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1997 1st New York Women Film Festival opens
1995 Howard Yanks, founder of the Philadelphia folk festival, dies at 65 1995 Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival pioneer, dies at 82 1995 Mark Finch, film festival organizer, dies at 33 1994 Wolf Donner, Austrian movie historian/festival director, dies at 55 1994 Michael Gribble, film animator (Mike and Spike Festival), dies at 42 1994 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 Alf Bold, German festival programmer, dies of AIDS at 47 1993 Carlos Gimenez, director (Theater Festival of Caracas), dies at 47 1992 Paul Acket, organizer (Music Express, North Sea Jazz Festival), dies 1992 SuriPop VII, Suriname Popular Song Festival 1991 Harry Thomas, founder (Flower Festival, Dutch Homofielen Party), dies 1991 Les Miserables opens at Festival Theatre, Adelaide 1983 Jim Ameche, actor (Festival of Stars), dies at 68 1980 Winifred Wagner-William, German World Festival organizer, dies at 82 1979 John Huston's "Wine Blood" premieres at New York Film Festival 1978 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York 1977 World's largest crowd-12.7 million-for Indian religious festival 1976 1st Jewish film and TV festival 1975 "Dinge-competed" wins Eurovisie Song festival 1975 Teach-In wins Eurovision Song Festival with "Dinge-Dong" 1972 200,000 attend Mount Pocono rock festival in Pennsylvania 1970 "NET Festival," last aired 1970 30,000 attend Powder Ridge Rock Festival, Middlefield, Connecticut 1970 30,000 attend Randall's Island Rock Festival, New York City 1970 Sylvester Wiere, comedian (Wiere Brothers-Ford Festival), dies at 60 1970 200,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival 1969 25,000 attend New Orleans Pop Festival 1969 120,000 attend Texas International Pop Festival 1969 25,000 attend 2nd Annual Sky River Rock Festival, Tenino Wash 1969 Woodstock rock festival begins in New York 1969 110,000 attend Atlantic City Pop Festival 1969 70,000 attend Seattle Pop Festival 1969 140,000 attend Atlanta Pop Festival featuring Led Zep and Janis Joplin 1969 78,000 attend Newport Jazz Festival, Newport, Rhode Island 1969 50,000 attend Denver Pop Festival 1968 100,000 attend Miami Pop Festival 1968 100,000 attend Newport Pop Festival, Costa Mesa, California 1968 Joseph Keilberth, German conductor (Bayreuther Festival), dies 1968 "Wonderwall" with George Harrison premieres at Cannes Film Festival 1967 Monterey International Pop Festival rocks Southern California 1967 50,000 attend Monterey International Pop Festival 1967 15,000 attend Fantasy Faire and Magic Mountain Music Festival, California 1966 1st world festival of black art (Dakar Senegal) 1965 Bob Dylan booed off Newport Folk Festival for using electric guitar 1965 Folk-rock begins, Dylan uses electricity at Newport Folk Festival 1961 Mark Finch, film festival organiser 1961 James Melton, opera tenor (Ford Festival), dies at 57 1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Golden Circle of Golf Festival 1960 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 Danny Sharp, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer, 1986 Quinte Festival 1959 Teddy Scholten wins Eurovision Song festival with "A Little Bit" 1959 Beverly Hanson wins LPGA Golden Triangle Festival Golf Tournament 1957 Jamestown, Virginia 350th Anniversary Festival opens 1957 Corry Brokken wins Eurovision Song festival with "Just as then" 1954 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 Ralph Kirshbaum, born in Denton, Texas, cellist, RNCM Manchester International Festival 1945 Harry Thomas, Dutch founder, Schlager Festival Gay Party 1945 Carlos Gimenez, Argentina/Venezuela founder, Theater festival of Caracas 1944 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 Pupi Avati, Bologna Italy, director, Festival, Bix, Impiegati 1929 Alun Hoddinott, born in Wales, composer, lecturer, co-founded and directed the Cardiff Festival 1929 Howard Yanks, founder, Philadelphia folk festival 1927 Frank Dunlop, director, Edinburgh International Festival 1925 Michael Kaye, director, City of London Festival 1922 Derek Prouse, writer actor/film festival director, Le Scandale 1912 Isador Caplan, lawyer/Aldeburgh Festival Pioneer 1911 Carl Dolmetsch, director, Haslemere Festival 1910 Dick Elffers, Dutch graphic artist/painter, Holland Festival 1910 William H. Schuman, born in New York City, composer, American Festival Overture, Juilliard 1907 1st Portland Rose festival 1904 James Melton, Moultrie, Georgia, opera tenor, Ford Festival 1897 Winifred Wagner-William, German organizer, Wagner Festival 1897 Irish Music Festival 1st held (Dublin) 1896 Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku Japan 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured, with 13,000 houses destroyed 1893 Johan C P Alberts, Dutch literary, Festival 1882 Pierre de Brazza festival welcomed in Paris 1881 Johannes Brahms' "Academic Festival Overture" premieres, Breslau 1844 Declaration of Bab (Baha'i festival) ('Azamat 7, 1) 1665 "Messiah" Sjabtai Tswi festival in Smyrna 1629 Prince Frederik Hendrik festival in The Hague 1594 French King Henri IV festival in Paris |
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