By Marisol Nicholson
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Trevor Noah (born 20 February 1984) is a South African comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host. He was the host of The Daily Show, an American late-night talk show and satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 2015 to 2022. Noah has won various awards, including two Primetime Emmy Awards. He was named one of “The 35 Most Powerful People in New York Media” by The Hollywood Reporter in 2017 and 2018. In 2018, Time magazine named him one of the hundred most influential people in the world. In 2023, he won the Erasmus Prize.
Born in Johannesburg, Noah began his career in South Africa in 2002. He had several hosting roles with the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and was the runner-up in the fourth season of South Africa’s iteration of Strictly Come Dancing in 2008. From 2010 to 2011, he hosted the late-night talk show Tonight with Trevor Noah, which he created and aired on M-Net and DStv.
In 2014, Noah became the Senior International Correspondent for The Daily Show, and in 2015 succeeded long-time host Jon Stewart. His autobiographical comedy book Born a Crime was published in 2016. He hosted the 63rd, 64th, 65th, and 66th Annual Grammy Awards as well as the 2022 White House Correspondents Dinner.
Noah speaks English, Southern Sotho, Zulu, Xhosa, Tswana, Tsonga and very basic Afrikaans. Noah has ADHD. He resides in New York City.
In April 2018, Noah launched The Trevor Noah Foundation, a youth development initiative that works to provide access to high-quality education.
In 2020, Trevor became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
Noah was selected as the Class Day speaker for Princeton University‘s Class of 2021. He gave his address virtually on 15 May 2021, and was inducted as an honorary member of the Class of 2021.
TODAY’S ALMANAC
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Died
- Frederick Douglass (abolitionist) –
- Walter Winchell (journalist) –
- Alice Roosevelt Longworth (last surviving child of Teddy Roosevelt) –
- Rene Dubos (environmentalist, microbiologist) –
- Dick York (actor) –
- Gene Siskel (film critic) –
- Sandra Dee (actress) –
- John Raitt (actor) –
- Hunter S. Thompson (journalist and author who unleashed the concept of gonzo journalism” in books like Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas”) –
Born
- Ansel Adams (photographer) –
- Sidney Poitier (actor) –
- Phil Esposito (hockey player) –
- Charles Barkley (basketball player) –
- Cindy Crawford (model) –
- Lili Taylor (actress) –
- Trevor Noah (television host, comedian) –
- Rihanna (singer) –
- Olivia Rodrigo (singer) –
Events
- George Washington signed the Postal Act, creating the Federal Postal System with a per-mile rate structure–
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art opened in New York City–
- Tchaikovsky’s ballet Swan Lake premiered–
- An auto-airplane combination, Arrowbile, completed for testing–
- V-2 rocket launched fruit flies to 68-mile altitude–
- Carolyn Cummins gave birth to the first of her five children. The second was born in 1953, 3rd in 1956, 4th in 1961 and the 5th in 1966. All five children have the same birthday.–
- Astronaut John Glenn became the first American to orbit the earth. He made 3 trips around the earth in his Mercury-Atlas spacecraft, Friendship 7, in just under 5 hours–
- U.S.S.R.’s Mir space station launched–
- The Station nightclub experienced the fourth deadliest nightclub fire in U.S. history, killing 100 people and injuring more than 200. The fire started when pyrotechnics set off by Great White, the rock band playing that night, lit flammable soundproofing foam behind the stage–
- Regeneration of Silene stenophylla from 30,000-year-old fruit tissue announced–
Weather
- A tornado tracked 15 miles from Shreveport to Abner, Louisiana, killed 8 people, and injured 50–
- The temperature in Los Angeles, California, hit 95 degrees F, a record high for the month of February–
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