2015 Event Two art works set world records at a Christie's auction in New York, with Pablo Picasso's painting 'Women of Algiers Version O' selling for $160 million and Alberto Giacometti's sculpture 'Pointing Man' selling for $141.3 million 2014 Event Maya Angelou, American author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and many other works, dies of natural causes at age 86 2014 Event Russian president Vladimir Putin bans cursing in creative works and media outlets, with fines on individuals and companies for using bad language; the stated purpose of the law is to protect Russian language and culture 2013 Event A private collection of 1,500 works of art plundered by the Nazi's and discovered in a Munich apartment in 2012, has an estimated worth of $1 billion; lost works include paintings by Matisse, Paul Klee, Marc Chagall and Picasso 2013 Event A successor to the SR-71 Blackbird is being built by Lockheed Martin. The company's Advanced Development Programs, known by the alias Skunk Works, has taken on the challenge to builde the SR-72, capable of flying at mach 6 with expected delivery in 2023 2012 Event NASA's Curiosity rover continues to make small discoveries as the organization works to discredit rumors of evidence of life on Mars 2010 Event Pablo Picasso's electrician reveals 271 previously unknown works by the artist, claiming they were gifts 2010 Event The works of thirty celebrated Iranian artists go on sale at Bonhams auction house in Dubai 2010 Event Photographic negatives purchased at a garage sale prove to be early works by American photographer Ansel Adams 2009 Event Two previously unknown works by Mozart - a concerto movement and a prelude, are performed in Salzburg, Austria 2008 Death George Tibbits, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue, dies 2007 Death Hans Wollschlager, writer, editor, translated completed works of Edgar Allen Poe, James Joyce's Ulysses, dies in Bamberg, Germany 2007 Death Mstislav Rostropovich, cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century, died of intestinal cancer 2005 Death Wolfgang Bauer, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change', dies of heart failure in Graz, Styria 1996 Death Tristan Keuris, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto', dies in Amsterdam, Holland 1993 Death Jerry Hunt, composer, used live electronics to create new works, employed ritualistic performance techniques, dies in Canton, Texas, of suicide 1993 Death Barbara Buczek, composer, works include, Study Nr. 1 for flute solo, 1990, Blaeserquintett, 1969, dies 1984 Event 33 unknown Bach keyboard works found in Yale library 1975 Birthday Angelina Jolie, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Academy-Award winning movie, 'Girl, Interrupted', works with refugees as a Goodwill Ambassador 1971 Birthday Hiroyoshi Tenzan, born in Kyoto, Tokyo, professional wrestler, born Hiroyoshi Yamamoto, ring name Hiroyoshi Tenzan, works for New Japan Pro Wrestling 1970 Birthday Satoshi Kojima, professional wrestler, born in Koto, Japan, works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, trained by Hiroshi Hase, Kensuke Sasaki 1970 Death Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels', dies at 78 1966 Event Flooding of Arno River (Italy) destroys countless art works, kills 113 1966 Birthday El Samurai, born in Hanamaki, Japan, professional wrestler, works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, trained by New Japan Dojo 1965 Birthday Akitoshi Saito, born in Sendai, Miyagi, Japanese professional wrestler, trained by Masashi Aoyagi and Yoshiaki Fujiwara, works for Pro Wrestling Noah 1965 Event John Lennon's 2nd book "A Spaniard in the Works" is published 1965 Death Hans Marchwitza, writer, poet, proletarian, communist, works include 'In Amerika', 'Gedichte', dies 1964 Death Mary Howe, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock', dies at 82 1963 Birthday Masahiro Chono, born in Seattle, Washington, professional wrestler, works for New Japan Pro Wrestling, trained by Stu Hart, Lou Thesz 1962 Birthday Taslima Nasrin, born in Mymensingh, Bangladesh, doctor turned author, fled Bangladesh to live in exile since 1994, radical feminist and critic of Islam, works for New York University 1959 Death Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1958 Birthday Mitch Albom, born in Passaic, New Jersey, author, screenwriter, sold over 26 million books worldwide, works include, 'Tuesdays with Morrie', 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven' 1958 Birthday Werner Schwab, born in Austria, writer, playwright, visual artist, studied sculpture at Vienna's Akademie der bildenden Kunste in 1990, wrote sixteen plays, produced eight, controversial works in the Austrian Black comedy tradition 1949 Birthday Kalevi Aho, born in Forssa, Finland, composer, large-scale works, symphonies, vocal works, concertos, operas, including 'The Key', 'Insect Life' 1947 Birthday Ursula Krechel, born in Trier, Germany, writer, poet, radio dramatist, winner, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2009, works include, 'Der Ubergriff' 1947 Birthday Terje Rypdal, born in Oslo, Norway, composer, guitarist, works include 'Mystery Man', 'Last Nite', featured in the film 