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Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Christina Rossetti (1830; died December 29, 1894) English poet;
Goblin Market;
Remember
Fritz Lang (1890; died August 2, 1976) Austrian-German filmmaker;
Metropolis;
M;
The Big Heat;
Fury;
You Only Live Once;
The Woman in the Window;
While the City Sleeps
Walt Disney (1901; died December 15, 1966) American filmmaker and entrepreneur responsible for dozens of animated and live-action films (which earned a record 22 Academy Awards, plus four honoraries) as well as theme parks and other enterprises. His films include
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs;
Fantasia;
Pinocchio;
Dumbo;
Bambi;
Cinderella; and
Mary Poppins.
Werner Heisenberg (1901; died February 1, 1976) German physicist;
The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory; Nobel Prize in Physics (1932)
Otto Preminger (1905; died April 23, 1986) Austrian American filmmaker;
Laura;
Fallen Angel;
The Man with the Golden Arm; Anatomy of a Murder;
Exodus;
Advise and Consent;
The Cardinal
Died on this day:
Phillis Wheatley (1784; born Unknown Date, 1753) first published African-American female poet who wrote
Poems on Various Subjects (1773)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791; born January 27, 1756) Austrian composer; chamber music, concertos, operas (
The Magic Flute, The Marriage of Figaro), 41 symphonies
Alexandre Dumas (1870; born July 24, 1802) French writer;
The Three Musketeers, The Count of Monte Cristo;
The Man in the Iron Mask
Claude Monet (1926; born November 14, 1840) French painter;
Impression, Sunrise;
Rouen Cathedral series;
London Parliament series;
Water Lilies;
Poplars;
The Bridge at Argenteull;
Haystacks
Vachel Lindsay (1931; born November 10, 1879) American poet; "Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight"; "Bryan, Bryan, Bryan, Bryan"; "The Dandelion"; "General William Booth Enters Into Heaven";
The Golden Book of Springfield; "The Eagle That is Forgotten"
Bonus Classic:
Ashvaghosha (c. 80-c. 150) Indian philosopher and poet; wrote
Buddhacharita, an "epic" life of the Buddha
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