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January 20, 1946

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Art Museum to Seek $7,500,000 From Public to Help Expansion; MAYOR ADDRESSING LUNCHEON AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART YESTERDAY

By The New York Times

A public subscription campaign for $7,500,000, or more than threefourths of the grand total of $10,240,000 that will be sought for the expansion and modernization of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was announced yesterday by Thomas J. Watson, president of the International Business Machines Corporation and general chairman of the museum's seventy-fifth anniversary committee.

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Notable Births

David Lynch

1946David Lynch, American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2025)[†]

David Keith Lynch was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor. Often described as a visionary and acclaimed for films distinguished by their surrealist and experimental qualities, Lynch is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential filmmakers in the history of cinema. In a career spanning more than five decades, he received numerous accolades, including the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the Venice Film Festival in 2006 and an Academy Honorary Award in 2019.

VladimĂ­r Merta

1946Vladimír Merta, Czech singer-songwriter, guitarist, and journalist[†]

Vladimír Merta is a Czech folk singer-songwriter. He was also journalist, writer, photographer, architect, filmmaker and author of film music. He has recorded many solo albums. In 2011 he released the album Ponorná řeka with rock band Etc…. In the summer of 1976 and 1977 he performed at the Koncert mladosti festival in Pezinok, Slovakia.