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2004 Robert Quine, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues, dies
1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m free style (14:41.66) 1994 Kieren Perkins swims world record 800m free style (7:46.00) 1994 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 Aleksander Popov swims world record 100m free style (48.21 sec) 1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.82) 1994 Aleksandr Popov swims world record 100m free style (47.83) 1994 James Clay, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins, dies at 59 in Dallas, Texas 1993 Mark Foster swims world record 50m free style (21.60 sec) 1993 Franziska van Almsick swims world record 100 m free style (53.33) 1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record/OR 1500m free style (14:43.4) 1989 Giorgio Lamberti swims world record 200m free style (1:46.69) 1988 Matt Biondi swims world record 100m free style (48.42 sec) 1987 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 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 1500m free style swimming record 1983 Vladimir Salnikov (U.S.S.R.) sets 400 m free style swimming record 1979 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 1977 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 Yoshida Isoya, Japanese architect (modern sukiya style), dies at 79 1974 ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style" 1973 Shalom Harlow, born in Toronto, Canada, model, House of Style, Harper's Bazaar 1973 1st sub 17-minute 1,500m female free style swim (Shane Gould 16m56.9s) 1973 Amber Valletta, born in Phoenix, Arizona, model, Face, House of Style, Bazaar 1969 "Love American Style," premieres on ABC-TV 1969 Giorgio Lamberti, Italian free style swimmer, world record 200m 1968 Anders Holmertz, Swedish free style swimmer, world record 400m 1968 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 Dee C Lee, Diane Sealey, rocker, Style Council-You're Best Thing 1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 1962 Beach Boys introduced a new musical style with their hit "Surfin" 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 Jerry Only, born in Lodi, New Jersey, Gerald Caiafa, bassist, singer for the Misfits, horror punk, hardcore punk genres, creator, Devilock, hair style 1958 Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter (Style), dies at 81 1958 Mick Talbot, rock keyboardist, Style Council-You're the Best Thing 1958 Paul Weller, guitar, Jam-This is Modern World, Style Council 1958 Sammy Kershaw, Kaplan, Louisiana, country vocalist, Cadillac Style 1952 Hans Abrahamsen, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, composer, musician, played French horn, studied at Royal Danish Academy of Music, compositions employ New Simplicity style 1951 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 1948 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 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 Karen Valentine, Santa Rosa California, actress, Love American Style, Room 222 1946 Lynne Marta, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Love American Style 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 1943 Zoltan Jeney, born in Szolnok, Hungary, composer, minimalist style, studied with Ferenc Farkas in Budapest, Goffredo Petrassi, in Rome 1942 Robert Quine, born in Akron, Ohio, guitarist, guitar soloist, worked with Matthew Sweet, Marianne Faithfull, style combines jazz, rock, blues 1942 Petr Kotik, born in Prague, Czech Republic, composer, flutist, minimalist style, founder, S.E.M. ensemble, wrote opera, 'Many Many Women' 1941 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 Phyllis Davis, born in Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Love American Style, Vega$ 1940 Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style 1940 Laszlo Sary, born in Hungary, composer, pianist, known for 1970's minimal style compositions 1939 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 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 Rie Van Veen swims world record 200m free style (2:24.6) 1937 Quinlan Terry, born in Hampstead, London, architect, Palladian style, known for Brentwood Cathedral in Essex, partner, Erith & Terry 1937 Ragnhild Hveger swims world free style record 400m (5:14.2) 1936 Lex Humphries, born in New York City, New York, drummer, music style mixed world music with jazz, worked with John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef 1936 Willy den Ouden swims world record 100 m free style (1:04.6) 1935 Arvo Part, born in Paide, Estonia, classical composer, celebrated for minimalist style, influenced by European jazz, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Bartok 1935 James Clay, born in Dallas, Texas, saxophonist, flutist, hard bop jazz music genre, style influenced by Sonny Rollins 1934 Vinko Globokar, born in Anderny, France, composer, trombonist, experimental musician, avante-garde style 1932 Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1932 Aharon Appelfeld, born near Czernowitz, Romania, now Ukraine, Israeli novelist, Holocaust survivor, Hebrew-language author with modernistic, metaphorical writing style 1931 Jan Johansson, born in Soderhamn, Sweden, composer, pianist, infused traditional European folks tunes with jazz, avant garde style 1929 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 Johnny Weissmuller set records in 100 and 200 m free style 1926 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 Shelley Berman, Chicago, comedian, Son of Blob, Love American Style 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 1922 Johnny Weissmuller swims 1st 100 m free style under 1 minute 1918 Ronald Howard, born in Norwood, England, actor, Naked Edge, Africa-Texas Style 1918 U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar (originally Feb 1) 1918 Finland and U.S.S.R. adopts New Style (Gregorian) calendar 1915 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 Pietro Germi, Genoa Italy, actor and director, Divorce Italian Style 1914 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 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 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 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 Hans Haug, born in Switzerland, composer, primitivist style, wrote solo guitar piece, Preludio, Tiento et Toccata 1900 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 E. B. White, Charlotte's Web, Elements of Style 1894 Yoshida Isoya, Tokyo, Japan, architect, modern sukiya style 1887 Georg Heym, born in Hirschberg, Germany, poet, writer, wrote, 'Der ewige Tag', poetry considered early Expressionist style 1883 Theo Van Doesburg, Christian EM Kupper, painter/architect, Style 1881 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 Bart A van der Leck, Dutch painter, Style 1874 James, Tod, Sloan, jockey, created monkey crouch riding style 1865 Max Halbe, born in Guttland, now Kozliny, Germany, writer, dramatist, Naturalist movement literary style, works include 'Jugend' 1863 Hugo Kaun, born in Berlin, Germany, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works 1839 Hans Thoma, born in Bernau, Germany, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum 1804 Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 1732 Franz Joseph Haydn, born in Austria, composer, help develop classical style 1582 Pope Gregory XIII announces New Style (Gregorian) calendar |
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