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On 14 February 1949, Valentine, an unknown, was signed by Ted Heath to join his band, Ted Heath and his Music, to sing alongside Lita Roza and Dennis Lotis. [4] He was voted the Top UK Male Vocalist in 1952 while singing with the Ted Heath Orchestra , the most successful of all British big bands , [ 5 ] and again after going solo in 1954.
30 people were killed and 40 injured in a train derailment 40 miles west of ... The Lithuanian Partisans Declaration of February 16, 1949 was created. Born: Lyn Paul ...
Evelyn Ashford – five–time track medalist in 100–meter and 4 × 100 m relay at five Olympic Games; Ruthie Bolton – women's basketball 1996 and 2000 Olympic gold medalist; Ben Nighthorse Campbell – captain of the judo team at 1964 Summer Olympics; Kim Conley – distance runner at 2012 and 2016 Summer Olympics
After the war, Murphy embarked on a 21-year acting career. He played himself in the 1955 autobiographical film To Hell and Back, based on his 1949 memoirs of the same name, but most of his roles were in Westerns. He made guest appearances on celebrity television shows and starred in the series Whispering Smith. Murphy was a fairly accomplished ...
Gus Dorazio, of whom Louis remarked, "At least he tried", after being leveled by a short right hand in the second round at Philadelphia's Convention Hall on February 17. [ 64 ] Abe Simon , who endured thirteen rounds of punishment before 18,908 at Olympia Stadium in Detroit on March 21 before referee Sam Hennessy declared a TKO.
Barilko and Hudson remained missing for 11 years until the plane's wreckage was found 56 miles (90 km) off course north of Cochrane, Ontario, partially burned and submerged in a swamp with the men's bodies found still strapped in their seats. [4] [5] Killed in plane crash 11 years Henry Hudson Unknown Canada 11 years 1951 Philip Mangano: 53
Former President Jimmy Carter became the first president to live to be 100 years old on Tuesday. The one-time peanut farmer's retirement years are a study in grace, as at one time Carter was as ...
Jean Elizabeth Spangler was born on September 2, 1923, in Seattle, Washington, as the youngest of the four children of Cecil Martin Spangler and Florence Matilda Morris. [1] [2] She had two brothers, Richard Martin and Edward Franklin Spangler, and an older sister, Betsy Anne Shreckengaust.