Gene Kelly filmography

Kelly in 1943

Gene Kelly (1912–1996) was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer whose work in motion pictures spans from 1942 to 1996. He is probably best known today for his performances in musicals, notably An American in Paris (1951) and Singin' in the Rain (1952).

Kelly made his Hollywood film debut in For Me and My Gal (1942), co-starring with Judy Garland. Afterward, he went on to work as an actor, dancer and subsequently, choreographer, in a series of musical films. In these films, his choreography included experiments with a combination of dance and animation (Anchors Aweigh and Invitation to the Dance) and dance scenes involving special effects (including the "Alter Ego" number from Cover Girl and the split-screen dance number from It's Always Fair Weather). In addition to his work as an actor and choreographer, Kelly directed or co-directed several films, some of which did not feature him in an acting role. Kelly appeared in several non-musical dramatic and comedy films as well.

Kelly received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for his performance in Anchors Aweigh (1945) and won an Honorary Academy Award for his work in An American in Paris (1951). He was voted the 15th most popular film actor on the American Film Institute’s millennium list, while his Singin' in the Rain was voted the most popular movie musical of all time.This filmography below contains a chronological listing of Gene Kelly's feature films. His musicals are indicated with a beamed eighth note symbol (♫).

Filmography[edit]

Year	Title	Functioned as				Notes Kelly's musical numbers	Ref
		Director	Actor	Choreographer	Role
1942	For Me and My Gal ♫		Yes	Yes	Harry Palmer	Co-choreographer "When You Wore a Tulip", "Ballin' the Jack", "Tramp Dance", "Frenchie, Frenchie"	[6][7]
1943	Pilot #5		Yes		Vito S. Alessandro		[8][9]
1943	DuBarry Was a Lady ♫		Yes	Yes	Alec Howe / The Black Arrow	Co-choreographer "Do I Love You, Do I", "Friendship"	[10][11]
1943	Thousands Cheer ♫		Yes	Yes	Private Eddie Marsh	Co-choreographer "Let Me Call You Sweetheart"	[12][11]
1943	The Cross of Lorraine		Yes		Victor		[13][11]
1944	Cover Girl ♫		Yes	Yes	Danny McGuire	Co-choreographer "The Show Must Go On", "Long Ago (and Far Away)", "Alter Ego"	[14]
1944	Christmas Holiday		Yes		Robert Manette		[15]
1945	Anchors Aweigh ♫		Yes	Yes	GM2 Joseph Brady[16]	Co-choreographer "The Mexican Hat Dance", "The Worry Song" (w/Tom and Jerry), "La Cumparsita!"	[17]
1945	Combat Fatigue Irritability		Yes		Seaman Bob Lucas	Short military training film	[18]
1946	Ziegfeld Follies ♫		Yes	Yes	Himself	Co-choreographer "The Babbit and the Bromide"	[19][16]
1947	Living in a Big Way ♫		Yes	Yes	Leo Gogarty	Co-choreographer "It Had to Be You", "Fido and Me", dance on half-completed apartment house	[20][21]
1948	The Pirate ♫		Yes	Yes	Serafin	Co-choreographer "Be a Clown", "The Pirate Ballet", Niña"	[22][23]
1948	The Three Musketeers		Yes	Yes	d'Artagnan	Co-choreographer of action sequences	[24][25]
1948	Words and Music ♫		Yes	Yes	Himself	"Slaughter on 10th Avenue"	[26][25]
1949	Take Me Out to the Ball Game ♫		Yes	Yes	Eddie O'Brien	Co-choreographer "Take Me Out to the Ball Game", "The Hat My Father Wore on St. Patrick's Day", "O'Brien to Ryan to Goldberg", "Yes, Indeedy", "Strictly U.S.A."	[27][28]
1949	On the Town ♫	Yes	Yes	Yes	Gabey	Co-choreographed and co-directed by Stanley Donen "New York, New York", "We're Going on the Town", "Prehistoric Man", "Main Street", "Count on Me", "A Day in New York", "That's All There is Folks"	[29][30]
1950	Black Hand		Yes		Giovanni E. "Johnny" Columbo		[31][32]
1950	Summer Stock ♫		Yes	Yes	Joe D. Ross	Co-choreographer "Dig-Dig-Dig-Dig for Your Supper", "You, Wonderful You" (dance with newspaper), "All for You", "Hillbilly Heaven" (plus Garland number "Get Happy")	[33][34]
1951	An American in Paris ♫		Yes	Yes	Jerry Mulligan	Co-choreographer "Tra-La-La", "By Strauss", "I Got Rhythm", "'S Wonderful", "Our Love Is Here to Stay", "An American in Paris ballet"	[35][36]
1951	It's a Big Country		Yes		Icarus Xenophon		[37][38]
1952	Love Is Better Than Ever		Yes		Himself (unbilled cameo)		[39]
1952	Singin' in the Rain ♫	Yes	Yes	Yes	Don Lockwood	Co-choreographed and co-directed by Stanley Donen "Singin' in the Rain", "Fit as a Fiddle", "Good Mornin'", "You Were Meant For Me", "Broadway Ballet" (plus O'Connor number: "Make 'Em Laugh")	[40][38]
1952	The Devil Makes Three		Yes		Capt. Jeff Eliot		[41][42]
1954	Brigadoon ♫		Yes	Yes	Tommy Albright	Co-choreographer "The Heather on the Hill", "Almost Like Being in Love", "The Chase", "From This Day On"	[43][44]
1954	Seagulls Over Sorrento (US release title: Crest Of The Wave)		Yes		Lt. "Brad" Bradville (USN)	Filmed in the United Kingdom	[45][46]
1954	Deep in My Heart ♫		Yes	Yes	Himself	Co-choreographer "Dancing Around"	[47][48]
1955	It's Always Fair Weather ♫	Yes	Yes	Yes	Ted Riley	Co-choreographed and co-directed by Stanley Donen "The Time Has Come For Parting" (dance with trash can lids), "Once Upon a Time", "I Like Myself"	[49][50]
1956	Invitation to the Dance ♫	Yes	Yes	Yes	The Clown / The Marine / Sinbad	"Circus", "Ring Around the Rosie", "Sinbad the Sailor"	[51][52]
1957	The Happy Road	Yes	Yes		Michael J. Andrews		[53][54]
1957	Les Girls ♫		Yes	Yes	Barry Nichols	Co-choreographer "Les Girls", "Ça c'est l'amour", "The Rope Dance", "Why Am I So Gone About That Girl", "You're Just Too, Too"	[55][56]
1958	Marjorie Morningstar		Yes		Noel Airman		[57]
1958	The Tunnel of Love	Yes					[58][59]
1960	Inherit the Wind		Yes		E. K. Hornbeck		[60]
1960	Let's Make Love		Yes	Yes	Himself (cameo)	Co-choreographer	[61]
1960	Gigot	Yes					[62]
1964	What a Way to Go!		Yes	Yes	Pinky Benson	Co-choreographer "Musical Extravaganza"	[63]
1966	Les Demoiselles de Rochefort ♫		Yes	Yes	Andy Miller	Choreographer	[64]
1967	A Guide for the Married Man	Yes					[65]
1969	Hello, Dolly! ♫	Yes					[66]
1970	The Cheyenne Social Club	Yes					[67]
1973	40 Carats		Yes		Billy Boylan		[68]
1974	That's Entertainment! ♫		Yes	Yes	Himself (co-host)	Co-choreographer	[69][70]
1976	That's Entertainment, Part II	Yes	Yes	Yes	Himself (co-host)	Co-choreographer and director of new sequences "That's Entertainment"	[71][72]
1977	Viva Knievel!		Yes		Will Atkins		[71]
1980	Xanadu ♫		Yes	Yes	Danny McGuire	Co-choreographer	[73]
1985	That's Dancing! ♫		Yes		Himself (co-host)		[74]
1994	That's Entertainment! III ♫		Yes		Himself (co-host)		[75]
1997	Cats Don't Dance			Yes		"Dedicated to our friend and collaborator, Gene Kelly"	[76][77]

• Choreography credits per Billman.^[78]

David Bowie tops US album chart for the first time

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David Bowie has reached number one in the American album charts for the first time with Blackstar, released two days before his death on 10 January.

