Birthdays
1913 - Mary Martin, American actress, singer, and Broadway star. A muse of Rodgers and Hammerstein, she originated many leading roles over her career including Nellie Forbush in South Pacific (1949) and Maria von Trapp in The Sound of Music (1959). She was named a Kennedy Center Honoree in 1989. Her next major success was in the role of Peter in the Broadway production of Peter Pan in October 1954 with Martin winning the Tony Award. She opened on Broadway in The Sound of Music as Maria on November 16, 1959, and stayed in the show until October 1961. She won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. Amongst her other numerous awards, she was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1973. She received the Kennedy Center Honors, an annual honor for career achievements, in 1989. She was the mother of Dallas actor Larry Hagman. (Mary Martin's Peter Pan (1954) Colored Televised Musical. YouTube, uploaded by ObamaBin Lama. Mary Martin and Larry Hagman - Royal Variety Performance 1980. YouTube, uploaded by Video Rarities. Accessed 1 Dec. 2020.)
1930 - Matt Monro (born Terence Edward Parsons), English singer who became one of the most popular entertainers on the international music scene during the 1960s and 1970s. Known as The Man with the Golden Voice, he filled cabarets, nightclubs, music halls, and stadiums across the world. His recordings include the UK Top 10 hits: "Portrait of My Love", "My Kind of Girl", "Softly As I Leave You", "Walk Away" and "Yesterday" (originally by The Beatles). He also recorded several film themes such as "From Russia with Love" for the James Bond film of the same name, "Born Free" for the film of the same name and "On Days Like These" for The Italian Job. (Matt Monro. Four All time Classics. Uploaded, thisboy 91554. The Precious Moments. Accessed December 1, 2020. )
1932 - Dame Isoleen Heather Begg, DNSM OBE, New Zealand-born operatic soprano who spent most of her career in the UK and Australia. She was renowned in roles such as the title role in Bizet's Carmen, Amneris in Verdi's Aida and in lighter operas such as The Gondoliers. (Gilbert & Sullivan's The Mikado - Act 1 Finale. Uploaded by DancairoOpera. Accessed December 1, 2016. The Act 1 finale to the 1973 production with the marvelous Heather Begg as Katisha. )
1933 - Louis Allen Rawls, American songwriter, actor, singer, and record producer. Rawls released more than 60 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably his song "You'll Never Find Another Love like Mine".
1935 - Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg), American film director, writer, actor, and comedian whose career spans multiple Academy Award-winning movies. He began his career as a comedy writer, working alongside Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart and Neil Simon. He also began writing material for television, published several books featuring short stories, and writing humor pieces for The New Yorker. In the early 1960s, he performed as a stand-up comedian in Greenwich Village. He released three comedy albums during the mid to late 1960s, even earning a Grammy Award nomination for his 1964 comedy album entitled simply, Woody Allen. In 2004 Comedy Central ranked Allen fourth on a list of the 100 greatest stand-up comedians, while a UK survey ranked Allen the third-greatest comedian.
1939 - Lee Buck Trevino, American retired professional golfer who is regarded as one of the greatest players in golf history. He was inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 1981. Trevino won six major championships and 29 PGA Tour events. He is one of only four players to twice win the U.S. Open, The Open Championship and the PGA Championship. The Masters was the only major that eluded him. He is an icon for Mexican Americans, and is often referred to as "The Merry Mex" and "Supermex," affectionate nicknames given to him by other golfers.
1940 - Richard Pryor (Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor), American stand-up comedian, actor, and writer. He is regarded as one of the most influential stand-up comedians of all time. His work includes the concert movies and recordings. As an actor, he starred mainly in comedies and occasionally in dramas. He collaborated on many projects with actor Gene Wilder. Pryor won an Emmy Award (1973) and five Grammy Awards. In 1974, he also won two American Academy of Humor awards and the Writers Guild of America Award. The first-ever Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for American Humor was presented to him in 1998. He was listed at number one on Comedy Central's list of all-time greatest stand-up comedians.
