By Nicole Bernard
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman (/zənˈdeɪ.ə/ zən-DAY-ə; born September 1, 1996) is an American actress and singer. Her accolades include two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Golden Globe Award. Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2022.
Born and raised in Oakland, California, Zendaya began her career as a child model and backup dancer. She made her television debut as Rocky Blue in the Disney Channel sitcom Shake It Up (2010–2013) and starred as the titular character in the channel’s sitcom K.C. Undercover (2015–2018). Her feature film debut came in 2017 with the superhero film Spider-Man: Homecoming; she later reprised her role in its sequels Far From Home (2019) and No Way Home (2021). Zendaya’s role as Rue Bennett, a struggling drug-addicted teenager, in the HBO teen drama series Euphoria (2019–present) made her the youngest recipient of the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, which she won twice. Her other film roles include the musical The Greatest Showman (2017), the romantic dramas Malcolm & Marie (2021) and Challengers (2024), and the science fiction films Dune (2021) and Dune: Part Two (2024).
In 2011, Zendaya released the singles “Swag It Out” and “Watch Me“, the latter a collaboration with Bella Thorne. She signed with Hollywood Records in 2012, and released her eponymous debut studio album (2013) to moderate success. The album’s lead single, “Replay“, reached the top 40 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. Her Zac Efron collaboration, “Rewrite the Stars“, from The Greatest Showman soundtrack (2017), reached the top 20 of several record charts and has received multi-platinum sales certifications globally. She has also written and performed several songs for Euphoria.
EARLY LIFE
Zendaya Maree Stoermer Coleman was born on September 1, 1996, in Oakland, California, to teachers Claire Stoermer and Kazembe Ajamu Coleman. Her father is African-American, with Nigerian ancestry; her mother has German and Scottish ancestry. Zendaya, whose name derives from the Shona name Tendai (meaning ‘to give thanks‘), has five older siblings. She attended Fruitvale Elementary School, where her mother taught for two decades. At age six, she and two friends from the school performed a play there for Black History Month. At age 8, Zendaya joined a hip-hop dance troupe called Future Shock Oakland and was a member for three years. She also spent two years dancing hula with the Academy of Hawaiian Arts. Zendaya grew as a performer in part at the nearby California Shakespeare Theater in Orinda, California, where her mother worked a summer job as the house manager. Zendaya helped her seat patrons, sold fundraising tickets, and was finally inspired to pursue acting by the theatrical performances.
TODAY’S ALMAANC
“Harvest Home” (September 1 to 30) is an old tradition that some U.S. regions keep alive (e.g., the Pennsylvania Dutch, some New England towns). In Britain and other parts of Europe, this marked the conclusion of the main harvest and a period of festivals for feasting and thanksgiving.
It was also a time to hold elections, pay workers, and collect rents. These festivals usually took place around the autumnal equinox. It was also a time for family members and workers to return to their towns for festivities.
Even today, notice that elections and Thanksgiving feasts are held in the fall! This is a continuation from long-ago traditions.
September comes from the Latin word septem, meaning “seven,” because it was the seventh month of the early Roman calendar.
Question of the Day
Advice of the Day
Home Hint of the Day
Word of the Day
Puzzle of the Day
Died
- Jacques Cartier (explorer) –
- Louis XIV, King of France –
- Nellie McClung (Canadian activist) –
- Ethel Waters (singer) –
- Martin Kamen (co-discovered the radioactive isotope carbo-14) –
- Dean Jones (actor ) –
- Jimmy Buffet (singer) –
Born
- Chester Harding (painter) –
- James Gordon Bennet (founder of New York Herald) –
- Engelbert Humperdinck (composer) –
- James J. Corbett (boxer) –
- Edgar Rice Burroughs (writer; Tarzan author) –
- Francis William Aston (chemist, discovered isotopes) –
- Don Wilson (entertainer) –
- Rocky Marciano (boxer) –
- Conway Twitty (country music singer) –
- Seiji Ozawa (orchestra conductor) –
- Lily Tomlin (actress) –
- Leonard Slatkin (conductor) –
- Barry Gibb (singer, member of the Bee Gees) –
- Gloria Estefan (musician) –
- J. D. Fortune (singer) –
- Scott Speedman (actor) –
- Zendaya (actress and singer) –
Events
- Deborah Read Rogers became the common-law wife of Ben Franklin–
- Narcissa Whitman, one of the first white women to settle west of the Rocky Mountains, arrived at Walla Walla, Washington–
- At a convention of nondrinkers in Chicago the Prohibition Party is born–
- The first woman, Miss Emma Nutt, was hired by the Telephone Dispatch Company in Boston, Massachusetts. Before Miss Nutt’s employment, young men served as operators, but their rudeness to telephone subscribers caused the company owners to replace them with women–
- Saskatchewan became a province of Canada–
- Alberta became a province of Canada–
- The last passenger pigeon, Martha, died at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden in Ohio–
- Sundance Fire intensified, Idaho–
- Bobby Fischer became the first American to hold the world chess title by defeating Soviet player, Boris Spassky–
- Remains of the R.M.S. Titanic luxury liner discovered 12,400’ deep, 230 miles south of Nova Scotia–
- A 23-inch Arctic grayling was caught in Wolf Lake, Manitoba–
Weather
- A trace of snow fell at Long Falls Dam in Maine–
- Mount Washington in New Hampshire received about one-half inch of snow–
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