Through The Rear Window: TODAY IS ... 19 NOVEMBER

Thursday, November 19, 2009

TODAY IS ... 19 NOVEMBER

BIRTHDAYS: 1961 - Jodie Foster - is an American actor, film director and producer. Her first significant role came in the 1976 film Taxi Driver as the preteen prostitute, Iris, for which she received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She won an Academy Award for Best Actress in 1989 for playing a rape survivor in The Accused. In 1991, she starred in The Silence of the Lambs as Clarice Starling, a gifted FBI trainee, assisting in a hunt for a serial killer. This performance received international acclaim and her second Academy Award for Best Actress. She received her fourth Academy Award nomination for playing a backwoods hermit in Nell (1994). Other popular films include Maverick (1994), Contact (1997), Panic Room (2002), Flightplan (2005), Inside Man (2006), The Brave One (2007) and Nim's Island (2008).

Jodie Foster

1961 - Meg Ryan - an American film actress whose lead roles in five 1990s romantic comedies - When Harry Met Sally..., Sleepless in Seattle, French Kiss, City of Angels and You've Got Mail - grossed over $870 million worldwide.

Meg Ryan

1942 - Calvin Klein - an American fashion designer who launched the company that would later become Calvin Klein Inc. in 1968. In addition to clothing, Calvin Klein also gave his name to a range of perfumes, including CK One and CK Be (fragrances for both sexes), now owned by Coty Inc. Swatch Group manufactures watches and jewelry under the Calvin Klein and Calvin Klein Jeans brands.

Calvin Klein

1941 - Dan Haggerty - an American actor, best known for the title role in The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams. He was born in Hollywood, growing up amid the Southern California bodybuilding lifestyle. He had early roles in Muscle Beach Party and the Elvis Presley film Girl Happy. His ease in working with animals got him work as a trainer and handler for Walt Disney films, and he found work as a stuntman on the Ron Ely's TV show Tarzan.

Dan Haggerty

1938 - Ted Turner- is an American media mogul and philanthropist. As a businessman, he is known as founder of the cable television network CNN, the first dedicated 24-hour cable news channel. In addition, he founded WTBS, which pioneered the superstation concept in cable television. As a philanthropist, he is known for his $1 billion gift to support UN causes, which created the United Nations Foundation, a public charity to broaden support for the UN. Turner serves as Chairman of the United Nations Foundation board of directors.

Ted Turner

1933- Larry King - an American television and radio host. He is recognized in the United States as one of the premier broadcast interviewers. King has conducted some 40,000 interviews with politicians, athletes, entertainers, and other newsmakers. He has won an Emmy Award, two Peabody Awards, and ten Cable ACE Awards. King began as a local Florida journalist and radio interviewer in the 1950s and '60s. He became prominent as an all-night national radio broadcaster starting in 1978, and then began hosting the nightly interview TV program Larry King Live on CNN, which started in 1985.

Larry King

OTHER EVENTS: 2008 – Qantum of Solace commences screening in Australia with Daniel Craig as James Bond. Judi Dench reprises her role of M. Seeking revenge for the death of his love, secret agent James Bond sets out to stop an environmentalist from taking control of a country's valuable resource.

2007 - The Disney feature Enchanted has its U.S. premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City. In attendance are members of the cast including Patrick Dempsey and Amy Adams, and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. 2007 - Neil Diamond confesses at her 50th birthday party that "Sweet Caroline" was inspired by young Caroline Kennedy

2006 - George Michael went to No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Twenty Five' the singers sixth UK No.1 album.

IMAGE 2006 - A guitar played by George Harrison was set to fetch more than £100,000 at a London auction. The Maton MS500 guitar was used on The Beatles first album.

2003 – Guitarist Jim Hall, percussionist Chico Hamilton, pianist Herbie Hancock, composer Luther Henderson, vocalist Nancy Wilson and writer Nat Hentoff are named Jazz Masters by the National Endowment for the Arts. 2002 - The oil tanker Prestige broke into two pieces and sank off northwest Spain. The tanker lost about 2 million gallons of fuel oil when it ruptured November 13th and was towed about 150 miles out to sea.

