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- John Winthrop was an English Puritan lawyer and one of the leading figures in founding the Massachusetts Bay Colony, the second major settlement in New England following Plymouth Colony. Winthrop led the first large wave of colonists from England in 1630 and served as governor for 12 of the colony's first 20 years. His writings and vision of the colony as a Puritan "city upon a hill" dominated New England colonial development, influencing the governments and religions of neighboring colonies.
- Charles Perrault was a French writer from Paris, and an early member of the Académie Française (French Academy). He was a pioneer in the then-new literary genre of the fairy tale, publishing "Stories or Tales from Past Times" (Histoires ou contes du temps passé, 1697). He combined elements from older folk tales with fantasy depictions of contemporary French society. His most popular fairy tales were "Bluebeard" (Barbe Bleue), "Cinderella" (Cendrillon), "Little Red Riding Hood" (Le Petit Chaperon Rouge), "Puss in Boots" (Le Maître chat ou le Chat botté), and "Sleeping Beauty" (La Belle au bois dormant). Perrault was a main influence on the Brothers Grimm, who published German variations of some of his tales. Several of his tales have received multiple adaptations in film, television, and theatre.
In 1628, Perrault was born to an affluent bourgeois family. He was the seventh child of Pierre Perrault and Paquette Le Clerc. His most notable brothers were the pioneering hydrologist Pierre Perrault (c. 1608-1680) and the architect, physician and anatomist Claude Perrault (1613-1688).
Perrault was trained in law, but chose to follow a career in government service. In 1663, Perrault was appointed as the first secretary of the "Academie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres", a learned society whose initial task was to compose or obtain Latin inscriptions to be copied on public monuments and medals. The society was founded by the influential minister of state Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619-1683), and Perrault served as Colbert's administrative aide.
In 1669, Perrault proposed to Louis XIV of France (1638 -1715, reigned 1643-1715) the construction of a group of 39 fountains in the labyrinth of Versailles. Each fountain would represent one of Aesop's fables. The fountains were constructed between 1672 and 1677. Once the work was completed, Perrault published guidebook for the labyrinth.
In 1674, Perrault wrote a book in defense of the opera "Alceste" (1674) by Jean-Baptiste Lully (1632 - 1687). The opera was an adaptation of the Greek play "Alcestis" (438 BC) by Euripides. Traditionalists denounced Lully for deviating too much from the story of the original work, while Perrault defended the merits of Lully's work. The controversy over the opera led to the so-called "Quarrel of the Ancients and the Moderns". Traditionalist and modernist scholars of the French court were arguing over whether ancient literature was superior to modern works, or whether modern literature had far surpassed its predecessor. Perrault became a leader of the modernist faction.
In 1682, Perrault faced mandatory retirement from his government posts at the age of 56. Colbert wanted to replace Perrault with one of his own sons, and was no longer interested in advancing Perrault's career. Following Colbert's death, Perrault found himself targeted by Colbert's surviving political rivals.
In 1686, Perrault made his first attempt to write "serious" epic poetry. He wrote an epic about the life of the Roman writer and bishop Paulinus of Nola (c. 354-431). The poem was poorly received, and Perrault was ridiculed by the satirist Nicolas Boileau-Despreaux (1636-1711).
In 1691, Perrault experimented with the fairy tale genre by writing the novella "La Marquise de Salusses ou la Patience de Griselidis". In 1693, he wrote the fairy tale "The Ridiculous Wishes". In the story, an impoverished couple are granted three wishes by an ancient god, but waste the opportunity to improve their life through poorly-thought wishes. In 1694, Perrault wrote the fairy tale "Donkeyskin". In the story, a widowed king wants to marry his own daughter (who resembles her mother), but the unwilling girl is protected by her fairy godmother. These stories were more warmly received by Perrault's associates.
In 1695, Perrault compiled the first edition of "Stories or Tales from Past Times". He collected his imaginative fairy tales, concluding each of them with a "rhymed, well-defined and cynical moral". In 1697, the work received its first printed edition. It became widely popular, with eight reprints in Perrault's lifetime.
