynn scored a number one in 2014, when she was 97, with the collection <i>Vera Lynn: National Treasure</i>, and remains the oldest person to top the album charts. (Dame Vera Lynn - <a href="https://youtu.be/HsM_VmN6ytk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We'll Meet Again</a>. TheDayTheMusicDidDie. <a href="https://youtu.be/Tsfbp5aEAQE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">I'll Be Seeing You</a>. M. Maminteng. <a href="https://youtu.be/JZtWNlCTc6o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">You'll Never Know</a>. RReady555. Accessed March 20, 2020.) <br />
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<b>1950</b> - <b>William </b>McChord <b>Hurt,</b> American actor. He studied at the Juilliard School and made his film debut as a troubled scientist in Ken Russell's science-fiction feature <i>Altered States</i>, for which he received a Golden Globe nomination for New Star of the Year. In 1981 he played a leading role, as a lawyer in the neo-noir <i>Body Heat</i>. Hurt garnered multiple acting awards, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award for Best Actor, for <i>Kiss of the Spider Woman</i>. He received another two Academy Award nominations for his lead performances in <i>Children of a Lesser God</i> and <i>Broadcast News</i>. He received his first Tony Award nomination in 1985 for the Broadway production of <i>Hurlyburly</i>. He earned his fourth Academy Award nomination for his supporting performance in a crime thriller <i>A History of Violence</i>. <br />
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<b>1957</b> - Shelton Jackson <b>Spike Lee</b>, American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and professor. His production company, 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks, has produced more than 35 films. He made his directorial debut with <i>She's Gotta Have It</i>. He has since written and directed award-winning films. His work has continually explored race relations and colorism in the black community. He has won numerous accolades including an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, two Emmy Awards, two Peabody Awards, and the Cannes Grand Prix. Lee's films <i>Do the Right Thing</i>, <i>Malcolm X</i>, <i>4 Little Girls</i> and <i>She's Gotta Have It</i> were each selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<br />
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<b>1958</b> - <b>Holly </b>Patricia <b>Hunter</b>, American actress. For her performance as Ada McGrath in the 1993 drama film <i>The Piano</i>, she won the Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Golden Globe Award, and Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress. She was also nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress for <i>Broadcast News</i> (1987), and the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for <i>The Firm</i> and again for <i>Thirteen</i>. A seven-time Primetime Emmy Award nominee, Hunter won for <i>Roe vs. Wade</i>, and <i>The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader-Murdering Mom</i>. She also starred in the TNT drama series <i>Saving Grace</i> (2007–2010). Her film roles among others include <i>Raising Arizona</i>, <i>Always</i>, <i>The Incredibles</i> and its sequel <i>Incredibles 2</i>, <i>Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice</i>, and <i>The Big Sick</i> (2017), which earned her a Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role.</div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div><b>2004</b> - <b>Yunchan Lim</b>, <span>pianist from Siheung, South Korea.
In 2018, aged 14, Lim won second prize and the Chopin Special Award in the Cleveland International Piano Competition for Young Artists.</span> The same year, he was the youngest participant in the Thomas & Evon Cooper International Competition where he won third prize and the audience prize. In 2019, he became the youngest-ever winner of the Isang Yun Competition at 15 years old. In June 2022, he was the youngest to win the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition in Fort Worth, Texas where he also took two special prizes. He additionally won US$100,000 and career management for three years.<sup> </sup>Lim has performed with orchestras such as with the Korea Symphony, Suwon Philharmonic, Busan Philharmonic Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, and others.<sup> </sup>
Lim currently studies at the Korea National University of Arts under Minsoo Sohn.<span><span> </span></span>
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<br /></div><div><b><i>Leftie:</i></b><br />
Filmmaker Spike Lee</div><div><br />
<b>More birthdays and historical events, March 20 - <a href="https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/March/20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On This Day</a></b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Featured video: </b>The youngest gold medalist Yunchan Lim plays th famous <a href="https://youtu.be/DPJL488cfRw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 3 in D minor, Op. 30</a>, conducted by Marin Alsop, with Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. (Remastered). <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">The Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition. Live from Fort Worth, Texas, USA, from June 2 to 18, 2022.
Yunchan Lim, 임윤찬 South Korea. A gripping performance by this sensational 18-year old from South Korea. Youtube, uploaded by The Cliburn. Accessed January 20, 2023. </span></div><div><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> </span><b> </b><br />
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<h3>Historical Events </h3>
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<b>1792</b> - The Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Cranmer, is burned at the stake as a heretic. Hundreds more Protestants were executed during the reign of "Bloody Mary," the Catholic daughter of Henry VIII. <br />
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<b>1815</b> - The Yosemite Valley is discovered in California, U.S.</div><div><br />
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<b>1815</b> - The notorious U.S. Federal Penitentiary, Alcatraz, closes after 29 years in operation.<br />
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<b>1916</b> - The "Theory of Relativity" of Albert Einstein is published in German. This paper accounted for the slow rotation of the elliptical orbit of Mercury, and revolutionized physics, and astronomy.<br />
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<b>1928</b> - The New York Symphony Society and the New York Philharmonic Society unite to form the Philharmonic-Symphony Society Orchestra of New York. Enjoy this link to <a href="https://youtu.be/HClX2s8A9IE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony (Opening Gala Concert 2016</a> - September 21, 2016, launch of the New York Philharmonic’s 175th anniversary season, Music Director Alan Gilbert’s farewell season, and “The New World Initiative” — the Philharmonic’s season-long, city-wide project revolving around Dvořák’s “New World” Symphony and its
theme of “home.” <br />
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<b>1966</b> - The Football World Cup is stolen while on exhibition in London.<br />
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<b>1976</b> - Patty Hearst, American newspaper heiress, is convicted of bank robbery. She is kidnapped by a terrorist group on February 4, 1974, and she joined them in their activities. <br />
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<b>1981</b> - Britain introduces the £50<b> </b>note, previously withdrawn in 1943 after it was discovered no shopkeeper could make change from it.<br />
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<b>2003</b> - American missiles are fired on Baghdad, beginning the U.S.-led campaign to oust Saddam Hussein from power. <br />
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<b>Resources:</b></div><div><br />
1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's
Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing
House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical
Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney:
Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables
of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon &
Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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© June 2007. Updated March 20, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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Birthdays </h3>
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<b>1813</b> - <b>David Livingstone</b>,<i><b> </b></i>Scottish missionary/explorer, physician, and congregationalist. He was a pioneer Christian
missionary with the London Missionary Society, an explorer in Africa, and one of the most popular British heroes of the late 19th-century Victorian era. (<a href="https://youtu.be/5xFgSlydYrM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Celebrating the Life and Legacy of Dr. David Livingstone</a>. Uploaded by the University of Glasgow. Accessed March 19, 2014.)<br />
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<b>1873</b> - <b>Max Reger</b>, German composer, conductor, organist, teacher. He worked as a concert pianist, as a musical director at the Leipzig University Church, as a professor at the Royal Conservatory in Leipzig, and as a music director. Reger first composed mainly<i> Lieder</i>, chamber music, choral music and works for piano and organ. He later turned to orchestral compositions, such as the popular Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, and to works for choir and orchestra. (<a href="https://youtu.be/-mVQxR9Ll9U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Max Reger's Variations and Fugue in A Major on a theme by Mozart Op. 132</a>. Performed by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Karl Böhm. Uploaded by Sebastian Ponce. Accessed March 19, 2014.)<br />
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<b>1907</b> - <b>Dame Elizabeth Violet Maconchy LeFanu</b> <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: 100%;">DBE, </span>Irish-English composer. She was one of Britain’s foremost composers of the 20th century. Her orchestral piece “The Land” was premiered by Henry Wood in 1930.
She is most famous for her cycle of fourteen string quartets, the earliest of which show the influence of Bartók, in contrast to the “pastoral” style of other British composers such as Elgar and Parry. (<a href="https://youtu.be/6uaH-FRvQIs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maconchy: String Quartet No. 3</a> (Signum Quartet). YouTube, accessed March 19, 2020.) <br /></div><div> <b> </b></div><div><b>1917</b> - <b>Dinu</b> Constantin <b>Lipatti</b>, Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from causes related to Hodgkin's disease, aged 33. He was elected posthumously to the Romanian Academy. (Dinu Lipatti beautifully plays <a href="https://youtu.be/9tjstsWoQiw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Schubert's well-loved Impromptu in G-Flat Major (with preluding)</a>. The Piano Files. <a href="https://youtu.be/lPM-ArXte6A" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In memoriam: Dinu Lipatti</a> (1917-1950). Uploaded by AlinLucian. Accessed March 19, 2020.)<br />
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<b>1933</b> - <b>Philip Roth</b>, American Novelist and Short-Story Writer. His fiction is known for its intensely autobiographical character, for
philosophically and formally blurring the distinction between reality and fiction, for its "sensual, ingenious style" and for its provocative
explorations of American identity. Roth first gained attention with the 1959 novella <i>Goodbye, Columbus</i>; received the U.S. National Book Award for Fiction. His books twice received the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle award, and three times the PEN/Faulkner Award. He received a Pulitzer Prize for his 1997 novel <i>American Pastoral</i>, which featured one of his best-known characters, Nathan Zuckerman, a character in many of Roth's novels. <i>The Human Stain</i>, another Zuckerman novel, was awarded the United Kingdom's WH Smith Literary Award for the best book of the year. In 2001, in Prague, Roth received the inaugural Franz Kafka Prize.<br />
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<b>1947</b> -<b> Glenn Close</b>, American actress, singer and producer. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including three Tony Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and three Primetime Emmy Awards. She has also been nominated eight times for an Academy Award, holding the record for the most acting nominations without a win (tied with Peter O'Toole). With her eighth nomination in 2021, she became one of the five most nominated actresses in academy history. In 2016, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame, and in 2019, <i>Time</i> magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. (<a href="https://youtu.be/vufO2FZY6XQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Glenn Close singing S. Sondheim's famous "Send in the Clowns"</a>, from his 1973 musical 'A Little Night Music'. Uploaded by BestArtsSondheim. Accessed March 19, 2011. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Y-hmaltmxs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">As If We Never Said Good-bye. </a>Glenn Close's performance from Sunset Boulevard, Royal Albert Hall. Accessed March 19, 2019.)<br />
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<b>1955</b> - Walter <b>Bruce Willis</b>, American Actor and film producer. He achieved fame with a leading role on the comedy-drama series <i>Moonlighting, </i>and has gained widespread recognition as an action hero after his portrayal of John McClane in the <i>Die Hard</i> franchise, and subsequent roles. His credits include <i>Hudson Hawk</i>, <i>Last Man Standing</i>, <i>The Fifth Element</i>, <i>Moonrise Kingdom</i>, among others. As a singer, Willis released his debut album <i>The Return of Bruno</i> in 1987, followed by two more albums. He made his Broadway debut in the stage adaptation of <i>Misery</i> in 2015. Willis has received numerous accolades during his career, including a Golden Globe, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and two People's Choice Awards. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2006.<br />
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<b>Leftie:</b><br />
A<b>c</b>tor Bruce Willis</div><div><br />
<b>More birthdays and historical events, March 19 - <a href="https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/March/19" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On This Day</a></b>
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<b>1859 </b>- Charles Gounod's opera <i>Faust </i>(after Goethe's) is first staged at the Thatre-Lyrique, in Paris.<br />
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Here's a great performance from Gounod's Faust:<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIsQarzYenY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Soldier's Chorus</a> performed by Kremlin Guard.<br />
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<b>1892</b> - Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker Suite" from the ballet is first performed, in St. Petersburg.
<a href="https://youtu.be/xtLoaMfinbU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker, Ballet in two acts | Mariinsky Theatre (HD 1080p)</a>. Uploaded by EuroArtsChannel. Accessed March 19, 2018.
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<b>1900</b> - Sir Arthur Evans announces the discovery of the palace of Knossos on Crete and begins excavations. </div>
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<b>1932</b> - The Sydney Harbour Bridge is opened. Its construction is started 8 years earlier.<br />
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<b>1958 - </b>The movie version of the musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein II, <i>South Pacific</i>, was released by 20th Century Fox, starring Rossano Brazzi and Mitzi Gaynor. - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA7zCEefVio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">South Pacific - Soundtrack (Full Album)</a>. <br />
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<b>1970</b> - Prime Minister Willi Stoph and Chancellor Willy Brandt, the leaders of East and West Germany, meet in East Germany for the first time for talks on improving relations between the two countries.<br />
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<b>1976</b> - It is announced that Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon are separating after 16 years of marriage. They divorce in 1978. <br />
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<b>1992 - </b>Prince Andrew and his wife Sarah Ferguson, Duke and Duchess of York, separate after six years of marriage, and divorce four years later.<br />
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</p><p><b>Image Credit:</b></p><p><b> </b><br />
Sydney Harbour Bridge, Australia. www.genkin.org. Accessed 19 March 2013.<br />
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<b>Resources:<br /></b>
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1. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
4. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
5. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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Birthdays </h3>
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<b>1844</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/nikolai-rimsky-korsakov.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov</b></a>, Russian composer, and a member of the group of Russian composers known as 'The Russian Five'. A master of orchestration, his best-known orchestral compositions, along with suites and excerpts from some of his 15 operas. <i>Scheherazade, </i>based on Arabian Nights stories which he composed in 1888, is an example of his frequent use of Russian fairy tale and folk subjects. <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">The intimate setting of the "<a href="https://youtu.be/KgFyokgV1Ls" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Father</a>", recorded for "Sacred Treasures III: Choral Masterworks from Russia and Beyond", reveals his mastery in composing heartfelt music for Russian cathedrals as well as concert halls.</span> <span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Hearts of Space Records. Performed by St. Petersburg Chamber Choir, directed by Nikolai Korniev.
