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June 17: Igor Stravinsky, M. C. Escher, Watergate scandal

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky was a Russian-born composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century. Wikipedia
BornJune 17, 1882, Lomonosov, Russia
Full nameIgor Fyodorovich Stravinsky
SpouseVera de Bosset (m. 1940–1971), Yekaterina Gabrielovna Nossenko (m. 1906–1939)
Igor Stravinsky on the importance of touch and vibration in music - speaking to BBC's Monitor in 1958.



M. C. Escher
Dutch artist
Maurits Cornelis Escher, or commonly M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist who made mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs, and mezzotints. Wikipedia
BornJune 17, 1898, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Full nameMaurits Cornelis Escher

Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible. I think it's in my basement... let me go upstairs and check.
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
We adore chaos because we love to produce order.


Maurits Cornelis Escher was never an outstanding student and and yet he successfully mixed mathematics and art. These are his secrets: (Partner content via BBVA OpenMind)

Escher's works can be read in mathematical terms. Discover how the mathematical mystery of the Print Gallery picture was solved
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Watergate was a major political scandal that occurred in the United States in the 1970s, following a break-in at the Democratic National Committee (DNC) headquarters at the Watergate office complex in Washington, D.C. on June 17, 1972, and President Richard Nixon's administration's attempted cover-up of its involvement ...

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