2012 Event The Nobel Prize in Literature is awarded to Chinese author Mo Yan, famous for the hallucinatory realism writing style 2004 Death Robert Quine, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues, dies 1994 Event Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66) 1994 Event Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00) 1994 Death Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, dies at 57 1994 Event Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec) 1994 Death Bill Hicks, comedian, social critic, dark comedic style, challenged mainstream beliefs, performed on HBO special, 'One Night Stand', dies of pancreatic cancer and liver cancer 1994 Event Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82) 1994 Event Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83) 1994 Death James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas 1993 Event Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec) 1993 Event Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33) 1992 Event Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4) 1989 Event Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69) 1988 Event Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec) 1987 Death Jaco Pastorius, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine, dies at 35 1983 Event Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 1500m free style swimming record 1983 Event Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 400 m free style swimming record 1979 Death Arno Schmidt, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum, dies at 65 1978 Birthday Vanessa-Mae, born in Singapore, violinist, pop and classical musician, techno style music, sold over 10 million copies worldwide, earned over $64 million 1977 Death William E. Vaughan, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms, died age 61 from lung cancer 1974 Death Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at 79 1974 Event ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style" 1973 Birthday Shalom Harlow, born in Toronto, Canada, model, House of Style, Harper's Bazaar 1973 Event 1st sub 17-minute 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s) 1973 Birthday Amber Valletta, born in Phoenix, Arizona, model, Face, House of Style, Bazaar 1969 Event "Love American Style," premieres on ABC-TV 1969 Birthday Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer, world record 200m 1968 Birthday Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer, world record 400m 1968 Death Jan Johansson, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style, dies at 37 in a car crash in Jonkoping, Sweden 1964 Birthday Dee C Lee, Diane Sealey, rocker, Style Council-You're Best Thing 1963 Death Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 1962 Event Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin" 1961 Birthday Michael Torke, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, composer, style includes jazz, minimalism, most popular work, 'Javelin', composed for 1996 Summer Olympics 1961 Birthday Bill Hicks, born in Valdosta, Georgia, comedian, social critic, dark comedic style, challenged mainstream beliefs, performed on HBO special, 'One Night Stand' 1959 Birthday 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 Birthday Jerry Only, born in Lodi, New Jersey, Gerald Caiafa, bassist, singer for the Misfits, horror punk, hardcore punk genres, creator, Devilock, hair style 1958 Death Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81 1958 Birthday Mick Talbot, rock keyboardist, Style Council-You're the Best Thing 1958 Birthday Paul Weller, guitar, Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council 1958 Birthday Sammy Kershaw, Kaplan, Louisiana, country vocalist, Cadillac Style 1957 Birthday Dennis Leary, born in Worchester, Massachusetts, actor, writer, director, comedian, co-creator of Rescue Me television show, known for sharp comedic style and chain smoking 1957 Birthday Paul Merton, born in Parsons Green, London, writer, actor, comedian, known for deadpan, dark comedic style, appeared in BBC's, 'Have I Got News for You' 1952 Birthday Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style 1951 Birthday Jaco Pastorius, born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, John Francis Anthony 'Jaco' Pastorius III, musician, electric bass player, jazz genre, style included intricate, higher register solos, voted 'Greatest Bass Player Who Has Ever Lived' by Bass Guitar magazine 1950 Birthday Jeremy Paxman, born in Leeds, England, journalist, television presenter, broadcaster, worked for the BBC since 1977, known for abrasive interview style 1948 Birthday Lin Onus, born in Melbourne, Australia, born William McLintock Onus, of Jiradjuri descent, artist, painter, sculptor, print maker, used Maningride rarrk cross-hatching-based painting style 1947 Birthday 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 1947 Birthday Karen Valentine, Santa Rosa California, actress, Love American Style, Room 222 1946 Birthday Lynne Marta, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Love American Style 1945 Birthday 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 Death Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend', dies in Neuotting, Bavaria, at age 79 1943 Birthday Zoltan Jeney, born in Szolnok, Hungary, composer, minimalist style, studied with Ferenc Farkas in