YouTube, uploaded by Valley Entertainment. </span>(<a href="https://youtu.be/D0SGp_jdYL8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheherazade, Op. 35</a>. hfmFRANZLISZTweimar. Orchestra of the University of Music FRANZ LISZT Weimar
Conductor: Nicolás Pasquet.) Accessed March 18, 2015.<br />
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<b>1858</b> - <b>Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel</b>, German inventor and mechanical engineer, famous for the invention of the Diesel engine. Diesel was the namesake of the 1942 film <i>Diesel. </i>The first successful Diesel engine Motor 250/400 was officially tested in 1897 and is now on display at the German Technical Museum in Munich. Rudolf Diesel obtained patents for his design in Germany and other countries, including the United States.He was inducted into the Automotive Hall of Fame in 1978.<br />
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<b>1869</b> - Arthur <b>Neville Chamberlain</b>, British politician of the Conservative Party, he served as Prime Minister of the UK from May 1937 to May 1940. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasement, and for his signing of the Munich Agreement on 30 September 1938, conceding the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Germany. Following the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, which marked the beginning of World War II, Chamberlain announced the declaration of war on Germany two days later and led the United Kingdom through the first eight months of the war until his resignation as prime minister on 10 May 1940.<br />
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<b>1905</b> - Friedrich <b>Robert Donat</b> - English film and stage actor, best remembered for his roles in Alfred Hitchcock's <i>The 39 Steps</i> and <i>Goodbye, Mr. Chips</i>, winning for the latter the Academy Award for Best Actor. In his book, <i>The Age of the Dream Palace</i>, Jeffrey Richards wrote that Donat was "British cinema's one undisputed romantic leading man in the 1930s". The image he projected was that of the romantic idealist, often with a dash of the gentleman adventurer.<br />
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<b>1926</b> - <b>Peter Graves</b>, American film and television actor. He was best known for his role as Jim Phelps in the CBS television series <i>Mission: Impossible</i> from 1967 to 1973 (original) and from 1988 to 1990 (revival). His elder brother was actor James Arness. Graves was also known for his portrayal of airline pilot Captain Clarence Oveur in the 1980 comedy film <i>Airplane!</i> and its 1982 sequel <i>Airplane II: The Sequel</i>.<br />
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<b>1932</b> -<b> John </b>Hoyer <b>Updike</b>, American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once (the others being Booth Tarkington, William Faulkner, and Colson Whitehead), Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career. His most famous work is his "Rabbit" series and the novella <i>Rabbit Remembered</i>. Both <i>Rabbit Is Rich</i> (1982) and <i>Rabbit at Rest</i> (1990) were recognized with the Pulitzer Prize. Describing his subject as "the American small town, Protestant middle class", Updike was recognized for his careful craftsmanship, his unique prose style, and his prolific output – he wrote on average a book a year. Updike populated his fiction with characters who "frequently experience personal turmoil and must respond to crises relating to religion, family obligations, and marital infidelity".<br />
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<b>1936</b> - <b>Frederik Willem de Klerk</b>, Former South African President, he served as State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994 and as Deputy President from 1994 to 1996. As South Africa's last head of state from the era of white-minority rule, he and his government dismantled the apartheid system and introduced universal suffrage. Ideologically a conservative and an economic liberal, he led the National Party from 1989 to 1997.<br />
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<b>1944</b> - <b>Dick Smith</b> (Richard Harold Smith), Australian entrepreneur, aviator, philanthropist, political activist. He holds a number of aviation world records and is the founder of Dick Smith Electronics, Australian Geographic and Dick Smith Foods. He was selected as 1986 Australian of the Year. In 2010, he founded the media production company Smith&Nasht with the intention of producing films about global issues. In 2015, he was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia. He is a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.<br />
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<b>1964</b> - <b>Bonnie </b>Kathleen <b>Blair</b>, Retired American speed skater. She is one of the top skaters of her era, and one of the most decorated athletes in Olympic history. Blair competed for the United States in four Olympics, winning five gold medals and one bronze medal.<br />
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<b><i>Lefties:</i></b><br />
Former South African President Frederik Willem de Klerk<br />
Actor Peter Graves</div><div><br />
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Rimsky-Korsakov's <a href="https://youtu.be/fB0IHPGuTFo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fantasia on Russian Themes</a>. Beautiful melody!
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Historical Events </h3>
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<b>1850</b> - Henry Wells and William Fargo found American Express. Initially it is a shipping company, but later it becomes a financial institution. <br />
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<b>1902</b> - Tenor Enrico Caruso records 10 arias in Milan from the Gramophone company. He is the first well-known singer to make a record. (Below, <a href="https://youtu.be/u1QJwHWvgP8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Enrico Caruso - O Sole Mio</a>)<br />
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<b>1927</b> - Sergey Rachmaninoff is soloist in the premiere of his Piano Concerto No. 4 with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski conducting. <br />
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<b>1950</b> - The Belgian Government collapses as the the people vote for the return of King Leopold III from exile in Switzerland. He had been accused of cooperating with the Nazis. He abdicates in favour of his son, Badouin, in 1951.<br />
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<b>1962</b> - The French sign a peace treaty with Algerian rebels toend seven years of war and 130 years of French rule in Algeria. <br />
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<b>1965 - </b>Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov is the first man to walk in space, when he leaves the <i>Voskhod 2</i> for 12 minutes. His spacesuit balloons and he has to let some air out in order to re-enter the spacecraft.<br />
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<b>1992</b> - White South Africans vote in a referendum to end apartheid and to give all South Africans the vote.<br />
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Enrico Caruso - O Sole Mio <br />
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<b>Resources:</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)</div><div>2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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<br /> </div><div>© June 2007. Updated March 18, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Today, 17th of March,</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;">is</span> <span style="font-weight: normal;"><b>St. Patrick's Day</b>, Patron Saint of Ireland. </span></h3></div><div><b> </b><br /><b><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="hgKElc">St. <b>Patrick's Day</b> </span></span></b><span class="ILfuVd NA6bn"><span class="hgKElc">observes of the death of St. Patrick (March 17, 461), the patron saint of Ireland credited for bringing Christianity to its people. The holiday has evolved into a celebration of Irish culture with parades, music, dancing, special foods, drinking and a whole lot of green.</span></span></div><div> </div><div></div><div>This day is also dedicated to <b>Saint Joseph of Arimathea</b>, who laid the body of Jesus in the tomb. Legend has it that he was a tin merchant who traveled to Cornwall and Glastonbury, who knows, perhaps with young Jesus along. The legend is behind the words of the famous poet William Blake in his hymn "Jerusalem" that begins with: "<i>And did those feet, in ancient time, walk upon England's mountain green</i>?"</div><div><br />
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<h3></h3><h3>Birthdays </h3>
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<b>1665</b> - <b>Élisabeth-Claude Jacquet de la Guerre</b>, French musician, harpsichordist and composer. Her first published work was her <i>Premier livre de pièces de clavessin</i>, printed in 1687, which includes unmeasured preludes. It was one of the few collections of harpsichord pieces printed in France in the 17th Century, along with those of Chambonnières, Lebègue and d'Anglebert. She composed a ballet, <i>Les Jeux à l'honneur de la victoire</i> (c. 1691). On 15 March 1694, the production of her opera <i>Céphale et Procris</i> at the <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acad%C3%A9mie_Royale_de_Musique" title="Académie Royale de Musique">Académie Royale de Musique</a> was the first of an opera written by a woman in France. The five-act tragédie lyrique was set to a libretto by Duché de Vancy. In 1695 she composed a set of trio sonatas which are among the earliest French examples of the sonata. Her only published opera only had 5 or 6 performances. <i>Cephale et Procris</i> would soon be known as <i>tragedie en musique</i>, a tragedy put into music, and French literary theatre recited musically. (E. Guerre's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-C-iR2eUeQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cembalo Suites Nos. 1,2 and 3</a>)<br />
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<b>1834</b> - <b>Gottlieb </b>Wilhelm <b>Daimler</b>, German engineer, inventor, industrial designer. He was a pioneer of internal-combustion engines and automobile development. He invented the high-speed liquid petroleum fueled engine. Daimler and his lifelong business partner Wilhelm Maybach
were two inventors whose goal was to create small, high-speed engines to be mounted in any kind of locomotion device. In 1883 they designed a
horizontal cylinder layout compressed charge liquid petroleum engine that fulfilled Daimler's desire for a high speed engine which could be throttled, making it useful in transportation applications. This engine was called Daimler's Dream. In 1890, they converted their partnership into a stock company Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG, in English—Daimler Motors Corporation).<br />
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<b>1917</b> - <b>Nat "King" Cole</b> (born Nathaniel Adams Coles), American singer and jazz pianist. He recorded over 100 songs that became hits on the pop charts. His trio was the model for small jazz ensembles that followed. Cole also acted in films and on television and performed on Broadway. He was the first African-American man to host an American television series. He was the father of singer-songwriter Natalie Cole. (Nat "King" Cole singing <a href="https://youtu.be/DjU6ZjrQulc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Stardust.</a>" Uploaded by cto10121. Accessed March 17, 2018.) <br />
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<b>1938</b> - <b>Rudolf Nureyev</b>, Soviet ballet dancer, and contemporary dancer and choreographer. Named 'Lord of the Dance', Nureyev is widely regarded as the greatest male ballet dancer of his generation. Born on a Trans-Siberian train near Irkutsk, Siberia, Soviet Union to a Tatar Muslim family, he began his early career with the Mariinsky Ballet in St. Petersburg. He defected from the Soviet Union to the West in 1961. This was the first defection of a Soviet artist during the Cold War and it created an international sensation. He went on to dance with The Royal Ballet in London and from 1983 to 1989 he served as director of the Paris Opera Ballet. In addition to his technical prowess, Nureyev was an accomplished horeographer serving as the chief choreographer of the Paris Opera Ballet. He produced his own classical interpretations including Swan Lake and Giselle. (<a href="https://youtu.be/iFXgou31qHw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993) Ballet Dancer</a>. Uploaded by George Pollen. Accessed March 17, 2019. <a href="https://youtu.be/Ag_r-_lPvJ8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rudolf Nureyev solo debut on American TV 1963</a>. Uploaded by jkircher314. Accessed March 17, 2019.) <br />
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<b>1954</b> - <b>Lesley-Anne Down</b>, English actress, singer, and former model. She achieved fame as Georgina Worsley in the ITV drama series <i>Upstairs, Downstairs</i>. She received further recognition for her performances in the films <i>The Pink Panther Strikes Again</i>, <i>A Little Night Music</i>, <i>The First Great Train Robbery</i>, <i>Hanover Street</i>, among others. She is also known as Madeline Fabray in the miniseries <i>North and South</i>, for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award in 1986. In 1990, Down played the role Stephanie Rogers in the CBS drama series <i>Dallas</i>. During 1997–99, she played Olivia Richards in the NBC series <i>Sunset Beach</i>. From April 2003 to February 2012, she portrayed Jackie Marone in the CBS soap opera <i>The Bold and the Beautiful</i>.<br />
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<b>Lefties:</b><br />
None known</div><div><br />
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<h3> </h3><h3>Historical Events </h3>
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<b>1845</b> - Stephen Perry patents the first rubber band in England.<br />
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<b>1830</b> - F. Chopin makes his concert debut in Warsaw as soloist in his <a href="https://youtu.be/Ge-V8PwR9hI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21</a>. Pianist Arthur Rubinstein interprets Chopin's work, with Andre Previn conducting the London Symphony Orchestra. Great pianist that he was, Rubinstein was 87 (or 88) and nearly blind when this video was recorded. (YouTube, uploaded by berlinzerberus. Accessed March 17, 2017)</div><div> </div><div>
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<b>1861</b> - The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed with King Victor Emmanuel as the first regent.<br />
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<b>1969</b> - Golda Meier, one of the founders of Israel, becomes Prime Minister and serves until 1974.<br />
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<b>1930</b> - Clyde W. Tombaugh announces the discovery of the ninth planet in the solar system. On May 24 of this year, 1930, it is named Pluto.<br />
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<b>2002</b> - Robert Mugabe is sworn in as the President of Zimbabwe after being re-elected in an election alleged neither free nor fair on March 13, then, on March 19, the Commonwealth of Nations suspended Zimbabwe for one year due to election rigging.<br />
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Resources:</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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</div><div></div><div><br /> </div><div>© June 2007. Updated March 17, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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Birthdays </h3>
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<b>1774</b> - <b>Matthew Flinders, </b>English explorer, navigator and cartographer who led the first circumnavigation of Australia and identified it as a continent. He made three voyages to the southern ocean between 1791 and 1810. In the second voyage, with George Bass, they confirmed that Van Diemen's Land was an island.<br />
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<b>1787</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/georg-ohm-formulated-ohms-law.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Georg Simon Ohm</a></b>, German physicist and mathematician. As a school teacher, Ohm began his research with the new electrochemical cell, invented by Italian scientist Alessandro Volta. Using equipment of his own creation, Ohm found that there is a direct proportionality between the potential difference (voltage) applied across a conductor and the resultant electric current. This relationship is known as Ohm's law.<br />
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<b>1920</b> - Reginald "<b>Leo" McKern</b>, Australian actor, who appeared in numerous British, Australian and American television programmes and films, and in stage roles. Notable roles he portrayed include Clang in <i>Help!</i>, Thomas Cromwell in <i>A Man for All Seasons</i>, Tom Ryan in <i>Ryan's Daughter</i>, Paddy Button in <i>The Blue Lagoon</i>, Dr. Grogan in <i>The French Lieutenant's Woman</i> (1981), Father Imperius in <i>Ladyhawke</i>, and the role that made him a household name as an actor, Horace Rumpole, whom he played in <i>Rumpole of the Bailey</i>. He also portrayed Carl Bugenhagen in the first and second installments of <i>The Omen</i> series.<br />
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<b>1935</b> - <b>Teresa Berganza</b>, Spanish mezzo-soprano, who is most closely associated with the roles of Rossini, Mozart, and Bizet. She is admired for her technical virtuosity, musical intelligence, and beguiling stage presence. (<a href="https://youtu.be/oby-hCgZLJc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">T. Berganza sings "Habanera" from Bizet's <i>Carmen</i></a>. Uploaded by BravaBerganza01. Accessed March 16, 2019.)<br />
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<b>1941</b> - <b>Bernardo Bertolucci</b>, Italian film director and screenwriter, whose films include <i>The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, The Last Emperor, The Sheltering Sky, Little Buddha, Stealing Beauty</i> and <i>The Dreamers</i>. In recognition of his work, he was presented with the inaugural Honorary Palme d'Or Award at the opening ceremony of the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. From 1979 until his death in 2018, he was married to screenwriter <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clare_Peploe" title="Clare Peploe">Clare Peploe</a>.<br />
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<b>1947</b> - <b>Robin </b>McLaurin <b>Williams</b>, American comedian and actor, credited with leading San Francisco's comedy renaissance. Known for his improvisational skills and a wide variety of voices, he is often regarded as one of the best comedians of all time. Williams rose to fame playing the alien Mork in the ABC sitcom <i>Mork & Mindy. </i>After his first starring film role in <i>Popeye</i>, Williams starred in several critically and commercially successful films including <i>The World According to Garp</i>, <i>Moscow on the Hudson</i>, <i>Good Morning, Vietnam</i>, <i>Dead Poets Society</i>, <i>Awakenings</i>, among others. He also starred in box office successes such as <i>Hook</i>, <i>Aladdin</i>, <i>Mrs. Doubtfire</i>, <i>Jumanji</i>, <i>The Birdcage</i>, <i>Good Will Hunting</i>, and the <i>Night at the Museum</i> trilogy. He was nominated for four Academy Awards, winning Best Supporting Actor for <i>Good Will Hunting</i>. He also received two Primetime Emmy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, and five Grammy Awards.<br />
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<b>1949</b> - <b>Victor </b>Joseph <b>Garber</b>, Canadian actor and singer, in television, film, and theatre. He started his career on the stage. He would later go on to earn four Tony Award nominations for his performances in <i>Deathtrap</i>, <i>Little Me</i>, <i>Lend Me a Tenor</i>, and <i>Damn Yankees</i>. He is also known for his film in <i>Sleepless in Seattle</i>, <i>The First Wives Club,</i> <i>Legally Blonde</i>, and <i>Happiest Season</i>. Garber earned three Screen Actors Guild Award nominations for his performances in the historical drama films <i>Titanic, Milk, </i>and <i>Argo</i>. Garber is known for the role of Jack Bristow in the television series <i>Alias</i> as well as his appearances in <i>Law & Order</i>, <i>Frasier</i>, <i>Modern Family</i>, among others. He was a series regular on <i>Legends of Tomorrow</i> as Dr. Martin Stein.
