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1783: φεύγουν οι τελευταίοι Βρετανοί στρατιώτες από τη Νέα Υόρκη, τρεις μήνες μετά την υπογραφή της Συνθήκης του Παρισιού, η οποία τερμάτιζε την Αμερικανική Επανάσταση. Οι Βρετανοί είχαν καταλάβει την πόλη της Νέας Υόρκης το Σεπτέμβρη του 1776.↧
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
| November 25th: On this Day | |
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| 1958, Lord Rockinghams XI were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Hoot's Mon', (based on the traditional Scottish folk song 'One Hundred Pipers'). Lord Rockingham's XI were the house band on the UK Jack Good TV show 'Oh Boy.' | |
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| 1965, Harrods department store in London, England, closed to the public so The Beatles could do their Christmas shopping in private. | |
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| 1965, The Seekers were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'The Carnival Is Over', the group's second No.1. Originally a Russian folk song from 1883 with lyrics written by Tom Springfield (the brother of Dusty Springfield). At its peak, the song was selling 93,000 copies per day and is No.30 of the biggest selling singles of all time in the United Kingdom. | |
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| 1966, The Jimi Hendrix Experience made their UK live debut at the Bag O'Nails Club, London, where they played using the clubs DJ booth. Eric Clapton, Pete Townshend, The Beatles, Mick Jagger, Brian Jones, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, The Hollies, and the Small Faces would all hang out at the club. | |
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| 1968, The Beatles (known as The White Album), was released in the US. Notable for the eclectic nature of its songs, the album has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and was listed at No.10 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list. The album features: 'Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da', 'Dear Prudence', 'Helter Skelter', 'Blackbird''Back In The USSR' and George Harrison's 'While My Guitar Gently Weeps'. The album spent 101 weeks on the US chart peaking at No.1. | |
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| 1969, John Lennon returned his MBE to The Queen on the grounds of the UK's involvement in the Nigeria Biafra war, America in Vietnam, and against his latest single 'Cold Turkey' slipping down the charts. | |
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| 1972, Chuck Berry was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'My Ding a-Ling', his only UK No.1. The song was originally recorded by Dave Bartholomew in 1952. Berry's version was from a concert recorded at the Locarno ballroom in Coventry, England, on 3 February 1972. Boston radio station WMEX disc jockey Jim Connors was credited with a gold record for discovering the song and pushing it to No.1 over the airwaves and amongst his peers in the United States. | |
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| 1974, UK singer, songwriter Nick Drake died in his sleep aged 26 of an overdose of tryptasol an anti-depressant drug. Drake signed to Island Records when he was twenty years old, recorded the classic 1972 album Pink Moon. In 2000, Volkswagen featured the title track from Pink Moon in a television advertisement, and within a month Drake had sold more records than he had in the previous thirty years. | |
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| 1976, The Band made their final performance; 'The Last Waltz' held on American Thanksgiving Day, at Winterland Ballroom in San Francisco. The show also featured Joni Mitchell, Dr John, Neil Young, Van Morrison, Neil Diamond, Eric Clapton and others. The event was filmed by director Martin Scorsese and made into a documentary of the same name, released in 1978. | |
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| 1984, The cream of the British pop world gathered at S.A.R.M. Studios, London to record the historic Do They Know It's Christmas? The single, which was written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure, featured Paul Young, Bono, Boy George, Sting and George Michael. It went on to sell over three million copies in the UK, becoming the bestselling record ever, and raised over £8 million ($13.6 million) worldwide. | |
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| 1992, The Bodyguard, opened nation-wide featuring Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. The film which was Houston's acting debut was written by Lawrence Kasdan in the 1970s, originally as a vehicle for Steve McQueen and Diana Ross. It became the second-highest-grossing film worldwide in 1992 with the soundtrack becoming the best-selling soundtrack of all time, selling more than 42 million copies worldwide. | |
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| 1995, Whitney Houston went to No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Exhale (Shoop Shoop)', written by Babyface and taken from the film 'Waiting To Exhale', it gave Whitney her 11th US No.1. | |
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| 1996, A statue in Montreux, Switzerland by sculptor Irena Sedlecka was erected as a tribute to Freddie Mercury. Standing almost 10 feet (3 metres) high overlooking Lake Geneva it was unveiled by Freddie's father and Montserrat Caballé, with bandmates Brian May and Roger Taylor also in attendance. | |
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| 2000, A burglar broke into Alice Cooper's home and made off with over $6000 worth of clothes, shoes and cameras belonging to the singers daughter. The good's were all lifted from Cooper's house in Paradise Valley, along with four of the star's gold discs. | |
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| 2001, Robbie Williams started an eight-week run at No.1 on the UK album chart with 'Swing When You're Winning'. The album spent 57 weeks on the UK Albums Chart, certified 7x Platinum, and became the 49th best-selling album of all-time in the UK. | |
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| 2003, Michael Jackson launched a website to defend himself following allegations of sexual abuse of a 12-year old boy. The singer posted a message saying the charges were based on 'a big lie' and he wanted to end 'this horrible time' by proving they were false in court. | |
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| 2003, Glen Campbell was arrested in Phoenix Arizona with a blood alcohol level of .20 after his BMW struck a Toyota Camry. He was charged with 'extreme' drunk driving, hit and run, and assaulting a police officer. A police officer reported that while in custody, Campbell hummed his hit 'Rhinestone Cowboy' repeatedly. | |
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| 2003, Meat Loaf underwent heart surgery in a London hospital after being diagnosed with a condition that causes an irregular heartbeat. The 52-year-old singer had collapsed on November 17th as he performed at London's Wembley Arena. | |
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| 2005, Madonna achieved her sixth number one on the US album charts with ‘Confessions on a Dance Floor’ her third consecutive US album chart topper. The album went to No.1 in 40 countries setting a new record. The Beatles previously held this record when The Beatles 1 went to No.1 in 36 countries in 2000. | |
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| 2007, Kevin Dubrow, the frontman with metal band Quiet Riot, was found dead in his Las Vegas home at the age of 52. Their 1983 release Metal Health was the first metal album to top the US charts. The band's biggest hit was 'Cum on Feel the Noize', a cover of the Slade song which they are said to have grudgingly recorded in just one take. | |
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| 2008, The legal dispute over a music contract between Michael Jackson and an Arab sheik, ended with an "amicable settlement." Jackson had been due to fly in to the UK to give evidence at the High Court before an agreement in principle was reached. The King of Bahrain's son, Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, was suing Jackson for £4.7m, claiming he reneged on a music contract. | |
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2009, Brian May joined Freddie Mercury's 87-year-old mother Jer Bulsara in Feltham town centre, at a ceremony to unveil a plaque to the late singers memory. They were joined by over 2,000 fans from as far as Japan and Australia who descended on the Centre, in Feltham High Street in England. The plague reads: “Freddie Mercury - musician, singer and songwriter” along with the dates he lived in Feltham, between 1964 and 1968. | |
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| 2010, A restaurant fell victim to a prankster who had them make 178 pizzas by claiming they were for singer Bob Dylan and his crew. An imposter wearing a fake pass for a Dylan concert called in an Antonio's restaurant and placed the huge order worth more than $3,900. He told the owner the pizzas were for Dylan and his crew who had appeared in concert in Amherst, Massachusetts. Staff at Antonios worked until 5.30am to make the pizzas - but were left stunned when no one returned to collect the order. | |
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| 2011, Don DeVito, a longtime Columbia Records executive who produced the key Bob Dylan albums Blood on the Tracks and Desire died aged 72 after a 16-year battle with prostate cancer. DeVito had also worked with artists including Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and Aerosmith. DeVito started off as a guitarist touring for Al Kooper, and had his own band, The Sabres, which later broke up mid-tour. According to Columbia, DeVito was stranded in Fort Smith, Ark., when he happened to meet Johnny Cash and developed what would become a lifelong friendship; Cash would later introduce DeVito to Dylan. | |
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| 2015, Defamation lawsuits filed by Tom Scholz, the founder of the Rock group Boston, against the ex-wife of the band's late lead singer, Brad Delp and the Boston Herald were dismissed by the highest court in Massachusetts. Scholz sued after the Herald published articles in which Micki Delp made remarks that Scholz claimed could be construed as blaming him for Delp's 2007 suicide. | |
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| November 25th: Born on this day | |
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| 1940, Born on this day, Percy Sledge, soul singer, (1966 UK No.4 and US No.1 single 'When A Man Loves A Woman'). He died on April 14th 2015. | |
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| 1944, Born on this day, Bob Lind, singer, (1966 US & UK No.5 single 'Elusive Butterfly'). | |
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| 1950, Born on this day, Jocelyn Brown, singer, (1997 UK No.5 single 'Something Goin' On', worked with John Lennon, Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen). | |
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| 1959, Born on this day, Born on this day, Steve Rothery, guitar, Marillion, (1985 UK No.2 single 'Kayleigh'). | |
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| 1960, Born on this day, Amy Grant, singer, (1991 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Baby Baby'). | |
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| 1964, Born on this day, Mark Lanegan American alternative rock musician and singer-songwriter. Lanegan was a co-founder of Screaming Trees and was also a member of Queens of the Stone Age and is featured on five of the band's albums | |
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| 1966, Born on this day, Stacey Lattishaw, (1980 US No.21 single 'Let Me Be Your Angel', 1980 UK No.3 single 'Jump to The Beat'). | |
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| 1967, Born on this day, Rodney Sheppard, guitar, Sugar Ray, (1999 UK No. 10 single 'Every Morning'). | |
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| 1968, Born on this day, Tunde, singer, Lighthouse Family, (1996 UK No.4 single 'Lifted' plus 9 other UK Top 40 singles). Now solo. |
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EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST
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- 571 BC – Servius Tullius, king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
- 885 – Siege of Paris: Viking forces sail the Seine River with a fleet of 300 longships and lay siege to Paris.
- 1034 – Máel Coluim mac Cináeda, King of Scots, dies. His grandson, Donnchad, son of Bethóc and Crínán of Dunkeld, inherits the throne.
- 1120 – The White Ship sinks in the English Channel, drowning William Adelin, son and heir of Henry I of England.
- 1177 – Baldwin IV of Jerusalem and Raynald of Châtillon defeat Saladin at the Battle of Montgisard.
- 1343 – A tsunami, caused by an earthquake in the Tyrrhenian Sea, devastates Naples and the Maritime Republic of Amalfi, among other places.
- 1487 – Elizabeth of York is crowned Queen of England.
- 1491 – The siege of Granada, the last Moorish stronghold in Spain, ends with the Treaty of Granada.
- 1667 – A deadly earthquake rocks Shemakha in the Caucasus, killing 80,000 people.
- 1755 – King Ferdinand VI of Spain grants royal protection to the Beaterio de la Compañia de Jesus, now known as the Congregation of the Religious of the Virgin Mary.
- 1758 – French and Indian War: British forces capture Fort Duquesne from French control. Later, Fort Pitt will be built nearby and grow into modern Pittsburgh.
- 1759 – An earthquake hits the Mediterranean destroying Beirut and Damascus and killing 30,000-40,000.
- 1783 – American Revolutionary War: The last British troops leave New York City three months after the signing of the Treaty of Paris.
- 1795 – Partitions of Poland: Stanisław August Poniatowski, the last king of independent Poland, is forced to abdicate and is exiled to Russia.
- 1826 – The Greek frigate Hellas arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.
- 1833 – A massive undersea earthquake, estimated magnitude between 8.7-9.2, rocks Sumatra, producing a massive tsunami all along the Indonesian coast.
- 1839 – A cyclone slams India with high winds and a 40-foot storm surge, destroying the port city of Coringa (which has never been completely rebuilt). The storm wave sweeps inland, taking with it 20,000 ships and thousands of people. An estimated 300,000 deaths result from the disaster.
- 1863 – American Civil War: Battle of Missionary Ridge: At Missionary Ridge in Tennessee, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant break the Siege of Chattanooga by routing Confederate troops under General Braxton Bragg.
- 1864 – American Civil War: A group of Confederate operatives calling themselves the Confederate Army of Manhattan starts fires in more than 20 locations in an unsuccessful attempt to burn down New York City.
- 1874 – The United States Greenback Party is established as a political party consisting primarily of farmers affected by the Panic of 1873.
- 1876 – American Indian Wars: In retaliation for the American defeat at the Battle of the Little Bighorn, United States Army troops sack the sleeping village of Cheyenne Chief Dull Knife at the headwaters of the Powder River.
- 1905 – Prince Carl of Denmark arrives in Norway to become King Haakon VII of Norway.
- 1915 – Albert Einstein presents the field equations of general relativity to the Prussian Academy of Sciences.
- 1917 – World War I: German forces defeat Portuguese army of about 1200 at Negomano on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania.
- 1918 – Vojvodina, formerly Austro-Hungarian crown land, proclaims its secession from Austria–Hungary to join the Kingdom of Serbia.
- 1926 – The deadliest November tornado outbreak in U.S. history kills 76 people and injures more than 400.
- 1936 – In Berlin, Germany and Japan sign the Anti-Comintern Pact, agreeing to consult on measures "to safeguard their common interests" in the case of an unprovoked attack by the Soviet Union against either nation. The pact is renewed on the same day five years later with additional signatories.
- 1940 – World War II: First flight of the de Havilland Mosquito and Martin B-26 Marauder.
- 1941 – HMS Barham is sunk by a German torpedo during World War II.
- 1943 – World War II: Statehood of Bosnia and Herzegovina is re-established at the State Anti-fascist Council for the National Liberation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- 1947 – Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios.
- 1947 – New Zealand ratifies the Statute of Westminster and thus becomes independent of legislative control by the United Kingdom.
- 1950 – The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950 impacts 22 American states, killing 353 people, injuring over 160, and causing US$66.7 million in damages (1950 dollars).
- 1952 – Agatha Christie's murder-mystery play The Mousetrap opens at the Ambassadors Theatre in London. It will become the longest continuously-running play in history.
- 1952 – Korean War: After 42 days of fighting, the Battle of Triangle Hill ends with Chinese victory, American and South Korean units abandon their attempt to capture the "Iron Triangle".
- 1958 – French Sudan gains autonomy as a self-governing member of the French Community.
- 1960 – The Mirabal sisters of the Dominican Republic are assassinated.
- 1963 – President John F. Kennedy is buried in Washington, D.C..
- 1963 – Lee Harvey Oswald is buried in Fort Worth, Texas.
- 1966 – First television link between Australia and the UK.
- 1970 – In Japan, author Yukio Mishima and one compatriot commit ritualistic seppuku after an unsuccessful coup attempt.
- 1973 – Georgios Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a hardliners' coup led by Brigadier General Dimitrios Ioannidis.
- 1975 – Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands.
- 1977 – Former Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., is found guilty by the Philippine Military Commission No. 2 and is sentenced to death by firing squad. He is later assassinated in 1983.
- 1981 – Pope John Paul II appoints Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger (the future Pope Benedict XVI) Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
- 1984 – Thirty-six top musicians gather in a Notting Hill studio and record Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" in order to raise money for famine relief in Ethiopia.
- 1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese announces that profits from covert weapons sales to Iran were illegally diverted to the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
- 1986 – The King Fahd Causeway is officially opened in the Persian Gulf.
- 1987 – Typhoon Nina pummels the Philippines with category 5 winds of 165 mph and a surge that destroys entire villages. At least 1,036 deaths are attributed to the storm.
- 1992 – The Federal Assembly of Czechoslovakia votes to split the country into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, with effect from January 1, 1993.
- 1996 – An ice storm strikes the central U.S., killing 26 people. A powerful windstorm affects Florida and winds gust over 90 mph, toppling trees and flipping trailers.
- 1999 – A 5-year-old Cuban boy, Elian Gonzalez, is rescued by fishermen while floating in an inner tube off the Florida coast.
- 2000 – The 2000 Baku earthquake, with a Richter magnitude of 7.0, leaves 26 people dead in Baku, Azerbaijan, and becomes the strongest earthquake in the region in 158 years.
- 2008 – Cyclone Nisha strikes northern Sri Lanka, killing 15 people and displacing 90,000 others while dealing the region the highest rainfall in nine decades.
- 2009 – Jeddah floods: Freak rains swamp the city of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, during an ongoing Hajj pilgrimage. Three thousand cars are swept away and 122 people perish in the torrents, with 350 others missing.
- 2015 – Pope Francis makes his first official visit to Africa.
