Updated at September 7, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | John Foulds |
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Birthdate | November 02, 1880 |
Birth Place | England |
Age (in 2024) | 143 Years Old |
Zodiac | Scorpio |
Occupation | Composer |
John Foulds is best known as Composer who has born on November 02, 1880 in England. Currently, John Foulds is 143 years, 10 months and 5 days old. John Foulds will celebrate 144th birthday on Saturday, 2nd of November 2024. Below the countdown to John Foulds upcoming birthday.
Part of the British Musical Renaissance. He was known for composing light music and theatre scores and was influenced by Indian music. Two of his most successful works were "Three Mantras" from 1919 to 1930 and "Essays in the Modes" from 1920 to 1927.
He was largely self-taught after taking an apprenticeship at a theater in England. He anticipated such trends as the use of quarter-tones, Messiaen, and Minimalism.
His piece "World Requiem" was performed at Royal Albert Hall in 1923.
His father was a bassonist with the Hallé Orchestra. He married librarian Dora Woodcock in 1902.
His best-known theatrical score was for the first production of "Saint Joan" by George Bernard Shaw.
John Foulds is 143 years old today.
John Foulds was born on November 02, 1880 in England.
John Foulds zodiac sign is Scorpio.
John Foulds was best known as Composer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with John Foulds's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1965 | Norman Morrison, a 31-year-old Quaker, sets himself on fire in front of the river entrance to the Pentagon to protest the use of napalm in the Vietnam war. |
1966 | The Cuban Adjustment Act comes into force, allowing 123,000 Cubans the opportunity to apply for permanent residence in the United States. |
1967 | Vietnam War: US President Lyndon B. Johnson and "The Wise Men" conclude that the American people should be given more optimistic reports on the progress of the war. |
1982 | Channel 4 starts broadcasting. |
1983 | U.S. President Ronald Reagan signs a bill creating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. |
1984 | Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1962. |
1986 | Lebanon hostage crisis: U.S. hostage David Jacobsen is released in Beirut after 17 months in captivity. |
1988 | The Morris worm, the first Internet-distributed computer worm to gain significant mainstream media attention, is launched from MIT. |
1988 | LOT Polish Airlines Flight 703 crashes in Białobrzegi, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland, killing one person and injuring several more. |
1990 | British Satellite Broadcasting and Sky Television plc merge to form BSkyB as a result of massive losses. |
1997 | Tropical Storm Linda makes landfall in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam, causing more than 3,000 deaths. |
1999 | Honolulu shootings: In the worst mass murder in the history of Hawaii, a gunman shoots at eight people in his workplace, killing seven. |
2000 | Expedition 1 arrived at the International Space Station for the first long-duration stay onboard. From this day to present, a continuous human presence in space on the station remains uninterrupted. |
2008 | Lewis Hamilton secured his maiden Formula One Drivers' Championship Title by one point ahead of Felipe Massa at the Brazilian Grand Prix, after a pass for fifth place against the Toyota of Timo Glock on the final lap of the race. |
2016 | The Chicago Cubs defeat the Cleveland Indians in the World Series, ending the longest Major League Baseball championship drought at 108 years. |
1982 | The birth of Charles Itandje, French footballer |
1983 | The birth of Ebonette Deigaeruk, Nauruan weightlifter |
1983 | The birth of Darren Young, American wrestler |
1986 | The birth of Andy Rautins, Canadian basketball player |
1987 | The birth of Danny Cipriani, English rugby player |
1988 | The birth of Lisa Bowman, Irish netball player |
1988 | The birth of Julia Görges, German tennis player |
1989 | The birth of Natalie Pluskota, American tennis player |
1989 | The birth of Luke Schenn, Canadian ice hockey player |
1990 | The birth of Christopher Dibon, Austrian footballer |
1991 | The birth of Jimmy Garoppolo, American football player |
1992 | The birth of Naomi Ackie, British actress |
1994 | The birth of Shaq Coulthirst, English footballer |
1995 | The birth of Hanna Öberg, Swedish biathlete |
1997 | The birth of Davis Keillor-Dunn, English footballer |
2013 | The death of Kjell Qvale, Norwegian-American businessman (b. 1919) |
2014 | The death of Acker Bilk, English singer and clarinet player (b. 1929) |
2014 | The death of Michael Coleman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1956) |
2014 | The death of Veljko Kadijević, Croatian general and politician, 5th Federal Secretary of People's Defence (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Herman Sarkowsky, German-American businessman and philanthropist, co-founded the Seattle Seahawks (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Shabtai Teveth, Israeli historian and author (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Andrzej Ciechanowiecki, Polish painter, historian, and academic (b. 1924) |
2015 | The death of Mike Davies, Welsh-American tennis player and businessman (b. 1936) |
2015 | The death of Roy Dommett, English scientist and engineer (b. 1933) |
2015 | The death of Tommy Overstreet, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1937) |
2017 | The death of Aboubacar Somparé, Guinean politician (b. 1944) |
2018 | The death of Raymond Chow, Hong Kong film producer (b. 1927) |
2019 | The death of Walter Mercado, Puerto Rican television personality, astrologer, actor, and dancer (b. 1932) |
2021 | The death of Neal Smith, American politician (b. 1920) |
2022 | The death of Atilio Stampone, Argentine pianist and composer (b. 1926) |
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