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Agate Pass Bridge
The Agate Pass Bridge is a structural steel truss cantilever bridge spanning Agate Pass, connecting Bainbridge Island to the Kitsap Peninsula. It was built in 1950, and it replaced a car ferry service which dated from the 1920s. The bridge provides a direct route along Washington State Route 305 between Seattle, via the Seattle-Bainbridge Island ferry, and the Kitsap Peninsula.
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Brussels
Brussels (, pronounced ; , pronounced ), officially the Brussels Region or Brussels-Capital Region (, Dutch: ), is the de facto capital city of the European Union (EU) and the largest urban area in Belgium. It comprises 19 municipalities, including the City of Brussels proper, which is the constitutional capital of Belgium, the seat of the French Community of Belgium and of the Flemish Community.
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California
California (pronounced ) is the most populous state in the United States and the third-largest by land area, after Alaska and Texas. California is also the most populous sub-national entity in North America. It's on the U.S. West Coast, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west and by the states of Oregon to the north, Nevada to the east, Arizona to the southeast, Baja California, Mexico, to the south. Its 5 largest cities are Los Angeles, San Diego, San Jose, San Francisco, and Long Beach, with Los Angeles, San Diego, and San Jose each having at least 1 million residents. Like many populous states, California's capital, Sacramento is smaller than the state's largest city, Los Angeles. The state is home to the nation's 2nd- and 6th-largest census statistical areas and 8 of the nation's 50 most populous cities. California has a varied climate and geography and a multi-cultural population.
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Caracas
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City of Halifax
The City of Halifax (est. 1841) was the capital of the province of Nova Scotia and shire town of Halifax County, and was the largest city in Atlantic Canada until it was amalgamated into Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. It is no longer an incorporated city and is a community of HRM.
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Curaçao
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Darlington Raceway
Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed the "Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition". It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that will be effective at both ends.
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Davenport, Iowa
Davenport is a city located along the Mississippi River in Scott County, Iowa, United States. Davenport is the county seat of and largest city in Scott County. Davenport was founded on May 14, 1836 by Antoine LeClaire and was named for his friend, George Davenport. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 98,359. A 2009 estimate shows the population has increased slightly to 101,360, making it Iowa's third-largest city. As of 2010, the mayor of Davenport is Bill Gluba. Davenport is one of and the largest of the Quad Cities. The Quad Cities also consists of neighboring Bettendorf and the Illinois cities of Moline, East Moline, and Rock Island. The Quad Cities has a population of 379,066.
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East Germany
The German Democratic Republic (GDR; German: Deutsche Demokratische Republik or DDR), informally called East Germany by the West, was the socialist state established in 1949 in the Soviet zone of occupied Germany and in the East Berlin portion of the Allied-occupied capital city. The German Democratic Republic, which consisted geographically of northeast Germany rather than all of eastern Germany, had an area of 107,771 km2. (41,610 mi.2), bordering Czechoslovakia in the south, West Germany (officially: Federal Republic of Germany) in the south and west, the Baltic Sea to the north, and Poland in the east.
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English Channel
The English Channel (, the "sleeve") is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that separates Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic. It is about long and varies in width from at its widest, to only in the Strait of Dover. It is the smallest of the shallow seas around the continental shelf of Europe, covering an area of some .
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Faslane
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Gujarat
Gujarat (, , , ) is a state in India. Its capital is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. Gujarat is home to the Gujarati speaking people of India. The state encompasses major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization such as Lothal and Dholavira. Gujarat played an important role in the economic history of India throughout the history of India. It is home to major ports in India's ancient and modern history, leading it to become one of the main trade and commerce center of India. Lothal, one of the world's first ports, is located in Gujarat. Mohandas Gandhi, considered as India's "father of the nation", was a Gujarati who led the Indian Independence Movement against the British rule. Even today, Gujarat has one of the fastest growing economies in India.
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Incheon
Incheon (), officially the Incheon Metropolitan City, is South Korea's third largest metropolis, after Seoul and Busan. As the largest seaport on the west coast and home to the country's largest airport, Incheon International Airport, Incheon is South Korea's most important transport hub. In the 21st century, Incheon has transformed into a global business hub centered around the high-tech and futuristic Songdo International City, which is home to South Korea's tallest building, the 305m supertall Northeast Asia Trade Tower.
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Indonesia
Indonesia ( or ), officially the Republic of Indonesia (), is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia comprises 17,508 islands. With a population of around 238 million people, it is the world's fourth most populous country, and has the world's largest population of Muslims. Indonesia is a republic, with an elected legislature and president. The nation's capital city is Jakarta. The country shares land borders with Papua New Guinea, East Timor, and Malaysia. Other neighboring countries include Singapore, Philippines, Australia, and the Indian territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Indonesia is a founding member of ASEAN and a member of the G-20 major economies.
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Israel
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Jerusalem
Jerusalem ( , ; Arabic: , al-Quds Sharif, "The Holy Sanctuary") is the capital of Israel, though not internationally recognized as such. If the area and population of East Jerusalem is included, it is Israel's largest city in both population and area, with a population of 763,800 residents over an area of . Located in the Judean Mountains, between the Mediterranean Sea and the northern edge of the Dead Sea, modern Jerusalem has grown far beyond the boundaries of the Old City.
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Jordan
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Laos
Laos (, , or ), officially the '''Lao People's Democratic Republic''', is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and People's Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west.
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Moluccas
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Netherlands
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New Cumnock
New Cumnock (Scottish Gaelic: Cumnag Nuadh) is a place in East Ayrshire, Scotland. It expanded during the coal mining era but, like so many others, suffered after the deep shaft pits closed in the 1980's. The town is south east of Cumnock, and east of Ayr.
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Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize (Swedish and Norwegian: Nobels fredspris) is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.
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North Korea
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Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia (pronounced ; ) is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the second-smallest province in Canada with an area of . As of 2009, the population is 940,397, which makes Nova Scotia the second-most-densely populated province.
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Pakistan
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Peak District
The Peak District is an upland area in central and northern England, lying mainly in northern Derbyshire, but also covering parts of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Staffordshire, and South and West Yorkshire.
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Philippines
The Philippines ( ), officially known as the Republic of the Philippines (), is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam. The Sulu Sea to the southwest lies between the country and the island of Borneo, and to the south the Celebes Sea separates it from other islands of Indonesia. It is bounded on the east by the Philippine Sea. Its location on the Pacific Ring of Fire and its tropical climate make the Philippines prone to earthquakes and typhoons but have also endowed the country with natural resources and made it one of the richest areas of biodiversity in the world. An archipelago comprising 7,107 islands, the Philippines is categorized broadly into three main geographical divisions: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. Its capital city is Manila.
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Republic of China
The Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, is a state in East Asia located off the east coast of mainland China. Subject to an ongoing dispute with the People's Republic of China (PRC) that has left it with limited formal diplomatic relations, the government of the Republic of China currently governs the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor islands. Neighbouring states include the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the northeast, and the Philippines to the south.
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Sarawak
Sarawak () is one of two Malaysian states on the island of Borneo. Known as Bumi Kenyalang ("Land of the Hornbills"), it is situated on the north-west of the island. It is the largest state in Malaysia; the second largest, Sabah, lies to the northeast.
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Silverstone
Silverstone is a medium sized village in Northamptonshire, England. It is about from Towcester on the former A43 main road, from the M1 motorway junction 15A and about from the M40 motorway junction 10, Northampton, Milton Keynes and Banbury. The A43 now bypasses to the south-east of the village, between the village and the race circuit.
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Somaliland
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK, , ) and sometimes referred to simply as Korea, is a state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, and North Korea to the north. Its capital is Seoul. South Korea lies in a temperate climate region with a predominantly mountainous terrain. Its territory covers a total area of 99,392 square kilometers and has a population of .
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Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea. Opened in November 1869, it allows water transportation between Europe and Asia without navigating around Africa. The northern terminus is Port Said and the southern terminus is Port Tawfik at the city of Suez. Ismailia lies on its west bank, north of the half-way point.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, also known (especially in the past) as Formosa (from , "Beautiful Island"), is an island situated in East Asia in the Western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. It comprises most (99%) of the territory of the Republic of China (ROC) since the 1950s. The term "Taiwan" is also a common name to refer to the entire country of the Republic of China.
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo (Hebrew: , lit. "Spring Hill"-Jaffa; , ''Tall 'Abib''), usually referred to as Tel Aviv, is the second-largest city in Israel, with an estimated population of 393,900. The city is situated on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline, with a land area of . It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, home to 3.2 million people as of 2008. The city is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo municipality, headed by Ron Huldai. Residents of Tel Aviv are called Tel Avivians.
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Thames Estuary
The Thames Estuary is the estuary in which the River Thames meets the waters of the North Sea.
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Tollund Man
The Tollund Man is the naturally mummified corpse of a man who lived during the 4th century BC, during the time period characterised in Scandinavia as the Pre-Roman Iron Age. He was found in 1950 buried in a peat bog on the Jutland Peninsula in Denmark, which preserved his body. Such a find is known as a bog body. The head and face were so well-preserved that he was mistaken at the time of discovery for a recent murder victim.
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Turkey
Turkey (), known officially as the Republic of Turkey (), is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in western Asia and Thrace in the Balkan region of southeastern Europe. Turkey is one of the six independent Turkic states. Turkey is bordered by eight countries: Bulgaria to the northwest; Greece to the west; Georgia to the northeast; Armenia, Azerbaijan (the exclave of Nakhchivan) and Iran to the east; and Iraq and Syria to the southeast. The Mediterranean Sea and Cyprus are to the south; the Aegean Sea to the west; and the Black Sea is to the north. The Sea of Marmara, the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles (which together form the Turkish Straits) demarcate the boundary between Eastern Thrace and Anatolia; they also separate Europe and Asia.
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Vatican City
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Vietnam
Vietnam ( ; , ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (, ), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by People's Republic of China (PRC) to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea, referred to as East Sea (), to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.
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War Office
The War Office was a department of the British Government, responsible for the administration of the British Army between the 17th century and 1963, when its functions were transferred to the Ministry of Defence. The name "War Office" is also often given to the former home of the department, the Old War Office Building on Horse Guards Avenue, London.
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West Bank
The West Bank (, , , ''HaGadah HaMa'aravit'') is a landlocked territory and is the eastern part of the Palestinian territories; on the west bank of the Jordan River in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south, the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel. To the east, across the Jordan River, lies the country of Jordan. The West Bank also contains a significant coastline along the western bank of the Dead Sea. Since 1967, most of the West Bank has been under Israeli military occupation as what it calls the Judea and Samaria Area. A smaller part of the West Bank is administered by the Israeli civilian authorities as part of Jerusalem District.
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Winter storm
A winter storm is an event in which the dominant varieties of precipitation are forms that only occur at cold temperatures, such as snow or sleet, or a rainstorm where ground temperatures are cold enough to allow ice to form (i.e. freezing rain). In temperate continental climates, these storms are not necessarily restricted to the winter season, but may occur in the late autumn and early spring as well. Very rarely, they may form in summer, though it would have to be an abnormally cold summer, such as the summer of 1816 in the Northeast United States of America. In many locations in the Northern Hemisphere, the most powerful winter storms usually occur in March (such as the 1993 Superstorm) and, in regions where temperatures are cold enough, April.
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Aerosmith
Aerosmith is an American hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "'''America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band'''". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many subsequent rock artists. The band was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970. Guitarist Joe Perry and bassist Tom Hamilton, originally in a band together called the Jam Band, met up with singer Steven Tyler, drummer Joey Kramer, and guitarist Ray Tabano, and formed Aerosmith. In 1971, Tabano was replaced by Brad Whitford, and the band began developing a following in Boston.
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Agnetha Fältskog
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Al Jolson
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Alan Keyes
Alan Lee Keyes (born August 7, 1950) is an American conservative political activist, author, former diplomat, and perennial candidate for public office. He ran for President of the United States in 1996, 2000, and 2008, and was a Republican nominee for the U.S. Senate in 1988, 1992, and 2004. Keyes served in the U.S. Foreign Service, was appointed Ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations under President Ronald Reagan, and served as Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs from 1985 to 1987.
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Albert Einstein
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Albert Lebrun
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Alberto Juantorena
Alberto Juantorena Danger (born 3 December 1950) is a Cuban former track athlete. At the 1976 Summer Olympics, he became the first and so far only athlete to win both the 400 and 800 m Olympic titles.
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Alex Chilton
William Alexander "Alex" Chilton (December 28, 1950 – March 17, 2010) was an American songwriter, guitarist, singer and producer, best known as the lead singer of the Box Tops and Big Star. Chilton's early commercial sales success in the 1960s as a teen vocalist for the Box Tops was not repeated in later years with Big Star and in his indie music solo career on small labels, but he drew a loyal following in the indie and alternative music fields, and is often cited as an influence by many mainstream rock artists and bands.
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Alger Hiss
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Amin Saikal
Professor Amin Saikal (born 2 December 1950) is Director of the Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies (The Middle East Central Asia) and Professor of Political Science at the Australian National University. Professor Saikal has specialised in the politics, history, political economy and international relations of the Middle East and Central Asia. He has been a Visiting Fellow at Princeton University, Cambridge University and the Institute of Development Studies (University of Sussex), as well as a Rockefeller Foundation Fellow in International Relations (1983-1988). He is a member of many national and international academic organisations. He attended the seminar in Delhi from 09 February to 11 February 2010 conducted by Dr. Banshidhar Pradhan (Associate Professor) Centre for West Asian Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University. The theme of seminar was The Fertile Crescent, Great Powers and India. It was attended by a galaxy of delegates both from India and abroad.
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Ann Jillian
Ann Jillian (born January 29, 1950, Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American actress, who started acting at age 10. Her career reached its zenith in the 1980s, with her best-known role being that of waitress Cassie Cranston on the sitcom ''It's a Living''.
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Anne, Princess Royal
Anne, Princess Royal (Anne Elizabeth Alice Louise; born 15 August 1950), is the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. At the time of her birth, she was third, and later for a few years was second in the line of succession to the thrones of seven independent states; however, after additions to the Royal Family, and an evolution of the Commonwealth, Anne is currently tenth in line to the thrones of 16 countries. She is resident in and most directly involved with the United Kingdom, the oldest realm, while also carrying out duties in and on behalf of the other states of which her mother is sovereign. The seventh holder of the title Princess Royal, Anne is known for her charitable work, being the patron of over 200 organisations, and she carries out about 700 royal engagements and public appearances per year.
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Arthur Balfour
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Benjamin Stora
Benjamin Stora (born 2 December 1950) is a French historian, expert on North Africa, who is widely considered one of the world's leading authorities on Algerian history. He was born in a Jewish family in Constantine, Algeria, which left the country following its War of Independence in 1962. The main body of his writing is in French, but some works have been translated into English.
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Benjamin Urrutia
Benjamin Urrutia (born January 24, 1950 in Guayaquil, Ecuador) is an author and scholar. According to the Mormon Literature Database, Urrutia is "the only LDS Basque Israeli American anthropologist, linguist, and science fiction writer in the universe." With Guy Davenport, Urrutia edited The Logia of Yeshua, which collected what Urrutia and Davenport consider to be Jesus' authentic sayings from a variety of canonical and non-canonical sources. Urrutia interprets Jesus' mission as a leadership role in the "Israelite nonviolent resistance to Roman oppression".
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Bertrand Russell
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III, August 19, 1946) is the former 42nd President of the United States and served from 1993 to 2001. At 46 he was the third-youngest president. He became president at the end of the Cold War, and was the first baby boomer president. His wife, Hillary Rodham Clinton, is currently the United States Secretary of State. Each received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Yale Law School.
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Bill Murray
William "Bill" Murray (born September 21, 1950) is an American actor and comedian. He first gained national exposure on Saturday Night Live, and went on to star in a number of critically and commercially successful comedic films including Caddyshack (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Groundhog Day (1993). He gained additional critical acclaim later in his career, starring in Lost in Translation (2003), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award, and a series of films directed by Wes Anderson, including Rushmore (1998), The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) and Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009). He is widely regarded as one of the most talented and unique comedic actors of his generation.
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Black Elk
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Bob Orton, Jr.
Robert Keith Orton (born November 10, 1950) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, "Cowboy" Bob Orton. He is the father of wrestler Randy Orton, who is signed to World Wrestling Entertainment. Orton's father, Bob Orton, Sr., and brother, Barry O, were also professional wrestlers.
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Bobby McFerrin
Robert "Bobby" McFerrin, Jr. (born March 11, 1950) is an American vocalist and conductor. He is best known for his 1988 hit song "Don't Worry, Be Happy".
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Bobby Valentine
Robert John Valentine (born May 13, 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut) is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. He is currently an analyst for ESPN.
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Brad Dourif
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Brock Pemberton
Brock Pemberton (December 14, 1885 - March 11, 1950) was an American theatrical producer, director and founder of the Tony Awards.
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Buddy DeSylva
George Gard "Buddy" DeSylva (January 27, 1895 - July 11, 1950) was an American songwriter, film producer and record executive. He wrote or co-wrote many popular songs and along with Johnny Mercer and Glenn Wallichs he founded Capitol Records.
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Camarón de la Isla
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Canadians
Canadians are citizens of Canada. Canada is a multiethnic society, home to people of many different ethnic and national backgrounds. Aside from the indigenous Aboriginal peoples, who according to the 2006 Canadian Census enumerated 1,172,790, 3.8% of the country's total population, nearly all Canadians or their ancestors immigrated to Canada within the past five centuries, and the overwhelming majority arrived in the 20th century.
