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1867
| 1867 • First performance of Johann Strauss II's waltz "The Blue Danube" (An der schönen blauen Donau) at a concert of the Vienna Men's Choral Association. Strauss adapts it into its popular purely orchestral version for the International Exposition in Paris later this year. |
1911
Age: 43y
| 1911 • through mid-January 1911. (started Dec. 31, 2010). 1911 First Industrial Airplane Show held in conjunction with the U.S. International Auto Show at Manhattan’s Grand Central Palace in New York. “Grand Central Palace Automobile Show has Auspicious Opening,” New York Times, page, 34, January 1, 1911 Mr. Charles W. Chappelle (1872-1941), a member of the U.S. Aeronautical Reserve, was the only African-American to invent and display an airplane for which he won a medal. |