2013 Event At the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, the French film, 'Blue is the Warmes Colour' wins the Palme d'Or 2012 Event At the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, screenwriter and filmmaker Michael Haneke wins the Palm D'Or for 'Love' 2011 Event The most expensive Bollywood film to date, Ra.One, is released to coincide with Diwali, the Hindu festival 2011 Event Venice, Italy hosts the 68th Venice International Film Festival 2010 Event Dubai holds the closing ceremonies for its 7th International Film Festival 2010 Event A stampede occurs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, during the Khmer Water Festival celebrations, killing at least 339 people 2010 Event Pusan, South Korea, celebrates the 15th annual Pusan International Film Festival 2010 Event Plans are made for original, handwritten Harry Potter manuscripts to be displayed at Scotland's Wigtown Book Festival 1997 Event 1st New York Women Film Festival opens 1995 Death Howard Yanks, founder of the Philadelphia folk festival, dies at 65 1995 Death Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies at 82 1995 Death Mark Finch, film festival organizer, dies at 33 1994 Death Wolf Donner, Austrian movie historian/festival director, dies at 55 1994 Death Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike and Spike Festival), dies at 42 1994 Death Roland Ratzenberger, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival, dies while qualifying for San Marino Prix, in 1994 1993 Death Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47 1993 Death Carlos Gimenez, director (Theater Festival of Caracas), dies at 47 1992 Death Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies 1992 Event SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival 1991 Death Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies 1991 Event Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide 1983 Death Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68 1980 Death Winifred Wagner-William, German World Festival organizer, dies at 82 1979 Event John Huston's "Wine Blood" premieres at New York Film Festival 1978 Event 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York 1977 Event World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival 1976 Event 1st Jewish film and TV festival 1975 Event "Dinge-competed" wins Eurovisie Song festival 1975 Event Teach-In wins Eurovision Song Festival with "Dinge-Dong" 1972 Event 200,000 attend Mount Pocono rock festival in Pennsylvania 1970 Event "NET Festival," last aired 1970 Event 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield, Connecticut 1970 Event 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, New York City 1970 Death Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60 1970 Event 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival 1969 Event 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival 1969 Event 120,000 attend Texas International Pop Festival 1969 Event 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash 1969 Event Woodstock rock festival begins in New York 1969 Event 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival 1969 Event 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival 1969 Event 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep and Janis Joplin 1969 Event 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island 1969 Event 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival 1968 Event 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival 1968 Event 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, California 1968 Death Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies 1968 Event "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival 1967 Event Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California 1967 Event 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival 1967 Event 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California 1966 Event 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal) 1965 Event Bob Dylan booed off Newport Folk Festival for using electric guitar 1965 Event Folk-rock begins, Dylan uses electricity at Newport Folk Festival 1961 Birthday Mark Finch, film festival organiser 1961 Death James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 1961 Event Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival 1960 Birthday Roland Ratzenberger, Salzburg, Austria, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival 1959 Birthday Danny Sharp, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1986 Quinte Festival 1959 Event Teddy Scholten wins Eurovision Song festival with "A Little Bit" 1959 Event Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament 1957 Event Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens 1957 Event Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then" 1954 Birthday Judith Weir, born in Cambridge, England, composer, professor of music at Cardiff University, Artistic Director, Spitafields Festival, Composer in Association for the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra 1946 Birthday Ralph Kirshbaum, born in Denton, Texas, cellist, RNCM Manchester International Festival 1945 Birthday Harry Thomas, Dutch founder, Schlager Festival Gay Party 1945 Birthday Carlos Gimenez, Argentina/Venezuela founder, Theater festival of Caracas 1944 Birthday Byron Berline, born in Caldwell, Kansas, musician, fiddle, mandolin player, famous for contemporary bluegrass music, played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, worked with Manassas, founded Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival 1938 Birthday Pupi Avati, Bologna Italy, director, Festival, Bix, Impiegati 1929 Birthday Alun Hoddinott, born in Wales, composer, lecturer, co-founded and directed the Cardiff Festival 1929 Birthday Howard Yanks, founder, Philadelphia folk festival 1927 Birthday Frank Dunlop, director, Edinburgh International Festival 1925 Birthday Michael Kaye, director, City of London Festival 1922 Birthday Derek Prouse, writer actor/film festival director, Le Scandale 1912 Birthday Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer 1911 Birthday Carl Dolmetsch, director, Haslemere Festival 1910 Birthday Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter, Holland Festival 1910 Birthday William H. Schuman, born in New York City, composer, American Festival Overture, Juilliard 1907 Event 1st Portland Rose festival 1904 Birthday James Melton, Moultrie, Georgia, opera tenor, Ford Festival 1897 Birthday Winifred Wagner-William, German organizer, Wagner Festival 1897 Event Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin) 1896 Event Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed 1893 Birthday Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary, Festival 1882 Event Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris 1881 Event Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres, Breslau 1844 Event Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1) 1665 Event "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi festival in Smyrna 1629 Event Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague 1594 Event French King Henri IV festival in Paris
