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Scene 1 of the 1876 Bayreuth Festival production of
Das Rheingold, the first part of Richard
Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen |
Here are today's milestones:
Born this on day:
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766; died December 29, 1834) English cleric and scholar;
An Essay on the Principle of Population
Elaine Pagels (1943) American religious historian;
The Gnostic Gospels;
Adam, Eve and the Serpent: Sex and Politics in Early Christianity;
Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas
Died this on day:
Benvenuto Cellini (1571; born November 3, 1500) artisan in the Italian Renaissance known for his
Autobiography
Cotton Mather (1728; born February 12, 1663) American Puritan minister, author, and pamphleteer who contributed to the hysteria of the Salem Witch Trials; wrote
Boston Ephermeris;
The Biblia Americana;
Pillars of Salt;
Magnalia Christi Americana;
The Christian Philosopher
Richard Wagner (1883; born May 22, 1813) German composer;
Rienzi;
Tannhauser;
Lohengrin;
Tristan und Isolde;
Der Ring des Nibelungen
Bonus Classic:
Fuzuli (c. 1494-1556) Turkmen (Azerbaijani) poet and philosopher;
Layla and Mejnun
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