Birthdays
1844 - Carl Friedrich Benz, sometimes also Karl Friedrich Benz, German engine designer and automotive engineer, car inventor/manufacturer. His Benz Patent Motorcar from 1885 is considered the first practical automobile. He received a patent for the motorcar in 1886. Karl Benz was a member of the new Daimler-Benz board of management for the remainder of his life. A new logo was created in 1926, consisting of a three pointed star surrounded by traditional laurels from the Benz logo, and the brand of all of its automobiles was labeled Mercedes-Benz. Model names would follow the brand name in the same convention as today.
1926 - Jeffrey Hunter (born Henry Herman "Hank" McKinnies Jr.), American film and television actor and producer known for his roles in films such as The Searchers and King of Kings, No Man is an Island, and a 1953 UK film Sailor of the King, with Wendy Hiller and Michael Rennie. On television, he was known for his 1965 role as Capt. Christopher Pike in the original pilot episode of Star Trek and the later use of that footage in "The Menagerie".
1950 - Yvonne Kenny AM, Australian soprano, particularly associated with Handel and Mozart roles. In 2009 Kenny appeared as Blanche DuBois in the Australian premiere of Previn's A Streetcar Named Desire for Opera Australia. After her initial success with Opera Rara, she appeared in many recordings with them, notably: Donizetti's Ugo, conte di Parigi and Emilia di Liverpool, Meyerbeer's Il crociato in Egitto, and Simon Mayr's Medea in Corinto. She provided the voice for the title role in the TV mini-series Melba, about Dame Nellie Melba. She is the Chairman and Life President of the Australian Music Foundation. (The Best of Yvonne Kenny. YouTube, Universal Music Group. Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. ABC. Accessed April 12, 2020.)
1960 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr., referred to as John-John or JFK Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and magazine publisher. Trained as a lawyer, he worked as a New York City assistant district attorney for almost four years. In 1995, he launched George magazine, using his political and celebrity status to publicize it. JFK Jr. was a son of President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and a younger brother of Caroline Kennedy. Three days after his father was assassinated, he rendered a final salute during the funeral procession on his third birthday. From his childhood years at the White House, Kennedy was the subject of much media scrutiny, and later became a popular social figure in Manhattan. He died in a plane crash in 1999 at the age of 38.
Lefties:
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More birthdays and historical events, November 25 - On This Day
Historical Events
1703 - In the British Isles the worst recorded gale strikes the south of England. About 30,000 sailors drown when 300 ships sink. On land, 9,000 people are killed.
1882 - Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta Iolanthe opens in London. Here's a performance, Proms 2000.
1901 - Gustav Mahler conducts the first performance of his Symphony No. 4, in Munich.
1927 - Yehudi Menuhin makes his first appearance as a violin soloist, performing Beethoven's Violin Concerto with the New York Symphony Society. HE is 11 years old.
1952 - The Mousetrap, a play by Agatha Christie, opens in The Ambassadors Theatre in London. It moved to the St. Martin's Theatre on March 25, 1974, and was still playing in 2006.
1970 - Yukio Mishima, considered Japan's greatest living writer in his day, commits seppuku (ritual suicide) after kidnapping a Japanese General and urging the Japanese people to withdraw the constitution.
1990 - Poland holds its first presidential election.
Video Credit:
G&S's Iolanthe - The Proms (2000). YouTube, uploaded by Jim Manson. Accessed November 25, 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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