Sunday, February 27, 2011

An evening of glamour...

February 27

The Academy Awards (aka the Oscars) are tonight!


Today is also the Feast Day of St. Gabriel of Our Lady of Sorrows


HISTORICAL ROYAL EVENT

1594   Henry IV is crowned King of France


HISTORICAL ROYAL BIRTHS

272   Constantine I, Roman Emperor (d.337)
1711   Constatine Mavrocordatos, Prince of Wallachia & Prince of Moldavia (d.1769)



BIRTHDAYS OF OTHER "FAMOUS" OR OTHERWISE NOTABLE PERSONS

1807   Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d.1882)
1902   John Steinbeck, American writer & Nobel laureate (d.1968)
1928   Ariel Sharon, former Prime Minister of Israel
1930   Joanne Woodward, American actress
1932   Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress
1934   Ralph Nader, American author, activist & political figure
1971   "Chilli" Thomas, American singer (TLC)
1980   Chelsea Clinton, daughter of Bill & Hillary Clinton
1981   Josh Groban, American singer


DEATHS

1887   Alexander Borodin, Russian composer & chemist
1892   Louis Vuitton, French luggage maker
1936   Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist & Nobel prize winner
1970   Marie Dionne, one of the French-Canadian Dionne quintuplets
1985   Henry Cabot Lodge, American politician
2003   Fred Rogers, American children's television actor
2008   William F. Buckley, Jr., American conservative author & commentator

2 comments:

  1. Just a correction.....Marie Dionne died in 1970 not 1920.....of an apparent blood clot. They were born in 1934. They were famous in my house during my younger years. They were born the same year my parents were married. So they were talked about a lot.

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  2. Oops, sorry for the typo! Thanks for your help!

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