2002 Death Charles Guggenheim, American Director 1993 Death Kenneth Burke, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University, dies of heart failure at his home in Andover, New Jersey 1959 Event Guggenheim Museum, by Frank Lloyd Wright, opens in N.Y.C. 1959 Death Frank Lloyd Wright, U.S. architect (Guggenheim Museum New York), dies at 89 1954 Birthday Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation 1951 Birthday Paul Dresher, born in Los Angeles, California, Paul Joseph Dresher, composer, drummer, minimalist and post-minimalist genres, studied at University of California, Berkeley, 2006 Guggenheim fellowship recipient 1949 Death Solomon R Guggenheim, U.S. art collector, dies at 88 1943 Birthday Tison Street, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, violinist, contemporary classical music, winner, Guggenheim Fellowship 1939 Birthday Jon Appleton, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, pioneer in electro-acoustic music, won Guggenheim, Fulbright Foundation fellowships 1933 Birthday Richard Schickel, born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, documentary filmmaker, film critic, author, journalist, historian, received Guggenheim Fellowship, published in Time, and Life, magazines, books include, 'Woody Allen: A Life in Film', 'Elia Kazan: A Biography' 1931 Birthday Martin Boykan, composer, professor, studied at Harvard, Yale, awarded Fulbright Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, studied with Edward Steuermann, Aaron Copeland 1928 Birthday Ezra Sims, born in Birmingham, Alabama, composer of microtonal music, Joseph Maneri adopted his system of notation, composed in quarter tones, received Guggenheim Fellowship 1924 Birthday Charles Guggenheim, American Director 1924 Birthday Gunter Haese, German sculptor/graphic artist, Guggenheim prize 1967 1920 Birthday Amy Clampitt, born in New Providence, Iowa, poet, author, professor at Amherst College, College of William and Mary, Smith College, received Guggenheim, MacArthur Fellowship 1920 Birthday Frank Fontaine, Cambridge Massachusetts, comedian, Crazy Guggenheim 1898 Birthday Peggy Guggenheim, art patron and collector 1897 Birthday Kenneth Burke, born in America, philosopher, literary theorist, Agnostic, awarded Guggenheim Fellowship 1935, music critic for 'The Nation', editor, 'The Dial' literary magazine, attended Columbia University 1867 Birthday Simon Guggenheim, philanthropist, died aboard Titanic 1867 Birthday Frank Lloyd Wright, Richland Center Wisconsin, master builder, Guggenheim 1861 Birthday Solomon R Guggenheim, philanthropist, Guggenheim Museum New York City 1856 Birthday Daniel Guggenheim, U.S., Guggenheim Museum