'Heat' 1946 Birthday Tristan Keuris, born in Amersfoort, Netherlands, composer, taught composition in Utrecht, Amsterdam, works include 'Saxophone Quartet Concerto' 1946 Birthday Silvio Blatter, born in Bremgarten, Switzerland, writer, teacher, works include, 'Das sanfte Gesetz' or 'The soft law' 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 1944 Birthday Joshua Rifkin, born in New York, musicologist, composer, keyboard, involved in ragtime revival, in the 1970's, recorded Scott Joplin's works for Nonesuch Records 1944 Birthday Peter Eotvos, born in Odorheiu Secuiesc, Hungary, now Romania, composer, conductor, works include 'Love and Other Demons' 1943 Birthday Jerry Hunt, born Waco, Texas, composer, used live electronics to create new works, employed ritualistic performance techniques 1943 Birthday Edward Cowie, born in Birmingham, England, composer, orchestral, chamber, choral works, conductor, painter, author 1942 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration 1942 Event Works Progress Administration liquidated 1941 Birthday Wolfgang Bauer, born in Graz, Styria, writer, playwright, works translated into 24 languages, include, 'Magic Afternoon', 'Change' 1941 Birthday Ivana Loudova, born in Chlumec nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic, composer, wrote chamber, orchestral, children's choral works, including 'Little Christmas Cantata' 1940 Birthday Dary John Mizelle, born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, composer, co-founder SOURCE magazine, works include, SPANDA Symphonies of Sound, 2006 1940 Birthday Barbara Buczek, born in Krakow, Poland, composer, works include, Study Nr. 1 for flute solo, 1990, Blaeserquintett, 1969 1939 Birthday Annea Lockwood, born in Christchurch, New Zealand, composer, records natural found sounds, Fluxus works with burning pianos, teacher, Vassar College 1938 Birthday Douglas Leedy, born in Portland, Oregon, pseudonym, Bhishma Xenotechnites, composer, music scholar, performer, works include 'Trio' 1937 Birthday Paul Mefano, born in France, composer, conductor, founded Ensemble 2e2m, premiered over 500 works by young composers, including James Dillon and Franco Donatoni, directed the Conservatory of Versailles 1996 - 2005 1936 Birthday Manfred Schoof, born in Madgeburg, Germany, composer, founder, European free jazz, professor in Cologne, interpreter of works by Bernd Alouis Zimmermann 1936 Event 200" telescope lens shipped, Corning Glass Works, New York-Cal Tech 1935 Birthday Folke Rabe, born in Stockholm, Sweden, composer, electronic drone pieces, works include 'What??' 1935 Death Alan Gray, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise', dies at 79 1935 Birthday Loren Rush, born in America, composer, works include, the drone piece 'Hard Music' 1935 Birthday Christoph Meckel, born in Berlin, Germany, graphic artist, writer, author, works include 'Georg Heym: Gedichte' 1935 Birthday Aulis Sallinen, born in Finland, composer, contemporary classical music, studied with Joonas Kokkonen, works commissioned by Kronos Quartet 1935 Event Works Progress Administration, WPA, approved by Congress 1935 Birthday Hans Wollschlager, born in Minden, Germany, writer, editor, translated completed works of Edgar Allen Poe, James Joyce's Ulysses 1934 Birthday Adolf Muschg, born in Zollikon, canton of Zurich, writer, German language and literature professor, wrote provocative works, including If Auschwitz is in Switzerland 1933 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt creates Civil Works Administration 1933 Birthday George Tibbits, born in Boulder, Australia, composer, architect, works include, Otway Ranges Symphony, Battue 1933 Birthday Arif Melikov, born in Baku, Azerbaijan, name also Arif Malikov, Soviet composer, nationally acclaimed for composition Legend of Love whose ballet is among the finest works to emerge from the Soviet Union 1933 Event Public Works Administration becomes effective 1933 Death Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa', dies at 67 in Sankt Georgen, Austria 1933 Birthday Myrlie Evers-Williams, politician and commissioner LA Board of Public works 1932 Birthday Igor Stuhec, born in Slovenia, composer, studied under Hanns Jelinek at Vienna Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, wrote orchestral works applying textural techniques, and two operas 1932 Birthday Hugh Wood, born in Parbold, England, composer, studied with William Lloyd Webber, Anthony Milner, Iain Hamilton, works include Symphony and Violin Concerto 1932 Death Hugo Kaun, music teacher, conductor, composer, wrote Romantic style operas, symphonies, organ, piano works, dies at 69 in Berlin, Germany 1930 Birthday Robert Ashley, born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, composer, audio synthesis pioneer, works incorporate extended techniques, electronics 1930 Birthday 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 Birthday 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 1927 Birthday Oskar Pastior, born in Sibiu, Romania, poet, writer, translator, studied German at University of Bucharest, translated Romanian literature into German, among other works by Tudor Arghezi, Tristan Tzara, Gellu Naum, Urmuz 1927 Birthday Mstislav Rostropovich, born in