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Shah of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was shot in the back and mouth during an unsuccessful assassination attempt. As the Shah was getting out of his car on the steps of Tehran University, a journalist pretended to take his picture but instead fired five shots at point blank range.
She caught polio, aged six, and spent several months in bed. Kahlo was left with a deformed and shortened right leg. [202] Dorothea Lange: 1895–1965 Photographer and photojournalist whose work includes the photograph Migrant Mother. She caught polio, aged seven, and was left with a withered right lower leg and a limp.
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.
George Otis Winston III (February 11, 1949 – June 4, 2023) was an American pianist performing contemporary instrumental music. [1] Best known for his solo piano recordings, Winston released his first album in 1972, and came to prominence with his 1980 album Autumn, which was followed in 1982 by Winter into Spring and December.
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
February 14, 1924: 100 years, 360 days: Filipino: President of the Senate of the Philippines [232] Jose Petrick: F: February 14, 1924: 100 years, 360 days: British-born Australian: Historian and community advocate [233] Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin: M: February 17, 1924: 100 years, 357 days: British: Peer [234] Zheng Tuobin: M: February 24 ...
Getty Background: Legendary television newsman and host Hugh Downs was born far from the limelight in Akron, Ohio, and spent his early years traveling around the Midwest Detroit, Chicago working ...
Armstrong was the first jazz musician to appear on the cover of Time magazine on February 21, 1949. He and his All-Stars were featured at the ninth Cavalcade of Jazz concert also at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles produced by Leon Hefflin Sr. held on June 7, 1953, along with Shorty Rogers , Roy Brown , Don Tosti and His Mexican Jazzmen, Earl ...