Births[edit]
- 902 – Emperor Taizong of Liao
- 1075 – Emperor Taizong of Jin (d. 1135)
- 1454 – Catherine Cornaro, Queen of Cyprus (d. 1510)
- 1467 – Thomas Dacre, 2nd Baron Dacre, Knight of Henry VIII of England (d. 1525)
- 1493 – Osanna of Cattaro, Dominican visionary and anchoress (d. 1565)
- 1562 – Lope de Vega, Spanish playwright and poet (d. 1635)
- 1566 – John Heminges, English actor (d. 1630)
- 1577 – Piet Pieterszoon Hein, Dutch admiral (d. 1629)
- 1587 – Sir Gervase Clifton, 1st Baronet, English politician (d. 1666)
- 1609 – Henrietta Maria of France (d. 1669)
- 1638 – Catherine of Braganza (d. 1705)
- 1666 – Giuseppe Giovanni Battista Guarneri, Italian violin maker (d. 1740)
- 1703 – Jean-François Séguier, French astronomer and botanist (d. 1784)
- 1752 – Johann Friedrich Reichardt, German composer and critic (d. 1814)
- 1753 – Robert Townsend, American spy (d. 1838)
- 1758 – John Armstrong, Jr., American general and politician, 7th United States Secretary of War (d. 1843)
- 1778 – Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author and activist (d. 1856)
- 1787 – Franz Xaver Gruber, Austrian organist and composer (d. 1863)
- 1814 – Julius Robert von Mayer, German physician and physicist (d. 1878)
- 1815 – William Sawyer, Canadian merchant and politician (d. 1904)
- 1817 – John Bigelow, American lawyer and politician, United States Ambassador to France (d. 1911)
- 1835 – Andrew Carnegie, Scottish-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1919)
- 1841 – Ernst Schröder, German mathematician and academic (d. 1902)
- 1843 – Henry Ware Eliot, American businessman and philanthropist (d. 1919)
- 1844 – Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (d. 1929)
- 1845 – José Maria de Eça de Queirós, Portuguese-French journalist and author (d. 1900)
- 1846 – Carrie Nation, American activist (d. 1911)
- 1858 – Alfred Capus, French journalist, author, and playwright (d. 1922)
- 1862 – Ethelbert Nevin, American pianist and composer (d. 1901)
- 1862 – Gustaf Söderström, Swedish tug of war competitor, shot putter, and discus thrower (d. 1958)
- 1865 – Kate Gleason, American engineer, businesswoman, and philanthropist (d. 1933)
- 1867 – Talaat Harb, Egyptian economist, founded the Banque Misr (d. 1941)
- 1868 – Ernest Louis, Grand Duke of Hesse (d. 1937)
- 1869 – Ben Lindsey, American lawyer and judge (d. 1934)
- 1870 – Winthrop Ames, American director, producer, and playwright (d. 1937)
- 1870 – Maurice Denis, French painter of Les Nabis movement (d. 1943)
- 1872 – Robert Maysack, American gymnast and triathlete (d. 1960)
- 1873 – Albert Henry Krehbiel, American painter and illustrator (d. 1945)
- 1874 – Joe Gans, American boxer (d. 1910)
- 1876 – Princess Victoria Melita of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha (d. 1936)
- 1877 – Harley Granville-Barker, British actor, director and playwright (d. 1946)
- 1880 – John Flynn, Australian minister and pilot, founded the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia (d. 1951)
- 1880 – Elsie J. Oxenham, English author (d. 1960)
- 1881 – Jacob Fichman, Romanian-Israeli poet and critic (d. 1958)
- 1881 – Pope John XXIII (d. 1963)
- 1883 – Harvey Spencer Lewis, American mystic and author (d. 1939)
- 1887 – Nikolai Vavilov, Russian botanist and geneticist (d. 1943)
- 1889 – Reşat Nuri Güntekin, Turkish author and playwright (d. 1956)
- 1890 – Isaac Rosenberg, English soldier and poet (d. 1918)
- 1891 – Ōnishiki Uichirō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 26th Yokozuna (d. 1941)
- 1893 – Joseph Wood Krutch, American author and critic (d. 1970)
- 1895 – Wilhelm Kempff, German pianist and composer (d. 1991)
- 1895 – Anastas Mikoyan, Soviet politician, Chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union (d. 1978)
- 1895 – Helen Hooven Santmyer, American poet and author (d. 1986)
- 1895 – Ludvík Svoboda, Czech general and politician, 8th President of Czechoslovakia (d. 1979)
- 1896 – Albertus Soegijapranata, Indonesian archbishop (d. 1963)
- 1896 – Virgil Thomson, American composer and critic (d. 1989)
- 1898 – Debaki Bose, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1971)
- 1898 – Aarne Viisimaa, Estonian tenor and director (d. 1989)
- 1900 – Rudolf Höss, German SS officer (d. 1947)
- 1900 - Helen Gahagan Douglas, American actress and politician (d. 1980)
- 1901 – Arthur Liebehenschel, German SS officer (d. 1948)
- 1902 – Eddie Shore, Canadian-American ice hockey player and coach (d. 1985)
- 1904 – Lillian Copeland, American discus thrower and shot putter (d. 1964)
- 1904 – Toni Ortelli, Italian composer and conductor (d. 2000)
- 1905 – Samiha Ayverdi, Turkish mystic and author (d. 1993)
- 1906 – Alice Ambrose, American philosopher and logician (d. 2001)
- 1907 – John Stuart Hindmarsh, English race car driver and pilot (d. 1938)
- 1908 – NatyaguruNurul Momen, Bangladeshi Trailblazer pioneer playwright, author, educator, director & media personality (d.1990)
- 1909 – P. D. Eastman, American author and illustrator (d. 1986)
- 1911 – Roelof Frankot, Dutch painter and photographer (d. 1984)
- 1913 – Lewis Thomas, American physician, etymologist, and educator (d. 1993)
- 1914 – Joe DiMaggio, American baseball player and coach (d. 1999)
- 1914 – Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist (d. 1995)
- 1915 – Augusto Pinochet, Chilean general and politician, 30th President of Chile (d. 2006)
- 1915 – Armando Villanueva, Peruvian politician, 121st Prime Minister of Peru (d. 2013)
- 1916 – Peg Lynch, American actress and screenwriter (d. 2015)
- 1917 – Luigi Poggi, Italian cardinal (d. 2010)
- 1917 – Alparslan Türkeş, Cypriot-Turkish colonel and politician, Deputy Prime Minister of Turkey (d. 1997)
- 1919 – Norman Tokar, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1979)
- 1920 – Ricardo Montalbán, Mexican-American actor, singer, and director (d. 2009)
- 1920 – Noel Neill, American actress (d. 2016)
- 1922 – Shelagh Fraser, English actress (d. 2000)
- 1922 – Ilja Hurník, Czech composer and playwright (d. 2013)
- 1922 – Fernance B. Perry, Portuguese-American businessman and philanthropist (d. 2014)
- 1923 – Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, 9th President of Finland (d. 2017)
- 1923 – Art Wall Jr., American golfer (d. 2001)
- 1924 – Paul Desmond, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1977)
- 1924 – Sybil Stockdale, American activist, co-founded the National League of Families (d. 2015)
- 1924 – Takaaki Yoshimoto, Japanese poet, philosopher, and critic (d. 2012)
- 1926 – Poul Anderson, American author (d. 2001)
- 1926 – Jeffrey Hunter, American actor and producer (d. 1969)
- 1926 – Ranganath Misra, Indian lawyer and jurist, 21st Chief Justice of India (d. 2012)
- 1927 – John K. Cooley, American journalist and author (d. 2008)
- 1929 – Judy Crichton, American director and producer (d. 2007)
- 1931 – Nat Adderley, American cornet and trumpet player (d. 2000)
- 1932 – Takayo Fischer, American actress and singer
- 1933 – Kathryn Crosby, American actress and singer
- 1935 – Robert Berner, American geologist and academic (d. 2015)
- 1936 – Trisha Brown, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2017)
- 1936 – Phoebe S. Leboy, American biochemist
- 1938 – Erol Güngör, Turkish sociologist and psychologist (d. 1983)
- 1938 – Rosanna Schiaffino, Italian actress (d. 2009)
- 1939 – Martin Feldstein, American economist and academic
- 1940 – Reinhard Furrer, Austrian-German physicist and astronaut (d. 1995)
- 1940 – Joe Gibbs, American football player and coach
- 1940 – Jan Jongbloed, Dutch footballer and coach
- 1940 – Karl Offmann, Mauritian politician, 3rd President of Mauritius
- 1940 – Shyamal Kumar Sen, Indian jurist and politician, 21st Governor of West Bengal
- 1940 – Percy Sledge, American singer (d. 2015)
- 1941 – Christos Papanikolaou, Greek pole vaulter
- 1941 – Gerald Seymour, English journalist and author
- 1941 – Riaz Ahmed Gohar Shahi, Pakistani spiritual leader and author
- 1942 – Bob Lind, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1942 – Mimis Papaioannou, Greek footballer and manager
- 1943 – Jerry Portnoy, American singer-songwriter and harmonica player
- 1944 – Ben Stein, American actor, television personality, game show host, lawyer, and author
- 1944 – Michael Kijana Wamalwa, Kenyan lawyer and politician, 8th Vice President of Kenya (d. 2003)
- 1945 – Gail Collins, American journalist and author
- 1945 – Patrick Nagel, American painter and illustrator (d. 1984)
- 1945 – George Webster, American football player (d. 2007)
- 1946 – Marc Brown, American author and illustrator
- 1946 – Mike Doyle, English footballer (d. 2011)
- 1947 – Jonathan Kaplan, French-American director and producer
- 1947 – John Larroquette, American actor
- 1948 – Jacques Dupuis, Canadian lawyer and politician, 14th Deputy Premier of Quebec
- 1948 – Lars Eighner, American author
- 1949 – Kerry O'Keeffe, Australian cricketer and sportscaster
- 1950 – Chris Claremont, English-American author
- 1950 – Giorgio Faletti, Italian author, screenwriter, and actor (d. 2014)
- 1950 – Alexis Wright, Australian author
- 1951 – Bucky Dent, American baseball player and manager
- 1951 – Charlaine Harris, American author and poet
- 1951 – Bill Morrissey, American singer-songwriter (d. 2011)
- 1951 – Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Spanish author and journalist
- 1951 – Johnny Rep, Dutch footballer and manager
- 1952 – Crescent Dragonwagon, American author and educator
- 1952 – John Lynch, American businessman and politician, 80th Governor of New Hampshire
- 1952 – Gabriele Oriali, Italian footballer and manager
- 1953 – Graham Eadie, Australian rugby league player and coach
- 1953 – Mark Frost, American author, screenwriter, and producer
- 1953 – Jeffrey Skilling, American businessman
- 1955 – Don Hahn, American director and producer
- 1955 – Kurt Niedermayer, German footballer and manager
- 1955 – Connie Palmen, Dutch author
- 1955 – Bruno Tonioli, Italian dancer and choreographer
- 1957 – Bob Ehrlich, American lawyer and politician, 60th Governor of Maryland
- 1958 – Naomi Oreskes, American historian of science
- 1959 – Charles Kennedy, Scottish journalist and politician (d. 2015)
- 1959 – Steve Rothery, English guitarist and songwriter
- 1960 – Amy Grant, American singer-songwriter
- 1960 – John F. Kennedy Jr., American lawyer, journalist, and publisher (d. 1999)
- 1961 – Paul Comstive, English footballer (d. 2013)
- 1962 – Scott Cam, Australian carpenter and television host
- 1962 – Gilbert Delorme, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
- 1962 – Hironobu Sakaguchi, Japanese game designer, founded Mistwalker
- 1962 – Jimon Terakado, Japanese comedian and actor
- 1963 – Kevin Chamberlin, American actor and director
- 1963 – Holly Cole, Canadian singer and actress
- 1963 – Chip Kelly, American football player and coach
- 1963 – Bernie Kosar, American football player and sportscaster
- 1964 – Mark Lanegan, American singer-songwriter
- 1965 – Tim Armstrong, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1965 – Cris Carter, American football player, coach, and sportscaster
- 1965 – Dougray Scott, Scottish actor and producer
- 1966 – Stacy Lattisaw, American R&B singer
- 1967 – Anthony Nesty, Surinamese swimmer
- 1967 – Gregg Turkington, Australian comedian and singer
- 1968 – Jacqueline Hennessy, Canadian actress and journalist
- 1968 – Jill Hennessy, Canadian actress and singer
- 1968 – Erick Sermon, American rapper and producer
- 1969 – Kim Ofstad, Norwegian drummer and composer
- 1971 – Christina Applegate, American actress, singer, dancer, and producer
- 1971 – Magnus Arvedson, Swedish ice hockey player and coach
- 1971 – Göksel Demirpençe, Turkish singer-songwriter
- 1972 – Deepa Marathe, Indian cricketer
- 1973 – Steven de Jongh, Dutch cyclist
- 1973 – Octavio Dotel, Dominican baseball player
- 1973 – Erick Strickland, American basketball player
- 1973 – Eddie Steeples, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1974 – Kenneth Mitchell, Canadian actor
- 1975 – Abdelkader Benali, Moroccan-Dutch journalist and author
- 1976 – Clint Mathis, American soccer player and coach
- 1976 – Donovan McNabb, American football player and sportscaster
- 1976 – Olena Vitrychenko, Ukrainian gymnast and coach
- 1977 – Guillermo Cañas, Argentinian tennis player
- 1977 – Marcus Marshall, Australian race car driver
- 1978 – Ringo Sheena, Japanese singer-songwriter and producer
- 1979 – Michael Lehan, American football player
- 1980 – John-Michael Liles, American ice hockey player
- 1980 – Josh Mathews, American wrestler and sportscaster
- 1980 – Aaron Mokoena, South African footballer
- 1980 – Alviro Petersen, South African cricketer
- 1980 – Nick Swisher, American baseball player
- 1980 – Steffen Thier, German rugby player
- 1981 – Xabi Alonso, Spanish footballer
- 1981 – Lee Bum-ho, South Korean baseball player
- 1981 – Barbara Pierce Bush, American activist
- 1981 – Jared Jeffries, American basketball player
- 1981 – Chevon Troutman, American basketball player
- 1982 – Mitchell Claydon, Australian-English cricketer
- 1983 – Kirsty Crawford, Scottish singer-songwriter and actress
- 1983 – Jhulan Goswami, Indian cricketer
- 1984 – Peter Siddle, Australian cricketer
- 1985 – Remona Fransen, Dutch pentathlete
- 1986 – Katie Cassidy, American actress
- 1986 – Craig Gardner, English footballer
- 1988 – Nodar Kumaritashvili, Georgian luger (d. 2010)
- 1988 – Jay Spearing, English footballer
- 1989 – Tom Dice, Belgian singer-songwriter
- 1990 – Rye Rye, American rapper, dancer, and actress
- 1990 – Everton Heleno dos Santos, Brazilian footballer
- 1991 – Kyler Fackrell, American football player
- 1991 – Jamie Grace, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actress
- 1991 – Philipp Grubauer, German ice hockey player
- 1991 – Luca Tremolada, Italian footballer
- 1991 – Kevin Woo, American-South Korean singer and dancer
- 1992 – Ana Bogdan, Romanian tennis player
- 1993 – Danny Kent, English motorcycle racer
Deaths[edit]
- 311 – Pope Peter I of Alexandria
- 734 – Bilge Khagan, Turkic emperor (b. 683)
- 1034 – Malcolm II of Scotland (b. 954)
- 1120 – William Adelin, son of Henry I of England (sinking of the White Ship) (b. 1103)
- 1185 – Pope Lucius III (b. 1097)
- 1326 – Prince Koreyasu, Japanese shogun (b. 1264)
- 1374 – Philip II, Prince of Taranto (b. 1329)
- 1456 – Jacques Cœur, French merchant and banker (b. 1395)
- 1560 – Andrea Doria, Italian admiral (b. 1466)
- 1565 – Hu Zongxian, Chinese general (b. 1512)
- 1626 – Edward Alleyn, English actor, founded Dulwich College (b. 1566)
- 1694 – Ismaël Bullialdus, French astronomer and mathematician (b. 1605)
- 1700 – Stephanus Van Cortlandt, American lawyer and politician, 10th Mayor of New York City (b. 1643)
- 1748 – Isaac Watts, English hymnwriter and theologian (b. 1674)
- 1755 – Johann Georg Pisendel, German violinist and composer (b. 1687)
- 1785 – Richard Glover, English poet and politician (b. 1712)
- 1865 – Heinrich Barth, German explorer and scholar (b. 1821)
- 1884 – Hermann Kolbe, German chemist and academic (b. 1818)
- 1885 – Thomas A. Hendricks, American lawyer and politician, 21st Vice President of the United States (b. 1819)
- 1885 – Alfonso XII of Spain (b. 1857)
- 1909 – Edward P. Allen, American lawyer and politician (b. 1839)
- 1920 – Gaston Chevrolet, French-American race car driver and businessman (b. 1892)
- 1925 – Vajiravudh, Siam king (b. 1880)
- 1934 – N. E. Brown, English plant taxonomist and authority on succulents (b. 1849)
- 1944 – Kenesaw Mountain Landis, American lawyer and judge (b. 1866)
- 1948 – Kanbun Uechi, Japanese martial artist, founded Uechi-ryū (b. 1877)
- 1949 – Bill Robinson, American actor and dancer (b. 1878)
- 1950 – Mao Anying, Chinese general (b. 1922)
- 1950 – Johannes V. Jensen, Danish author and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1873)
- 1950 – Gustaf John Ramstedt, Finnish linguist and diplomat (b. 1873)
- 1956 – Alexander Dovzhenko, Ukrainian-Russian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
- 1957 – Prince George of Greece and Denmark (b. 1869)
- 1959 – Gérard Philipe, French actor (b. 1922)
- 1961 – Hubert Van Innis, Belgian archer (b. 1866)
- 1963 – Alexander Marinesko, Russian lieutenant (b. 1913)
- 1965 – Myra Hess, English pianist and educator (b. 1890)
- 1968 – Upton Sinclair, American novelist, critic, and essayist (b. 1878)
- 1968 – Paul Siple, American geographer and explorer (b. 1908)
- 1970 – Yukio Mishima, Japanese author, actor, and director (b. 1925)
- 1972 – Henri Coandă, Romanian engineer, designed the Coandă-1910 (b. 1886)
- 1973 – Laurence Harvey, Lithuania-born English actor (b. 1928)
- 1974 – Nick Drake, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1948)
- 1974 – U Thant, Burmese lawyer and diplomat, 3rd Secretary-General of the United Nations (b. 1909)
- 1981 – Jack Albertson, American actor and singer (b. 1907)
- 1983 – Saleem Raza (Pakistani singer), Pakistani Christian playback singer (b. 1932)
- 1984 – Yashwantrao Chavan, Indian lawyer and politician, 5th Deputy Prime Minister of India (b. 1913)
- 1985 – Geoffrey Grigson, English poet and critic (b. 1905)
- 1985 – Franz Hildebrandt, German pastor and theologian (b. 1909)
- 1987 – Harold Washington, American lawyer and politician, 51st Mayor of Chicago (b. 1922)
- 1989 – Alva R. Fitch, American general (b. 1907)
- 1990 – Merab Mamardashvili, Georgian philosopher and academic (b. 1930)
- 1991 – Eleanor Audley, American actress and voice artist (b. 1905)
- 1995 – Léon Zitrone, Russian-French journalist (b. 1914)
- 1997 – Hastings Banda, Malawian physician and politician, 1st President of Malawi (b. 1898)
- 1998 – Nelson Goodman, American philosopher and academic (b. 1906)
- 1998 – Flip Wilson, American comedian, actor, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 1999 – Valentín Campa, Mexican union leader and politician (b. 1904)
- 2000 – Hugh Alexander, American baseball player and scout (b. 1917)
- 2001 – Harry Devlin, American painter and illustrator (b. 1918)
- 2002 – Karel Reisz, Czech-English director and producer (b. 1926)
- 2004 – Ed Paschke, American painter and academic (b. 1939)
- 2005 – George Best, Northern Irish footballer (b. 1946)
- 2005 – Richard Burns, English race car driver (b. 1971)
- 2006 – Luciano Bottaro, Italian author and illustrator (b. 1931)
- 2006 – Valentín Elizalde, Mexican singer-songwriter (b. 1979)
- 2006 – Phyllis Fraser, American actress and publisher, co-founded Beginner Books (b. 1916)
- 2006 – Kenneth M. Taylor, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1919)
- 2007 – Peter Lipton, American philosopher and academic (b. 1954)
- 2010 – Alfred Balk, American journalist and author (b. 1930)
- 2010 – Peter Christopherson, English keyboard player, songwriter, and director (b. 1955)
- 2010 – C. Scott Littleton, American anthropologist and academic (b. 1933)
- 2010 – Bernard Matthews, English businessman, founded Bernard Matthews Farms (b. 1930)
- 2011 – Vasily Alekseyev, Russian weightlifter and coach (b. 1942)
- 2011 – Coco Robicheaux, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1947)
- 2012 – Earl Carroll, American singer (b. 1937)
- 2012 – Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and educator (b. 1931)
- 2012 – Dave Sexton, English footballer and manager (b. 1930)
- 2012 – Dinah Sheridan, English actress (b. 1920)
- 2012 – Jim Temp, American football player and businessman (b. 1933)
- 2013 – Lou Brissie, American baseball player (b. 1924)
- 2013 – Ricardo Fort, Argentinian businessman (b. 1968)
- 2013 – Bill Foulkes, English footballer and manager (b. 1932)
- 2013 – Chico Hamilton, American drummer and bandleader (b. 1921)
- 2013 – Egon Lánský, Czech journalist and politician (b. 1934)
- 2013 – Al Plastino, American author and illustrator (b. 1921)
- 2014 – Irvin J. Borowsky, American publisher and philanthropist (b. 1924)
- 2014 – Sitara Devi, Indian actress, dancer, and choreographer (b. 1920)
- 2014 – Petr Hapka, Czech composer and conductor (b. 1944)
- 2014 – Denham Harman, American biogerontologist and academic (b. 1916)
- 2015 – O'Neil Bell, Jamaican boxer (b. 1974)
- 2015 – Jeremy Black, English admiral (b. 1932)
- 2015 – Svein Christiansen, Norwegian drummer and composer (b. 1941)
- 2015 – Lennart Hellsing, Swedish author and translator (b. 1919)
- 2015 – Elmo Williams, American director, producer, and editor (b. 1913)
- 2016 – Fidel Castro, Communist leader of Cuba, and revolutionary (b. 1926)
- 2016 – Ron Glass, American actor (b. 1945)
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Article 6
THE CULTURE OF WHISKY: WHISKY LIVE THESSALONIKI
Η πολυτέλεια των Premium Aποσταγμάτων
Στις 29 Νοεμβρίου, γνωρίστε τον μαγικό κόσμο των whiskies και των premium spirits και ζήστε μια βραδιά πολυτέλειας!
