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Lerner and Loewe's My Fair Lady was inspired
by George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
George Bernard Shaw (1856; died November 2, 1950) Irish playwright and critic;
Arms and the Man;
Candida;
The Devil's Disciple;
Caesar and Cleopatra;
Man and Superman;
Major Barbara;
Androcles and the Lion;
Pygmalion;
Heartbreak House;
Back to Methuselah;
Saint Joan; Nobel Prize in Literature (1925); Academy Award
Carl Gustav Jung (1875; died June 6, 1961) German-speaking Swiss psychiatrist;
Psychology of the Unconscious;
Symbols of Transformation;
Man and His Symbols;
Memories, Dreams, Reflections;
Seven Sermons to the Dead;
Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
Aldous Huxley (1894; died November 22, 1963) English short story writer, novelist and philosopher;
Brave New World;
Island;
Point Counter Point;
The Doors of Perception;
The Perennial Philosophy
Stanley Kubrick (1928; died March 7, 1999) American filmmaker;
Spartacus;
Lolita;
Dr. Strangelove;
2001: A Space Odyssey;
A Clockwork Orange;
Barry Lyndon;
The Shining;
Full Metal Jacket;
Eyes Wide Shut
Died on this day:
John Wilmot (1680; born April 1, 1647) English poet;
A Satyr Against Reason and Mankind; numerous "vulgar" poems
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