It sold the equivalent of 181,000 albums knocking Adele's 25 off the top spot.

His highest-charting US album previously had been The Next Day, which peaked at number two in 2013.

Nineteen of his albums entered the UK album charts last week, after fans sought out his classic hits.

Blackstar is the first posthumous number one album in the US since Michael Jackson's This Is It soundtrack topped the chart in November 2009.

Nine other Bowie albums also made the Billboard 200 this week with the Best of Bowie reaching number four and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars at number 21.

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His first hit on the US singles chart was in 1972 with Changes. The record did not initially find major success, only reaching number 66 that year. 

However the song returned to the chart in 1974, following Bowie's subsequent breakthrough on the American music scene with Space Oddity - his first top 40 hit which peaked at number 15.

His biggest selling single in the US was Let's Dance, which reached the top of chart in 1983. He also achieved seven top 10 albums.

Φιλμογραφία

• Κάτι να καίει (1964)
• Walsungenblut (1965)
• Έρωτας στην καφτή άμμο (1966)
• Ντάμα σπαθί (1966)
• Ο φόβος (1966)
• Ο 13ος (1967)
• Επιχείρησις Απόλλων (1968)
• Κατάσκοποι στο Σαρωνικό (1968)
• Ραντεβού με μια άγνωστη(1968)
• Ξύπνα Βασίλη (1969)    
• Το λεβεντόπαιδο (1969)
• Il sorriso del ragno (1971)
• Εθελοντής στον έρωτα (1971)
• Εκείνο το καλοκαίρι... (1971)
• Πρόκληση (1971)    
• Αναζήτησις… (1972)
• Αντάρτες των πόλεων (1972)
• Ζήτημα ζωής και θανάτου (1973)
• Ο αισιόδοξος (1973)
• Ο ποδόγυρος (1980)
• Ένας κοντός θα μας σώσει (1981)
• Είσαι στην ΕΟΚ πάθε για την ΕΟΚ (1981)
• Της πολιτσμάνας το κάγκελο (1981)
• Απίθανοι αλλοιώτικοι κι ωραίοι… (1982)
• Παγίδα στην Ελλάδα (1982)
• Οι Πόντιοι (1985)
• Απουσίες (1987)
• Τροφική δηλητηρίαση (1988)
• Black out (1998)    
• Παταγωνία (1998)
• Στη σκιά του Λέμμυ Κώσιον (2002)

Βιντεοταινίες

• Ο θάνατος έχει δυο όψεις (1985)
• Νύχτες τρόμου (1985)
• Θυμήσου τον Σεπτέμβρη (1985)
• Η Πολιτεία κατηγορεί (1985)
• Ο τρελοξενύχτης (1986)
• Ένας τρελλός... τρελλός ονειροπαρμένος (1986)
• Τελευταίος έρωτας (1988)
• Τα σημάδια του ήλιου (1990)

Τηλεοπτικές εμφανίσεις

• Λέσχη μυστηρίου: Αρσενικό για δύο (1976, ΕΡΤ)
• Λέσχη μυστηρίου: Η Πολιτεία κατηγορεί (1976, ΕΡΤ)
• Λέσχη μυστηρίου: Μια παρτίδα για τρεις (1976, ΕΡΤ)
• Λέσχη μυστηρίου: Ο θάνατος έχει δυο όψεις (1976, ΕΡΤ)
• Λέσχη μυστηρίου: Τυφλή δολοφονία (1976, ΕΡΤ)
• Θωμάς επί Κολωνώ (1977, ΕΡΤ)
• Λέσχη μυστηρίου: Επικίνδυνη νύχτα (1977, ΕΡΤ)
• Φάκελος 38 (1978, ΕΡΤ)
• Οι αξιόπιστοι (1982,ΥΕΝΕΔ)
• Το δίχτυ (1983, ΕΡΤ2)
• Αντίζηλες (1989, ΕΤ2)
• Το γαλάζιο διαμάντι (1993, ΑΝΤ1)
• Άγγιγμα ψυχής (1998, ΑΝΤ1)
• Γοργόνες (2007, Mega)

Mott The Hoople drummer Griffin dies aged 67

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Dale Griffin, drummer for rock group Mott The Hoople, has died aged 67.

He was a founder member of the group, best known for classic tracks Roll Away The Stone and All The Young Dudes.

The latter was written and produced by David Bowie, who sang backing vocals on the track.

The band, who made eight albums during their five-and-a-half year existence, reformed to mark their 40th anniversary in 2009 - but Griffin was too ill to take part.

He died peacefully in his sleep on Sunday night, said Peter Purnell from record label Angel Air records.

He called Griffin "one of the nicest, friendly and talented men I have ever known." 

"All he ever wanted was for his beloved Mott The Hoople to reform and it was his determination that achieved that very feat in 2009 but sadly by then he was too ill to perform at the five sold-out dates - though he did join the band for encores."

Born in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, the drummer played in a number of local bands before forming Silence with singer Stan Tippens, keyboard player Verden Allen, guitarist Mick Ralphs and bassist Pete Overend Watts in the late 1960s.

They got a record contract in early 1969 and went to London to record under producer Guy Stevens, who renamed the band Mott the Hoople after a 1967 novel by Willard Manus. Not long after, Tippens was ousted by vocalist Ian Hunter, although he remained as their road manager.

Although they built up a cult following (a raucous gig at the Royal Albert Hall led to the venue banning rock acts), they struggled to sell records and were on the verge of breaking up in 1972, until Bowie stepped in and persuaded them to stay together, placing them under the care of his manager Tony De Fries.

Rift in the band

He also offered them the song Suffragette City - but they wanted Drive-In Saturday instead. 

Bowie refused to give it up, but wrote them the anthemic All The Young Dudes instead (its narrative forms part of the story of Bowie's alter-ego Ziggy Stardust).

The song reached number three in the UK and the top 40 in America, giving the band a new lease of life. Later albums produced hits such as Honaloochie Boogie, All The Way From Memphis and Golden Age of Rock'n'Roll.

But the group disintegrated in 1974 when Hunter, suffering from physical exhaustion, cancelled their entire European tour. When rumours then spread that he was making a solo album with Bowie's guitarist Mick Ronson, it led to an irrevocable rift.

Griffin, Watts and Fisher continued to play and record under the name Mott, but split up two years later.