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Actor and singer Victor Garber<br />
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<b><i>Featured Music: </i></b><br />
Violin interpretation by Fritz Kreisler of this ever popular Massenet "<a href="https://youtu.be/6un_YIawX-E" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Meditation of Thais</a>" (YouTube, accessed March 16, 2017.)<br />
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<h3> </h3><h3>Historical Events </h3>
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<b>1521</b> - Ferdinand Magellan, Spanish explorer, reaches islands in the Pacific Ocean, which he named the Philippines in honor of the Spanish king.<br />
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<b>1850 </b>- <i>The Scarlet Letter</i> by Nathaniel Hawthorne is published.</div><div><br />
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<b>1872</b> - The Wanderers defeat the Royal Engineers in the first FA Cup, the world's oldest football competition.<br />
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<b>1894</b> - Jules Massenet's favourite opera <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2015/03/massenet-meditation-de-thais-performed.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Thais</i> </a>opens at the Paris Opera<br />
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<b>1912</b> - Into a blizzard near the South Pole, Captain Lawrence Oates steps out with these words: "I'm going out, I may be some time." He somehow knew he had reached such a state of physical collapse that he might only be a hindrance to the others in his team and lessen their chance to survive. His body has never been found. <br />
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<b>1917</b> - Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates from the throne after the "February Revolution." <br />
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<b>1971</b> - Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel win the Grammy Award for Best Album for <i>Bridge Over Troubled Water</i>, and the Grammy for Best Single for the title song. <br />
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<b>1976</b> - Labour Prime Minister of Britain, Harold Wilson, resigns during his eight year in the job.<br />
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<b>1978</b> - Gunmen from the Red Brigade kidnap the former Prime Minister of Italy, Aldo Moro, in Rome. His bullet-riddled body is found in the trunk of a car in Rome on May 10.<br />
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<b>Resources:</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org<br />
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© June 2007. Updated March 16, 2023 Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022324848044018330.post-18875570305606525972024-03-14T16:00:00.001-04:002024-03-14T18:22:56.098-04:00March 15 Dateline <div>
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<b>*Today, March 15, is known on the Roman calendar as the "Ides of March." </b><br />
<h3> </h3><h3>Birthdays </h3>
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<b>1835</b> -<b> Eduard "Edi" Strauss</b>, Austrian composer who, together with brothers Johann Strauss II and Josef Strauss made up the Strauss musical dynasty. He was the son of Johann Strauss I and Maria Anna Streim. The family dominated the Viennese light music world for decades, creating many waltzes and polkas for many Austrian nobility as well as dance-music enthusiasts around Europe. He was affectionately known in his family as 'Edi'. (<a href="https://youtu.be/goxDVV0j7Ac" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eduard Strauss - Carmen-Quadrille </a>(The New Years Celebration From Vienna, 2012. Mariss Jansons conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Accessed March 15, 2017.) <br />
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<b>1864</b> -<b> Johan Halvorsen</b>, Norwegian violinist, composer, and conductor. He conducted performances of over 30 operas and also wrote the incidental music
for more than 30 plays. Following his retirement from the theatre he had time to concentrate on the composition of his three symphonies and two well-known Norwegian rhapsodies. Halvorsen's compositions were a development of the national romantic tradition exemplified by Edvard Grieg. Halvorsen married Grieg's niece, and orchestrated some of his piano works, such as a funeral march which was played at Grieg's funeral. Five days after Halvorsen died, Grieg's cousin and widow Nina Grieg also died. His best known works today are the <i>Bojarenes inntogsmarsj</i> (<i>Entry March of the Boyars</i>) and <i>Bergensiana</i>, along with his Passacaglia and Sarabande, duos for violin and viola based on themes by George Frideric Handel. (<a href="https://youtu.be/pAKA3rLENGU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Halvorsen Passacaglia Duo for Violin and Viola</a>, played by Itzhak Perlman (violin) and Pinchas Zukerman (viola). Accessed March 15, 2020.)<br />
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<b>1916</b> - <b>Harry </b>Haag<b> James</b>, American musician, jazz trumpeter, best known as a trumpet-playing band leader who led a big band
in his day. He broke up his band for a short period but shortly after he reorganized and was active again with his band from then until his death in 1983. He was especially known among musicians for his technical proficiency as well as his tone, and was influential on new trumpet players from the late 1930s into the 1940s. He was also an actor in a number of films that usually featured his band.
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<b>1918</b> - <b>Richard </b>David <b>Ellmann</b>, American literary critic and biographer of the Irish writers James Joyce, Oscar Wilde, and William Butler Yeats. He won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction for <i>James Joyce</i> (1959), which is one of the most acclaimed literary biographies of the 20th century. Its 1982 revised edition was similarly recognised with the award of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. Ellmann was a liberal humanist, and his academic work focused on the major modernist writers of the twentieth century.<br />
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None known</div><div><br />
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<h3> </h3><h3>Historical Events </h3>
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<b>44 B.C.E.</b> - Julius Caesar is murdered, in Pompey's Theatre, in Rome, on the steps of the Roman Senate by a group of senators who feared he was planning to make himself king of Rome.</div><div></div><div><br />
</div><div><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"><div class="kvgmc6g5 cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql ii04i59q"><div dir="auto" style="text-align: start;"><b>1770</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2009/12/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wolfgang A. Mozart</a> composed his first string quartet (<a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2023/03/mozarts-string-quartet-no-1-in-g-major.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">String Quartet No.1 in G major, K.80</a>) in an inn in Lodi, Lombardia, on the 15th of March 1770, at 7 in the evening during a stop on the way to Bologna. (<span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">Composed by Mozart in Lodi and the first 3 movements are dated March 15, 1770. The 4th movement was composed in Vienna in 1773. This was the Mozart family's </span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto">first tour to Italy with his father Leopold in 1769 when the child prodigy was
13 yrs old... the first stop on the southward journey was at Lodi, where Wolfgang completed this first string quartet, K. 80/73f. After a few days in Parma, The Mozarts moved on to Bologna, a "centre for masters, artists and scholars", according to Leopold. Their letter from </span><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"><span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">Count Leopold Anton von Firmian, then the ruling Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg </span></span>introduced them to Count Pallavicini-Centurioni, a leading patron of the arts, who immediately arranged a concert for the local nobility in his palace. (</span><a href="https://youtu.be/GM6uzHxZYmY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">W.A. Mozart's String Quartet No.1 in G major, K.80/73f</a> performed by the Macedonian Philharmonie String Quartet. Concert on 16.02.2018 in Chamber Hall of Macedonian Philharmonie.
Artists: Anna Kondratenko (violin)
Bojan Ilkoski (violin)
Bojan Taleski (viola)
Maria Mihajlovska (violoncello). YouTube, uploaded by Anna Kondratenko. Accessed March 17, 2021.<br /></div></div></span><span class="d2edcug0 hpfvmrgz qv66sw1b c1et5uql rrkovp55 a8c37x1j keod5gw0 nxhoafnm aigsh9s9 d3f4x2em fe6kdd0r mau55g9w c8b282yb iv3no6db jq4qci2q a3bd9o3v knj5qynh oo9gr5id hzawbc8m" dir="auto"></span><br />
</div><div><b>1807</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2013/12/ludwig-van-beethoven.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ludwig van Beethoven</a> conducts the first performance of his Symphony No. 4 in Vienna, a concert given for his benefit. Below, Carlos Kleiber conducts Beethoven's Symphony No.4 with Concertgebouw Symphony Orchestra.<br />
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<b>1906</b> - The Rolls-Royce Company is formed.<i> The Silver Ghost</i> is their first successful car.<b> </b><br />
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<b>1908 - </b>Maurice Ravel's <i>Rapsodie espagnole</i> premieres in Paris. <b> </b><br />
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<b>1911 - </b>Alexander Scriabin performs the piano part of his Symphony No. 5 "Prometheus: Poem of Fire," conducted by Koussevitzky in Moscow for its first performance. Below, pianist Martha Argerich interprets Scriabin's Prometheus... <br />
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<b>1964</b> - Actors Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor marry after their romance develops during the filming of <i>Cleopatra</i>.<br />
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<b>2003 - </b>The World Health Organisation (WHO) declares SARS - believed to have originated in Guangdong Province, China, in November 2002 - becoming a public health emergency.<br />
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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GEwho6Dbnc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Martha Argerich plays Scriabin "Prometheus: The Poem of Fire, Op. 60</a>." YouTube, accessed March 15, 2017.<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCMYxJIji1g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carlos Kleiber ~ Beethoven ymphony No.4 in B, Concertgebouw Orchestra</a>. YouTube, Uploaded by GreatPerformers1. Accessed March 15, 2017. <br />
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<b>Resources:</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br />
<div style="text-align: left;">2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org</div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022324848044018330.post-34076532426982256862024-03-13T15:00:00.001-04:002024-03-13T19:28:30.167-04:00March 14 Dateline<div>
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Birthdays</h3>
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<b>1681</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/georg-philipp-telemann.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Georg Philipp Telemann</a></b>, (24 March [O.S. 14 March]), German Baroque composer and multi-instumentalist. He became a composer against his family's wishes. After studying in Magdeburg, Zellerfeld, and Hildesheim, Telemann entered the University of Leipzig to study law, but eventually settled on a career in music. He held important positions in Leipzig, Sorau, Eisenach, and Frankfurt before settling in Hamburg in 1721, where he became musical director of that city's five main churches. While Telemann's career prospered, his marital life was troubled.<br />
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<b>1804</b> - <b>Johann Strauss, Sr. </b>( the Elder), Austrian composer, father of Josef and Johann, Jr., Austrian Romantic composer. He was famous for his waltzes, and he popularised them alongside Joseph Lanner, thereby setting the foundations for his sons to carry on his musical
dynasty. He is perhaps best known for his composition of the Radetzky March (named after Joseph Radetzky von Radetz, a Bohemian nobleman and Austrian field marshal. He served as chief of the general staff in the Habsburg Monarchy during the later period of the Napoleonic Wars and afterwards began military reforms.) (<a href="https://youtu.be/pYYTdtRrg8M" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johann Strauss Sr. "Radetzky March"</a> performed by Vienna Philharmonic at new years concert 2011. Franz Welser-Möst conducts Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra Uploaded by Axilleass. Accessed March 14, 2012.) <br />
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<b>1854</b> -<b> <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2010/03/paul-ehrlich.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Paul Ehrlich</a></b>, Nobel prize-winning German-Jewish physician and scientist. He worked in the fields of hematology, immunology, and antimicrobial chemotherapy. He is credited with finding a cure for syphilis in 1909, and invented the precursor technique to Gram staining
bacteria. (<a href="https://youtu.be/YWn3JnCEc24" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ehrlich (1854-1915): A Century of Eternity</a>. Uploaded by Accessed March 14, 22019.)<br />
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<b>1879</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2015/03/albert-einstein.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Albert Einstein</a></b>, German-born theoretical physicist and mathematician who developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). He is also known for his influence on the Manhattan Project, which led to the first atomic bomb. His work is known for its influence on the philosophy of science. To the general public, he is famous for his mass–energy equivalence formula <span class="texhtml"><i>E</i> = <i>mc</i><sup>2</sup></span>, which has been dubbed "the world's most famous equation". He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to theoretical physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect", a pivotal step in the development of quantum theory.<br />
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<b>1933</b> - <b>Sir Michael Caine,</b> <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: 85%;">CBE</span> (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr.), English actor, producer, and author. Known for his trademark Cockney accent, he has appeared in more than 130 films and is considered a British film icon. He has been ranked at No. 20 on the list of highest-grossing box office stars. Caine made his breakthrough in the 1960s with starring roles in British films such as <i>Zulu</i>, <i>The Ipcress File</i>, <i>Alfie</i>, <i>The Italian Job</i>, and <i>Battle of Britain</i>. He was nominated for an Academy Award for <i>Alfie</i>. He earned his second Academy Award nomination for <i>Sleuth</i> and went on to achieve some of his greatest critical success, with <i>Educating Rita</i> earning him the BAFTA and Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in <i>Hannah and Her Sisters</i>.<br />
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<b>1933</b> - <b>Quincy Jones</b>, American musician, composer, record producer, and songwriter. His career spans with a record 80 Grammy Award nominations, 28 Grammys, and a Grammy Legend Award in 1992. In 1968 Jones and his songwriting partner Bob Russell became the first African-Americans to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song, for "The Eyes of Love" from the film <i>Banning</i>. Jones was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for his work on the 1967 film <i>In Cold Blood</i>, making him the first African-American to be nominated twice in the same year. In 1971 he became the first African-American to be the musical director and conductor of the Academy Awards ceremony. In 1995 he was the first African-American to receive the Academy's Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award. </div><div></div><div><br />
</div><div><b>1947 - Peter Skellern, </b>English singer-songwriter and pianist who rose to fame in the 1970s. He had two top twenty hits on the UK Singles Chart - "You're a Lady" (1972), which typifies his signature use of brass bands and choral arrangements for a nostalgic and romantic feel, and "Hold On to Love" (1975). In the 1980s, Skellern formed the band Oasis with Julian Lloyd Webber and Mary Hopkin and established a musical comedy partnership with Richard Stilgoe in cabaret. Over his career, Skellern wrote and performed music for film, television and stage, notably writing and starring in <i>Happy Endings</i>, a 1981 BBC anthology series of comic musical plays. Skellern's songs have been recorded by famous singers. After developing an inoperable brain tumour, Skellern was ordained as a deacon and priest of the Church of England in October 2016. He died four months later. Peter Skellern - You're A Lady (1972) <a href="https://youtu.be/Vck_nMY3wFY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 1</a> & <a href="https://youtu.be/tq06Hosodeo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Part 2</a> (Full Album).YouTube, uploaded by 54music2. Accesssed March 1, 2023.) <br /></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>1948</b> - <b>Billy Crystal</b>, American actor, singer, producer, director, comedian, and television host. He became a Hollywood film star, appearing in the critical and box office successes <i>The Princess Bride</i>, <i>Throw Momma from the Train</i>, <i>When Harry Met Sally...</i>, <i>City Slickers</i>, <i>Mr. Saturday Night</i>, <i>Analyze This</i>, and <i>Parental Guidance, </i>and providing the voice of Mike Wazowski in the <i>Monsters, Inc.</i> films. He will reprise his role in the upcoming Disney+ series <i>Monsters at Work</i> (2021). He received numerous accolades, including six Primetime Emmy Awards, a Tony Award, a Mark Twain Prize and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1991. He has hosted the Academy Awards nine times, beginning in 1990 and most recently in 2012.