In 1699, Perrault published his translation of the fables compiled by the Italian writer Gabriele Faerno (1510-1561). This translation was popular in England during the 18th century, and was used as a school textbook. It was Perrault's last significant work. Perrault died in 1703, at the age of 75. Most of his works fell out of fashion during the decades following his death, but his fairy tales remained in print. They have remained popular for centuries, ensuring an enduring fame for Perrault. - Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz was born on 12 January 1751 in Sesswegen, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire [now Cesvaine, Latvia]. He was a writer, known for Bernd Alois Zimmermann - Die Soldaten (2012), Zerbin (1971) and Die Soldaten (1962). He died on 24 May 1792 in Moscow, Russian Empire [now Russia].
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Swami Vivekanand narrated the Mahabharata in his lecture in California
A short excerpt from his lecture
The other epic about which I am going to speak to you this evening, is called the Mahabharata. It contains the story of a race descended from King Bharata, who was the son of Dushyanta and Shakuntala. Maha means great, and Bharata means the descendants of Bharata, from whom India has derived its name, Bharata. Mahabharata means Great India, or the story of the great descendants of Bharata. The dispute was over the region of the north western India. So the region of the quarrel is not very big. This epic is the most popular one in India; and it exercises the same authority in India as Homer's poems did over the Greeks. As ages went on, more and more matter was added to it, until it has become a huge book of about a twenty thousand couplets. The central story of the Mahabharata is on Karna and his brothers whose heroism and glories were spread all over Bharatvarsha that time. They conquered the Aryavartha at different periods of time and subjugated many old nations, kingdoms and republics of the great ancient India! The core of the story is on the control over the empire of India and mainly Hastinapur. The story's hero comes from the Suta tribe and his name is Karna, the possessor of all qualities and also known as Vasusena who gets into the Kuru family and becomes the backbone of the Kurus. Out of the brothers, Karna and Yudhisthira were on the verge to sit on the throne of Hastinapur whereas the rest characters were subordinates and supporters of them. The irony in this situation is that Yudhisthira does not know that Karna is his eldest brother and the rightful heir to the throne though Karna knows it but at the play of destiny, he was bound to side against Yudhisthira and the rest Pandavas. As I told you in the Ramayana, Bharat despite being the 2nd eldest brother sits on the throne, in the Mahabharata also Yudhisthira sits on the throne. However just like every ancient Indian text, the ending of the epic will not be tragic one but will be in the heaven where the 106 brothers unite and Karna being the eldest brother will be crowned as the king of the Aditya Lok. In the Ramayana also, the ending was not tragic, Rama united with his brothers and was crowned as the king of Ayodhya. The positive ending in ancient epics by the authors and writers of times immemorial is to show that the life is 'unending' and should be always taken as a positive aspect to move forward in life and finally attain the highest goal which is the 'salvation'. Unlike Buddha's teachings, these pieces of history teach us heroism, the way to live.- Edward Sass was born on 12 January 1858 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Henry VIII (1911), The Broken Melody (1916) and The Heart of a Child (1915). He was married to Emma Gwynne (née Putney, actress). He died on 15 November 1916 in New Malden, Surrey, England, UK.
- Jack London was the best-selling, highest paid and most popular American author of his time.
He was born John Griffith Chaney, on January 12, 1876, in San Francisco. He was raised by his mother Flora Wellman and his stepfather John London (he didn't know who his father was until his adulthood). After graduation from a grammar school he worked 12 to 18 hours a day at a cannery. Jack had a special relationship with his black foster mother, Virginia (Jenny) Prentiss. She loaned him some money and in 1891 he bought a sloop and became an oyster pirate. A few months later he joined the California Fish Patrol. In 1893 he joined the crew of a sealing schooner, bound for Japan. His first story, "Typhoon off the Coast of Japan", based on his sailing experiences, was published in November of 1893. Still unemployed, he became a tramp and hoboed around the country. In 1894 he was arrested for vagrancy and spent a month in jail, where he was a witness to "awful abysses of human degradation." His entire life, after these events, became a race to erase the traumatizing memories of his childhood and youth.
He continued his self-education at the Oakland Public Library. Among his readings were works by Gustave Flaubert and Lev Tolstoy. In 1896 he was admitted to the University of California, but after a year was forced to leave due to financial reasons. In 1897 he went to the Canadian Yukon and joined the Klondike Gold Rush. There he experienced all the hardships of uncivilized life and suffered from--among other things--severe frostbite, scurvy, malaria and dysentery. This left his health seriously impaired. London's struggles for survival inspired "To Build a Fire" (1902), which is considered his best short story. Writing became his ticket out of poverty; a way, in his words, to "sell his brains". His first marriage to Bess Maddern began as a friendship, not love, and ended 3 years later, leaving her with two daughters. His second marriage to Charmian Kittrdge, an editor, lasted until his death.
