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1738 (MDCCXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar, the 1738th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 738th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 18th century, and the 9th year of the 1730s decade. As of the start ...
The Old Man and the Sea is a 1952 novella by the American author Ernest Hemingway. Written between December 1950 and February 1951, it was the last major fictional work Hemingway published during his lifetime. It tells the story of Santiago, an aging fisherman, and his long struggle to catch a giant marlin. The novella was highly anticipated ...
Old Style (O.S.) and New Style (N.S.) indicate dating systems before and after a calendar change, respectively. Usually, they refer to the change from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar as enacted in various European countries between 1582 and 1923.
The earliest known, full-length opera composed by a Black American, “Morgiane,” will premiere this week in Washington, DC, Maryland and New York more than century after it was completed.
1733–1738: War of the Polish Succession. 1734: Letters Concerning the English Nation by Voltaire published in French. 1735–1739: Russo-Turkish War. 1735–1799: The Qianlong Emperor of China oversees a huge expansion in territory. 1735: Governor-General Dirck van Cloon dies, one of many victims of malaria in Batavia. [9]
Dancing Around is a two-act musical revue with music by Sigmund Romberg and Harry Carroll and lyrics and book by Harold Atteridge. [1] The production was "the first show in which Al Jolson received top billing from the start."
4 June (New Style, 24 May Old Style) King George III of the United Kingdom (died 1820) James Martin, radical politician (died 1810) 11 October – Arthur Phillip, admiral and Governor of New South Wales (died 1814) 15 November – William Herschel, German-born British astronomer (died 1822)
1972 – Fritz the Cat (bringing in the age of adult animation), The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Calimero, The New Scooby-Doo Movies, The Merrie Melodies Show, Sealab 2020, The Roman Holidays, The Flintstone Comedy Hour, Wait Till Your Father Gets Home, Snoopy Come Home, The Blue Racer, New Moomin, The Brady ...