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100 years anniversary | ||||
22 Aug 1924 | Andrzej Markowski: Composer | |||
22 Aug 1924 | James Kirkwood: Los Angeles, California -- Actor / writer (Hired Wife) | |||
22 Aug 1924 | Peter Allsop: Publisher | |||
75 years anniversary | ||||
22 Aug 1949 | Diana Nyad: Swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979) | |||
22 Aug 1949 | Diana Nyad swimmer (1st to swim Bahamas to Fla-1979) | |||
50 years anniversary | ||||
22 Aug 1974 | Jacob Bronowsky: British Mathematician / cultural historian, dies at 66 | |||
22 Aug 1974 |
death Jacob Bronowski Died 22 Aug 1974 at age 66 (born 18 Jan 1908). Polish-British mathematician and science writer who eloquently presented the case for the humanistic aspects of science as the writer and presenter of the BBC television series, The Ascent of Man. Bronowski, who had a Ph.D. in algebraic geometry, spent WW II in Operations Research, and was an official observer of the after-effects of the Nagasaki and Hiroshima bombings. After this experience, he turned to biology, to better understand the nature of violence. |
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Jacob Bronowski, Polish-born British scientific polymath (b. 1908) | ||||
25 years anniversary | ||||
22 Aug 1999 | Former Spice Girl Geri Halliwell scored her first UK No.1 solo single with 'Mi Chico Latino' the second single from her debut solo album Schizophonic. | |||
20 years anniversary | ||||
22 Aug 2004 | Al Dvorin the announcer who popularised the phrase "Elvis has left the building" died in a car crash, on his way home from an Elvis convention in California. Dvorin aged 81, was in a car driven by Elvis photographer Ed Bonja. Dvorin was never paid for recordings of his words, and was bitter towards the multimillion pound Elvis Presley Enterprises. In the early 1970s, Colonel Parker asked Dvorin to inform fans at a gig that Presley would not be appearing for an encore. He took the stage and announced: "Ladies and gentlemen, Elvis has left the building. Thank you and goodnight." | |||
22 Aug 2004 | Natasha Bedingfield started a two week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'These Words.' The sister of singer and producer Daniel Bedingfield. | |||
15 years anniversary | ||||
22 Aug 2009 | Soul singer Johnny Carter, who was a member of doo-wop groups The Dells and The Flamingos, died aged 75. Carter who was famed for his falsetto vocals, was one of the few artists to be inducted into the US Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with two acts. |