"The Call of the Wild" (1903) was his biggest success. "The Sea-Wolf" (1904) was turned into the first full-length American movie. Later came "The Iron Heel" (1908), a premonition of the Orwellian world, and the autobiographical "Martin Eden" (1909). The highest-paid writer of his time, he earned over $2 million yet he was always broke. In 1905 he bought a ranch in California, where he designed the first concrete silo in the state. His books provided operating income. He once said, "I would write a book for no other reason than to add three or four hundred acres to my magnificent estate." His ecological approach and effort to adapt the ideas of Asian sustainable agriculture was ahead of his time. In 1913 his Big House was ruined by a devastating fire and Jack was financially and mentally hurt. He built a small cottage and made big plans, but he lived only 3 more years. His 1400-acre ranch is now a National Historic Landmark, named Jack London State Historic Park. The writer's cottage was preserved by his wife Charmian, who lived there until her death in 1955.
His changing views and philosophy were often misunderstood as he grew out of his own mistakes. At one time he wrote, "I have been more stimulated by [Friedrich Nietzsche] than by any other writer in the world." Later London disregarded the "superman" theory of Nietzsche, calling himself Nietschze's "intellectual enemy." His readings of Carl Jung contributed to his complex philosophy. His other influences ranged from Rudyard Kipling and Robert Louis Stevenson to Charles Darwin, Aldous Huxley and Karl Marx. While sympathizing with the Mexican revolution in "The Mexican", he wrote differently about it when he was sent to Mexico as a reporter in 1914. By age 40, somewhat disillusioned, he resigned from the Socialist party and from various clubs. During his last years London was in extreme pain, caused by complications from kidney failure (uremia is recorded on his death certificate). He was laid to rest at his ranch according to his will: "And roll over me a red boulder from the ruins of the Big House." - Howard Crampton was born on 12 January 1865 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916), Someone in the House (1920) and Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1913). He died on 15 June 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Pierre Bressol was born on 12 January 1874 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. He was an actor and director, known for Une goutte de sang (1920), Le mystère de la villa Mortain (1919) and Les figures de cire (1919). He died on 9 April 1925 in Paris XIII, Paris, France.- Karl Burian was born on 12 January 1870 in Rousínov near Rakovník, Austria-Hungary. He was married to Frantiska Burianová-Jelínková. He died on 25 September 1925 in Senomaty, Czechoslovakia.
- Viggo Lindstrøm was born on 12 January 1858. He was an actor, known for Amors Spilopper (1916), Leaves From Satan's Book (1920) and Den farlige leg (1911). He died on 17 June 1926.
- Émile Keppens was born on 12 January 1866 in Brussels, Belgium. He was an actor and director, known for Les premières aventures de Chéri Bibi (1914), Murias (1919) and L'homme aux trois masques (1921). He died on 2 October 1926 in Marseille, France.
- Arkadiy Frantsevich Koshko was born on 12 January 1867 in Mogilyov, Mogilyov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Mogilyov oblast, Belarus]. Arkadiy Frantsevich was a writer, known for Nastroyshchik (2004) and Koroli rossiykogo syska (1994). Arkadiy Frantsevich died on 24 December 1928 in Paris 16, Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
- Sam Janney was born on 12 January 1892 in New York City, New York, USA. Sam was a writer, known for Loose Ankles (1930) and Ladies at Play (1926). Sam died on 5 June 1929 in Victorville, California, USA.