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Article 5
η βασίλισσα Ελισάβετ έχει στην κατοχή της φαστφουντάδικο
Σύμφωνα με το Business Insider, η βασίλισσα έχει στην κατοχή της ένα κατάστημα McDonald’s στο εμπορικό κέντρο Banbury, το οποίο βρίσκεται περίπου 130 χιλιόμετρα έξω από το Λονδίνο.
Μάλιστα ολόκληρο το κτήριο έχει χτιστεί σε περιοχή που ανήκει στο παλάτι, το οποίο μάλιστα χρηματοδότησε και την όλη κατασκευή του.
Η αλήθεια είναι πως η συγκεκριμένη είδηση μάς εντυπωσιάζει αρκετά αν αναλογιστεί κανείς μάλιστα πως η βασίλισσα δεν δείχνει να είναι φανατικός θαυμαστής του πρόχειρου φαγητού, αφού έχει ιδιαίτερες διατροφικές προτιμήσεις, και λατρεύει τα καθημερινά ποτάκια της και τον κορμό. Τουλάχιστον το κατάστημα προσφέρει “αυθεντικό βρετανικό πρωινό” με μπέικον, hash browns και τσάι, σε περίπτωση που -λέμε τώρα- η βασίλισσα θελήσει να το επισκεφθεί.
Πρόκειται μάλιστα για ένα από τα πιο “πολυτελή” καταστήματα της αλυσίδας, αφού οι επισκέπτες του μπορούν να βρουν εκεί δωρεάν WiFi, tablets, φορτιστές κινητών και ηλεκτρονικά μενού. Επίσης, σε αντίθεση με τα υπόλοιπα καταστήματα που είναι self service, εκεί οι πελάτες σερβίρονται στο τραπέζι τους. Μπορεί τελικά και να μην έχεις μεγάλες πιθανότητες να συναντήσεις εκεί την αυτού Μεγαλειοτάτη, αλλά τουλάχιστον θα αισθανθείς εσύ σαν βασιλιάς!
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
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| 1958, Johnny Cash made his debut on the US country chart when ‘Cry! Cry! Cry!’ made it to number 14. His next seven singles would all make the country top 10, with ‘I Walk the Line’ and ‘There You Go’ both hitting number 1. | |
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| 1962, The Beatles recorded their second single ‘Please Please Me’ in 18 takes and ‘Ask Me Why’ for the flip side at EMI studio’s London. When released in the US on the Vee-Jay label, the first pressings featured a typographical error: The band's name was spelled "The Beattles". | |
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| 1967, The promotional film of The Beatles 'Hello, Goodbye' was aired on The Ed Sullivan show in the US. It was never shown at the time in the UK due to a musician's union ban on miming. | |
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| 1967, This was the 10th date on a 16-date UK package tour that Pink Floyd played alongside The Jimi Hendrix Experience, The Move, The Nice, The Eire Apparent, The Outer Limits and Amen Corner. Tonight's date was at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, and as with all of the dates, there were two shows per night. | |
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| 1968, Cream played their farewell concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London. Also on the bill were Yes and Taste. The concert was filmed and released as Cream's Farewell Concert which has often been criticized for both its mediocre sound and visual effects: during Ginger Baker's drum solo, he seems to change clothes at lightning speed due to careless post-editing. | |
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| 1973, John Rostill former bassist with The Shadows died after being electrocuted at his home recording studio. A local newspaper ran the headline, 'Pop musician dies, guitar apparent cause'. After the break up of The Shadows Rostill worked with Tom Jones and wrote songs covered by Elvis Presley and Olivia Newton-John. | |
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| 1973, The New York Dolls made their live UK debut at Biba's Rainbow Room, London. The American band who formed in New York in 1971 influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups. | |
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| 1976, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme left 10cc to work as a duo and concentrate on other projects including developing 'The Gizmo', a device used to make neo- orchestral sounds on a guitar. | |
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| 1976, The Sex Pistols released the single 'Anarchy In The UK'. Originally issued in a plain black sleeve, the single was the only Sex Pistols recording released by EMI, and reached No.38 on the UK Singles Chart before EMI dropped the group on 6 January 1977. | |
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| 1988, Russian cosmonauts aboard Soyuz 7 took into space a cassette copy (minus the cassette box for weight reasons) of the latest Pink Floyd album Delicate Sound Of Thunder and played it in orbit, making Pink Floyd the first rock band to be played in space. David Gilmour and Nick Mason both attended the launch of the spacecraft. | |
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| 1991, US Country singer Garth Brooks asked fans to bring 10 cans of food to a grocery store in exchange for a lottery envelope, some of which contained tickets to see Garth at a forthcoming show. Over 10,000 cans were donated to charity. | |
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| 1994, Boyz II Men started their 14th and final week at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I'll Make Love To You' giving them the longest run in chart history along with 'I Will Always Love You' by Whitney Houston. | |
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| 1994, The Eagles started a two-week run at No.1 on the US album chart with 'Hell Freezes Over.' The album name is in reference to a quote by Don Henley after the band's breakup in 1980; he commented that the band would play together again "when Hell freezes over." | |
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| 2000, Manchester club the Hacienda was auctioned off raising £18,000 for charity. Madonna made her UK TV debut at the club when C4 music show The Tube was broadcast live from the venue. Oasis, Happy Mondays, U2, New Order, Stone Roses, The Smiths and James all played at the club. | |
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| 2000, The Beatles went to No.1 on the US album chart with 'Beatles 1.' The album features virtually every number-one single released from 1962 to 1970. Issued on the 30th anniversary of the band's break-up, it was their first compilation available on one CD. The world's best-selling album of the 21st century, 1 has sold over 31 million copies. | |
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| 2003, Rapper Soulja Slim was shot to death in front of his home in New Orleans aged 25. The rapper was featured on Juvenile's 2004 US No.1 single 'Slow Motion.' | |
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| 2008, The parents of missing Manic Street Preachers guitarist and lyricist Richey Edwards were granted a court order for him to be declared presumed dead, after he disappeared nearly 14 years ago. Despite alleged sightings all over the world many believed to be Edwards, whose car was found near the Severn Bridge, where he was thought to have taken his own life at the age of 27. | |
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| 2010, Willie Nelson was arrested for possession of six ounces of marijuana found in his tour bus while travelling from Los Angeles to Texas. He was released after paying bail of $2,500. Prosecutor Kit Bramblett supported not sentencing Nelson to jail due to the amount of marijuana being small, but suggested instead a $100 fine and told Nelson that he would have him sing "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" for the court. | |
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| 2016, Punk memorabilia said to be worth £5m ($6m) was set on fire in the middle of the River Thames in London, England. Joe Corre, the son of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and fashion designer Dame Vivienne Westwood, burnt the items on the 40th anniversary of the Sex Pistols debut single. The 48-year-old told the crowd that "punk was never meant to be nostalgic". | |
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| November 26th: Born on this day | |
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| 1925, Born on this day, Michael Holliday, singer, 1958 UK No.1 'The Story Of My Life'. The song gave the writers Bacharach and David their first UK No.1 hit. Holliday died on 29th Oct 1963 | |
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| 1939, Born on this day, American singer, songwriter Tina Turner, (Annie Mae Bullock), who with Ike & Tina Turner had the 1966 UK No.3 single 'River Deep Mountain High', 1971 US No.4 single 'Proud Mary', and 1973 'Nutbush City Limits and solo hits with the 1984 US No.1 single 'What's Love Got To Do With It', plus over 25 other Top 40 singles. Turner is one of the world's best-selling artists of all time, she has also been referred to as The Queen of Rock 'n' Roll and is one of the most successful female Rock 'n' Roll artist receiving eleven Grammy Awards. | |
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| 1944, Born on this day, Jean Terrell, vocals, The Supremes joined in 1969. (1970 US No.10 & UK No.6 single 'Up The Ladder To The Roof'). | |
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| 1944, Born on this day, Alan Henderson, Them, (1965 UK No.2 & US No.24 single 'Here Comes The Night'). | |
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| 1945, Born on this day, John McVie, Fleetwood Mac, 1987 UK No.5 single 'Little Lies', and 1977 US No.1 single 'Dreams', from worldwide No.1 album Rumours. | |
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| 1946, Born on this day, Burt Reiter, bass, Focus, (1973 UK No.4 single 'Sylvia', 1973 US No.9 single 'Hocus Pocus'). | |
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| 1948, Born on this day, John Rossall, The Glitter Band, (1974 UK No.4 single 'Angel Face'). | |
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| 1949, Born on this day, Martin Lee, Brotherhood Of Man, (1976 UK No.1 single 'Save Your Kisses For Me'). | |
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| 1964, Born on this day, Adam Gaynor, guitar, Matchbox 20, (1998 UK No.38 single 'Push', 2000 US No.1 single 'Bent'). | |
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| 1966, Mark Gillespie, Big Fun, (1989 UK No.4 single 'Blame It On The Boogie'). | |
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| 1967, Born on this day, John Stirratt, bass, songwriter, Wilco, (2004 album 'A Ghost Is Born'). | |
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| 1970, Born on this day, Ron Jones, guitar, Flaming Lips, (2002 UK No. 32 single ‘Do You Realize’). | |
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| 1981, Born on this day, Natash Bedingfield, singer, (2004 UK No.1 single 'These Words'). | |
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| 1984, Born on this day, Benjamin Wysocki, drummer, The Fray. 2009 US No.1 self titled album. | |
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| 1990, Born on this day, British singer-songwriter and actress, Rita Ora. Her debut studio album Ora (2012) debuted at No.1 in the UK, and spawned the No.1 singles 'R.I.P.' and 'How We Do (Party)'. |
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EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 26/11
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- 783 – The Asturian queen Adosinda is held at a monastery to prevent her kin from retaking the throne from Mauregatus.
- 1161 – Battle of Caishi: A Song dynasty fleet fights a naval engagement with Jin dynasty ships on the Yangtze river during the Jin–Song Wars.
- 1476 – Vlad the Impaler defeats Basarab Laiota with the help of Stephen the Great and Stephen V Báthory and becomes the ruler of Wallachia for the third time.
- 1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook becomes the first European to visit Maui.
- 1789 – A national Thanksgiving Day is observed in the United States as proclaimed by President George Washington at the request of Congress.
- 1805 – Official opening of Thomas Telford's Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.
- 1812 – The Battle of Berezina begins during Napoleon's retreat from Russia.
- 1825 – At Union College in Schenectady, New York, a group of college students form the Kappa Alpha Society, the first college social fraternity.
- 1842 – The University of Notre Dame is founded.
- 1863 – United States President Abraham Lincoln proclaims November 26 as a national Thanksgiving Day, to be celebrated annually on the final Thursday of November. (Since 1941, it has been on the fourth Thursday.)
- 1865 – Battle of Papudo: A Spanish navy schooner is defeated by a Chilean corvette north of Valparaíso, Chile.
- 1917 – The Manchester Guardian publishes the 1916 secret Sykes-Picot Agreement between the United Kingdom and France.
- 1917 – The National Hockey League is formed, with the Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Bulldogs, and Toronto Arenas as its first teams.
- 1918 – The Montenegran Podgorica Assembly votes for a "union of the people", declaring assimilation into the Kingdom of Serbia.
- 1922 – Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
- 1922 – The Toll of the Sea debuts as the first general release film to use two-tone Technicolor. (The Gulf Between was the first film to do so, but it was not widely distributed.)
- 1939 – Shelling of Mainila: The Soviet Army orchestrates an incident which is used to justify the start of the Winter War with Finland four days later.
- 1942 – World War II: Yugoslav Partisans convene the first meeting of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia at Bihać in northwestern Bosnia.
- 1942 – Casablanca, the movie starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, premieres in New York City
- 1943 – World War II: HMT Rohna is sunk by the Luftwaffe in an air attack in the Mediterranean north of Béjaïa, Algeria.
- 1944 – World War II: A German V-2 rocket hits a Woolworth's shop in London, United Kingdom, killing 168 people.
- 1944 – World War II: Germany begins V-1 and V-2 attacks on Antwerp, Belgium.
- 1949 – The Constituent Assembly of India adopts the constitution presented by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar.
- 1950 – Korean War: Troops from the People's Republic of China launch a massive counterattack in North Korea against South Korean and United Nations forces (Battle of the Ch'ongch'on River and Battle of Chosin Reservoir), ending any hopes of a quick end to the conflict.
- 1965 – In the Hammaguir launch facility in the Sahara Desert, France launches a Diamant-A rocket with its first satellite, Asterix-1, on board.
