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2008 George Tibbits, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue, dies
2005 Wolfgang Bauer, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change', dies of heart failure in Graz, Styria 1996 Tristan Keuris, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto', dies in Amsterdam, Holland 1996 Rodney Rash, born in Frederick, Maryland, Rodney R. Rash, horse trainer, trained Thoroughbred horses, clients include Berry Gordy, Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky, Gary A. Tanaka, won Santa Anita Handicap with Urgent Request, 1995, dies of rare blood disorder at age 36 1995 Simon Bailey, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson, died while distributing leaflets for the Labor Party 1993 Barbara Buczek, composer, works include, Study Nr. 1 for flute solo, 1990, Blaeserquintett, 1969, dies 1986 Corita Kent, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash, dies of cancer 1985 Dave Concepcion becomes 4th Cincinnati Red teammate to get 2,000 hits, others include Pete Rose, Tony Perez and Cesar Cedeno 1980 US's copyright law amended to include computer programs 1980 Federal court voids Selective Service Act as it doesn't include women 1978 Josh Hartnett, born in St. Paul, Minnesota, film producer, actor, movies include 'Black Hawk Down', 'Pearl Harbor', People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People 2002 1970 Oded Fehr, born in Tel Aviv, Israel, actor, television, appeared in NBC series, UC: Undercover, films include, 'The Mummy', 'The Mummy Returns' 1970 Beck, born in Los Angeles, California, born Bek David Campbell, guitarist, singer, multi-instrumentalist, popular recordings include 'Odelay', 'Sea Change' 1970 Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels', dies at 78 1969 Christian Slater, born in New York City, New York, actor, films include 'Broken Arrow', 'Heathers', 'Robin Hood' 1968 Naomi Watts, born in Shoreham, England, British-Australian actress, films include 'Mulholland Drive', 'King Kong' 1968 Rhys Ifans, born in Haverfordwest, Wales, actor, singer, movie roles include 'Spike', 'Notting Hill', 'Vladis Grutas', 'Hannibal Rising' 1967 Tim Vine, born in London, Enlgand, actor, comedian, performs stand up comedy, television, appears at festivals, tours through the United Kingdom include 'Current Puns' and 'Punslinger', achieved Guinness World Record for most jokes told in an hour 1966 Bobby Fuller, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran, found dead at 22 1966 Jean Arp, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich, dies in Basel, Switzerland at age 79 1966 Deana Carter, born in Nashville, Texas, Deana Kay Carter, country singer, famous for multi-platinum debut album 'Did I Shave My Legs for This?', albums include fourteen singles, three reached number one on the Billboard country charts, including 'Strawberry Wine' 1965 Hans Marchwitza, writer, poet, proletarian, communist, works include 'In Amerika', 'Gedichte', dies 1964 Ian Hart, born in Liverpool, England, actor, theater, television, film roles include, 'Michael Collins', 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' 1964 Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', dies at 82 1964 Giants sweep Mets 5-3 and 8-6 in 23 inn, records include elapsed time of 9:50, 47 strikeouts, 7:22 for 2nd game and New York's 22 K's in 2nd games 1963 Mike Myers, born in Scarborough, Canada, comedian, voice actor, screenwriter, film producer, movies include 'Wayne's World', 'Austin Powers', 'Shrek' 1960 Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet' 1959 Rodney Rash, born in Frederick, Maryland, Rodney R. Rash, horse trainer, trained Thoroughbred horses, clients include Berry Gordy, Bruce McNall, Wayne Gretzky, Gary A. Tanaka, won Santa Anita Handicap with Urgent Request, 1995 1959 Julian Clary, born in Teddington, England, comedian, novelist, employs campy delivery style, emphasizing use of double entendre, innuendo, videos of stage acts include 'My Glittering Passage', 'The Mincing Machine Tour' 1959 Sean Bean, born in Handsworth, England, actor, television, appeared in series 'Sharpe', films include 'The Lord of the Rings', 'GoldenEye' 1956 Ron White, born in Fritch, Texas, comedian, performs stand up comedy, Grammy-Award nominee, member of Blue Collar Comedy Tour, projects include, 'You Can't Fix Stupid', influences include Jeff Foxworthy, Bill Hicks, George Carlin 1956 Ned Rothenberg, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, plays woodwind instruments, extended techniques include playing chords on saxophone 1956 Mark Mendoza, born in Long Island, New York, born Mark Glickman, known as Mark 'The Animal' Mendoza, bassist, songwriter, musician, member of band, Twisted Sister, also performed with The Dictators, Blackfoot, genres include hard rock, shank rock 1956 Judith Butler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, philosopher, professor, U of