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<b>Leftie:</b><br />
Physicist Albert Einstein (his handedness under discussion though)</div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>More birthdays and historical events, March 14 - <a href="https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/March/14" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On This Day</a></b><br />
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Suggested Telemann Music for Listening:<br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/h0NN3S00TFc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Telemann Orchestral Suites</a><br />
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Suggested Johann Strauss, Sr. Music for Listening:<br />
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHFf7NIwOHQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radetzky March with Karajan</a>. (Johann Strauss Sr.'s famous "Radetzky March" was the last piece at the New Year's Concert in Vienna 1987, with Herbert Von Karajan conducting the Vienna
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Historical Events</h3>
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<b>1757</b> - British Admiral John Byng is tried and executed by firing squad on board his ship the <i>Monarch</i> for losing Menorca to French forces through neglect of duty.<br />
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<b>1847</b> - Verdi's opera <i>Macbeth</i>, is first staged, in Florence. <br />
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<b>1850</b> - After 18 years of romantic correspondence, Honore de Balzac, 51, marries Polish countess Evelina Hanska.<br />
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<b>1885</b> - Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera <i>The Mikado</i> is first performed, in London, where it ran at the Savoy theatre for 572 performances. To this day, it is one of the most performed of all operas.<br />
BBC playlist link to Mikado with three videos - <a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEGKOC7mvop8aJuueU6vRygnztO0nkR1J" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here</a>. (Jacqueline Dark (Katisha) sings "<a href="https://youtu.be/bBZX4taI0IU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alone and yet alive</a>" from The Mikado. Accessed March 14, 2016.) <br />
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<b>1945</b> - Great Britain's Royal air force 617 Squadron drops the first Grand slam "dam buster" bombs. The shockwaves destroy the Bielefeld Viaduct in Germany and are felt hundreds of miles away.<br />
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<b>1964</b> - Jack Ruby is found guilty of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy.<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/f2TW90OEU-U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Mikado 1992 Buxton</a>. YouTube, uploaded by Jim Manson. Accessed May 13, 2017. <br />
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<b>Resources:</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's
Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing
House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical
Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney:
Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables
of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon &
Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedpia.org <br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022324848044018330.post-73566907880420411862024-03-12T17:00:00.072-04:002024-03-26T17:31:40.761-04:00Sydney Philharmonia Choirs - Fauré Requiem<div><div>
<b>CHORAL MUSIC / Sydney Philharmonia Choirs</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: medium;"><b>Sydney Philharmonia presents:</b></span><br /><br />
<b><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Fauré Requiem</i></span></b><br />
<b>Thursday, 28 March 2024, 7pm</b></div><div><b>Sydney Town Hall</b><i><b> </b></i><br />
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<p>French composer Gabriel Fauré composed <b>Requiem</b> <b>in D minor, Op. 48</b>, between 1887 and 1890, revised it in the 1890s, and finished it in 1900.
The choral-orchestral setting of the shortened Catholic Mass for the Dead in Latin is the best-known of his large works. <br /></p><p>The focus of <i>Fauré Requiem </i>is on eternal rest and consolation. Depicting peace and beauty of the heavenly afterlife, the spirit is restored and the soul is healed. <br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"> <br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjSnBwahPxn0uq8ACToVVNHAm-uD3uX2-Sl9NftCNrbx32hyphenhyphen8p4KT16WR-JW_lPdY1Q4Ess7UFhidIsunfbtVfqJITJmYQ-kPL_vvf30I4DgdghJUf88M6y9gHcrlrfi___flFLmpn-uezTtiZxJGLDKYu_uZwXnXRZG_s62nNO7n3ZhZ1gk2_DG_Wj4/s1024/FauresRequiem%202024%20March%2031%20_1024x666.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="666" data-original-width="1024" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHjSnBwahPxn0uq8ACToVVNHAm-uD3uX2-Sl9NftCNrbx32hyphenhyphen8p4KT16WR-JW_lPdY1Q4Ess7UFhidIsunfbtVfqJITJmYQ-kPL_vvf30I4DgdghJUf88M6y9gHcrlrfi___flFLmpn-uezTtiZxJGLDKYu_uZwXnXRZG_s62nNO7n3ZhZ1gk2_DG_Wj4/w400-h260/FauresRequiem%202024%20March%2031%20_1024x666.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"> Image Credit: Sydney Philharrmonia</div></div><div>
<p>The last time Sydney Philharmonia Choirs sang Faure's Requiem was during the late 2020 under the strains of COVID-19, rehearsing and sharing music with us in the digital realm. This time, Sydney Philharmonia brings this live concert in Sydney Town Hall. <br /></p>
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<p>This Easter, SPC offer a concert that embraces the uplifting energy and the healing power of choral singing.</p>
<p>Fauré’s Requiem is paired with a revival of John Peterson’s <i>Shadows and Light</i>, an SPC commission inspired by both the texts of the requiem mass and the headlines of September 11, 2001. But the key to the program is not death but <i>rest </i>(requiem) and light.</p>
<p>Both works play to the virtuosity and youthful sound of VOX and Chamber Singers. <i>Shadows and Light </i>features Peterson’s animated rhythms and attractive blending of musical styles – traditional and popular – in music that reminds us we need shadow in order to ‘see the light’.</p>
<p>Fauré’s Requiem stands apart from its more theatrical counterparts. Instead of fire-and-brimstone drama, it’s beautiful and consoling – a ‘lullaby of death’. Experience Fauré’s original vision with its intimate
use of instruments and voices, from the drama of the <i>Libera Me</i> to the ethereal purity of the <i>Pie Jesu </i>and a finale that will take you to paradise.</p>
<p>Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings is the cathartic interlude in this profoundly moving concert.</p>
<p><b>Thursday 28 March at 7pm</b><br />
<b>Sydney Town Hall</b></p>
<p>This performance will run for 1 hour and 15 minutes. No interval.</p>
<h3><b>PROGRAM</b></h3>
<p><b>John Peterson </b>Shadows and Light<b><br />
Samuel BARBER </b>Adagio for Strings<b><br />
<b>Gabriel FAURÉ </b></b>Requiem<br />
(1893 version edited by John Rutter)</p>
<h3><b>ARTISTS</b></h3>
<p><b>Elizabeth Scott </b><i>conductor</i><br />
<b>Chloe Lankshear </b><i>soprano</i><br />
<b>Andrew Goodwin</b> <i>tenor</i><br />
<b>Andrew O’Connor </b><i>baritone</i><br />
<b>VOX and Chamber Singers</b><br />
<b>Sydney Philharmonia Orchestra</b></p>
<h3><b>TICKETS</b></h3>
<p><b>Premium</b> $135 | A $110 | B $71 | C $50 | D $40<br />
<b>Concessions</b> $122 | A $99| B $64 | C $45 | D $36<br />
<b>Under 30</b> $30<br />
A booking fee of $8.95 per transaction applies.</p>
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<b>Suggested Videos for Listening: </b><br /><br />
1. <a href="https://youtu.be/N3MHeNt6Yjs?si=yb-wuy6Ws97g4M0F" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings</a>.</div>LEonard Slatkin conducting the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Accessed March 13, 2024. <br /></span></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch9836385"><span> </span></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch9836385"><span>2. <a href="https://youtu.be/WPLBvZ4rCFw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">In Paradisum (</a></span><span><span><a href="https://youtu.be/WPLBvZ4rCFw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fauré)</a>: Winchester Cathedral Choir. YouTube, uploaded by drwestbury. Accessed March 13, 2024. [Lyrics below: </span></span><span><span>In Paradise </span></span><span class="gOGZsb">(In paradisum)] </span><br /><span><span><span><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch50054522"><div class="yf" data-async-type="lyrics_translate" data-jiis="up" data-ved="2ahUKEwiu0vvclrLwAhW3wjgGHd7hC8kQqP0CKAAwAXoECAYQAQ" id="gws-plugins-knowledge-verticals-music__translated-lyrics-container"><div class="bbVIQb"><div class="ujudUb"> </div><div class="ujudUb">A<span><span>ngels lead you
<i>(</i></span></span><span class="gOGZsb"><i>Deducant te Angeli</i>),
</span><br /><span><span>And give the Martyrs
(</span></span><span class="gOGZsb"><i>In tuo adventu suscipiant te Martyres</i>),
</span><br /><span><span> </span></span></div><div class="ujudUb"><span><span>And take you to the holy city;
(</span></span><span class="gOGZsb"><i>Et perducant te in civitatem sanctam Jerusalem</i>),
</span><br /><span><span>Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem. </span></span><span class="gOGZsb">Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Jerusalem.</span></div></div><div class="bbVIQb"><div class="ujudUb WRZytc u7wWjf" data-mh="-1"><span><span>Angels welcome;
(</span></span><span class="gOGZsb"><i>Angelorum te suscipiat</i>),
</span><br /><br /><span><span>When Lazarus once poor,
(</span></span><span class="gOGZsb"><i>Et cum Lazaro quondam paupere</i>),
</span><br /><span><span>When Lazarus, once poor, (</span></span><span class="gOGZsb"><i>Et cum Lazaro quondam paupere</i>).
</span><br /><br /><span><span>have eternal rest;
(</span></span><span class="gOGZsb"><i>æternam habeas requiem</i>),
</span><br /><span><span>have eternal rest. (</span></span><span class="gOGZsb"><i>æternam habeas requiem</i>).</span></div></div></div></div></span></span></span></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch9836385"><span><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/i_YbwWBtWjk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">4. Gabriel Fauré - Requiem in D minor, Op. 48</a> (Introduced by Sir John Gielgud) YouTube, uploaded by EuroArtsChannel. From the Winchester Cathedral. Winchester Cathedral Choir English Chamber Orchestra Martin Neary - conductor Thomas Allen - baritone Dominic Harvey (soloist at Pie Jesu) James Lancelot - organist.