- 1968 – Vietnam War: United States Air Force helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire. He is later awarded the Medal of Honor.
- 1970 – In Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 1.5 inches (38.1 mm) of rain fall in a minute, the heaviest rainfall ever recorded.
- 1976 – "Anarchy in the U.K.", the debut single of the Sex Pistols, is released, heralding the arrival of punk rock
- 1977 – An unidentified hijacker named Vrillon, claiming to be the representative of the "Ashtar Galactic Command", takes over Britain's Southern Television for six minutes, starting at 5:12 pm.
- 1983 – Brink's-Mat robbery: In London, 6,800 gold bars worth nearly £26 million are stolen from the Brink's-Mat vault at Heathrow Airport.
- 1986 – Iran–Contra affair: U.S. President Ronald Reagan announces the members of what will become known as the Tower Commission.
- 1990 – The Delta II rocket makes its maiden flight.
- 1991 – National Assembly of Azerbaijan abolishes the autonomous status of Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast of Azerbaijan and renames several cities back to their original names.
- 1998 – Tony Blair becomes the first Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to address the Oireachtas, the parliament of the Republic of Ireland.
- 1998 – The Khanna rail disaster takes 212 lives in Khanna, Ludhiana, India.
- 1999 – The 7.5 Mw Ambrym earthquake shakes Vanuatu and a destructive tsunami follows. Ten people were killed and forty were injured.
- 2000 – George W. Bush is certified the winner of Florida's electoral votes by Katherine Harris, going on to win the United States presidential election, despite losing in the national popular vote.
- 2003 – The Concorde makes its final flight, over Bristol, England.
- 2004 – Ruzhou School massacre: A man stabs and kills eight people and seriously wounds another four in a school dormitory in Ruzhou, China.
- 2004 – The last Poʻouli (Black-faced honeycreeper) dies of avian malaria in the Maui Bird Conservation Center in Olinda, Hawaii, before it could breed, making the species in all probability extinct.
- 2008 – Mumbai attacks by Lashkar-e-Taiba.
- 2011 – NATO attack in Pakistan: NATO forces in Afghanistan attack a Pakistani check post in a friendly fire incident, killing 24 soldiers and wounding 13 others.
- 2011 – The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.
Births[edit]
- 907 – Rudesind, Galician bishop (d. 977)
- 1288 – Go-Daigo, Japanese emperor (d. 1339)
- 1436 – Catherine of Portugal (d. 1463)
- 1466 – Edward Hastings, 2nd Baron Hastings, English noble (d. 1506)
- 1518 – Guido Ascanio Sforza di Santa Fiora, Catholic cardinal (d. 1564)
- 1534 – Henry Berkeley, 7th Baron Berkeley (d. 1613)
- 1552 – Seonjo of Joseon, King of Joseon (d. 1608)
- 1594 – James Ware, Irish genealogist (d. 1666)
- 1604 – Johannes Bach, German organist and composer (d. 1673)
- 1607 – John Harvard, English minister and philanthropist (d. 1638)
- 1609 – Henry Dunster, English-American clergyman and academic (d. 1659)
- 1657 – William Derham, English minister and philosopher (d. 1735)
- 1678 – Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan, French geophysicist and astronomer (d. 1771)
- 1703 – Theophilus Cibber, English actor and playwright (d. 1758)
- 1727 – Artemas Ward, American general and politician (d. 1800)
- 1731 – William Cowper, English poet and hymnwriter (d. 1800)
- 1792 – Sarah Moore Grimké, American author and activist (d. 1873)
- 1827 – Ellen G. White, American religious leader and author, co-founded the Seventh-day Adventist Church (d. 1915)
- 1828 – Robert Battey, American surgeon and academic (d. 1895)
- 1828 – René Goblet, French journalist and politician, 52nd Prime Minister of France (d. 1905)
- 1832 – Rudolph Koenig, German-French physicist and academic (d. 1901)
- 1832 – Mary Edwards Walker, American surgeon and activist, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1919)
- 1853 – Bat Masterson, American police officer and journalist (d. 1921)
- 1857 – Ferdinand de Saussure, Swiss linguist and author (d. 1913)
- 1858 – Katharine Drexel, American nun and saint (d. 1955)
- 1864 – Edward Higgins, English 3rd General of the Salvation Army (d. 1947)
- 1869 – Maud of Wales (d. 1938)
- 1870 – Sir Hari Singh Gour, founder and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sagar (d. 1949)
- 1873 – Fred Herd, Scottish golfer (d. 1954)
- 1876 – Willis Carrier, American engineer, invented air conditioning (d. 1950)
- 1878 – Marshall Taylor, American cyclist (d. 1932)
- 1885 – Heinrich Brüning, German lieutenant, economist, and politician, Chancellor of Germany (d. 1970)
- 1888 – Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (d. 1978)
- 1889 – Albert Dieudonné, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1976)
- 1891 – Scott Bradley, American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1977)
- 1894 – James Charles McGuigan, Canadian cardinal (d. 1974)
- 1894 – Norbert Wiener, American-Swedish mathematician and philosopher (d. 1964)
- 1895 – Bill W., American activist, co-founded Alcoholics Anonymous (d. 1971)
- 1898 – Karl Ziegler, German chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1973)
- 1899 – Richard Hauptmann, German-American murderer (d. 1936)
- 1900 – Anna Maurizio, Swiss biologist, known for her study of bees (d. 1993)
- 1901 – William Sterling Parsons, American admiral (d. 1953)
- 1902 – Maurice McDonald, American businessman, co-founded McDonald's (d. 1971)
- 1903 – Alice Herz-Sommer, Czech-English pianist and educator (d. 2014)
- 1904 – Armand Frappier, Canadian physician and microbiologist (d. 1991)
- 1904 – K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (d. 2011)
- 1905 – Bob Johnson, American baseball player (d. 1982)
- 1907 – Ruth Patrick, American botanist (d. 2013)
- 1908 – Charles Forte, Baron Forte, Italian-Scottish businessman, founded Forte Group (d. 2007)
- 1908 – Lefty Gomez, American baseball player and manager (d. 1989)
- 1909 – Fritz Buchloh, German footballer and manager (d. 1998)
- 1909 – Frances Dee, American actress and singer (d. 2004)
- 1909 – Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-French playwright and critic (d. 1994)
- 1910 – Cyril Cusack, South African-born Irish actor (d. 1993)
- 1911 – Samuel Reshevsky, Polish-American chess player and author (d. 1992)
- 1912 – Eric Sevareid, American journalist (d. 1992)
- 1915 – Inge King, German-born Australian sculptor (d. 2016)
- 1915 – Earl Wild, American pianist and composer (d. 2010)
- 1917 – Nesuhi Ertegun, Turkish-American record producer (d. 1989)
- 1918 – Patricio Aylwin, Chilean lawyer and politician, 31st President of Chile (d. 2016)
- 1919 – Ryszard Kaczorowski, Polish soldier and politician, 6th President of the Republic of Poland (d. 2010)
- 1919 – Frederik Pohl, American journalist and author (d. 2013)
- 1919 – Ram Sharan Sharma, Indian historian and academic (d. 2011)
- 1920 – Daniel Petrie, Canadian-American director and producer (d. 2004)
- 1921 – Verghese Kurien, Indian engineer and businessman, founded Amul (d. 2012)
- 1922 – Charles M. Schulz, American cartoonist, created Peanuts (d. 2000)
- 1923 – V. K. Murthy, Indian cinematographer (d. 2014)
- 1924 – Jasu Patel, Indian cricketer (d. 1992)
- 1924 – George Segal, American painter and sculptor (d. 2000)
- 1925 – Eugene Istomin, American pianist (d. 2003)
- 1926 – Rabi Ray, Indian activist and politician, 10th Speaker of the Lok Sabha (d. 2017)
- 1927 – Ernie Coombs, American-Canadian television host (d. 2001)
- 1928 – Nishida Tatsuo, Japanese linguist and academic (d. 2012)
- 1929 – Slavko Avsenik, Slovenian singer-songwriter and accordion player (d. 2015)
- 1929 – Betta St. John, American actress, singer and dancer
- 1930 – Berthold Leibinger, German engineer and philanthropist, founded Berthold Leibinger Stiftung
- 1931 – Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Argentinian painter, sculptor, and activist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1931 – Adrianus Johannes Simonis, Dutch cardinal
- 1933 – Robert Goulet, American-Canadian singer and actor (d. 2007)
- 1933 – Richard Holloway, Scottish bishop and radio host
- 1933 – Stanley Long, English director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2012)
- 1933 – Jamshid Mashayekhi, Iranian actor
- 1933 – Tony Verna, American director and producer, invented instant replay (d. 2015)
- 1934 – Cengiz Bektaş, Turkish architect, engineer, and journalist
- 1934 – Jerry Jameson, American director and producer
- 1935 – Marian Mercer, American actress and singer (d. 2011)
- 1936 – Margaret Boden, English computer scientist and psychologist
- 1937 – Bob Babbitt, American bass player (d. 2012)
- 1937 – John Moore, Baron Moore of Lower Marsh, English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health
- 1937 – Boris Yegorov, Russian physician and astronaut (d. 1994)
- 1938 – Porter Goss, American soldier and politician, 19th Director of the CIA
- 1938 – Rodney Jory, Australian physicist and academic
- 1938 – Rich Little, Canadian-American comedian, actor, and singer
- 1939 – Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Malaysian civil servant and politician, 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia
- 1939 – Wayland Flowers, American actor and puppeteer (d. 1988)
- 1939 – John Gummer, English politician, Secretary of State for the Environment
- 1939 – Grey Ruthven, 2nd Earl of Gowrie, Irish-Scottish politician, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
- 1939 – Art Themen, English saxophonist and surgeon
- 1939 – Tina Turner, American-born Swiss singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1940 – Enrico Bombieri, Italian mathematician and academic
- 1940 – Davey Graham, English guitarist and songwriter (d. 2008)
- 1940 – Kotozakura Masakatsu, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 53rd Yokozuna (d. 2007)
- 1940 – Quentin Skinner, English historian, author, and academic
- 1941 – Susanne Marsee, American soprano and educator
- 1942 – Maki Carrousel, Japanese actor
- 1942 – Olivia Cole, American actress
- 1942 – Đặng Thùy Trâm, Vietnamese physician and author (d. 1970)
- 1943 – Paul Burnett, English radio host
- 1943 – Bruce Paltrow, American director and producer (d. 2002)
- 1943 – Marilynne Robinson, American novelist and essayist
- 1943 – Dale Sommers, American radio host (d. 2012)
- 1944 – Jean Terrell, American singer
- 1944 – Joyce Quin, Baroness Quin, English academic and politician, Minister of State for Europe
- 1945 – Daniel Davis, American actor
- 1945 – John McVie, English-American bass player
- 1945 – Jim Mullen, Scottish guitarist
- 1945 – Michael Omartian, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer
- 1945 – Björn von Sydow, Swedish academic and politician, 27th Swedish Minister for Defence
- 1946 – Raymond Louis Kennedy, American singer-songwriter, saxophonist, and producer (d. 2014)
- 1946 – Art Shell, American football player and coach
- 1946 – Itamar Singer, Romanian-Israeli historian and author (d. 2012)
- 1947 – Roger Wehrli, American football player
- 1948 – Elizabeth Blackburn, Australian-American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1948 – Claes Elfsberg, Swedish journalist
- 1948 – Marianne Muellerleile, American actress
- 1948 – Galina Prozumenshchikova, Ukrainian-Russian swimmer and journalist (d. 2015)
- 1948 – Peter Wheeler, English rugby player
- 1949 – Mari Alkatiri, East Timorese geographer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of East Timor
- 1949 – Shlomo Artzi, Israeli singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1949 – Martin Lee, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1949 – Vincent A. Mahler, American political scientist and academic
- 1950 – Honey Wilder, American porn actress
- 1951 – Ilona Staller, Hungarian-Italian porn actress, singer, and politician
- 1951 – Sulejman Tihić, Bosnian lawyer, judge, and politician (d. 2014)
- 1952 – Elsa Salazar Cade, an award-winning Mexican American science teacher and entomologist.
- 1952 – Julien Temple, English director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1952 – Wendy Turnbull, Australian tennis player
- 1953 – Hilary Benn, English politician, Secretary of State for International Development
- 1953 – Harry Carson, American football player and sportscaster
- 1953 – Jacki MacDonald, Australian television host and actress
- 1953 – Desiré Wilson, South African race car driver
- 1954 – Roz Chast, American cartoonist
- 1954 – Velupillai Prabhakaran, Sri Lankan rebel leader, founded the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (d. 2009)
- 1955 – Gisela Stuart, German-English academic and politician
- 1956 – Dale Jarrett, American race car driver and sportscaster
- 1956 – Don Lake, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
- 1956 – Keith Vaz, Yemeni-English lawyer and politician, Minister of State for Europe
- 1957 – Félix González-Torres, Cuban-American sculptor (d. 1996)
- 1958 – Michael Skinner, English rugby player
- 1959 – Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, American author and academic
- 1959 – Jerry Schemmel, American sportscaster
- 1960 – Chuck Eddy, American journalist
- 1960 – Harold Reynolds, American baseball player and sportscaster
- 1961 – Tom Carroll, Australian surfer
- 1961 – Ivory, American wrestler and trainer
- 1961 – Karan Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, Indian-English businessman, co-founded Cobra Beer
- 1962 – Fernando Bandeirinha, Portuguese footballer and manager
- 1962 – Chuck Finley, American baseball player
- 1963 – Mario Elie, American basketball player and coach
- 1963 – Matt Frei, German-English journalist and author
- 1963 – Joe Lydon, English rugby player and coach
- 1964 – Vreni Schneider, Swiss skier
- 1965 – Scott Adsit, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1965 – Dougray Scott, Scottish actor and producer
- 1965 – Des Walker, English footballer
- 1966 – Garcelle Beauvais, Haitian-American actress and singer
- 1966 – Fahed Dermech, Tunisian footballer
- 1967 – Ridley Jacobs, Antiguan cricketer
- 1968 – Edna Campbell, American basketball player, sportscaster, and nurse
- 1968 – Haluk Levent, Turkish singer
- 1969 – Shawn Kemp, American basketball player
- 1969 – Kara Walker, American painter and illustrator
- 1970 – John Amaechi, American-English basketball player and sportscaster
- 1970 – Dave Hughes, Australian comedian and radio host
- 1971 – Vicki Pettersson, American author
- 1971 – Winky Wright, American boxer and actor
- 1972 – Chris Osgood, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster
- 1972 – Arjun Rampal, Indian actor and producer
- 1973 – Peter Facinelli, American actor, director, and producer
- 1974 – Line Horntveth, Norwegian tuba player, composer, and producer
- 1974 – Roman Šebrle, Czech decathlete and high jumper
- 1975 – DJ Khaled, American rapper and producer
- 1975 – Patrice Lauzon, Canadian figure skater
- 1976 – Andreas Augustsson, Swedish footballer
- 1976 – Maven Huffman, American wrestler
- 1976 – Brian Schneider, American baseball player and manager
- 1977 – Ivan Basso, Italian cyclist
- 1977 – Paris Lenon, American football player
- 1977 – Campbell Walsh, Scottish canoe racer
- 1978 – Jun Fukuyama, Japanese voice actor and singer
- 1980 – Jason Griffith, American voice actor
- 1980 – Satoshi Ohno, Japanese singer
