It Happened on
September 26, 1899Asked To View Dewey Portrait.
City Couneilman John T. Ford, of the Fifteenth ward, received an invitation yesterday to a private exhibition of a portrait of the late Admiral Dewey, painted from life by Princess Lwoff-Parlaghy. It will be exhibited at the home of the Princess, 109 East Thirty-ninth street, New York, Thursday and Friday afternoon of next week, under the patronage of former President Roosevelt, Bishop Greer, Judge Alton B. Parker, Gen. Leonard Wood and others.
This is the conception day event of 5 people, who also made a difference in history
285 days after the event were born.
Born on June 29, 1900 (1900 - 1944) Antoine de Saint-ExuperyFrench writer, poet, journalist and pioneering aviator |
Born on July 08, 1900 George AntheilAmerican avant-garde composer, pianist, author, and inventor whose modernist musical compositions explored the modern sounds – musical, industrial, and mechanical – of the early 20th century |
272 days after the event was born.
Born on June 25, 1900 (1900 - 1985) Georgia HaleMiss Chicago 1922 |
284 days after the event was born.
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Born on July 07, 1900 Earle E. PartridgeFour-star general in the United States Air Force and a Command Pilot. |
272 days after the event were born.
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Born on June 29, 1900 (1900 - 1944) Antoine de Saint-ExuperyFrench writer, poet, journalist and pioneering aviator |
Born on June 25, 1900 (1900 - 1979) Lord MountbattenBritish statesman, Royal Navy officer and close relative of the British royal family |
People featured in this post:
Rosa Luxemburg
Polish and naturalised-German revolutionary socialist, orthodox Marxist, and anti-war activist
George Dewey
Admiral of the Navy
The suppression of uncomfortable ideas may be common in religion or in politics, but it is not the path to knowledge, and there's no place for it in the endeavor of science.
- Carl Sagan