<a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_YbwWBtWjk&t=275s" spellcheck="false">4:35</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> I. Introit and Kyrie
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_YbwWBtWjk&t=720s" spellcheck="false">12:00</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> II. Offertoire
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_YbwWBtWjk&t=1248s" spellcheck="false">20:48</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> III. Sanctus
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_YbwWBtWjk&t=1472s" spellcheck="false">24:32</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> IV. Pie Jesu </span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_YbwWBtWjk&t=1722s" spellcheck="false">28:42</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> V. Agnus Dei et Lux aeterna
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_YbwWBtWjk&t=2118s" spellcheck="false">35:18</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> VI. Libera me
</span><a class="yt-simple-endpoint style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_YbwWBtWjk&t=2424s" spellcheck="false">40:24</a><span class="style-scope yt-formatted-string" dir="auto"> VII. In Paradisum. </span> Accessed March 13, 2024. </span></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch9836385"><span><br /></span></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch9836385"><span><br />
<span><b>Video Credit:</b></span></span></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch9836385"><span><span><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch9836385"><span><span>Faure Requiem. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. <b><br /></b></span></span></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch9836385"><span><span><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch9836385"><span><span><b> </b></span></span></div><div class="PZPZlf" data-lyricid="Musixmatch9836385"><span><span><b>Resources:</b><br /></span><br /><div>
<span><span><span><a href="https://www.sydneyphilharmonia.com.au/concerts/2024season/faure/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fauré Requiem</a>. Sydney Philharmonia Choirs. Accessed March 13, 2024. (Available the time of posting.) </span></span> </span></div><span> </span><div><span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Requiem_(Faur%C3%A9)" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fauré (Requiem).</a> en. wikipedia.org. </span></div><div><span> </span></div><div><span></span></div><div><span>Sydney Philharmonia Choirs 2024 Season. </span><br /><br /></div><div><span> </span></div><div><div><span><b>Review:</b><br /></span>
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<b>For COVID-19 SAFETY</b><br />
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<li>Hand sanitiser will be available and audience members over the age of 12 are required to wear masks.</li>
<li>To minimise unnecessary contact, we will be distributing a digital program book, available in advance.</li>
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Birthdays</h3>
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<b>1733</b> -<b> Joseph Priestley</b>, 18th-century English scientist, separatist theologian, philosopher, chemist, who published over 150 works. He has historically been credited with the discovery of oxygen, having isolated it in its gaseous state, although two scientists, Carl Wilhelm Scheele and Antoine Lavoisier, also have strong claims to the discovery.<br />
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<b>1860</b> - <b>Hugo Wolf</b>, Austrian composer, particularly noted for his art songs, or Lieder. He brought to this form a concentrated expressive intensity which was unique in late Romantic music, somewhat related to the Second Viennese School in concision but diverging greatly in technique.
His extraordinary productivity, particularly in 1888 and 1889, was frequently interrupted by depression. His last composition was written in 1898, before he suffered a mental collapse. (Hugo Wolf - <a href="https://youtu.be/FRox_cBwmh4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Im Frühling"/"In Spring"</a> (Mörike), Dietric Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Gerald Moore (Pianist). Uploaded by FiDiTanzer528. Accessed March 13, 2019. <b> </b><br />
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<b>1884</b> - <b>Hugh Seymour Walpole</b>, CBE, English novelist<b>, </b>He was the son of an Anglican clergyman, intended for a career in the church but drawn instead to writing. Among those who encouraged him were the authors Henry James and Arnold Bennett.<b> </b><br />
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<b>Lefties:</b><br />
None Known</div><div> </div><div><b>More birthdays and historical events, March 13 - <a href="https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/March/13" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On This Day</a></b> <br /></div><div><br />
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Historical Events</h3>
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<b>1781</b> - English Astronomer William Herschel discovers the planet Uranus. He is the older brother of the first woman to discover a comet, Caroline Herschel, also an astronomer, and a concert soprano.<br />
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<b>1845</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/remembering-mendelssohn-and-his.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Felix Mendelssohn</a> conducts the premiere of his Violin Concerto in E minor, in Leipzig, with Ferdinand David, soloist. <br />
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<b>1868</b> - The first U.S. impeachment trial of an American president begins. President Andrew Johnson is accused of illegally removing a federal office holder. He is found not guilty and stays in office until the end of his term.<br />
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<b>1881</b> - Tsar Alexander II is assassinated in St. Petersburg, Russia, by a bomb thrown by members of a revolutionary group, The People's Will.<br />
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<b>1894</b> - Bruno Walter debuts as a conductor at the Cologne Opera. <br />
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<b>1930</b> - Clyde W. Tombaugh announces the discovery of the ninth planet in the solar system. On May 24 of this year, 1930, it is named Pluto.<br />
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<b>1976</b> - Milton Babbitt's Concerti for Violin, Small Orchestra and Synthesized Tape is first performed, in New York City.<br />
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<b>Video Credit:</b></div><div><b> </b><br />
<a href="https://youtu.be/ZwW4oruwyJU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64</a>. YouTube, uploaded by Kanaal van viool7. Accessed March 13, 2017. <br />
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<b>Resources:</b></div><div><br />
1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<span style="font-style: italic;"> Dateline</span>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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Birthdays </h3>
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<b>1710 - Thomas Augustine Arne</b>, English composer, famous for <i>Rule, Britannia!</i>, which became Britain's national patriotic song. Arne was a leading British theatre composer of the 18th century, working at the West End's Drury Lane and Covent Garden.
He wrote many operatic entertainments for the London theatres and
pleasure gardens, as well as concertos, sinfonias, and sonatas. YouTube videos of Arne's "Rule, Britannia": <a href="https://youtu.be/v2c5QHtgFxY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">British Patriotic Song: Rule, Britannia</a>. Uploaded by Duke of Canada, or <a href="https://youtu.be/4jqenaiqITs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Arne's Rule, Britannia</a>, uploaded by TousavecNintendo. Performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra. Accessed March 12, 2018. <span class="yt-core-attributed-string yt-core-attributed-string--white-space-pre-wrap" role="text"> It's one of the most popular patriotic British hymns, and some consider it as a 2nd National Anthem for the UK.</span> Arne composed <i>The Masque of Alfred</i>, an opera in three acts, first performed August 1, 1740, Cliveden, revised version May 12, 1753, Covent Garden, London. Libretto: David Mallet and James Thomson. Ode: When Britain first at heav'n's command 'The celebrated ode in honour of Great Britain call'd Rule Britannia'.<br />
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<b>1863</b> - <b>Gabriele D'Annunzio,</b> <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: 85%;">OMS CMG MVM</span><b> (</b>General Gabriele D'Annunzio, Prince of Montenevoso), Italian poet, playwright, journalist and soldier during WWI. He occupied a prominent place in Italian literature and later political life. He was often referred to under the epithets <i>Il Vate</i> ("the Poet") or <i>Il Profeta</i> ("the Prophet"). He was associated with the Decadent movement in his literary works, which interplayed closely with French Symbolism and British Aestheticism. <br />
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<b>1889</b> - <b>Vaslav Nijinsky</b>, Ukrainian-born Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, cited as the greatest male dancer of the early 20th century. Born in Kiev to Polish parents, he grew up in Imperial Russia but considered himself to be Polish. He was celebrated for his virtuosity and for the depth and intensity of his characterizations. (<a href="http://www.russianballethistory.com/nijinskythelegend.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nijinsky, the Legend</a>, from Russian Ballet History. Accessed March 12, 2012. <a href="https://youtu.be/WVsX0HxFsSU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nijinsky 1912 L'Après midi d'un Faune full version</a>. Uploaded by Mary M. Accessed March 12, 2018. <a href="https://youtu.be/zZ51o7Ub-nk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Remembering Nijinsky</a>. Uploaded by Kate nHeather. Accessed March 12, 2019.)</div><p>
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<b>1912</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2010/03/edward-albee.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Edward Albee</b></a> (born Edward Franklin Albee III), American playwright known for works such as<i> The Zoo Story</i>, <i>The Sandbox</i>, <i>Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?</i>, and <i>A Delicate Balance</i>. Three of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and two of his other works won the Tony Award for Best Play.<br />
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<b>1922</b> - <b>Jack Kerouac</b> (born Jean-Louis "Jack" Kerouac, though he called himself Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, American novelist and poet of French-Canadian ancestry, considered a literary iconoclast and, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, a pioneer of the Beat Generation. Kerouac is recognized for his method of spontaneous prose. Thematically, his work covers topics such as Catholic spirituality,
jazz, promiscuity, Buddhism, drugs, poverty, and travel. He became an underground celebrity and, with other beats, a progenitor of the hippie movement, although he remained antagonistic toward some of its politically radical elements.<br />
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<b>1923</b> - <b>Wally Schirra </b>(Walter Marty Schirra, Jr.), American naval aviator, test pilot, and NASA astronaut. He flew in all 3 space programs Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. <span> In 1959, he became one of the original seven astronauts chosen for Project Mercury, which was the United States' first effort to put human beings into space.</span><span><span> </span></span><br />
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<b>1925</b> - <b>Georges Delerue</b>, French composer of films and television. He studied Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and Grieg, and was particularly inspired by Richard Strauss. He composed over 350 scores for cinema and TV and won numerous film music awards, including an Academy Award for <i>A Little Romance</i>, three César Awards, two ASCAP Awards, among others. He was also nominated for four additional Academy Awards for <i>Anne of the Thousand Days</i>, <i>The Day of the Dolphin</i>, <i>Julia</i>, and <i>Agnes of God</i>, four additional César Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Genie Award for <i>Black Robe</i>. The French newspaper <i>Le Figaro</i> named him "the Mozart of cinema." Delerue was the first composer to win three consecutive César Awards for <i>Get Out Your Handkerchiefs</i>, <i>Love on the Run</i>, and <i>The Last Metro</i>. Delerue was named Commander of Arts and Letters, one of France's highest honours. (<a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2010/07/man-woman-and-child-film-soudtrack.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Man, Woman and Child</a> film soundtrack)<br />
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<b>1946</b> - <b>Liza Minnelli</b> (born Liza May Minelli), American actress and singer, b<span class="st">est known for her Academy Award-winning performance in <i>Cabaret</i> (1972). She is famous for her energetic stage presence and her powerful mezzo-soprano singing voice. She is the daughter of famous actress & singer Judy Garland and film director & producer Vincente <i>Minnelli</i>. (<a href="https://youtu.be/ns6YbcoRy2U" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liza Minnelli sings the Ultimate version of New York, New York</a>. Superb! Uploaded by Cabaret Club. Accessed March 12, 2013. <a href="https://youtu.be/ljdxZcuP4OE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Liza Minelli interviewed by Barbara Houer (1985)</a>. Uploaded by Elisabet Petersen. Accessed March 12, 2017.) </span><br />
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<b><i>Leftie:</i></b><br />
Astronaut Wally Schirra</p><p><br />
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<b>1857</b> - Giuseppe Verdi's opera <i>Simon Boccanegra</i> premieres in Venice.<br />
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<b>1894</b> - Bottled Coca-Cola is sold for the first time. The drink was created in 1886 by Dr. John Pemberton, and patented it in 1893.<br />
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<b>1930</b> - Mahatma Gandhi begins a civil disobedience march from his ashram to the coastal village of Dandi, 240 miles (380 km) away. <br />
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<b>1933</b> - German President Paul von Hindenburg orders the flag of the German Republic to be replaced with the empire banner and the swastika.<br />
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<b>1943</b> - Aaron Copland's <i>Fanfare for the Common Man</i>, for brass and percussion, premieres in Cincinnati, US. <br />
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<b>1994</b> - Thirty-three women are the first women ordained as priests in the Church of England. They were ordained as priests in Bristol Cathedral. The Church of England is part of the Anglican Communion of Churches. The Episcopal Church of the U.S. was the first within this group to ordain women in 1974 and others soon followed. In 1989 the Anglican Church of New Zealand ordained the firsts female bishop.<br />
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<b>Resources: </b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <span style="font-style: italic;">The World's Movers and Shapers.</span> New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <span style="font-style: italic;">Chambers Biographical Dictionary</span>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4. <span style="font-style: italic;">Dateline</span>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <span style="font-style: italic;">The Timestables of History</span>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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(c) June 2007. Updated March 12, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
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Birthdays </h3><p><b> </b></p><p><b>1755 - Caterina Cavalieri </b>(born Katharina Magdalena Giuseppa Cavalieri), Austrian soprano. She studied voice with composer Antonio Salieri. Her stage debut was in 1775 in Pasquale Anfossi's opera <i>La finta giardiniera</i>, followed by Ignaz Umlauf's Singspiel <i>Die Bergknappen</i> in 1778 and the role of Fräule Nannette in Salieri's <i>Der Rauchfangkehrer</i> on 30 April 1781, a role specifically written for her. Similarly, Mozart wrote the role of Konstanze in his Singspiel <i>Die Entführung aus dem Serail</i> for her, which she premiered on 16 July 1782. On 1 June 1785 she sang the role of Enrichetta in the première of Stephen Storace's <i>Gli sposi malcontenti</i>. On 7 May 1788, Cavalieri sang the role of Donna Elvira in the Vienna première of Mozart's <i>Don Giovanni</i>. Other works by Mozart written for her are <i>Davide penitente </i>and the role of Mademoiselle Silberklang in <i>Der Schauspieldirektor</i>. After 1790, Cavalieri gradually withdrew from the stage and retired
on 1 March 1793. She died unmarried in Vienna in 1801, aged 46. Trivia: Cavalieri is a nonspeaking role in Peter Shaffer's play <i>Amadeus</i>. However, in the film, it is suggested that Cavalieri and Mozart had an affair during the rehearsals of <i>Die Entführung aus dem Serail</i>. (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caterina_Cavalieri" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>)<br /></p><h3></h3>
<b>1897</b> - <b>Henry Cowell</b>, American composer, music theorist, pianist, publisher, and impresario. (<a href="https://youtu.be/VRp0IZHLels" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">H. Cowell: Quartet for flute, oboe cello and harp (1962)</a>. Uploaded by TheWelleszCompany. Accessed March 11, 2019.)<br />
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<b>1911</b> - <b>Howard Mitchell</b>, American cellist and conductor. He was principal conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra from 1949 to 1969. On the Westminster label Mitchell made recordings with his orchestra of music by Brahms (Violin Concerto with violinist Julian Olefsky), Copland (<i>Appalachian Spring</i>; <i>Billy the Kid</i>; <i>Fanfare for the Common Man</i>; <i>El Salón México</i>), Creston (Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3) and Shostakovich (Symphony No. 1; <i>The Golden Age</i> ballet suite).