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• 379 – Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him power over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
• 639 – Clovis II, king of Neustria and Burgundy, is crowned.
• 649 – Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.
• 1419 – Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.
• 1511 – Mirandola surrenders to the French.
• 1520 – Sten Sture the Younger, the Regent of Sweden, is mortally wounded at the Battle of Bogesund.
• 1607 – San Agustin Church in Manila is officially completed; it is the oldest church still standing in the Philippines.
• 1661 – Thomas Venner is hanged, drawn and quartered in London.
• 1764 – John Wilkes is expelled from the British House of Commons for seditious libel.
• 1788 – The second group of ships of the First Fleet arrive at Botany Bay.
• 1795 – The Batavian Republic is proclaimed in the Netherlands, bringing to an end the Republic of the Seven United Netherlands.
• 1806 – Britain occupies the Dutch Cape Colony after the Battle of Blaauwberg.
• 1812 – Peninsular War: After a ten-day siege, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, orders British soldiers of the Light and third divisions to storm Ciudad Rodrigo.
• 1817 – An army of 5,423 soldiers, led by General José de San Martín, crosses the Andes from Argentina to liberate Chile and then Peru.
• 1829 – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust: The First Part of the Tragedy receives its premiere performance.
• 1839 – The British East India Company captures Aden.
• 1853 – Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
• 1861 – American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in declaring secession from the United States.
• 1862 – American Civil War: Battle of Mill Springs: The Confederacy suffers its first significant defeat in the conflict.
• 1871 – Franco-Prussian War: In the Siege of Paris, Prussia wins the Battle of St. Quentin. Meanwhile, the French attempt to break the siege in the Battle of Buzenval will end unsuccessfully the following day.
• 1883 – The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires, built by Thomas Edison, begins service at Roselle, New Jersey.
• 1893 – Henrik Ibsen's play The Master Builder receives its premiere performance in Berlin.
• 1899 – Anglo-Egyptian Sudan is formed.
• 1915 – Georges Claude patents the neon discharge tube for use in advertising.
• 1915 – World War I: German zeppelins bomb the towns of Great Yarmouth and King's Lynn in the United Kingdom killing at least 20 people, in the first major aerial bombardment of a civilian target.
• 1917 – Seventy-three are killed and 400 injured in an explosion in a munitions plant in London.
• 1920 – The United States Senate votes against joining the League of Nations.
• 1935 – Coopers Inc. sells the world's first briefs.
• 1937 – Howard Hughes sets a new air record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in seven hours, 28 minutes, 25 seconds.
• 1941 – World War II: The Greek Triton (Y-5) sinks the Italian submarine Neghelli in Otranto.
• 1942 – World War II: Japanese forces invade Burma.
• 1945 – World War II: Soviet forces liberate the Łódź Ghetto. Of more than 200,000 inhabitants in 1940, less than 900 had survived the Nazi occupation.
• 1946 – General Douglas MacArthur establishes the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo to try Japanese war criminals.
• 1949 – Cuba recognizes Israel.
• 1953 – Almost 72% of all television sets in the United States are tuned into I Love Lucy to watch Lucy give birth.
• 1960 – Japan and the United States sign the US–Japan Mutual Security Treaty
• 1969 – Student Jan Palach dies after setting himself on fire three days earlier in Prague's Wenceslas Square to protest about the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet Union in 1968. His funeral turns into another major protest.
• 1974 – China gain control over all the Paracel Islands after a military engagement between the naval forces of the People's Republic of China and Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam)
• 1975 – An earthquake strikes Himachal Pradesh, India
• 1977 – President Gerald Ford pardons Iva Toguri D'Aquino (a.k.a. "Tokyo Rose").
• 1977 – Snow falls in Miami. This is the only time in the history of the city that snow has fallen. It also fell in The Bahamas.
• 1978 – The last Volkswagen Beetle made in Germany leaves VW's plant in Emden. Beetle production in Latin America continues until 2003.
• 1981 – Iran hostage crisis: United States and Iranian officials sign an agreement to release 52 American hostages after 14 months of captivity.
• 1983 – Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia.
• 1983 – The Apple Lisa, the first commercial personal computer from Apple Inc. to have a graphical user interface and a computer mouse, is announced.
• 1986 – The first IBM PC computer virus is released into the wild. A boot sector virus dubbed (c)Brain, it was created by the Farooq Alvi Brothers in Lahore, Pakistan, reportedly to deter piracy of the software they had written.
• 1991 – Gulf War: Iraq fires a second Scud missile into Israel, causing 15 injuries.
• 1993 – Czech Republic and Slovakia join the United Nations.
• 1995 – After being struck by lightning the crew of Bristow Flight 56C are forced to ditch. All 18 aboard are later rescued.
• 1996 – The barge North Cape oil spill occurs as an engine fire forces the tugboat Scandia ashore on Moonstone Beach in South Kingstown, Rhode Island.
• 1997 – Yasser Arafat returns to Hebron after more than 30 years and joins celebrations over the handover of the last Israeli-controlled West Bank city.
• 1999 – British Aerospace agrees to acquire the defence subsidiary of the General Electric Company plc, forming BAE Systems in November 1999.
• 2006 – The New Horizons probe is launched by NASA on the first mission to Pluto.
• 2007 – Turkish Journalist Hrant Dink is assassinated in front of his newspaper's office by 17-year-old Turkish ultra-nationalist Ogün Samast.
• 2012 – The Hong Kong-based file-sharing website Megaupload is shut down by the FBI.
• 2014 – A bomb attack on an army convoy in the city of Bannu kills at least 26 soldiers and injures 38 others.

Births[edit]

