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2002 Charles Guggenheim, American Director

1993 Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey

1959 Guggenheim Museum, by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in N.Y.C.

1959 Frank Lloyd Wright, U.S. architect (Guggenheim Museum New York), dies at 89

1954 Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation

1951 Paul Dresher, born in Los Angeles, California, Paul Joseph Dresher, composer, drummer, minimalist and post-minimalist genres, studied at University of California, Berkeley, 2006 Guggenheim fellowship recipient

1949 Solomon R Guggenheim, U.S. art collector, dies at 88

1943 Tison Street, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, violinist, contemporary classical music, winner, Guggenheim Fellowship

1939 Jon Appleton, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, pioneer in electro-acoustic music, won Guggenheim, Fulbright Foundation fellowships

1933 Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography'

1931 Martin Boykan, composer, professor, studied at Harvard, Yale, awarded Fulbright Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, studied with Edward Steuermann, Aaron Copeland

1928 Ezra Sims, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer of microtonal music, Joseph Maneri adopted his system of notation, composed in quarter tones, received Guggenheim Fellowship

1924 Charles Guggenheim, American Director

1924 Gunter Haese, German sculptor/graphic artist, Guggenheim prize 1967

1920 Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship

1920 Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Crazy Guggenheim

1898 Peggy Guggenheim, art patron and collector

1897 Kenneth Burke, born in America, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University

1867 Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist, died aboard Titanic

1867 Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisconsin, master builder, Guggenheim

1861 Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist, Guggenheim Museum New York City

1856 Daniel Guggenheim, U.S., Guggenheim Museum


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