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On this day in 1991, Freddie Mercury announced to the world that he had been diagnosed with AIDs, just 24 hours before his death on November 24, 1991.
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Enrico Caruso made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 1903:
It was on this day in 1903 that the opera singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto." Caruso made it there from a childhood in the slums of Naples. His auto-mechanic father had tried to get him to work in a factory, but he'd run away from home at 16 and supported himself singing at weddings and funerals. Caruso began his career as an opera singer in 1894 at an amateur opera house, but he slowly built up a reputation throughout Europe and around the world.
By 1903 there was a lot of anticipation for his American debut, and most critics agreed that he did a good job. But over the course of that first opera season, Caruso began to relax and he sang better and better with each performance. By the end of the season, audiences were going into hysterics. After one of his last performances of the season, the audience members began yelling, stamping, and screaming his name. One woman jumped up on stage as Caruso came out for a bow. She tore a button from his coat and immediately burst into tears.
Less than three months after his Metropolitan debut, Caruso made some recordings for the Victor Company. His voice had a quality that shone through all the static in those early recordings, which helped transform the phonograph from a curiosity into a household item — and Caruso the first vocal recording star.
Caruso said his success could be attributed to six things: "A big chest, a big mouth, 90 percent memory, 10 percent intelligence, lots of hard work, and something in the heart."
--Garrison Keeler
It was on this day in 1903 that the opera singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto." Caruso made it there from a childhood in the slums of Naples. His auto-mechanic father had tried to get him to work in a factory, but he'd run away from home at 16 and supported himself singing at weddings and funerals. Caruso began his career as an opera singer in 1894 at an amateur opera house, but he slowly built up a reputation throughout Europe and around the world.
By 1903 there was a lot of anticipation for his American debut, and most critics agreed that he did a good job. But over the course of that first opera season, Caruso began to relax and he sang better and better with each performance. By the end of the season, audiences were going into hysterics. After one of his last performances of the season, the audience members began yelling, stamping, and screaming his name. One woman jumped up on stage as Caruso came out for a bow. She tore a button from his coat and immediately burst into tears.
Less than three months after his Metropolitan debut, Caruso made some recordings for the Victor Company. His voice had a quality that shone through all the static in those early recordings, which helped transform the phonograph from a curiosity into a household item — and Caruso the first vocal recording star.
Caruso said his success could be attributed to six things: "A big chest, a big mouth, 90 percent memory, 10 percent intelligence, lots of hard work, and something in the heart."
--Garrison Keeler
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November 24, 1859: Charles Darwin publishes On the Origin of Species.
25 November 1638 - Birth of Catherine of Braganza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Braganza
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_of_Braganza
26 November 1922 – Howard Carter and the 5th Earl of Carnarvon become the first people to enter the tomb of Tutankhamun in over 3000 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutankhamun
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Nov 25 Battle of Montgisard: Baldwin IV of Jerusalem defeats Saladin and a larger Ayyubid force
Interesting to think of what would have happened if Saladin had whupped Baldwin's ass.
27 November 1833 - Birth of Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mary_Adelaide_of_Cambridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Mary_Adelaide_of_Cambridge
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November 27, 1940: Bruce Lee is born in San Francisco.
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1924 - the first Macy's Thanksgiving Parade - billed as a "Christmas" parade - moved through the streets of New York City
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November 28, 1895: The first automobile race in the United States is held in Chicago. Sponsored by The Chicago Times-Herald, it includes six motorized vehicles -- four cars and two motorcycles. The winner is Frank Duryea's Motorized Wagon.
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1520 - Portuguese navigator, Ferdinand Magellan, reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name
1859 - American author Washington Irving died in presentday Tarrytown, New York at age 76
1907 - future movie producer Louis B. Mayer opened his first movie theater in Haverhill, Massachusetts
1919 - American born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament
1942 - fire engulfed the Cocoanut Gorve nightclub in Boston, killing 482 people in the deadliest nightclub blaze ever. The cause of the rapidly spreading fire, which began in the basement, is in dispute
1961 - Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first African American to be named the winner of the Heisman Trophy
1859 - American author Washington Irving died in presentday Tarrytown, New York at age 76
1907 - future movie producer Louis B. Mayer opened his first movie theater in Haverhill, Massachusetts
1919 - American born Lady Astor was elected the first female member of the British Parliament
1942 - fire engulfed the Cocoanut Gorve nightclub in Boston, killing 482 people in the deadliest nightclub blaze ever. The cause of the rapidly spreading fire, which began in the basement, is in dispute
1961 - Ernie Davis of Syracuse University became the first African American to be named the winner of the Heisman Trophy
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November 29, 1915: Billy Strayhorn is born in Dayton, Ohio.
Obviously talented as a child, Strayhorn first wanted to be a classical musician but realized that the going would be rough for a black man in those days, so he gravitated toward jazz and -- as pianist, singer, arranger, composer and lyricist -- became an indispensable part of Duke Ellington's band. Billy was a little guy, known as "Swee' Pea" to band members, and he composed some of the band's best-known numbers, including its theme song "Take the A Train."
In what was unusual at the time, Billy Strayhorn was openly gay.
Obviously talented as a child, Strayhorn first wanted to be a classical musician but realized that the going would be rough for a black man in those days, so he gravitated toward jazz and -- as pianist, singer, arranger, composer and lyricist -- became an indispensable part of Duke Ellington's band. Billy was a little guy, known as "Swee' Pea" to band members, and he composed some of the band's best-known numbers, including its theme song "Take the A Train."
In what was unusual at the time, Billy Strayhorn was openly gay.
That's not strictly true. The first woman to be elected to the House of Commons was Constance Markievicz in 1918. She was an Irish republican and chose not take her seat. Viscountess Astor was elected in the following year and became the first woman MP to take her seat.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Astor,_Viscountess_Astor