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Hymn
1919 Hershy Kay, Philadelphia Penn, composer/arranger, Olympic Hymn

1910 Julia Ward Howe, composer (Battle Hymn of Republic), dies at 91

1907 "Ha-Tikva" adopted as official Zionist hymn

1902 Philip James Bailey, English poet (Universal hymn), dies at 86

1862 Julia Howe publishes "Battle Hymn of Republic"

1861 Julia Ward Howe committed "Battle Hymn of the Republic" to paper

1835 Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies

1826 Reginald Heber, bishop and hymn writer, dies

1819 Julia Ward Howe, U.S., author/lecturer, Battle Hymn of the Republic

1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson, U.S., essayist/philosopher, Concord Hymn

1788 Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies

1778 Augustus Montague Toplady, hymn writer (Rock of Ages), dies

1746 William Billings, born in Boston, Massachusetts, hymn composer, Rose of Sharon



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