Updated at December 14, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Arthur Bliss |
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Birthdate | August 02, 1891 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 133 Years Old |
Zodiac | Leo |
Occupation | Composer |
Arthur Bliss is best known as Composer who has born on August 02, 1891 in England. Currently, Arthur Bliss is 133 years, 4 months and 12 days old. Arthur Bliss will celebrate 134th birthday on Saturday, 2nd of August 2025. Below the countdown to Arthur Bliss upcoming birthday.
Best known for the work he did during the first half of the 20th century, such as "Hymn to Apollo" from 1926. He wrote the famed ballet "Checkmate" which was performed well into the 21st century by the Royal Ballet.
He studied music at the Royal College of Music, but his education was cut short by the outbreak of World War I and his enlistment in the army.
He was knighted in 1950, and he was appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 1953.
He was the oldest of three sons born to businessman Francis Edward Bliss. He was married to his wife Trudy until his death.
He composed the music for Winston Churchill's funeral.
Arthur Bliss is 133 years old today.
Arthur Bliss was born on August 02, 1891 in England.
Arthur Bliss zodiac sign is Leo.
Arthur Bliss was best known as Composer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Arthur Bliss's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1944 | ASNOM: Birth of the Socialist Republic of Macedonia, celebrated as Day of the Republic in North Macedonia. |
1944 | World War II: The largest trade convoy of the world wars arrives safely in the Western Approaches. |
1945 | World War II: End of the Potsdam Conference. |
1947 | A British South American Airways Avro Lancastrian airliner crashes into a mountain during a flight from Buenos Aires, Argentina to Santiago, Chile. The wreckage would not be found until 1998. |
1968 | An earthquake hits Casiguran, Aurora, Philippines killing more than 270 people and wounding 261. |
1973 | A flash fire kills 51 people at the Summerland amusement centre at Douglas, Isle of Man. |
1980 | A bomb explodes at the railway station in Bologna, Italy, killing 85 people and wounding more than 200. |
1982 | The Helsinki Metro, the first rapid transit system of Finland, is opened to the general public. |
1985 | Delta Air Lines Flight 191, a Lockheed L-1011 TriStar, crashes at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport killing 137. |
1989 | Pakistan is re-admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations after having restored democracy for the first time since 1972. |
1989 | A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians. |
1990 | Iraq invades Kuwait, eventually leading to the Gulf War. |
1999 | The Gaisal train disaster claims 285 lives in Assam, India. |
2005 | Air France Flight 358 lands at Toronto Pearson International Airport and runs off the runway, causing the plane to burst into flames leaving 12 injuries and no fatalities. |
2014 | At least 146 people were killed and more than 114 injured in a factory explosion in Kunshan, Jiangsu, China. |
1986 | The birth of Mathieu Razanakolona, Canadian skier |
1988 | The birth of Rob Kwiet, Canadian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Nacer Chadli, Belgian footballer |
1990 | The birth of Ima Bohush, Belarusian tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Vitalia Diatchenko, Russian tennis player |
1990 | The birth of Skylar Diggins-Smith, American basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Charli XCX, English singer-songwriter |
1993 | The birth of Gael Bussa, Congolese politician |
1994 | The birth of Laura Pigossi, Brazilian tennis player |
1994 | The birth of Laremy Tunsil, American football player |
1995 | The birth of Kristaps Porziņģis, Latvian basketball player |
1996 | The birth of Keston Hiura, American baseball player |
1996 | The birth of Simone Manuel, American swimmer |
1999 | The birth of Mark Lee, Korean-Canadian singer |
2000 | The birth of Varvara Gracheva, Russian tennis player |
2014 | The death of Ed Joyce, American journalist (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Billie Letts, American author and educator (b. 1938) |
2014 | The death of Barbara Prammer, Austrian social worker and politician (b. 1954) |
2014 | The death of James Thompson, American-Finnish author (b. 1964) |
2015 | The death of Forrest Bird, American pilot and engineer (b. 1921) |
2015 | The death of Giovanni Conso, Italian jurist and politician, Italian Minister of Justice (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Piet Fransen, Dutch footballer (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Jack Spring, American baseball player (b. 1933) |
2016 | The death of Terence Bayler, New Zealand actor (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of David Huddleston, American actor (b. 1930) |
2016 | The death of Franciszek Macharski, Polish cardinal (b. 1927) |
2016 | The death of Ahmed Zewail, Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1946) |
2017 | The death of Judith Jones, American literary and cookbook editor (b. 1924) |
2020 | The death of Suzanne Perlman, Hungarian-Dutch visual artist (b. 1922) |
2022 | The death of Vin Scully, American sportscaster and game show host (b. 1927) |
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