By Michelle Dumas
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Lesley Ann Warren (born August 16, 1946) is an American actress, singer and dancer.
She made her Broadway debut in 110 in the Shade in 1963. In 1965 she received wide recognition for playing the title role in the television musical production of Cinderella. She then had starring roles in the Disney musical films The Happiest Millionaire (1967) and The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band (1968).
In the 1970s, Warren worked mostly on television, receiving a Golden Globe nomination for playing Dana Lambert in the CBS drama series Mission: Impossible (1970–71). In 1978, she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Series for the NBC miniseries Harold Robbins’ 79 Park Avenue. In 1983, Warren was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for playing Norma Cassidy in Victor/Victoria. She received two additional Golden Globe nominations for performances in Songwriter (1984) and Family of Spies (1990).
Her other film appearances include Race for the Yankee Zephyr (1981), A Night in Heaven (1983), Choose Me (1984), Clue (1985), Burglar (1987), Cop (1988), Life Stinks (1991), Pure Country (1992), Color of Night (1994), The Limey (1999), and Secretary (2002).
TODAY’S ALMANAC
In 1777 British general John Burgoyne sent 700 men to Bennington, Vermont, where 2,600 colonial troops were guarding a storehouse containing war supplies. American general John Stark met the British; killed their commander, Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum; and killed or imprisoned nearly all the British soldiers. The Bennington battle led to the British surrender at Saratoga, New York, in October.
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Born
- Gabriel Lippmann (physicist) –
- Menachem Begin (Prime Minister of Israel) –
- Lesley Ann Warren (actress) –
- Madonna (singer) –
- Angela Bassett (actress) –
- Timothy Hutton (actor) –
- Steve Carell (actor) –
- Vanessa Carlton (singer) –
- Evanna Lynch (actress; plays Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter films) –
Died
- Robert Wilhelm Bunsen (chemist) –
- Babe Ruth (baseball player) –
- Margaret Mitchell (author) –
- Elvis Presley (American entertainer ) –
- Phil Leeds (actor) –
- Emma Didlake (oldest known U.S. veteran at the time of death; she was 110) –
- Aretha Franklin (singer, known as the Queen of Soul) –
Events
- The Battle of Camden fought in South Carolina–
- Siamese twins arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, to start U.S. tour–
- U.S. President John Tyler vetoed a bill calling for the re-establishment of the Second Bank of the United States–
- U.S. President James Buchanan and Queen Victoria exchanged greetings by telegraph to celebrate the laying of the transatlantic cable–
- Trade between Union and Confederate states prohibited–
- Gold is discovered in Rabbit Creek in the Yukon Territory, Canada, starting the Klondike Gold Rush–
- U.S./Canadian Migratory Bird Treaty signed–
- In a pool at Manhattan Beach, New York, Ethelda Bleibtrey swam against Fanny Durack of Australia, winning the race and a place on the United States Olympic team for the 1920 Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium. She and her teammates were the first American women to swim in the Olympics.–
- First Delaware Memorial bridge opened–
- Volume 1, Issue 1 of Sports Illustrated published–
- From 102,800 feet, Joe Kittinger free-fell 4 minutes, 36 seconds over New Mexico–
- 5-pound 15-ounce Arctic grayling caught in Katseyedie River, Northwest Territories–
- Northern hogsucker weighed in at one pound fifteen ounces, making Minnesota state fishing record–
- Element 110 named “darmstadtium” –
- The Texas Rangers turned a rare 5-4 triple play against the Los Angeles Angels, at Globe Life Park in Arlington, Texas. It was major league baseball’s first triple play without retiring the batter since June 3, 1912.–
Weather
- Rain delayed the start of the Battle of Bennington–
- A hurricane struck along the northeast coast–
- 106 degrees F in Nashville, Tennessee–
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