2000 - LeAnn Rimes started a two-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Can't Fight The Moonlight', the singer's first UK chart topper. Written by Diane Warren and featured on the soundtrack of the film Coyote Ugly.

1998 – Matt Damon, Vin Diesel and Ted Danson supported Tom Hanks in Saving Private Ryan which started screening in Australia. Following the Normandy Landings, a group of US soldiers go behind enemy lines to retrieve a paratrooper whose brothers have been killed in action.

1998 - Vincent van Gogh's "Portrait of the Artist Without Beard" sold at auction for more than $71 million.

1995 – The Frank Sinatra 80th Birthday Tribute is held at Los Angeles’ Shrine Auditorium. Bob Dylan was going to perform “That’s Life,” but supposedly the ailing Chairman of the Board convinced him to tackle “Restless Farewell” instead. Paula Abdul sings “Luck Be a Lady.” Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Eydie Gorme, and Steve Lawrence are the only celebrities invited back to Sinatra’s house following the show.

1994 - Britain's first national lottery draw is be shown live on a flagship BBC One show. 1992 – Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith and Harvey Keitel star in Sister Act which commenced screening in Australia. When a worldly singer witnesses a mob crime, the police hide her as a nun in a traditional convent where she has trouble fitting in,

1990 – The National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences strips the 1989 best new artist Grammy from the group Milli Vanilli because Rob Pilatus and Fabrice Morvan didn’t actually sing on their debut album, “Girl You Know It’s True.” It is the first time a Grammy has ever been taken back. 1989 - The Parent Trap IV: Hawaiian Honeymoon, the third and last made-for-TV sequel of The Parent Trap, debuts. Hayley Mills reprises her role as both Susan and Sharon.

Hayley Mills

1988 - Robin Beck was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'First Time.' The song was from a TV advertisement for Coca-Cola which session singer Beck had recorded. It made the American a One hit wonder.

1988 - Bon Jovi started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Bad Medicine', the group's third US No.1, a No.17 hit in the UK. 1983 - Tina Turner made her first chart appearance in over ten years with her version of the Al Green hit 'Let's Stay Together'. 1981 – With Roger Moore as James Bond, For Your Eyes Only opens in Australia. Costarring is Carole Bouquet and Topol. Agent 007 is assigned to hunt for a lost British encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.

1976 - Van Morrison's album, Moondance, released in 1970, goes gold. The album brought Morrison two minor hits: the title track "Into the Mystic."

1976 - ELO release 'New World Record' LP in UK; the album includes the hit single 'Livin' Thing'

1969 - Pele scored his 1000th soccer goal in his 909th first-class match.

Pele

1968 - Diana Ross, onstage with the Supremes at the Royal Command Variety Performance in London, interupts the show with a plea for interracial understanding. The audience, which includes members of the royal family, applauds for two minutes 1966 - The Supremes started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'You Keep Me Hanging On', the group's 7th US No.1. It made No.8 in the UK. 1964 - The Supremes became the first all girl group to have a UK No.1 single when 'Baby Love' went to the top of the charts.

1964 - Bobby Goldsboro records "Little Things"

Bobby Goldsboro

1959 - Rocky and His Friends debuts on ABC. His "friends" included Boris Badenov, Natasha Fatale and of course Bullwinkle the Moose.

Rocky and His Friends

1955 - Carl Perkins recorded 'Blue Suede Shoes' at Sun Studios in Memphis. The rock 'n' roll classic became a US No.2 & UK No.10 hit for Perkins in 1956, and has been covered by many acts including Elvis Presley and John Lennon.

1954 - Sammy Davis, Jr. was involved in a serious auto accident in San Bernardino, California. Three days later, Davis lost the ability see with his left eye. 1932 - Disney's Silly Symphony cartoon Babes in the Woods, which is based on the Hansel and Gretel story, is released.

1928 - "Time" magazine presented its cover portrait for the first time. Japanese Emperor Hirohito was the magazine's first cover subject.

Emperor Hirohito on Cover of Time Magazine

1863 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.