martes, 23 de agosto de 2011

En este día..


ON THIS DAY

On This Day: August 23

On Aug. 23, 1927, Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery.
On Aug. 23, 1912, Gene Kelly, the American dancer and choreographer, was born. Following his death on Feb. 2, 1996, his obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1754France's King Louis XVI was born at Versailles.
1775Britain's King George III proclaimed the American colonies in a state of open rebellion.
1926Silent film star Rudolph Valentino died at age 31.
1927Italian-born anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were executed in Boston for the murders of two men during a 1920 robbery.
1960Broadway librettist Oscar Hammerstein II died at age 65.
1979Soviet dancer Alexander Godunov defected while the Bolshoi Ballet was on tour in New York.
1989Yusuf Hawkins, an African-American teenager, was shot dead by white youths in Brooklyn.
2000The first season finale of the reality show "Survivor" aired on CBS, with contestant Richard Hatch winning the $1 million prize.
2003Former Roman Catholic priest John Geoghan, a convicted child molester, was killed by a fellow inmate in a Massachusetts prison.
2005Israeli forces evicted militant holdouts from two Jewish settlements, completing a historic withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and part of the West Bank.
2008Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama introduced his choice of running mate, Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware.
2010Golfer Tiger Woods and his wife, Elin Nordegren, divorced.

Current Birthdays

Kobe Bryant, Basketball player
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant turns 33 years old today.
AP Photo/Reed Saxon
Queen Noor, Queen of Jordan
Actress Marian Seldes turns 60 years old today.
AP Photo/Jonathan Short
1928Marian Seldes, Actress, turns 83
1930Vera Miles, Actress, turns 81
1932Mark Russell, Comedian, turns 79
1933Pete Wilson, Former California governor, U.S. senator, turns 78
1934Barbara Eden, Actress ("I Dream of Jeannie"), turns 77
1934Sonny Jurgensen, Football Hall of Famer, turns 77
1940Richard Sanders, Actor ("WKRP in Cincinnati"), turns 71
1947Linda Thompson, Rock singer, turns 64
1949Shelley Long, Actress ("Cheers"), turns 62
1949Rick Springfield, Actor, singer, turns 62
1970Jay Mohr, Actor, turns 41

Historic Birthdays

65Francois Hotman 8/23/1524 - 2/12/1590
French jurist and humanist scholar
38Louis XVI 8/23/1754 - 1/21/1793
French king; guillotined in French Revolution
62Georges, Baron Cuvier 8/23/1769 - 5/13/1832
French zoologist and statesman
53William Ernest Henley 8/23/1849 - 7/11/1903
English poet, critic and editor
30Arnold Toynbee 8/23/1852 - 3/9/1883
English economist and social reformer
80Edgar Lee Masters 8/23/1868 - 3/5/1950
American poet and novelist
85Jack Butler Yeats 8/23/1871 - 3/28/1957
Irish painter
70Jonathan Wainwright 8/23/1883 - 9/2/1953
American army general and World War II hero
45Constant Lambert 8/23/1905 - 8/21/1951
English composer, conductor and critic

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