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Carl Deuker
Carl Deuker (born August 26, 1950) is an award-winning author of young adult novels.
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Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa
is a Japanese American actor.
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Cecil Frank Powell
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Celal Bayar
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Cesare Pavese
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Charles Clarke
Charles Rodway Clarke (born 21 September 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Norwich South from 1997 until 2010, and served as Home Secretary from December 2004 until May 2006.
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Charles Fleischer
Charles Fleischer (born August 27, 1950) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and voice artist.
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Charles Frazier
Charles Frazier (born November 4, 1950) is an award-winning American historical novelist.
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Charles M. Schulz
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Chiang Kai-shek
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Ching Hai
Supreme Master (or "Suma") Ching Hai, (born May 12, 1950), is the self-titled founder and spiritual teacher of the Quan Yin Method with an estimated 20,000 followers world wide.
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Claudio Lolli
Claudio Lolli (Bologna, March 28 , 1950) is an Italian singer-songwriter, poet, writer and secondary school teacher.
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Clement Attlee
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Cristina Galbó
Cristina Galbo (born January 17, 1950) was an actress of some moderate fame in Europe during the late 1960s and early 1970s, who made a name for herself in film mostly for European horror vehicles.
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Cybill Shepherd
Cybill Lynne Shepherd (born February 18, 1949) is an American actress and former model. Her best known roles include starring as Jacy in The Last Picture Show, Maddie Hayes on Moonlighting, as Cybill Sheridan on Cybill, as Betsy in Taxi Driver and as Phyllis Kroll on The L Word.
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Danny Sullivan
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Darwan Singh Negi
Darwan Singh Negi VC (November 1881- 24 June 1950) was among the earliest Indian recipients of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
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David Cassidy
David Bruce Cassidy (born April 12, 1950) is an American actor, singer, songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his role as the character of Keith Partridge in the 1970s musical/sitcom The Partridge Family. He was one of pop culture's most celebrated teen idols, enjoying a successful pop career in the 1970s, and still performs today.
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David Janson
David Janson (born David Jackson, 30 March 1950) is an English actor whose stage debut was in Oliver! in 1962. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1963 in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' and appeared as the young boy (during Ringo's walk) in The Beatles film ''A Hard Day's Night''.
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David Leisure
David Russell Leisure (born November 16, 1950) is an American actor best known for his role as Charley Dietz in the sitcom Empty Nest from 1988 to 1995 and fictional (and "lying") automotive "pitch man" Joe Isuzu in a series of North American television commercials for Isuzu from 1986 to 1990, and again from 1999 to 2001.
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David Shifrin
David Shifrin (born January 2, 1950) is an American classical clarinetist.
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Dean Acheson
Dean Gooderham Acheson (April 11, 1893 – October 12, 1971) was an American statesman and lawyer. As United States Secretary of State in the administration of President Harry S. Truman from 1949 to 1953, he played a central role in defining American foreign policy during the Cold War. Acheson helped design the Marshall Plan and played a central role in the development of the Truman Doctrine and creation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
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Dean Shek
Shek Tien (sometimes written Shek Tin) aka Dean Shek (born 17 October 1950) is a veteran Hong Kong feature film actor and film producer with over 100 film acting credits to his name.
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Debbie Allen
:This article is about the actress/dancer/choreographer. For the country music singer, see Deborah Allen.
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Debra Hill
Debra Hill (November 10, 1950 – March 7, 2005) was an American screenwriter and film producer, who co-wrote the horror film Halloween, its first sequel Halloween II, and The Fog.
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Deniece Williams
June Deniece Chandler (born June 3, 1950 in Gary, Indiana), known by her stage name Deniece "Niecy" Williams is an American Grammy Award-winning singer, songwriter and record producer who achieved success in the 1970s and 1980s. Williams, whose music has been influenced by Soul and Funk, is known for her hits such as "Let's Hear It for the Boy", "It's Gonna Take a Miracle", and for her many vocal duets with Johnny Mathis.
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Derek Acorah
Derek Acorah (born Derek Francis Johnson, 27 January 1950) is a British medium. He is best known for his work on Most Haunted, broadcast on Living, between 2002 and 2005 then again in 2010. He currently presents the series Derek Acorah on Sky Real Lives, which is entering its second series. Although he continues to be a popular figure in live tours and television work, he has been heavily criticised and parodied.
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Dinu Lipatti
Dinu Lipatti (1 April [19 March o.s.]1917 2 December 1950) was a Romanian classical pianist and composer whose career was cut short by his death from Hodgkin's disease at age 33.
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Dorrit Moussaieff
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Douglas MacArthur
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Débora Duarte
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Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Lee Masters (Garnett, Kansas, August 23, 1868 - Melrose Park, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1950) was an American poet, biographer, and dramatist. He is the author of Spoon River Anthology, The New Star Chamber and Other Essays, Songs and Satires, The Great Valley, The Serpent in the Wilderness An Obscure Tale, The Spleen, Mark Twain: A Portrait, Lincoln: The Man, and Illinois Poems. In all, Masters published twelve plays, twenty-one books of poetry, six novels and six biographies, including those of Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Vachel Lindsay, and Walt Whitman.
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Edward Arthur Milne
Edward Arthur Milne FRS (14 February 1896 – 21 September 1950) was a British astrophysicist and mathematician.
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Edward Bloor
Edward William Bloor (born October 12, 1950) is an American author of young adult novels best known for Tangerine and London Calling.
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Edward Hirsch
Edward Hirsch (born January 20, 1950) an American poet and academic who wrote a best seller about reading poetry. He is the president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in New York City (not to be mistaken with E.D. Hirsch, Jr.)
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Elizabeth II
Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary, born 21 April 1926) is the reigning queen and head of state of 16 independent sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Antigua and Barbuda, and Saint Kitts and Nevis. In addition, as Head of the Commonwealth, she is the figurehead of the 54-member Commonwealth of Nations and, as the British monarch, she is the Supreme Governor of the Church of England.
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Ellen Greene
Ellen Greene (born February 22, 1951) is an American singer and actress. Greene has had a long and varied career as a singer, particularly in cabaret, as an actor and singer in numerous stage productions, particularly musical theatre, as well as having performed in many films (notably in Little Shop of Horrors) and television programs. She starred as Vivian Charles on the ABC series Pushing Daisies.
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Elsie de Wolfe
[[Image:Elsiedewolfe.jpg|thumb|right|Elsie de Wolfe, photograph from The House in Good Taste 1913 [http://www.vintagedesigns.com/rev/dewolfe/]]]
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Emil Jannings
Emil Jannings (23 July 1884 – 2 January 1950) was a German actor. He was not only the first actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, but also the first person to be presented an Oscar.
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Eric Carr
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Erin Gray
:For the professional basketball player with a similar-sounding name, see Aaron Gray.
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Ernest Haycox
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Ernie Wasson
Ernie George Wasson (born 10 January 1950 in Berkeley, California, United States) is an American gardener, horticulturist and author.
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Estes Kefauver
Carey Estes Kefauver (July 26, 1903 – August 10, 1963; ) was an American politician from Tennessee. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1939 to 1949 and in the U.S. Senate from 1949 to his death in 1963.
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F.O. Matthiessen
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Fats Navarro
Theodore "Fats" Navarro (September 24, 1923 – July 7, 1950[http://www.biography.com/articles/Fats-Navarro-9420792]) was an American jazz trumpet player. He was a pioneer of the bebop style of jazz improvisation in the 1940s. He had a strong stylistic influence on many other players, most notably Clifford Brown.
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Florence Chadwick
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Freddy Moore
Frederick George "Freddy" Moore (born July 19, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter, best known as Demi Moore's first husband, with their marriage spanning the years from 1980 to 1985.
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Gabriel Byrne
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Gennadiy Nikonov
Gennadiy Nikolayevich Nikonov (August 11, 1950 - May 14, 2003) was a Russian gun engineer. His most famous accomplishments were probably as the designer of the AN-94 assault rifle, and the "straight-back bolt." Nikonov held 44 Copyright Certificates, and was awarded the titles of "The Best Designer of the Company" and "The Best Designer of the Ministry."
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Gennifer Flowers
Gertrude Gennifer Flowers (born January 24, 1950) is a model and actress who had a sexual relationship with former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Prior to Bill Clinton's presidency, she also posed nude for Penthouse magazine and was an actress in two films and one TV show. After becoming a celebrity, she acted as herself in two films and guest starred as herself in various TV shows.
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George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his writings deal sternly with prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy to make their stark themes more palatable. Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege.
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George Minot
George Richards Minot (December 2, 1885 in Boston, Massachusetts – February 25, 1950) won the 1934 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with William P. Murphy and George H. Whipple for their work in the study of anemia. George Minot, working with William Murphy, described an effective treatment for pernicious anemia with liver (which is high in vitamin B12.) He completed his A.B. in 1908 and his M.D. in 1912 from Harvard University. Between 1914 to 1915, George Minot was appointed Assistance in Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD. In 1915, he was appointed Assistant in Medicine at the Harvard Medical School.
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George Orwell
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Georges Imbert
Georges Christian Peter Imbert born March 25, 1884 in Niederstinzel, Lorraine died February 6, 1950 in Saar Union, Alsace. Around 1920 developed the wood gas generator for the automobile that was commonly used in Europe until petroleum fuel became more economical in the region. He studied chemical engineering in Mulhouse, Alsace.
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Gilles Villeneuve
Joseph Gilles Henri Villeneuve, better known as Gilles Villeneuve, () (January 18, 1950 – May 8, 1982) was a Canadian racing driver. An enthusiast of cars and fast driving from an early age, he started his professional career in snowmobile racing in his native province of Quebec. He moved into single seaters, winning the US and Canadian Formula Atlantic championships in 1976, before being offered a drive in Formula One with the McLaren team at the 1977 British Grand Prix. He was taken on by reigning world champions Ferrari for the end of the season and from 1978 to his death in 1982 drove for the Italian team. He won six Grand Prix races in a short career at the highest level. In 1979 he finished second by four points in the championship to team-mate Jody Scheckter.
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Googoosh
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Gregory Harrison
Gregory Neale Harrison (born May 31, 1950 in Avalon, Santa Catalina Island, California) is an American actor. He is probably best known for his role as Chandler in the 1987 cult favorite North Shore and as Pernell Roberts's young surgeon, Dr. George Alonzo 'Gonzo' Gates, on the CBS series Trapper John, M.D. (a role he played from 1979 to 1985). He was also the title character on the 1977-78 science fiction series ''Logan's Run, after which he played the role of Levi Zendt on the 1978 NBC miniseries Centennial and had a situation comedy on CBS called Family Man'', in which he played a single-father fireman who was rearing three children.
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Griselio Torresola
Griselio Torresola (1925 - November 1, 1950) born in Jayuya, Puerto Rico, was one of two Puerto Rican Nationalists who attempted to assassinate United States President Harry Truman. During the attack on the president, Torresola mortally wounded White House policeman Private Leslie Coffelt and wounded two other law enforcement officers. Torresola was killed by a shot to the head from the mortally-wounded Coffelt.
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Grzegorz Lato
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Gustaf John Ramstedt
Gustaf John Ramstedt (October 22, 1873 - November 25, 1950) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish linguist and diplomat.
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Gustaf V of Sweden
Gustaf V (Oscar Gustaf Adolf 16 June 1858 – 29 October 1950) was King of Sweden from 1907. He was the eldest son of King Oscar II of Sweden and Sophia of Nassau, a half-sister of Adolphe I, Grand Duke of Luxembourg. Dying at age 92, he holds the record of being the oldest monarch of Sweden and the second-longest reigning monarch of Sweden (after Magnus IV).
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Harpo (singer)
Harpo (born Jan Harpo Torsten Svensson, 5 April 1950, Bandhagen, Stockholm) is a Swedish pop star known under the stage name Harpo. He was popular in Sweden and around Europe in the 1970s and is best known for his worldwide hit "Moviestar" which also reached number 24 in the UK Singles Chart and number 2 in the Australian Singles Chart in 1976. Harpo has continued to work in the music business, releasing an album of new material as recently as 2005 and continues to tour to this day. He remains popular in Germany and toured there throughout 2007.
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Harry Lauder
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Harry Redfern
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Harry S. Truman
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Hasely Crawford
Hasely Joachim Crawford (born August 16, 1950) is a former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. In 1976, he became the first Olympic champion of his country. A Stadium was renamed in his honour in 2001.
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Helen Clark
Helen Elizabeth Clark, ONZ (born 26 February 1950) is the Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme, the third-highest UN position, and was the 37th Prime Minister of New Zealand for three consecutive terms from 1999 to 2008. She led the Labour Party from 1993 until it lost the 2008 general election. Before resigning from Parliament in April 2009, Clark was Labour's foreign affairs spokeswoman and MP for the Mount Albert electorate which she had held since 1981. Forbes magazine ranked her 20th most powerful woman in the world in 2006.
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Helen Holmes
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Henry H. Arnold
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Henry L. Stimson
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Howard Finkel
Howard Finkel (born June 7, 1950) is a professional wrestling ring announcer currently working with World Wrestling Entertainment in a variety of roles. Hired in 1975 by Vincent J. McMahon's World Wide Wrestling Federation, "The Fink" was the first person brought in to Vincent K. McMahon's nascent World Wrestling Federation and is widely credited as World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s first and longest lasting employee.
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Howard Rollins
Howard Ellsworth Rollins, Jr. (October 17, 1950 – December 8, 1996) was an American television, film, and stage actor. He is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Coalhouse Walker, Jr. in the film Ragtime, and for his portrayal of Virgil Tibbs in the NBC/CBS television series In the Heat of the Night.
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Huey Lewis
Huey Lewis (born Hugh Anthony Cregg III; July 5, 1950) is an American musician, songwriter and occasional actor.
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Ingrid Bergman
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Jakaya Kikwete
Jakaya Mrisho Kikwete (born October 7, 1950) is a Tanzanian politician, the fourth and current President of the United Republic of Tanzania. Kikwete was born in Msoga, Bagamoyo District, Tanganyika in present day Tanzania. Kikwete was also the Chairperson of the African Union from 31 January 2008 to 2 February 2009.
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James Corbitt
James Henry Corbitt (c. 1913 – 28 November 1950) was an English murderer hanged at Strangeways Prison in Manchester by Albert Pierrepoint.
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Jan Smuts
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Jane Cowl
Jane Cowl (December 14, 1883 - June 22, 1950) was an American film and stage actress and playwright "notorious for playing lacrymose parts". Actress Jane Russell was named in Cowl's honor.
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Jane Gordon-Cumming
Jane Gordon-Cumming is a British romance writer of short stories. Jane, who lives in Oxford, England was a founder member of the Oxford Writers' Group, and now is its Secretary. Jane is also Hon Deputy Treasurer of the Romantic Novelists' Association.
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Jane Pauley
Margaret Jane Pauley (born October 31, 1950; Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American television journalist, and has been involved in news reporting since 1975. She is most known for her 13-year tenure on NBC's Today program and later 12 years of Dateline NBC, and has acknowledged publicly her struggle with mental health and bipolar disorder.
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Javier Clemente
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Jay Leno
James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (; born April 28, 1950) is an American stand-up comedian and television host.
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Jeff Conaway
Jeffrey Charles William Michael Conaway (born October 5, 1950, New York City, New York, United States) is an American actor, best known for his roles in the movie Grease, and the US TV series Taxi and Babylon 5. He has also directed, helming the 1992 film Bikini Summer 2.
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Jeffrey Miller
Jeffrey Glenn Miller (March 28, 1950 – May 4, 1970) was a student at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio when he was shot and killed by Ohio National Guardsmen in the Kent State shootings.
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Joan Armatrading
Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE (born 9 December 1950) is a British singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee and has been nominated twice for BRIT Awards as Best Female Artist. She also received an Ivor Novello award for Outstanding Contemporary Song Collection in 1996. Throughout her career, she has only ever sung the songs that she has written and has not recorded any cover songs.
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Jocky Wilson
John Thomas Wilson (born 22 March 1950 in Kirkcaldy, Fife) known as "Jocky" Wilson, is a former Scottish darts champion. He retired from the game in 1995.
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Jody Scheckter
Jody David Scheckter (born January 29, 1950) is a South African former auto racing driver, the Formula One World Drivers Champion.
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Jody Williams
Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950 in Brattleboro, Vermont, USA) is an American teacher and aid worker who received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the campaign she worked for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL). Williams first trained as a teacher of English as a Second Language (ESL), receiving a BA from the University of Vermont in 1972 and a Master's degree in teaching Spanish and ESL from the School for International Training (also in Vermont) in 1974. In 1984 she received a second M.A. in International Relations from the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. She taught ESL in Mexico, the United Kingdom, and finally Washington, D.C. before her first appointment in aid work, becoming a grocery worker of the "Nicaragua-Honduras Education Project" from 1984 to 1986. She then became deputy director of a Los Angeles-based charity, "Medical Aid for El Salvador", a position which she held until 1992 when she took up her position with the newly formed ICBL.
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Joe Perry (musician)
Anthony Joseph "Joe" Perry (born September 10, 1950) is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the rock band Aerosmith. He was ranked 48th in the Rolling Stone's list - The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
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Joe Yule
Ninnian Joseph Ewell (30 April 1892, Glasgow, Scotland – 30 March 1950, Hollywood, California) was a Scottish vaudeville comedian who starred in many films as a character actor. He was noted for his role in the "Jiggs and Maggie" film series.
