Post by shaliby on Mar 25, 2024 15:20:45 GMT
ToDay : March 25th
= EVENTS =
421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice
1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Amiens
1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Community
1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy
= BIRTHS =
1741 – Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Antoine_Houdon
1867 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor (d. 1957)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Toscanini
1881 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1945)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k
1908 – David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lean
1912 – Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Vilar
1921 – Simone Signoret, French actress (Casque d'or; Thérèse Raquin;Les Diaboliques;The Crucible; Army of Shadows ; Le Chat;La Veuve Couderc ; Police Python 357; Madame Rosa) (d. 1985)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone;_Signoret
1938 – Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Buren
1943 – Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Michael_Glaser
1947 – Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John
= DEATHS =
1801 – Novalis, German poet and author (Hymns to the Night; Heinrich von Ofterdingen) (b. 1772)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novalis
1914 – Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and Occitan poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Mistral
1918 – Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy
= EVENTS =
421 – Italian city Venice is founded with the dedication of the first church, that of San Giacomo di Rialto on the islet of Rialto.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venice
1802 – The Treaty of Amiens is signed as a "Definitive Treaty of Peace" between France and the United Kingdom.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Amiens
1957 – The European Economic Community is established with West Germany, France, Italy, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg as the first members.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Economic_Community
1996 – The European Union's Veterinarian Committee bans the export of British beef and its by-products as a result of mad cow disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy).
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovine_spongiform_encephalopathy
= BIRTHS =
1741 – Jean-Antoine Houdon, French sculptor and educator (d. 1828)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Antoine_Houdon
1867 – Arturo Toscanini, Italian-American cellist and conductor (d. 1957)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Toscanini
1881 – Béla Bartók, Hungarian pianist and composer (d. 1945)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A9la_Bart%C3%B3k
1908 – David Lean, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1991)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lean
1912 – Jean Vilar, French actor and director (d. 1971)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Vilar
1921 – Simone Signoret, French actress (Casque d'or; Thérèse Raquin;Les Diaboliques;The Crucible; Army of Shadows ; Le Chat;La Veuve Couderc ; Police Python 357; Madame Rosa) (d. 1985)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone;_Signoret
1938 – Daniel Buren, French sculptor and painter
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Buren
1943 – Paul Michael Glaser, American actor and director
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Michael_Glaser
1947 – Elton John, English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elton_John
= DEATHS =
1801 – Novalis, German poet and author (Hymns to the Night; Heinrich von Ofterdingen) (b. 1772)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novalis
1914 – Frédéric Mistral, French lexicographer and Occitan poet, 1904 Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1830)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric_Mistral
1918 – Claude Debussy, French composer (b. 1862)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Debussy
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hope we are all enjoying a brill weekend, will catch up later xx
who is going through the mill at the mo, wishing you a very speedy recovery Trisha big luv 
storm brewing, must get me cauldron out 
