World Bee Day – May 20 & Born on this day – Anton Janša - May 20, 1734

 

World Bee Day – May 20

Born on this day – Anton Janša.

Apiarist and pioneer of beekeeping.

Painter.

May 20, 1734 – September 13, 1773. 

William Wordsworth, on writing:

 

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

- William Wordsworth.

Recommended reading - Never Cry Wolf: Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves (1961):

Never Cry Wolf: Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves

by Farley Mowat.

First published in 1961.

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More than a half-century ago the naturalist Farley Mowat accepted an assignment to investigate why wolves were killing Arctic caribou. Mowat's account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone – studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for these wild creatures (who were of no threat to caribou or man) – is today celebrated as a classic of nature writing, at once a tale of remarkable adventure and an indelible record of the myths and magic of wolves.

Born on this day – Honoré de Balzac:

Honoré de Balzac

Writer

May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850

Credits:

Books:

Gobseck (1830); A Second Home (1830); Sarrasine (1830); An Episode Under The Terror (1830); The Elixir of Life (1830); Study of a Woman (1830); A Passion in the Desert (1830); The Red Inn (1831); The Recruit (1831); Maitre Cornelius (1831); The Hidden Masterpiece (1831); The Magic Skin (1831); Colonel Chabert (1832); The Vicar Of Tours (1832); History of the Thirteen (1833); The Old Maid, [and] the Cabinet of Antiquities (1833); The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1833); The Illustrious Gaudissart (1833); The Country Doctor (1833); A Drama on the Seashore (1834); Father Goriot (1835); The Commission In Lunacy (1836); A Daughter Of Eve (1838); Beatrix (1838); Scenes from a Courtesan's Life / A Harlot High and Low (1838); The Village Rector (1839); The Celibates (1840); The Physiology of Marriage (1841); Catherine De Medici (1841); A Start In Life (1842); The Two Brothers (1842); A Man of Business (1844); Modeste Mignon (1844); Unconscious Comedians (1846); The Chouans (1929); The Last Fay (1823); The Quest Of The Absolute (1834); Seraphita (1834); Melmoth réconcilié (1835); Father Goriot and M. Gobseck (1835); La Rabouilleuse (1840); Illusions perdues (1843); Le Cousin Pons (1847); The Country Parson (1896); About Catherine de Medici (1900); Eugénie Grandet (1914); Père Goriot (1950); Cousin Bette (1965); The Black Sheep (1976); Lost Illusions (1976); The Wild Ass's Skin (1977); The Unknown Masterpiece (1983); Old Goriot (1987); Rise and Fall of Cesar Birotteau (1989); The Lily of the Valley (1989); A Woman Of Thirty (2000); My Journey from Paris to Java (1832); After Dinner Stories from Balzac (1832); The King's Sweetheart, The Maid of Thilouse, and The Reproach (1832); Juana, and the Red Inn (1833); The Napolean of the People and El Verdugo (1833); Massimilla Doni and Le Chef D'Oeuvre Inconnu (1839); Tales of the Napoleonic Era (1841); A Tragedy by the Sea and Other Stories (1842); A Marriage Settlement, And, Modeste Mignon: And Other Stories (1844); The Member For Arcis, The Seamy Side Of History, And Other Stories Part 2 (1847); The Atheist's Mass, and Other Stories (1986); Ten Droll Tales (1987); Domestic Peace (1989); The Commission in Lunacy, and Pierre Grassou (2006); The Exiles, and Other Short Stories (2006); The Celibates And Other Stories (2008); At The Sign Of The Cat And Racket / The Ball At Sceaux / The Purse / Madame Firmiani / Pierrette (2009); Honore de Balzac, Vol. 8: Provincial Life (2015); The Magic Skin. the Hidden Masterpiece (2015); The Country Parson and Albert Savaron (2015); The Chouans; The Gondreville Mystery, and Other Stories (2018); Treatise on Elegant Living (1830); Two Poets. Lost illusions part 1 (1837); 65 Great Tales Of Horror (1981); 50 Classic Novellas (2011); The Dover Anthology of Cat Stories (2015); Writers: Their Lives and Works (2018); Classic Cat Stories (2020).

