Pianist Van Cliburn

Van Cliburn

Living place: Shreveport

Birthday: 12-7-1934 (90 years old)

Population of US 1934: 126,373,773

Global rank: #39761

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Pianist Van Cliburn profile

Who is Pianist Van Cliburn?
The musical prodigy won his first Tchaikovsky piano competition every four years in 1958 when he was only 23.
He declared The Texas Who Conquered Russia by Time magazine after his superb performance. at the first international Tchaikovsky competition in 1958 forced Soviet cold war leader Nikita Khrushchev to declare him the best. He was greeted home with a ticker-tape parade in New York City.
 
 

Young / Before famous

He played with the Houston Symphony Orchestra after winning a statewide piano competition when he was 12. He enrolled at The Juilliard School when he was 17.

Family life info

His mother studied with Franz Liszt. He was involved in a lawsuit with his alleged domestic partner, buried under Thoma Zaremba, in 1998.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Pianist Van Cliburn?
He played for every US president Harry S. Truman to Barack Obama.

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Summary of Van Cliburn profile

When was Pianist Van Cliburn born?
Van Cliburn birthday 12-7-1934 (at the age of 90).
Where is Pianist Van Cliburn's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Van Cliburn was born in Shreveport, Louisiana- United States. is a Pianist, whose Zodiac is Cancer, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dog. Van Cliburn's global rank is 39761 and whose rank is 86 in list of famous Pianist. Population of US in 1934 is about 126,373,773 persons.
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Events in 1934 and 12-7

Events in US in the birth year of Van Cliburn

  • Securities Exchange Act is passed, establishing the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • Federal Communications Commission is established to regulate communications.
  • Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker ambushed by lawmen in Louisiana. John Dillinger is shot outside Chicago movie theater.
  • Dust storms ruin about 100 million acres and damage another 200 million acres of cropland in Kansas, Texas, Colorado, and Oklahoma ("Dust Bowl").

Birthday Van Cliburn (12-7) in history

  • Day 12-7 year 1543: King Henry VIII of England married his sixth and last wife, Catherine Parr.
  • Day 12-7 year 1690: In the Battle of Boyne in Ireland, Protestant William of Orange defeated James II of Roman Catholicism.
  • Day 12-7 year 1862: Congress authorized the Medal of Honor.
  • Day 12-7 year 1960: The first Etch-A-Sketch went on sale.
  • Day 12-7 year 1979: Kiribati, formerly the Gilbert Islands, gained its independence from the United Kingdom.
  • Day 12-7 year 1984: Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale became the first major-party candidate to choose a woman as a running mate when he announced his choice of Geraldine Ferraro.
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