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<b>1916</b> - <b>Sir Harold Wilson</b>, <b>Baron Wilson of Rievaulx</b>, <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: small;">KG<span style="font-size: 14px;">,</span> OBE<span style="font-size: 14px;">,</span> PC<span style="font-size: 14px;">,</span> FRS<span style="font-size: 14px;">,</span> FSS</span>, British statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1964 to 1970 and 1974 to 1976. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Ormskirk from 1945 to 1950 and for Huyton from 1950 to 1983.
British Labour Prime Minister (1969-70 then 1974-76)<br />
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<b>1952</b> - <b>Douglas Adams</b>, English author, scriptwriter, humourist. He's author of <i>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i>, which originated in 1978 as a BBC radio comedy which he developed into a "trilogy" of five books that sold more than 15 million copies in his lifetime and generated a television series, stage plays, comics, a computer game, and a feature film in 2005.<br />
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<b>Leftie:</b><br />
Writer Douglas Adams</div><div><br />
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<h3> </h3><h3>Historical Events</h3>
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<b>1791</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/franz-joseph-haydn.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Joseph Haydn</a> conducts from the piano the first of the London symphonies in the Hanover Square Rooms in London. It is successful that the adagio is encored. (Listening pleasure: <a href="https://youtu.be/Q8ky4psljV4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">J. Haydn - Hob I:93 - Symphony No. 93 in D major (Brüggen)</a>, performed by The Orchestra of the 18th Century, conducted by Frans Brüggen. Uploaded by Composersbynumbers. Accessed March 11, 2018. <br />
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<b>1811</b> - The Luddite riots begin in Nottingham, England. Workers destroy stocking and lace-making machines fearing that the machines will replace them in factories.<br />
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<b>1829</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2016/02/remembering-mendelssohn-and-his.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Felix Mendelssohn</a> initiates the revival of <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/johann-sebastian-bach.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johann Sebastian Bach</a>'s music when he presents <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2009/04/bach-st-matthew-passion.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bach St. Matthew Passion</a> in Berlin.<br />
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<b>1867</b> - Giuseppe Verdi's opera <i>Don Carlos</i> is first performed, in Paris.<br />
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<b>1879</b> - Alexander Borodin's "Polovtsian Dances" (performed as an orchestral entity), from <i>Prince Igor</i>, is first performed, in St. Petersburg. <br />
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<b>1911</b> - Physicist Ernest Rutherford describes the structure of the atom for the first time at the Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society.<br />
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<b>1940 - </b>John Steinbeck and his friend Ed Ricketts sail from California on an expedition to explore the marine life in the Sea of Cortez, off the coast of Mexico. Several books and films result. <b> </b><br />
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<b>1942</b> - American General Douglas MacArthur states the now famous phrase, "<i>I shall return</i>," as he pulls American forces out of the Philippines, knowing that defense against the Japanese Army is futile. He leaves for Australia and takes command of the Allied forces in the Pacific and was victorious. <br />
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<b>1966</b> - General Suharto comes to power in Indonesia. <br />
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<b>1985</b> - Mikhail Gorbachev becomes leader of the Soviet Union after the death of Konstantin Chernenko. <br />
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<b>2004</b> - Ten bombs explode on a commuters train during the morning rush in Madrid in a devastating terrorist attack.<br />
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<b>1988 </b>- The pound note ceases to be legal tender.<br />
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Resources:</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <i>The World's Movers and Shapers</i>. New
Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3.<i> Chambers Biographical Dictionary</i>, 19th Ed. London:
Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<i> Dateline</i>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <i>The Timetables of History</i>, New 3rd Revised
Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org<br />
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(c) June 2007. Updated March 11, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. <br />
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<b>1749 - Lorenzo Da Ponte</b> (original name Emmanuele Conegliano, Italian poet and librettist, later American opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. He is best known for his collaboration with Mozart.He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's most celebrated operas,<i> Don Giovanni</i>, <i>The Marriage of Figaro</i> and <i>Così fan tutte</i>. (<a href="https://www.britannica.com/biography/Lorenzo-Da-Ponte" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lorenzo da Ponte</a>. Encyclopaedia Britannica. Accessed March 10, 2019.)<br />
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<b>1772</b> - <b>Friedrich von Schlegel</b> (born Karl Wilhelm Friedrich,<b> </b>after 1814: Friedrich von Schlegel), German poet, writer and philosopher. With his older brother, August Wilhelm Schlegel, he was one of the main figures of Jena Romanticism. He moved to Austria in 1809, where he became a diplomat and journalist in service of Klemens von Metternich, the Foreign Minister of the Austrian Empire. Schlegel was a promoter of the Romantic movement and inspired Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Adam Mickiewicz and Kazimierz Brodziński. <br />
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<b>1844</b> - <b>Pablo de Sarasate</b>, Spanish virtuoso violinist and composer, who began his volin studies at five y.o. and gave his first performance at the age of eight. He later studied at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1859 he began the concert tours that made him famous worldwide. His playing was particularly admired for sweetness and purity of tone, perfect intonation, and a flawless technique that appeared effortless. Many prominent composers, including Camille Saint-Saëns, Max Bruch, Édouard Lalo, and Antonín Dvořák, wrote pieces for him. Sarasate's most popular violin music is <i>Zigeunerweisen</i> (1878), a fantasy in gypsy style for violin and orchestra. (Here's young violinist Jennifer Jeon brilliantly performing<a href="https://youtu.be/-_MACbuCthk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Zigeunerweisen (Gypsy Airs) Opus 20, No.1</a> by P. Sarasate. Accessed March 10, 2012.)<br />
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<b>1892</b> - <b>Arthur Honegger</b> (born Oscar-Arthur Honegger), French-born Swiss composer, member of the "Les Six" group of French composers. He lived a large part of his life in Paris. His most frequently performed work is probably the orchestral work <i>Pacific 231</i>, which was inspired by the sound of a steam locomotive. In the early 1920s, Honegger shot to fame with his "dramatic psalm" <i>Le Roi David</i> (King David),
which is still in the choral repertoire. He composed the music for Abel Gance's epic 1927 film, <i>Napoléon</i>. Amongst other works, he composed nine ballets and three vocal stage works. One of those stage works, <i>Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher, </i>a "dramatic oratorio" (to words by Paul Claudel). In addition to his pieces written alone, he collaborated with Jacques Ibert on both an opera, <i>L'Aiglon</i> (1937), and an operetta. During this time period he also wrote <i>Danse de la chèvre</i> (1921), an essential piece of flute repertoire. (<a href="https://youtu.be/Rfysyex_DAk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Honegger - Pacific 231</a>. Uploaded by logoxyz. Accessed March 10, 2020.) <br />
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<b>1903</b> - <b>Bix Beiderbecke</b> (Leon Bismark "Bix" Beiderbecke), American jazz cornetist, pianist, and composer. He was one of the most influential jazz soloists of the 1920s, a cornet player noted for an inventive lyrical approach and purity of tone. His solos on seminal recordings such as "Singin' the Blues" and "I'm Coming, Virginia" (both 1927) demonstrate a gift for extended improvisation that heralded the jazz ballad style, in which jazz solos are an integral part of the composition. "In a Mist" (1927) is the best known of Beiderbecke's published piano compositions,
and the only one that he recorded. His piano style reflects both jazz and classical (mainly impressionist) influences. </div><div> <br />
<b>1940 </b>- <b>Chuck Norris</b> (Carlos Ray "Chuck" Norris), American martial artist, actor, film producer, and screenwriter. After serving in the United States Air Force, Norris won many martial arts championships and later founded his own discipline Chun Kuk Do. Norris is a black belt in Tang Soo Do, Brazilian jiu jitsu and judo. In Hollywood, Norris trained celebrities in martial arts. Friend and fellow actor Bruce Lee invited him to play one of the main villains in <i>Way of the Dragon</i>. Friend and student Steve McQueen suggested to him that he take acting seriously. Norris took the starring role in the action film <i>Breaker! Breaker!</i> which turned a profit. His second lead <i>Good Guys Wear Black</i> became a hit, and Norris became a popular action film star. </div><div> <br />
<b>1958 - Sharon</b><b> </b>Vonne<b> Stone, </b>American actress, producer, and former fashion model. She is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Stone became a sex symbol and rose to international recognition when she starred as Catherine Tramell in another Verhoeven film, the erotic thriller <i>Basic Instinct</i>, for which she earned her first Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama. She received further critical acclaim with her performance in Martin Scorsese's epic crime drama <i>Casino</i>, garnering the Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. After modelling in television commercials and print advertisements, she made her film debut as an extra in Woody Allen's comedy-drama <i>Stardust Memories</i>. Her first speaking part was in Wes Craven's horror film <i>Deadly Blessing</i>. On television, Stone has had notable performances in the miniseries. <br /></div><div><b><i> </i></b></div><div><b><i>Leftie:</i></b><br />
Musician Bix Beiderbecke</div><div> <br />
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<b>49 B.C.E. -</b> Julius Caesar and his army invade Italy by crossing the Rubicon.<br />
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<b>1629 - </b>Charles I of England dissolves Parliament. He does not recall it for 11 years.<br />
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<b>1785</b> - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is the soloist in the premiere of his C major Piano Concerto No. 21, in Vienna. Listen to this famous <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2014/06/mozart-piano-concerto-no21-in-c-major.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Piano Concerto No. 21 in C, K.467</a>, performed by Orchestra filarmonica della Scala, with Riccardo Muti, conductor, and Mauricio Pollini, Pianist. <br />
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<b>1831</b> - The French Foreign Legion is formed, initially to suppress rebellion in Algeria. <br />
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<b>1876</b> - Alexander Graham Bell speaks on the telephone for the first time. He summons his assistant with the words, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you."<br />
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<b>1991</b> - The U.S. begins Phase Echo, the withdrawal of its 540,000 troops from the Persian Gulf at the end of the Gulf War. <br />
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<b>Resources:</b></div><div><br />
1. Asiado, Tel. <i>The World's Movers and Shapers</i>. New
Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)</div><div>2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3.<i> Chambers Biographical Dictionary</i>, 19th Ed. London:
Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<i> Dateline</i>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <i>The Timetables of History</i>, New 3rd Revised
Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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(c) June 2007. Updated March 10, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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<b>1454</b> - <b>Amerigo Vespucci</b>, Italian merchant navigator, explorer, and adventurer from the Republic of Florence, by which the name <i>America</i> is coined. He became a Castillian citizen in 1505.
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<b>1737</b> - <b>Josef Mysliveczek</b>, Opera composer and friend of Mozart, <span class="st">who contributed to the formation of late eighteenth-century classicism in music. (</span><a href="https://youtu.be/gYVMe5645dM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Josef Mysliveček Il Bellerofonte, Opera in 3 acts Complete</a>. Uploaded by HarpsichordVal. Accessed March 9 2018.)<br />
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<b>1892</b> - <b>Vita Sackville-West</b> (Victoria Mary Sackville-West, Lady Nicolson), English novelist, poet, critic, and garden designer. She was also a prolific letter writer and diarist. (<a href="https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/who-was-vita-sackville-west?campid=SocialShare_Central_MainSite_Facebook_1431776612230&fbclid=IwAR1nn6W4d2ahD41-C1y9u4PlmbomBsZn_Aj9-Qs_UlRb_zyxMer0xNB0VEE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Who was Vita Sackville-West</a> by Allison Adler Kroll. Accessed March 9, 2019.)<br />
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<b>1910</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/samuel-barber.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Samuel Barber</a></b> (born Samuel Osmond Barber II<b>), </b>American composer of orchestral, opera, choral, and piano music. He is one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. His <i>Adagio for Strings</i> (1936) has earned a permanent place in the concert repertory of orchestras. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music twice: for his opera <i>Vanessa</i> (1956–57) and for the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1962). Also widely performed is his <i>Knoxville: Summer of 1915</i> (1947), a setting for soprano and orchestra of a prose text by James Agee. (<a href="https://youtu.be/N3MHeNt6Yjs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Barber Adagio for Strings</a>, performed by Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Accessed March 9, 2018.)<br />
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<b>1934 </b>- <b>Yuri</b> Alekseyevich <b>Gagarin</b>, Soviet Union cosmonaut, Soviet Air Forces pilot and cosmonaut who became the first human to journey into outer space, achieving a major milestone in the Space Race; his capsule, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of Earth on 12 April 1961. Gagarin became an international celebrity and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, his nation's highest honour. <br />
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<b>1943 - Bobby Fischer</b> (born Robert James Fischer), American chess grandmaster and the eleventh World Chess Champion. Many consider him to be the greatest chess player of all time. He showed great skill in chess from an early age; at 13, he won a <i>brilliancy</i> <i></i><dfn id=""></dfn> known as "The Game of the Century". At age 14, he became the youngest ever U.S. Chess Champion, and at 15, he became both the youngest grandmaster (GM) up to that time and the youngest candidate for the World Championship. At age 20, Fischer won the 1963/64 US Championship with 11 wins in 11 games, the only perfect score in the history of the tournament. His book <i>My 60 Memorable Games</i>, published in 1969, is regarded as essential reading. He won the 1970 Interzonal Tournament by a record 3½-point margin, and won 20 consecutive games, including two unprecedented 6–0 sweeps, in the Candidates Matches. In July 1971, he became the first official FIDE number-one-rated player.<br />
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<b>1964</b> - <b>Juliette Binoche</b>, French actress, artist and dancer. She has been the recipient of numerous international awards, and
performed frequently on stage – both as an actress and dancer. After performing in several stage productions, she was cast in the films of
such notable auteur directors as Jean-Luc Godard (<i>Hail Mary</i>, 1985), Jacques Doillon (<i>Family Life</i>, 1985), and André Téchiné; the latter would make her a star in France with the leading role in his 1985 drama <i>Rendez-vous</i>. Her sensual performance in her English-language debut <i>The Unbearable Lightness of Being</i> (1988), directed by Philip Kaufman, launched her international career.<br />
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<b><i>Lefties:</i></b><br />
None known</div><div><br />
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<b>1074</b> - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates married priests from the Catholic Church.<br />
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<b>1785</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2014/06/mozart-piano-concerto-no21-in-c-major.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Piano Concerto No. 21 in C major, K. 467</a>, was completed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, four weeks after the completion of the previous No. 20 in D minor concerto, K. 466.<br />
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<b>1796</b> - French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine de Beauharnais in a civil ceremony.<br />
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<b>1842</b> - <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2016/10/giuseppe-verdi-rasied-operas-heights.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Giuseppe Verdi</a>'s opera <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/verdi-opera-nabucco.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>Nabucco</i></a> is first performed, in Milan's La Scala.<br />
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<b>1877 </b>- P. Tchaikovsky's symphonic fantasy <i>Francesca da Rimini</i>, is first performed, in Moscow. <br />
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<b>1932</b> - Eamon De Valera is elected President of the Irish Free State. He also declares he will sever ties with he British crown. <br />
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<b>1945</b> - The U.S. launches B-29 bombers against Japan.<br />
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<b>1959</b> - Barbie (R) goes on display for the first time at a children's toy shop fair in New York. It was the idea of Ruth Handler, a founder of the Mattel toy company. <br />
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<b>1967</b> - A daughter of Joseph Stalin, Svetlana Alliluyeva, defects to the West. She seeks asylum in the U.S. Embassy in India.<br />
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<b>Resources:</b><br />
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1. Asiado, Tel. <i>The World's Movers and Shapers</i>. New
Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)</div><div>2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3.<i> Chambers Biographical Dictionary</i>, 19th Ed. London:
Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<i> Dateline</i>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <i>The Timetables of History</i>, New 3rd Revised
Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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(c) June 2007. Updated March 9, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved.