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Joey Kramer
Joseph Michael "Joey" Kramer (born June 21, 1950, The Bronx, New York City, United States) is the drummer for the American hard rock band Aerosmith.
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John Candy
John Franklin Candy (October 31, 1950 – March 4, 1994) was a Canadian actor and comedian. He rose to fame as a member of the Toronto, Ontario branch of The Second City, its related Second City Television series, and in his role as "Ox" in the 1981 comedy film Stripes. One of his most renowned onscreen performances was that of Del Griffith in the John Hughes comedy Planes, Trains and Automobiles.
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John Gould Fletcher
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John Manley
John Paul Manley, PC, OC (born January 5, 1950) is a Canadian lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as Liberal Member of Parliament for Ottawa South from 1988 to 2004, and a Cabinet Minister from 1993 to 2003. He is presently President and CEO of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives.
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John Sayles
John Thomas Sayles (born September 28, 1950) is an American independent film director and screenwriter.
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Joseph McCarthy
Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957. Beginning in 1950, McCarthy became the most visible public face of a period in which Cold War tensions fueled fears of widespread Communist subversion.
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Joseph Schumpeter
Joseph Alois Schumpeter (8 February 1883 – 8 January 1950) was an Austrian economist and political scientist. He popularized the term "creative destruction" in economics.
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Juan Gabriel
Alberto Aguilera Valadez (born January 7, 1950), better known by his stage name Juan Gabriel, is a Mexican singer and songwriter who is one of the most famous living representatives of the Mexican ranchera, ballad, mariachi, and pop music.
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Julia Marlowe
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Julie Kavner
Julie Deborah Kavner (born September 7, 1950) is an American film and television actress, comedian and voice artist. Noted for her role as Marge Simpson on the animated television series The Simpsons, she also voices other characters for the show, including Patty and Selma Bouvier.
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Julius Erving
Julius Winfield Erving II (born February 22, 1950), commonly known by the nickname Dr. J, is a retired American basketball player who helped launch a modern style of play that emphasizes leaping and play above the rim.
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Jörg Haider
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Karel Kozeluh
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Kathy Baker
Katherine Whitton "Kathy" Baker (born June 8, 1950) is an American actress.
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Ken Griffey, Sr.
George Kenneth Griffey (born April 10, 1950 in Donora, Pennsylvania) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He currently serves as for the Dayton Dragons, the Reds' Single A minor league affiliate. He is the father of former professional outfielder Ken Griffey, Jr. and former minor leaguer Craig Griffey. He and his older son Ken Jr. share the same birth city with Baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial.
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Ken Kutaragi
(born August 8, 1950) is the former Chairman and chief executive officer of Sony Computer Entertainment (SCEI), the video game division of Sony Corporation. He is known as "The Father of the PlayStation", and its successors and spinoffs, including the PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable, and the PlayStation 3.
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Ken Shimura
(born , February 20 1950 in Higashimurayama, Tokyo), is a Japanese comedian and actor. He co-starred with Masashi Tashiro, Nobuyoshi Kuwano in the Japanese variety show "Ken Shimura no Bakatono-sama".
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Kenneth Muir (VC)
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Kenny Marks
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Klaus Fuchs
Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs (29 December 1911 – 28 January 1988) was a German theoretical physicist and atomic spy who in 1950 was convicted of supplying information from the American, British and Canadian atomic bomb research (the Manhattan Project) to the USSR during and shortly after World War II. While at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Fuchs was responsible for many significant theoretical calculations relating to the first fission weapons and later, the early models of the hydrogen bomb, the first fusion weapon.
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Konrad Adenauer
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Korean War
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Kristina Wayborn
Kristina Wayborn (born 24 September 1950) is a Swedish-born actress who is fluent in English and has worked mostly in the United Kingdom and in the United States.
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Kurt Alder
Kurt Alder (10 July 1902 – 20 June 1958) was a German chemist and Nobel laureate.
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Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill (March 2, 1900 – April 3, 1950) was a German composer, active from the 1920s, and in his later years in the United States. He was a leading composer for the stage who was most well known for his fruitful collaborations with Bertolt Brecht. With Brecht, he developed productions such as his most well known work The Threepenny Opera, a Marxist critique of capitalism, which included the ballad "Mack the Knife". Weill was a socialist who held the ideal of writing music that served a socially useful purpose. He also wrote a number of works for the concert hall, as well as several Judaism themed pieces.
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L. Ron Hubbard
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Lakshmi Mittal
Lakshmi Niwas Mittal (; born 15 June 1950) is an Indian and the chairman and chief executive officer of ArcelorMittal.
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Laurence F. Johnson
Dr. Larry Johnson (born December 17, 1950 in Corpus Christi, Texas) is an American futurist, author, and educator. Since 2001, Dr. Johnson has served as Chief Executive Officer of the New Media Consortium an international consortium of hundreds of universities, colleges, museums, research centers, and technology companies.
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Leonard Maltin
Leonard Maltin (born December 18, 1950) is an American film critic and film historian. He has written several mainstream books on the cinema, focusing on nostalgic, celebratory narratives.
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Leonard Whiting
Leonard Whiting (born June 30, 1950 in London, England) is a British actor who starred as Romeo in the 1968 Zeffirelli film version of Romeo and Juliet opposite Olivia Hussey's Juliet, a role which earned him the Golden Globe Award for New Star Of The Year - Actor.
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Leslie Comrie
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Li Tsung-jen
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Lionel Cripps
The Hon Lionel Cripps CMG (11 October 1863 - 3 February 1950) was the first Speaker of the Southern Rhodesian Legislative Assembly.
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Lothrop Stoddard
Theodore Lothrop Stoddard (June 29, 1883 – May 1, 1950) was an American political scientist, historian, journalist, anthropologist, eugenicist, pacifist, and anti-immigration advocate who wrote a number of books which are often cited as prominent examples of early 20th-century scientific racism.
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Louise DuArt
Louise DuArt (born October 30, 1950, Quincy, Massachusetts), is an American comedian and impersonator.
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Luis López Nieves
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Léon Blum
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Ma Ying-jeou
Ma Ying-jeou (; born July 13, 1950) is the 12th term and current President of the Republic of China (ROC), commonly known as Taiwan, and the Chairman of the Kuomintang Party, also known as the Chinese Nationalist Party. He formerly served as Justice Minister from 1993 to 1996, Mayor of Taipei from 1998 to 2006, and Chairman of the Kuomintang (KMT) from 2005 to 2007. Ma was elected Mayor of Taipei in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. He was elected Chairman of the Kuomintang by party members on July 16, 2005. He announced his resignation on February 13, 2007, after being indicted by the Taiwan High Prosecutors Office on charges of misuse of mayoral funds during his tenure as the mayor of Taipei; he was later cleared of all charges. Ma subsequently won the presidency by 58.45% of the popular vote in the ROC presidential election of 2008. He was sworn into office as president on May 20, 2008, and sworn in as the Chairman of the Kuomintang on October 17, 2009.
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Mark Spitz
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is a retired American swimmer. He won seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, an achievement surpassed only by Michael Phelps who won eight golds at the 2008 Olympics. Between 1968 and 1972, Spitz won nine Olympic golds plus a silver and a bronze, five Pan American golds, 31 US Amateur Athletic Union titles and eight US National Collegiate Athletic Association titles. During those years, he set 33 world records. He was named World Swimmer of the Year in 1969, 1971 and 1972.
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Marshall Manesh
Marshall Manesh (born August 16, 1950) is an Iranian/American actor.
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Martin Short
Martin Hayter Short, CM (born March 26, 1950) is a Canadian comedian, actor, writer, singer and producer. He is best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live. He has also starred in many popular comedic films such as Three Amigos, Innerspace, Pure Luck, Jungle 2 Jungle, Mars Attacks!, Father of the Bride, and Father of the Bride Part 2.
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Mary Lou Metzger
Mary Lou Metzger (born November 13, 1950 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and dancer best known as a cast member on The Lawrence Welk Show.
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Masami Kuwashima
is a former racing driver from Japan. After some experience in the Japanese lower formulae, he made an attempt at Formula One.
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Massimo Mongai
Massimo Mongai (born 3 November 1950) is an Italian author of science fiction.
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Maurice Costello
Maurice Costello (February 22, 1877 - October 28, 1950) was a prominent vaudeville actor of the late 1890s and early 1900s, who later played a principal role in early American films, as both a leading man, supporting player and a director.
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Max Beckmann
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Michael C. Burgess
Michael Clifton Burgess, (born December 23, 1950) is a physician and politician from the state of Texas, currently representing the state's ([http://nationalatlas.gov/printable/images/preview/congdist/tx26_109.gif map]) in the United States House of Representatives.
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Michael Ironside
Michael Ironside (born February 12, 1950) is a Canadian actor. He has also worked as a voice actor, producer, film director, and screenwriter in movie and television series in various Canadian and American works. He is best known for playing villains and "tough guy" heroes, though he has also portrayed sympathetic characters. Ironside is a method actor, who stays in character between takes.
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Mikhail Fradkov
Mikhail Yefimovich Fradkov (; born September 1, 1950) is a Russian politician and statesman who was the Prime Minister of Russia from March 2004 to September 2007. Fradkov currently is the head of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service.
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Mile-a-Minute Murphy
Charles Minthorn Murphy (October 1870 – February 16, 1950), but more popularly known as "Mile-a-Minute" Murphy, was an American cycling star from the late 19th century and early 20th century. His greatest claim to fame was being the first man ever to ride a bicycle for one mile in less than a minute in 1899.
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Miou-Miou
Miou-Miou (born 22 February 1950) is a French actress. In her career she has worked with a number of international directors, including Michel Gondry, Bertrand Blier, Yves Boisset, Claude Berri, Jacques Deray, Michel Deville, Diane Kurys, Patrice Leconte, Joseph Losey and Louis Malle.
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Monty Banks
Montague (Monty) Banks (18 July 1897 – 7 January 1950 born Mario Bianchi in Cesena, Italy) was a comedian and film director. In the 1920s, he worked in Hollywood, starring in many silent short comedies and in the feature-length action thriller Play Safe (1927). A large excerpt from this movie is included in Robert Youngson's compilation film Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961). With the arrival of sound films, Banks's strong European accent forced him to phase out his acting career in favor of working as a gagman and director. He directed Laurel and Hardy in their film, Great Guns, under the name 'Montague Banks'.
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Narendra Modi
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Natalie Cole
Natalie Maria Cole (born February 6, 1950) is an American singer, songwriter and performer. She achieved success in her early career as an R&B; star, but smoothly changed her repertoire toward a more pop and jazz oriented musical style in the early 1990s. She has won nine Grammy Awards. Cole has been singing since she was 5 years old.
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Neil J. Gunther
Neil Gunther, (born 15 August 1950) is a computer information systems researcher best known internationally for developing the open-source performance modeling software Pretty Damn Quick and developing the [http://www.perfdynamics.com/iBook/gcap.html Guerrilla approach] to computer capacity planning and performance analysis. He has also been cited for his contributions to the theory of large transients in computer systems and packet networks, and his [http://www.perfdynamics.com/Manifesto/USLscalability.html universal law] of computational scalability.
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Neil Jordan
Neil Patrick Jordan (born 25 February 1950) is an Irish filmmaker and novelist. He won an Academy Award (Best Original Screenplay) for The Crying Game.
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Nicole Tourneur
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Nitza Saul
Nitza Saul (born June 25, 1950 sometimes credited as Nitza Shaul) is an Israeli-born actress, best known for her appearances on British television during the 1980s.
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Nora Roberts
Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson, October 10, 1950 in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA), is a bestselling American author of more than 165 romance novels. She writes as J.D. Robb for the "In Death" series, and has also written under the pseudonym Jill March. Additionally, some of her works were published in the UK as Sarah Hardesty.
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Nouri Al-Maliki
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Néstor Kirchner
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Olaf Stapledon
William Olaf Stapledon (May 10, 1886 – September 6, 1950) was a British philosopher and author of several influential works of science fiction.
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Oscar Collazo
Oscar Collazo (January 20, 1914 – February 21, 1994), was one of two Puerto Ricans who attempted to assassinate U.S. President Harry S. Truman.
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Pamela Hensley
Pamela Gail Hensley (born on October 3, 1950 in Glendale, California) is an American actress. She is best known for playing Princess Ardala on the 1979-1981 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and C.J. Parsons on the 1982-1985 television series Matt Houston.
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Paul Kossoff
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Paul Robeson
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson (April 9, 1898 – January 23, 1976) was an American bass-baritone concert singer and film actor, who became noted for his wide-ranging social justice activism. A forerunner of the civil rights movement, Robeson was also an All-American athlete, lawyer, writer, trade unionist, peace activist, Phi Beta Kappa Society laureate, and a recipient of the Spingarn Medal and Stalin Peace Prize. Robeson achieved international notoriety for both his artistic accomplishments and his outspoken radical beliefs, which largely clashed with the Jim Crow climate of the pre-civil rights United States. As a result, he became a prime target of the political right during the McCarthyist era. Despite being one of the most internationally famous cultural figures of the 20th century, persecution by the US government and media virtually erased Robeson from mainstream US culture and subsequent interpretations of US history; including civil rights and black history.
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Paul Watson
Paul Franklin Watson (born December 2, 1950) is a Canadian animal rights and environmental activist, who founded and is president of the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, a direct action group devoted to marine conservation.
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Pauline Lord
Pauline Lord (13 August 1890 – 11 October 1950) was an American stage and film actress
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Pedro de Cordoba
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Per-Kristian Foss
Per-Kristian Foss (born 19 July 1950 in Oslo) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party and 2nd Vice President of the Storting.
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Pervez Hoodbhoy
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Peter Gabriel
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Peter Hain
Peter Gerald Hain (born 16 February 1950) is a British Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Welsh constituency of Neath since 1991, and has served in the Cabinets of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, firstly as Leader of the House of Commons under Blair and both Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and Secretary of State for Wales under Brown. He resigned from ministerial office over the failure to declare donations to his campaign for the Deputy Leadership of the Labour Party in 2008. He is currently Shadow Welsh Secertary.
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Phil McGraw
Phillip Calvin McGraw (born September 1, 1950), best known as Dr. Phil, is an American television personality, author, and psychologist, currently the host of his own television show, Dr. Phil, which debuted in 2002. McGraw first gained celebrity status with appearances on The Oprah Winfrey Show in the late 1990s.
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Pius XII
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Rafael Sabatini
Rafael Sabatini (April 29, 1875 - February 13, 1950) was an Italian/British writer of novels of romance and adventure.
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Rajendra Prasad
Dr. Rajendra Prasad () (3 December 1884 – 28 February 1963) was the youngest son of Mahadev Sahay from the village Ziradei, then the Saran district of Bihar. Dr. Prasad is considered to be one of the architects of the Indian Republic, having drafted its first constitution and serving as the first president of India.
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Ralph Bunche
Ralph Johnson Bunche (August 7, 1903(4?) (There is some dispute as to his actual year of birth)December 9, 1971) was an American political scientist and diplomat who received the 1950 Nobel Peace Prize for his late 1940s mediation in Palestine. He was the first person of color to be so honored in the history of the Prize. He was involved in the formation and administration of the United Nations. In 1963, he received the Medal of Freedom from President John F. Kennedy.
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Randy Quaid
Randall Rudy "Randy" Quaid (October 1, 1950) is an American actor best known for his role as Cousin Eddie in the ''National Lampoon's Vacation movies, as well as his numerous supporting roles in films such as The Last Detail, Independence Day, Kingpin and Brokeback Mountain''. He has won a Golden Globe Award, and has been nominated for an Academy Award, an Emmy Award and a BAFTA Award.
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Ransom E. Olds
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Ray Duggan
'''Raymond 'Ray' Duggan''' (born 1913 West Maitland, New South Wales, Australia - died 20 January 1950 in Sydney, Australia) was an international Speedway first rode in the UK with the New Cross Lambs. Duggan represented the Australia many times at test level.
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Raymond Sommer
F1 driver|
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Rebbie Jackson
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Recep Peker
Recep Peker (February 5, 1889 - April 2, 1950), aka Mehmet Recep Peker, was a Turkish officer and politician. He served as various government ministers and finally as the prime minister.
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Renate Stecher
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Richard Branson
Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British industrialist, best known for his Virgin Group of over 360 companies.
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Rick Perry
James Richard "Rick" Perry (born March 4, 1950) is an American politician. He is the 47th and incumbent Governor of Texas, having held the office since 2000. He is a member of the Republican Party.
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Robbie Coltrane
Robbie Coltrane, OBE (born Anthony Robert McMillan; 30 March 1950) is a Scottish actor, comedian and author. He is known both for his role as Dr Eddie "Fitz" Fitzgerald in the British TV series Cracker and as Rubeus Hagrid in the Harry Potter films.
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Robert B. Laughlin
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Robert Schuman
Robert Schuman (; 29 June 1886 4 September 1963) was a noted Luxembourgish-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian Democrat (M.R.P.) and an independent political thinker and activist. Twice Prime Minister of France, a reformist Minister of Finance and a Foreign Minister, he was instrumental in building post-war European and trans-Atlantic institutions and is regarded as one of the founders of the European Union, the Council of Europe and NATO.
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Roland Matthes
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Roman Tam
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Ron Perlman
Ronald N. "Ron" Perlman (born April 13, 1950) is an American television, film and voice over actor. He is known for having played "Vincent" in Beauty and the Beast, "Slade" in the animated show Teen Titans, Clay Morrow in Sons of Anarchy, the comic book character Hellboy in the film of the same name and its sequel, , and the role of the intro and ending narrator of the popular post-apocalyptic game series, Fallout.
