Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Samuel Barber |
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Birthdate | March 09, 1910 |
Birth Place | West Chester, PA |
Age (in 2024) | 114 Years Old |
Zodiac | Pisces |
Occupation | Composer |
Samuel Barber is best known as Composer who has born on March 09, 1910 in West Chester, PA. Currently, Samuel Barber is 114 years, 8 months and 12 days old. Samuel Barber will celebrate 115th birthday on Sunday, 9th of March 2025. Below the countdown to Samuel Barber upcoming birthday.
One of the greatest composers of the 20th century whose intensely lyrical "Adagio for Strings" from 1936 became popular with successive generations. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Music twice, first for the opera "Vanessa" from 1956-1957 and second in 1962 for the Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.
He composed his first work, a 23-measure solo piece, when he was seven. His 1947 soprano and orchestra piece "Knoxville: Summer of 1915" was beloved by performance groups around the world.
His compositions used odd timing and structure. He started one piece with violins striking on B-flat.
He was born into a socially and economically comfortable Irish-American family. His father was a physician and his mother was a pianist.
His compositions were largely commissioned or first performed by such famous artists as Vladimir Horowitz.
Samuel Barber is 114 years old today.
Samuel Barber was born on March 09, 1910 in West Chester, PA.
Samuel Barber zodiac sign is Pisces.
Samuel Barber was best known as Composer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Samuel Barber's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
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1954 | McCarthyism: CBS television broadcasts the See It Now episode, "A Report on Senator Joseph McCarthy", produced by Fred Friendly. |
1956 | Soviet forces suppress mass demonstrations in the Georgian SSR, reacting to Nikita Khrushchev's de-Stalinization policy. |
1957 | The 8.6 Mw  Andreanof Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands, causing over $5 million in damage from ground movement and a destructive tsunami. |
1959 | The Barbie doll makes its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York. |
1960 | Dr. Belding Hibbard Scribner implants for the first time a shunt he invented into a patient, which allows the patient to receive hemodialysis on a regular basis. |
1961 | Sputnik 9 successfully launches, carrying a dog and a human dummy, and demonstrating that the Soviet Union was ready to begin human spaceflight. |
1967 | Trans World Airlines Flight 553 crashes in a field in Concord Township, Ohio following a mid-air collision with a Beechcraft Baron, killing 26 people. |
1974 | The Mars 7 Flyby bus releases the descent module too early, missing Mars. |
1976 | Forty-two people die in the Cavalese cable car disaster, the worst cable-car accident to date. |
1977 | The Hanafi Siege: In a 39-hour standoff, armed Hanafi Muslims seize three Washington, D.C., buildings. |
1978 | President Soeharto inaugurated Jagorawi Toll Road, the first toll highway in Indonesia, connecting Jakarta, Bogor and Ciawi, West Java. |
1987 | Chrysler announces its acquisition of American Motors Corporation |
1997 | Comet Hale-Bopp: Observers in China, Mongolia and eastern Siberia are treated to a rare double feature as an eclipse permits Hale-Bopp to be seen during the day. As the comet made its closest approach to Earth on March 26, all 39 active members of the Heaven's Gate cult committed ritual mass suicide over a period of three days, in the belief that their spirits would be teleported into an alien spacecraft flying inside the comet's tail. |
1997 | The Notorious B.I.G. is murdered in Los Angeles after attending the Soul Train Music Awards. He is gunned down leaving an after party at the Petersen Automotive Museum. His murder remains unsolved. |
2011 | Space Shuttle Discovery makes its final landing after 39 flights. |
1985 | The birth of Parthiv Patel, Indian cricketer |
1986 | The birth of Colin Greening, Canadian ice hockey player |
1986 | The birth of Brittany Snow, American actress and producer |
1987 | The birth of Shad Moss (Bow Wow), American rapper and actor |
1989 | The birth of Kim Tae-yeon (Taeyeon), South Korean singer |
1990 | The birth of Daley Blind, Dutch footballer |
1990 | The birth of Matt Robinson, New Zealand rugby league player |
1990 | The birth of Keenon Dequan Ray Jackson (YG), American rapper |
1991 | The birth of Kim Joo-young (Jooyoung), South Korean singer-songwriter |
1993 | The birth of Min Yoon-gi (Suga), South Korean rapper, songwriter, record producer |
1994 | The birth of Morgan Rielly, Canadian ice hockey player |
1995 | The birth of Cierra Ramirez, American actress and singer |
1997 | The birth of Jane Chika Oranika (Chika), American rapper |
1998 | The birth of Najee Harris, American football running back |
2000 | The birth of Khabane Lame (Khaby Lame), Senegalese-Italian social media personality |
2007 | The death of Glen Harmon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1921) |
2010 | The death of Willie Davis, American baseball player and manager (b. 1940) |
2010 | The death of Doris Haddock, American activist and politician (b. 1910) |
2010 | The death of Wilfy Rebimbus, Indian singer (b. 1942) |
2011 | The death of David S. Broder, American journalist and academic (b. 1929) |
2013 | The death of Max Jakobson, Finnish journalist and diplomat |
2013 | The death of Merton Simpson, American painter and art collector (b. 1928) |
2015 | The death of James Molyneaux, Baron Molyneaux of Killead, Northern Irish soldier and politician (b. 1920) |
2016 | The death of Robert Horton, American actor (b. 1924) |
2016 | The death of Clyde Lovellette, American basketball player and coach (b. 1929) |
2017 | The death of Howard Hodgkin, British painter (b. 1932) |
2018 | The death of Jo Min-ki, Korean actor (b. 1965) |
2020 | The death of John Bathersby, Australian Catholic bishop (b. 1936) |
2021 | The death of James Levine, American conductor and pianist (b. 1943) |
2021 | The death of Roger Mudd, American journalist (b. 1928) |
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