| On this
day in history... December 16th |
| 1770 |
Ludwig
van Beethoven, born in Bonn, Germany. |
| 1775 |
Jane
Austen, born in England. |
| 1809 |
Napoleon
Bonaparte divorced Empress Josephine. |
| 1893 |
Anton
Dvorak showed up for the first performance of his "New World Symphony"
at Carnegie Hall. |
| 1899 |
(Sir)
Noel Coward was born in Teddington, England. |
| 1905 |
The first
issue of Variety appeared on newsstands, priced one nickel. |
| 1907 |
Eugene
H. Farrar became the first singer to broadcast on radio. He sang "Do
You Really Want to Hurt Me?" from the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York. |
| 1913 |
Charlie
Chaplin began his film career at Keystone for $150 a week. |
| 1915 |
Dixielander
Turk Murphy was born in Palermo, CA. |
| 1917 |
Arthur
C. Clarke, sci-fi author, born. |
| 1939 |
Liv Ullman
was born in Tokyo, Japan. |
| 1946 |
Bennie
Andersson, of ABBA, was born in Stockholm, Sweden |
| 1951 |
NBC-TV
debuted Dragnet. |
| 1962 |
David
Lean's Lawrence of Arabia premiered. |
| 1965 |
William
Somerset Maugham died in Nice, France at the age of 90. |
| 1966 |
The Jimi
Hendrix Experience released its first single, Hey Joe, in the UK |
| 1983 |
Rockers
The Who announced that the group was disbanding |
| 1992 |
Barbara
Streisand signed a 10-year, $60 million film/record deal with Sony.
|
| 2002 |
Sime's site established on the internet
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