- 1980 – Jackie Trail, American tennis player
- 1981 – Stephan Andersen, Danish footballer
- 1981 – Natasha Bedingfield, English singer-songwriter and producer
- 1981 – Natalie Gauci, Australian singer and pianist
- 1981 – Gina Kingsbury, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1981 – Jon Ryan, Canadian football player
- 1982 – Keith Ballard, American ice hockey player
- 1982 – Dallas Johnson, Australian rugby player
- 1983 – Chris Hughes, American publisher and businessman, co-founded Facebook
- 1983 – Emiri Katō, Japanese voice actress and singer
- 1984 – Antonio Puerta, Spanish footballer (d. 2007)
- 1985 – Matt Carpenter, American baseball player
- 1986 – Konstadinos Filippidis, Greek pole vaulter
- 1986 – Bauke Mollema, Dutch cyclist
- 1986 – Alberto Sgarbi, Italian rugby player
- 1987 – Georgios Tzavellas, Greek footballer
- 1988 – Blake Harnage, American singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1988 – Yumi Kobayashi, Japanese model and actress
- 1989 – Junior Stanislas, English footballer
- 1989 – Angeline Quinto, Filipina singer and actress
- 1990 – Chip, English rapper
- 1990 – Avery Bradley, American basketball player
- 1990 – Rita Ora, Kosovan-English singer-songwriter and actress
- 1990 – Danny Welbeck, English footballer
- 1991 – Manolo Gabbiadini, Italian footballer
Deaths[edit]
- 399 – Siricius, pope of the Catholic Church (b. 334)
- 946 – Li Congyan, Chinese general (b. 898)
- 975 – Conrad of Constance, German bishop and saint (b.c. 900)
- 1014 – Swanehilde of Saxony, margravine of Meissen
- 1236 – Al-Aziz Muhammad ibn Ghazi, Ayyubid emir of Aleppo (b. 1216)
- 1473 – Diego Fernández de la Cueva, 1st Viscount of Huelma
- 1504 – Isabella I, queen of Castile and León (b. 1451)
- 1621 – Ralph Agas, English surveyor and cartographer (b. 1540)
- 1639 – John Spottiswoode, Scottish archbishop and theologian (b. 1565)
- 1651 – Henry Ireton, English-Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1611)
- 1661 – Luis Méndez de Haro, Spanish general and politician (b. 1598)
- 1688 – Philippe Quinault, French playwright and composer (b. 1635)
- 1689 – Marquard Gude, German archaeologist and scholar (b. 1635)
- 1717 – Daniel Purcell, English organist and composer (b. 1664)
- 1719 – John Hudson, English librarian and scholar (b. 1662)
- 1780 – James Steuart, Scottish economist and educator (b. 1712)
- 1829 – Thomas Buck Reed, American lawyer and politician (b. 1787)
- 1836 – John Loudon McAdam, Scottish engineer (b. 1756)
- 1851 – Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician, 12th Prime Minister of France (b. 1769)
- 1855 – Adam Mickiewicz, Polish poet and playwright (b. 1798)
- 1857 – Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, German poet and author (b. 1788)
- 1860 – Benjamin Greene, English brewer, founded Greene King (b. 1780)
- 1872 – Pavel Kiselyov, Russian general and politician (b. 1788)
- 1882 – Otto Theodor von Manteuffel, Prussian lawyer and politician, Minister President of Prussia (b. 1805)
- 1883 – Sojourner Truth, American activist (b. 1797)
- 1885 – Thomas Andrews, Irish chemist and physicist (b. 1813)
- 1892 – Charles Lavigerie, French cardinal and academic (b. 1825)
- 1895 – George Edward Dobson, Irish zoologist, photographer, and surgeon (b. 1848)
- 1896 – Coventry Patmore, English poet and critic (b. 1823)
- 1912 – Joachim III of Constantinople (b. 1834)
- 1919 – Felipe Ángeles, Mexican general (b. 1868)
- 1926 – John Browning, American weapons designer, founded the Browning Arms Company (b. 1855)
- 1928 – Reinhard Scheer, German admiral (b. 1863)
- 1934 – Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian historian and politician (b. 1866)
- 1936 – Şükrü Naili Gökberk, Turkish general (b. 1876)
- 1938 – Flora Call Disney, American mother of Walt Disney (b. 1868)
- 1941 – Ernest Lapointe, Canadian lawyer and politician, 18th Canadian Minister of Justice (b. 1876)
- 1943 – Edward O'Hare, American lieutenant and pilot (b. 1914)
- 1943 – Helen Maud Merrill, American litterateur and poet (b. 1865)
- 1952 – Sven Hedin, Swedish geographer and explorer (b. 1865)
- 1954 – Bill Doak, American baseball player and coach (b. 1891)
- 1956 – Tommy Dorsey, American trombonist, trumpet player, and composer (b. 1905)
- 1959 – Albert Ketèlbey, English pianist, composer, and conductor (b. 1875)
- 1962 – Albert Sarraut, French lawyer and politician, 106th Prime Minister of France (b. 1872)
- 1963 – Amelita Galli-Curci, Italian soprano (b. 1882)
- 1971 – Giacomo Alberione, Italian priest and publisher (b. 1884)
- 1973 – John Rostill, English bass player and songwriter (b. 1942)
- 1974 – Cyril Connolly, English author and critic (b. 1903)
- 1977 – Yoshibayama Junnosuke, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 43rd Yokozuna (b. 1920)
- 1978 – Ford Beebe, American director and screenwriter (b. 1888)
- 1981 – Pete DePaolo, American race car driver (b. 1898)
- 1981 – Max Euwe, Dutch chess player, mathematician, and author (b. 1901)
- 1982 – Juhan Aavik, Estonian composer and conductor (b. 1884)
- 1985 – Vivien Thomas, American surgeon and academic (b. 1910)
- 1986 – Betico Croes, Aruban activist and politician (b. 1938)
- 1987 – Thomas George Lanphier, Jr., American colonel and pilot (b. 1915)
- 1987 – J. P. Guilford, American psychologist and academic (b. 1897)
- 1987 – Peter Hujar, American photographer (b. 1934)
- 1989 – Ahmed Abdallah, Comorian politician, President of Comoros (b. 1919)
- 1991 – Ed Heinemann, American engineer (b. 1908)
- 1991 – Bob Johnson, American ice hockey player and coach (b. 1931)
- 1993 – César Guerra-Peixe, Brazilian violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1914)
- 1994 – David Bache, English car designer (b. 1925)
- 1994 – Arturo Rivera y Damas, Salvadoran archbishop (b. 1923)
- 1996 – Michael Bentine, English actor and screenwriter (b. 1922)
- 1996 – Paul Rand, American art director and graphic designer (b. 1914)
- 1997 – Marguerite Henry, American author (b. 1902)
- 1998 – Jonathan Kwitny, American journalist and author (b. 1941)
- 2001 – Nils-Aslak Valkeapää, Finnish author, poet, and painter (b. 1943)
- 2002 – Polo Montañez, Cuban singer-songwriter (b. 1955)
- 2002 – Verne Winchell, American businessman, founded Winchell's Donuts (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Soulja Slim, American rapper (b. 1978)
- 2003 – Stefan Wul, French surgeon and author (b. 1922)
- 2004 – Philippe de Broca, French actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1933)
- 2004 – C. Walter Hodges, English author and illustrator (b. 1909)
- 2005 – Takanori Arisawa, Japanese composer and conductor (b. 1951)
- 2005 – Stan Berenstain, American author and illustrator, co-created the Berenstain Bears (b. 1923)
- 2005 – Mark Craney, American drummer (b. 1952)
- 2006 – Mário Cesariny de Vasconcelos, Portuguese painter and poet (b. 1923)
- 2006 – Dave Cockrum, American author and illustrator (b. 1943)
- 2006 – Isaac Gálvez, Spanish cyclist (b. 1975)
- 2006 – Raúl Velasco, Mexican television host and producer (b. 1933)
- 2007 – Silvestre S. Herrera, Mexican-American sergeant, Medal of Honor recipient (b. 1917)
- 2007 – Mel Tolkin, Russian-Canadian screenwriter and producer (b. 1913)
- 2007 – Herb McKenley, Jamaican sprinter (b. 1922)
- 2008 – Victims of the 2008 Mumbai attacks:
- Gavriel Holtzberg, Israeli-American rabbi (b. 1979)
- Ashok Kamte, Indian police officer (b. 1965)
- Hemant Karkare, Indian police officer (b. 1954)
- Tukaram Omble, Indian police officer
- Vijay Salaskar, Indian police officer
- 2010 – Leroy Drumm, American songwriter (b. 1936)
- 2011 – Manon Cleary, American painter and academic (b. 1942)
- 2012 – Celso Advento Castillo, Filipino actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Peter Marsh, Australian table tennis player (b. 1948)
- 2012 – Joseph Murray, American surgeon and soldier, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1919)
- 2012 – M. C. Nambudiripad, Indian author and translator (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Arik Einstein, Israeli singer-songwriter (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Jane Kean, American actress and singer (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Saul Leiter, American photographer and painter (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Tony Musante, American actor and screenwriter (b. 1936)
- 2014 – Mary Hinkson, American dancer and choreographer (b. 1925)
- 2014 – Gilles Tremblay, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (b. 1938)
- 2014 – Peter Underwood, English parapsychologist and author (b. 1932)
- 2015 – Amir Aczel, Israeli-American mathematician, historian, and academic (b. 1950)
- 2015 – Guy Lewis, American basketball player and coach (b. 1922)
- 2016 – Fritz Weaver, American actor (b. 1926)
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Khachapuri, a gooey, addictive, cheese-stuffed flatbread, is ubiquitous in Georgia, the Caucasian country that shares borders with Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia and Turkey. Except for when there’s a funeral.
If you’re in a bad mood or sad… you should never even touch dough
“If you’re in a bad mood or sad, when you’re grieving the death of a loved one or have a broken heart, you should never even touch dough; just stay away from it,” said my friend Mako Kavtaradze, a born-and-bred resident of the capital, Tbilisi, and executive director of Georgian spice company Spy Recipe. “If you’re not in a happy mood, we will be able to tell when we taste the khachapuri that you make.”
We were eating one of these dairy-and-carb bombs at a roadside restaurant on the Rikoti Pass in central Georgia, not far from the town of Surami, home to an ancient Jewish community. This version was from the nearby region of Imereti: a one-inch-thick, double-crusted wheel of dough stuffed with soft, molten cheese.Ειναι ιδιο με το δικο μας πεινιρλη.
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Ολοκληρωθηκε το 8ο Διεθνές Συμπόσιο στη Μακεδονία
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«Όταν στις 25 Νοεμβρίου του 1977 ο Μανόλης Ανδρόνικος κοινοποιούσε από την έδρα του κατάμεστου κεντρικού αμφιθεάτρου της Φιλοσοφικής Σχολής του Αριστοτελείου Πανεπιστημίου Θεσσαλονίκης τα αποτελέσματα της ανασκαφής στη μεγάλη Τούμπα της Βεργίνας, λίγοι ίσως από τους συνεπαρμένους ακροατές του συνειδητοποιούσαν πως η στιγμή εκείνη σηματοδοτούσε μια καινούργια αρχή για την αρχαιολογική έρευνα στη Μακεδονία»... (Χρυσούλα Σαατσόγλου Παλιαδέλη από την έκδοση του ΑΠΘ - 1994 «Βεργίνα - η μεγάλη Τούμπα»).
Μόλις χθες, 40 ακριβώς χρόνια μετά (και ακριβώς 80 μετά την ίδρυση στη Βεργίνα -στα 1937- της πανεπιστημιακής ανασκαφής του ΑΠΘ) ολοκληρώθηκε στις εγκαταστάσεις του ΑΠΘ το 8ο (ύστερα από 15 χρόνια διακοπής του) διεθνές συμπόσιο για την αρχαία Μακεδονία με συνδιοργανωτές το ΙΜΧΑ (Ίδρυμα Μελετών Χερσονήσου του Αίμου) το ΑΠΘ και το Διεθνές Πανεπιστήμιο της Ελλάδος.
Έχουν, εξάλλου, περάσει κοντά 50 χρόνια από τον Αύγουστο του 1968, όταν το ΙΜΧΑ με τη Γενική Διεύθυνση Αρχαιοτήτων και Αναστηλώσεως και τα πανεπιστήμια Θεσσαλονίκης, Wisconsin και Καλιφόρνιας διοργάνωσαν στη Θεσσαλονίκη το πρώτο διεθνές επιστημονικό συμπόσιο με θέμα την αρχαία Μακεδονία. Ήταν η εποχή (και τα επόμενα τουλάχιστον δέκα χρόνια μέχρι τα εντυπωσιακά ευρήματα του Μανόλη Ανδρόνικου στη Βεργίνα, αλλά και στο Δίον, στην Πέλλα, στην Αιανή κ.α. που κορύφωσαν το ενδιαφέρον τής διεθνούς επιστημονικής κοινότητας για την αρχαία Μακεδονία) που η περιοχή ήταν μάλλον παραμελημένη σε σύγκριση με την υπόλοιπη χώρα.
Ακολούθησαν: το Β΄ Συμπόσιο το 1973, το Γ΄ το 1977, το Δ΄ το 1983, το Ε΄ το 1989, το ΣΤ΄ το 1996 και το Ζ'Συμπόσιο (από τις 14 έως τις 18 Οκτωβρίου του 2002) με γενικό θέμα «Η Μακεδονία από την Εποχή του Σιδήρου έως τον θάνατο του Φιλίππου Β΄». Το συνέδριο εξελίχθηκε επεισοδιακά, λόγω διαφωνίας ομάδος πολιτών με τις επιστημονικές υποθέσεις ορισμένων ξένων εισηγητών και χρειάστηκε να περάσουν 15 χρόνια για τη διοργάνωση του 8ου Διεθνούς Συμποσίου για την αρχαία Μακεδονία που οριοθετήθηκε θεματικά εκεί όπου... έληξε το προηγούμενο. Στον θάνατο του Φιλίππου Β΄.
Και από το «Η Μακεδονία από την Εποχή του Σιδήρου έως τον θάνατο του Φιλίππου Β΄» του 7ου επεισοδιακού συνεδρίου, δόθηκε η σκυτάλη στο 8ο συνέδριο που εξελίχθηκε το τελευταίο τετραήμερο με τη συμμετοχή 60 και πλέον επιστημόνων. Με εισηγήσεις που αφορούσαν αποκλειστικά την περίοδο του μακεδονικού βασιλείου «από τον θάνατο του Φιλίππου Β΄ έως την άνοδο του Αυγούστου στην εξουσία», το συμπόσιο ολοκληρώθηκε επιτυχώς, μάλλον αμήχανα και χωρίς δημόσιο απολογισμό.
Αντιστοίχως «αμήχανα» εξελίχθηκε και η έναρξη του συνεδρίου την περασμένη Τρίτη με επίσημο προσκεκλημένο ομιλητή τον Βρετανό ελληνιστή ιστορικό -καθηγητή στο πανεπιστήμιο της Οξφόρδης Robin Lane Fox- «ειδικευμένο στη μελέτη του "φαινομένου"του Μεγάλου Αλεξάνδρου (το 2004, ήταν ιστορικός σύμβουλος στην ταινία «Alexander» του Όλιβερ Στόουν), ο οποίος περιορίστηκε στην ομιλία του στην ανάλυση των σχέσεων του μακεδονικού βασιλείου στην εποχή του Μ. Αλεξάνδρου με την Ήπειρο.
Στη βασική εισήγηση της εναρκτήριας συνεδρίας οι κύριοι Α. Ριζάκης και Ι. Τουράτσογλου αναφέρθηκαν στο χρονικό της μετάβασης «από το μακεδονικό βασίλειο στο imperium Romanum», τις εμμονές στην παράδοση, αλλά και τις ρήξεις των πρώην Μακεδόνων στις επιμέρους εκφάνσεις της πολιτικής, οικονομικής και πολιτισμικής τους ζωής.
Την ίδια βραδιά, σύμφωνα με το ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ, δεν αποφεύχθηκαν από τους επίσημους προσκεκλημένους τοπικούς άρχοντες αναφορές «αγανάκτησης» για το «όνομα της γειτονικής χώρας», αλλά και ικανοποίησης για την -επιτέλους- χρηματοδότηση του έργου συντήρησης, στερέωσης και αποκατάστασης του τύμβου Καστά στην Αμφίπολη.
Στις εργασίες του συμποσίου που ακολούθησαν, το ενδιαφέρον των Ελλήνων και ξένων επιστημόνων επικεντρώθηκε σχεδόν -αν και υπήρξε μεγάλος αριθμός εισηγήσεων που αφορούσε μελέτες και συμπεράσματα συντηρητών, αρχαιολόγων και ιστορικών για παλαιότερα ευρήματα του μακεδονικού χώρου- σε ανακοινώσεις που αφορούσαν τις δύο κορυφαίες ανασκαφές τής Μακεδονίας. Τις... 80χρονες (και 40χρονες από την αποκάλυψη των βασιλικών τάφων) της Βεργίνας και τις 55χρονες (από την έναρξη της πρώτης φάσης των ανασκαφών στην Αμφίπολη) και... πενταετείς (από τη δεύτερη πρόσφατη -και «επικοινωνιακά υπερ-προβεβλημένη- ανασκαφή που αδίκησε στην εξέλιξή της ίδιο το εντυπωσιακό μνημείο» σχολίαζαν Έλληνες και ξένοι αρχαιολόγοι στο περιθώριο του συμποσίου, υπογραμμίζοντας πως «η πολιτικοποίηση της επιστήμης (κι όχι η επιστημο-ποίηση της πολιτικής) είχε πάντα δεινά και ενίοτε ολέθρια αποτελέσματα και για τα μνημεία και για την ιστορία»...
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EλλΗΝΟΓΕΡΜΑΝΙΚΗ ΡΑΔΙΟΦΩΝΙΚΗ ΕΚΠΟΜΠΗ
Είκοσι νέοι από την Θεσσαλονίκη και την Κολωνία βρέθηκαν μαζί για μια εβδομάδα προετοιμάζοντας μια ωριαία ραδιοφωνική εκπομπή
«Οι Έλληνες δεν έρχονται ποτέ στην ώρα τους», «Οι Γερμανοί δεν είναι φιλόξενοι», «Πόσο κάνει μια πίτσα στην Κολωνία και πόσο στη Θεσσαλονίκη;», «Να βάλουμε μουσική του Παντελίδη ή μήπως δεν είναι αντιπροσωπευτική για την Ελλάδα;». Στερεότυπα, μέσα από μια ματιά με πολύ χιούμορ αλλά και ανησυχίες για το επαγγελματικό μέλλον, μουσική και τραγούδια, αποτέλεσαν τη βάση συνεργασίας μεταξύ είκοσι νέων από τη Θεσσαλονίκη και την Κολωνία. Οι δυο πόλεις είναι αδελφοποιημένες και οι νέοι βρέθηκαν μαζί όλη την προηγούμενη εβδομάδα (19.11. – 26.11.2017) με στόχο την υλοποίηση ενός ραδιοφωνικού πρόζεκτ.
