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A French painter who excelled in still life's and portraits.
A French organist and surgeon who was the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
An American popular singer.
An American social activist and the leader of Civil Rights Movement.
The Treaty of Paris is ratified by Congress to officially end the Revolutionary War.
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney's first full length Technicolor cartoon, goes on general release in the USA.
The Miami Dolphins become the first professional football team to go undefeated for the season. They go on to win Super Bowl VII.
NASA's Messenger spacecraft snaps photos of Mercury's previously unseen hemisphere.
German-born theologian, philosopher, musicologist, and Nobel laureate, was born in Germany. Schweitzer was educated at the universities of Strasbourg, Paris, and Berlin and received three advanced degrees from Strasbourg a doctorate in philosophy (1899), a licentiate (a higher degree than a doctorate) in theology (1900), and a doctorate in medicine (1913). In 1900, he was ordained as the curate of the Lutheran Church of Saint Nicholas. After a year, he served as the theological seminary principal there. He gained fame in music as an authority on organ construction and organist. In 1905, Johann Sebastian Bach, his best-known musicological work, was published in French and in 1908, it was rewritten in German. In 1911, its English translation appeared. In this Schweitzer focused on the Bach's music and its religious nature. He supported the undistorted and simple styles of performing Bach's music. His this style was accepted as the standard type of presentation. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952. He died on 4th September 1965 at the age of 90.
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