</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022324848044018330.post-41742116521308626342024-03-07T13:00:00.000-05:002024-03-07T17:11:31.890-05:00March 8 Dateline<div>
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Birthdays </h3>
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<b>1714</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/carl-philipp-emanuel-bach-cpe.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carl Philipp Emanuel (C.P.E.) Bach</a></b>, German Classical period composer, the fifth child and second (surviving) son of <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/johann-sebastian-bach.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Johann Sebastian Bach</a> and Maria Barbara Bach. His second name was given in honor of his godfather <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2014/03/georg-philipp-telemann.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Georg Philipp Telemann</a>, a friend of Johann Sebastian Bach. C. P. E. Bach was an influential composer working at a time of transition between his father's Baroque style and the Classical style that followed it. To his contemporaries, he was known simply as Emanuel. (<a href="https://www.classicfm.com/composers/cpe-bach/guides/cpe-bach-a-life-in-pictures/mozart-tribute/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mozart's Tribute</a>: Through the later half of the 18th century, the reputation of Emanuel Bach was very strong. Mozart said of him, ‘He is the father, we are the children.’ Haydn studied his work and Beethoven expressed the highest admiration and regard for his music. Later composers to be inspired by his music included Mendelssohn and Weber. </div><div> </div><div><b>1856 - Thomas "Tom" William Roberts</b>, English-born Australian artist and a key member of the Heidelberg School art movement, also known as Australian impressionism. His life was dramatised in the 1985 Australian mini series <i>One Summer Again</i>.
A "lost" painting titled <i>Rejected</i> was featured in a 2017 episode of the BBC series <i>Fake or Fortune?</i>.
It was determined by experts to be a genuine Roberts, dating from his
student years in London. Roberts' granddaughter considered it a
self-portrait. If so, it would make it his oldest surviving
self-portrait.</div><div> </div><div><b>1859 - Kenneth Grahame, </b>Scottish writer. He is most famous for <i>The Wind in the Willows</i> (1908), a classic of children's literature, as well as <i>The Reluctant Dragon</i>. Both books were later adapted for stage and film, of which A. A. Milne's <i>Toad of Toad Hall</i>, based on part of <i>The Wind in the Willows</i>, was the first. Other adaptations include Cosgrove Hall Films' <i>The Wind in the Willows</i> (and its subsequent long-running television series), and the Walt Disney films (<i>The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad</i> and <i>The Reluctant Dragon</i>). </div><div><br /></div><div><b>1879 - Otto Hahn, </b>German chemist who was a pioneer in the fields of radioactivity and radiochemistry. He is referred to as the father of nuclear chemistry and nuclear fission. Hahn and Lise Meitner discovered radioactive isotopes of radium, thorium, protactinium and uranium. He also discovered the phenomena of atomic recoil and nuclear isomerism, and pioneered rubidium–strontium dating. In 1938, Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann discovered nuclear fission, for which Hahn received the 1944 Nobel Prize for Chemistry. Nuclear fission was the basis for nuclear reactors and nuclear weapons.
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<b>Lefties:</b><br />
None Known</div><div> </div><div></div><div><b>More birthdays and historical events, March 8 - <a href="https://www.onthisday.com/birthdays/March/8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On This Day</a>
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<i><b>Feature:</b></i><br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/j3YdRHocF4w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">C.P.E. Bach: Cello Concerto in A Minor Wq. 170; William Skeen, Voices of Music, First Mvt. 4K UHD</a>. (Uploaded by Voices of Music.) Accessed March 8, 2018. The opening Allegro Assai from Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach's Concerto in A minor, Wq.170, presented in celebration of his 300th anniversary. Performed on original instruments by the Early Music ensemble Voices of Music, William Skeen, soloist; 4K UHD video from our Virtuoso Concertos concert, November, 2014.<br />
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<b>1265 </b>- The first English "parliament" meets in which Simon de Montfort defeats Prince Edward - meeting of bishops, knights, and ordinary men from each city and borough, in England at Westminster Hall to discuss how the country should be governed.<br />
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<b>1702</b> - Queen Anne inherits the throne of Britain when William III dies in a riding accident.<br />
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<b>1942</b> - The Dutch surrender to Japanese forces on Java after two months of fighting. </div>
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<b>1946</b> - The French naval fleet arrives at Haiphong, Vietnam.<br />
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<b>1954</b> - France and Vietnam open talks in Paris on a treaty to form the state of Indochina.<br />
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<b>1971</b> - Joe Frazier defeats Muhammad Ali in the boxing match dubbed "The Fight of the Century." <br />
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<b>Resources:</b></div><div><br />
1. Asiado, Tel. <i>The World's Movers and Shapers</i>. New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3.<i> Chambers Biographical Dictionary</i>, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<i> Dateline</i>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <i>The Timetables of History</i>, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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(c) June 2007. Updated March 8, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web.All rights reserved.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2022324848044018330.post-33253180471666214612024-03-06T14:00:00.000-05:002024-03-06T16:16:33.894-05:00March 7 Dateline<div>
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<b>1785 - </b><b>Alessandro Francesco Tommaso Antonio Manzoni</b>, Italian poet, novelist and philosopher. He is famous for the novel <i>The Betrothed</i> (orig. Italian: <i lang="it">I promessi sposi</i>) (1827), generally ranked among the masterpieces of world literature. The novel is also a symbol of the Italian Risorgimento, both for its patriotic message and because it was a fundamental milestone in the development of the modern, unified Italian language.
Manzoni contributed to the stabilization of the modern Italian
language and helped to ensure linguistic unity throughout Italy. He was
an influential proponent of Liberal Catholicism in Italy. Considered Manzoni's noblest monument was Giuseppe <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2023/02/verdis-requiem-messa-de-requiem.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Verdi's <i>Requiem</i></a>, written to honour his memory. <b> </b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>1792</b> - <b>Sir John Herschel </b>(born <b> </b>John Frederick William Herschel, 1st Baronet), <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: 85%;">KH FRS</span>, English polymath, mathematician, astronomer, chemist, inventor, experimental photographer who invented the blueprint; he also did botanical work. Herschel originated the use of the Julian day system in astronomy. He named seven moons of Saturn and four moons of Uranus—the seventh planet, discovered by his father William Herschel. He made many contributions to the science of photography, and investigated colour blindness and the chemical power of ultraviolet rays. His <i>Preliminary Discourse</i> (1831), which advocated an inductive approach to scientific experiment and theory-building, was an important contribution to the philosophy of science. His greatest influences were William Herschel (father) and Caroline Herschel (aunt).<br />
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<b>1872</b> - <b>Piet Mondrian</b> (born Pieter Cornelis Mondriaan, after 1906, Piet Mondrian), Dutch painter and theoretician regarded as one of the greatest artists of the 20th century and whose art always remained rooted in nature. He is known for being one of the pioneers of 20th-century abstract art,
as he changed his artistic direction from figurative painting to an increasingly abstract style, until he reached a point where his artistic
vocabulary was reduced to simple geometric elements. Mondrian's art was highly utopian and was concerned with a search for universal values and aesthetics. He proclaimed in 1914: "Art is higher than reality and has no direct relation to reality. To approach the spiritual in art, one will make as little use as possible of reality, because reality is opposed to the spiritual. We find ourselves in the presence of an abstract art. Art should be above reality, otherwise it would have no value for man." (<a href="https://youtu.be/1x8m-7N-Kjo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Deconstructing Mondrian: The Story Behind the Iconic Design</a>. Uploaded by Wall Street Journal. Accessed March 7 2018. <a href="https://youtu.be/pTIDrkRvCJI" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Piet Mondrian: A Life in 10 Snippets</a>. Art in School. Accessed March 7, 2020.)<br />
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<b>1875 -</b> <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/search?q=+maurice+ravel" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maurice Ravel</a></b> (born Joseph Maurice Ravel), French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composers rejected the term. Ravel developed a style of great clarity and incorporating elements of modernism, baroque, neoclassicism and, in his later works, jazz. He liked to experiment with musical form, as in his best-known work, <i>Boléro</i> (1928), in which repetition takes the place of development. Among his works to enter the repertoire are pieces for piano, chamber music, two piano concertos, ballet music, two operas and eight song cycles; he wrote no symphonies or church music. Many of his works exist in two versions: first, a piano score and later an orchestration. Some of his piano music, such as <i>Gaspard de la nuit</i>, is exceptionally difficult to play, and his complex orchestral works such as <i>Daphnis et Chloé</i> require skilful balance in performance. Ravel was among the first composers to recognise the potential of recording to bring their music to a wider public. (Here's an amazing flash mob of <a href="https://youtu.be/IsF53JpBMlk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ravel's <i>Bolero</i></a>. Societat Musical D'algemesi in Spain. Accessed March 7, 2015.) <br />
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<b>1960</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- <b>Ivan Lendl</b>, Czech-American professional tennis player. He was world No. 1 for 270 weeks and won 94 singles titles. At the majors he won eight titles and was runner-up a record 11 times. He also won seven year-end championships. Lendl pioneered a new style of tennis; his game was built around his forehand, hit hard with heavy topspin, and his success is cited as a primary influence in popularizing the currently common playing style of aggressive baseline power tennis. After retirement, he became a tennis coach for multiple players. He has helped Andy Murray win three major titles and reach the No. 1 ranking.<br />
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Composer Maurice Ravel<br />
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<i><b>Deaths:</b></i><br />
<b>322 B.C.E.</b> - Aristotle, Philosopher<br />
<b>1999</b> - Stanley Kubrick, Film director<br />
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</b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b> </b></div><div><b>Features:</b><br />
<br />To the tune of <b>Ravel's Bolero</b>, I'm featuring the famous and most spectacular ice skaters Torvill & Dean perform their routine during the 1984 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (inc Medals & Anthem). World Figure Skating Championships in Ottawa, Canada, March 1984.
