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1993 Mieczyslaw Horszowski, Polish/U.S. pianist (Carnegie Hall), dies at 100
1988 Leo Steiner, New York's Carnegie Deli owner, dies 1986 Carnegie Hall reopens after a $50 million facelift 1972 David Bowie sells out his 1st show in New York's Carnegie Hall 1964 Beatles 1st New York City concert at Carnegie Hall 1962 Bob Dylan plays New York City Carnegie Hall 1962 Tony Bennett debuts in concert at Carnegie Hall in New York City 1961 John Acton, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie, dies 1960 Harry Belafonte 2nd Carnegie Hall performance 1957 Miles Davis Quintet debuts a jazz concert at Carnegie Hall in NY 1953 Jon Faddis, born in Oakland, California, musician, jazz trumpeter, conductor, composer, music educator, sound compared to his mentor, Dizzy Gillespie, member Lionel Hampton's big band, led Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, released Grammy-Award nominated work, Remembrances, 1999 1951 Simon Barere, pianist, dies while perfoming at Carnegie Hall 1947 Dizzy Gillespie presented his 1st Carnegie Hall concert in NY 1938 Elizabeth E Bailey, university dean, Carnegie Mellon 1938 Benny Goodman refuses to play Carnegie Hall when black members of his band were barred from performing 1930 Barbara Lawrence, Carnegie, Oklahoma, actress, Joe Dakota 1929 John Polk Allen, Carnegie, Oklahoma, CEO, Biosphere 2 1924 George Gershwin's "Rhapsody In Blue" premieres at Carnegie Hall (New York City) 1919 Andrew Carnegie, U.S. steel industrialist/philanthropist, dies at 83 1911 Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly and charitable works) 1908 Dutch utopist Frederick of Eden speaks in Carnegie Hall, New York 1904 Andrew Carnegie donates $1.5M to build a peace palace 1904 Andrew Carnegie establishes Carnegie Hero Fund 1902 Alice Tully, born in Corning, New York, singer/patroness, Carnegie Hall 1902 Carnegie Institute founded in Washington D.C. 1901 Jascha Heifetz, Vilna Lithuania, U.S. violin virtuoso, Carnegie Hall 1893 Dvoraks "From the New World" premieres at Carnegie Hall New York City 1891 Music Hall (Carnegie Hall) opens in New York, Tchaikovsky as guest conductor 1888 Dale Carnegie, author, How to Win Friends and Influence People 1835 Andrew Carnegie, Scottish/US industrialist/philanthropist 1834 John Acton, born in Naples, Italy, 1st Baron Acton, English historian, friends with De Tocqueville, Bluntschli, Montalembert, his extensive library was purchased after his death by Andrew Carnegie |
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