viernes, 19 de agosto de 2011

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ON THIS DAY

On This Day: August 19

On Aug. 19, 1934, a plebiscite in Germany approved the vesting of sole executive power in Adolf Hitler as Fuhrer.
On Aug. 19, 1883, Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, the influential French fashion designer, was born. Following her death on Jan. 10, 1971, her obituary appeared in The Times.

On This Date

1929The comedy "Amos 'n' Andy" made its network radio debut on NBC.
1960A tribunal in Moscow convicted American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers of espionage.
1969Jazz trumpeter Miles Davis began three days of recording sessions that yielded the album "Bitches Brew."
1976President Gerald R. Ford won the Republican presidential nomination at the party's national convention in Kansas City.
1977Comedian Groucho Marx died at age 86.
1994President Bill Clinton halted the nation's three-decade open-door policy for Cuban refugees.
1996A judge sentenced former Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker to four years' probation for his Whitewater crimes.
2004The Internet search engine Google went public.
2005A Texas jury found pharmaceutical giant Merck & Co. liable for the death of a man who'd taken the once-popular painkiller Vioxx.
2010A federal grand jury indicted retired baseball player Roger Clemens for allegedly lying to Congress about steroid use. (Clemens' trial this year ended in a mistrial.)
2010The last American combat brigade exited Iraq, seven years and five months after the U.S.-led invasion began.

Current Birthdays

Kevin Dillon, Actor (“Entourage”)
Actor Kevin Dillon ("Entourage") turns 46 years old today.
AP Photo/Evan Agostini
Kyra Sedgwick, Actress (“The Closer”)
Actress Kyra Sedgwick ("The Closer") turns 46 years old today.
AP Photo/Vince Bucci
1939Ginger Baker, Rock musician (Cream, Blind Faith), turns 72
1940Jill St. John, Actress, turns 71
1942Fred Thompson, Actor, former U.S. senator, R-Tenn., turns 69
1946Bill Clinton, Former president, turns 65
1948Tipper Gore, Wife of former Vice President Al Gore, turns 63
1948Gerald McRaney, Actor ("Major Dad"), turns 63
1953Mary Matalin, Political consultant, turns 58
1955Peter Gallagher, Actor, turns 56
1956Adam Arkin, Actor, turns 55
1960Morton Andersen, Football player, turns 51
1963John Stamos, Actor ("Full House'), turns 48
1966Lee Ann Womack, Country singer, turns 45
1967Tabitha Soren, MTV reporter, turns 44
1969Matthew Perry, Actor ("Friends"), turns 42
1970Fat Joe, Rapper, turns 41
1975Tracie Thoms, Actress ("Cold Case"), turns 36
1982Erika Christensen, Actress, turns 29
1989Romeo, Rapper, turns 22

Historic Birthdays

73John Flamsteed 8/19/1646 - 12/31/1719
English founder of the Greenwich Observatory
50Jeanne Becu du Barry 8/19/1743 - 12/8/1793
French mistress of Louis XV
73Seth Thomas 8/19/1785 - 1/29/1859
American clock manufacturer; pioneered mass production
94Bernard Baruch 8/19/1870 - 6/20/1965
American financier and adviser to United States presidents
73Georges Enesco 8/19/1881 - 5/4/1955
Romanian violinist and composer
91Ton Duc Thang 8/19/1888 - 3/30/1980
Vietnamese communist leader; succeeded Ho Chi Minh
84Alfred Lunt 8/19/1892 - 8/3/1977
American actor
88Colleen Moore 8/19/1900 - 1/25/1988
American actress
68Ogden Nash 8/19/1902 - 5/19/1971
American poet
74James Gould Cozzens 8/19/1903 - 8/9/1978
American novelist
70Gene Roddenberry 8/19/1921 - 10/24/1991
American creator of the Star Trek series

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