Budapest, Goffredo Petrassi, in Rome 1942 Birthday Robert Quine, born in Akron, Ohio, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues 1942 Birthday Petr Kotik, born in Prague, Czech Republic, composer, flutist, minimalist style, founder, S.E.M. ensemble, wrote opera, 'Many Many Women' 1941 Birthday Tadao Ando, born in Osaka, Japan, Japanese architect, employs critical regionalism style of architecture, 1969, established firm Tadao Ando Architects & Associates, winner, Pritzker Architecture Prize 1995 1940 Birthday Phyllis Davis, born in Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Love American Style, Vega$ 1940 Birthday Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style 1940 Birthday Laszlo Sary, born in Hungary, composer, pianist, known for 1970's minimal style compositions 1939 Birthday Tom Johnson, born in Greely, Colorado, composer, minimalist style, new music critic for the Village Voice, wrote music based on tiling, involving mathematical and logical processes 1938 Birthday David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley 1938 Event Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6) 1937 Birthday Quinlan Terry, born in Hampstead, London, architect, Palladian style, known for Brentwood Cathedral in Essex, partner, Erith & Terry 1937 Event Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2) 1936 Birthday Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef 1936 Event Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6) 1935 Birthday Arvo Part, born in Paide, Estonia, classical composer, celebrated for minimalist style, influenced by European jazz, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok 1935 Birthday James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins 1934 Birthday Vinko Globokar, born in Anderny, France, composer, trombonist, experimental musician, avante-garde style 1932 Death Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1932 Birthday Aharon Appelfeld, born near Czernowitz, Romania, now Ukraine, Israeli novelist, Holocaust survivor, Hebrew-language author with modernistic, metaphorical writing style 1931 Birthday Jan Johansson, born in Soderhamn, Sweden, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style 1929 Death Mary MacLane, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month, dies at age 48, in Chicago, Illinois 1927 Event Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style 1926 Birthday Earle Brown, born in Lunenburg, Massachusetts, composer, known for reviving interest in classical music with musical improvisation, creating formal and notational systems, and open forum style of muscial construction 1926 Birthday Shelley Berman, Chicago, comedian, Son of Blob, Love American Style 1924 Death 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 1922 Event Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute 1918 Birthday Ronald Howard, born in Norwood, England, actor, Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style 1918 Event U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1) 1918 Event Finland and U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar 1915 Birthday William E. Vaughan, born in St. Louis, Missouri, pseudonym Burton Hills, columnist, author, wrote for Kansas City Star newspaper 1946 - 1977, published articles in Better Homes and Gardens, Reader's Digest, often quoted and best-remembered for writing style employing folksy aphorisms 1914 Birthday Pietro Germi, Genoa Italy, actor and director, Divorce Italian Style 1914 Birthday Arno Schmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum 1912 Death Georg Heym, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style, dies at 24 from falling through the ice, trying to save a friend 1909 Birthday 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 1901 Birthday 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 Birthday Hans Haug, born in Switzerland, composer, primitivist style, wrote solo guitar piece, Preludio, Tiento et Toccata 1900 Birthday Evald Aav, born in Talinn, Estonia, composer, studied music with Artur Kapp, composed Estonian opera Vikerlased (The Vikings), modeled after Tchaikovsky's composition style 1899 Birthday E. B. White, Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style 1894 Birthday Yoshida Isoya, Tokyo, Japan, architect, modern sukiya style 1887 Birthday Georg Heym, born in Hirschberg, Germany, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style 1883 Birthday Theo Van Doesburg, Christian EM Kupper, painter/architect, Style 1881 Birthday Mary MacLane, born in Winnipeg, Canada, author, individualistic style included feminist rhetoric, raw admissions, first book, 'The Story of Mary Mac Lane' published in 1902, sold 100,000 copies in the first month 1876 Birthday Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter, Style 1874 Birthday James, Tod, Sloan, jockey, created monkey crouch riding style 1865 Birthday Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend' 1863 Birthday Hugo Kaun, born in Berlin, Germany, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works 1839 Birthday Hans Thoma, born in Bernau, Germany, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum 1804 Death Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 1732 Birthday Franz Joseph Haydn, born in Austria, composer, help develop classical style 1582 Event Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar
