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Mme Parlaghy’s Art: She has Painted Portraits of Many European Royalties
It happened on November 8, 1899
The Kansas City Times, Kansas City, MO In today's article, we learn that Vilma Parlaghy's teachers were Franz Lenbach, Makart and Hans Canon. Her first publicly exhibited canvas was a portrait of her mother, Baroness Zollendorf, at a Paris Salon in 18
Featuring: Princess Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy, Georgy Lvov. (more...)
"Still she hangs like a bat in the heads of the men who met her, and none of us will ever forget her".
- Sammy Davis Jr. about Marilyn Monroe
2 Doppelgängers Today
Why are public figures always born within a few days of another public figure who looks just like them? Why does our storyline require two of each?
Born on November 12, 1928 Hannah Pick-GoslarGerman-born Israeli nurse and Holocaust survivor best known for her close friendship with writer Anne Frank |
Born on November 08, 1928 Ursula HaverbeckGerman right-wing extremist who was prosecuted for anti-semitism in her 90s and died in prison in 2024. |
Born on November 12, 1839 Frank FurnessAmerican architect of the Victorian era |
Born on November 08, 1839 Ivan GoremykinRussian politician who served as the prime minister of the Russian Empire |
9 Birthdays Today
Patti Page (1927 — 2013)
American singer primarily known for pop and country music, she was the top-charting female vocalist and best-selling female artist of the 1950s, selling over 100 million records during a six-decade-long career
Bram Stoker (1847 — 1912)
Author of Dracula (1897), an epistolary Gothic horror novel considered a landmark in vampire literature
Christie Hefner born on November 8, 1952.
American businesswoman who was chairman and CEO of Playboy Enterprises from 1988 to 2009, and is the daughter of Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner
Oliver Otis Howard (1830 — 1909)
The Christian General, United States Army officer and a Union general in the Civil War.
Howard was a Union officer in the American Civil War and the head of the Freedmen's Bureau during Reconstruction. He described the Nez Perce War, which lasted five months and covered 1,170 miles, as "the most arduous campaign". Howard believed that the Ne
Aaron Swartz born on November 8, 1986.
American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist
Gordon Ramsay born on November 8, 1966.
British chef, restaurateur, television personality and writer. His restaurant group, Gordon Ramsay Restaurants, was founded in 1997 and has been awarded 17 Michelin stars overall
Robert Tappan Morris born on November 8, 1965.
American computer scientist and entrepreneur best known for creating the Morris worm in 1988
Jack Kilby born on November 8, 1923.
American electrical engineer who took part in the realization of the first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments
4 Events
On This Day
In the U.S. presidential election, a record number of American voters turned out to make their choice between Democratic candidate and U. S. Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican candidate and U. S. Vice President Richard M. Nixon
It happened on November 8, 1960
With 270 electoral votes needed to win, Kennedy received 303. The popular vote was the closest in history. Kennedy (34,220,984) won slightly more than Nixon (34,108,157) by a margin of 1/6 of one percent of the total votes cast. The day after the Ameri
Featuring: John F. Kennedy, Richard Nixon.
San Francisco elects City Supervisor Harvey Milk, the first openly gay elected official of any large city in the U.S.
It happened on November 8, 1977
Featuring: Harvey Milk.
Release of the animated short Steamboat Willie, the first fully synchronized sound cartoon, directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks, featuring the third appearances of cartoon characters Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse.
It happened on November 8, 1928
Featuring: Walt Disney.
Emile Berliner is granted a U.S. patent for the Berliner Gramophone.
It happened on November 8, 1887
Featuring: Emile Berliner.
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7 People Who
Passed On This Day
Renzo Cesana (1907 — 1970)
Actor, writer, composer, and songwriter most famed for his title role on the American television show The Continental
Dorothy Kilgallen (1913 — 1965)
American columnist, journalist, and television game show panelist
Vyacheslav Molotov (1890 — 1986)
Russian politician and diplomat, an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the 1920s onward
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Creativity has got to start with humanity and when you're a human being, you feel, you suffer.
- Marilyn Monroe