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Dancers from the inaugural performance of Igor Stravinsky's
Le Sacre du printemps (The Rite of Spring) in Paris, 1913 |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
John Wesley (1703; died March 2, 1791) English Anglican cleric and theologian;
Notes on the New Testament; sermons
Igor Stravinsky (1882; died April 6, 1971) Russian composer;
L'Oiseau de feu (
The Firebird);
Petrushka;
Le Sacre du printemps (
The Rite of Spring)
M. C. Escher (1898; died March 27, 1972) Dutch graphic artist; known for geometrically intricate drawings such as
Relativity;
Waterfall;
Hand with Reflecting Sphere
Died on this day:
Joseph Addison (1719; born May 1, 1672) English writer; with Richard Steele, published
The Tatler and
The Spectator
John Cowper Powys (1963; born October 8, 1872) British novelist, philosopher, critic, and poet;
Wolf Solent;
A Glastonbury Romance;
Weymouth Sands;
Maiden Castle; (these four his "Wessex novels");
Autobiography;
Owen Glendower;
Porius
Thomas Kuhn (1996; born July 18, 1922) American physicist and philosopher of science;
The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
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