November 13 Dateline

Birthdays

1312 - Edward III, King of England. Son to Edward II and grandson to Edward I.He becomes to be one of the most successful kings in English history. He was there for the start of the Hundred Years' War and won the naval battle of Sluys and the famous Crecy in 1346. He becomes King of France in 1340. His successors keep Calais until it was lost by Mary I's Spanish husband in 1558.

1850 - Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist and travel writer, most noted for Treasure Island, Kidnapped, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and A Child's Garden of Verses. He spent several years in search of a location suited to his health, before finally settling in Samoa, where he died.  A celebrity in his lifetime, Stevenson's critical reputation has fluctuated since his death, though today his works are held in general acclaim. He is currently ranked as the 26th most translated author in the world.(Wiki, accessed Nov. 13, 2019. Biography of Robert Louis Stevenson. Uploaded by Sylvia X Titus. Accessed November 13, 2015.)

1921 - Joonas Kokkonen, Finnish composer, He was one of the most internationally famous Finnish composers of the 20th century after Sibelius; his opera The Last Temptations has received over 500 performances worldwide, and is considered by many to be Finland's most distinguished national opera. Kokkonen wrote the music that made him internationally famous: the last two symphonies, the ...durch einen Spiegel for twelve solo strings, the Requiem, and the opera The Last Temptations (1975) (Viimeiset kiusaukset), based on the life and death of the Finnish Revivalist preacher Paavo Ruotsalainen. The opera is punctuated with chorales which refer back to Johann Sebastian Bach, and which are also reminiscent of the African-American spirituals used for a similar purpose in Michael Tippett's oratorio A Child of Our Time. Joonas Kokkonen - Symphony No. 4 [edit] (Vinyl, 1980). YouTube, uploaded by Pericolosospore Jerzy. Accessed November 13, 2020.)

1922 - Oskar Werner (born Oskar Josef Bschließmayer), Austrian stage and cinema actor whose prominent roles include two 1965 films, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Ship of Fools. Other notable films include Decision Before Dawn, Jules and Jim, Fahrenheit 451, The Shoes of the Fisherman and Voyage of the Damned. Werner accepted both stage and film roles throughout his career. In 1955, he played the role of Mozart in the Austrian drama film Mozart (with alternative title The Life and Loves of Mozart), directed by Karl Hartl. It was entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. The plot explores the mental state of Mozart during production of his final opera The Magic Flute. Werner's portrayal of Mozart was unusual for the time in playing him as a cheerful and easygoing young man, reflecting the postwar optimism of the newly restored Austrian Republic. His awards include a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, and had been nominated several times for the Golden Globe, the Academy Award as well as the BAFTA Award.

 
1938 - Jean Seberg, American actress who lived half her life in France. Her performance in Jean-Luc Godard's 1960 film Breathless immortalized her as an icon of French New Wave cinema. She appeared in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Lilith, The Mouse That Roared, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples.(1981 Special Report: "Jean Seberg". Uploaded by Hezakya News & Films. Accessed November 13, 2019.)

1955 - Whoopi Goldberg (born Caryn Elaine Johnson), American actress, comedian, author, and TV personality. She is one among entertainers to have won an Emmy Award, a Grammy Award, an Academy Award, and a Tony Award.  Her breakthrough came in 1985 for her role as Celie, in a period drama film The Color Purple, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and won her first Golden Globe Award. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in Ghost, making her the second black woman to win an Academy Award for acting, and a second Golden Globe, her first for Best Supporting Actress. In 1992, she starred in the comedy Sister Act, earning a third Golden Globe nomination, her first for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She reprised the role in Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, making her the highest-paid actress at the time. A theatre performer and producer, Goldberg has performed in Broadway productions, earning her a Grammy Award. She has won a Tony Award as a producer of the musical Thoroughly Modern Millie. In television, Goldberg is known for her role as Guinan on Star Trek: The Next Generation and for co-hosting and moderating the talk show The View since 2007, for which she won a Daytime Emmy Award.

 

Lefties:

 
Edward III, King of England
Comedienne and Actress Whoopi Goldberg
Actress Jean Seberg 

More birthdays and historical events, November 13 - On This Day

 

Historical Events

1907 - Paul Cornu, French inventor and cyclist, is the first person to "fly" a helicopter when he lifts off the ground for 20 seconds in a prototype model he built himself.

1915 - Heitor Villa-Lobos, Brazilian composer, presents a concert of his compositions for the first time, in Rio de Janeiro.  His works are mainly Neo-Baroque in Brazilian style with Russian and French influences. Haunting melody displayed in his Choros (serenades) and his famous series of nine Bachianas Brasileiras.

Here's Bachianas Brasileiras 4.



1960 - Sammy Davis Jr., a well-known African American entertainer marries Swedish actress May Britt. During this time, interracial marriage is illegal in 31 U.S. states.

1974 - Karen Silkwood, U.S. union activist, dies in a suspicious one-car crash when she is traveling with a New York Times investigative reporter. The files she is meant to be carrying with her that relates to safety in the nuclear power plant where she works are never found.

1982 - The U.S. Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. is dedicated.

2015 - Paris terrorists attack, said to be the deadliest violence to strike France since World War II.  (Paris Attacks: Bataclan and other assaults leave many dead.)


Video Credit:

Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras 4 - Orquesta Simón Bolívar/Roberto Tibiriçá. YoutTube, uploaded by BrazilClassicMusic.  Accessed November 13, 2016. 

Resources:

 
1. Asiado, Tel. The World's Movers and Shapers. New Hampshire: Ore Mountain Publishing House (2005)

2. Britannica. www.britannica.com
3. Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 19th Ed. London: Chambers Harrap, 2011
4. Dateline. Sydney: Millennium House, (2006)
5. Grun, Bernard. The Timetables of History, New 3rd Revised Ed. Simon & Schuster/Touchstone (1991)
6. Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org.



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