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Arpad Viragh was born on 12 January 1888 in Budapest, Hungary. He was a cinematographer, known for Die singende Stadt (1930), Wenn die Liebe nicht wär... (1920) and Der Bastard (1925). He died on 31 May 1930 in Capri, Italy.- Actor
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American leading man of silent pictures. Born into affluence in Chicago, he attended the University of Chicago on scholarship and remained there as a professor of psychology and philosophy. A chance visit to the school by actor- manager Donald Robertson led to Sills abandoning his career and joining Robertson's stock company as an actor in 1905. Three years later he went to New York and was an immediate Broadway success. After nearly twenty productions, he was wooed into films by producer William A. Brady. Sills debuted in The Pit (1914) and was just as immediately a success in movies. His stalwart personality and handsome looks brought him a following, and his talent extended to a wide variety of roles in an equally wide variety of genres. Although he free-lanced for many years, working at almost every studio, he signed with First National in 1924 and made a couple dozen films there. Still popular at the advent of sound, he seemed assured of a continued career, but physical, emotional, and financial difficulties disrupted his life in the late 1920s. He died suddenly of a heart attack while playing tennis in 1930 at the age of 48. He was survived by his second wife, actress Doris Kenyon, and his two children.- Joseph Joffre was born on 12 January 1852 in Rivesaltes, France. He died on 3 January 1931 in Paris, France.
- Eugen Wiesner was born on 12 January 1876 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Batalion (1927) and Ahasver (1915). He died on 7 July 1931 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Bee Jackson was born on 12 January 1903 in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. She was an actress, known for Lying Wives (1925). She died on 18 July 1933 in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois, USA.
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It's hard to be very specific about any dates or events early in the life of Texas Guinan. She loved publicity and frequently improvised facts about herself when she felt they made better stories than the truth. She was born in Waco, Texas, but likely not on a ranch as she often claimed. She was active in vaudeville and theater, and was in many movies (often as the gun-toting hero in silent westerns, more than a match for any man). In the prohibition era, Tex's talents for entertainment and self-promotion came together for a successful career as the owner and hostess in night clubs and speakeasies, where she made certain everyone had a good time.- Chaby Pinheiro was born on 12 January 1873 in Lisbon, Portugal. He was an actor, known for Argila (1940), Lisboa (1930) and A Voz do Operário (1931). He died on 6 December 1933 in Lisbon, Portugal.
- Emma Littlefield was born on 12 January 1881 in New York City, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for The Best Man (1916), He Got His (1918) and Some Professor (1918). She was married to Victor Moore. She died on 23 June 1934 in Farmingdale, New York, USA.
- Orlo Eastman was born on 12 January 1864 in Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918). He died on 20 February 1935 in California, USA.
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Barney Fagan was born on 12 January 1850 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. He died on 12 January 1937 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York, USA.- Actor
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Jack Pratt was born on 12 January 1878 in New Brunswick, Canada. He was an actor and director, known for Dan (1914), The Rip-Tide (1923) and A Man's Making (1915). He died on 24 December 1938 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Roy Byford was born on 12 January 1873 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Tons of Money (1926), Falstaff the Tavern Knight (1923) and The Rivals (1938). He was married to Ida Brook. He died on 31 January 1939 in London, England, UK.
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Monte Vandergrift was born on 12 January 1893 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor, known for California Straight Ahead! (1937), Television Spy (1939) and The Moon's Our Home (1936). He was married to Norma Leslie. He died on 29 July 1939 in North Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Spiridon Louis was born on 12 January 1873 in Marousi, Athens, Greece. He died on 26 March 1940 in Greece.
- Actor
- Writer
Charles Richman was born on 12 January 1865 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Man from Home (1914), The Battle Cry of Peace (1915) and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938). He was married to Jane Grey. He died on 1 December 1940 in The Bronx, New York, USA.- E.J. Caldwell was born on 12 January 1877 in Hastings, Ontario, Canada. He was an actor, known for Bladys of the Stewpony (1919). He died on 1 December 1940 in Staines, Surrey, England, UK.
- Ebba Kjerulf was born on 12 January 1873 in Helsingør, Denmark. She was an actress, known for Fristerinden (1916). She died on 26 May 1941.
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Adrian Morris was born on 12 January 1907 in Mount Vernon, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Grapes of Wrath (1940), The Petrified Forest (1936) and Radio Patrol (1937). He was married to Eve Virginia Shipley. He died on 30 November 1941 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
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Daniil Kharms was born on 12 January 1906 in St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]. He was a writer, known for Clownery (1989), Charms Zwischenfälle (1996) and Five No Budget Films (2010). He was married to Marina Malitsch. He died on 2 February 1942 in Leningrad, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].- Cinematographer
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F. Percy Smith was born on 12 January 1880 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer and director, known for Bewildering Transformations (1912), The Balancing Bluebottle (1910) and Dissolving the Government (1909). He died on 24 March 1945 in London, England, UK.- Mici Goty was born on 12 January 1890 in Budapest, Hungary. She was an actress, known for Voodoo Man (1944). She died on 24 July 1946 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.
