April 26
It's April 26th
On this day in 1803 – Thousands of fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European scientists that meteors exist.
In 1962 - Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
– The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1
In 1969 - Switched-On Bach, by Wendy Carlos (then Walter), notable for being the first successful album to remix classical music compositions on the newly-invented Moog synthesizer, reaches #10 on the Billboard Albums chart.
In 1977 - The most famous club of the disco era, Studio 54, opens for business in New York City.
In 1978 - "The Last Waltz", director Martin Scorsese's acclaimed documentary of The Band's last concert, opens in theaters.
In 1982 - Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War"
- Adrian Belew releases "Lone Rhino"
In 1986 - The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukraine SSR.
In 1993 - PJ Harvey releases "Rid of Me"
– The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.
In 1995 - "Friday" opens in theaters.
Birthdays:
Carol Burnett
Gary Wright
Giorgio Moroder
Bobby Rydell
Duane Eddy
Michael Mathias Prechtl
Douglas Sirk
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Anita Loos
"The Mystery of a Leaping Fish"
The three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Biblical story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572; and fourth, a Babylonian story: the fall of the Babylonian Empire to Persia in 539 BC. Each story had its own distinctive color tint in the original print. The scenes are linked by shots of a figure representing Eternal Motherhood, rocking a cradle.
Ma Rainey
"... Ma Rainey and Beethoven once unwrapped their bedroll Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole, and the National Bank at a profit sells roadmaps for the soul to the old folks home and the college."
Eric Campbell
on the Internet Archive
With Charlie Chaplin as the head waiter in "The Immigrant"
"Chaplin's Goliath" A documentary about Eric Campbell
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
"Moonlit Landscape"
"Ad Astra"
Edmund C. Tarbell
"Girl Reading"
Eugène Delacroix
"Ovid Among the Scythians"
Adam Falckenhagen
Gian Paolo Lomazzo
On this day in 1803 – Thousands of fragments fall from the skies of L'Aigle, France; the event convinces European scientists that meteors exist.
In 1962 - Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
– The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1
In 1969 - Switched-On Bach, by Wendy Carlos (then Walter), notable for being the first successful album to remix classical music compositions on the newly-invented Moog synthesizer, reaches #10 on the Billboard Albums chart.
In 1977 - The most famous club of the disco era, Studio 54, opens for business in New York City.
In 1978 - "The Last Waltz", director Martin Scorsese's acclaimed documentary of The Band's last concert, opens in theaters.
In 1982 - Paul McCartney releases "Tug of War"
- Adrian Belew releases "Lone Rhino"
In 1986 - The Chernobyl disaster occurs in the Ukraine SSR.
In 1993 - PJ Harvey releases "Rid of Me"
– The Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on mission STS-55 to conduct experiments aboard the Spacelab module.
In 1995 - "Friday" opens in theaters.
Birthdays:
Carol Burnett
Gary Wright
Giorgio Moroder
Bobby Rydell
Duane Eddy
Michael Mathias Prechtl
Douglas Sirk
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Anita Loos
"The Mystery of a Leaping Fish"
The three-and-a-half-hour epic intercuts four parallel storylines, each separated by several centuries: first, a contemporary melodrama of crime and redemption; second, a Biblical story: Christ's mission and death; third, a French story: the events surrounding the St. Bartholomew's Day massacre of 1572; and fourth, a Babylonian story: the fall of the Babylonian Empire to Persia in 539 BC. Each story had its own distinctive color tint in the original print. The scenes are linked by shots of a figure representing Eternal Motherhood, rocking a cradle.
Ma Rainey
"... Ma Rainey and Beethoven once unwrapped their bedroll Tuba players now rehearse around the flagpole, and the National Bank at a profit sells roadmaps for the soul to the old folks home and the college."
Eric Campbell
on the Internet Archive
With Charlie Chaplin as the head waiter in "The Immigrant"
"Chaplin's Goliath" A documentary about Eric Campbell
Akseli Gallen-Kallela
"Moonlit Landscape"
"Ad Astra"
Edmund C. Tarbell
"Girl Reading"
Eugène Delacroix
"Ovid Among the Scythians"
Adam Falckenhagen
Gian Paolo Lomazzo
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