Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Glenn Branca |
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Birthdate | October 06, 1948 |
Birth Place | Pennsylvania |
Age (in 2024) | 76 Years Old |
Zodiac | Libra |
Occupation | Composer |
Glenn Branca is best known as Composer who has born on October 06, 1948 in Pennsylvania. Currently, Glenn Branca is 76 years, 1 months and 15 days old. Glenn Branca will celebrate 77th birthday on Monday, 6th of October 2025. Below the countdown to Glenn Branca upcoming birthday.
Avant-garde composer and guitarist who released the album "Symphony No. 7" in 2011. He was awarded an unrestricted grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in 2008. He was known for his unique approach to volume, alternative guitar tunings, repetition, droning, and the harmonic series.
He was fascinated by sound as a child and made several tape sound-art collage pieces while he was young. He studied theater at Boston's Emerson College during the early 1970s. His first album was "Lesson No. 1" and was released in 1980.
He helped write and produce the musical play "Anthropophagoi," starring John Keiser.
He often performed guitar duets with his wife Reg Bloor.
He formed experimental bands during the 1970s and 1980s with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth.
Glenn Branca is 76 years old today.
Glenn Branca was born on October 06, 1948 in Pennsylvania.
Glenn Branca zodiac sign is Libra.
Glenn Branca was best known as Composer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Glenn Branca's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1973 | Egypt and Syria launch coordinated attacks against Israel, beginning the Yom Kippur War. |
1976 | Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 is destroyed by two bombs, placed on board by an anti-Castro militant group. |
1976 | Premier Hua Guofeng arrests the Gang of Four, ending the Cultural Revolution in China. |
1976 | Dozens are killed by the Thai army in the Thammasat University massacre. |
1977 | The first prototype of the Mikoyan MiG-29, designated 9-01, makes its maiden flight. |
1979 | Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House. |
1981 | Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is murdered by Islamic extremists. |
1981 | NLM CityHopper Flight 431 crashes in Moerdijk after taking off from Rotterdam The Hague Airport in the Netherlands, killing all 17 people on board. |
1985 | Police constable Keith Blakelock is murdered as riots erupt in the Broadwater Farm suburb of London. |
1987 | Fiji becomes a republic. |
1995 | The first planet orbiting another sun, 51 Pegasi b, is discovered. |
2007 | Jason Lewis completes the first human-powered circumnavigation of the Earth. |
2010 | Instagram, a mainstream photo-sharing application, is founded. |
2018 | The United States Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh as a Supreme Court Associate Justice, ending a contentious confirmation process. |
2022 | Annie Ernaux is awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. |
1989 | The birth of Tyler Ennis, Canadian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Pizzi, Portuguese footballer |
1990 | The birth of Han Sun-hwa, South Korean singer and actress |
1992 | The birth of Taylor Paris, Canadian rugby player |
1993 | The birth of Adam Gemili, English sprinter |
1993 | The birth of Joe Rafferty, English-Irish footballer |
1993 | The birth of Jourdan Miller, American fashion model |
1994 | The birth of Lee Joo-heon, South Korean rapper and songwriter |
1997 | The birth of Kasper Dolberg, Danish footballer |
1999 | The birth of Niko Kari, Finnish race car driver |
1999 | The birth of Trevor Lawrence, American football player |
2000 | The birth of Kyle Pitts, American football player |
2000 | The birth of Jazz Jennings, American internet personality |
2000 | The birth of Addison Rae, American social media personality, dancer, and singer |
2004 | The birth of Bronny James, American basketball player |
2014 | The death of Marian Seldes, American actress (b. 1928) |
2014 | The death of Serhiy Zakarlyuka, Ukrainian footballer and manager (b. 1976) |
2014 | The death of Feridun Buğeker, Turkish football player (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of Árpád Göncz, Hungarian author, playwright, and politician, 1st President of Hungary (b. 1922) |
2015 | The death of Vladimir Shlapentokh, Ukrainian-American sociologist, historian, political scientist, and academic (b. 1926) |
2015 | The death of Juan Vicente Ugarte del Pino, Peruvian historian, lawyer, and jurist (b. 1923) |
2017 | The death of Ralphie May, American stand-up comedian and actor (b. 1972) |
2017 | The death of David Marks, British architect, designer of the London Eye (b. 1952) |
2018 | The death of Scott Wilson, American actor (b. 1942) |
2018 | The death of Montserrat Caballé, Spanish soprano (b. 1933) |
2019 | The death of Ginger Baker, English drummer (b. 1939) |
2019 | The death of Eddie Lumsden, Australian rugby league player (b. 1936) |
2019 | The death of Rip Taylor, American actor and comedian (b. 1931) |
2020 | The death of Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1955) |
2020 | The death of Johnny Nash, American singer-songwriter (b. 1940) |
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