Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Arthur Duff |
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Birthdate | March 13, 1899 |
Birth Place | Ireland |
Age (in 2024) | 125 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Composer |
Arthur Duff is best known as Composer who has born on March 13, 1899 in Ireland. Currently, Arthur Duff is 125 years, 8 months and 8 days old. Arthur Duff will celebrate 126th birthday on Thursday, 13th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Arthur Duff upcoming birthday.
Irish composer and conductor known for his short orchestral pieces, including "Echoes of Georgian Dublin," which was inspired by Handel. His play "Cadenza in Black" premiered at the Gate Theatre in 1937.
He attended the Royal Irish Academy of Music under Charles Herbert Kitson. His original plans included ministry with the Church of Ireland, but he eventually decided against religious-oriented studies.
He was a bandmaster in the Army School of Music after joining the Irish Army in 1923. He would resign from the Army in 1931.
He married Emma Ferris, who was the daughter of the United States Consul General in Ireland, in 1929. They had a daughter, Sylvia, in October 1930.
He wrote incidental music for many plays staged at the Abbey Theatre, including works by Denis Johnston and William Butler Yeats.
Arthur Duff is 125 years old today.
Arthur Duff was born on March 13, 1899 in Ireland.
Arthur Duff zodiac sign is Pisces.
Arthur Duff was best known as Composer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Arthur Duff's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1957 | Cuban student revolutionaries storm the presidential palace in Havana in a failed attempt on the life of President Fulgencio Batista. |
1969 | Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module. |
1979 | The New Jewel Movement, headed by Maurice Bishop, ousts the Prime Minister of Grenada, Eric Gairy, in a coup d'état. |
1988 | The Seikan Tunnel, the longest tunnel in the world with an undersea segment, opens between Aomori and Hakodate, Japan. |
1992 | The Mw  6.6 Erzincan earthquake strikes eastern Turkey with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). |
1993 | The 1993 Storm of the Century affects the eastern United States, dropping feet of snow in many areas. |
1996 | The Dunblane massacre leads to the death of sixteen primary school children and one teacher in Dunblane, Scotland. |
1997 | The Missionaries of Charity choose Sister Nirmala to succeed Mother Teresa as their leader. |
2003 | An article in Nature identifies the Ciampate del Diavolo as 350,000-year-old hominid footprints. |
2012 | The Sierre coach crash kills 28 people, including 22 children. |
2013 | The 2013 papal conclave elects Pope Francis as the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. |
2016 | The Ankara bombing kills at least 37 people. |
2016 | Three gunmen attack two hotels in the Ivory Coast town of Grand-Bassam, killing at least 19 people. |
2020 | President Donald Trump declares the COVID-19 pandemic to be a national emergency in the United States. |
2020 | Breonna Taylor is killed by police officers who were forcibly entering her home in Louisville, Kentucky; her death sparked extensive protests against police brutality. |
1987 | The birth of Marco Andretti, American race car driver |
1987 | The birth of Andreas Beck, German footballer |
1988 | The birth of Furdjel Narsingh, Dutch footballer |
1989 | The birth of Holger Badstuber, German footballer |
1989 | The birth of Marko Marin, German footballer |
1989 | The birth of Robert Wickens, Canadian racing driver |
1990 | The birth of Anicet Abel, Malagasy footballer |
1991 | The birth of Daniel Greig, Australian speed skater |
1991 | The birth of Tristan Thompson, American basketball player |
1994 | The birth of Gerard Deulofeu, Spanish footballer |
1995 | The birth of Jang Su-jeong, South Korean tennis player |
1995 | The birth of Mikaela Shiffrin, American skier |
1998 | The birth of Jay-Roy Grot, Dutch footballer |
2001 | The birth of Thomas Dearden, Australian rugby league player |
2004 | The birth of Coco Gauff, American tennis player |
2009 | The death of Alan W. Livingston, American businessman (b. 1917) |
2010 | The death of Jean Ferrat, French singer-songwriter (b. 1930) |
2011 | The death of Rick Martin, Canadian-American ice hockey player (b. 1951) |
2013 | The death of Clive Burr, English drummer and songwriter (b. 1957) |
2014 | The death of Reubin Askew, American sergeant, lawyer, and politician, 37th Governor of Florida (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Edward Haughey, Baron Ballyedmond, Irish businessman and politician (b. 1944) |
2014 | The death of Ahmad Tejan Kabbah, Sierra Leonean economist, lawyer, and politician, 3rd President of Sierra Leone (b. 1932) |
2014 | The death of Icchokas Meras, Lithuanian-Israeli author and screenwriter (b. 1934) |
2015 | The death of Al Rosen, American baseball player and manager (b. 1924) |
2016 | The death of Hilary Putnam, American philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (b. 1965) |
2018 | The death of Emily Nasrallah, Lebanese writer and women's rights activist. (b. 1931) |
2021 | The death of Marvelous Marvin Hagler, American professional boxer (b. 1954) |
2021 | The death of Murray Walker, English motorsport commentator and journalist (b. 1923) |
2022 | The death of William Hurt, American actor (b. 1950) |
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