♂ Carl Lewis Burt

1905 - 1975

Carl Lewis Burt
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Evelyn Alice Dimitt
Evelyn Alice Dimitt
1912 - 1981

1905


May 13
1905 • The Bloody Sunday massacre of peaceful Russian demonstrators led by Russian Orthodox priest Father Gapon at the Winter Palace in Saint Petersburg helps trigger the abortive Russian Revolution of 1905.

1933


Age: 27y
1933 • A failed assassination attempt against Engelbert Dollfuss, leader of the Fatherland's Front in Austria, seriously injures him.

1937


Age: 31y
1937 CBS broadcasts a two-and-a-half hour memorial concert nationwide on radio in memory of George Gershwin, live from the Hollywood Bowl. Many celebrities appear, including Oscar Levant, Fred Astaire, Otto Klemperer, Lily Pons, and members of the original cast of Porgy and Bess. The concert is recorded and released complete years later in what is excellent sound for its time, on CD. The Los Angeles Philharmonic is the featured orchestra.

1975


Feb 14
Age: 69y
1975 • The "Group of 6" (G-6) industrialized nations is formed.

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