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Rosanna DeSoto
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Rosli Dhobi
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Rowan Williams
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Roy Schuiten
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Roy Williams (coach)
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Rudolph Palm
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Russell Alan Hulse
Russell Alan Hulse (born November 28, 1950) is an American physicist and winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, shared with his thesis advisor Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., "for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation". He was a specialist in the pulsar studies and gravitational waves.
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Samuel Alito
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Sara Allgood
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Seiichi Hatano
(21 July 1877–17 January 1950) was a Japanese philosopher, best known for his work in the
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Sheila Jackson-Lee
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Shirley Temple
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Sihem Bensedrine
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Simon Cadell
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Simon Jones (actor)
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Sri Aurobindo
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Stanley Livingston
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Steve Erickson
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Stevie Wonder
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Sudha Murty
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Suzi Quatro
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T. S. Eliot
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Tadeus Reichstein
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Taiwan
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Takeshi Kaga
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Teddy Pendergrass
Theodore DeReese "Teddy" Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 – January 13, 2010) was an American R&B;/soul singer and songwriter. Pendergrass first rose to fame as lead singer of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes in the 1970s before a successful solo career at the end of the decade. In 1982, he was severely injured in an auto accident in Philadelphia, resulting in his being paralyzed from the waist down. After his injury, the affable entertainer founded the Teddy Pendergrass Alliance, a foundation that helps those with spinal cord injuries. Pendergrass commemorated 25 years of living after his spinal cord injury with star filled event, Teddy 25 - A Celebration of Life at Philadelphia's Kimmel Center. His last performance was on a PBS special at Atlantic City's Borgata Casino in November 2008.
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Thomas Blamey
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Thomas J. Pickard
Thomas J. Pickard (born January 6, 1950) was an acting Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation for 71 days in the summer of 2001 following the tenure of Director Louis Freeh. He was replaced just one week before the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers and The Pentagon. Born in Woodside, Queens, New York. He graduated from Saint Francis College in Brooklyn with a BBA in accounting, and subsequently received his MBA in taxation from St. John's University in Jamaica, Queens. He is a Certified Public Accountant, licensed by the state of New York.
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Tim Russert
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Tom Kelly (baseball)
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Tom Petty
Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty (born October 20, 1950) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and was a founding member of the late 1980s supergroup Traveling Wilburys and Mudcrutch. He has also performed under the pseudonyms of Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr. and Muddy Wilbury.
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Tom Towles
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Tony Wilson
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Trinidad Silva
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Tsui Hark
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Vaslav Nijinsky
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Vicente del Bosque
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Victor Yanukovych
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Walt Disney
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Walter Huston
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Walton Walker
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Wendie Malick
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Wendy Wasserstein
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Werner Haase
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Wernher von Braun
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William H. Macy
William Hall Macy, Jr. (born March 13, 1950) is an American actor and writer. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role as Jerry Lundegaard in Fargo. He is also a teacher and director in theater, film and television. His film career has been built mostly on his appearances in small, independent films, though he has appeared in summer action films as well. Macy has described his screen persona as "sort of a Middle American, WASPy, Lutheran kind of guy... Everyman". He has won two Emmy Awards and a Screen Actors Guild Award, being nominated for nine Emmy Awards and seven Screen Actors Guild Awards in total. He is also a three-time Golden Globe Award nominee.
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Winston Churchill
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Yuen Wah
Yuen Wah (born 2 September 1950) is a Hong Kong based Chinese action film actor, action choreographer, stuntman and martial artist who has appeared in over 160 films since his first, Fist of Fury (1972) and over 20 television series.
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1950's & 60's TV Commercials
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- Duration: 9:39
- Published: 11 Feb 2008
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
Here is a compilation of classic TV commercials from the 50's and 60's.
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Bettie Page 1950
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- Duration: 5:12
- Published: 30 Jul 2006
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
Bettie Page
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Shocking 1950's Commercial!
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- Duration: 1:35
- Published: 01 May 2008
- Updated: 05 Oct 2012
You simply will not believe what they did to this model's face to test a cold cream! See lots more crazy commercials at: www.tvparty.com
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The 1950's
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- Duration: 4:56
- Published: 21 Jul 2007
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
Good times good music
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1952 Day In The Life Of A 1950's Small Town
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- Duration: 10:01
- Published: 03 Jan 2008
- Updated: 04 Oct 2012
A 1952 documentary showing small town 50's America from morning to evening. Many kinds of people doing many kinds of work, and then bowling. 1952, B/W.
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Boys Beware - 1950's AntiGay Video
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- Duration: 1:22
- Published: 05 Apr 2007
- Updated: 03 Oct 2012
Video talking about homosexuality as a disease.
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Bicycle Safety (1950)
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- Duration: 9:49
- Published: 23 Apr 2006
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Points out that the bicycle rider is responsible for maintaining the bicycle in good condition, obeying traffic rules and watching out for others. The film also reads like a laundry list of hazardous things to attempt on your bicycle! But, for better urban bike riding skills: www.bikexprt.com
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Christmas 1950
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- Duration: 5:17
- Published: 25 Nov 2006
- Updated: 14 Sep 2012
As the spirit of Christmas unites all humanity, men and women everywhere reaffirm their faith in the brotherhood of man. The News Magazine of the Screen presents from around the world the spirit of Peace on Earth - Good Will Toward Men. Please enjoy a preview from Movies in Your Home! If you love rare, unusual, classic and vintage movies, you'll love our digitally restored and enhanced titles. Only the best possible versions will qualify to be placed in our electronic vaults for your viewing pleasure! Using Windows Media Player or Real Player with a high-speed internet connection, you'll enjoy Classic Cartoons, Vintage Newsreels, Movie Previews and Trailers, Rare Musical Varieties, Banned Commercials, Weird and Bizarre Educational films and much, much, amazingly much more! MoviesInYourHome.com Now Playing at MoviesInYourHome.com Abbott and Costello perform "Who's on First", Buster Keaton Comedies Sherlock Jr., The Goat, The Boat, Humphrey Bogart in John Huston's Beat the Devil, Betty Boop, Cab Calloway, Burns and Allen Show, Dragnet, Fats Waller, Hoagy Carmichael, Louis Armstrong, Gene Krupa, Duke Ellington Musical Varieties, Francis Ford Coppola's Dementia 13, Colgate Comedy Hour, HG Wells Things to Come, Basil Rathbone in Sherlock Holmes, Plan 9 from Outer Space, Rare Alfred Hitchcock and Orson Welles trailers, Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding, Cary Grant in His Girl Friday, Laurel and Hardy, Banned TV Commercials, Carnival of Souls, Killers from Space, Bob Hope in My <b>...</b>
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Farnborough Air Show 1950
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- Duration: 5:33
- Published: 29 Apr 2007
- Updated: 05 Oct 2012
Farnborough Air Show 1950
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1950 Family Date, Dinner In A 1950's Home
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- Duration: 10:00
- Published: 08 Dec 2007
- Updated: 05 Oct 2012
1950, the family dinner has started to decline, and needed some help from film. Pleasent un-emotional conversation helps digestion (and still does), in this 1950 BW film by Edward Simmel.
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1950's Beauty Guide - Haircare
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- Duration: 2:37
- Published: 04 Aug 2010
- Updated: 05 Oct 2012
vintagemakeupguide.com and glamourdaze.com A complete guide to Womens Beauty Care from the glamour days of the 1950's. This segment deals with Natural Haircare. original material courtesy of Prelinger Archive.
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Goofy in 'Motor Mania' (1950)
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- Duration: 7:06
- Published: 14 Aug 2008
- Updated: 05 Oct 2012
www.quickrelease.tv Goofy stars as a Jekyll and Hyde character, Mr. Walker Wheeler. When he's a pedestrian he's mild-mannered and rational; when he's a driver he's mad and bad.
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Treasure Island (1950)
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- Duration: 95:51
- Published: 06 Jul 2011
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
Treasure Island is a 1950 Disney adventure film, adapted from the Robert Louis Stevenson's novel Treasure Island. It starred Bobby Driscoll as Jim Hawkins, and Robert Newton as Long John Silver. It was Disney's first completely live-action film and the first screen version of Treasure Island made in color. I now have tghe first 15 minutes of the 1954 (Australian made) follow up tot his film; 'Long John Silver.' Unfortunately as I've lost the facility to post videos of upto 2 hours, I've only posted the first 15 minutes of this film.
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Breast Education: 1950's Sex Ed Parody
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- Duration: 3:34
- Published: 15 May 2009
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
If sex & breasts were a subject in school, you would have been an A+ student! Business Inquiries Only: media@totallysketch.com FOLLOW www.twitter.com SUBSCRIBE: www.youtube.com Starring Ryan Kidd Steve Greene Breeana Essrig www.breeligion.com Music Conner Fabiano Cinematography Dave Eaton Gaffer Colin Pierce Writer/Director Michael Gallagher www.twitter.com © 2009 Totally Sketch, All Rights Reserved.
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Fashion in the 1950's
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- Duration: 2:25
- Published: 14 Jan 2008
- Updated: 03 Oct 2012
A look back at fashion in the '50s, music is "Mr. Sandman" by the Chordettes.
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The Tennessee Waltz - singer Patti Page 1950
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- Duration: 2:19
- Published: 03 Jan 2008
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
Her biggest hit was "The Tennessee Waltz", which was also released in 1950. "The Tennessee Waltz" was #1 for thirteen weeks in 1950 en.wikipedia.org written by Redd Stewart and Pee Wee King in 1947, popularized by Patti Page and by Les Paul and Mary Ford in 1950 ------------------------- I was waltzing with my darlin' to the Tennesse waltz when an old friend I happened to see. I introduced him to my loved one, and while they were waltzing my friend stole my sweet-heart from me. I remember the night and the Tennessee waltz. Now I know just how much I have lost. Yes I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing the beautiful Tennessee waltz. I was waltzing with my darlin' to the Tennesse waltz when an old friend I happened to see. I introduced him to my loved one, and while they were waltzing my friend stole my sweet-heart from me. I remember the night and the Tennessee waltz. Now I know just how much I have lost. Yes I lost my little darlin' the night they were playing the beautiful Tennessee waltz.
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"Premakes" The Empire Strikes Back (1950)
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- Duration: 2:54
- Published: 18 May 2010
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
What if Star Wars was a 50s 3-D Movie? Let's turn back the clock, shall we? Back to a distant time in an alternate universe far, far away... The 50s! It was a simpler age of 3-D movies, and robots named Robby, Gort, and Tobor. A hidden gem of this period in cinema is a little film called "The Empire Strikes Back", the second chapter in a planned three-part epic science fiction trilogy. While the preceding and succeeding episodes were never actually produced due to budgetary constraints, "Empire" shines as an example of 1950s 3-D space opera. The re-release of this trailer coincides with the 60th anniversary of this amazing film. But, seriously folks... ever since I started cutting these premakes, I have had constant requests for a retro version of Star Wars. This is a little thank you gift for everyone who has been watching my work. Here is the recipe for the trailer: Flash Gordon (Deadline at Noon, Conquers the Universe), The Phantom Planet, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Invasion of the Animal People, Man Beast, Lunar Walker, Golden Bat (Ogon Batto), The Mysterians, Captain Midnight, First Spaceship on Venus, The Flying Saucer, The Fighting Devil Dogs, The Outer Limits (Second Chance, Soldier, I Robot, The Sixth Finger), Things to Come, Space Patrol, Atragon, Terror in the Midnight Sun, Forbidden Planet, Rocketship XM, Latitude Zero, Space Flight, Metropolis, The Jetsons, Devil Girl From Mars, Tobor the Great, The Alligator People, The Return of the Fly, Abominable <b>...</b>
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Amedeo Minghi - 1950
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- Duration: 4:35
- Published: 31 Aug 2008
- Updated: 05 Oct 2012
Come profumi, che gonna che bella che sei, che gambe ! Che passi sull'asfalto di Roma. Serenella, in questo vento di mare, di pini, nel nostro anno tra la guerra ed il Duemila. Dal conservatorio all'università, la bicicletta non va, e Tu che aspetti me, con i capelli giù io li carezzerò, seduti al nostro caffè.. Serenella.. La radio trasmetterà la canzone che ho pensato per Te, e forse attraverserà l'Oceano lontano da noi: l'ascolteranno gli Americani che proprio ieri sono andati via e con le loro camicie a fiori colorano le nostre vie ed i nostri giorni di primavera. Che profumano dei tuoi capelli !! E dei tuoi occhi così belli spalancati sul futuro e chiusi su di me nel novecentocinquanta.... Amore, ma come stiamo bene al sole.... Amore da quest'anno tu, sarai con me. E' tondo quest'anno, che tiro diretto e che bell'effetto al mio cuore, Serenella coi soldi cravatte, vestiti, dei fiori e una vespa per correre insieme al mare. Al mare di questa città alle onde, agli spruzzi che escono fuori dalle nostre fontane. E se c'è un pò di vento, ti bagnerai, mentre aspetti me al nostro caffè. Serenella. La radio trasmetterà la canzone che ho pensato per Te, e forse, attraverserà l'oceano lontano da noi, l'ascolteranno gli Americani che proprio ieri sono andati via, e con le loro camicie a fiori che colorano le nostre vie ei nostri giorni di primavera che profumano dei tuoi capelli!! e dei tuoi occhi così belli spalancati sul futuro e chiusi su di me, nel novecentocinquanta.... E <b>...</b>
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Iraq in 1950
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- Duration: 9:42
- Published: 28 Dec 2009
- Updated: 06 Oct 2012
This was iraq in 1950 it was very modern country now its only war and suffering. Its very big different in 1950 and 2010.
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Nassau In The Bahamas, 1950s
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- Duration: 9:08
- Published: 11 Jan 2009
- Updated: 05 Oct 2012
A tour of Nassau and the island of New Providence in the Bahamas in the1950s. To purchase a clean DVD or digital download of this film for personal home use or educational use contact us at questions@archivefarms.com. To license footage from this film for commercial use visit: www.travelfilmarchive.com
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1950's Fifth Wheel Parking Concept
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- Duration: 1:05
- Published: 26 Feb 2011
- Updated: 29 Sep 2012
In the 1950s in California someone invented a retractable fifth wheel to aid in parking. Genius.
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Bad 1950s Invention
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- Duration: 0:59
- Published: 30 Apr 2008
- Updated: 29 Sep 2012
Boys & girls, we present The Duoped - a terrible invention from the 1950s that never took off. The other side of normal. Where else to find Diagonal View... FOLLOW us on Twitter: ow.ly or LIKE us on Facebook: ow.ly Strange talents, shocking stories, dangerous stunts...see it all here @ www.youtube.com
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1950 Ford Color Film Part 1 of 3
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- Duration: 9:43
- Published: 06 Jul 2008
- Updated: 29 Sep 2012
romanoarchives.altervista.org Triumph on the Track (1950) Produced by Ford Motor Co. Hard to find Ford theatrical ad filmed in color. Part 1 of 3 Editing by ROMANO-ARCHIVES. "SUBSCRIBING to this Channel is a MUST for researchers and RARE HISTORICAL FOOTAGE fans!!!" V. Romano A better quality version of this film is available. Hi-Res videos from our Collections are available on DVD, CD or directly in your inbox. Clips and movies can also be downloaded from our servers using a PW or uploaded by us to your FTP.
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This article is about the year 1950.
| Millennium: | 2nd millennium |
|---|---|
| Centuries: | 19th century – 20th century – 21st century |
| Decades: | 1920s 1930s 1940s – 1950s – 1960s 1970s 1980s |
| Years: | 1947 1948 1949 – 1950 – 1951 1952 1953 |
| 1950 by topic: |
| Subject |
| By country |
| Leaders |
| Birth and death categories |
| Establishments and disestablishments categories |
| Works and introductions categories |
| Gregorian calendar | 1950 MCML |
| Ab urbe condita | 2703 |
| Armenian calendar | 1399 ԹՎ ՌՅՂԹ |
| Assyrian calendar | 6700 |
| Bahá'í calendar | 106–107 |
| Bengali calendar | 1357 |
| Berber calendar | 2900 |
| British Regnal year | 14 Geo. 6 – 15 Geo. 6 |
| Buddhist calendar | 2494 |
| Burmese calendar | 1312 |
| Byzantine calendar | 7458–7459 |
| Chinese calendar | 己丑年十一月十三日 (4586/4646-11-13) — to —
庚寅年十一月廿三日(4587/4647-11-23) |
| Coptic calendar | 1666–1667 |
| Ethiopian calendar | 1942–1943 |
| Hebrew calendar | 5710–5711 |
| Hindu calendars | |
| - Vikram Samvat | 2006–2007 |
| - Shaka Samvat | 1872–1873 |
| - Kali Yuga | 5051–5052 |
| Holocene calendar | 11950 |
| Iranian calendar | 1328–1329 |
| Islamic calendar | 1369–1370 |
| Japanese calendar | Shōwa 25 (昭和25年) |
| Julian calendar | Gregorian minus 13 days |
| Korean calendar | 4283 |
| Minguo calendar | ROC 39 民國39年 |
| Thai solar calendar | 2493 |
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Year 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. It is also the index year, or year 0, that scientists use for before present figures.
Events[link]
January[link]
- January 1 – The International Police Association (IPA) – the largest police organization in the world – is formed.
- January 5 – U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of organized crime in the U.S.
- January 6 – The United Kingdom recognizes the People's Republic of China; the Republic of China severs diplomatic relations with Britain in response.