• 398 – Pulcheria, Byzantine empress and saint (d. 453)
• 840 – Michael III, Byzantine emperor (d. 867)
• 1409 – René of Anjou, duke and king of Naples (d. 1480)
• 1544 – Francis II, French king (d. 1560)
• 1676 – John Weldon, English organist and composer (d. 1736)
• 1721 – Jean-Philippe Baratier, German scholar and author (d. 1740)
• 1736 – James Watt, British chemist and engineer (d. 1819)
• 1737 – Giuseppe Millico, Italian soprano, composer, and educator (d. 1802)
• 1739 – Joseph Bonomi the Elder, Italian architect, designed Longford Hall and Barrells Hall (d. 1808)
• 1752 – James Morris III, American soldier (d. 1820)
• 1757 – Countess Augusta Reuss of Ebersdorf (d. 1831)
• 1788 – Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (d. 1874)
• 1790 – Per Daniel Amadeus Atterbom, Swedish poet and academic (d. 1855)
• 1798 – Auguste Comte, French economist, sociologist, and philosopher (d. 1857)
• 1807 – Robert E. Lee, American general and academic (d. 1870)
• 1808 – Lysander Spooner, American philosopher and author (d. 1887)
• 1809 – Edgar Allan Poe, American short story writer, critic, and poet (d. 1849)
• 1810 – Talhaiarn, Welsh poet and architect (d.1869)
• 1813 – Henry Bessemer, English engineer and businessman (d. 1898)
• 1832 – Ferdinand Laub, Czech violinist and composer (d. 1875)
• 1833 – Alfred Clebsch, German mathematician and academic (d. 1872)
• 1839 – Paul Cézanne, French painter (d. 1906)
• 1848 – John Fitzwilliam Stairs, Canadian businessman and politician (d. 1904)
• 1848 – Matthew Webb, English swimmer and diver (d. 1883)
• 1851 – Jacobus Kapteyn, Dutch astronomer and academic (d. 1922)
• 1863 – Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (d. 1941)
• 1871 – Dame Gruev, Bulgarian educator and activist, co-founded the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (d. 1906)
• 1874 – Hitachiyama Taniemon, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 19th Yokozuna (d. 1922)
• 1876 – Wakashima Gonshirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 21st Yokozuna (d. 1943)
• 1876 – Dragotin Kette, Slovenian poet and author (d. 1899)
• 1878 – Herbert Chapman, English footballer and manager (d. 1934)
• 1879 – Boris Savinkov, Russian soldier and author (d. 1925)
• 1883 – Hermann Abendroth, German conductor (d. 1956)
• 1887 – Alexander Woollcott, American actor, playwright, and critic (d. 1943)
• 1889 – Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Swiss painter and sculptor (d. 1943)
• 1892 – Ólafur Thors, Icelandic politician, 8th Prime Minister of Iceland (d. 1964)
• 1893 – Magda Tagliaferro, Brazilian pianist and educator (d. 1986)
• 1903 – Boris Blacher, German composer (d. 1975)
• 1905 – Stanley Hawes, English-Australian director and producer (d. 1991)
• 1907 – Briggs Cunningham, American race car driver, sailor, and businessman (d. 2003)
• 1908 – Aleksandr Gennadievich Kurosh, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1971)
• 1909 – Hans Hotter, German opera singer (d. 2003)
• 1911 – Choor Singh, Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (d. 2009)
• 1912 – Leonid Kantorovich, Russian mathematician and economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986)
• 1913 – Rex Ingamells, Australian author and poet (d. 1955)
• 1914 – Bob Gerard, English race car driver (d. 1990)
• 1917 – John Raitt, American actor and singer (d. 2005)
• 1918 – John H. Johnson, American publisher, founded the Johnson Publishing Company (d. 2005)
• 1920 – Bernard Dunstan, English painter and educator
• 1920 – Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Peruvian politician and diplomat, 135th Prime Minister of Peru
• 1920 – Roberto M. Levingston, Argentinian general and politician, 36th President of Argentina (d. 2015)
• 1921 – Patricia Highsmith, American novelist and screenwriter (d. 1995)
• 1922 – Guy Madison, American actor and producer (d. 1996)
• 1922 – Arthur Morris, Australian cricketer and journalist (d. 2015)
• 1923 – Jean Stapleton, American actress and singer (d. 2013)
• 1923 – Markus Wolf, German spy (d. 2006)
• 1924 – Nicholas Colasanto, American actor and director (d. 1985)
• 1924 – Jean-François Revel, French philosopher and author (d. 2006)
• 1925 – Nina Bawden, English author (d. 2012)
• 1926 – Hans Massaquoi, German-American journalist and author (d. 2013)
• 1926 – Fritz Weaver, American actor
• 1930 – Tippi Hedren, American model and actress
• 1930 – John Waite, South African cricketer (d. 2011)
• 1931 – Robert MacNeil, Canadian-American journalist and author
• 1932 – Richard Lester, American-English director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1933 – George Coyne, American priest, astronomer, and theologian
• 1935 – Soumitra Chatterjee, Indian actor
• 1935 – Johnny O'Keefe, Australian singer (d. 1978)
• 1936 – Ziaur Rahman, Bangladeshi general and politician, 7th President of Bangladesh (d. 1981)
• 1936 – Willie "Big Eyes" Smith, American singer, harmonica player, and drummer (d. 2011)
• 1937 – Princess Birgitta of Sweden
• 1937 – Giovanna Marini, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1937 – Appadurai Muttulingam, Sri Lankan accountant and author
• 1939 – Phil Everly, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Everly Brothers) (d. 2014)
• 1940 – Paolo Borsellino, Italian lawyer and judge (d. 1992)
• 1941 – Pat Patterson, Canadian wrestler, trainer, and referee
• 1942 – Michael Crawford, English actor and singer
• 1942 – Thom Mayne, American architect, designed the San Francisco Federal Building and Phare Tower
• 1942 – Paul-Eerik Rummo, Estonian poet and politician
• 1943 – Petchara Chaowarat, Thai actress
• 1943 – Larry Clark, American director, producer, and screenwriter
• 1943 – Janis Joplin, American singer-songwriter (Big Brother and the Holding Company) (d. 1970)
• 1943 – Princess Margriet of the Netherlands
• 1944 – Shelley Fabares, American actress and singer
• 1944 – Peter Lynch, American businessman
• 1946 – Julian Barnes, English novelist, short story writer, essayist, and memoirist
• 1946 – Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter, actress, businesswoman, entrepreneur and philanthropist
• 1947 – Frank Aarebrot, Norwegian political scientist and academic
• 1947 – Paula Deen, American chef and author
• 1947 – Elena Nathanael, Greek actress (d. 2008)
• 1948 – Nancy Lynch, American computer scientist and academic
• 1948 – Frank McKenna, Canadian politician and diplomat, 27th Premier of New Brunswick
• 1948 – Mal Reilly, English rugby league player and coach
• 1949 – Arend Langenberg, Dutch voice actor and radio host (d. 2012)
• 1949 – Robert Palmer, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Power Station) (d. 2003)