1945 - Bette Midler, American actress, singer and entertainer. Many of her songs became chart hits, such as "The Rose", "Wind Beneath My Wings", and "From a Distance." She won Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "The Rose", and Record of the Year for "Wind Beneath My Wings". She made her motion picture debut in 1979 with The Rose, which earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress, and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She went on to star in numerous hit films. In her starring roles in For the Boys and Gypsy, she won two additional Golden Globe Awards and received a second Academy Award nomination for the former. She starred in the Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!, which premiered at the Shubert Theatre in April 2017. The show was her first leading role in a Broadway musical. Midler received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance. (B. Midler singing "The Rose." YouTube, Accessed December 1, 2018. Bette Midler - From A Distance (Official Music Video, YouTube, uploaded by RHINO. Accessed July 26, 2020.)
1946 - Gilbert O'Sullivan, Irish singer-songwriter who achieved his most significant success with his hit songs "Alone Again (Naturally)", "Clair", and "Get Down". O'Sullivan's songs are often marked by his distinctive, percussive piano playing style and observational lyrics using word play. Born in Waterford, Ireland, he settled in Swindon, England, as a child. He has charted 16 top 40 records including six No. 1 songs, the first of which was 1970's "Nothing Rhymed". Across his career, he has recorded 19 studio albums, up to his UK top 20 self-titled record in 2018. The music magazine Record Mirror voted him the top UK male singer of 1972. He has received three Ivor Novello Awards, including “Songwriter of the Year” in 1973. (Gilbert O'Sullivan - Alone Again (original version). YouTube, uploaded by valliseasons1. Accessed March 17, 2021.)
1951 - Richard Treat Williams, American actor, writer, and aviator who has appeared on film, stage and television. He first became well known for his starring role in the 1979 musical film Hair, and later also starred in the films Prince of the City, Once Upon a Time in America, The Late Shift and 127 Hours. From 2002 to 2006, he was the lead of the television series Everwood and was nominated for two Screen Actors Guild Awards. He has additionally been nominated for three Golden Globe Awards, two Satellite Awards, and an Independent Spirit Award.
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More birthdays and historical events, December 1 - On This Day
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine of Martinique.
1886 - Richard Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde in its American premiere is enormously successful. Anton Seidl conducted the Metropolitan Opera in the New York opening.
1913 - The Ford Motor Company revolutionizes car manufacturing by introducing the moving assembly line at its plant in Michigan, U.S.
1919 - Lady Nancy Astor becomes the first female member of Parliament in Britain. The event is less than a year after women in England were given the vote.
1935 - Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 is first performed, in Madrid. (Listen to Julia Fischer play this incredibly - here.
1951 - Sir Benjamin Britten conducts the first performance of his opera Billy Budd, in London. The libretto by E. M. Forster after Melville. (Britten's Opera Billy Budd 1966 BBCtv recording complete. Accessed December 1, 2018.)
1955 - In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to relinquish her bus seat to a white man, sparking a bus boycott and the beginnings of the U.S. civil rights movement.
1990 - Channel Tunnel workers break through the final wall of rock to create the first ground link between Britain and France since the ice age.
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Historical Events
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte marries Josephine of Martinique.
1886 - Richard Wagner's opera Tristan and Isolde in its American premiere is enormously successful. Anton Seidl conducted the Metropolitan Opera in the New York opening.
1913 - The Ford Motor Company revolutionizes car manufacturing by introducing the moving assembly line at its plant in Michigan, U.S.
1919 - Lady Nancy Astor becomes the first female member of Parliament in Britain. The event is less than a year after women in England were given the vote.
1935 - Sergei Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 is first performed, in Madrid. (Listen to Julia Fischer play this incredibly - here.
1951 - Sir Benjamin Britten conducts the first performance of his opera Billy Budd, in London. The libretto by E. M. Forster after Melville. (Britten's Opera Billy Budd 1966 BBCtv recording complete. Accessed December 1, 2018.)
1955 - In Montgomery, Alabama, Rosa Parks refuses to relinquish her bus seat to a white man, sparking a bus boycott and the beginnings of the U.S. civil rights movement.
1990 - Channel Tunnel workers break through the final wall of rock to create the first ground link between Britain and France since the ice age.
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
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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