- January 7 – A fire consumes Mercy Hospital in Davenport, Iowa, killing 39 patients.
- January 9 – The Israeli government recognizes the People's Republic of China.
- January 11 – Huk guerrillas manhandle the town of Hermosa, Bataan in the Philippines.
- January 12
- The British submarine Truculent collides with a Swedish oil tanker in the Thames Estuary and sinks; 64 die.
- Cold War: U.S. Secretary of State Dean Acheson delivers his 'Perimeter Speech', outlining the boundary of U.S. security guarantees.
- January 13 – Finland forms diplomatic relations with the People's Republic of China.
- January 17 – Great Brinks Robbery: Eleven thieves steal more than $2 million from an armored car in Boston, Massachusetts.
- January 21 – Accused communist spy Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury.
- January 23 – The Knesset passes a resolution that states Jerusalem is the capital of Israel.
- January 24 – Cold War: Klaus Fuchs, German émigré and physicist, walks into London's War Office and confesses to being a Soviet spy: for 7 years, he passed top secret data on U.S. and British nuclear weapons research to the Soviet Union;[1] formally charged February 2.
- January 26 – India promulgates its constitution, forming a republic, and Rajendra Prasad is sworn in as its first president.
- January 28 – Somaliland is put under Italian mandate.
- January 29 – Lord Balfour criticizes the fact that rationing is still in force in Britain.
- January 31
- President Harry S. Truman orders the development of the hydrogen bomb, in response to the detonation of the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb in 1949.[1]
- The last Kuomintang troops surrender in mainland China.
February[link]
- February 1 – Chiang Kai-shek is re-elected as a president of the Republic of China.
- February 4 – Ingrid Bergman's illegitimate child arouses ire in the U.S.
- February 6 – First Cabinet Secretary N.R.Pillai appointed in India.
- February 8 – Payment first made by Diners Club card, in New York, first use of a charge card.
- February 9 – Second Red Scare: In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with 205 Communists.
- February 11
- Two Viet Minh battalions attack a French base in French Indochina.
- Finland recognizes Indonesia.
- February 12
- Pro-communist riots erupt in Paris.
- The European Broadcasting Union is founded.
- Albert Einstein warns that nuclear war could lead to mutual destruction.
- February 13
- The U.S. Army begins to deploy anti-aircraft cannons to protect nuclear stations and military targets.
- The U.S. Air Force loses a Convair B-36 bomber that carried an Mk-4 atomic bomb off the west coast of Canada, and produces the world's first Broken Arrow.[citation needed]
- February 14 – Cold War:
- February 15
- Juho Kusti Paasikivi is re-elected president of Finland.
- Walt Disney releases his 12th animated film, Cinderella in Hollywood.
- February 19 – Konrad Adenauer tries unsuccessfully to negotiate with East Germany to begin unification.
- February 21 – Cunard liner RMS Aquitania arrives at the scrapyard in Faslane at the end of a 36 year career, the longest of any in the 20th Century.
- February 23 – United Kingdom general election, 1950 : The Labour Party, led by Clement Attlee remains in office but the Tories, led by Winston Churchill increase their seats in the House of Commons.
March[link]
- March 1
- Klaus Fuchs is convicted in London of spying against both Britain and the United States for the Soviet Union, by giving to the latter top secret atomic bomb data.
- Acting Chinese President Li Tsung-jen ends his term in office.
- Chiang Kai-shek resumes his duties as Chinese president after moving his government to Taipei, Taiwan.
- March 3 – Poland states that it intends to exile all Germans.
- March 8
- The Soviet Union claims to have an atomic bomb.
- The first Volkswagen Type 2 (also known as the Microbus) rolls off the assembly line in Wolfsburg, Germany.
- March 12 – A plane carrying returning rugby fans from Ireland to Wales crashes near Llandow, with the loss of 80 lives.
- March 12–March 13 – In Belgium, the referendum over the monarchy shows 57.7% support the return of King Léopold III, 42.3% against.
- March 14 – The ship Cygnet hits a mine off the Dutch coast.
- March 17 – University of California, Berkeley researchers announce the creation of element 98, which they have named "californium".
- March 18 – The Belgian government collapses as a referendum votes in favour of the return from exile of King Léopold III.[3]
- March 20 – The Polish government decides to confiscate the property of the Polish Catholic Church.
- March 22 – Egypt demands that Britain remove all its troops in the Suez Canal.
- March 23
- The 22nd Academy Awards ceremony is held.
- World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
April[link]
- April 14
- Influential British comic Eagle is launched
- NSC-68 is issued by the United States National Security Council
- April 15 – Belgian King Leopold III announces that he is ready to abdicate in favor of his son Baudouin.
- April 24 – Jordan formally annexes the West Bank.
- April 27
- Apartheid: In South Africa, the Group Areas Act is passed, formally segregating the races.
- Britain formally recognises Israel.
May[link]
- May 1 – UNRWA operations begin.
- May 6
- The town of Cazin (Bosnia) rises up against Communist agrarian reforms.
- Tollund Man is unearthed in Denmark.
- May 9
- Robert Schuman presents his proposal for the creation of a pan-European organisation, which he believes to be indispensable to the maintenance of permanently peaceful relations between the different nations of the continent. This proposal, known as the "Schuman declaration", is considered to be the beginning of the creation of what is now the European Union.
- L. Ron Hubbard publishes Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health.
- May 11 – The Kefauver Committee hearings into U.S. organized crime begin.
- May 13 – The first race in the inaugural FIA Formula One World Championship is held at Silverstone, England.
- May 14 – The Huntsville Times runs the headline, "Dr. von Braun Says Rocket Flights Possible to Moon."
- May 22
- Celal Bayar becomes the third president of Turkey.
- Adnan Menderes of DP forms the new government of Turkey (19th government)
- May 24 – Maritime Administration (under Department of Commerce).
- May 25 – The Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel is formally opened to traffic.
- May 29 – St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
June[link]
- June 1–June 23 – Mauna Loa in Hawaii starts erupting.
- June 3 – Annapurna I, 10th highest mountain in the world, is first ascended.
- June 6 – Turkey: The Adhan in Arabic is legalized.
- June 8 – Sir Thomas Blamey becomes the only Field Marshal in Australian history.
- June 25 – Korean War begins: North Korean troops cross the 38th parallel into South Korea.
- June 26 – The South African Parliament passes the Suppression of Communism Act, No. 44 of 1950.
- June 27 – Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman orders American military forces to aid in the defense of South Korea.
- June 28 – Korean War: North Korean forces capture Seoul.
- June 28 – Korean War: Hangang Bridge bombing.
July[link]
- July 16 – Uruguay beat Brazil 2–1 to win the 1950 World Cup.
- July 17 – The Suppression of Communism Act, passed on June 26, comes into force in South Africa.
August[link]
- August 5
- Florence Chadwick swims across the English Channel in 13 hours, 22 minutes.
- A bomb-laden B-29 Superfortress crashes into a residential area in California; 17 are killed, 68 injured.
- August 6 – Monarchist demonstrations lead to a riot in Brussels.
- August 8 – Winston Churchill supports idea of a pan-European army allied with Canada and the U.S.
- August 12 – In his encyclical Humani Generis, Pope Pius XII declares evolution to be a serious hypothesis that did not contradict essential Catholic teachings.
- August 15 – An earthquake and floods in Assam, India kill 574 and leave 5,000,000 homeless.
- August 22 – The Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary is founded in Tagbilaran City, Philippines.
- August 23 – Legendary singer-actor Paul Robeson, whose passport had recently been revoked because of his alleged Communist affiliations, meets with U.S. officials in an effort to get it reinstated. He is unsuccessful, and it is not reinstated until 1958.
September[link]
- September 4
- Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
- The comic strip Beetle Bailey is created by Mort Walker.
- September 7
- A coal mine collapse in New Cumnock, Scotland, kills 13 miners; 116 are rescued.
- The game show Truth or Consequences debuts on television.
- September 8 – The Defense Production Act is enacted into law in the U.S., shaping American military contracting for the next 60 years.
- September 9 – The U.S. state of California celebrates its centennial anniversary.
- September 12 – Communist riots erupt in Berlin.
- September 15 – Korean War – Battle of Inchon: Allied troops commanded by Douglas MacArthur land in Inchon, occupied by North Korea, to begin a U.N. counteroffensive.
- September 19 – West Germany decides to purge communist officials.
- September 22 – World Dance Council inaugurated.
- September 26 – Indonesia is admitted to the United Nations.
- September 30 – NSC-68 is enacted by President Truman, setting U.S. foreign policy for the next 20 years.
October[link]
- October 2 – The comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz is first published in seven U.S. newspapers.
- October 3 – Getúlio Dornelles Vargas is elected president of Brazil for a 5-year term.
- October 5 – The Indonesian government quells riots in the Moluccas.
- October 7
- The 1950-1951 invasion of Tibet by People's Republic of China begins.
- The Agate Pass Bridge opens for traffic in Washington State.
- October 9 – Goyang Geumjeong Cave Massacre started.
- October 11 – The Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS (RCA will successfully dispute and block the license from taking effect, however).
- October 15
- The second Tacoma Narrows Bridge opens.
- In East Germany, the Communists win 99.7% of the vote.
- October 19 – Korean War: The People's Republic of China enters the conflict by sending thousands of soldiers across the Yalu River
- October 20 – Australia passes the Communist Party Dissolution Act, which is later struck down by the High Court.
- October 28 – Torcida Split is founded.
- October 30 – The Jayuya Uprising is started by Puerto Rican Nationalists against the United States.
November[link]
- November 1
- Pope Pius XII witnesses "The Miracle of the Sun" at the Vatican[4] and defines a new dogma of Roman Catholicism, the Munificentissimus Deus, which says that God took Mary's body into Heaven after her death (the "Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary").
- Puerto Rican nationalists Griselio Torresola and Oscar Collazo attempt to assassinate U.S. President Harry S. Truman, who is staying at the Blair-Lee House in Washington, D.C. during White House repairs.
- November 4 – The United Nations ends the diplomatic isolation of Spain.
- November 8 – Korean War: While in an F-80, United States Air Force Lt. Russell J. Brown intercepts 2 North Korean MiG-15s near the Yalu River and shoots them down in the first jet-to-jet dogfight in history.
- November 10 – A U.S. Air Force B-50 Superfortress bomber, experiencing an in-flight emergency, jettisons and detonates a Mark 4 nuclear bomb over Quebec, Canada (the device lacked its plutonium core).
- November 11 – The Mattachine Society is founded in Los Angeles as the first gay-liberation organization.
- November 13
- Colonel Carlos Delgado Chalbaud is kidnapped and murdered in Caracas.
- A Curtiss Reid Flying Services plane crashes while enroute to Paris from Rome, killing all 52 on board.
- November 18 – The United Nations accepts the formation of the Libyan National Council.
- November 20 – T. S. Eliot speaks against television in the UK.
- November 22
- Anti-British riots erupt in Egypt.
- Shirley Temple announces her retirement from show business.
- November 24 – A phenomenal winter storm ravages the northeastern United States, brings 30 to 50 inches of snow, temperatures below zero, and kills 323 people.
- November 26 – Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China and launched a massive counterattack against South Korean and United Nations forces at the Ch'ongch'on River and the Chosin Reservoir, dashing any hopes for a quick end to the conflict.
- November 28
- Colombo Plan for Co-operative Economic Development in South and South-East Asia
- Greece and Yugoslavia reform diplomatic relations.
- November 29 – The National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA is founded.
- November 30 – Douglas MacArthur threatens to use nuclear weapons in Korea.
December[link]
- December 3
- Korean War: General Walton Walker orders United Nations forces to evacuate North Korea.
- Mt. Etna erupts in Sicily.
- December 11–December 13 – The Maria Hertogh riots occur in Singapore, leaving 18 dead and 173 injured.
- December 12 – Paula Ackerman becomes the first woman in the United States to serve a congregation as a Rabbi.
- December 16 – The Office of Defense Mobilization is established in the United States.
- December 24–December 25 – Scottish nationalists take the Stone of Scone from Westminster Abbey.
- December 28 – The Peak District becomes Britain's first National Park.
Date unknown[link]
- The first pagers are developed.
- The first TV remote control, Zenith Radio's Lazy Bones, is marketed.
- Canadians Harry Wasylyk, Larry Hansen and Frank Plomp introduce the plastic bin bag for garbage collection.
- Myxomatosis is introduced into Australia in an attempt to control the escalating rabbit population.
- IBM Israel begins operating in Tel Aviv.
- President Harry Truman sends United States military advisers to Vietnam to aid French forces.
- France institutes a government-guaranteed minimum wage.
- Knox's Translation of the Vulgate Old Testament (commissioned by the Catholic Church) is published.
- The Pathet Lao is formed in Laos to overthrow the French Army within the nation and Laos enters the First Indochina War.
World population[link]
- Total world population:
- Africa: 221,214,000
- Asia: 1,398,488,000
- Europe: 547,403,000
- Latin America: 167,097,000
- North America: 171,616,000
- Oceania: 12,812,000.
Births[link]
January–February[link]
- January 2
- Débora Duarte, Brazilian actress
- David Shifrin, American classical clarinetist
- January 3 – Victoria Principal, American actress
- January 5
- John Manley, Canadian politician
- Charlie Richmond, Canadian entrepreneur and inventor
- January 6
- Louis Freeh, former Director of the FBI
- Thomas J. Pickard, former Acting Director of the FBI
- January 7
- Juan Gabriel (b. Alberto Aguilera Valadez), Mexican singer, songwriter and philanthropist
- Erin Gray, American actress
- January 10 – Ernie Wasson, American gardener and writer
- January 12
- Sheila Jackson-Lee, American politician
- Dorrit Moussaieff, First Lady of Iceland
- January 14 – Jagadguru Rāmabhadrācārya, Hindu religious leader
- January 16 – Debbie Allen, American actress, dancer, and choreographer
- January 17
- Cristina Galbó, Spanish actress
- Luis López Nieves, Puerto Rican writer
- January 18 – Gilles Villeneuve, Canadian race car driver (d. 1982)
- January 20 – Edward Hirsch, American poet
- January 21 – Billy Ocean, West Indian-born musician
- January 23 – Richard Dean Anderson, American actor
- January 24
- Gennifer Flowers, American actress, connected to US President Bill Clinton
- Benjamin Urrutia, Ecuadorian-born American author and scholar
- January 26
- Jörg Haider, Austrian politician (d. 2008)
- Janet Lupo, American model
- January 27
- Amos Grunebaum, Israeli-born obstetrician and gynecologist
- Derek Acorah, British spiritualist medium
- January 29
- Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver
- Ann Jillian, American actress
- January 30 – Trinidad Silva, American actor (d. 1988)
- February 1 – Kazimierz Nycz, Polish clergyman
- February 3 – Morgan Fairchild, American actress
- February 6
- Natalie Cole, American singer
- Jane Gordon-Cumming, British writer
- February 10 – Mark Spitz, American Olympic swimmer
- February 12
- Michael Ironside, Canadian actor
- Steve Hackett, British songwriter and guitarist
- February 13 – Peter Gabriel, British rock musician
- February 15 – Tsui Hark, Hong Kong film director
- February 16
- Roman Tam, Renowned Cantopop singer (d.2002)
- Peter Hain, British politician
- February 18
- Cybill Shepherd, American actress
- John Hughes, American film director, producer, and writer (d. 2009)
- February 20
- Ken Shimura, Japanese television performer and actor
- Tony Wilson, English impresario (d. 2007)
- February 22
- Julius Erving, American basketball player
- Julie Walters, English actress
- Miou-Miou, French actress
- Ellen Greene, American actress
- February 25
- Neil Jordan, Irish film director, writer, and producer
- Néstor Kirchner, President of Argentina (d. 2010)
- February 26
- Helen Clark, Prime Minister of New Zealand
- Bill Ritter, American news anchor
March–April[link]
- March 2
- Karen Carpenter, American singer and drummer (d. 1983)
- Rosli Dhobi, famous Malay Sarawakian
- March 4 – Rick Perry, Governor of Texas
- March 9 – Danny Sullivan, American race car driver
- March 11
- Bobby McFerrin, American singer
- Jerry Zucker, American film producer, director, and writer
- March 12 – Javier Clemente, Spanish football player and manager
- March 13 – William H. Macy, American actor
- March 18 – Brad Dourif, American actor
- March 20 – William Hurt, American actor
- March 22 – Jocky Wilson, Scottish darts player
- March 26
- Teddy Pendergrass, American singer (d. 2010)
- Martin Short, Canadian-born comedian
- March 28
- Claudio Lolli, Italian singer-songwriter
- Jeffrey Miller, Kent State University shooting victim (d. 1970).
