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Yehudi Menuhin
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Person

Yehudi Menuhin

1916 – 1999 · aged 83

American violinist and conductor (1916–1999)

Born
22 Apr 1916 · New York City
Died
12 Mar 1999 · Berlin
Part ofSwitzerland218 BCE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 95 years
  1. 22 Apr 1916BornBorn in New York City
  2. 1959AwardWalter Willson Cobbett Medal
  3. 1962AwardRoyal Philharmonic Society Gold Medal
  4. 1968AwardJawaharlal Nehru Award for International Understanding
  5. 1972AwardLéonie Sonning Music Prize
  6. 1976AwardDoctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University
  7. 1977AwardHonorary doctorate
  8. 1979AwardPeace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
  9. 1979AwardHans von Bülow Medal
  10. 1980AwardErnst Reuter Medal
  11. 1981AwardAlbert Medal
  12. 1982AwardKulturpreis der deutschen Freimaurer
  13. 1984AwardErnst von Siemens Music Prize
  14. 1993 – 1999RoleMember of the House of Lords
  15. 12 Mar 1999DiedDied in Berlin

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1916 – 1999).

  1. 1917Balfour Declaration
  2. 1917February Revolution
  3. 1917October Revolution
  4. 1917 – 1922Russian Civil War
  5. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  6. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  7. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  8. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  9. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  10. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  11. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1938Munich Agreement
  13. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  14. 1939 – 1945World War II
  15. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  16. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  17. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  18. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  19. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  20. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  21. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  22. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  24. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  25. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  27. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  28. 1956Suez Crisis
  29. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  31. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  33. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  34. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  35. 1968Prague Spring
  36. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  37. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  38. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  39. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  40. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution

Biography

Yehudi Menuhin, Baron Menuhin (22 April 1916 – 12 March 1999), was an American-born British and Swiss violinist and conductor who spent most of his performing career in Britain. He is widely considered one of the greatest violinists of the 20th century.

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