YouTube, uploaded by Spader Holic. Accessed March 7, 2018.)<br />
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<b>1530 </b>- The 12-day siege of Alamo ends, leaving only six of 155 men alive.<br />
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<b>1897</b> - Johannes Brahms attends his last concert and hears his symphony No. 4 being conducted by Hans Richter.</div><div><br />
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<b>1977 </b>- Pakistan's Prime Minister Ali Bhutto wins national elections and is accused of election rigging. The violent demonstrations between political rival groups end in July when the Army takes over and imprisons Mr Bhutto. He is executed in 1979.<br />
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<b>1985</b> - The first blood test for HIV/AIDS is released to blood banks.<br />
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<b>2005</b> - In Praetoria, the capital of South Africa, the city council votes to change the name of the city to <i>Tshwane</i>, meaning "We are the same."<br />
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<b>Resources:</b></div><div><br />
1. Asiado, Tel. <i>The World's Movers and Shapers</i>. New
Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)</div><div>2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3.<i> Chambers Biographical Dictionary</i>, 19th Ed. London:
Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<i> Dateline</i>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <i>The Timetables of History</i>, New 3rd Revised
Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org<br />
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(c) June 2007. Updated March 7, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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<b>1475</b> - <b>Michelangelo</b> di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni<b> </b>or more commonly known as Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, painter, architect and poet of the High Renaissance period born in the Republic of Florence. He exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art. (<a href="https://youtu.be/69Bkblhfu7k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michelangelo Matter & Spirit</a>, uploaded by Alvin T. Abrea. Accessed March 6, 2015. <a href="https://youtu.be/Y89-ofD5Bew" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michelangelo Biography</a>, uploaded by Biographics. Accessed March 6, 2019.)<br />
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<b>1619 </b>- <b>Cyrano de Bergerac</b>, <span class="reference-text">(6th of March is actually the date of his baptism, but often cited as his date of birth. At the time, it was usual for a baptism to take place within 3 days of birth and in Paris, with easy access to a priest, it would have been possible that it happened on the same day. However, the actual date remains unknown.</span>), French Writer and Playwright. An innovative writer, his work was part of the libertine literature of the first half of the 17th Today he is best known as the inspiration for Edmond Rostand's most noted drama <i>Cyrano de Bergerac</i>, which, although it includes elements of his life, also contains invention and myth. Since the 1970s, there has been a resurgence in the study of Cyrano, demonstrated in the abundance of theses, essays, articles and biographies published in France and elsewhere.<br />
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<b>1754</b> - <b>Josepha Duschek</b>, Czech soprano. She was an outstanding soprano of the Classical era, a contemorary and friend of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, who wrote a few works for her to sing. Her name is most often given in its German version as above. In Czech her name was Josefína Dušková or Josepha Duschkova. She was a pupil of Frantisek Xavier Dusek, and married him on Oct 21, 1776. The Duseks occasionally visited Salzburg, the hometown of Josef's mother. In spring 1786 Mozart accompanied her at aprivate concert before the Viennese court, and the following year he wrote her the recitative and aria "Bella mia fiamma, addio" K528. In 1789 she sang at Mozart's concerts inDresden and Leipzig. She died January 8, 1824. (Biblio: M. Flothius:'Welche Arien sang Josepha Duschek am 26.Apr 1791?', MISM, xxxvii (1989), 81-2.)<br />
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<b>1806 </b>- <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2010/02/elizabeth-barrett-browning.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Elizabeth Barrett Browning</b> (</a>née Moulton-Barrett), English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Her work had a major influence on prominent writers of the day, including the American poets Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson. She is remembered for such poems as "How Do I Love Thee?" (Sonnet 43, 1845) and <i>Aurora Leigh </i>(1856).<br />
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<b>1926</b> - <b>H.C. Robbins Landon</b> (Howard Chandler Robbins Landon), American musicologist, journalist, historian and broadcaster, best known for his work in rediscovering huge neglected music by Joseph Haydn and in correcting misunderstandings about Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. He co-founded the Haydn Society in 1949. He published his five-volume study, <i>Haydn: Chronicle and Works</i>. He and the society also recorded neglected works of Mozart, publishing five popular books about Mozart, and dispelling myths about the composer's life. He had written 28 books by 1996. Landon wrote regularly for music magazines and newspapers, especially the longest-established London paper, <i>The Times</i>. He was a popular broadcaster for the BBC on radio and television and was praised for his ability to enthuse general audiences with his chosen subject. From the 1970s, he was a sought-after lecturer and held appointments with colleges.<br />
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<b>1928</b> - <b><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com/2009/03/gabriel-garcia-marquez.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gabriel <span>García Márquez</span></a></b>, Colombian novelist, short-story writer, screenwriter and journalist, known affectionately as Gabo or Gabito throughout Latin America. Considered one of the most significant authors of the 20th century and one of the best in the Spanish language, he was awarded the 1972 Neustadt International Prize for Literature and the 1982 Nobel Prize in Literataure. He is best known for his novels, such as <i>One Hundred Years of Solitude</i> (1967), <i>The Autumn of the Patriarch</i> (1975), and <i>Love in the Time of Cholera</i> (1985). (<a href="https://youtu.be/n2S2Neswudw" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gabriel Garcia Marquez: A Literary Giant</a>. Uploaded by Al Jazeera English. Accessed March 6, 2016.)<br />
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<b>1930</b> - <b>Lorin Maazel</b>, (born Lorin Varencove Maazel<b>), </b>American conductor, violinist and composer. He began conducting at the age of eight. He had established a reputation in the concert halls of Europe by 1960 but, by comparison, his career in the U.S. progressed far more slowly. However, he would later be appointed music director of The Cleveland Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, and the New York Philharmonic, among other posts. Maazel was well-regarded in baton technique and possessed a photographic memory for scores. Described as mercurial and forbidding in rehearsal, he mellowed in old age. (<a href="https://youtu.be/45-P4q4WF58" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New Year's Concert 2005</a>. Lorin Maazel conducts Wiener Philharmoniker / Vienna Philharmonic. Accessed March 4, 2018.)<br />
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<b>1944</b> - <b>Dame Kiri </b>Jeanette Claire <b>Te Kanawa</b> ( born <b>Claire Mary Teresa Rawstron</b>), New Zealand opera singer. She had a full <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyric_soprano" title="Lyric soprano">lyric soprano</a> voice, which has been described as "mellow yet vibrant, warm, ample and unforced". Te Kanawa had three top 40 albums in Australia in the mid-1980s. She is most famous for "<a href="https://youtu.be/ZRuYQ9KRJms" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">O mio babbino</a>" from Puccini's opera <i>Gianni Schicchi</i>. She has received accolades, singing a wide array of works in many languages dating from the 17th to the 20th centuries, and associated with the works of Mozart, Strauss, Verdi, Handel and Puccini. She rarely sang opera later in her career but frequently performed in concert and recital, gave masterclasses, and supported young opera singers in launching their careers. (<a href="https://youtu.be/IMJ2Xvi8rd4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gramophone Lifetime Achievement Award 13/9/2017</a>, KiriOnline - K.T. Kanawa. Accessed March 6, 2018).<br />
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<b>1947</b> - <b>Dick Fosbury </b>(born Richard DouglasFosbry),<b> </b>American retired High jumper, inventor of the "Fosbury flop." , 1947) considered one of the most influential athletes in the history of track and field. Besides winning a gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, he revolutionized the high jump event with a "back-first" technique, now known as the Fosbury Flop, adopted by almost all high jumpers today. His method was to sprint diagonally towards the bar, then curve and leap backwards over the bar, which gave him a much lower center of mass in flight than traditional techniques.<br />
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<b>1980</b> - <b>Shaun Francis Evans</b>, English actor, best known for playing as young Endeavour Morse in the ITV drama series Endeavour.<br />
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<i></i><b>1836 </b>- Davy Crockett, American Frontiersman<br />
<b>1888</b> - Louisa May Alcott, Writer <br />
<b>2016</b> - Nancy Reagan, former U.S. First Lady<i></i></div><div><i></i></div><div><i><br />
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<b>FEATURES: ARTIST MICHELANGELO </b><span class="st">(March 6, 1475 to February 18, 1564)</span><i><br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/RMdFeMmOPQ4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Michelangelo Art Documentary. Artist and Man. Biography Film</a>. </i>Video uploaded by artandfilm21. Accessed March 6, 2018. <br />
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<b>1836 </b>- The 12-day siege of Alamo ends, leaving only six of 155 men alive.<br />
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</i><b>1831</b> - Vincenzo Bellini's opera <i><a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/verdi-and-bellini-operas-la-traviata.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><i>La Sonnambula</i></a> </i>is first performed in Milan. <i><br />
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</i><b>1853</b> - Giuseppe Verdi's opera<i> <a href="https://inspiredpenweb.blogspot.com.au/2016/03/verdi-and-bellini-operas-la-traviata.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">La Traviata</a> </i>is first staged in Venice. <br />
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<b>1869</b> - Dmitri Mendeleev (Mendeleyev), Russian chemist, presents the first periodic table of elements to the Russian Chemical Society.<br />
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<b>1899</b> - Felix Hoffmann and Herman Dreser, German researchers, patent aspirin. <br />
<b>1944</b> - U.S. bombers begin their first air raid on Berlin, dropping some 2,000 tons of bombs. <br />
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<b>1992</b> - The computer virus dubbed "Michelangelo" is discovered, set to erase IBM PC hard disk annually on March 6, the birthday of the artist Michelangelo. <br />
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<b>Resources:</b></div><div><br />
1. Asiado, Tel. <i>The World's Movers and Shapers</i>.
New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)</div><div>2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3. <i>Chambers Biographical Dictionary</i>, 19th Ed.
London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4. <i>Dateline</i>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <i>The Timetables of History</i>, New
3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org <br />
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<b>1133 - Henry II, King of England</b>. Born at Le Mans in France. Also known as Henry Curtmantle, Henry FitzEmpress or Henry Plantagenet, King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. He was the first king of the House of Plantagenet. King Louis VII of France made him Duke of Normandy in 1150. He became Count of Anjou and Maine upon the death of his father, Count Geoffrey V, in 1151. His marriage in 1152 to Eleanor of Aquitaine, whose marriage to Louis VII had recently been annulled, made him Duke of Aquitaine. He became Count of Nantes by treaty in 1185. Before he was 40 he controlled England, large parts of Wales, the eastern half of Ireland and the western half of France; an area that was later called the Angevin Empire. Henry also partially controlled Scotland, Wales and the Duchy of Brittany. He fathered four sons, including two who go on to rule: Richard I and John.<br />
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<b>1817</b> - <b>Austen Henry Layard</b>, English traveller, archaeologist, cuneiformist, art historian, politician and diplomat. Best known as the
excavator of Nimrud and of Nineveh, where he uncovered a large proportion of the Assyrian palace reliefs known, and in 1851 the library of Ashurbanipal. <br />
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<b>1870 </b>- <b>Frank Norris Jr.,</b> American novelist and journalist during the Progressive Era, whose fiction was predominantly in the naturalist genre. His notable works include <i>McTeague</i> (1899), <i>The Octopus: A Story of California</i> (1901), and <i>The Pit</i> (1903).<br />
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<b>1887</b> - <b>Heitor Villa-lobos</b>, Brazilian composer, conductor, cellist, pianist, and guitarist described as "the single most significant creative figure in 20th-century Brazilian art music", often considered the best-known South American composer of all time.<sup> </sup>He wrote numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works, totaling over 2000 works by his death in 1959.<br />
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<b>1908</b> - <b>Sir </b><span>Reginald<b> </b>Carey<b> "Rex"</b> </span><b>Harrison</b> (born Reginald Carey Harrison)<b>, </b>English actor of stage and screen. Harrison began his career on the stage in 1924. He made his West End debut in 1936 appearing in the Terence Rattigan play <i>French Without Tears</i>, in what was his breakthrough role. He won his first Tony Award for his performance as Henry VIII in the play <i>Anne of the Thousand Days</i> in 1949. He won his second Tony for the role of Professor Henry Higgins in the stage production of <i>My Fair Lady</i> in 1957. In addition to his stage career, Harrison also appeared in numerous films. In June 1989, Harrison was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. In 1975, Harrison released his first autobiography. His second, <i>A Damned Serious Business: My Life in Comedy</i>, was published posthumously in 1991.</div><div> </div><div>1948 -<b> Elaine </b>Jill <b>Paige</b> <span class="noexcerpt nowraplinks" style="font-size: 85%;">OBE</span> (née <b>Bickerstaff</b>) English singer and actress, best known for her work in musical theatre. Her appearance in the 1968 production of <i>Hair</i> marked her West End debut. For her role as Eva Perón in the first production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's <i>Evita</i> in 1978, she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Performance of the Year in a musical. She originated the role of Grizabella in <i>Cats</i> and had a Top 10 hit with "Memory", a song from the show. In 1985, Paige released "I Know Him So Well" with Barbara Dickson from the musical <i>Chess</i>, which remains the biggest-selling record by a female duo. She appeared in <i>The King and I</i> from 2000 to 2001, and six years later she returned to the West End stage in <i>The Drowsy Chaperone</i>. (<a href="https://youtu.be/s2SDInk6voA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elaine Paige, Barbara Dickson - I Know Him So Well "From CHESS"</a> (Official Video). YouTube, uploaded by ChessVEVO. Accessed March 5, 2017. <a href="https://youtu.be/tqx3LDawgS8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Elaine Paige Performs 'Memory'</a> - Royal Albert Hall | Cats the Musical. Uploaded by Cats the Musical. Accessed Marcy 5, 2020.)<br />
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<b>1958</b> - <b>Andy Gibb</b> (born <b>Andrew Roy Gibb</b>), English singer and songwriter. He was the younger brother of the Bee Gees: Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb. Gibb came to international prominence in the late 1970s with six singles that reached the Top 10 in the United States, starting with "I Just Want to Be Your Everything" (1977), followed by three other top 20 singles. Gibb's success was brief due to drug addiction and depression. He died five days after his 30th birthday while attempting a comeback.<br />
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Actor Rex Harrison<br />
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<b> </b></div><div><b>Featuring: </b>Villa-Lobos' Bachianas Basileiras Suite No. 4.<br />
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<b>1940 </b>- Members of the Soviet Politburo, including Joseph Stalin, sign the order to kill 25, 700 Polish "nationalists." The Nazis, blamed for the massacres at the end of World War II, later discover the first of the mass graves at Katyn. The U.S.S.R. finally admits to the murders in 1990. <br />
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<b>1946 </b>- Winston Churchill, British Prime Minister, delivers the speech that warns of the Soviet Union threat that poses to the West. His speech popularizes the term "iron curtain" and signals the beginning of the Cold War.<br />
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<b>1990</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Jennifer Capriati becomes the youngest tennis player to reach a professional final that time. She is 13 years old. <br />
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<b>1993</b> - Ben Johnson is banned from athletics competition for life after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.<br />
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<b>1997</b> - North and South Korea after 25 years, for the first time meet for peace talks.<br />
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<a href="https://youtu.be/5mf3SQ3dVz8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Villa-lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras 4. Orquesta Simon Bolivar/Roberto Tibirica</a>. YouTube, uploaded by brazilclassicmusic. Accessed March 5, 2017. <br />
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<b>Resources:</b></div><div><br />
1. Asiado, Tel. <i>The World's Movers and Shapers</i>.
New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)<br />
2. Britannica. www.britannica.com<br />
3.<i> Chambers Biographical Dictionary</i>, 19th Ed.
London: Chambers Harrap, 2011<br />
4.<i> Dateline</i>. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)<br />
5. Grun, Bernard. <i>The Timetables of History</i>, New
3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)<br />
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org<br />
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<br /> </div><div>(c) June 2007. Updated March 5, 2023. Tel. Inspired Pen Web. All rights reserved. </div>
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