American architect, designed the PPG Place and Crystal Cathedral (born 1906)

Philip Johnson

Philip Cortelyou Johnson was an American architect who designed modern and postmodern architecture. Among his best-known designs are his modernist Glass House in New Canaan, Connecticut; the postmodern 550 Madison Avenue in New York City, designed for AT&T; 190 South La Salle Street in Chicago; IDS Tower in downtown Minneapolis; the Sculpture Garden of New York City's Museum of Modern Art; the postmodern Williams Tower in Houston, Texas; and the Pre-Columbian Pavilion at Dumbarton Oaks. His January 2005 obituary in The New York Times described his works as being "widely considered among the architectural masterpieces of the 20th century".

Born

1906

July 8

Died

2005

Era

1900s

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1167 The Byzantines defeat the Hungarian army decisively at Sirmium, forcing the Hungarians to sue for peace.
1283 Roger of Lauria, commanding the Aragonese fleet, defeats an Angevin fleet sent to put down a rebellion on Malta.
1497 Vasco da Gama sets sail on the first direct European voyage to India.
1579 Our Lady of Kazan, a holy icon of the Russian Orthodox Church, is discovered underground in the city of Kazan, Tatarstan.

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The world in 1906

When Philip arrived

april 14 The first meeting of the Azusa Street Revival, which will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement, is held in Los Angeles.
april 18 The 7.9 Mw earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California, killing more than 3,000 people, making one of the worst natural disasters in American history.
april 22 The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens.
april 27 The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.

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Alfred Binet 1857–1911 French psychologist and graphologist (died 1911) Joan Osborne 1962– American singer-songwriter and guitarist Raffi 1948– Egyptian-Canadian singer-songwriter Tzipi Livni 1958– Israeli lawyer and politician, 18th Justice Minister of Israel

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Adolf Eichmann 1906–1962 a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (born 1906) Bea Benaderet 1906–1968 Turkish-Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress (died 1968) Buddhadasa 1906– Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993) Chandra Shekhar Azad 1906–1931 Indian revolutionary (born 1906) Clifford Odets 1906–1963 American director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1906) Constance Stokes 1906–1991 Australian painter (died 1991) Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906–1945 German pastor and theologian (born 1906) Eleanor Hibbert 1906– English author (died 1993) Endre Kabos 1906– Hungarian fencer (died 1944)

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