Την πρωτοβουλία της διοργάνωσης είχε η Γιούτα Λάουτ Μπάκας, Κοινωνική Ανθρωπολόγος και πρόεδρος του ελληνογερμανικού συλλόγου FILIA με έδρα την Κολωνία. Απευθύνθηκε στη XΑΝΘ (Χριστιανική Αδελφότητα Νέων Θεσσαλονίκης), η οποία με πολύ μεγάλη χαρά ανταποκρίθηκε στην πρόταση. Από γερμανικής πλευράς, η οργάνωση Arbeit & Leben NRW, η οποία έχει παγγερμανική δραστηριότητα και ειδικεύεται σε θέματα μη σχολικής εκπαίδευσης, έπαιξε καθοριστικό ρόλο στη διοργάνωση.
Ελληνο γερμανικές μέρες ραδιοφώνου
Οι νέοι που συμμετείχαν στο πρόγραμμα, το οποίο χρηματοδοτήθηκε από το Γερμανικό Ταμείο Ανταλλαγών Νεολαίας, εξασκούνταν καθημερινά στους χώρους του επαγγελματικού Λυκείου Adolf-Kolping Berufskolleg στο Χόρεμ, μια περιοχή λίγα χιλιόμετρα μακριά από την Κολωνία. Στο λύκειο αυτό φοιτούν εξάλλου και οι Γερμανοί μαθητές που συμμετείχαν.
«Κρίση; Ευκαιρίες! Ραδιόφωνο» ήταν ο τίτλος του προγράμματος και γλώσσα επικοινωνίας τα αγγλικά. Οι δυο πλευρές ήταν λίγο μουδιασμένες στην αρχή. Πώς είναι πραγματικά αυτοί οι άνθρωποι που θα συναντούσαν και για τους οποίους τόσα (κυρίως αρνητικά και από τις δυο πλευρές) έχουν γραφεί; Οι ανησυχίες διαλύθηκαν γρήγορα. Οι βόλτες στην πόλη, οι συζητήσεις, το φαγητό και το ποτό τους έφεραν κοντά. Τα ενδιαφέροντα κοινά. Άλλωστε αυτή ήταν και η βασική ιδέα. Οι νέοι σήμερα λίγο πολύ διαθέτουν ένα κινητό και τους αρέσει να βγάζουν φωτογραφίες, να ‘ποστάρουν’ στα κοινωνικά δίκτυα, να ‘κατεβάζουν’ μουσικές.
«Λατρέψαμε όλοι αυτή την πόλη» παραδέχεται η Στέλλα και ο Ντάβιντ χαίρεται που σύντομα θα επισκεφθεί τη Θεσσαλονίκη. Οι συζητήσεις για την ανταπόδοση της φιλοξενίας και τη συνέχιση του πρότζεκτ ξεκίνησαν. Πιθανό επόμενο ραντεβού, Απρίλιος 2018. Η εκπομπή που προετοίμασαν θα μεταδοθεί από το ράδιο Erft και το ραδιοφωνικό σταθμό της ΧΑΝΘ.
«Οι Έλληνες δεν έρχονται ποτέ στην ώρα τους», «Οι Γερμανοί δεν είναι φιλόξενοι», «Πόσο κάνει μια πίτσα στην Κολωνία και πόσο στη Θεσσαλονίκη;», «Να βάλουμε μουσική του Παντελίδη ή μήπως δεν είναι αντιπροσωπευτική για την Ελλάδα;». Στερεότυπα, μέσα από μια ματιά με πολύ χιούμορ αλλά και ανησυχίες για το επαγγελματικό μέλλον, μουσική και τραγούδια, αποτέλεσαν τη βάση συνεργασίας μεταξύ είκοσι νέων από τη Θεσσαλονίκη και την Κολωνία. Οι δυο πόλεις είναι αδελφοποιημένες και οι νέοι βρέθηκαν μαζί όλη την προηγούμενη εβδομάδα (19.11. – 26.11.2017) με στόχο την υλοποίηση ενός ραδιοφωνικού πρόζεκτ.
Την πρωτοβουλία της διοργάνωσης είχε η Γιούτα Λάουτ Μπάκας, Κοινωνική Ανθρωπολόγος και πρόεδρος του ελληνογερμανικού συλλόγου FILIA με έδρα την Κολωνία. Απευθύνθηκε στη XΑΝΘ (Χριστιανική Αδελφότητα Νέων Θεσσαλονίκης), η οποία με πολύ μεγάλη χαρά ανταποκρίθηκε στην πρόταση. Από γερμανικής πλευράς, η οργάνωση Arbeit & Leben NRW, η οποία έχει παγγερμανική δραστηριότητα και ειδικεύεται σε θέματα μη σχολικής εκπαίδευσης, έπαιξε καθοριστικό ρόλο στη διοργάνωση.
Ελληνο γερμανικές μέρες ραδιοφώνου
Οι νέοι που συμμετείχαν στο πρόγραμμα, το οποίο χρηματοδοτήθηκε από το Γερμανικό Ταμείο Ανταλλαγών Νεολαίας, εξασκούνταν καθημερινά στους χώρους του επαγγελματικού Λυκείου Adolf-Kolping Berufskolleg στο Χόρεμ, μια περιοχή λίγα χιλιόμετρα μακριά από την Κολωνία. Στο λύκειο αυτό φοιτούν εξάλλου και οι Γερμανοί μαθητές που συμμετείχαν.
«Κρίση; Ευκαιρίες! Ραδιόφωνο» ήταν ο τίτλος του προγράμματος και γλώσσα επικοινωνίας τα αγγλικά. Οι δυο πλευρές ήταν λίγο μουδιασμένες στην αρχή. Πώς είναι πραγματικά αυτοί οι άνθρωποι που θα συναντούσαν και για τους οποίους τόσα (κυρίως αρνητικά και από τις δυο πλευρές) έχουν γραφεί; Οι ανησυχίες διαλύθηκαν γρήγορα. Οι βόλτες στην πόλη, οι συζητήσεις, το φαγητό και το ποτό τους έφεραν κοντά. Τα ενδιαφέροντα κοινά. Άλλωστε αυτή ήταν και η βασική ιδέα. Οι νέοι σήμερα λίγο πολύ διαθέτουν ένα κινητό και τους αρέσει να βγάζουν φωτογραφίες, να ‘ποστάρουν’ στα κοινωνικά δίκτυα, να ‘κατεβάζουν’ μουσικές.
«Λατρέψαμε όλοι αυτή την πόλη» παραδέχεται η Στέλλα και ο Ντάβιντ χαίρεται που σύντομα θα επισκεφθεί τη Θεσσαλονίκη. Οι συζητήσεις για την ανταπόδοση της φιλοξενίας και τη συνέχιση του πρότζεκτ ξεκίνησαν. Πιθανό επόμενο ραντεβού, Απρίλιος 2018. Η εκπομπή που προετοίμασαν θα μεταδοθεί από το ράδιο Erft και το ραδιοφωνικό σταθμό της ΧΑΝΘ.
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EVENTS OF THIS DAY IN THE PAST 28/11
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- 587 – Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy recognizes Childebert II as his heir.
- 936 – Shi Jingtang is enthroned as the first emperor of the Later Jin by Emperor Taizong of Liao, following a revolt against Emperor Fei of Later Tang.
- 1443 – Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in central Albania and raise the Albanian flag.
- 1470 – Champa–Đại Việt War: Emperor Lê Thánh Tông of Đại Việt formally launches his attack against Champa.
- 1520 – An expedition under the command of Ferdinand Magellan passes through the Strait of Magellan.
- 1582 – In Stratford-upon-Avon, William Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway pay a £40 bond for their marriage licence.
- 1627 – The Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth Navy has its greatest and last victory in the Battle of Oliwa.
- 1660 – At Gresham College, twelve men, including Christopher Wren, Robert Boyle, John Wilkins, and Sir Robert Moray decide to found what is later known as the Royal Society.
- 1666 – At least 3,000 men of the Royal Scots Army led by Tam Dalyell of the Binns defeat about 900 Covenanter rebels in the Battle of Rullion Green.
- 1785 – The first Treaty of Hopewell is signed, by which the United States acknowedges Cherokee lands in what is now East Tennessee.
- 1811 – Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73, premieres at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig.
- 1814 – The Times of London becomes the first newspaper to be produced on a steam-powered printing press, built by the German team of Koenig & Bauer.
- 1821 – Panama Independence Day: Panama separates from Spain and joins Gran Colombia.
- 1843 – Ka Lā Hui (Hawaiian Independence Day): The Kingdom of Hawaii is officially recognized by the United Kingdom and France as an independent nation.
- 1862 – American Civil War: In the Battle of Cane Hill, Union troops under General James G. Blunt defeat General John Marmaduke's Confederates.
- 1885 – Bulgarian victory in the Serbo-Bulgarian War preserves the Unification of Bulgaria.
- 1893 – Women's suffrage in New Zealand concludes with the New Zealand general election, 1893.
- 1895 – The first American automobile race takes place over the 54 miles from Chicago's Jackson Park to Evanston, Illinois. Frank Duryea wins in approximately 10 hours.
- 1899 – The Second Boer War: a British column is engaged by Boer forces at the Battle of Modder River; although the Boers withdraw, the British suffer heavy casualties.
- 1905 – Irish nationalist Arthur Griffith founds Sinn Féin as a political party with the main aim of establishing a dual monarchy in Ireland.
- 1908 – A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
- 1912 – Albania declares its independence from the Ottoman Empire.
- 1914 – World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.
- 1917 – The Estonian Provincial Assembly declares itself the sovereign power of Estonia.
- 1919 – Lady Astor is elected as a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. She is the first woman to sit in the House of Commons. (Countess Markievicz, the first to be elected, refused to sit.)
- 1920 – Irish War of Independence: Kilmichael Ambush: The Irish Republican Army ambush a convoy of British Auxiliaries and kill seventeen.
- 1925 – The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting in Nashville, Tennessee, as the WSM Barn Dance.
- 1942 – In Boston, Massachusetts, a fire in the Cocoanut Grove nightclub kills 492 people.
- 1943 – World War II: Tehran Conference: U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin meet in Tehran, Iran, to discuss war strategy.
- 1958 – Chad, the Republic of the Congo, and Gabon become autonomous republics within the French Community.
- 1960 – Mauritania becomes independent of France.
- 1964 – Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 probe toward Mars.
- 1964 – Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.
- 1965 – Vietnam War: In response to U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson's call for "more flags" in Vietnam, Philippine President-elect Ferdinand Marcos announces he will send troops to help fight in South Vietnam.
- 1966 – Michel Micombero overthrows the monarchy of Burundi and makes himself the first president.
- 1967 – The first pulsar known as PSR B1919+21 in the constellation of Vulpecula was discovered by two astronomers Jocelyn Bell Burnell and Antony Hewish.
- 1971 – Fred Quilt, a leader of the Tsilhqot'in First Nation suffers severe abdominal injuries allegedly caused by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers; he dies two days later.
- 1971 – Wasfi al-Tal, Prime Minister of Jordan, is assassinated by the Black September unit of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
- 1972 – Last executions in Paris: Claude Buffet and Roger Bontems are guillotined at La Santé Prison.
- 1975 – East Timor declares its independence from Portugal.
- 1979 – Air New Zealand Flight 901, a DC-10 sightseeing flight over Antarctica, crashes into Mount Erebus, killing all 257 people on board.
- 1980 – Iran–Iraq War: Operation Morvarid: The bulk of the Iraqi Navy is destroyed by the Iranian Navy in the Persian Gulf. (Commemorated in Iran as Navy Day.)
- 1987 – South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean, killing all 159 people on board.
- 1989 – Cold War: Velvet Revolution: In the face of protests, the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia announces it will give up its monopoly on political power.
- 1990 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher resigns as leader of the Conservative Party and the prime ministry, and is succeeded as both by John Major.
- 1991 – South Ossetia declares independence from Georgia.
- 2002 – Suicide bombers blow up an Israeli-owned hotel in Mombasa, Kenya; their colleagues fail in their attempt to bring down Arkia Israel Airlines Flight 582 with surface-to-air missiles.
- 2014 – Gunmen set off three bombs at the central mosque in the northern Nigerian city of Kano killing at least 120 people.
- 2016 – A chartered Avro RJ85 plane carrying at least 81 people, including the Chapecoense football team, crashes near Medellín, Colombia.