C, Berkeley, specialty, post-structuralism, Ph. D. Yale University, areas of study include feminist theory, Jewish philosophy, ethics, sexuality, developed idea of sex and gender as social construction 1956 Charles Dingle, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes', dies 1955 Simon Bailey, born in Halifax, England, Reverend Simon Bailey, priest, Anglican, Labor Party member, socialist historian associates include Dorothy Thompson, J.B. Priestly, E.P Thompson 1954 John Kimmel, born in East Orange, New Jersey, John C. Kimmel, horse trainer, trained at University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School, trained famous horses, Better Than Honour, Premium Tap, wins include Florida Derby, 2004, Pennsylvania Derby, 2007, among others 1954 B. C. Forbes, Bertie Charles Forbes, founder Forbes magazine, financial journalist, books include, 'Forbes Epigrams', '101 Unusual Experiences', dies 1950 Wally Lamb, born in America, author, novelist, featured in Oprah's Book Club, books include 'The Hour I First Believed' 'I'll Fly Away: Further Testimonies from the Women of York Prison', 'She's Come Undone', 'I Know This Much is True' 1950 "Your Show of Shows" with Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca premieres on NBC Writers include Mel Brooks, Neil Simon and Woody Allen 1949 Tony Stevens, born in Willesden, London, bassist, musician, played bass with Foghat, Savoy Brown, releases include 'Looking In' 1949 Kate Taylor, born in Boston, Massachusetts, singer, songwriter, musical family members include Alex, Livingston, Hugh and James, albums include Sister Kate, Kate Taylor, famous hit 'It's In His Kiss' 1948 Barbara Dickson, born in Dunfermline, Scotland, singer, actress, won two, Olivier Awards, musical hits include song 'I Know Him So Well' 1948 Jean Reno, born in Casablanca, Morocco, Juan Moreno y Herrera-Jimenez, actor, films include 'The Pink Panther', 'The DaVinci Code', 'Ronin' 1947 Ursula Krechel, born in Trier, Germany, writer, poet, radio dramatist, winner, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2009, works include, 'Der Ubergriff' 1947 Terje Rypdal, born in Oslo, Norway, composer, guitarist, works include 'Mystery Man', 'Last Nite', featured in the film 'Heat' 1947 Dave Barry, born in Armonk, New York, humorist, author, Pulitzer-prize winner for Commentary 1988, wrote columns for the Miami Herald, books include 'Big Trouble', 'Dave Barry Turns 40', Dave Barry's Greatest Hits', 'Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys', style capitalizes on absurdities 1946 Tristan Keuris, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto' 1946 Silvio Blatter, born in Bremgarten, Switzerland, writer, teacher, works include, 'Das sanfte Gesetz' or 'The soft law' 1945 Sam Abell, born in Toledo, Ohio, photographer, published in National Geographic, artistic photographic style, noted for transcendent qualities, graduate, University of Kentucky, photographic books include 'The Photographic Life', 'The Life of a Photograph' 1944 Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend', dies in Neuotting, Bavaria, at age 79 1944 Peter Eotvos, born in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Hungary, now Romania, composer, conductor, works include 'Love and Other Demons' 1943 Neale Donald Walsch, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, author, wrote series of books titled, 'Conversations With God', which include, 'What God Wants', 'Happier than God', 'Friendship with God', ' Communion with God' 1942 Bobby Fuller, born in Baytown, Texas, rocker, singer, guitarist, most famous single titled, I Fought the Law, written by Sonny Curtis, first top 40 hit, Let Her Dance, influences include The Beatles, Little Richard, Eddie Cochran 1942 Peter Eyre, born in New York City, New York, actor, films include 'Hedda', 'Dragonslayer', 'The Affair of the Necklace' 1941 Wolfgang Bauer, born in Graz, Styria, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change' 1941 Sandy Wilson, born in Sale, England, composer, songwriter, musicals include 'The Boy Friend', 'Divorce Me', 'Darling!', 'Aladdin' 1940 Dary John Mizelle, born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, composer, co-founder SOURCE magazine, works include, SPANDA Symphonies of Sound, 2006 1940 Barbara Buczek, born in Krakow, Poland, composer, works include, Study Nr. 1 for flute solo, 1990, Blaeserquintett, 1969 1939 Versailles Peace Treaty forgot to include Andorra, so Andorra and Germany finally sign an official treaty ending WW I 1938 Douglas Leedy, born in Portland, Oregon, pseudonym, Bhishma Xenotechnites, composer, music scholar, performer, works include 'Trio' 1937 Robert Moran, born in Denver, Colorado, composer, operas include 'The Juniper Tree' co-composed with Philip Glass 'Night Passage' 1936 Richard Bach, born in Oak Park, Illinois, writer, author, best-sellers include, 'Jonathan Livingston Seagull', 'Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah', genres include aviation, fantasy, philosophy 