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2004 Elmer Bernstein, composer, Thoroughly Modern Millie, dies at 82
2002 Tony Awards, The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Private Lives revival, and Into the Woods revival won major awards 1999 Saul Steinberg, cartoonist/modern artist, A View of the World from Manhattan, dies at 84 1997 South Africa announces it is constructing largest modern day blimp 1996 Ai Qing, modern Chinese poet, dies at 86 1995 Martha Hill, modern dancer/teacher, dies at 94 1989 Beatrice Lillie, actress (Thoroughly Modern Millie), dies at 94 1984 King Boudouin opens Museum for Modern Art in Brussels 1984 23rd modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles 1984 Garry Winogrand, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations', dies of gallbladder cancer at age 56 1984 Edmonton beats Minnesota 12-8 highest-scoring modern NHL game 1980 22nd modern Olympic games opens in Moscow; U.S. and others boycott 1977 Charlie Chaplin, actor (Modern Times), dies in Switzerland at 88 1976 21st modern Olympic games opens in Montreal 1974 Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at 79 1971 Chester Conklin, actor (Greed, Modern Times), dies at 83 1964 18th modern Olympic games opens in Tokyo 1962 Michael Colnroy, Modern English, rocker 1961 Museum of Modern Art hangs Matisse's Le Bateau upside down for 47 days 1961 NY Museum of Modern Art hangs Henri Matisse's "Le Bateau" upside-down It wasn't corrected until December 3rd 1961 Seerp Anema, Dutch poet and writer (Modern Art and Degenerating), dies at 85 1958 Rudolf von Laban, Czechoslovakian/Germany choreographer (modern dance), dies at 78 1958 Paul Weller, guitar, Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council 1957 Maria "Mary" Beekman, actress (Modern Landhaaien), dies at 73 1957 Robbie Grey, rocker, English rock band Modern English, most famous song, "I Melt With You" 1956 16th modern Olympic games opens in Melbourne 1956 16th modern Olympiad equestrian events open in Stockholm 1956 Arnold Schonberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres 1954 Chris Stamey, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, musician, rocker, songwriter, record producer, formed the dB's, founded Car Records indie record label, founded recording studio called Modern Recording where he recorded and mixed Whiskeytown 1954 Boxing Hall of Fame's 1st election selects 24 modern and 15 pioneers 1953 Willie Thrower becomes 1st black NFL quarterback in modern times 1952 1st modern 3-D movie "Bwana Devil," premieres in Hollywood 1952 15th modern Olympic games opens in Helsinki, Finland 1951 Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company 1951 Jonathan Richman, rocker, Modern Lovers-New England, Egyptian Reggae 1949 David Robinson, born in Woburn, Massachusetts, drummer, musician, played with various rock bands including The Cars, The Modern Lovers and DMZ 1948 King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London 1947 Jackie Robinson becomes 1st black in modern major-league baseball 1945 The rules are revised for election of modern players to the Hall of 1940 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies at 60 1937 William Henry Hadow, composer (Studies in Modern Music), dies at 77 1937 P J Squire, British headmaster, Bedford Modern School 1937 1st Charlie Chaplin talkie, "Modern Times," released 1935 Peter Frankl, born in Hungary, pianist, performs classical music, Romantic period, early Modern, recorded the complete solo piano music of Debussy, performed with world class orchestras throughout America and Europe 1933 1st modern sit-down strike, Hormel meat packers, Austin, Minn 1933 Philip Corner, born in America, composer, visual artist, taught by Fritz Jahoda, teacher, Modern Music at the New School for Social Research 1932 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles 1932 Paul Erlich, born in Bad Homburg, Germany, scientist, immunologist, won Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, developed first antibacterial drug in modern medicine 1929 New York City Museum of Modern Art opens in Hecksher Building 1929 Museum of Modern Art opens in New York City 1928 Sol LeWitt, born in Connecticut, artist, modern art pioneer, famous for wall drawings and "structures" 1928 9th modern Olympic games opens in Amsterdam 1928 Garry Winogrand, born