- March 30
- Robbie Coltrane, British actor and comedian
- David Janson, British actor
- April 1 – Samuel Alito, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
- April 4 – Christine Lahti, American actress
- April 5
- Agnetha Fältskog, Swedish rock singer and songwriter (ABBA)
- Harpo, Swedish pop musician
- April 8 – Grzegorz Lato, Polish footballer
- April 10 – Ken Griffey, Sr., American baseball player
- April 12 – David Cassidy, American actor and singer
- April 13 – Ron Perlman, American actor
- April 20 – Steve Erickson, American novelist
- April 22 – Peter Frampton, English rock musician
- April 25 – Lenora Fulani, American presidential candidate
- April 28 – Jay Leno, American comedian and talk show host
- April 29 – Paul Holmes, New Zealand radio and television broadcaster
May–June[link]
- May 5 – Googoosh, Iranian singer and actress
- May 7 – Tim Russert, American journalist (d. 2008)
- May 12 – Ching Hai, Formosan author, spiritual leader and jewellery designer
- May 13
- Gabriel Byrne, Irish actor
- Bobby Valentine, American baseball manager
- Stevie Wonder, American musician
- May 15 – Renate Stecher, German athlete
- May 29 – Rebbie Jackson, American singer
- May 31 – Gregory Harrison, American actor and director
- June 3
- Deniece Williams, American singer
- Suzi Quatro, American singer-songwriter
- June 5 – Abraham Sarmiento, Jr., Filipino journalist and political activist (d. 1977)
- June 7 – Howard Finkel, American ring announcer
- June 8 – Kathy Baker, American actress
- June 13 – Belinda Bauer, Australian actress
- June 14 – Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
- June 15 – Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist
- June 20 – Nouri Al-Maliki, Prime Minister of Iraq
- June 21
- Vasilis Papakonstantinou, Greek singer and musician
- Joey Kramer, American musician
- June 22 – Zenonas Petrauskas, Lithuanian lawyer and politician (d. 2009)
- June 24 – Nancy Allen, American actress
- June 25
- Nitza Saul, Israeli actress
- Marcello Toninelli, Italian writer
- June 30 – Leonard Whiting, British actor
July–August[link]
- July 5 – Huey Lewis, American rock singer
- July 9 – Victor Yanukovych, President of Ukraine
- July 11 – Pervez Hoodbhoy, Pakistani Nuclear physicist and social activist
- July 12 – Eric Carr, Former Kiss drummer and musician (d. 1991)
- July 13 – Ma Ying-jeou, current President of the Republic of China (Taiwan)
- July 18
- Sir Richard Branson, British entrepreneur
- Glenn Hughes, American vocalist (d. 2001)
- Jack Layton, Canadian politician (d. 2011)
- July 19
- Per-Kristian Foss, Norwegian Minister of Finance
- Freddy Moore, American musician
- Simon Cadell, British actor (d. 1996)
- July 20 – William Knox Schroeder, Kent State University shooting victim (d. 1970).
- July 26 – Susan George, British actress
- July 27 – Simon Jones, English actor
- August 1
- Roy Williams, American basketball coach
- Bunkhouse Buck, American professional wrestler
- August 3 – Jo Marie Payton, American actress
- August 7 – Alan Keyes, American conservative political activist
- August 8 – Ken Kutaragi, ex-C.E.O of Sony Computer Entertainment
- August 9 – Nicole Tourneur French novelist (d. 2011)
- August 11
- Gennadiy Nikonov, Russian weapon designer
- Erik Brann, American musician (Iron Butterfly) (d. 2003)
- August 15
- Anne, Princess Royal, British Princess and daughter of Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh
- Neil J. Gunther Australian/American physicist and computer scientist
- Tom Kelly American baseball manager
- August 16
- Hasely Crawford, West Indian athlete
- Marshall Manesh, Persian actor
- August 19 – Sudha Murty, Indian social worker and Author
- August 22 – Scooter Libby, American former adviser to Vice President Dick Cheney
- August 26 – Carl Deuker, American author
- August 27 – Charles Fleischer, American actor, stand-up comedian, and voice artist
September–October[link]
- September 1
- Dr. Phil McGraw, American TV psychologist
- Mikhail Fradkov, Russian politician, Prime Minister of Russia (2004–2007)
- September 2
- Rosanna DeSoto, American actress
- Yuen Wah, Hong Kong actor
- September 7
- Julie Kavner, American actress
- Johann Friedrich Hohenberger, German-Australian engineer and conman
- September 10 – Joe Perry, American rock guitarist (Aerosmith)
- September 14
- Paul Kossoff, British rock guitarist (Free) (d. 1976)
- Masami Kuwashima, Japanese race car driver
- September 16 – Loyd Grossman, American television presenter and chef
- September 17 – Narendra Modi, Chief Minister of Gujarat
- September 21
- Charles Clarke, British politician
- Bill Murray, American actor and comedian
- September 22 – Kirka Babitzin, Finnish singer (d. 2007)
- September 24 – Kristina Wayborn, Swedish actress
- September 27 – Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Japanese actor
- September 28 – John Sayles, American director and screenwriter
- October 1 – Randy Quaid, American actor
- October 3 – Pamela Hensley, American actress
- October 5 – Jeff Conaway, American actor (d. 2011)
- October 7 – Jakaya Kikwete, Tanzanian president
- October 9 – Jody Williams, American teacher and aid worker, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize
- October 10 – Nora Roberts, American novelist
- October 12
- Edward Bloor, American novelist
- Kaga Takeshi, Japanese actor
- October 17
- Dean Shek, Hong Kong actor
- Howard Rollins, American actor (d. 1996)
- October 18 – Wendy Wasserstein, American playwright (d. 2006)
- October 19 – Bishop Bill Ray, 10th Bishop of North Queensland
- October 20 – Tom Petty, American rock singer
- October 22 – Bill Owens, Governor of Colorado
- October 28 – Sihem Bensedrine, Tunisian human rights activist
- October 29 – Abdullah Gül, 11th President of Turkey
- October 30 – Louise DuArt, American comedienne and impersonator
- October 31
- John Candy, Canadian comedian and actor (d. 1994)
- Jane Pauley, American television broadcaster and journalist
November–December[link]
- November 1 – Robert B. Laughlin, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- November 3 – Massimo Mongai, Italian author
- November 4 – Charles Frazier, American novelist
- November 6 – Kenny Marks, American Christian musician
- November 8 – Joseph Donaldson, Belfast citizen and much-loved uncle
- November 9 – Maravillas Rojo, Catalan politician
- November 10
- Debra Hill, American producer (d. 2005)
- Bob Orton, Jr., American professional wrestler
- November 13 – Mary Lou Metzger, American singer and dancer
- November 16 – David Leisure, American actor
- November 17 – Roland Matthes, German swimmer
- November 21 – Alberto Juantorena, Cuban athlete
- November 22 – Lyman Bostock, American baseball player (d. 1978)
- November 24 – Stanley Livingston, American actor (My Three Sons)
- November 28
- Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate
- Ed Harris, American actor
- December 1 – Keith Thibodeaux, American child actor
- December 2
- Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd on Whale Wars.
- Amin Saikal, Australian academic professor
- Benjamin Stora, French historian
- December 5 – Camarón de la Isla, Spanish singer (d. 1992)
- December 9 – Joan Armatrading, St. Kitts-born English singer-songwriter
- December 10 – Tom Towles, American actor
- December 13 – Wendie Malick, American actress
- December 16 – Roy Schuiten, Dutch cyclist (d. 2006)
- December 17 – Laurence F. Johnson, American futurist and educator
- December 18 – Leonard Maltin, American film critic
- December 19 – Manny Trillo, Venezuelan-born American baseball player
- December 23
- Michael C. Burgess, American politician
- Vicente del Bosque, Spanish footballer and manager
- December 28 – Alex Chilton, American rock musician (The Box Tops) (d. 2010)
Date unknown[link]
- Lena Ackebo, Swedish comic creator
Deaths[link]
January–March[link]
- January 2 – Emil Jannings, Swiss-born German actor (b. 1884)
- January 7 – Monty Banks, Italian comedian and director (b. 1897)
- January 8 – Joseph Schumpeter, Czech economist and political scientist (b. 1883)
- January 15 – Henry H. Arnold, American five-star general (b. 1886)
- January 17 – Seiichi Hatano, Japanese philosopher (b. 1877)
- January 20 – Ray Duggan, Australian-English speedway rider (b. 1913)
- January 21 – George Orwell, English author (b. 1903)
- January 22 – Alan Hale, Sr., American actor (b. 1892)
- February 3 – Sir Lionel Cripps, Rhodesian politician (b. 1863)
- February 6 – Georges Imbert, Alsatian chemist (b. 1884)
- February 7 – D. K. Broster, British historical novelist (b. 1877)
- February 13 – Rafael Sabatini, Italian writer (b. 1875)
- February 16 – Mile-a-Minute Murphy, American cyclist (b. 1870)
- February 25 – George Minot, American physician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1885)
- February 26 – Harry Lauder, Scottish entertainer (b. 1870)
- March 5
- Edgar Lee Masters, American poet (b. 1868)
- Sid Grauman, American restaurateur (b. 1895)
- March 6
- Albert Lebrun, President of France (b. 1871)
- Harry Redfern, English architect (b. 1861)
- March 10 – Marguerite De La Motte, American actress (b. 1902)
- March 11 – Brock Pemberton, American theatrical producer (b. 1885)
- March 12 – Heinrich Mann, German novelist (b. 1871)
- March 19
- Walter Haworth, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
- Edgar Rice Burroughs, American author (b. 1875)
- March 24 – James Rudolph Garfield, American politician (b. 1865)
- March 25 – Frank Buck, American animal collector (b. 1884)
- March 30
April–June[link]
- April 1 – F.O. Matthiessen, American historian and literary critic (b. 1902)
- April 2 – Recep Peker, ex prime minister of Turkey (b. 1889)
- April 3 – Kurt Weill, German-born composer (b. 1900)
- April 7 – Walter Huston, American actor (b. 1884)
- April 8 – Vaslav Nijinsky, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1889)
- April 11 – Bainbridge Colby, United States Secretary of State (b. 1869)
- April 26 – G. Murray Hulbert, American politician (b. 1881)
- April 27
- Hobart Cavanaugh, American character actor (b. 1886)
- Karel Kozeluh, Czech tennis player (b. 1895)
- May 1 – Lothrop Stoddard, American eugenicist (b. 1883)
- May 9 – Esteban Terradas i Illa, Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883)
- May 10 – Belle da Costa Greene, American librarian, bibliographer, and archivist (b. 1883)
- May 20 – John Gould Fletcher, American poet (b. 1886)
- May 24 – Archibald Wavell, 1st Earl Wavell, British field marshal (b. 1883)
- June 4
- Kazys Grinius, President of Lithuania (b. 1866).
- George Cecil Ives, German-English poet, writer, penal reformer and early gay-rights campaigner. (b.1867)
- June 22 – Jane Cowl, American actress (b. 1883)
- June 24 – Darwan Singh Negi, Indian VC recipient (b. 1881)
July–September[link]
- July 7 – Fats Navarro, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1923)
- July 8 – Helen Holmes, American actress (b. 1893)
- July 10 – Richard Maury, American naturalized Argentine engineer (b. 1882)
- July 11 – Buddy DeSylva, American songwriter (b. 1895)
- July 12 – Elsie de Wolfe, American socialite and interior decorator (b. 1865)
- July 17 – Evangeline Booth, General of The Salvation Army (b. 1865)
- July 21 – Rex Ingram, American director (b. 1892)
- July 22 – William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian politician (b. 1874)
- August – Black Elk, Wičháša Wakȟáŋ (Medicine Man or Holy Man) of the Ogala Teton Lakota (Western Sioux) (b. 1863)
- August 22 – Kirk Bryan, American geologist (b. 1888)
- August 23 – Frank Phillips, American oil executive (b. 1873)
- August 26 – Ransom E. Olds, American automotive pioneer (b. 1864)
- August 27 – Cesare Pavese, Italian poet and novelist (b. 1908)
- September 4 – Max Davidson, German actor (b. 1875)
- September 6 – Olaf Stapledon, British author and philosopher (b. 1886)
- September 10 – Raymond Sommer, American race car driver (b. 1906)
- September 11
- Rudolph Palm, Curaçao born composer (b. 1880)
- Jan Smuts, Prime Minister of South Africa (b. 1870)
- September 13 – Sara Allgood, Irish actress (b. 1879)
- September 16 – Pedro de Cordoba, American actor (b. 1881)
- September 21 – Edward Arthur Milne, British astrophysicist and mathematician (b. 1896)
- September 23 – Kenneth Muir, English soldier and posthumous winner of the Victoria Cross (b.1912)
October–December[link]
- October 11 – Pauline Lord, American actress (b. 1890)
- October 13 – Ernest Haycox, American writer (b. 1899)
- October 19
- Charles Ballantyne, Canadian politician (b. 1867)
- Edna St. Vincent Millay, American poet (b. 1892)
- October 20 – Henry L. Stimson, United States Secretary of State (b. 1867)
- October 23 – Al Jolson, American musician and actor (b. 1886)
- October 28 – Maurice Costello, American actor (b. 1877)
- October 29 – King Gustaf V of Sweden (b. 1858)
- November 2 – George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1856)
- November 3 – Koiso Kuniaki, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1880)
- November 4 – Grover Cleveland Alexander, American baseball player (b. 1887)
- November 12 – Julia Marlowe, stage actress, (b. 1866)
- November 25
- Johannes Vilhelm Jensen, Danish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
- Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finland-Swedish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
- November 28 – James Corbitt, English murderer (hanged) (b. 1913)
- November 30 – Werner Haase, Hitler's personal physician (b. 1900)
- December 2 – Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (b. 1917)
- December 5 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian guru (b. 1872)
- December 11 – Leslie Comrie, Honduras astronomer and computing pioneer (b. 1893)
- December 12 – Peter Fraser, former Prime Minister of New Zealand (b. 1884)
- December 15 – Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Indian political leader (b. 1875)
- December 27 – Max Beckmann, German painter (b. 1884)
Nobel Prizes[link]
- Physics – Cecil Frank Powell
- Chemistry – Otto Paul Hermann Diels, Kurt Alder
- Medicine – Edward Calvin Kendall, Tadeus Reichstein, Philip Showalter Hench
- Literature – Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell
- Peace – Ralph Bunche
References[link]
- ^ a b "Year by Year 1950" – History Channel International
- ^ Kynaston, David (2007). Austerity Britain 1945-51. London: Bloomsbury. p. 385. ISBN 978-0-7475-7985-4.
- ^ "1950: Government falls as Belgians vote for king". BBC News. March 18, 1950. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/march/18/newsid_2840000/2840237.stm.
- ^ Pelletier, Joseph (1983). The Sun Danced at Fatima. New York: Doubleday. pp. 150, 151.
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| Bettie Page | |
|---|---|
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| Playboy centerfold appearance | |
| January 1955 | |
| Preceded by | Terry Ryan |
| Succeeded by | Jayne Mansfield |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Betty Mae Page (1923-04-22)April 22, 1923 Nashville, Tennessee, USA |
| Died | December 11, 2008(2008-12-11) (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Measurements | Bust: 36" Waist: 23" Hips: 36½" |
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)[1] |
Bettie Mae Page (April 22, 1923 Nashville, Tennessee – December 11, 2008[2][3]) was an American model who became famous in the 1950s for her fetish modeling and pin-up photos. She has often been called the "Queen of Pinups".[4] Her look, including her jet black hair, blue eyes and trademark bangs, has influenced many artists.
She was "Miss January 1955", one of the earliest Playmates of the Month for Playboy magazine. "I think that she was a remarkable lady, an iconic figure in pop culture who influenced sexuality, taste in fashion, someone who had a tremendous impact on our society,"[5] Playboy founder Hugh Hefner told the Associated Press.
In 1959, she converted to born-again Christianity, and later worked for Billy Graham.[6] Her later life was marked by depression, violent mood swings and several years in a state psychiatric hospital.[7][8] After years of obscurity, she experienced a resurgence of popularity in the 1980s.
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Early life[link]
Page was the second of six children born to Walter Roy Page and Edna Mae Pirtle.[9][10] At a young age, Page had to face the responsibilities of caring for her younger siblings. Her parents divorced when she was 10 years old. (In the 1930 Census, a few weeks before Bettie's 7th birthday, her mother Edna Pirtle Page was already listed as being divorced.[citation needed] After her father, whom Page would accuse of molesting her starting at age 13, was imprisoned,[11] Page and her two sisters lived in an orphanage for a year.[citation needed] During this time, Page's mother worked two jobs, one as a hairdresser during the day and washing laundry at night.[citation needed]
As a teenager, Page and her sisters tried different makeup styles and hairdos imitating their favorite movie stars. She also learned to sew. These skills proved useful years later for her pin-up photography when Page did her own makeup and hair and made her own bikinis and costumes. During her early years, the Page family traveled around the country in search of economic stability.[10]
A good student and debate team member at Hume-Fogg High School, she was voted "Most Likely to Succeed".[10] On June 6, 1940, Page graduated as the salutatorian of her high school class[10] with a scholarship. She enrolled at George Peabody College, with the intention of becoming a teacher. However, the next fall she began studying acting, hoping to become a movie star. At the same time, she got her first job, typing for author Alfred Leland Crabb. Page graduated from Peabody with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1944.