Movies and television:

1812, Gräfin Vandières (1926); A vörös vendégfogadó (1965); Adieu (1982); Albert Savarus (1993); Amore e la Maschera (1920); Ártatlan vagyok! (1916); Au siècle de Maupassant: Contes et nouvelles du XIXème siècle (2009); Au théâtre ce soir (1976–1978); Aus dem Bücherschrank geholt (1965); Balzac (2015); Balzac: Gobseck (1969); Béatrix (1967); Black Venus (1983); Bratranec Pons (1973); Caesar Birotteau (1911); Camera Three (1958); Camino de Sacramento (1946); Cesare Birotteau (1921); Chabert ezredes (1987); Chouans! (1988); Colonel Bridau (1917); Colonel Chabert (1994); Conrad Nagel Theater (1955); Cousin Bette (1971 / 1998); Cousin Pons (1914); Cross of Gold (1965); Das Geld der Restauds (1964); Das Landhaus (1965); Das Maskenfest des Lebens (1918); Das Spiel vom Tode (1918); Den hvide djævel (1916); Den underbara lögnen (1955); Der Bagnosträfling (1921); Der Bagnosträfling (1949); Der Fächer der Madame de Pompadour (1964); Der Galeerensträfling (1919); Der Macher oder Warten auf Godeau (1974); Der Schwur (1963); Der Spekulant (1978); Desire (1920); Die Dreizehn (1918); Die Geschäfte des Herrn Mercadet (1965); Die Herzogin von Langeais (1960); Die Marquise von Clermont (1922); Die unheimlichen Wünsche (1939); Die wäscherin von Portillon (1984 / 1986); Divertimento (1992); Druh z vojny (1967); El regreso (1976); El Verdugo (1920); El verdugo (1948); Erotikon (1994); Eugenia Grandet (1918 / 1953 / 1910 / 1946 / 1956 / 1965–1966 / 1968 / 1994 / 2021); Eversti Chabert (1964); Ferragus (1910 / 1920 / 1923); Ficciones (1973–1974); Fireside Theatre (1949); Glanz und Elend der Kurtisanen (1920); Gobseck (1924 / 1937 / 1985 / 1987); Graf Chargon (1924); Grande Teatro Tupi (1957); Himself as Herself (1967); Histoire de la grandeur et de la décadence de César Birotteau (1977); Honor of the Family (1931); Hora once (1970–1972); Human Comedy in Tokyo (2008); If Women Only Knew (1921); Il colonnello Chabert (1920); Il tuo piacere è il mio (1973); Illusions perdues (1966); Illusions Perdues (2015); Intimità proibita di una giovane sposa (1970); Invitation au voyage (2022); ITV Television Playhouse (1957); Karriere in Paris (1952); Kolonel Chabert (1961); Kraft Theatre / The Philco Television Playhouse (1951); Kuzen Pons (1978); La belle noiseuse (1991); La cousine Bette (1928); La Cousine Bette (1964); La donna di trent'anni (1920); La duchesse de Langeais (1995); La falsa amante (1920); La fausse maîtresse (1942); La femme abandonee (1992); La figlia dell'avaro (1913); La goccia di sangue (1910); La grande Bretèche (1960); La marâtre (1918); La peau de chagrin (1980); La piel de Zapa (1943 / 1964); La Rabouilleuse (1944); La rabouilleuse (1963); La reginetta Isotta (1918); La storia dei tredici (1917); L'auberge