September 28 Dateline

Famous Birthdays

1573 - Caravaggio, (Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio), Italian Painter active from the early 1590s to 1610. His paintings combine a realistic observation of the human state, both physical and emotional, with a dramatic use of lighting, which had a formative influence on Baroque painting. He is famous for the intense and unsettling realism of his large-scale religious works. Caravaggio employed close physical observation with a dramatic use of chiaroscuro. He made the technique a dominant stylistic element, darkening shadows and transfixing subjects in bright shafts of light. Caravaggio vividly expressed crucial moments and scenes, often featuring violent struggles, torture and death. His influence on the new Baroque style that emerged from Mannerism was profound... seen directly or indirectly in the work of Peter Paul Rubens, Jusepe de Ribera, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, and Rembrandt, and artists in the following generation heavily under his influence were called the "Caravaggisti" or "Caravagesques", as well as tenebrists or tenebrosi ("shadowists"). (Caravaggio: His life and style in three paintings / National Gallery. Accessed September 28, 2018)

1916 - Peter Finch, English-Australian actor, best remembered for his role as crazed television anchorman Howard Beale in the film Network, which earned him a posthumous Academy Award for Best Actor, his fifth Best Actor award from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and a Best Actor award from the Golden Globes.

1924 - Marcello Mastroiani (born Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni), Italian Film Actor, regarded as his country's biggest film star of all time. His films include: La Dolce Vita; 8½; La Notte; Divorce Italian Style; Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow; Marriage Italian Style; The 10th Victim; A Special Day; City of Women; Henry IV; Dark Eyes and Everybody's Fine. His honours included BAFTAs, Best Actor awards at the Venice and Cannes film festivals, two Golden Globes and three Oscar nominations.

 
1934 - Brigitte Anne-Marie Bardot, often referred to by her initials B.B., French Former Actress and Singer, and Animal Rights Activist. Famous for portraying sexually emancipated personae with hedonistic lifestyles, she was one of the best known sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s. Although she withdrew from the entertainment industry in 1973, she remains a major popular culture icon.

1968 - Naomi Ellen Watts, British Actress and Film Producer. She made her film debut in the Australian drama For Love Alone and then appeared in the Australian television series Hey Dad..!, Brides of Christ, Home and Away, and the film Flirting. After moving to the United States, Watts struggled as an actress for years, with appearances in small-scale films. Watts rose to international prominence for playing an aspiring actress in David Lynch's psychological thriller Mulholland Drive and a tormented journalist in the horror remake The Ring. 1972 - Gwyneth Kate Paltrow, American actress, Businesswoman and Author. She has received accolades for her work, including an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award. She garnered wider critical acclaim for her performance as Viola de Lesseps in the historical romance film Shakespeare in Love which won her several awards. After becoming a mother, Paltrow reduced her film workload, making occasional appearances in films. In 2009, she received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for the children's audiobook Brown Bear and Friends and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for her guest role as Holly Holliday on the Fox musical comedy-drama television series Glee in 2011. Paltrow has been the face of Estée Lauder's Pleasures perfume and Coach fashion brand, owner of Goop, a lifestyle company, and author of several cookbooks.

1987 - Hilary Duff, American Actress, Singer, Businesswoman, Songwriter, Producer, and Writer. She began her acting career at a young age and became labeled a teen idol as the title character of the television series Lizzie McGuire and in the theatrical film based on the series, The Lizzie McGuire Movie (2003). She appeared in numerous films She later began appearing in independent films such as War, Inc., According to Greta, and The Haunting of Sharon Tate while serving as executive producer for the latter two. Since 2015, she has starred as Kelsey Peters on the TV Land comedy-drama series Younger, for which she has received nominations for People's Choice Awards in 2016 and 2017. Duff has also been hailed as an inspiration by some subsequent Walt Disney teen stars, and has sold an estimated 15 million records since her debut in 2002.

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More birthdays and historical events, September 28 - On This Day

 

Historical Events

1066 - William the Conqueror, the Duke of Normandy, invades England to fight King Harold, who believes has stolen the crown from him. He is crowned at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day.

1745 - Around this date, the national anthem 'God Save the King' is sung for the first time in London theatres. The relevant king is George II.

1871 - Brazil passes the Law of Free Womb, which emancipates the children of slaves. Any children born after this date must serve their mothers' masters without any pay from the age of 8 to 21, at which point they become fully free.

1978 - Pope John Paul I is found dead only 33 days after being elected. 

1994 - MS Estonia, a car ferry, sinks in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people, while sailing from Estonia to Sweden.




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