Births[edit]
- 1118 – Manuel I Komnenos, Byzantine emperor (d. 1180)
- 1293 – Yesün Temür, Chinese emperor (d. 1328)
- 1470 – Wen Zhengming, artist during the Ming dynasty (d. 1559)
- 1475 – Anne Shelton, elder sister of Thomas Boleyn (d. 1555)
- 1489 – Margaret Tudor, Queen of James IV of Scotland, daughter of Henry VII of England (d. 1541)
- 1570 – James Whitelocke, English judge and politician, Chief Justice of Chester (d. 1632)
- 1592 – Hong Taiji, Emperor of China (d. 1643)
- 1598 – Hans Nansen, Danish lawyer and politician (d. 1667)
- 1628 – John Bunyan, English preacher, theologian, and author (d. 1688)
- 1631 – Abraham Brueghel, Flemish Baroque painter (d. 1690)
- 1632 – Jean-Baptiste Lully, Italian-French composer and manager (d. 1687)
- 1640 – Willem de Vlamingh, Flemish captain and explorer (d. 1698)
- 1661 – Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon, English soldier and politician, 14th Colonial Governor of New York (d. 1723)
- 1681 – Jean Cavalier, French rebel leader (d. 1740)
- 1694 – Leopold, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen (d. 1728)
- 1700 – Nathaniel Bliss, English astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
- 1700 – Sophie Magdalene of Brandenburg-Kulmbach (d. 1770)
- 1757 – William Blake, English poet and painter (d. 1827)
- 1760 – Maria Teresa Poniatowska, Polish noblewoman (d. 1834)
- 1772 – Luke Howard, English chemist and meteorologist (d. 1864)
- 1774 – Maria Antonia of Parma (d. 1841)
- 1785 – Victor de Broglie, French lawyer and politician, 9th Prime Minister of France (d. 1870)
- 1792 – Victor Cousin, French philosopher and academic (d. 1867)
- 1793 – Carl Jonas Love Almqvist, Swedish poet, composer, and critic (d. 1866)
- 1805 – John Lloyd Stephens, American archaeologist and explorer (d. 1852)
- 1810 – William Froude, English engineer and architect (d. 1879)
- 1820 – Friedrich Engels, German-English philosopher, economist, and journalist (d. 1895)
- 1829 – Anton Rubinstein, Russian pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1894)
- 1837 – John Wesley Hyatt, American engineer (d. 1920)
- 1853 – Helen Magill White, American academic (d. 1944)
- 1857 – Alfonso XII of Spain (d. 1885)
- 1861 – Adina Emilia De Zavala, teacher, historian and preservationist of Texas history (d. 1955)
- 1864 – James Allen, English author and poet (d. 1912)
- 1864 – Lindley Miller Garrison, American lawyer and politician, 46th United States Secretary of War (d. 1932)
- 1866 – Henry Bacon, American architect, designed the Lincoln Memorial (d. 1924)
- 1876 – Bert Vogler, South African cricketer (d. 1946)
- 1880 – Alexander Blok, Russian poet and playwright (d. 1921)
- 1881 – Stefan Zweig, Austrian author, playwright, and journalist (d. 1942)
- 1887 – Ernst Röhm, German soldier and politician (d. 1934)
- 1891 – Gregorio Perfecto, Filipino journalist, jurist, and politician (d. 1949)
- 1894 – Brooks Atkinson, American theatre critic (d. 1984)
- 1894 – Henry Hazlitt, American economist and philosopher (d. 1993)
- 1895 – José Iturbi, Spanish pianist and conductor (d. 1980)
- 1896 – Dawn Powell, American author and playwright (d. 1965)
- 1896 – Lilia Skala, Austrian-American actress (d. 1994)
- 1898 – İhap Hulusi Görey, Turkish graphic artist (d. 1986)
- 1900 – Mary Bothwell, Canadian classical vocalist and painter (d. 1985)
- 1903 – Gladys O'Connor, English-Canadian actress (d. 2012)
- 1904 – James Eastland, American planter and politician (d. 1986)
- 1904 – Nancy Mitford, English journalist and author (d. 1973)
- 1906 – Henry Picard, American golfer (d. 1997)
- 1907 – Rose Bampton, American soprano and educator (d. 2007)
- 1907 – Alberto Moravia, Italian journalist and author (d. 1990)
- 1908 – Michael Adekunle Ajasin, Nigerian educator and politician, 3rd Governor of Ondo State (d. 1997)
- 1908 – Claude Lévi-Strauss, Belgian-French anthropologist and ethnologist (d. 2009)
- 1910 – Elsie Quarterman, American ecologist and academic (d. 2014)
- 1911 – Václav Renč, Czech poet and playwright (d. 1973)
- 1912 – Morris Louis, American painter (d. 1962)
- 1913 – Cliff Addison, English chemist and academic (d. 1994)
- 1915 – Evald Okas, Estonian painter and academic (d. 2011)
- 1915 – Yves Thériault, Canadian author (d. 1983)
- 1916 – Lilian, Princess of Réthy (d. 2002)
- 1916 – Ramón José Velásquez, Venezuelan journalist, lawyer, and politician, President of Venezuela (d. 2014)
- 1919 – Keith Miller, Australian cricketer, footballer, and pilot (d. 2004)
- 1923 – Helen Delich Bentley, American politician (d. 2016)
- 1923 – Gloria Grahame, American actress (d. 1981)
- 1924 – Dennis Brutus, South African journalist, poet, and academic (d. 2009)
- 1924 – Johanna Döbereiner, Czech-Brazilian agronomist and academic (d. 2000)
- 1925 – József Bozsik, Hungarian footballer and manager (d. 1978)
- 1925 – Gigi Gryce, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1983)
- 1928 – Arthur Melvin Okun, American economist and academic (d. 1980)
- 1928 – Piet Steenbergen, Dutch footballer and manager (d. 2010)
- 1929 – Berry Gordy, Jr., American songwriter and producer, founded Motown Records
- 1930 – A.L. "Doodle" Owens, American country music songwriter and singer (d. 1999)
- 1932 – Gato Barbieri, Argentinian saxophonist and composer (d. 2016)
- 1932 – Terence Frisby, English author and playwright
- 1933 – Joe Knollenberg, American soldier and politician
- 1933 – Hope Lange, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1935 – Frik du Preez, South African rugby player
- 1935 – Randolph Stow, Australian-English author and poet (d. 2010)
- 1936 – Gary Hart, American lawyer and politician, 6th United States Special Envoy for Northern Ireland
- 1940 – Bruce Channel, American singer-songwriter
- 1941 – Laura Antonelli, Croatian-Italian actress (d. 2015)
- 1942 – Paul Warfield, American football player and sportscaster
- 1943 – R. B. Greaves, Guyanese-American singer-songwriter (d. 2012)
- 1943 – Randy Newman, American singer-songwriter, composer, and pianist
- 1944 – Rita Mae Brown, American novelist, poet, and screenwriter
- 1945 – Franklin Drilon, Filipino lawyer and politician, 22nd President of the Senate of the Philippines
- 1946 – Joe Dante, American director and producer
- 1947 – Michel Berger, French singer-songwriter (d. 1992)
- 1947 – Maria Farantouri, Greek singer and politician
- 1948 – Beeb Birtles, Dutch-Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist
- 1948 – Mick Channon, English footballer and horse trainer
- 1948 – Alan Lightman, American physicist, novelist, and academician
- 1948 – Dick Morris, American political consultant, journalist, and author
- 1949 – Alexander Godunov, Russian-American actor and dancer (d. 1995)
- 1949 – Paul Shaffer, Canadian-American singer, keyboard player, and bandleader (CBS Orchestra)
- 1950 – Ed Harris, American actor and producer
- 1950 – Russell Alan Hulse, American physicist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1951 – Barbara Morgan, American educator and astronaut
- 1952 – S. Epatha Merkerson, American actress
- 1953 – Alistair Darling, English lawyer and politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer
- 1953 – Helen De Michiel, American director and producer
- 1953 – Sixto Lezcano, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
- 1953 – Gordon Marsden, English journalist and politician
- 1954 – Necip Hablemitoğlu, Turkish historian and academic (d. 2002)
- 1955 – Alessandro Altobelli, Italian footballer and sportscaster
- 1955 – Adem Jashari, Kosovo commander (d. 1998)
- 1956 – Fiona Armstrong, English-Scottish journalist and author
- 1957 – Peeter Järvelaid, Estonian historian and scholar
- 1958 – Kriss Akabusi, English sprinter and hurdler
- 1958 – Dave Righetti, American baseball player and coach
- 1959 – Nancy Charest, Canadian lawyer and politician (d. 2014)
- 1959 – Judd Nelson, American actor and screenwriter
- 1959 – Stephen Roche, Irish cyclist and sportscaster
- 1960 – Jorge Domecq, Spanish lawyer and diplomat
- 1960 – John Galliano, Gibraltar-born British fashion designer
- 1960 – Andy Ritchie, English footballer and manager
- 1960 – Kenny Wharton, English footballer and coach
- 1961 – Martin Clunes, English actor, singer, and director
- 1961 – Alfonso Cuarón, Mexican director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1962 – Matt Cameron, American drummer and songwriter
- 1962 – Juan Carlos Rosero, Ecuadorian cyclist (d. 2013)
- 1962 – Jon Stewart, American comedian, actor, and television host
- 1963 – Armando Iannucci, Scottish comedian, actor, director, and producer
- 1963 – Andrew Jones, English politician
- 1963 – Johnny Newman, American basketball player
- 1963 – Walt Weiss, American baseball player and manager
- 1964 – Michael Bennet, Indian-American lawyer and politician
- 1964 – John Burkett, American baseball player and bowler
- 1964 – Roy Tarpley, American basketball player (d. 2015)
- 1964 – Sian Williams, English-Welsh journalist
- 1965 – Erwin Mortier, Belgian author and poet
- 1965 – Matt Williams, American baseball player and manager
- 1967 – Chris Heaton-Harris, English businessman and politician
- 1967 – Anna Nicole Smith, American model, actress, and television personality (d. 2007)
- 1967 – José del Solar, Peruvian footballer and manager
- 1967 – Stephnie Weir, American actress and comedian
- 1968 – Darren Bett, English journalist
- 1969 – Nick Knight, English cricketer and sportscaster
- 1969 – Robb Nen, American baseball player and manager
- 1969 – Valeri Nikitin, Estonian wrestler
- 1969 – Sonia O'Sullivan, Irish athlete
- 1970 – Álex López Morón, Spanish tennis player
- 1970 – Richard Osman, English television host, director, and producer
- 1972 – Paulo Figueiredo, Angolan footballer
- 1972 – Anastasia Kelesidou, German-Greek discus thrower
- 1972 – Jesper Strömblad, Swedish guitarist and songwriter
- 1973 – Jade Puget, American guitarist and producer
- 1974 – apl.de.ap, Filipino-American singer and rapper
- 1974 – András Tölcséres, Hungarian footballer and manager
- 1975 – Bakarhythm, Japanese comedian, actor, playwright, and composer
- 1975 – Eka Kurniawan, Indonesian journalist and author
- 1975 – Park Sung-bae, South Korean footballer
- 1975 – Takashi Shimoda, Japanese footballer
- 1975 – Sigurd Wongraven, Norwegian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1976 – Ryan Kwanten, Australian actor
- 1977 – Marlon Broomes, English footballer
- 1977 – Fabio Grosso, Italian footballer and manager
- 1977 – Acer Nethercott, English rower (d. 2013)
- 1977 – Gavin Rae, Scottish footballer
- 1977 – Greg Somerville, New Zealand rugby player
- 1977 – DeMya Walker, American basketball player
- 1978 – Brent Albright, American wrestler
- 1978 – Darryl Flahavan, English footballer
- 1978 – Freddie Mitchell, American football player
- 1978 – Mehdi Nafti, Tunisian footballer
- 1978 – Michael Simpkins, English footballer
- 1978 – Haytham Tambal, Sudanese footballer
- 1979 – Chamillionaire, American rapper, entrepreneur, and investor
- 1979 – Katarzyna Strączy, Polish tennis player
- 1980 – Lisa Middelhauve, German singer-songwriter
- 1980 – Stuart Taylor, English footballer
- 1981 – Brian Tevreden, Dutch footballer
- 1982 – Leandro Barbosa, Brazilian basketball player
- 1982 – Chris Harris, English motorcycle racer
- 1982 – Raido Villers, Estonian basketball player
- 1983 – Rostam Batmanglij, American musician and songwriter (Vampire Weekend)
- 1983 – Tyler Glenn, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
- 1983 – Summer Rae, American football player, wrestler, and actress
- 1983 – Édouard Roger-Vasselin, French tennis player
- 1983 – Nelson Haedo Valdez, Paraguayan footballer
- 1984 – Andrew Bogut, Australian basketball player
- 1984 – Marc-André Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1984 – Trey Songz, American R&B singer-songwriter and actor
- 1984 – Mary Elizabeth Winstead, American actress and producer
- 1984 – Naoko Yamada, Japanese anime director
- 1985 – Mike Kostka, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1985 – Álvaro Pereira, Uruguayan footballer
- 1986 – Mouhamadou Dabo, French footballer
- 1986 – Hannah Fry, British mathematician
- 1987 – Karen Gillan, Scottish actress
- 1987 – Craig Kieswetter, English-South African cricketer and golfer
- 1989 – Laura Alleway, Australian footballer
- 1989 – Jamie Buhrer, Australian rugby league player
- 1990 – Dedryck Boyata, Belgian footballer
- 1990 – Bradley Smith, English motorcycle racer
- 1992 – Jake Miller, American singer-songwriter
- 1992 – Adam Hicks, American actor
- 1993 – David Nofoaluma, Australian-Samoan rugby league player
- 1995 – Chase Elliott, American race car driver
Deaths[edit]
- 741 – Pope Gregory III
- 939 – Lady Ma, Chinese noblewoman (b. 890)
- 1122 – Margrave Ottokar II of Styria
- 1170 – Owain Gwynedd, Welsh king (b. 1080)
- 1290 – Eleanor of Castile (b. 1241)
- 1317 – Yishan Yining, Zen monk and writer from China who taught in Japan (b. 1247)
- 1476 – James of the Marches, Franciscan friar
- 1499 – Edward Plantagenet, 17th Earl of Warwick (b. 1475)
- 1574 – Georg Major, German theologian and educator (b. 1502)
- 1585 – Hernando Franco, Spanish composer (b. 1532)
- 1667 – Jean de Thévenot, French linguist and botanist (b. 1633)
- 1675 – Basil Feilding, 2nd Earl of Denbigh, English soldier and politician (b. 1608)
- 1675 – Leonard Hoar, English minister and academic (b. 1630)
- 1680 – Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Italian sculptor and painter (b. 1598)
- 1680 – Giovanni Francesco Grimaldi, Italian painter and architect (b. 1606)
- 1680 – Athanasius Kircher, German priest, philologist, and scholar (b. 1601)[1]
- 1694 – Matsuo Bashō, Japanese poet and scholar (b. 1644)
- 1695 – Giovanni Paolo Colonna, Italian organist, composer, and educator (b. 1637)
- 1695 – Anthony Wood, English historian and author (b. 1632)
- 1698 – Louis de Buade de Frontenac, French soldier and politician, 3rd Governor General of New France (b. 1622)
- 1763 – Naungdawgyi, Burmese king (b. 1734)
- 1785 – William Whipple, American general and politician (b. 1730)
- 1794 – Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben, Prussian-American general (b. 1730)
- 1794 – Sir James Tylney-Long, 7th Baronet, English politician (b. 1736)
- 1801 – Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, French geologist and academic (b. 1750)
- 1815 – Johann Peter Salomon, German violinist, composer, and conductor (b. 1745)
- 1852 – Ludger Duvernay, French journalist and politician (b. 1799)
- 1852 – Emmanuil Xanthos, Greek activist, co-founded Filiki Eteria (b. 1772)
- 1859 – Washington Irving, American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian (b. 1783)
- 1870 – Frédéric Bazille, French soldier and painter (b. 1841)
- 1872 – Mary Somerville, Scottish-Italian astronomer, mathematician, and author (b. 1780)
- 1873 – Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (b. 1808)
- 1878 – Orson Hyde, American religious leader, 3rd President of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles (b. 1805)
- 1880 – Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos, Portuguese archbishop (b. 1837)
- 1890 – Jyotirao Phule, Indian philosopher and activist (b. 1827)
- 1891 – Sir James Corry, 1st Baronet, British politician (b. 1826)
- 1901 – Moses Dickson, African-American abolitionist, soldier, minister, and founder of The Knights of Liberty (b. 1824)
- 1904 – Hermann de Pourtalès, Swiss sailor (b. 1847)
- 1907 – Stanisław Wyspiański, Polish playwright, poet, and painter (b. 1869)
- 1912 – Walter Benona Sharp, American businessman (b. 1870)
- 1917 – Mikelis Avlichos, Greek poet and scholar (b. 1844)
- 1921 – `Abdu'l-Bahá, Head of the Bahá’í Faith (b. 1844)
- 1930 – Constantine VI of Constantinople (b. 1859)
- 1935 – Erich von Hornbostel, Austrian musicologist and scholar (b. 1877)
- 1939 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, created basketball (b. 1861)
- 1943 – Aleksander Hellat, Estonian lawyer and politician, 6th Estonian Minister of Foreign Affairs (b. 1881)
- 1945 – Dwight F. Davis, American tennis player and politician, 49th United States Secretary of War (b. 1879)
- 1947 – Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, French general (b. 1902)
- 1953 – Frank Olson, American biologist and chemist (b. 1910)
- 1954 – Enrico Fermi, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1901)
- 1960 – Dirk Jan de Geer, Dutch lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1870)
- 1960 – Tsunenohana Kan'ichi, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 31st Yokozuna (b. 1896)
- 1960 – Richard Wright, American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet (b. 1908)
- 1962 – K. C. Dey, Indian singer-songwriter and actor (b. 1893)
- 1962 – Wilhelmina of the Netherlands (b. 1880)
- 1968 – Enid Blyton, English author and poet (b. 1897)
- 1971 – Wasfi al-Tal, Jordanian captain and politician, 34th Prime Minister of Jordan (b. 1920)
- 1972 – Havergal Brian, English composer (b. 1875)
- 1973 – Marthe Bibesco, Romanian-French author and poet (b. 1886)
- 1976 – Rosalind Russell, American actress and singer (b. 1907)
- 1977 – Bob Meusel, American baseball player and sailor (b. 1896)
- 1978 – Antonio Vespucio Liberti, Argentinian businessman (b. 1902)
- 1982 – Helen of Greece and Denmark (b. 1896)
- 1983 – Christopher George, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1987 – Choh Hao Li, Chinese-American biologist and chemist (b. 1913)
- 1987 – Kazuharu Sonoda, Japanese wrestler
- 1992 – Sidney Nolan, Australian-English painter and academic (b. 1917)
- 1993 – Jerry Edmonton, Canadian-American drummer (b. 1946)
- 1993 – Garry Moore, American comedian, television personality, and game show host (b. 1915)
- 1994 – Jeffrey Dahmer, American serial killer (b. 1960)
- 1994 – Buster Edwards, English boxer and criminal (b. 1932)
- 1994 – Jerry Rubin, American businessman and activist (b. 1938)
- 1995 – Joe Kelly, Irish race car driver (b. 1915)
- 1997 – Georges Marchal, French actor (b. 1920)
- 1998 – Kerry Wendell Thornley, American soldier and author (b. 1938)
- 2001 – Kal Mann, American songwriter (b. 1917)
- 2001 – William Reid, Scottish lieutenant and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1921)
- 2002 – Melih Cevdet Anday, Turkish poet and author (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Ted Bates, English footballer and manager (b. 1918)
- 2003 – Antonia Forest, English author (b. 1915)
- 2003 – Mihkel Mathiesen, Estonian engineer and politician (b. 1918)
- 2005 – Marc Lawrence, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1910)
- 2005 – Jack Concannon, American football player and actor (b. 1943)
- 2007 – Gudrun Wagner, Prussian director and producer (b. 1944)
- 2008 – Havaldar Gajender Singh, Indian sergeant (b. 1972)
- 2008 – Sandeep Unnikrishnan, Indian soldier (b. 1977)
- 2009 – Gilles Carle, Canadian director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928)
- 2010 – Leslie Nielsen, Canadian-American actor and producer (b. 1926)
- 2011 – Lloyd J. Old, American immunologist and academic (b. 1933)
- 2012 – Knut Ahnlund, Swedish historian, author, and academic (b. 1923)
- 2012 – Spain Rodriguez, American illustrator (b. 1940)
- 2012 – Franco Ventriglia, American opera singer (b. 1922)
- 2012 – Zig Ziglar, American soldier and author (b. 1926)
- 2013 – Jack Matthews, American author, playwright, and academic (b. 1925)
- 2013 – Mitja Ribičič, Italian-Slovenian soldier and politician, 25th Prime Minister of Yugoslavia (b. 1919)
- 2013 – Jean-Louis Roux, Canadian actor and politician, 34th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec (b. 1923)
- 2013 – Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman, Austrian-American poet and songwriter (b. 1920)
- 2014 – Chespirito, Mexican actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1929)
- 2014 – Said Akl, Lebanese poet, playwright, and linguist (b. 1912)
- 2014 – Dale Armstrong, Canadian race car driver (b. 1941)
- 2015 – Wayne Bickerton, Welsh songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
- 2015 – Luc Bondy, Swiss director and producer (b. 1948)
- 2015 – Gerry Byrne, English-Welsh footballer (b. 1938)
- 2015 – Marjorie Lord, American actress (b. 1918)
- 2015 – Olene Walker, American lawyer and politician, 15th Governor of Utah (b. 1930)
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THIS DAY IN MUSIC
| November 28th: On this Day | |
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| 1954, Winifred Atwell was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Let's Have Another Party.' Atwell was the first black artist to reach No.1 in the UK and the first black artist to sell a million records. | |
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| 1960, Elvis Presley started a six week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'Are You Lonesome Tonight', his third US No.1 of 1960. The single included a spoken passage loosely based on Shakespeare. | |
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| 1962, The Beatles performed two evening shows: the first at The Cavern Club in Liverpool and the second at the 527 Club in Liverpool. The 527 Club show was a dance for the staff of Lewis Department Store in Liverpool, held on the top floor of the store. | |
