October 19 - Artists in Residence

Artists in Residence

This Day In History

1386

The Universität Heidelberg held its first lecture, making it the oldest German university.

1469

Ferdinand II of Aragon marries Isabella I of Castile, a marriage that paves the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.

1512

Martin Luther becomes a doctor of theology (Doctor in Biblia).

1900

Max Planck, in his house at Grunewald, on the outskirts of Berlin, discovers the law of black body emission (Planck's law).

1943

Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, is isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.

2003

Mother Teresa is beatified by Pope John Paul II.

2005

Hurricane Wilma becomes the most intense Atlantic hurricane on record with a minimum pressure of 882 mb.

Famous Birthdays

1688

William Cheselden, English surgeon and anatomist (d. 1752)

1784

John McLoughlin, Canadian fur trader (d. 1857)

1850

Annie Smith Peck, American mountaineer (d. 1935)

1862

Auguste Lumière, French inventor (d. 1954)

1882

Umberto Boccioni, Italian painter and sculptor (d. 1916)

1901

Arleigh Burke, American admiral (d. 1996)

1916

Emil Gilels, Ukrainian pianist (d. 1985)

1931

John le Carré, English novelist

1940

Michael Gambon, Irish-born British actor

1943

L. E. Modesitt, Jr., American science fiction author

1945

John Lithgow, American actor

1946

Philip Pullman, English writer
1966
Jon Favreau, American actor, writer and director
1969
Trey Parker, American cartoonist and actor