Updated at November 2, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Alan Hovhaness |
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Birthdate | March 08, 1911 |
Birth Place | Massachusetts |
Age (in 2024) | 113 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Composer |
Alan Hovhaness is best known as Composer who has born on March 08, 1911 in Massachusetts. Currently, Alan Hovhaness is 113 years, 7 months and 25 days old. Alan Hovhaness will celebrate 114th birthday on Saturday, 8th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Alan Hovhaness upcoming birthday.
Wrote 434 opus numbers and 67 numbered symphonies, making him one of the 20th century's most prolific composers. He taught future jazz notables Sam Rivers and Gigi Gryce while a professor at the Boston Conservatory from 1948 until 1951.
He studied at the New England Conservatory of Music where he won the Samuel Endicott prize for composition in 1932.
He was looking for a fresh start with his composition in the 1930s and 1940s, so he destroyed all of his early work, numbering upwards of 1000 pieces.
His father Haroutioun Hovanes Chakmakjian was a chemistry professor at Tufts College, and his mother Madeleine Scott was of Scottish ancestry and had attended Wellesley College.
He heard a Franz Schubert work when he was four, leading him to compose his first piece.
Alan Hovhaness is 113 years old today.
Alan Hovhaness was born on March 08, 1911 in Massachusetts.
Alan Hovhaness zodiac sign is Pisces.
Alan Hovhaness was best known as Composer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Alan Hovhaness's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1942 | World War II: The Dutch East Indies surrender Java to the Imperial Japanese Army |
1942 | World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British. |
1950 | The iconic Volkswagen Type 2 "Bus" begins production. |
1963 | The Ba'ath Party comes to power in Syria in a coup d'état |
1965 | Vietnam War: US Marines arrive at Da Nang. |
1966 | Nelson's Pillar in Dublin, Ireland, destroyed by a bomb. |
1979 | Philips demonstrates the compact disc publicly for the first time. |
1979 | Images taken by Voyager I proved the existence of volcanoes on Io, a moon of Jupiter. |
1983 | Cold War: While addressing a convention of Evangelicals, U.S. President Ronald Reagan labels the Soviet Union an "evil empire". |
1985 | A supposed failed assassination attempt on Islamic cleric Sayyed Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah in Beirut, Lebanon kills at least 56 and injures 180 others. |
2004 | A new constitution is signed by Iraq's Governing Council. |
2014 | In one of aviation's greatest mysteries, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, carrying a total of 239 people, disappears en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing. The fate of the flight remains unknown. |
2017 | The Azure Window, a natural arch on the Maltese island of Gozo, collapses in stormy weather. |
2018 | The first Aurat March (social/political demonstration) was held being International Women's Day in Karachi, Pakistan, since then annually held across Pakistan and feminist slogan Mera Jism Meri Marzi (My body, my choice), in demand for women's right to bodily autonomy and against gender-based violence came into vogue in Pakistan. |
2021 | International Women's Day marches in Mexico become violent with 62 police officers and 19 civilians injured in Mexico City alone. |
1977 | The birth of James Van Der Beek, American actor |
1977 | The birth of Johann Vogel, Swiss footballer |
1982 | The birth of Leonidas Kampantais, Greek footballer |
1982 | The birth of Keemstar, American YouTuber |
1983 | The birth of André Santos, Brazilian footballer |
1983 | The birth of Mark Worrell, American baseball player |
1984 | The birth of Ross Taylor, New Zealand cricketer |
1985 | The birth of Maria Ohisalo, Finnish politician and researcher |
1990 | The birth of Asier Illarramendi, Spanish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Petra Kvitová, Czech tennis player |
1991 | The birth of Tom English, Australian rugby player |
1994 | The birth of Claire Emslie, Scottish footballer |
1996 | The birth of Matthew Hammelmann, Australian rules footballer |
1997 | The birth of Tijana Bošković, Serbian volleyball player |
1998 | The birth of Tali Darsigny, Canadian weightlifter |
2005 | The death of Aslan Maskhadov, Chechen commander and politician, President of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria (b. 1951) |
2007 | The death of John Inman, English actor (b. 1935) |
2007 | The death of John Vukovich, American baseball player and coach (b. 1947) |
2009 | The death of Hank Locklin, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918) |
2012 | The death of Simin Daneshvar, Iranian author and academic (b. 1921) |
2013 | The death of John O'Connell, Irish politician, Irish Minister of Health (b. 1927) |
2013 | The death of Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin, German soldier and publisher (b. 1922) |
2014 | The death of Leo Bretholz, Austrian-American Holocaust survivor and author (b. 1921) |
2014 | The death of William Guarnere, American sergeant (b. 1923) |
2015 | The death of Sam Simon, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1955) |
2016 | The death of George Martin, English composer, conductor, and producer (b. 1926) |
2018 | The death of Kate Wilhelm, American author (b. 1928) |
2019 | The death of Marshall Brodien, American actor (b. 1934) |
2019 | The death of Cedrick Hardman, American football player and actor (b. 1948) |
2020 | The death of Max von Sydow, Swedish actor (b. 1929) |
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