rouge (1910); L'avvoltoio (1920); Le bouton de rose (1971); Le club des Treize (1914); Le colonel Chabert (1911 / 1943); Le cousin Pons (1924 / 1976); Le curé de Tours (1980); Le curé de village (1969); Le faiseur (1965 / 1999); Le lys dans la vallée (1970); Le martyr calviniste (1913); Le père Goriot (1910 / 1921 / 1945 / 1972); Le réquisitionnaire (1968); Le roman du samedi (1981); Les amours romantiques (1983); Les arrivistes (1960); Les paysans (1909); Les secrets de la princesse de Cadignan (1960 / 1982 / 2023); Liebe (1927); L'interdiction (1993); Los libros (1977); Lost Illusions (2021); Luca Francesconi: Trompe la mort, Opéra en deux actes (2017); Magic Skin (2018); Man of the Sea (1920); Maskierte Liebe (1912); Matinee Theatre (1956); Mensch ohne Namen (1932); Mercadet (1936 / 1970); Mistr Kornelius (1988); Mr. Frenhofer and the Minotaur (1949); Narayana (1920); Novela (1969–1978); Nucingen House (2008); Oberst Chabert (1914 / 1956 / 1966); Old Goriot (2004); Orsola Mirouet (1914); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); Out 1 (1971); Papà Goriot (1970); Paris at Midnight (1926); Passion in the Desert (1997); Per il passato (1920); Père Goriot (1915 / 1968); Piel de zapa (1978); Pierre Grassou (1965); Pierrette (1979); Plukovník Chabert (1976); Polkovnik Shaber (1978); Quando la primavera ritorno (1916); Rastignac ou les ambitieux (2001); Sagrénova koza (1972); Sagrenska koza (1960); Secrets of a Ballerina (1943); Shagrenevaya kozha (1975 / 1982); Slave of Desire (1923); Splendeurs et misères des courtisanes (1975–1976); Stimulantia (1967); Stolen Kisses (1968); Survival (1927); Ted l'invisibile (1922); Television Theater (1999–2000); The Clock (1950); The Conquering Power (1921); The Country Parson (1915); The Dream Cheater (1920); The Duchess of Langeais (1910 / 2007); The Errol Flynn Theatre (1957); The Eternal Flame (1922); The False Oath (1909); The Fear (2001); The Girl with the Golden Eyes (1961); The Great Breach (1909); The Lovable Cheat (1949); The Magic Skin (1915 / 2011); The Masked Lover (1940); The Red Inn (1923); The Rise and Fall of César Birotteau (1965); The Royalists (1947); The Sealed Room (1909); The Silversmith to King Louis XI (1910); The Skin of Sorrow (2010); The Test (1923); The Ultimate Sacrifice (1911); The Unforeseen (1959); The Wild Ass's Skin (1909); Trompe-la-Mort (1914); Tromp-la-Mort (1920); Um Homem de Recursos (1965); Un homme sans nom (1932); Une Dame de Coeur (2004); Une fille d'Ève (1989); (Une ballade à travers) Les ruines de Paris (2004); Une ténébreuse affaire (1975); Unser liebes Fräulein Grandet (1965); Ursule Mirouët (1912 / 1981); Vautrin (1919); Vautrin the Thief (1943); Wicked Duchess (1942); Your Favorite Story (1953–1954); Zakuro yashiki (2006).