In 1943, she married high school classmate Billy Neal in a simple courthouse ceremony shortly before he was drafted into the Navy for World War II.[12][13] For the next few years, she moved from San Francisco to Nashville to Miami and to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, where she felt a special affinity with the country and its culture.[10] In November 1947, back in the United States, she filed for divorce.[citation needed]
Modeling career[link]
Following her divorce, Page worked briefly in San Francisco, and in Haiti. In 1949,[14] she moved to New York City, where she hoped to find work as an actress. In the meantime, she supported herself by working as a secretary. In 1950, while walking along the Coney Island shore, she met Jerry Tibbs, a police officer with an interest in photography. She was a willing model, and Tibbs took pictures of her and put together her first pinup portfolio.[10]
In late-1940s America, "camera clubs" were formed to circumvent laws restricting the production of nude photos. These clubs existed, ostensibly, to promote artistic photography; but in reality, many were merely fronts for the making of pornography. Page entered the field of "glamour photography" as a popular camera club model, working initially with photographer Cass Carr.[10] Her lack of inhibition in posing made her a hit. Her name and image became quickly known in the erotic photography industry; in 1951, her image appeared in men's magazines such as Wink, Titter, Eyefull and Beauty Parade.[10]
From 1952 through 1957, she posed for photographer Irving Klaw for mail-order photographs with pin-up, bondage or sadomasochistic themes, making her the first famous bondage model. Klaw also used Page in dozens of short, black-and-white 8mm and 16mm "specialty" films, which catered to specific requests from his clientele. These silent featurettes showed women clad in lingerie and high heels, acting out fetishistic scenarios of abduction, domination, and slave-training; bondage, spanking, and elaborate leather costumes and restraints were included periodically. Page alternated between playing a stern dominatrix, and a helpless victim bound hand and foot. Klaw also produced a line of still photos taken during these sessions. Some have become iconic images, such as his highest-selling photo of Page—shown gagged and bound in a web of ropes, from the film Leopard Bikini Bound. Although these "underground" features had the same crude style and clandestine distribution as the pornographic "stag" films of the time, Klaw's all-female films (and still photos) never featured any nudity or explicit sexual content.
In 1953, Page took acting classes at the Herbert Berghof Studio, which led to several roles on stage and television. She appeared on The United States Steel Hour and The Jackie Gleason Show.[10] Her Off-Broadway productions included Time is a Thief and Sunday Costs Five Pesos. Page acted and danced in the feature-length burlesque revue film Striporama by Jerald Intrator. She was given a brief speaking role, the only time her voice has been captured on film. She then appeared in two more burlesque films by Irving Klaw (Teaserama and Varietease). These featured exotic dance routines and vignettes by Page and well-known striptease artists Lili St. Cyr and Tempest Storm. All three films were mildly risque, but none showed any nudity or overtly sexual content.
In 1954, during one of her annual vacations to Miami, Florida, Page met photographers Jan Caldwell, H. W. Hannau and Bunny Yeager.[10] At that time, Page was the top pin-up model in New York. Yeager, a former model and aspiring photographer, signed Page for a photo session at the now-closed wildlife park Africa USA in Boca Raton, Florida. The Jungle Bettie photographs from this shoot are among her most celebrated. They include nude shots with a pair of cheetahs named Mojah and Mbili. The leopard skin patterned Jungle Girl outfit she wore was made, along with much of her lingerie, by Page herself. A large collection of the Yeager photos, and Klaw's, were published in the book Bettie Page Confidential (St. Martin's Press, 1994).
After Yeager sent shots of Page to Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, he selected one to use as the Playmate of the Month centerfold in the January 1955 issue of the two-year-old magazine. The famous photo shows Page, wearing only a Santa hat, kneeling before a Christmas tree holding an ornament and playfully winking at the camera.
In 1955, Page won the title "Miss Pinup Girl of the World".[10] She also became known as "The Queen of Curves" and "The Dark Angel". While pin-up and glamour models frequently have careers measured in months, Page was in demand for several years, continuing to model until 1957.[4] Although she frequently posed nude, she never appeared in scenes with explicit sexual content.
In 1957, Page gave "expert guidance" to the FBI regarding the production of "flagellation and bondage pictures" in Harlem.[15]
The reasons reported for her departure from modeling vary. Some reports mention the Kefauver Hearings of the United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate Crime in Interstate Commerce (after a young man apparently died during a session of bondage which was rumored to be inspired by bondage images featuring Page). In fact, the Senate committee called her to testify to explain the photos in which she appeared, but then excused her from testifying; however, the print negatives of many of her photos were subsequently destroyed by court order, which ended Klaw's bondage and S&M mail-order photography business.[citation needed] For many years after, the negatives that survived were illegal to print.[citation needed] However, the most obvious reason for ending her modeling career and severing all contact with her prior life was her conversion to born-again Christianity while living in Key West, Florida. in 1959.[16]
Years out of the spotlight[link]
Photographer Sam Menning was the last person to photograph a pin-up of Page before her retirement.[17]
On New Year's Eve 1958, during one of her regular visits to Key West, Florida Page attended a service at what is now the Key West Temple Baptist Church. She found herself drawn to the multiracial environment and started to attend on a regular basis. She would in time attend three bible colleges, including the Bible Institute of Los Angeles, Multnomah School of the Bible in Portland, Oregon and, briefly, a Christian retreat known as "Bibletown", part of the Boca Raton Community Church, Boca Raton, Florida.
She dated industrial designer Richard Arbib in the 1950s.[citation needed] She then married Armond Walterson in 1958;[18] they divorced in 1963.[citation needed]
During the 1960s, she attempted to become a Christian missionary in Africa, but was rejected for having had a divorce. Over the next few years she worked for various Christian organizations before settling in Nashville in 1963. She worked full time for Rev. Billy Graham.[4][6]
She briefly remarried Billy Neal, her first husband, who helped her to gain entrance into missionary work; however, the two divorced again shortly thereafter.[citation needed] She returned to Florida in 1967, and married again, to Harry Lear,[19] but this marriage also ended in divorce in 1972.[citation needed]
She moved to Southern California in 1979.[6] There she had a nervous breakdown and had an altercation with her landlady. The doctors that examined her diagnosed her with acute schizophrenia, and she spent 20 months in a state mental hospital in San Bernardino, California. After a fight with another landlord she was arrested for assault, but was found not guilty by reason of insanity and placed under state supervision for eight years.[6] She was released in 1992[8] from Patton State Hospital in San Bernardino County.
A cult following was built around her during the 1980s, of which she was unaware. This renewed attention was focused on her pinup and lingerie modeling rather than those depicting sexual fetishes or bondage, and she gained a certain public redemption and popular status as an icon of erotica from a bygone era. This attention also raised the question among her new fans of what happened to her after the 1950s. The 1990s edition of the popular Book of Lists[20] included Page in a list of once-famous celebrities who had seemingly vanished from the public eye.
Revival[link]
In 1976, Eros Publishing Co. published A Nostalgic Look at Bettie Page, a mixture of photos from the 1950s. Between 1978 and 1980, Belier Press published four volumes of Betty Page: Private Peeks, reprinting pictures from the private camera club sessions, which reintroduced Page to a new but small cult following.[21] In 1983, London Enterprises released In Praise of Bettie Page — A Nostalgic Collector's Item, reprinting camera club photos and an old cat fight photo shoot.
In the early 1980s, comic book artist Dave Stevens based the female love interest of his hero Cliff Secord (alias "The Rocketeer") on Page.[22] In 1987, Greg Theakston started a fanzine called The Betty Pages[21] and recounted tales of her life, particularly the camera club days. For the next seven years, the magazine sparked a worldwide interest in Page. Women dyed their hair and cut it into bangs in an attempt to emulate the "Dark Angel".[citation needed] The media caught wind of the phenomenon and wrote numerous articles about her, more often than not with Theakston's help. Since almost all of her photos were in the public domain, opportunists launched related products and cashed in on the burgeoning craze.
In a 1993 telephone interview with Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous Page told host Robin Leach that she had been unaware of the resurgence of her popularity, stating that she was "penniless and infamous". Entertainment Tonight produced a segment on her. Page, who was living in a group home in Los Angeles, was astounded when she saw the E.T. piece, having had no idea that she had suddenly become famous again. Greg Theakston contacted her and extensively interviewed her for The Betty Page Annuals V.2.
Shortly after, Page signed with Chicago-based agent James Swanson. Three years later, nearly penniless and failing to receive any royalties, Page fired Swanson and signed with Curtis Management Group, a company which also represented the James Dean and Marilyn Monroe estates. She then began collecting payments which ensured her financial security.
After Jim Silke made a large format comic featuring her likeness, Dark Horse Comics published a comic based on her fictional adventures in the 1990s. Eros Comics published several Bettie Page titles, the most popular being the tongue-in-cheek Tor Love Bettie which suggested a romance between Page and wrestler-turned-Ed Wood film actor, Tor Johnson.
The question of what Page did in the obscure years after modeling was answered in part with the publication of an official biography in 1996, Bettie Page: The Life of a Pin-up Legend.[23] That year, Bettie Page granted an exclusive one-on-one TV interview to entertainment reporter Tim Estiloz for a short-lived NBC morning magazine program Real Life to help publicize the book. The interview featured her reminiscing about her career and relating anecdotes about her personal life, as well as photos from her personal collection. At Page's request, her face was not shown. The interview was broadcast only once.
Another biography, The Real Bettie Page: The Truth about the Queen of Pinups[24] written by Richard Foster and published in 1997, told a less happy tale. Foster's book immediately provoked attacks from her fans, including Hefner and Harlan Ellison, as well as a statement from Page that it was "full of lies," because they were not pleased that the book revealed a Los Angeles County Sheriff's police report that stated that she suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and, at age 56, had stabbed her elderly landlords on the afternoon of April 19, 1979 in an unprovoked attack during a fit of insanity.[25] However, Steve Brewster, founder of The Bettie Scouts of America fan club, has stated that it is not as unsympathetic as the book's reputation makes it to be. Brewster adds that he also read the chapter about her business dealings with Swanson, and stated that Page was pleased with that part of her story.
In 1997, E! True Hollywood Story aired a feature on Page entitled, Bettie Page: From Pinup to Sex Queen.[26]
In a late-1990s interview, Page stated she would not allow any current pictures of her to be shown because of concerns about her weight. However, in 1997, Page changed her mind and agreed to a rare television interview for the aforementioned E! True Hollywood Story/Page special on the condition that the location of the interview and her face not be revealed (she was shown with her face and dress electronically blacked out). In 2003, Page allowed a publicity picture to be taken of her for the August 2003 edition of Playboy. In 2006, the Los Angeles Times ran an article headlined A Golden Age for a Pinup, covering an autographing session at her current publicity company, CMG Worldwide. Once again, she declined to be photographed, saying that she would rather be remembered as she was.
In a 1998 interview with Playboy, she commented on her career:
I never thought it was shameful. I felt normal. It's just that it was much better than pounding a typewriter eight hours a day, which gets monotonous.
Within the last few years, she had hired a law firm to help her recoup some of the profits being made with her likeness. According to MTV: "Katy Perry's rocker bangs and throwback skimpy jumpers. Madonna's Sex book and fascination with bondage gear. Rihanna's obsession with all things leather, lace and second-skin binding. Uma Thurman in Pulp Fiction. The SuicideGirls Web site. The Pussycat Dolls. The entire career of Marilyn Manson's ex-wife Dita Von Teese" would not have been possible without Page.[27] Many rockabilly and gothic girls emulate Bettie's hairstyle with the black blunt bangs. You can see Bettie's hairstyle and timeless facial features emulated in many modern pin-up models, such as Bernie Dexter and Masuimi Max.[28]
In 2011, her estate made the Forbes annual list of top-earning dead celebrities, earning $6 million and tied with the estates of George Harrison and Andy Warhol, at 13th on the list.[29]
Death[link]
According to long-time friend and business agent Mark Roesler, on December 6, 2008, Bettie Page was hospitalized in critical condition.[6] Roesler was quoted by the Associated Press as saying Page had suffered a heart attack[6] and by Los Angeles television station KNBC as claiming Page was suffering from pneumonia.[30] A family friend said Page was in a coma, a claim not denied by Roesler.[6] Her family eventually agreed to discontinue life support, and she died at 18:41 PST on December 11, 2008.[4][7]
She is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. Her headstone lists her name as "Bettie Mae Page" and includes the legend "Queen of Pin-Ups".[31]
Films[link]
Filmography[link]
- Striporama (1953)
- Varietease (1954)
- Teaserama (1955)
- Irving Klaw Bondage Classics, Volume I (London Enterprises, 1984)
- Irving Klaw Bondage Classics, Volume II (London Enterprises, 1984)
- Bettie Page: Pin Up Queen (Cult Epics, 2005)
- Bettie Page: Bondage Queen (Cult Epics, 2005)
- 100 Girls by Bunny Yeager (Cult Epics, 2005)
- Bizarro Sex Loops, Volume 4 (Something Weird Video, 2007)
- Bizarro Sex Loops, Volume 20 (Something Weird Video, 2008)
DVDs[link]
Most, if not all, of Page's existing films have been reissued on DVD, such as Bettie Page: Varietease/Teaserama, as well as a collection of five shorts called Betty Page in Bondage. In 1984, London Enterprises, a producer of S&M films, added music and narration to 28 of Klaw's silent fetish movies for the two-volume video Irving Klaw Bondage Classics. Page appears in half of these featurettes. In 2005, both volumes were released on a single DVD by Cult Epics as Bettie Page: Bondage Queen.
A compilation of her burlesque dancing performances from Striporama, Varietease, and Teaserama plus The Exotic Dances of Bettie Page (13 black-and-white dancing and cat-fight shorts) are on the Cult Epics DVD release Bettie Page: Pin Up Queen.
The DVD 100 Girls by Bunny Yeager (also by Cult Epics) is a documentary with behind-the-scenes footage on Yeager's photo sessions with Page and other pin-up models. Page also appears in another set of Irving Klaw bondage reels in Bizarro Sex Loops, Volume 20, a collection of vintage fetish shorts produced by Something Weird Video.
Biopics[link]
In 2004, Cult Epics produced the biographical film Bettie Page: Dark Angel. This low-budget straight-to-disc biopic centers on the 1953–1957 Irving Klaw period, faithfully recreating six lost fetish films she did for Klaw. Model Paige Richards plays the title role.
Another biographical movie, The Notorious Bettie Page (2005), follows her life from the mid-1930s through the late-1950s. It stars actress Gretchen Mol as the adult Page. Bonus footage added to the DVD release includes rare color film from the 1950s of Page playfully undressing and striking various nude poses for the camera.
Academy Award nominated director Mark Mori is scheduled to release the official authorized documentary biography, Bettie Page Reveals All in 2012. After more than 10 years of working with Bettie Page, Mori's film provides a unique look into her life. The film contains exclusive interviews with Bettie Page and important figures in her life and career, such as Hugh Hefner.
Guitars[link]
In 2006, Page and Halo Guitars collaborated to produce a limited edition of custom guitars, released at the 2007 Winter NAMM show in southern California. The total run of one hundred guitars were hand-made and designed by luthier Waylon Ford, art was designed by Pamelina H. and the only collector guitar series authorized by Bettie Page.[32]
In popular culture[link]
- In one of his numerous fictional back-page biographical sketches, Harlan Ellison claimed to be "writing a biography of Bettie Page for young adults".[33]
- Alternative country band BR5-49 recorded an ode to Page named "Bettie, Bettie" on their 1996 debut EP Live From Robert's. In interviews, Page stated that this was her favorite of the songs written about her.[34]
- The Jazz Butcher included the song "Just Like Betty Page" on the 1984 album, A Scandal in Bohemia, using Page for a simile in the chorus "You have me/As far as I can see/roped and trussed just like dear Betty Page."[35]
- The BD-3000 luxury droid in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith was inspired by Bettie Page.[36]
- Beyoncé Knowles pays homage to Bettie Page in her music video for "Video Phone".[37]
- Swedish concept band DC-Pöbeln (a.k.a. Dagcenterpöbeln) from Örebro put Bettie Page on the cover of their only record Bettan/Dödgrävaren in 1985.[38]
- In Quentin Tarantino's film Death Proof, Rosario Dawson pays homage to Page with her trademark haircut.[39]
- In Seattle, Washington, a homeowner became the subject of a short-lived controversy when he had an artist friend paint a large mural of Page on the side of his home. The mural is visible from Interstate 5, just south of the 65th Street exit.[40]
- In Suda51's upcoming video game "Lollipop Chainsaw," a pre-order downloadable outfit takes inspiration from Bettie Page as a pinup girl outfit, and includes her signature haircut with bangs. [41]
See also[link]
References[link]
- Notes
- ^ Official website facts page Accessed December 17, 2011.
- ^ 50s pin-up queen Bettie Page dies, BBC News, 12 December 2008; accessed 12, December 2008
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (December 12, 2008). "Bettie Page, Queen of Pinups, Dies at 85 - Obituary (Obit) - NYTimes.com". nytimes.com. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/12/arts/12page.html. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
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| Name | Page, Bettie |
| Alternative names | Page, Betty Mae |
| Short description | Model |
| Date of birth | April 22, 1923 |
| Place of birth | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Date of death | December 11, 2008 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles, California |
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| Patti Page | |
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 Page circa 1950s. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Clara Ann Fowler |
| Born | (1927-11-08) November 8, 1927 (age 84) |
| Origin | Claremore, Oklahoma, U.S. [many sources give Muskogee, OK] |
| Genres | Traditional pop, country |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1946–present |
| Labels | Mercury Columbia Epic Avco Plantation |
| Website | misspattipage.com |
Clara Ann Fowler (born November 8, 1927), known by her professional name Patti Page, is an American singer, one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music. She was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s,[1] and has sold over 100 million records.[2] Her nickname is The Singin' Rage (a phrase commonly followed by "Miss Patti Page").
Page signed with Mercury Records in 1947, and became their first successful female artist, starting with 1948's "Confess". In 1950, she had her first million-selling single "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming", and would eventually have 14 additional million-selling singles between 1950 and 1965.
Page's signature song, "Tennessee Waltz", recorded in 1950, was one of the biggest-selling singles of the twentieth century, and is also one of the two official state songs of Tennessee. "Tennessee Waltz" spent 13 weeks atop the Billboard magazine's Best-Sellers List in 1950. Page had three additional #1 hit singles between 1950 and 1953, with "All My Love (Bolero)", "I Went to Your Wedding", and "(How Much Is That) Doggie in the Window".