• 1949 – Dennis Taylor, Irish snooker player and sportscaster
• 1950 – Sébastien Dhavernas, Canadian actor
• 1951 – Martha Davis, American singer of The Motels
• 1953 – Desi Arnaz, Jr., American actor and singer
• 1953 – Wayne Schimmelbusch, Australian footballer and coach
• 1954 – Katey Sagal, American actress and singer
• 1954 – Cindy Sherman, American photographer and director
• 1954 – Clifford Tabin, American geneticist and academic
• 1954 – Katharina Thalbach, German actress and director
• 1955 – Simon Rattle, English conductor
• 1955 – Paul Rodriguez, Mexican-American comedian and actor
• 1956 – Carman, American singer-songwriter, actor, and television host
• 1957 – Ottis Anderson, American football player and sprotscaster
• 1957 – Kenneth McClintock, English-Puerto Rican politician, 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico
• 1958 – Thomas Kinkade, American painter (d. 2012)
• 1959 – Danese Cooper, American computer scientist and programmer
• 1959 – Jeff Pilson, American bass player, songwriter, and actor
• 1961 – William Ragsdale, American actor
• 1961 – Wayne Hemingway, English fashion designer, co-founded Red or Dead
• 1962 – Hans Daams, Dutch cyclist
• 1962 – Chris Sabo, American baseball player and coach
• 1962 – Jeff Van Gundy, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 – Michael Adams, American basketball player and coach
• 1963 – Martin Bashir, English journalist
• 1963 – John Bercow, English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons
• 1963 – Yutaka Matsushige, Japanese actor
• 1963 – Caron Wheeler, English singer-songwriter (Soul II Soul)
• 1964 – Janine Antoni, Bahamian sculptor and photographer
• 1964 – Ricardo Arjona, Guatemalan singer-songwriter and basketball player
• 1966 – Floris Jan Bovelander, Dutch field hockey player
• 1966 – Yukiko Duke, Swedish journalist
• 1966 – Sylvain Côté, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1966 – Stefan Edberg, Swedish tennis player
• 1966 – Lena Philipsson, Swedish singer-songwriter
• 1967 – Javier Cámara, Spanish actor and singer
• 1968 – Whitfield Crane, American singer-songwriter
• 1969 – Edwidge Danticat, Haitian-American author and academic
• 1969 – Luc Longley, Australian basketball player and coach
• 1969 – Predrag Mijatović, Montenegrin footballer and manager
• 1969 – Junior Seau, American football player (d. 2012)
• 1969 – Casey Sherman, American journalist and author
• 1969 – Steve Staunton, Irish footballer and manager
• 1970 – Tim Foster, English rower
• 1970 – Steffen Freund, German footballer and manager
• 1970 – Kathleen Smet, Belgian triathlete
• 1970 – Udo Suzuki, Japanese comedian and singer
• 1971 – Shawn Wayans, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
• 1971 – John Wozniak, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1972 – Angham, Egyptian singer-songwriter, producer, and actress
• 1972 – Joana Benedek, Romanian-Mexican model and actress
• 1972 – Drea de Matteo, American actress
• 1972 – Jon Fisher, American businessman and author
• 1972 – Princess Kalina of Bulgaria
• 1972 – Elena Kaliská, Slovak canoe racer
• 1972 – Ron Killings, American wrestler and rapper
• 1972 – Troy Wilson, Australian footballer and race car driver
• 1972 – Sergei Zjukin, Estonian chess player
• 1973 – Karen Lancaume, French porn actress (d. 2005)
• 1973 – Antero Manninen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica)
• 1973 – Yevgeny Sadovyi, Russian swimmer
• 1973 – Aaron Yonda, American comedian, actor, and director
• 1974 – Dainius Adomaitis, Lithuanian basketball player and coach
• 1974 – Frank Caliendo, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter
• 1974 – Ian Laperrière, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
• 1974 – Jaime Moreno, Bolivian footballer and manager
• 1975 – Natalie Cook, Australian beach volleyball player
• 1975 – Noah Georgeson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
• 1975 – Zdeňka Málková, Czech tennis player
• 1976 – Natale Gonnella, Italian footballer
• 1976 – Tarso Marques, Brazilian race car driver
• 1977 – Cocco, Japanese singer-songwriter
• 1977 – Lauren, Cameroonian footballer
• 1977 – Nicole, Chilean singer-songwriter and guitarist
• 1977 – Benjamin Ayres, Canadian actor, director, and photographer
• 1977 – Margus Maiste, Estonian architect
• 1979 – Wiley, English rapper and producer (Roll Deep)
• 1979 – Svetlana Khorkina, Russian gymnast and sportscaster
• 1979 – Josu Sarriegi, Spanish footballer
• 1980 – Kotoko, Japanese singer
• 1980 – Jenson Button, English race car driver
• 1980 – Pasha Kovalev, Russian-American dancer and choreographer
• 1980 – Luke Macfarlane, Canadian-American actor and singer
• 1980 – Arvydas Macijauskas, Lithuanian basketball player
• 1980 – Michael Vandort, Sri Lankan cricketer
• 1981 – Asier del Horno, Spanish footballer
• 1981 – Lucho González, Argentinian footballer
• 1981 – Dimosthenis Manousakis, Greek footballer
• 1981 – Jaanus Nõmmsalu, Estonian volleyball player
• 1981 – Kerby Raymundo, Filipino basketball player
• 1981 – Bitsie Tulloch, American actress
• 1982 – Angela Chang, Taiwanese singer and actress
• 1982 – Mike Komisarek, American ice hockey player
• 1982 – Jodie Sweetin, American actress
• 1983 – Hikaru Utada, American-Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
• 1984 – Fabio Catacchini, Italian footballer
• 1984 – Karun Chandhok, Indian race car driver
• 1984 – Jimmy Kébé, Malian footballer
• 1984 – Thomas Vanek, Austrian ice hockey player
• 1985 – Jake Allen, American football player
• 1985 – Pascal Behrenbruch, German decathlete
• 1985 – Benny Feilhaber, American soccer player
• 1985 – Esteban Guerrieri, Argentinian race car driver
• 1985 – Rika Ishikawa, Japanese singer and actress (Morning Musume)
• 1985 – Elliott Ward, English footballer
• 1985 – Aleksandr Yevgenyevich Nikulin, Russian footballer
• 1986 – Loren Galler-Rabinowitz, American model and ice dancer, Miss Massachusetts 2010
• 1986 – Claudio Marchisio, Italian footballer
• 1986 – Oleksandr Miroshnychenko, Ukrainian footballer
• 1986 – Moussa Sow, Senegalese footballer
• 1987 – Edgar Manucharyan, Armenian footballer
• 1988 – JaVale McGee, American basketball player
• 1988 – Yusuke Yamamoto, Japanese actor
• 1989 – Miles Addison, English footballer
• 1991 – Corinna Harrer, German runner
• 1991 – Petra Martić, Croatian tennis player
• 1991 – Erin Sanders, American actress
• 1991 – Yu Takahashi, Japanese actress and model
• 1992 – Shawn Johnson, American gymnast
• 1992 – Logan Lerman, American actor
• 1992 – Mac Miller, American rapper, producer, and actor
• 1993 – Gus Lewis, American-English actor
• 1993 – Erick Torres Padilla, Mexican footballer
• 1994 – Matthias Ginter, German footballer

