Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Edward MacDowell |
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Birthdate | December 18, 1860 |
Birth Place | New York |
Age (in 2024) | 163 Years Old |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Occupation | Composer |
Edward MacDowell is best known as Composer who has born on December 18, 1860 in New York. Currently, Edward MacDowell is 163 years, 11 months and 3 days old. Edward MacDowell will celebrate 164th birthday on Wednesday, 18th of December 2024. Below the countdown to Edward MacDowell upcoming birthday.
Romantic-era composer and pianist best remembered for "Woodland Sketches," "Sea Pieces," "New England Idylls," and other piano suites. His most popular piece was "To a Wild Rose" from "Woodland Sketches." He sometimes worked under the pseudonym Edgar Thorn.
He was first instructed on piano by Colombian violinist Juan Buitrago. He was also trained by Venezuelan pianist and composer Teresa Carreño.
He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 1904, part of the first group of Americans to be honored in this way.
His family relocated to Paris in 1877, enabling him to attend the Paris Conservatoire. He married Marian Griswold Nevins, one of his piano students, in 1884.
His career was ended after a Hansom cab ran over him in 1904, causing him to suffer from dementia and lost mental capabilities. His family was helped by a Mendelssohn Glee Club fundraiser. Many contributed, including former President Grover Cleveland.
Edward MacDowell is 163 years old today.
Edward MacDowell was born on December 18, 1860 in New York.
Edward MacDowell zodiac sign is Sagittarius.
Edward MacDowell was best known as Composer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Edward MacDowell's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1973 | Soviet Soyuz Programme: Soyuz 13, crewed by cosmonauts Valentin Lebedev and Pyotr Klimuk, is launched from Baikonur in the Soviet Union. |
1977 | United Airlines Flight 2860 crashes near Kaysville, Utah, killing all three crew members on board. |
1977 | SA de Transport Aérien Flight 730 crashes near Madeira Airport in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, killing 36. |
1981 | First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built. |
1995 | A Lockheed L-188 Electra crashes in Jamba, Cuando Cubango, Angola, killing 141 people. |
1999 | NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT. |
2002 | California gubernatorial recall: Then Governor of California Gray Davis announces that the state would face a record budget deficit of $35 billion, roughly double the figure reported during his reelection campaign one month earlier. |
2005 | The Chadian Civil War begins when rebel groups, allegedly backed by neighbouring Sudan, launch an attack in Adré. |
2006 | The first of a series of floods strikes Malaysia. The death toll of all flooding is at least 118, with over 400,000 people displaced. |
2006 | United Arab Emirates holds its first-ever elections. |
2015 | Kellingley Colliery, the last deep coal mine in Great Britain, closes. |
2017 | Amtrak Cascades passenger train 501, derailed near DuPont, Washington, a city in United States near Olympia, Washington killing six people, and injuring 70 others. |
2018 | List of bolides: A meteor exploded over the Bering Sea with a force over 10 times greater than the atomic bomb that destroyed Hiroshima in 1945. |
2019 | The United States House of Representatives impeaches Donald Trump for the first time. |
2022 | Argentina win the 2022 FIFA World Cup final, defeating title holders France 4-2 on penalties following a 3-3 draw after extra time. |
1989 | The birth of Ashley Benson, American actress and singer |
1990 | The birth of Sierra Kay, American singer-songwriter |
1990 | The birth of Victor Hedman, Swedish ice hockey defenceman |
1991 | The birth of Marcus Butler, English internet celebrity |
1992 | The birth of Bridgit Mendler, American singer, songwriter and actress |
1992 | The birth of Ryan Crouser, American shot putter |
1993 | The birth of Byron Buxton, American baseball player |
1993 | The birth of Thomas Lam, Finnish professional football defender |
1994 | The birth of Natália Kelly, American-Austrian singer |
1994 | The birth of Gerard Gumbau, Spanish professional footballer |
1995 | The birth of Barbora Krejčíková, Czech tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Ronald Acuña Jr., Venezuelan baseball player |
2000 | The birth of Korapat Kirdpan, Thai actor and singer |
2000 | The birth of Travon Walker, American football player |
2001 | The birth of Billie Eilish, American singer |
2012 | The death of Anatoliy Zayaev, Ukrainian footballer, coach, and manager (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Ken Hutcherson, American football player (b. 1952) |
2013 | The death of Graham Mackay, South African-English businessman (b. 1949) |
2014 | The death of Donald J. Albosta, American soldier and politician (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Gideon Ben-Yisrael, Israeli soldier and politician (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Larry Henley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1937) |
2014 | The death of Virna Lisi, Italian actress (b. 1936) |
2014 | The death of Mandy Rice-Davies, English model and actress (b. 1944) |
2014 | The death of Robert Simpson, American meteorologist and author (b. 1912) |
2015 | The death of Luc Brewaeys, Belgian pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1959) |
2015 | The death of Helge Solum Larsen, Norwegian businessman and politician (b. 1969) |
2016 | The death of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-American actress and socialite (b. 1917) |
2017 | The death of Kim Jong-hyun, South Korean singer (b. 1990) |
2020 | The death of Jerry Relph, American politician and member of the Minnesota Senate (b. 1944) |
2021 | The death of Sayaka Kanda, Japanese actress and singer (b. 1986) |
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