Friday, Nov 22, 2024
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1918 - Birth of Claiborne Pell (Senator-Democrat-Rhode Island).
1921 - Birth of Rodney Dangerfield Babylon New York, comedian (Caddyshack, Back to School).
1922 - Birth of Fikret Dzhamil Amirov Kirovabad Russia, Azerbaijani composer (Shur).
1923 - Coolidge pardons WW I German spy Lothar Witzke, sentenced to death.
1924 - Birth of Geraldine Page Kirksville Missouri (Interiors, Trip to Bountiful).
1924 - England orders Egyptians out of Sudan.
1925 - Birth of Gunther Schuller New York City, hornist/composer (Visitation).
1925 - Red Grange signs with Chicago Bears directly out of college.
1928 - "Bolero" by Maurice Ravel, first performed publicly, in Paris.
1928 - Birth of Juno Stover-Irwin US, diver (Olympic-silver-1956).