This Day In Classical Music History Oct 28, 1915 First performance of Richard Strauss' “Alpine Symphony,” with Strauss conducting the orchestra of the Dresden Hofkapelle in Berlin. #stamps#stampcollecting#philately
Oct 29, 1923: The Republic of Turkey is founded, after the collapse of the Ottoman Empire by national hero Mustafa Kemal Pasha, who is later honored with the title Ataturk, or, "Father of the Turks."
Oct 31, 1941: Mount Rushmore is completed. It is later noted that the sculptor mistakenly depicts Theodore Roosevelt left-handed. The mistake goes uncorrected, to this day.
This Day In Classical Music History Oct 31, 1955: Leopold Stokowski conducts the Houston Symphony in the first performance of Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain,” by Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness.
USA, Scott Nr 3158 (1997) (Because there has been no stamp issued, yet, for Mr. Hovhaness.)
This Day In Rock Music History Oct 31, 1970: Led Zeppelin started a four week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Led Zeppelin III the band’s second US chart topper, containing such memorable slow-dance favorites as, “The Immigrant Song,” and “Gallows Pole,” shown below with Hungarian sub-titles, because, hey, who wouldn’t love to sing "Gallows Pole" in Hungarian?
This Day In Rock Music History Nov 2, 1956: Police use tear gas to break up a riot that broke out during a Fats Domino concert in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Fats and three of his sidemen suffer minor cuts.
Nov 3, 1957: Laika the Space Dog, is launched aboard Sputnik II, making him the first animal in space. Upon the dog's return to earth, Superboy adopts him and renames him Krypto.
This Day In Rock Music History Nov 3, 1977: During a concert at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, Elton John announces his retirement from live concerts.
This Day In Classical Music History Nov 3, 1752: George Frideric Handel undergoes a failed eye operation. When asked if he would ever compose music again, he replies, “I don’t see it.”
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Oct 28, 1915 First performance of Richard Strauss' “Alpine Symphony,” with Strauss conducting the orchestra of the Dresden Hofkapelle in Berlin.
#stamps #stampcollecting #philately
Austria, Scott Nr 1463 (1989), Germany, Scott Nr 9N111 (1954)
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British Guiana, Scott Nr 96c (1944)
Turkey, Scott Nr 644 (1926)
Mongolia, Scott Nr 307 (1962)
Oct 29, 1787: Mozart's opera, “Don Giovanni,” opens in Prague.
Austria, Scott Nr 840a (1969)
Newfoundland, Scott Nr 74 (1897)
Spain, Scott Nr 1929 (1975)
India, Scott Nr 1069 (1984)
USA, Scott Nr 1248 (1964), 4907 (2014)
USA, Scott Nr 1011 (1952)
Oct 31, 1955: Leopold Stokowski conducts the Houston Symphony in the first performance of Symphony No. 2, “Mysterious Mountain,” by Armenian-American composer Alan Hovhaness.
USA, Scott Nr 3158 (1997) (Because there has been no stamp issued, yet, for Mr. Hovhaness.)
Oct 31, 1970: Led Zeppelin started a four week run at No.1 on the US album chart with Led Zeppelin III the band’s second US chart topper, containing such memorable slow-dance favorites as, “The Immigrant Song,” and “Gallows Pole,” shown below with Hungarian sub-titles, because, hey, who wouldn’t love to sing "Gallows Pole" in Hungarian?
Rep. of Congo (2015)
Guinea-Bissau (2003)
Portugal, Scott Nr 2779-80 (2005)
USA, Scott Nr C116 (1985)
Nov 1, 1954: American debut of soprano Maria Callas in Bellini's Norma at the Lyric Theatre of Chicago.
Greece, Scott Nr 1353 (1980)
Nov 1, 1969: The Beatles' "Abbey Road" album goes #1 in the US, and stays #1 for 11 weeks.
Great Britain, Scott Nr 2424 (2007)
Nov 2, 1983: Martin Luther King’s birthday, January 15, is established as a US national holiday.
USA, Scott Nr 3188a (1999)
Nov 2, 1869: Sheriff Wild Bill Hickok loses his re-election bid in Ellis County, Kansas.
USA, Scott Nr 2869o (1994)
Nov 2, 1889: A statehood two-fer, as North and South Dakota become #s 39 and 40.
USA, Scott Nr 2403 (1988), 2416 (1989)
Nov 2, 1739: Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf, Austrian composer, is born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1799)
Austria, Scott Nr 1008 (1974)
Nov 2, 1956: Police use tear gas to break up a riot that broke out during a Fats Domino concert in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Fats and three of his sidemen suffer minor cuts.
Burundi (2011)
Romania, Scott Nr 1200 (1957)
Da Vinci’s preliminary painting of “Mona Lisa”
Austria, Scott Nr 2525 (2014)
Nov 3, 1977: During a concert at the Empire Pool, Wembley, London, Elton John announces his retirement from live concerts.
Malta, Scott Nr 1134 (2003)
Nov 3, 1752: George Frideric Handel undergoes a failed eye operation. When asked if he would ever compose music again, he replies, “I don’t see it.”
Germany, Scott Nr 1440 (1985)