2011 Event A string of 35 fires in Hollywood burn within a 5-hour timeframe, causing at least $350,000 in damage 1997 Event Yankees break Minnesota Twins Brad Radke's string of 12 straight wins 1985 Event On a poor call in 6th game, umpire Don Deckinger starts a string of events costing Cardinals the World Series 1985 Event Indians-Brewers game at Cleveland Stadium is 1st rain-out of 1985, ends record string of 458 ML games since Opening Day without a rain-out 1984 Event Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990 1983 Death Claus Adam, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto, dies at 65 1976 Death Akio Yashiro, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957, dies at 46 1974 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 15th String Quartet premieres in Leningrad 1974 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 15th String quartet 1973 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 14th String Quartet premieres 1968 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 12th string quartet, premieres in Moscow 1968 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 12nd string quartet 1966 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 11th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad 1966 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitsj completes his 11th string quartet 1964 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 9th/10th String Quartet premiers in Moscow 1964 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 10th String quartet 1964 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 9th String quartet 1961 Event Jane Fonda made her acting debut in the NBC drama "A String of Beads" 1960 Event Dmitri Sjostakovitch's 8th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad 1960 Event Dmitri Shostakovich's 7th String quartet, premieres in Leningrad 1954 Event Ernest Blochs 4th string quartet, premieres 1953 Event Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich' 5th String Quartet 1953 Event Dmitri Shostakovich' 4th String Quartet, premieres 1952 Event Dmitri Shostakovich completes his 5th string quartet 1946 Event Charles Ives' 2nd string quartet, premieres 1945 Event Benjamin Britten's 2nd String quartet in C, premieres 1943 Birthday Robin Williamson, rocker, Incredible String Band 1942 Birthday Mike Heron, born in Edinburgh, Scotland, born James Michael Heron, singer, songwriter, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, member of The Incredible String Band 1941 Event Bela Bartok's 6th string quartet, premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday John McCabe, born in Huyton, England, composer, pianist, wrote thirteen symphonies by age 11, composed Notturni ed Alba in 1970, ballets, string quartets, piano music, known for his concerti 1938 Event Premier of Dmitri Shostakovich's 1st String Quartet 1938 Event Reds Johnny Vander Meer extends his string of hitless innings to 21 2/3 before Debs Garms singles for Boston in 4th 1935 Event Bartoks 5th String quartet premieres in Washington D.C. 1929 Birthday Akio Yashiro, born in Tokyo, Japanese composer, studied under Kunihiko Hashimoto, Leonid Kreutzer, String Quartet composition won the Eighth Mainichi Music prize in 1957 1926 Birthday Anatol Vieru, born in Romania, composer, music theoretician, studied with Aram Khachaturian, wrote symphonies, string quartets, concertos, chamber music, leading Romanian composer of the 20th century 1922 Event Suffy McInnis (1st base) ends an errorless string of 1,700 chances 1921 Event Suffy McInnis (1st base) begins an errorless string of 1,700 1920 Birthday Robert Mann, born in Portland, Oregon, composer/violinist, String Quartet 1952 1917 Birthday Claus Adam, born in America, composer, cellist, teacher, performed with Julliard String Quartet 1955 - 1974, composed music for a string trio and cello concerto 1913 Event Walter Johnson begins string of 56 consecutive scoreless innings 1908 Birthday Alexander Schneider, Vilna Lith, violinist, Budapest String Quartet 1907 Event Arnold Schonberg's 1st string quartet premieres in Vienna 1906 Event Cub's Pitcher Jack Taylor ends a string of completing 202 games (187 complete, 15 relief) by Dodgers in 3rd inning 1904 Event Yankees Jack Chesbro ends string of 30 consecutive complete games 1888 Birthday Leadbelly, Louisiana, blues 12 string guitarist, Rock Island Line 1882 Event 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison 1785 Event Mozart publishes 6 string quartet opus 10 in Vienna 1785 Event Mozarts string quartet opus 10 premieres
