By StephanieLee Elliott
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Marie Dionne Warwick (/diˈɒn.ˈwɔːrwɪk/; born Marie Dionne Warrick; December 12, 1940) is an American singer, actress, and television host.
Warwick ranks among the 40 biggest U.S. hit makers between 1955 and 1999, based on her chart history on Billboard‘s Hot 100 pop singles chart. She is the second-most charted female vocalist during the rock era (1955–1999). She is also one of the most-charted vocalists of all time, with 56 of her singles making the Hot 100 between 1962 and 1998 (12 of them Top Ten), and 80 singles in total – either solo or collaboratively – making the Hot 100, R&B, or adult contemporary charts. Warwick ranks number 74 on the Billboard Hot 100’s “Greatest Artists of all time”.
During her career, Warwick has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and she has won many awards, including six Grammy Awards. Warwick has been inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame, the Grammy Hall of Fame, the National Rhythm & Blues Hall of Fame, and the Apollo Theater Walk of Fame. In 2019, she won the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Three of her songs (“Walk On By“, “Alfie“, and “Don’t Make Me Over“) have been inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. She is a former Goodwill Ambassador for the UN‘s Food and Agriculture Organization.
She is related to several famous people: Dee Dee Warwick, Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston, Former NBA player Gary Garland, Bobbi Kristina Brown, and Opera Singer Leontyne Price.
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Died
- Dr. Joel Roberts Poinsett (introduced the poinsettia plant to the U.S.) –
- Robert Browning (poet) –
- Henrietta Swan Leavitt (astronomer) –
- Dee Brown (author) –
- Keiko the killer whale (star of the Free Willy movies, died at 27 of pneumonia in a Norwegian fjord) –
- Peter Boyle (actor) –
- Tom Laughlin (actor) –
Born
- Edvard Munch (artist) –
- Frank Sinatra (singer) –
- Bob Barker (game show host and animal activist) –
- Edward “Ed” Koch (former mayor of New York City) –
- Connie Francis (singer) –
- Dionne Warwick (singer ) –
- Madeleine Wickham (author, aka Sophie Kinsella) –
- Jennifer Connelly (actress) –
- Katrina Elam (country music singer) –
Events
- Pennsylvania ratified the Constitution and became the second state in the Union–
- Joseph Hayne Rainey became the first African-American to serve as a U.S. representative–
- Golf was played for the first time in the U.S. at Franklin Park, Boston–
- George Grant received patent for improved golf tee–
- Father Edward Flanagan founded a home for boys in Omaha, Nebraska—the start of Boys Town–
- Orange soil discovered by Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene A. Cernan and Harrison H. Schmitt during their second day of exploration on the lunar surface–
- Mick Jagger of The Rolling Stones accepted a knighthood from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace–
- Jean Chretien stepped down after 10 years as Canada’s popular and often argumentative prime minister. Paul Martin, a former finance minister, inherited his post, becoming the 21st prime minister. –
Weather
- Snow accumulated to 16 inches in Nantucket, Massachusetts–
- Baltimore received 12 inches of snow in the first of three major storms that winter–
- 20.4 inches of snow covered Newark, New Jersey–
- Albany, New York, registered a low of -12 degrees F–
- After a two-day storm, 17.1 inches of snow covered Minneapolis, Minnesota. The snow event set an all-time record for two-day snowfall in December. The weight of the snow caused a tear in the roof of the Metrodome and deflated it, forcing the Vikings-Giants game to be rescheduled and moved to Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan.–
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