Deaths[edit]

• 520 – John of Cappadocia
• 639 – Dagobert I, Frankish king (b. 603)
• 1526 – Isabella of Austria (b. 1501)
• 1547 – Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, English poet (b. 1517)
• 1576 – Hans Sachs, German poet and playwright (b. 1494)
• 1597 – Maharana Pratap, Indian ruler (b. 1540)
• 1661 – Thomas Venner, English rebel leader (b. 1599)
• 1729 – William Congreve, English playwright and poet (b. 1670)
• 1755 – Jean-Pierre Christin, French physicist, mathematician, and astronomer (b. 1683)
• 1757 – Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish scholar and academic (b. 1674)
• 1766 – Giovanni Niccolò Servandoni, Italian-French architect and painter (b. 1695)
• 1785 – Jonathan Toup, English scholar and critic (b. 1713)
• 1833 – Ferdinand Hérold, French composer (b. 1791)
• 1847 – Charles Bent, American soldier and politician, 1st Governor of New Mexico (b. 1799)
• 1847 – Athanasios Christopoulos, Greek poet (b. 1772)
• 1851 – Esteban Echeverría, Argentinian poet and author (b. 1805)
• 1853 – Karl Faber, German historian and academic (b. 1773)
• 1865 – Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, French philosopher and politician (b. 1809)
• 1866 – Harriet Ludlow Clarke, British artist
• 1869 – Carl Reichenbach, German chemist and philosopher (b. 1788)
• 1874 – August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, German poet and scholar (b. 1798)
• 1878 – Henri Victor Regnault French physicist and chemist (b. 1810)
• 1905 – Debendranath Tagore, Indian philosopher and author (b. 1817)
• 1906 – Bartolomé Mitre, Argentinian historian and politician, 6th President of Argentina (b. 1821)
• 1925 – Maria Sophie of Bavaria (b. 1841)
• 1927 – Carlota of Mexico (b. 1840)
• 1929 – Liang Qichao, Chinese journalist, philosopher, and scholar (b. 1873)
• 1930 – Frank P. Ramsey, British mathematician, philosopher and economist (b. 1903)
• 1938 – Branislav Nušić, Serbian author, playwright, and journalist (b. 1864)
• 1945 – Gustave Mesny, French general (b. 1886)
• 1948 – Tony Garnier, French architect, designed the Stade de Gerland (b. 1869)
• 1954 – Theodor Kaluza, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1885)
• 1957 – József Dudás, Romanian-Hungarian activist and politician (b. 1912)
• 1963 – Clement Smoot, American golfer (b. 1884)
• 1964 – Firmin Lambot, Belgian cyclist (b. 1886)
• 1965 – Arnold Luhaäär, Estonian weightlifter (b. 1905)
• 1968 – Ray Harroun, American race car driver and engineer (b. 1879)
• 1969 – Jan Palach, Czech activist (b. 1948)
• 1971 – Harry Shields, American clarinet player (b. 1899)
• 1972 – Michael Rabin, American violinist (b. 1936)
• 1973 – Max Adrian, Irish-English actor and singer (b. 1903)
• 1975 – Thomas Hart Benton, American painter and educator (b. 1889)
• 1976 – Hidetsugu Yagi, Japanese engineer and academic (b. 1886)
• 1980 – William O. Douglas, American lawyer and jurist (b. 1898)
• 1982 – Elis Regina, Brazilian soprano (b. 1945)
• 1983 – Ham the Chimp, Cameroonian-American chimpanzee (b. 1956)
• 1984 – Max Bentley, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1920)
• 1987 – Lawrence Kohlberg, American psychologist and academic (b. 1927)
• 1990 – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh, Indian guru and mystic (b. 1931)
• 1990 – Alberto Semprini, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1908)
• 1990 – Herbert Wehner, German politician, 6th Minister of Intra-German Relations (b. 1906)
• 1991 – Marcel Chaput, Canadian biochemist and journalist (b. 1918)
• 1991 – John Russell, American lieutenant and actor (b. 1921)
• 1996 – Don Simpson, American actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 1997 – Adriana Caselotti, American actress and singer (b. 1916)
• 1997 – James Dickey, American poet and author (b. 1923)
• 1998 – Carl Perkins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1932)
• 1999 – Ivan Francescato, Italian rugby player (b. 1967)
• 2000 – Bettino Craxi, Italian lawyer and politician, 45th Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1934)
• 2000 – Hedy Lamarr, Austrian-American actress, singer, and mathematician (b. 1913)
• 2001 – Dario Vittori, Italian-Argentinian actor and producer (b. 1921)
• 2003 – Milton Flores, Honduran footballer (b. 1974)
• 2003 – Françoise Giroud, French journalist, screenwriter, and politician, French Minister of Culture (b. 1916)
• 2004 – Harry E. Claiborne, American lawyer and judge (b. 1917)
• 2004 – David Hookes, Australian cricketer and coach (b. 1955)
• 2005 – Lamont Bentley, American actor and rapper (b. 1973)
• 2005 – K. Sello Duiker, South African author (b. 1974)
• 2005 – Anita Kulcsár, Hungarian handball player (b. 1976)
• 2006 – Anthony Franciosa, American actor (b. 1928)
• 2006 – Wilson Pickett, American singer-songwriter (The Falcons) (b. 1941)
• 2006 – Awn Alsharif Qasim, Sudanese author and scholar (b. 1933)
• 2006 – Geoff Rabone, New Zealand cricketer and pilot (b. 1921)
• 2007 – Bam Bam Bigelow, American wrestler, mixed martial artist, and actor (b. 1961)
• 2007 – Hrant Dink, Turkish journalist (b. 1954)
• 2007 – Denny Doherty, Canadian singer-songwriter (The Mamas & the Papas and The Halifax III) (b. 1940)
• 2007 – Murat Nasyrov, Russian singer-songwriter (b. 1969)
• 2008 – Suzanne Pleshette, American actress and singer (b. 1937)
• 2008 – John Stewart, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Kingston Trio) (b. 1939)
• 2008 – Don Wittman, Canadian sportscaster (b. 1936)
• 2010 – Bill McLaren, Scottish rugby player and sportscaster (b. 1923)
• 2011 – Wilfrid Sheed, English-born American novelist and essayist (b. 1930)
• 2012 – Peter Åslin, Swedish ice hockey player (b. 1962)
• 2012 – Sarah Burke, Canadian skier (b. 1982)
• 2012 – Peter de Francia, French-English painter and illustrator (b. 1921)
• 2012 – Winston Riley, Jamaican singer-songwriter and producer (The Techniques) (b. 1943)
• 2012 – Rudi van Dantzig, Dutch ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1933)
• 2013 – Abderrahim Goumri, Moroccan runner (b. 1976)
• 2013 – Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (b. 1940)
• 2013 – Stan Musial, American baseball player and manager (b. 1920)
• 2013 – Earl Weaver, American baseball player and manager (b. 1930)
• 2013 – Toktamış Ateş, Turkish academician, political commentator, columnist and writer (b. 1944)
• 2014 – Azaria Alon, Ukrainian-Israeli environmentalist, co-founded the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel (b. 1918)
• 2014 – Christopher Chataway, English runner, journalist, and politician (b. 1931)
• 2014 – Steven Fromholz, American singer-songwriter, producer, and poet (b. 1945)
• 2014 – Al Lerner, American pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1919)
• 2014 – Ben Starr, American playwright, screenwriter, and producer (b. 1921)
• 2014 – Stanley Jeyaraja Tambiah, Sri Lankan-American anthropologist and academic (b. 1929)
• 2015 – Justin Capră, Romanian engineer and academic (b. 1933)
• 2015 – Adam Yahiye Gadahn, American terrorist and Al-Qaeda spokesperson (b. 1978)
• 2015 – Michel Guimond, Canadian lawyer and politician (b. 1953)
• 2015 – Anne Kirkbride, English actress (b. 1954)
• 2015 – Robert Manzon, French racing business (b. 1917)
• 2015 – Bob Sadino, Indonesian businessman (b. 1933)

Φωτιά στο πολυτελές ξενοδοχείο Ritz στο Παρίσι 

Φωτιά ξέσπασε στις 6 το πρωί (τοπική ώρα)  στον τελευταίο 

όροφο του γνωστού πολυτελούς ξενοδοχείου Ritz στο Παρίσι.

Η φωτιά ξέσπασε από άγνωστη μέχρι στιγμής αιτία, ενώ σύμφωνα με την

 ενημέρωση που έκαναν οι πυροσβέστες δεν υπάρχει κανένα θύμα.

Η αστυνομία έκανε λόγο για "μεγάλη πυρκαγιά"στον λογαριασμό της στο

 Twitter, συνιστώντας στους οδηγούς να αποφεύγουν την περιοχή.

Αξίζει να σημειωθεί ότι από το 2012 το ξενοδοχείο είναι κλειστό για εργασίες

 ανακαίνισης και σύμφωνα με το Europe 1 πρόκειται να ανοίξει τον προσεχή Μάρτιο.