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| 1964, The Shangri-Las went to No.1 on the US singles chart with the 'teen death song', 'Leader Of The Pack'. When released in the UK the song was refused airplay by the BBC, (probably due to its death theme), where it went on to chart three times: No.11 in 1965; No.3 in 1972 (by which time the BBC ban had been lifted); and once again at No.7 in 1976. | |
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| 1967, The Beatles recorded their last fan club record as a group; 'Christmas Time Is Here Again!' The Beatles' Christmas records were spoken and musical messages from the group that were posted out on flexi disc at Christmas time to members of their official fan-clubs in the United Kingdom and the United States. | |
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| 1970, Bob Dylan's 11th studio album New Morning was on the UK charts, his 6th UK No.1. The album featured 'If Not For You' which was recorded by both George Harrison (on his 1970 album All Things Must Pass), and became the title track for Olivia Newton-John's 1971 debut album. | |
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| 1970, Dave Edmunds was at No.1 on the UK singles chart with his version of the 1955 Smiley Lewis hit 'I Hear You Knocking.' Also the first release on the new MAM record label. | |
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| 1974, John Lennon made his last ever concert appearance when he joined Elton Johnon stage at Madison Square Gardens in New York City. Lennon performed three songs; 'Whatever Gets You Thru The Night', 'I Saw Her Standing There' and 'Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds.' | |
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| 1976, The Sex Pistols appeared on BBC TV's 'Nationwide' and ITV's 'London Weekend Show' in the UK. | |
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| 1976, The Tom Robinson Band made their live debut at The Hope & Anchor, London. The bands biggest hit '2-4-6-8 Motorway' peaked at No.5 in the UK in Oct 77. Robinson now also works as a radio presenter. | |
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| 1987, Taken from the film 'Dirty Dancing', the Jennifer Warnes' duet with Bill Medley '(I've Had) The Time Of My Life', went to No.1 on the US singles chart. In the UK the song had two chart outings: in November 1987, after the film's initial release, the song peaked at No.6; and in January 1991, after the film was shown on mainstream television, the song reached No.8. | |
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| 1987, David Bowie played the second of four sold-out nights during his Glass Spider Tour in Australia and New Zealand at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne. | |
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| 1987, REM had their first entry in the Top 10 on the US singles chart with ‘The One I Love.’ | |
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| 1991, Nirvana recorded a performance for BBC TV music show Top Of The Pops in London. When asked to lip-sync 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' to a pre-recorded tape Kurt Cobain protested by singing an octave lower (he later confirmed he was imitating Morrissey from The Smiths), and attempted to eat his microphone at one point. He also changed some of the lyrics, exchanging the opening line "load up on guns, bring your friends," for "load up on drugs, kill your friends." | |
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| 1992, Whitney Houston started a record-breaking fourteen-week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with 'I Will Always Love You', taken from the 'Bodyguard' soundtrack. The song was written by Dolly Parton. | |
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| 1993, Steppenwolf drummer Jerry Edmonton was killed in a car crash not far from his Santa Barbara, California home, he was 47. Steppenwolf had the 1969 US No.2 & UK No.30 single 'Born To Be Wild'. | |
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| 1999, Cliff Richard started a three-week run at No.1 on the UK singles chart with 'Millennium Prayer', despite the record being boycotted by most radio stations. It became Cliff's 14th UK No.1. | |
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| 2000, David Bowie was crowned the musician's musician. Bowie beat The Beatles and alternative rockers Radiohead in a survey by the NME that asked hundreds of top rock and pop stars to name their biggest musical influence. | |
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| 2000, Madonna played her first British show for more than seven years at London's Brixton Academy. Tickets changed hands for more than £1,000. QXL.com the internet auctioneers sold one pair for £2,204. | |
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| 2002, Tony McCarroll the original drummer with Oasis failed in a bid to sue the group's lawyers after he was sacked because he took too long to file his claim. Judge Justice Gray, at the High Court in London, told McCarroll his case could not proceed because he had brought his claim outside of the six-year time limit. | |
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| 2004, Metallica played the last show on their 137-date ‘Madly in Anger with the World Tour’ at the HP Pavilion in San Jose, California. It became the fourth-highest grossing tour of 2004, reaping $60,500,000 in ticket sales. | |
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| 2006, US actress Pamela Anderson filed for divorce from rapper Kid Rock after just four months of marriage. In a statement on her website the 39-year-old confirmed she had split from Rock. | |
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| 2007, Kanye West and stuntman Evel Knievel settled a copyright dispute over West's use of the name "Evel Kanyevel" in a music video. The 69-year-old daredevil had claimed his image was tarnished by the video’s "vulgar, sexual nature." The clip for Touch The Sky, showed the rap star cavorting with Pamela Anderson and trying to jump a rocket-powered motorcycle over a canyon. | |
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| 2013, It was reported that George Harrison's sister was living in a pre-fabricated home and "struggling for money" since her allowance from The Beatles star's estate was cut off about a year after he died. 82-year-old Louise Harrison admitted that she had no access to her brother's multi-million dollar fortune and was cash-poor living in rural Missouri. She never challenged her brother's estate, adding "I don't care about the money, it's been over ten years and I haven't made any ripples." | |
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| 2016, New Zealand born Ray Columbus, singer and songwriter, television host, music manager and entertainer died aged 74. He was the lead singer of Ray Columbus & the Invaders, who scored the 1964 hit was 'She's A Mod', a No.1 hit in Australia, the first song from a New Zealand group to reach the top of the charts in another country. During the 60's, Columbus toured with The Rolling Stones, Roy Orbison and The Newbeats. | |
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| November 28th: Born on this day | |
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| 1929, Born on this day, Berry Gordy, founder of Motown Records. In 1957 Jackie Wilson recorded 'Reet Petite', a song Gordy had co-written with his sister Gwen and writer-producer Billy Davis. Wilson recorded six more songs co-written by Gordy over the next two years, including 'Lonely Teardrops'. Gordy reinvested the profits from his songwriting success into producing. In 1957, he discovered the Miracles (originally known as the Matadors) and began building a portfolio of successful artists. Over the next decade, he signed such artists as The Supremes, Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Four Tops, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Stevie Wonder and the Jackson 5. | |
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| 1939, Born on this day, Gary Troxel, The Fleetwoods, (1959 US No.1 & UK No.6 single 'Come Softly To Me'). | |
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| 1940, Born on this day, Bruce Channel, US singer, (1962 US No.1 & UK No.2 single 'Hey! Baby'). | |
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| 1940, Born on this day, Trinidadian British singer, Clem Curtis, the original lead vocalist of sixties soul group The Foundations. Curtis died on 27 March 2017 at the age of 76, after a lung cancer diagnosis earlier that year. | |
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| 1943, Born on this day, Randy Newman, singer, songwriter, Composer of 'Mama Told Me Not To Come', 'Simon Smith And The Amazing Dancing Bear', 1977 US No.2 single 'Short People.' Film soundtracks including 'Ragtime.' Once hailed as the greatest songwriter alive by Paul McCartney. Since the 1980s, Newman has worked mostly as a film composer, his film scores include Ragtime, Toy Story; A Bug's Life; Toy Story 2; Monsters, Inc.; Cars; Toy Story 3; and Monsters University. | |
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| 1948, Born on this day, Beeb Birtles, Little River Band, Australian group, (1978 US No.3 single 'Reminiscing' plus 12 other US Top 40 singles). | |
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| 1949, Born on this day, Hugh McKenna, keyboards, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, (1975 UK No.7 single 'Delilah, 1975 album 'Next'). | |
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| 1954, Born on this day, David Jaynes, Modern Romance, (1982 UK No.4 single 'Best Years Of Our Lives'). | |
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| 1958, Born on this day, David Van Day, vocals, Dollar, (1981 UK No.4 single 'Mirror Mirror'). | |
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| 1962, Born on this day, Matt Cameron, drummer with Soundgarden, who joined Pearl Jam in 1998. At the age of thirteen, he and some friends played in a cover band called KISS, however, after a letter from the management of the rather better-known band Kiss, threatening the boys with legal action, they called it a day. | |
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| 1968, Born on this day, Dawn Robinson, En Vogue, (1992 US No.2 & UK No.4 single 'My Lovin'). | |
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| 1970, Born on this day, Matt Cheslin, bass player, Neds Atomic Dustbin, (1991 UK No.16 single 'Happy'). | |
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| 1979, Born on this day, Chamillionaire, (born Hakeem Seriki), US rapper, (2006 US No.1 & UK No.2 single ‘Ridin’). | |
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| 1983, Born on this day, American songwriter, composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist, Rostam Batmanglij from Vampire Weekend. 2010 US & UK No.1 album, ‘Contra’ and the 2013 US No.1 album 'Modern Vampires of the City'. | |
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| 1984, Born on this day, Trey Songz, American singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and rapper. He had the US No.1 album Trigga in 2014. |
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Article 7
18 insanely lavish hotel suites
to stay in before you die
Guests can live in the lap of luxury at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris.Dorchester Collection
When you're on vacation, some hotels will make you feel like royalty — and others will treat you like it.
We scoured the internet to find accommodations around the world that give new meaning to the word "luxury." These over-the-top hotel suites offer amenities including personal butlers, pillow service, and transportation by helicopter. Most are accompanied by a lofty price tag.
These are the lavish hotel suites to stay in before you die.
Laucala Island Resort in Fiji features an interlocking network of bungalows by the ocean.
Nightly rate: $9,750
Imagine waking up, stepping out onto the yoga deck, and enjoying coffee or tea while looking out over Laucala Island's coconut plantations. It's not a bad way to live. The two-bedroom Plateau Villa suite has more than 1,800 square feet of living space, plus an outdoor garden, a bathing area, and dining pavilions that allow guests to live in luxury the entirety of their stay.
Guests can stay in the bridge of the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in the Bahamas.
Nightly rate: ~$25,000
Suspended between the hotel's Royal Towers and 16 stories up, the Bridge Suite is the most opulent accommodation at the Bahamas' premiere luxury resort. Take in the views of Paradise Island from the floor-to-ceiling windows and indulge in the suite's amenities, like the piano in the living room, twin entertainment centers, and a dedicated waitstaff of seven employees.
Giraffes poke their heads into the suites to say hello at Kenya's Giraffe Manor.
Giraffe Manor
Nightly rate: ~$1,190
Built in 1932 and modeled on a Scottish hunting lodge, the Giraffe Manor offers bedrooms with antique furnishings, striking decor, and just-outside-the-door access to a giraffe sanctuary. Other animals wander the 140-acre property, as well. If you're so inclined, stop by the David Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage and sponsor a baby elephant before returning home.
Guests can unwind with ensuite spa services at the Hotel Principe Di Savoia in Milan, Italy.
Hotel Cala Di Volpe
Nightly rate: ~ $12,700
The three-bedroom suite has a to-die-for bathroom. The Presidential Suite also boasts a Pompeii-style spa, complete with a swimming pool, a whirlpool, a jacuzzi, a sauna, and a Turkish bath. During your stay, you can entertain guests in the formal dining room, make drinks at the bar, and step onto the balcony to see the Piazza della Repubblica.
The Provocateur Suite at Las Vegas' Hard Rock Hotel is not for the faint of heart.
Nightly rate: ~ $3,500
Designed to evoke a lust-inspired environment, the Provocateur Suite sets the stage for guests to play out their most intimate fantasies. Claret red and shiny black decorative accents complement the custom-made furniture and dominatrix accessories throughout the suite — making this Sin City destination a thrill for even the most diehard "50 Shades of Gray" fans.
Guests can see the sights of Rome from a helicopter as a guest at the Westin Excelsior.
Westin Hotels & Resorts
Nightly rate: ~ $30,000
For the cost of one year's college tuition, guests can stay in the two-bedroom Villa La Cupola Suite that overlooks Rome's Via Veneto. The domed living room has a fresco inspired by Renaissance art, as well as a wine cellar, a private elevator, and a fitness room. Guests can book a personal chauffeur, private tours of Rome's historic locations, and transit by helicopter.
The Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles is where celebrities go to relax.
Nightly rate: $725 - $1,700
Located just off Sunset Boulevard, the Hotel Bel-Air has a fleet of Mercedes cars that shuttles guests anywhere within a three-mile radius of the hotel. But guests of the stately, one-bedroom Stone Canyon Suite may never want to leave the room, with its spa tub and in-bathroom television, heated limestone floors, private garden patio, and outdoor fireplace and jacuzzi.
Hotel Casa San Agustin resides in a quaint port city on Colombia's Caribbean coast.
Josh Gibson
Nightly rate: ~ $500
Named one of the hottest new hotels in 2013 by TripAdvisor, the Hotel Casa San Agustin's Suite del Virrey is evidence that the title is well-deserved. The Suite del Virrey has two rooms, each with its own balcony and high, wooden beam-inlaid ceilings. Don't forget the private jacuzzi which sits, yes, on the balcony. The concierge gives out loaner iPad devices, as well.
The Deluxesvit suite at Sweden's Ice Hotel was made for Instagram.
Nightly rate: ~ $1,153
In a small village 200 kilometers above the Arctic Circle, guests at the famous Ice Hotel sleep comfortably at -5 degree Fahrenheit. Each room is unique, furnished with a large bed and a seating area made of ice and snow. They're decorated with hand-carved installations by artists selected from around the world. The Deluxesvit suite also boasts an ensuite sauna and toilet.
Guests can channel their inner French aristocrat at the Hôtel Plaza Athénée in Paris.
Nightly rate: ~ $26,000
The Hôtel Plaza Athénée sits center stage on Avenue Montaigne in Paris. The Royal Suite is one of the largest and most expensive suites in Paris, complete with four bedrooms, four bathrooms, French antique furniture, and a balcony with sweeping views of the Eiffel Tower.
The Jewel Suite at the Lotte New York Palace in Manhattan is the epitome of glamour.
The New York Palace
Nightly rate: ~ $25,000
The Jewel Suite, located in the renovated Towers section of the Palace, is a 5,000-square-foot triplex designed by jeweler Martin Katz. Ultra-glamorous amenities include private Maybach car service, complimentary champagne, and Michel Richard white chocolate diamond truffles.
No need to go souvenir shopping: Guests of the Jewel Suite can set up a consultation with Katz to design a bespoke diamond ring created by the master jeweler.
A night of total relaxation at The Rock Petra in Jordan costs as little as $65 a night.
Nightly rate: ~ $65
One of the more affordable options on this list, The Rock Petra offers the ultimate glamping experience in the desert. Luxury tents accommodate up to four people with plush, comfortable beds and jeweled Bedouin-style decor. The camp sits in a narrow valley filled with ancient rock formations that date back to 7,000 B.C. Guests can experience the Bedouin way of life with authentic and hearty communal dinners, and music and dancing around the campfire.
The Imperial Suite at the Park Hyatt Vendôme in France is bigger than most city apartments.
Nightly rate: ~ $20,000
The Park Hyatt Vendôme may be the most romantic hotel in the world's most romantic city. The 2,475-square-foot Imperial Suite features a living room and a dining area, three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a private spa. It's also impeccably decorated with contemporary art.
You haven't lived until you've been issued a "pillow menu" at The Burj al-Arab in Dubai.
Nightly rate: ~ $23,000
The largest suite in what is commonly known as the "most luxurious hotel in the world," the Royal Suite at the Burj al-Arab is over-the-top in every way. It includes two bedrooms, a dining room, a cinema, and a private escalator that whisks guests to the 780-square-meter suite.
A pillow menu — it's exactly what you think it is — lets guests choose from 14 types.
Guests can dip their toes in the coastal waters of Tanzania at the Manta Resort.
The Manta Resort
Nightly rate: $1,500
One of the world's few underwater hotel rooms sits 13 feet beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean, off the coast of Tanzania. Designed by Swedish artist Mikael Genberg, the three-tiered suite includes a roof deck, a landing deck at sea level with a lounge and a bathroom, and bedroom windows that offer panoramic views of a coral reef and dozens of species of fish.
At 18,000 square feet, the penthouse of the Hotel President Wilson in Geneva claims to be the largest hotel room in Europe.
Nightly rate: ~ $69,000
Guests here will find an oasis of serenity and luxury at the Royal Penthouse Suite at the Hotel President Wilson. The private terrace sits up against bulletproof glass windows, and the bedrooms and living areas boast state-of-the-art Bang & Olufsen televisions and sound systems. There are 12 bedrooms and 12 bathrooms.
Even the bathrooms have panoramic ocean views at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.
Nightly rate: ~ $17,000
The Chairman Suite, which comes in a choice of black-and-granite or gold-and-earth color schemes, offers unobstructed views of the striking Singapore skyline and lush Gardens by the Bay from its three balconies. The massive suite includes a master bedroom with twin closets and bathrooms, an exercise room with a steam and a sauna, and a game room with a pool table.
A dedicated team of butlers and a pillow menu will make you feel right at home.
Guests can live like an NBA player at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas.
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Nightly rate: ~ $25,000
The Hardwood Suite, named for its indoor basketball court, covers 10,000 square feet over two floors. It also has a professional locker room and "NBA-sized" beds. The suite sleeps an entire basketball team, but it has capacity for 350 people for post-game after-parties. Guests don't have to play ball to stay here. Celebrities like Russell Simmons and Paris Hilton have taken full advantage of the lavish bar, dance floor, and lounge, and 24-hour butler service here.
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