Russia, Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich, nickname "Slava", cellist, conductor, commissioned new works, enlarged cello repertoire more than any cellist, considered greatest cellist of 20th century 1926 Birthday Betsy Jolas, born in Paris, France, composer, studied at the Conservatoire national superieur de Musique, wrote vocal music, works recorded on EMI, Erato, performed by London Sinfonietta 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 Birthday Sadao Bekku, born in Tokyo, Japan, composer, classical music, wrote symphonies, film scores, sonata for flute, choral works, art songs, piano concerto, opera titled Prince Arima 1921 Event Gas explodes at Bradishe Aniline chemical works in Germany, 565 die 1921 Birthday Adrian Cruft, born Adrian Francis Cruft, son of Eugene Cruft, born in Britain, composer, dubbed a performer's composer, composed church, chamber and orchestral works 1921 Birthday Alfred Reed, born in New York, New York, composer, wrote over 200 works for orchestra, chorus, concert band, chamber ensemble, wind ensemble, guest conductor, performing in Europe, Asia, Latin America, North America 1917 Birthday Jane Bowles, born in New York, New York, writer, playwright, wrote 'Two Serious Ladies', 'In The Summer House', works admired by Tennessee Williams, Truman Capote, John Ashbery 1914 Birthday George Tabori, born in Budapest, Gyorgy Tabori, writer, theater director, worked for BBC in London, moved to United States, became screenwriter, translated works by Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch 1914 Event Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index 1911 Event Andrew Carnegie forms Carnegie Corp (for scholarly and charitable works) 1909 Birthday Lynette Roberts, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Evelyn Beatrice Roberts, poet, studied at London's Central School for Arts and Crafts, Faber and Faber published works, 'Poems', 'Gods with stainless ears; a heroic poem' 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 1909 Birthday Robin Orr, born in Brechin, Scotland, musician, composer, professor of music, composed three operas, Full Circle, Hermiston, On the Razzle, among other symphonies, church music, chamber works 1902 Birthday Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1902 Birthday 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 1898 Death Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, writer, poet, master of the novella, works include 'Das Amulett' or 'The Amulet', dies at 73 in Kilchberg, Switzerland 1891 Birthday Nelly Sachs, born in Schoenberg, Berlin, writer, poet, dramatist, Jewish, works include, 'Eli: Ein Mysterienspiel vom Leiden Israels' 1890 Birthday Hans Marchwitza, born in Szarlej, Poland, writer, poet, proletarian, communist, works include 'In Amerika', 'Gedichte' 1882 Birthday Mary Howe, born in Richmond, Virginia, composer, pianist, studied with Nadia Boulanger, famous works include 'Chain Gang Song', 'Sand, Stars, Rock' 1876 Birthday Hans Bethge, born in Dessau, Germany, writer, short stories, essays, plays, poetry on love, nature, works include, 'Agyptische Reise' 'Egyptian Journey' 1866 Birthday Karl Friedrich Paul Ernst, born in Elbingerode, Germany, writer, journalist, dramatist, critic, works include 'Die Hochzeit', 'Canossa' 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 1861 Event Federal marshals seize arms and gunpower at Du Pont works DE 1857 Event San Francisco Water Works organized 1855 Birthday Alan Gray, born in York, England, composer, organist, known for descants, hymn tunes, works include, 'Common Praise' 1839 Birthday Hans Thoma, born in Bernau, Germany, painter, style reminiscent of the Pre-Raphaelites, works include 'Eve in Paradise', at the Frankfurt Museum 1836 Death Christian Dietrich Grabbe, writer, dramatist, anti-Semite, idolized by the Nazis, works include, 'Hannibal', 1835, dies at 34 1825 Birthday Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, born in Zurich, Switzerland, writer, poet, master of the novella, works include 'Das Amulett' or 'The Amulet' 1807 Death 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 Birthday Christian Dietrich Grabbe, born in Detmold, Germany, writer, dramatist, anti-Semite, idolized by the Nazis, works include, 'Hannibal', 1835 1761 Birthday John Opie, born at Trevellas, England, teacher, artist, portraitist, historical works include, the Assassination of James I, Murder of Rizzio 1711 Birthday Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry, Complete Works 1681 Death 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 Death Andreas Gryphius, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius', dies at age 47 1638 Death John Ward, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba, dies at 67 in Essex, England 1616 Birthday Andreas Gryphius, born in Glogow, Silesia, German writer, poet, dramatist, master of philosophy, works include historical tragedy 'Leo Armenius' 1600 Birthday 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' 1571 Birthday John Ward, born in Canterbury, England, composer, chorister, Canterbury Cathedral, composed madrigals, anthems, works for viola da gamba 1528 Birthday Peter S Lotichius, Peter Lotz, Neo latin poet, Collected Works