Η επιστροφή του βινυλίου

1. 1156: πεθαίνει ο πολιούχος ’Αγιος της Φινλανδίας, επίσκοπος Χένρι. 1265: στο Γουέστμινστερ, συγκαλείται η πρώτη συνεδρίαση της βρετανικής Βουλής. 1320: ο δούκας Βλάντισλαβ Λόκιετεκ ανεβαίνει στο θρόνο της Πολωνίας. 1356: ο Έντουαρντ Μπάλιολ παραιτείται από το θρόνο της Σκοτίας. 1667: η Πολωνία παραχωρεί στη Ρωσία το Κίεβο, το Σμόλενσκ και την ανατολική Ουκρανία. 1839: στη μάχη του Γιούνγκεϊ, η Χιλή νικά τη συμμαχία Περού και Βολιβίας. 1841: το Χονγκ Κονγκ παραχωρείται από την Κίνα στη Βρετανία. Επεστράφη στην Κίνα το 1997. 1850: πεθαίνει ο Δανός ποιητής, ’Ανταμ Οχλενσλάγκερ. 1885: ο Μάρκους Τόμπσον κατοχυρώνει την ευρεσιτεχνία του, η οποία δεν είναι άλλη από το τρενάκι του λούνα παρκ. 1887: το Περλ Χάρμπορ στη Χαβάη ξεκινά τη λειτουργία του ως ναυτική βάση των ΗΠΑ, ύστερα από απόφαση της Γερουσίας. 1892: ο πρώτος επίσημος αγώνας μπάσκετ διεξάγεται στο Σπρίνγκφιλντ της Μασαχουσέτης. 1894: γεννιέται ο συνθέτης Γουόλτερ Πίστον. 1898: ιδρύεται η Ατλέτικ Μπιλμπάο από 33 άτομα, φοιτητές που έπαιζαν ποδόσφαιρο στην Αγγλία και εργάτες, που έμεναν στο Μπιλμπάο. 1902: γεννιέται στη Θεσσαλονίκη ο Ναζίμ Χικμέτ, ένας από τους σημαντικότερους Τούρκους λογοτέχνες του 20ου αιώνα. 1905: στη Ρωσία ενώ προμηνύεται εξέγερση κινητοποιούνται ισχυρές στρατιωτικές δυνάμεις για την προστασία της Αγίας Πετρούπολης. 1907: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 73 ετών ο Ντιμίτρι Ιβάνοβιτς Μεντελέγιεφ, Ρώσος χημικός και εισηγητής του Περιοδικού Πίνακα Χημικών Στοιχείων. 1907: συνεχίζονται οι σφοδρές συγκρούσεις μεταξύ των ελληνικών στρατευμάτων και των Βουλγάρων κομιτατζήδων. 1912: ο πρωθυπουργός Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος δηλώνει ότι, η Τουρκία δείχνει να επιθυμεί την ειρήνη και δεν βλέπει προβλήματα για την Κρήτη, τονίζοντας παράλληλα ότι, η Ελλάδα επιμένει για όλα τα νησιά του Αιγαίου 1918: γεννιέται ο μουσικός Χουάν Ζαν Γκαρσία Εσκουϊβέλ. 1920: γεννιέται ο διάσημος Ιταλός σκηνοθέτης, Φεντερίκο Φελίνι. 1921: ανακηρύσσεται επίσημα η Δημοκρατία της Τουρκίας. 1921: στην Αυστρία ξεκινά γενική απεργία. 1922: ριζικές είναι οι διαφωνίες των Συμμάχων για το Ανατολικό Ζήτημα, ενώ θεωρείται αδύνατη η διευθέτησή τους με διασκέψεις. 1925: οι Ιάπωνες αναγνωρίζουν την ΕΣΣΔ και επιστρέφουν το βόρειο μέρος της νήσου Σαχαλίνης. 1930: "γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός αστροναύτης, Έντουιν Όλντριν, επικεφαλής της διαστημικής αποστολής ""Απόλλο 11"", που κατέκτησε τη Σελήνη." 1932: ο πρωθυπουργός Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος αναχωρεί για την Ευρώπη, ελπίζοντας να πετύχει δάνειο ύψους 3 εκατομμυρίων λιρών. 1940: γεννιέται η χρυσή Ολυμπιονίκης στο πατινάζ, Κάρολ Χέις. 1941: ο Φραγκλίνος Ρούσβελτ ορκίζεται για τρίτη συνεχόμενη φορά Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ. 1941: ο Χίτλερ συναντά τον Μουσολίνι στο Φουσλ της Αυστρίας, για το θέμα της αποστολής γερμανικής βοήθειας στα μέτωπα της Αλβανίας και της Λιβύης. 1942: "αποφασίζεται η λεγόμενη ""τελική λύση"", δηλαδή η εξολόθρευση όλων των Εβραίων της Ευρώπης, σε ναζιστικό συνέδριο στο Βερολίνο." 1943: Γερμανία και Ιαπωνία υπογράφουν εμπορική συμφωνία για την ανταλλαγή στρατιωτικών εφοδίων. 1945: για τέταρτη φορά, ο Φραγκλίνος Ρούσβελτ ορκίζεται Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ. 1945: στη Μόσχα οι σύμμαχοι υπογράφουν ανακωχή με τους Ούγγρους. 1946: γεννιέται ο Αμερικανός σκηνοθέτης Ντέιβιντ Λιντς. 1948: γίνεται απόπειρα δολοφονιας του Μαχάντμα Γκάντι, που αποτυγχάνει. Θα δολοφονηθεί τελικά δέκα ημέρες αργότερα σε δεύτερη απόπειρα εναντίον του. 1949: γεννιέται ο πρωθυπουργός της Σουηδίας Γκόραν Πέρσον,. 1949: ο Χάρι Τρούμαν ορκίζεται για δεύτερη φορά Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ. 1952: "γεννιέται ο μουσικός Πολ Στάνλεϊ, μέλος του συγκροτήματος ""Kiss""." 1952: η Πατρίτσια ΜακΚρόμικ γίνεται η πρώτη επαγγελματίας γυναίκα ταυρομάχος. 1952: ο Έντγκαρ Φορ γίνεται πρωθυπουργός της Γαλλίας 1952: οι Βρετανοί καταλαμβάνουν την Ισμαηλία στην Αίγυπτο, που βρισκόταν έξω από την αναγνωρισμένη ζώνη της Διώρυγας. 1953: η Ελένη Σκούρα γίνεται η πρώτη Ελληνίδα, που διαβαίνει ως βουλευτής το κατώφλι της Βουλής. 1953: ο Ντουάιτ Αϊζενχάουερ, ορκίζεται 33ος Πρόεδρος των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών. Είναι η πρώτη φορά μετά από 20 χρόνια, που εγκαθίσταται στην προεδρία των ΗΠΑ ένας ρεπουμπλικανός. 1954: οι Αφροαμερικανοί στις ΗΠΑ αποκτούν το δικό τους δίκτυο ραδιοσταθμών. Πρόκειται για το Εθνικό Ραδιόφωνο των Νέγρων, που αριθμεί 40 σταθμούς-μέλη. 1955: στη Γουατεμάλα, εκδηλώνεται πραξικόπημα και επιβάλλεται κατάσταση πολιορκίας. 1958: γεννιέται ο ηθοποιός Λορέντζο Λάμας. 1959: στο Παρίσι, Ελλάδα και Τουρκία συμφωνούν ως προς τα βασικά σημεία θεμελίωσης του ανεξάρτητο κυπριακού κράτους. 1961: ο Τζον Κένεντι ορκίζεται 35ος Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ. Πρόκειται για τον νεώτερο μέχρι τότε Πρόεδρο της χώρας. 1961: το Μπαλί ζητά την αποχώρηση των γαλλικών στρατευμάτων. 1962: πεθαίνει ο ποιητής Ρόμπινσον Τζέφερς. 1964: "κυκλοφορεί στις ΗΠΑ το άλμπουμ των Μπιτλς με τίτλο ""Συναντήστε τα Σκαθάρια""." 1965: ο Λίντον Τζόνσον ορκίζεται για δεύτερη φορά ως Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ. 1965: στην Αίγυπτο, ο Νάσερ είναι υποψήφιος Πρόεδρος για τρίτη φορά. 1969: ανακαλύπτεται το πρώτο άστρο στο νεφέλωμα του Καρκίνου. 