Born on this day – Estelle Taylor:

Estelle Taylor

Actress

May 20, 1894 – April 15, 1958

Credits:

A Broadway Saint (1919); A California Romance (1922); A Fool There Was (1922); Bachelor Mother (1939); Bavu (1923); Blind Wives (1920); Call Her Savage (1932); Cimarron (1931); Desire (1923); Don Juan (1926); Dorothy Vernon of Haddon Hall (1924); Editor's Roundtable (1949–1952); Footfalls (1921); Forgive and Forget (1923); Forgotten Commandments (1932); Frisco Kid (1935); Hollywood (1923); Hollywood on Parade No. B-5 (1933); Honor Bound (1928); Kings of the Ring (1999); Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing (2000); Lady Raffles (1928); Liliom (1930); Manhattan Madness (1925); Mary of the Movies (1923); Monte Cristo (1922); New York (1927); Only a Shop Girl (1922); Passion's Pathway (1924); Phantom Justice (1924); Playthings of Desire (1924); Pusher-in-the-Face (1929); Rhythm Roundup (1937); Screen Snapshots (1926); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 12 (1939); Show People (1928); Some of the Greatest (1955); Street Scene (1931); Street Scene (1931); The Adventurer (1920); The Alaskan (1924); The Golden Shower (1919); The Lights of New York (1922); The Revenge of Tarzan (1920); The Singapore Mutiny (1928); The Southerner (1945); The Ten Commandments (1923); The Tower of Jewels (1919); The Unholy Garden (1931); The Voice of Hollywood No. 13 (1930); The Western Limited (1932); The Whip Woman (1928); Thorns and Orange Blossoms (1922); Tiger Love (1924); Twinkle Twinkle (1925); Wandering Footsteps (1925); Where East Is East (1929); While New York Sleeps (1920).

Born on this day – Margery Allingham:

 

Margery Allingham

Writer

May 20, 1904 – June 30, 1966

Credits:
 
Books:
 

A Brief History of Witchcraft (1998); A Century of British Mystery and Suspense (2000); A Surprise for Christmas (2020); A Very Murderous Christmas (2018); Black Plumes (1940); Blackkerchief Dick (1923); Bodies from the Library 2 (2019); Bodies from the Library 6 (2023); Canine Crimes (1993); Capital Crimes (2015); Cargo of Eagles (1968); Christmas Crimes (1996); Classic Christmas Crime Stories (2023); Coroner's Pidgin / aka Pearls Before Swine (1945); Crime and Mr Campion (1959); Crimson Snow (2016); Dance of the Years / aka The Gallantrys (1943); Dancers in Mourning / aka Who Killed Chloe? (1937); Deadlier / 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women (2017); Deadly Duo / aka Take Two at Bedtime (1949); Death of a Ghost (1934); Detective Duos (1997); Fifty Best Mysteries (2004); Flowers for the Judge (1936); Ghosts from the Library (2022); Hide my Eyes / aka Tether's End (1958); Look to the Lady / aka The Gyrth Chalice Mystery (1931); Miraculous Mysteries (2017); More Work for the Undertaker (1948); Mr Campion, Criminologist (1977); Mr. Campion and Others (1937); Mr. Campion's Clowns (1967); Mr. Campion's Falcon / aka Mr. Campion's Quarry (1969); Mr. Campion's Farthing (1969); Mr. Campion's Lady (1965); Murder at Christmas (2019); Murder at the Manor (2016); Murder in a Heatwave (2023); Murder In Midsummer (2019); Murder in Midwinter (2020); Murder on a Winter's Night (2021); Murder On Christmas Eve (2017); Murder Under the Christmas Tree (2016); Murder Under the Mistletoe (1992); My Friend Mr Campion (2011); Mysterious Pleasures (2003); Mystery for Christmas (1993); Mystery Mile (1930); Nine Detective Stories (1964); No Love Lost (1954); Police at the Funeral (1931); Rogues' Holiday (1935); Safer Than Love (1954); Serpents in Eden (2016); Silent Nights (2015); Six Against the Yard (1989); Sweet Danger / aka The Fear Sign (1933); The Allingham Case-Book (1969); The Allingham Minibus / aka Mr. Campion's Lucky Day and Other Short Stories (1973); The Beckoning Lady / aka The Estate of the Beckoning Lady (1955); The Black Lizard Big Book of Locked Room Mysteries (2014); The Case of the Late Pig (1937); The Casebook of Mr Campion (1947); The China Governess (1962); The Crime At Black Dudley / aka The Black Dudley Murder (1929); The Darings of the Red Rose (1995); The Devil and Her Son (1936); The Fashion in Shrouds (1938); The Man of Dangerous Secrets / aka Other Man's Danger (1933); The Margery Allingham Omnibus (1983); The Mind Readers (1965); The Mysterious Mr. Campion (1963); The Oxford Book of Detective Stories (2000); The Patient at Peacocks Hall (1954); The Return of Mr. Campion (1989); The Tiger in the Smoke (1952); The White Cottage Mystery (1928); Traitor's Purse (1941); Wanted: Someone Innocent (1946); Water in a Sieve (1925).