1936 John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew 1935 Bruno Canino, born in Naples, Italy, composer, pianist, chamber musician, accompanist, studied with Vincenzo Vitale, and in Milan with Bruno Bettinelli, music director of Biennale di Venezia, recordings include Bach Goldberg Variations 1935 Folke Rabe, born in Stockholm, Sweden, composer, electronic drone pieces, works include 'What??' 1935 Alan Gray, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise', dies at 79 1935 Loren Rush, born in America, composer, works include, the drone piece 'Hard Music' 1935 Christoph Meckel, born in Berlin, Germany, graphic artist, writer, author, works include 'Georg Heym: Gedichte' 1933 George Tibbits, born in Boulder, Australia, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue 1933 Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa', dies at 67 in Sankt Georgen, Austria 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' 1932 Hugh Wood, born in Parbold, England, composer, studied with William Lloyd Webber, Anthony Milner, Iain Hamilton, works include Symphony and Violin Concerto 1932 Graham Arnold, born in England, artist, founder of Brotherhood of Ruralists, other members include Jann Haworth, Sir Peter Blake, worked with oil and mixed media, realistic and surrealistic elements 1930 Luis de Pablo, born in Bilbao, Spain, founder, Alea, Nueva Musica, teacher, composer, chamber music works include 'Ex voto for Violin and Viola' 1995 1929 Gerd Zacher, born in Meppen, Germany, composer, organist, writer, contemporary compositions, written in graphic or verbal scores, include extended techniques, known as interpreter of works by Johann Sebastian Bach 1924 Hans Thoma, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum, dies in Karlsruhe, Germany, at the age of 85 1919 Amelia Barr, writer, novelist, wrote for religious periodicals, novels include 'The Lone House', 'Shela Vedder', dies 1918 Corita Kent, born in Fort Dodge, Iowa, artist, educator, mediums include silkscreen, serigraphy, producing fine art with messages of love and peace, famous work includes the 1985 Love Samp and Rainbow Swash 1909 Alfred Uhl, born in Austria, composer, professor, studied at Vienna Music Academy with Franz Schmidt, vibrant style combined neo-classicism, atonality, serialism, works include concerto for clarinet and orchestra 1898 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, writer, poet, master of the novella, works include 'Das Amulett' or 'The Amulet', dies at 73 in Kilchberg, Switzerland 1891 Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels' 1890 Hans Marchwitza, born in Szarlej, Poland, writer, poet, proletarian, communist, works include 'In Amerika', 'Gedichte' 1887 Charles Dingle, born in Wabash, Indiana, actor, stage, film, played role of senator in 'Call Me Madam', films include 'The Little Foxes' 1886 Jean Arp, born in Strasbourg, Germany, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich 1882 Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' 1880 B. C. Forbes, born in New Deer, Scotland, Bertie Charles Forbes, founder Forbes magazine, financial journalist, books include, 'Forbes Epigrams', '101 Unusual Experiences' 1876 Hans Bethge, born in Dessau, Germany, writer, short stories, essays, plays, poetry on love, nature, works include, 'Agyptische Reise' 'Egyptian Journey' 1866 Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, born in Elbingerode, Germany, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa' 1865 Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend' 1855 Alan Gray, born in York, England, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise' 1839 Hans Thoma, born in Bernau, Germany, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum 1836 Christian Dietrich Grabbe, writer, dramatist, anti-Semite, idolized by the Nazis, works include, 'Hannibal', 1835, dies at 34 1831 Amelia Barr, born in Ulverston, England, writer, novelist, wrote for religious periodicals, novels include 'The Lone House', 'Shela Vedder' 1825 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, born in Zurich, Switzerland, writer, poet, master of the novella, works include 'Das Amulett' or 'The Amulet' 1807 John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio, dies at 45 in Berners Street, London 1801 Christian Dietrich Grabbe, born in Detmold, Germany, writer, dramatist, anti-Semite, idolized by the Nazis, works include, 'Hannibal', 1835 1761 John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio 1681 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream', dies at 81 1664 Andreas Gryphius, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius', dies at age 47 1616 Andreas Gryphius, born in Glogow, Silesia, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius' 1600 Pedro Calderon de la Barca, born in Madrid, Spain, writer, dramatist, Spanish Golden Age, works include, 'La vida es sueno', or, 'Life is a Dream' |
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