FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Benjamin Kubelsky (February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974), known professionally as Jack Benny, was an American entertainer, who evolved from a modest success playing violin on the vaudeville circuit to one of the leading entertainers of the twentieth century with a highly popular comedic career in radio, television, and film. He was known for his comic timing and the ability to cause laughter with a pregnant pause or a single expression, such as his signature exasperated “Well! ”
His radio and television programs, popular from 1932 until his death in 1974, were a major influence on the sitcom genre. Benny often portrayed his character as a miser who obliviously played his violin badly and ridiculously claimed to be 39 years of age, regardless of his actual age.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
1490s
1630s
1700s
1810s
1880s
- 1886: THE STATUE OF LIBERTY WAS UNVEILED IN THE NEW YORK HARBOR
- 1886: THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IN NEW YORK HARBOR WAS DEDICATED BY PRESIDENT CLEVELAND
1900s
- 1904: ST. LOUIS POLICE BECAME THE FIRST IN THE U.S. TO USE FINGERPRINTING
- BORN 1909: FRANCIS BACON (PAINTER)
1910s
1920s
1930s
- BORN 1936: CHARLIE DANIELS (MUSICIAN)
- BORN 1937: LENNY WILKENS (BASKETBALL PLAYER, COACH)
- BORN 1939: JANE ALEXANDER (ACTRESS)
1940s
1950s
- 1950: THE JACK BENNY SHOW MADE ITS TELEVISION DEBUT
- 1954: ERNEST HEMINGWAY WAS AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
- BORN 1955: BILL GATES (MICROSOFT FOUNDER)
1960s
1970s
2000s
- 2003: AN X17.2 SOLAR FLARE OCCURRED THAT, AT THE TIME, WAS THE THIRD MOST POWERFUL EVER RECORDED
- DIED 2006: RED AUERBACH (BASKETBALL COACH)
- 2007: THE BOSTON RED SOX SWEPT THE COLORADO ROCKIES TO WIN THE WORLD SERIES
- 2007: MIKE LOWELL OF THE BOSTON RED SOX WAS NAMED WORLD SERIES MVP
- DIED 2007: PORTER WAGONER (COUNTRY MUSIC SINGER)
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