Unlike most pop music singers, Page blended the styles of country music into many of her most popular songs. By doing this, many of Page's singles also made the Billboard Country Chart. Towards the 1970s, Page shifted her career towards country music, and she began charting on the country charts, up until 1982. Page is one of the few vocalists who have made the country charts in five separate decades.
When rock & roll music became popular during the second half of the 1950s, traditional pop music was becoming less popular. Page was one of the few traditional pop music singers who was able to sustain her success, continuing to have major hits into the mid-1960s with "Old Cape Cod", "Allegheny Moon", "A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)", and "Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte".
In 1997, Patti Page was inducted into the Oklahoma Music Hall of Fame. In 2007 Patti Page was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
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Early life[link]
Page was born Clara Ann Fowler on November 8, 1927, in Claremore, Oklahoma, (although some sources give Muskogee, Oklahoma).[1] She was born into a large and poor family.[3] Her father worked on the MKT railroad, while her mother and older sisters picked cotton. As she related on television many years later, the family went without electricity, and therefore she could not read after dark. She attended Daniel Webster High School in Tulsa, from which she graduated in 1945.[4]
Fowler became a featured singer on a 15-minute radio program on radio station KTUL, Tulsa, Oklahoma, at age 18. The program was sponsored by the "Page Milk Company."[5] On the air, Fowler was dubbed "Patti Page," after the Page Milk Company. In 1946, Jack Rael, a saxophone player and band manager, came to Tulsa to do a one-night show. Rael heard Page on the radio and liked her voice. Rael asked her to join the band he managed, the "Jimmy Joy Band." Rael would later become Page's personal manager, after leaving the band.[6]
Page toured with the "Jimmy Joy Band" throughout the country in the mid-1940s. The band eventually ended up in Chicago, Illinois, in 1947. In Chicago, Page ate with a small group led by popular orchestra leader, Benny Goodman. This helped Page gain her first recording contract with Mercury Records the same year.[1] Page became Mercury Records' "girl singer."[3]
Music career[link]
Pop success: 1948 – 1949[link]
Page recorded her first hit single in 1947 titled "Confess," during a strike meaning background singers were not available to provide harmony vocals for the song. Instead, Page and the label decided to overdub her vocals on the song, in harmony.[7] Mitch Miller, who produced for Mercury Records, was able to overdub Page's voice, due to his well-known use of technology.[8] Thus, Page became the first pop artist to overdub her vocals on a song.[1] This idea would later be used on Page's biggest hit singles in the 1950s. In 1948, "Confess" became a Top 15 hit on Billboard magazine, peaking at #12 on the "Best-Sellers" chart, becoming her first major hit on the pop chart. Page followed the single with four more in 1948-1949, only one of which was a Top 20 hit, "So in Love" (1949). Page also had a Top 15 hit on the Billboard magazine country chart in 1949 with "Money, Marbles, and Chalk."
In 1950, Page had her first million-selling single "With My Eyes Wide Open, I'm Dreaming," another song where she harmonized her vocals. Because she was overdubbing her vocals, Page's name would be listed on the Pop charts as a group name. According to one early-1950s' chart, Page was titled as "The Patti Page Quartet," among others. Towards the middle of 1950, Page's single, "All My Love (Bolero)" peaked at #1 on Billboard magazine, becoming her first #1 hit,[1] spending five weeks there. That same year, she also had her first Top 10 hit with "I Don't Care If the Sun Don't Shine," as well as the Top 25 single, "Back in Your Own Backyard."
"Tennessee Waltz": 1950[link]
Towards the end of 1950, Page's version of "Tennessee Waltz" became her second #1 hit, and her most-popular and biggest-selling single.[1] "Tennessee Waltz" was originally recorded by country music band Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys in 1947, becoming a major hit on the country charts for them in 1948. It also became a major country hit for country star Cowboy Copas around the same time. Page was introduced to the song by Jerry Wexler, who suggested she cover a recent R&B version by the Erskine Hawkins orchestra. Page liked the song and she eventually recorded and released it as a single.[8] The song spent 13 weeks at #1 between 1950 and 1951. "Tennessee Waltz" also became Page's second single to reach the country chart, becoming her biggest hit there, reaching #2. The song would later become one of the best-selling records of the time, selling seven million copies in the early '50s, which prompted various cover versions of the song to appear on the charts during the year.[1] "Tennessee Waltz" has also represented the biggest commercial success for the overdubbing technique to date.[8] Today, the song has come close to selling fifteen million copies. It also became the last song to sell one million copies of sheet music, due to the increasing popularity of recorded music. It was featured in the 1983 film The Right Stuff.[9]
Breakthrough: 1951 – 1965[link]
In 1951, Page released the follow-up single to "Tennessee Waltz" called "Would I Love You (Love You, Love You)," which was a Top 5 hit, and also sold a million copies. The next single, "Mockin' Bird Hill," (a cover of the version by Les Paul and Mary Ford was another major hit that year) was her fourth single that sold a million copies. Page had three additional Top 10 hits on Billboard magazine in 1951, starting with "Mister and Mississippi," which peaked at #8, "And So to Sleep Again", and "Detour," which had previously been recorded and made famous by Foy Willing and Elton Britt. Page's version became the most-popular and would become Page's seventh million-selling single.[9] She also released her first studio album in 1951 titled, Folk Song Favorites, covers of Page's favorite folk songs. In 1952, Page had a third #1 hit with "I Went to Your Wedding," which spent two months at the top spot. Recorded in a country ballad style, the song was the flip-side of one of her other Top 10 hits that year, "You Belong to Me." "I Went to Your Wedding" became more successful, and the single became Page's eighth million-selling single in the United States (ironically, it displaced Jo Stafford's version of "You Belong to Me" at #1 on Billboard's Best Seller chart).[1] She had continued success that year, with three additional songs in the Top 10 with "Come What May," "Once In a While," and "Why Don't You Believe Me" (the most popular version was recorded by Joni James).
In 1953, a novelty tune, "(How Much Is That) Doggie In the Window" became Page's fourth #1 hit, selling over a million copies, and staying on the best-sellers chart for five months. The song included a dog barking in the recording, which helped make the song popular and one of her best-known and signature songs.[9] The song was written by novelty tune specialist, Bob Merrill. It was originally recorded by Page for a children's album that year.[10] She had a series of Top 20 hits that year. A final single that year reached the Top 5 titled "Changing Partners," which peaked at #3 and stayed on the charts for five months. The song was also recorded in a country melody, like many of Page's hits at the time.[9] Into 1954, Page had further hits, including "Cross Over the Bridge," which also over-dubbed Page's vocals and became a major hit, peaking at #2, nearly reaching the top spot. Other Top 10 hits by Page that year included, "Steam Heat" (from the Broadway musical The Pajama Game) and "Let Me Go Lover" (the best known version of the latter recorded by Joan Weber).[10] In 1955 Page had one charting single with "Croce di Oro," due to the increasing popularity of Rock & Roll music.[9] Unlike most traditional pop music singers at the time, Page was able to maintain her success in the late-50s (although not as successful as the early-50s), having three major hits in 1956, including the #2 hit "Allegheny Moon." In 1957 she had other major hits with "A Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)" (recorded the same year by Patsy Cline) and the Top 5 hit, "Old Cape Cod."
In 1956 Vic Schoen became the musical director for Patti Page producing a long string of hits that included Mama From the Train, Allegheny Moon, Old Cape Cod, Belonging To Someone, and Left Right Out of Your Heart. Page and Schoen’s most challenging project was a new recording of Gordon Jenkins narrative tone poem Manhattan Tower (recorded September 1956). The album was a tremendous success, both artistically and commercially, reaching No. 18 on the Billboard LP chart, the highest ranking of any album she ever made. Vic Schoen’s arrangements were far more lively and jazzy than the original Jenkins arrangements. Schoen recalled, “Patti was an alto, but I pushed her to reach notes higher than she had sung before for this album. We always enjoyed working together.” Page and Schoen kept in touch and worked together all the way up until 1999.
During the 1950s, Page regularly appeared on a series of network television shows and programs, including The Dean Martin Show, The Ed Sullivan Show, and The Steve Allen Show. This eventually led to Page acquiring some television specials of her own during the 1950s. Page would later have her own series, beginning with Scott Music Hall on NBC in the 1952-53 season, and a syndicated series for Oldsmobile [11] in 1955 titled The Patti Page Show. However, the show only lasted one season, as did The Big Record on CBS (1957–58) and ABC's The Patti Page Olds Show (1958–59). Page also acted in fims during this time, given a role on the CBS show, Playhouse 90. Page made her film debut in the 60s, with the 1960 film, Elmer Gantry.[11] Page also recorded the theme song for the film, Boys Night Out, in which Page also had a role, playing Joanne McIllenny.[12]
In the early 1960s, Page's success began to decrease,[5] having no major hits up until 1961's "You'll Answer to Me" and "Mom and Dad's Waltz." Page had her last major hit on the Billboard Pop Chart in 1965 with "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte," from the film of the same name[11] starring Bette Davis and Olivia De Havilland, which peaked at #8, becoming her last top 10 hit (and her first since 1957).[10]
Adult contemporary & country music: 1966 – 1982[link]
Before releasing "Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte," Page signed with Columbia Records, where she stayed towards the end of the decade. She released a few studio albums for the Columbia label in the 60s. Up until 1970, her singles began to chart on the Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks chart. Many of these singles became major hits, peaking in the Top 20, including cover versions of "You Can't Be True, Dear," "Gentle On My Mind" and "Little Green Apples" (the latter being her last pop chart entry). Page, who is a fan of country music, has recorded cover versions of many country songs throughout the years. Some of these songs were recorded under Columbia and were released as Adult Contemporary singles, including David Houston's "Almost Persuaded" and Tammy Wynette's "Stand by Your Man." Page left Columbia at the end of the 60s.
In 1970, Page returned to Mercury Records and shifted her career towards country music. In 1973, she returned to working with her former record producer, Shelby Singleton.[10] Under Mercury, Columbia, and Epic in the 70s, Page recorded a series of country singles, beginning with 1970's "I Wish I Had a Mommy Like You," which became a Top 25 hit, followed by "Give Him Love," with similar success. In 1971, she released a country music studio album, I'd Rather Be Sorry, for Mercury records. In the early 70s, she had additional charted hits; her most successful was in 1973, a duet with country singer Tom T. Hall titled, "Hello, We're Lonely" which was a Top 20 hit, reaching #14 on the Bilboard Country Chart.
Also, in 1973, Page moved back to Columbia Records, recording for Epic Records (a subsidiary). In 1974 and 1975, she released singles for Avco records again, with country singles "I May Not Be Lovin' You" and "Less Than the Song," both of which were minor country hits. After a five-year hiatus, she recorded for Plantation Records in 1980. In the early 80s, she also performed with major symphony orchestras in Cincinnati, Ohio, and Mexico City, Mexico. She had a Top 40 hit with the Plantation label in 1981 titled "No Aces," followed by a series of minor country hits, including her last-charting single, "My Man Friday," which reached #80.
Later career: 1983 – present[link]
In 1986 Page and arranger Vic Schoen reunited for a stage show in Las Vegas.
In 1988, Page appeared in New York City to perform at the Ballroom, making it the first time she performed in New York in nearly twenty years. She received positive reviews from music critics.[10] In the 1990s, Page founded her own record label, C.A.F. Records, which released various albums, including a 2003 children's album.[11] In the early '90s, Page moved west to San Diego, California, and continued to perform live shows at venues across the country.
In 1998, Page recorded her first live album. It was performed at Carnegie Hall in New York and titled, Live at Carnegie Hall: The 50th Anniversary Concert. The album won Page a Grammy Award the following year for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Performance which, despite her prolific career, was her first Grammy.[10] In 2000, she released a new album, Brand New Tennessee Waltz, which consisted of new music. Harmony vocals were provided by popular country stars, including Suzy Bogguss, Alison Krauss, Kathy Mattea, and Trisha Yearwood. The album was promoted at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee in 2000.[13] On October 4, 2001, Bob Baines, the mayor of Manchester, New Hampshire declared the day "Patti Page Day" in the town. Miss Page was in Manchester to perform a sold-out concert at the Palace Theatre to benefit Merrimack Valley Assistance Program.[14]
In 1998, a sample of Patti Page's recording of "Old Cape Cod" formed the basis of Groove Armada's 1998 UK hit "At the River". The lines "If you're fond of sand dunes and salty air, / Quaint little villages here and there..." sung in Page's multi-tracked close-harmony, are repeated over and over, with the addition of synthesizer bass, slowed-down drums and a bluesy trombone solo to produce a chill-out track. The success of this track exposed Page's music to a younger audience.
In 1999, Vic Schoen reunited with Page to record a CD for a Chinese label.
In 2005, she performed a series of engagements at a theatre in Branson, Missouri, starting on September 12.[15]
Until recently, Page was a host of a weekly Sunday program on the "Music of Your Life" radio network. She and Jack White of The White Stripes were interviewed in January 2008, after the White Stripes recorded Page's early '50s hit, "Conquest" on their 2007 studio album, Icky Thump. Page and White were put together on the phone during the interview, talking to each other about their views on "Conquest."[7] In 2007, Page was inducted into the Hit Parade Hall of Fame.
Now in her mid-80s, Page continues to tour, performing 50 select concerts a year across the United States and Canada.[16]
Style[link]
During the time of Page's greatest popularity (the late '40s and '50s), most of her traditional pop music counterparts included jazz melodies into their songs. Page also incorporated jazz into some of her songs; however on most of her recordings, Page added a country music arrangement.
During the '50s, Mercury Records was controlled by Mitch Miller[citation needed], who produced most of Page's music. Miller found that the simple-structured melodies and storylines in country music songs could be adapted to the pop music market. Page, who was born in Oklahoma, felt comfortable using this idea.[8] Many of Page's most successful hits featured a country music arrangement, including her signature song, "Tennessee Waltz," as well as "I Went to Your Wedding" and "Changing Partners." Some of these singles charted on the Billboard Country Chart during the '40s, '50s, and early '60s for this reason.
Many other artists were introduced to Page's style and incorporated the same country arrangement into many of their songs, including The Andrews Sisters and Bing Crosby, who together had a #1 hit on the country charts in the late '40s with "Pistol Packin' Mama."
Personal life[link]
In his autobiography, Lucky Me, published in 2011, former major league baseball star and front-office executive Eddie Robinson discloses that he dated Page during the period before her first marriage.
Page has been married three times. She married University of Wisconsin student Jack Skiba in May 1948 and moved with him to New York, but asked for and received a no-fault divorce in Wisconsin within a year. Her second husband was Charles O'Curran, a choreographer, whom she married in 1956. Together, Page and O'Curran adopted two children: a son, Danny, and a daughter, Kathleen. They divorced in 1972.
Page married her third husband, Jerry Filiciotto, in 1990.[17] Filiciotto died on April 18, 2009. They ran a maple syrup business in New Hampshire and resided in Solana Beach, California.[11][18]
One of legendary Hollywood arranger Vic Schoen’s favorite singers for whom he arranged songs was Patti Page. Schoen once recalled, "She was one of the nicest and most accommodating singers I've ever worked with." She and Schoen remained close friends and spoke regularly until his death in 2000.
Discography[link]
Main article: Patti Page discography
(For a more complete collection, see List of songs recorded by Patti Page.)
Television appearances[link]
- What's My Line? (CBS, September 22, 1955) (Episode # 381) (Season 9, Ep 4) Mystery Guest
- Appointment with Adventure ("Paris Venture", CBS, February 26, 1956)
Filmography[link]
- Elmer Gantry (1960)
- Dondi (1960)
- Boys' Night Out (1962)
- 2004: The Patti Page Video Songbook[19]
- 2004: Patti Page - Sings the Hits
- 2005: In Concert Series: Patti Page
See also[link]
Bibliography[link]
- Once Upon a Dream: A Personal Chat With All Teenagers (1960)
- This is My Song: A Memoir - Patti Page with Skip Press (2009)
References[link]
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External links[link]
- The Official Patti Page Website
- Patti Page Official Biography
- Interview with Patti Page
- Songwriters' Hall of Fame article on Patti Page
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| Name | Page, Patti |
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| Date of birth | November 8, 1927 |
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| Amedeo Minghi | |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Italy |
| Genres | Pop, Italian popular music, Adult Contemporary |
| Years active | 1966–present |
| Labels | Dischi Ricordi, Apollo, CBS, It, Italian RCA, Fonit Cetra, Italian EMI |
| Website | http://www.amedeominghi.com/ |
| Notable instruments | |
| Piano | |
Amedeo Minghi (born in Rome, Italy on 12 August 1947) is an Italian singer/songwriter. He has written songs for Andrea Bocelli, Mietta, Mia Martini, Anna Oxa, Marcella Bella, Gianni Morandi and Rossana Casale and composed several sound tracks as for the television film Fantaghirò (aka Cave of the Golden Rose).
- 2000: Anita
- 2002: L'altra faccia della luna
- 2003: L'altra faccia della luna (Edizione sanremese)
- 2005: Su di me
- 2005: Sotto L'Ombrellone (con Lino Banfi)
- 2006: The Platinum collection
- 2008: 40 anni di me con voi
- 2009: All'Auditorium. L'ascolteranno gli americani
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| Name | Minghi, Amedeo |
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| Date of birth | 12 August 1947 |
| Place of birth | Rome, Italy |
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