1969: Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ ορκίζεται ο Ρίτσαρντ Νίξον. Θα επανεκλεγεί και στις εκλογές του 1972. 1976: ιδρύεται ο Πανελλήνιος Σύλλογος Αμειβομένων Ποδοσφαιριστών (ΠΣΑΠ), με πρόεδρο τον Μίμη Δομάζο. 1977: ο Τζίμι Κάρτερ ορκίζεται Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ. 1979: ελληνικά στοιχεία αναφέρουν ότι, το 1978 ανακαλύφθηκαν από την εφορία 200 λαθρέμποροι και 12.491 φοροφυγάδες. 1980: ο Γιουγκοσλάβος ηγέτης Τίτο υποβάλλεται σε ακρωτηριασμό του αριστερού ποδιού, για να αποφευχθεί η μετάδοση της γάγγραινας. 1981: 52 Αμερικανοί επιβιβάζονται σε αεροπλάνο στην Τεχεράνη, που θα τους οδηγήσει στην ελευθερία, μετά από 444 ημέρες ομηρίας. 1981: ο Ρόναλντ Ρέιγκαν ορκίζεται Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ 1982: "γεννιέται το πρώτο ""παιδί του σωλήνα""στην Ελλάδα." 1983: "πεθαίνει, σε ηλικία 50 ετών, ο ποδοσφαιριστής Μανουέλ ντος Σάντος Φρανσίσκο Γκαρίνχα, γνωστός ως ""η ντρίμπλα του Θεού""." 1984: πεθαίνει σε ηλικία 91 ετών ο λογοτέχνης, ποιητής, ιστορικός και πεζογράφος Γιάννης Σκαρίμπας. 1984: "πεθαίνει, σε ηλικία 79 ετών, ο Τζόνι Βαϊσμίλερ, 5 φορές χρυσός Ολυμπιονίκης στην κολύμβηση και ο πιο δημοφιλής ""Ταρζάν""." 1984: σε πλήρες ναυάγιο καταλήγει η συνάντηση του Προέδρου της Κύπρου Σπύρου Κυπριανού με τον Τουρκοκύπριο ηγέτη Ραούφ Ντενκτάς υπό την αιγίδα του Γενικού Γραμματέα του ΟΗΕ. 1986: τα σχέδιά τους για τη Σήραγγα της Μάγχης ανακοινώνουν η Βρετανία και η Γαλλία. 1988: πεθαίνει, σε ηλικία 76 ετών, η χορογράφος Δώρα Στράτου. 1989: στις ΗΠΑ, ο Τζορτζ Μπους ο πρεσβύτερος ορκίζεται 41ος Πρόεδρος της χώρας. 1990: μετά την ομολογία του σπρίντερ Μπεν Τζόνσον ότι, έπαιρνε απαγορευμένες ουσίες από το 1981, η IAAF σβήνει το όνομά του από τα βιβλία της, ακυρώνει τα παγκόσμια ρεκόρ του και τον υποχρεώνει να επιστρέψει το χρυσό μετάλλιο, που πήρε στα 100μ στο Παγκόσμιο Πρωτάθλημα του 1987 στη Ρώμη. 1990: ξένοι αγοραστές δηλώνουν την πρόθεση να αγοράσουν το 20% των μετοχών της Ολυμπιακής Αεροπορίας. 1991: λίγες μέρες μετά την έναρξή του πολέμου στον Περσικό Κόλπο, ο Ιρακινός Πρόεδρος, Σαντάμ Χουσεΐν, διαμηνύει ότι, η χώρα του δεν έχει ακόμα χρησιμοποιήσει όλα της τα όπλα. 1991: στα15 ανέρχονται τα μαχητικά αεροσκάφη Συμμάχων-ΗΠΑ, που καταρρίφθηκαν από την αρχή του πολέμου στον Περσικό Κόλπο. 1992: στο Κονγκό, στασιαστές αλεξιπτωτιστές καταλαμβάνουν το κτήριο της τηλεόρασης, ζητώντας την παραίτηση της μεταβατικής κυβέρνησης. 1992: το ΠΑΣΟΚ αποχωρεί από τη Βουλή, αρνούμενο να αποδεχθεί απόφαση του προέδρου Τσαλδάρη, για έκπτωση από το βουλευτικό αξίωμα του Δημήτρη Τσοβόλα. 1993: ο Μπιλ Κλίντον ορκίζεται 42ος Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ και θα επανεκλεγεί το 1996. 1994: η αυτονομιστική οργάνωση των Βάσκων, ΕΤΑ, αποκλείει κάθε συμφωνία εκεχειρίας με το ισπανικό κράτος. 1994: πεθαίνει, σε ηλικία 84 ετών, ο Σερ Ματ Μπέσμπι. Διετέλεσε προπονητής της Μάντσεστερ Γιουνάιτεντ από το 1945 και θεωρείται ένας από τους μεγαλύτερους τεχνικούς, που πέρασαν από τα αγγλικά γήπεδα. 1994: την ιδιωτικοποίηση όλων των καζίνο και την ίδρυση Τράπεζας Τουρισμού, ανακοινώνει ο υπουργός Τουρισμού Διονύσης Λιβανός. 1995: στην Ινδία, πάνω από 200 άνθρωποι χάνουν τη ζωή τους, λόγω της κακοκαιρίας. 1995: στις ΗΠΑ, γεννιούνται δίδυμα με διαφορά 95 ημερών. 1996: ο Γιάσερ Αραφάτ εκλέγεται Πρόεδρος της Παλαιστινιακής Αρχής. 1997: "ο 20χρονος Ρονάλντο ανακηρύσσεται ""ποδοσφαιριστής της χρονιάς"", μετά από ψηφοφορία περισσοτέρων από 100 προπονητών." 1997: την παρέμβαση του Αρείου Πάγου προκαλεί η συνέχιση της απεργίας των ναυτικών και τα επεισόδια που σημειώνονται στα λιμάνια της χώρας. 1999: η Κυβέρνηση της Κίνας θεσπίζει περιορισμούς στο Διαδίκτυο. 1999: κύμα παραιτήσεων στη ΔΟΕ. Πρώτη παραιτείται η Φινλανδή Pirjo Haeggman, μετά την εμπλοκή του ονόματός της στο σκάνδαλο του Σολτ Λέικ Σίτι, επειδή ο σύζυγός της ήταν μέλος της Επιτροπής Διεκδίκησης του Σολτ Λέικ Σίτι, που τελικά κέρδισε τους Χειμερινούς Ολυμπιακούς Αγώνες του 2002. Θα ακολουθήσουν: Attarabulsi (Λιβύη), Arroyo (Εκουαδόρ), Ganga (Κονγκό), Geesnik (Ολλανδία), Santander (Χιλή) και Sibandze (Ζουαζιλάνδη). 2001: ο Τζορτζ Μπους ο νεώτερος ορκίζεται 43ος Πρόεδρος των ΗΠΑ . 2002: γίνονται δεκαψήφιοι όλοι οι τηλεφωνικοί αριθμοί στις αστικές και τις υπεραστικές κλήσεις. Οι αριθμοί κινητών τηλεφώνων δεν αλλάζουν. 2002: ο Μάϊκλ Τζόρνταν παίζει το πρώτο του παιχνίδι στο Σικάγο, ύστερα από την επαναδραστηριοποίησή του στο NBA. 2003: "στις ΗΠΑ, το μιούζικαλ ""Σικάγο""και η δραματική ταινία ""Οι Ώρες', μοιράζονται τις ""Χρυσές Σφαίρες""στην τελετή απονομής των αμερικανικών βραβείων."

Don McLean arrested on a domestic violence charge

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American Pie singer Don McLean has been arrested on a charge of domestic violence assault.

The 70-year-old was released from Knox County Jail after posting $10,000 (£7,007) bail. 

McLean, who lives in Camden, Maine, had a 1971 hit with American Pie, about the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the Big Bopper in a plane crash. 

It was reported that McLean was held after police were called to a property at 02:00 local time on Monday. 

He is set to appear at the Knox County Unified Court, Rockland, on 22 February.

The US singer-songwriter has amassed more than 40 gold and platinum records worldwide during his career. 

He performed at a local lobster festival in Maine in August.