Thursday, November 12, 2009

TODAY IS ... 12 NOVEMBER

TODAY IS ... 12 NOVEMBER
BIRTHDAYS: 1982 - Actress Anne Hathaway, starred in the 2001 Disney comedy The Princess Diaries (with Julie Andrews and Mandy Moore) as an awkward American teen who suddenly learns she's really a princess. The movie was a box office success and Hathaway was suddenly a rising star: tall, dark-haired, with a screen persona that mixed naivete with determination. She co-starred in 2002's Nicholas Nickleby (based on the novel by Charles Dickens) and was then cast as the lead in 2004's Ella Enchanted, in which she sang a duet with pop star Jesse McCartney. She also starred in a 2004 sequel to her original hit, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement..
Anne Hathaway
1980 - Ryan Gosling, Canadian actor – A specialist in playing troubled young men on the big screen, Ryan Gosling got his start on the Disney television show MMC (the Mickey Mouse Club), alongside Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. From there he worked in television (Breaker High and Young Hercules) until moving into feature films. Gosling received critical raves for his performance as a neo-Nazi in the drama The Believer (2001) and held his own with Don Cheadle and Kevin Spacey in 2003's The United States of Leland. His turn opposite Rachel McAdams in the romance The Notebook (2004, with James Garner) earned him legions of female fans,
Ryan Gosling
1961 - Nadia Comaneci - Romanian-American gymnast. Under the tutelage of coach Bela Karolyi, she rose to prominence in the celebrated Romanian gymnastics program. Comaneci was known for the boldness of her routines and her implacable composure. In the 1976 Olympics, she won five medals—three gold, one silver, and one bronze. She also scored a perfect 10 in two events, a score no one had previously achieved. In the 1980 Olympics, she won two gold and two silver medals. The difficulty of her performances and the high level of her technical execution resulted in a redefinition of the sport and of judges' and viewers' expectations of women's gymnastics.
Nadia Comaneci 1976 Montreal Olympics
1945 - Neil Young, Canadian singer, From his work with Buffalo Springfield (1966–68) and Crosby, Stills, and Nash in the 1960s and 1970s, to a prolific and creative solo career spanning three decades, to a successful collaboration with Pearl Jam in 1995, Neil Young's career has been one of the least predictable and most significant in rock music. His albums include Déjà Vu (1970), with Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (1969), with Crazy Horse, Harvest (1972), the best-selling album of 1972, Comes a Time (1978), Freedom (1989), and Mirror Ball (1995). He is the subject of the Jim Jarmusch-directed documentary The Year of the Horse (1997).
Neil Young
1929 - An icon of Hollywood elegance and beauty, Grace Kelly won a best actress Oscar in 1954 for The Country Girl She is still better known for playing the gorgeous, reserved blonde in three Alfred Hitchcock films: Dial M for Murder (1954), Rear Window (1954, with Jimmy Stewart) and To Catch a Thief (1955, with Cary Grant). She also played Gary Cooper's wife in the iconic western High Noon (1952) and starred with Crosby and Frank Sinatra in the musical romp High Society (1956). While attending the Cannes film festival she met Prince Rainier III of Monaco. The two were married on 18 April 1956 and Kelly abandoned her acting career to become Princess Grace
News Report Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Grace Kelly’s Wedding
OTHER EVENTS: 2006 - Westlife scored their 14th UK No.1 'The Rose' originally a US hit for Bette Midler in 1980. 2006 - Jamiroquai went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'High Times Singles - 1992-2006.' 2005 – Adding another chapter to her 2005 comeback story, Mariah Carey walks away the big winner at the third annual Vibe Awards. Carey nets artist of the year, album of the year (”The Emancipation of Mimi”), R&B voice of the year and best R&B song (”We Belong Together”)
Mariah Carey
2003 – Phil Collins (”In the Air Tonight”) reveals that he has lost nearly 60 percent of his hearing in his left ear. 2003 - With 501 km/h (311 mph) Shanghai Transrapid sets up a new world record for commercial railway systems.
Shanghai Transrapid
