2014 Event The opening ceremony of the 2014 Winter Paralympics is held in Sochi; the celebration includes a variety of performing artists in music and dance 2012 Event A pop concert celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee takes place at Buckingham Palace, featuring artists Stevie Wonder, Sir Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, among others 2012 Event In the U.S., the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists merge to create the SAG-AFTRA union 2010 Event The works of thirty celebrated Iranian artists go on sale at Bonhams auction house in Dubai 1996 Death Joshua Compston, art impressario, gallerist, Factual Nonsense art gallery, associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists, YBAs, dies at 26 1994 Death Arthur Krim, U.S. director (United Artists, Orion Pictures), dies 1989 Event "Day Without Art" - Artists demonstrate against AIDS 1976 Death Connie Boswell, actress (Artists and Models), dies at 68 1970 Birthday Joshua Compston, born in the United Kingdom, art impressario, gallerist, Factual Nonsense art gallery, associated with the emergence of the Young British Artists, YBAs 1956 Event 1st International conference of black writers and artists meets (Sorbonne) 1948 Birthday T-Bone Burnett, born in St. Louis, Missouri, musician, songwriter, produced artists including BoDeans, Counting Crows, music for films 1944 Birthday Jonathan King, born in London, England, Kenneth George King, singer, songwriter, pop music producer, wrote song 'Everyone's Gone to the Moon', successful writer, producer for other musical artists 1939 Birthday Clem Cattini, born in Stoke Newton, North London, England, musician, drummer, played with The Tornados in the 1960's, appeared for diverse array of artists, featured on 45 different UK number one singles, considered most beloved early British rock n' roll figure 1938 Birthday Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists 1934 Birthday Carl de Winter, Secretary-General, Federation of British Artists 1917 Birthday Andrew Wyeth, born in Pennsylvania, realist painter, one of the best-known artists of the middle 20th century 1913 Birthday Max Youngstein, born in New York City, producer, United Artists 1896 Death Wyatt Eaton, artist, painter, portraitist, one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, dies from tuberculosis in Newport, Rhode Island 1877 Event Society of American Artists forms 1849 Birthday Wyatt Eaton, born in Philipsburg, Canada, artist, painter, portraitist, one of the founders of the Society of American Artists 1823 Birthday Aleksandr Ostrovsky, Russian playwright, Artists and Admirers
