Birthdays
1836 - Henry V, also called Henry of Monmouth, was King of England from 1413 until his death in 1422. Despite his relatively short reign, Henry's outstanding military successes in the Hundred Years' War against France made England one of the strongest military powers in Europe. He is known and celebrated as one of the greatest warrior kings of medieval England, and is immortalised in Shakespearae's "Henriad" plays.
1887 - Nadia Boulanger, French composer, conductor, and teacher. Many of her students became prominent composers in their time. (Sharing here a favourite work by her: Faintaisie pour piano et orchestre, uploaded in YouTube by JCHBONNET. Accessed September 16, 2018)
1924 - Lauren Bacall (born Betty Joan Perske), American actress known for her distinctive voice and sultry looks. She was named the 20th-greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema by the American Film Institute and received an Academy Honorary Award from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2009 "in recognition of her central place in the Golden Age of motion pictures". Bacall began her career as a model before making her film debut as a leading lady in To Have and Have Not (1944). She continued in the film noir genre. She also worked on Broadway in musicals, earning Tony Awards for Applause (1970) and Woman of the Year (1981). She won a Golden Globe Award and was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance in The Mirror Has Two Faces (1996).
1925 - Charlie Lee Byrd, American jazz guitarist. Byrd was best known for his association with Brazilian music, especially bossa nova. In 1962, he collaborated with Stan Getz on the album Jazz Samba, a recording which brought bossa nova into the mainstream of North American music. Byrd played fingerstyle on a classical guitar.
1956 - David Copperfield (born David Seth Kotkin), American magician, illusionist, described by Forbes as the most commercially successful magician in history. His TV specials have won 21 Emmy Awards and 38 nominations. Copperfield's career has earned him 11 Guinness World Records, a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a knighthood by the French government, and he has been named a Living Legend by the US Library of Congress. As of 2006, Copperfield has sold 33 million tickets and grossed over US$4 billion, more than any other solo entertainer in history. When not performing, he manages his chain of eleven resort islands in the Bahamas, which he calls "Musha Cay and the Islands of Copperfield Bay".
1956 - Mickey Rourke (born Philip Andre Rourke Jr.), American actor, screenwriter, and former boxer who has appeared primarily as a leading man in drama, action, and thriller films. In 2005, Rourke made his comeback in mainstream Hollywood circles with a lead role in the neo-noir action thriller Sin City, for which he won awards from the Chicago Film Critics Association, the Irish Film and Television Awards, and the Online Film Critics Society. In the 2008 film The Wrestler, Rourke portrayed a past-his-prime professional wrestler; for his work in the film, Rourke received a 2009 Golden Globe award, a BAFTA award, and an Academy Award nomination. Rourke has appeared in successful films, including the Iron Man 2, The Expendables, and the Immortals.
1979 - Iestyn Davies, MBE, British Classical countertenor and chorister. From the age of eight he sang as a boy treble in the choir of St John's College, Cambridge. He began singing countertenor in his teens, at Wells Cathedral School. He returned to St John's as a choral scholar, graduating in archaeology and anthropology. He gained his DipRAM from, and was later appointed ARAM by the Royal Academy of Music. In 2004 he won the Audience Prize at the London Handel Singing Competition and in 2010 was named "Young Artist of the Year" by the Royal Philharmonic Society. Here's Album 'IF' (Michael Nyman, Henry Purcell) with Iestyn Davies and Fretwork. Accessed September 16, 2019.
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More birthdays and historical events, September 16 - On This Day
Historical Events
1908 - General Motors is founded in Flint, Michigan, and later becoming the first U.S. corporation to make $1 billion in a year. It is now based in Detroit.
1920 - A bomb in a horse-drawn wagon explodes on Wall Street, New York City. Thirty-nine people are killed and 400 more are injured.
1976 - The Episcopal Church in the U.S. approves the ordination of women to the priesthood after 125 years of struggle
1976 - More than 26,000 people die in an earthquake measuring 7.7 on the Richter scale as it hits the town of Tabas, southeast of Iran.
1987 - The Montreal Protocol is signed to protect the ozone layer.
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