2002 - Stan Lee filed a lawsuit against Marvel Entertainment Inc. that claimed the company had cheated him out of millions of dollars in movie profits related to the 2002 movie "Spider-Man." Lee was the creator of Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk and Daredevil. 2001 - American Airlines flight 587 crashed just minutes after take off from Kennedy Airport in New York. The Airbus A300 crashed into the Rockaway Beach section of Queens. All 260 people aboard were killed. 2000 - LeAnn Rimes sued Curb Records to void a contract signed by her parents on her behalf in 1995. In the suit the 18 year-old singer asked Curb to relinquish its rights and publishing interests in Rimes' past work, as well as future profits. 2000 - Destiny's Child started an eleven week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Independent Women Part 1.' Taken from the group's third studio album, Survivor, the song first appeared on the soundtrack to the 2000 film Charlie's Angels. 1998 - Winners at the MTV Europe Awards included Madonna, best female artist and album for 'Ray Of Light', The Spice Girls won best group, All Saints won breakthrough artist, Robbie Williams, best male artist and Natalie Imbruglia won best song with 'Torn.' 1996 - The album "Evita: The Complete Motion Picture Music Soundtrack" was released. 1995 - The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off on a mission to dock with the Russian space station Mir. 1993 - The Three Musketeers, starring Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O'Donnell, Tim Curry, and Rebecca De Mornay, is released. 1988 Whitney Houston's debut album is awarded a multi-platinum certificate for sales of nine million copies in US, equalling 'Boston's' record as the most successful debut LP ever 1988 - U2 started a six-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Rattle And Hum. 1987 - The American Medical Association issued a policy statement that said it was unethical for a doctor to refuse to treat someone solely because that person had AIDS or was HIV-positive. 1984 – : Quid notes out - pound coins in - The English pound note is to disappear after more than 150 years. 1984 – Madonna releases her sophomore album, “Like A Virgin.” It becomes the Material Girl’s biggest album. The title track spends six weeks at No. 1 on Chart Toppers singles chart and spawns the top 5 singles “Material Girl,” “Angel” and “Dress You Up.” 1984 - Spacewalker Joseph Allen became the first astronaut to rescue a satellite. The "Discovery" space shuttle made the $35 million rescue. When capturing the wayward satellite, Allen might have told mission control, “Hey, I can see HBO in here! The Movie Channel, too! And, look, there’s Showtime! Way cool!” 1984 - Paul McCartney releases "We All Stand Together" 1983 - Lionel Richie started a four week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'All Night Long', becoming Motown's biggest seller to date, it made No.2 in the UK. 1980 - Bruce Springsteen scored his first No.1 US album with 'The River', featuring the US No.5 & UK No.44 single 'Hungry Heart.' 1980 - Saturn's rings are photographed in high resolution for the first time 1969 - Author Alexander Solzhenitsyn expelled from Soviet Writers Union 1968 - UK book and record chain W.H. Smiths refused to display The Jimi Hendrix Experience album 'Electric Ladyland' due to the naked girls featured on the sleeve. The album was then made available as two albums with changed artwork after the complaints 1967 - Pearl Bailey took over the lead in the Broadway musical, "Hello Dolly!" ‘Pearlie Mae’ was a smash hit in the role.
Pearl Bailey in “Hello Dolly!”
1965 - After changing his name from Toby Tyler to Marc Bolan, the future T Rex star performed his first single 'The Wizard' on the UK TV show 'Ready Steady Go!' 1957 - Disney stock is first listed on the New York Stock Exchange. 1957 - "Jamboree," the first movie starring Jerry Lee Lewis, previews in Hollywood. Among those featured in the flick are Fats Domino (with whom Lewis shares top billing), Carl Perkins, Frankie Avalon, Slim Whitman and Connie Francis. 1956 - Johnnie Ray was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Just Walking In The Rain.' It stayed at No.1 for seven weeks making it this years Christmas No.1. 1946 - Walt Disney's Song of the South is released by RKO and debuts at the Fox Theater in Atlanta, Georgia. The film, based on the books by Joel Chandler Harris, is Walt's first major plunge into live-action filmmaking (although it also contains animated segments). The film & its songs later provide the inspiration for the Splash Mountain attractions at Disney theme parks. 1932 - Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoons The Wayward Canary and The Klondike Kid are both released 1902 - Caruso records the first record to sell a million - 'Vesta La Guibba' 1894 - Australian inventor Lawrence Hargrave demonstrates that it is possible for man to fly.

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