January 6

January 6

Have yourself a Merry Little Christmas


Or not


On this day in 1724 – Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65, a Bach cantata, for Epiphany, is performed the first time.

1725 – J. S. Bach leads the first performance of Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, BWV 123, a chorale cantata for Epiphany



1947 – Pan American Airlines becomes the first commercial airline to offer a round-the-world ticket.


Birthdays

Gustave Doré
"Andromède"


Kahlil Gibran
- "The Prophet"

Alan Watts
"Being in the Way" Podcast. A tour of the Alan Watts Archive’s 100-hour tape collection hosted by Alan's son Mark Watts.


Earl Scruggs


Nino Tempo


Van McCoy


Syd Barrett




Malcolm Young


Sandy Denny


Bonnie Franklin

Henry Corden
Here he is as Fender (on the right) in "The Black Castle"

Jacques Ellul
The Philosophy of Jacques Ellul with Jake Rollison - Part 1: Technology and Propaganda
and
The Philosophy of Jacques Ellul with Jake Rollison - Part 2: Christianity and Spirituality
On the Hermetix Podcast

Wright Morris
- on Archive.org
Photos by Wright Morris




Pak Mok-wol

Capucine
Here she is in "The Exquisite Cadaver"

Simon Oates


E.L. Doctorow

Vic Tayback
As Detective Simon in "Mansion of The Doomed"


Sylvia Syms

Carolyn D. Wright

Rowan Atkinson

Aron Eisenberg


Victor Horta
Stairway of the Hôtel Tassel


Fred Niblo


Carl Sandburg

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