 

Movies and television:
 

Dancers in Mourning (1959); Death of a Ghost (1960); Detective (1968); Die Kriminalerzählung (1973); Kraft Theatre / The United States Steel Hour (1962); Lux Video Theatre (1957); Mystery!: Campion (1989–1990); Orson Welles Great Mysteries (1973); Panorama (1958); Room to Let (1950); The Unforeseen (1959); Tiger in the Smoke (1956).

Born on this day – James Stewart:

James Stewart

Actor

May 20, 1908 – July 2, 1997

Credits:

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West (1991); North & South: Book 2, Love & War (1986); Right of Way (1983); Mr. Krueger's Christmas (1980); A Tale of Africa (1980); General Electric's All-Star Anniversary (1978); The Magic of Lassie (1978); The Big Sleep (1978); Laugh-In (1977); Airport '77 (1977); The Shootist (1976); Sentimental Journey (1976); Hawkins (1973); Harvey (1972); The Jimmy Stewart Show (1971); Fools' Parade (1971); The Cheyenne Social Club (1970); Bandolero! (1968); Firecreek (1968); The Rare Breed (1966); The Flight of the Phoenix (1965); Shenandoah (1965); Dear Brigitte (1965); The Jack Benny Program (1950); Cheyenne Autumn (1964); Take Her, She's Mine (1963); My Three Sons (1960); How the West Was Won (1962); Alcoa Premiere (1961); Mr. Hobbs Takes a Vacation (1962); The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962); X-15 (1961); Two Rode Together (1961); The Mountain Road (1960); Startime (1959); The FBI Story (1959); Schlitz Playhouse (1951); Lux Playhouse (1958); Anatomy of a Murder (1959); Bell Book and Candle (1958); Vertigo (1958); General Electric Theater (1953); Night Passage (1957); The Spirit of St. Louis (1957); The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956); The Man from Laramie (1955); Strategic Air Command (1955); Tomorrow's Drivers (1954); Rear Window (1954); The Far Country (1954); The Glenn Miller Story (1954); Thunder Bay (1953); The Naked Spur (1953); Carbine Williams (1952); Bend of the River (1952); The Greatest Show on Earth (1952); No Highway in the Sky (1951); And Then There Were Four (1950); Harvey (1950); The Jackpot (1950); Broken Arrow (1950); Winchester '73 (1950); Malaya (1949); The Stratton Story (1949); 10,000 Kids and a Cop (1948); You Gotta Stay Happy (1948); Rope (1948); Call Northside 777 (1948); On Our Merry Way (1948); Magic Town (1947); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); Ziegfeld Girl (1941); Pot o' Gold (1941); Come Live with Me (1941); The Philadelphia Story (1940); No Time for Comedy (1940); The Mortal Storm (1940); The Shop Around the Corner (1940); Destry Rides Again (1939); Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939); It's a Wonderful World (1939); The Ice Follies of 1939 (1939); Made for Each Other (1939); You Can't Take It with You (1938); Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 12 (1936); The Shopworn Angel (1938); Vivacious Lady (1938); Of Human Hearts (1938); Navy Blue and Gold (1937); The Last Gangster (1937); Seventh Heaven (1937); After the Thin Man (1936); Born to Dance (1936); The Gorgeous Hussy (1936); Speed (1936); Small Town Girl (1936); Important News (1936); Wife vs. Secretary (1936); Next Time We Love (1936); Rose-Marie (1936); The Murder Man (1935); Art Trouble (1934).