Tag: arts
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October 02, 2006 05:56 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1836: Charles Darwin's return to England
Naturalist Charles Darwin returned to England this day in 1836 after a five-year journey on the HMS Beagle, on which he gathered . . . more
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December 22, 2006 12:05 PM EST --
In the spirit of the season, the following blog post, written by Gregory McNamee, was featured in the Britannica Blog this week…
The Christmas holiday has been a source of much material, . . . more
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October 12, 2006 07:09 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Luciano Pavarotti
Born on this day in Modena, Italy, in 1935, Luciano Pavarotti, an operatic lyric tenor noted for his mastery of the highest notes of a tenor's range, is considered . . . more
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September 28, 2006 09:48 AM EDT --
This Day in History --
1958: Madagascar voted for autonomy within the French Community.
1920: In what became known as the Black Sox Scandal, eight members of the Chicago White . . . more
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September 26, 2006 08:20 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1969:The Beatles released Abbey Road, their last-recorded album (Let It Be, though recorded earlier than Abbey Road, was released in 1970).
1960: The first in a series of . . . more
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October 13, 2006 11:08 AM EDT --
Abraham Lincoln was elected U.S. president in 1860; John F. Kennedy in 1960. Both men were murdered, assassinated by men with 15 letters in their name. Both men were succeeded by a Southern Democrat named . . . more
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November 02, 2006 01:18 PM EST --
This Day in History –- November 2
1976: Jimmy Carter elected 39th U.S. president
Jimmy Carter, former Democratic governor of Georgia and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Peace in . . . more
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October 03, 2006 06:02 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1990: Germany reunified
After four decades of Cold War division and with pressure from the German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev agreed to a unified Germany . . . more
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October 10, 2006 08:49 PM EDT --
This Day in History --
1985: American motion-picture actor, director, producer, and writer Orson Welles died.
1973: Vice President Spiro T. Agnew resigned from office and pleaded no contest to the charge . . . more
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October 24, 2006 10:49 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Luciano Berio
Italian musician Luciano Berio, born this day in 1925, combined lyric and expressive qualities with advanced techniques of electronicand aleatoricmusic and ranked . . . more
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December 13, 2006 06:14 PM EST --
Biography of the Day -- Moses Maimonides
Philosopher, jurist, and physician Moses Maimonides, the foremost intellectual figure of medieval Judaism, whose works, written in Hebrew and Arabic, influenced . . . more
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October 05, 2006 06:32 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Václav Havel
Czech writer and dissident Václav Havel, born this day in 1936, was known for his absurdist depiction of bureaucratic routines and later served as president . . . more
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October 26, 2006 12:01 AM EDT --
Biography of the Day -- Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso, who was born this day in 1881 in Málaga, Spain, but spent most of his life in Paris, was one of the creators of Cubism and is widely seen . . . more
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October 30, 2006 11:00 AM EST --
This Day in History –- October 30
1974: Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the "Rumble in the Jungle," regaining the world heavyweight boxing title.
1938: Orson . . . more
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December 04, 2006 03:56 PM EST --
This Day in History –- December 4
1996: The unmanned space vehicle Mars Pathfinder was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida, in order to explore the surface of Mars.
1918: U.S. . . . more
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August 29, 2006 05:48 PM EDT --
"Music has charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."
William Congreve, The Mourning Bride
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August 31, 2006 05:21 PM EDT --
Quote of the Day
"Absence of occupation is not rest, a mind quite vacant is a mind distress'd."
William Cowper, Retirement
Biography of the Day
On this day in 1997, Princess Diana died in . . . more
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September 06, 2006 11:33 PM EDT --
Quote of the Day
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"Write with the learned, pronounce with the vulgar."
- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's . . . more
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September 14, 2006 10:35 AM EDT --
Biography of the Day
Dante
Italian poet and philosopher Dante, best known for the epic poem The Divine Comedy—considered one of the world's great works of literature and divided into Hell (Inferno), . . . more
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September 20, 2006 12:08 PM EDT --
Biography of the Day - Upton Sinclair
American novelist Upton Sinclair, born this day in 1878, wrote The Jungle (1906), a landmark work that aroused indignation at impurities in processed meats and helped . . . more
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