in New York City, New York, prolific photographer, known for 20th century portraits of America, focusing on social issues of the time, exhibited at Museum of Modern Art, published 'The Animals', 'Public Relations' 1920 7th modern Olympic games opens in Antwerp Belgium 1917 Jo Stafford, born in California, American pop and jazz singer, pioneer of modern musical parody 1917 Dizzy Gillespie, jazz trumpeter, a creator of modern jazz 1913 1st modern elastic brassiere patented by Mary Phelps Jacob 1912 David Raksin, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, composer, Modern Times 1910 Ai Qing, born in Eastern China, modern Chinese poet, original name Jiang Zheng Han, influenced by Kant and Hegel, modern poet Mayakovsky and Belgian poet Verhaeren 1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London 1908 4th modern Olympic games opens in London 1906 3rd modern Olympic games opens in Athens 1906 Britain's 1st modern and largest battleship "HMS Dreadnought" launched 1904 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St. Louis 1904 3rd modern Olympic games opens in St. Louis 1902 Lucie Rie, born in Vienna, Austria, born Luzie Gomperz, potter, works displayed in collections around the world including the Museum of Modern Art in New York 1902 Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays', dies 1901 Charles Weidman, born in Nebraska, modern dancer and choreographer, Candide 1901 George Keyt, born in Sri Lanka, artist, modern painter, cubist style, influenced by Henri Matisse, celebrated for line drawing translation of Gita Govinda into English and Sinhalese 1900 2nd modern Olympic games opens in Paris (lasted 5 months) 1900 Hyman G Rickover, U.S. Admiral, father of modern nuclear navy 1898 Rod La Rocque, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, Our Modern Maidens 1896 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece, American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history 1896 1st modern Olympic Games officially opens in Athens 1896 Modern Olympics began in Athens, Greece 1896 Charilaos Vasilakos of Greece wins 1st modern marathon in 3:18 1894 Yoshida Isoya, Tokyo, Japan, architect, modern sukiya style 1894 Hermann Oberth, born in Germany, founded modern astronautics, V2/Redstone 1894 Decision to hold modern Olympics every 4 years 1892 P de Coubertin launches plan for Modern Olympic Games 1892 Longest boxing match under modern rules; 77 rounds in Nameoki, Illinois between Harry Sharpe and Frank Crosby 1889 A Provost Idell, father of modern volleyball 1880 Mikhail Fokine, born in Russia, choreographer/founder of modern dance 1879 Rudolf von Laban, Czechoslovakian/German choreographer, modern dance 1871 Henricus P Bremmer, art historian, Modern Kunstwerken 1869 Albert Kahn, architect, originated modern factory design 1866 Sun Yat-sen, father of modern China, ROC and PRC, traditional 1862 F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter (Modern Vasari), dies at 73 1861 Ferdinand I, Vienna, 1st tsar of modern Bulgaria, 1908-18 1856 Louis Henri Sullivan, born in Boston, Massachusetts, father of modern U.S. architecture 1852 Robert Adamson, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, philosopher, professor, served as chair of logic at University of Glasgow 1893 - 1902, important lectures published in 'The Development of Modern Philosophy and Other Essays' 1850 Harishchandra, India, poet/dramatist/father of modern Hindi 1829 Tremont Hotel, 1st U.S. modern hotel opens (Boston) 1828 Albrecht Grafe, pioneer eye surgeon; founded modern ophthalmology 1799 Aleksandr Sergeyevich, Russia, poet, founder of modern Russian Lit 1788 F Wilhelm von Schadow, German painter, Modern Vasari 1787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery 1779 Carl Ritter, cofounder of modern science of geography 1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, inventor, modern pencil 1747 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives, dies in Paris 1715 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives 1608 Prototype of modern reflecting telescope completed by Jan Lippershey 1597 Martin Opitz, Germany, poet "Father of Modern German Poetry" 1554 Hieronymus Bock, German doctor (founder of modern botany), dies 1400 Florens Radewijns, Dutch priest/leader Modern Devotion, dies |
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