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Hermann Göring was born on January 12, 1893, in Rosenheim, Bavaria, the son of a prominent judge. He entered the German Royal Military Academy at Gross Lichterfeide outside Berlin in his teens and graduated in 1911. At the beginning of World War I he saw service as an infantry lieutenant but soon transfered to the air corps. During the war he racked up 22 aerial kills, earning the coveted Blue Max and a promotion to commanding officer of Manfred von Richthofen's "Flying Circus" in 1918 after that famous ace was killed in action. In the years following World War I Göring became one of Adolf Hitler's most devoted followers. The former war hero was named head of Hitler's private army, the Brownshirts, a Nazi paramilitary organization similar to the Blackshirt fascist group in Italy commanded by Benito Mussolini, in 1922. Göring took part in the unsuccessful "Beer Hall Putsch" attempt to overthrow the Bavarian state government in 1923, was wounded and spent some time in prison. In 1933, after Hitler was appointed Chancellor of Germany, Göring became commissioner for aviation and in 1935 commander in chief of the newly established German Air Force (the Luftwaffe). By the opening days of World War II, Göring had built the Luftwaffe into the largest air force in the world. His planes performed superbly in the "blitzkrieg" campaigns against Poland, the Low Countries, Norway and France. In recognition of his work, Göring was promoted to Reichsmarschall (a rank above field marshal) on June 19, 1940. The tall, heavyset Göring became well known for his garish, colorful uniforms and his devotion to the war aims of the Nazi party, rivaled only by Hitler's. Göring didn't confine his efforts on behalf of the Nazi party to purely military matters, however; he also developed much of Nazi Germany's anti-Jewish legislation.
Unfortunately for Göring, his hour of military triumph was short-lived. He seriously botched the Battle of Britain in August and September of 1940 by overestimating the Luftwaffe's capability for long-range combat and underestimating the resolve of Britain's Royal Air Force, which resulted in the loss of huge numbers of his aircraft in daily air raids against England, not to mention the death or capture of thousands of his most experienced bomber crews. During the invasion of the Soviet Union in June of 1941, the Luftwaffe first held the upper hand against the undertrained and underequipped Soviet Air Force. However, it wasn't long before the tide turned, and before long the Russians were turning out thousands of fighters and bombers and inflicting serious damage on the Luftwaffe, which could ill afford such losses. Starting in 1943 Allied bombers had turned the tide of the air war against Germany, and Göring's vaunted Luftwaffe began losing increasing numbers of planes, not to mention experienced pilots, to the US and British air forces, and Allied bombing campaigns smashed many more German aircraft on the ground in addition to destroying many aircraft factories. In April 1945, with the defeat of Germany a certainty, Göring suggested to Hitler that he make peace with the Allies before they brought total destruction to Germany. Enraged, Hitler ordered his arrest. Göring managed to escape from Nazi custody but was captured on May 2, 1945, by soldiers of the U.S. 7th Army. He was eventually tried, convicted and sentenced to death for crimes against humanity during the war crimes trials at Nuremberg late in 1945. His lawyers fought for time with appeals and requests to overturn his death sentence, but they were all denied. On October 15, 1946, just two hours before the former Reichsmarshall was to face the hangman to pay for his crimes, the 53-year-old Hermann Göring committed suicide in his jail cell by taking poison that he somehow had smuggled in with him.- Alfred Rosenberg was born on 12 January 1893 in Reval, Russian Empire [now Tallinn, Estonia]. He was married to Hedwig Kramer and Hilda Elfriede Leesmann. He died on 16 October 1946 in Nuremberg, Germany.
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Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari was born on 12 January 1876 in Venice, Italy. He was a composer, known for Times Gone By (1952), El cerro de los locos (1960) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He was married to Wilhelmine Christine Funk and Clara Kilian. He died on 21 January 1948 in Venice, Italy.- Director
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Roy Clements was born on 12 January 1877 in Sterling, Illinois, USA. He was a director and writer, known for A Motion to Adjourn (1921), Wanted: A Coward (1927) and When a Woman Strikes (1919). He was married to Neva West. He died on 15 July 1948 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Sam Shockley was born on 12 January 1910 in Arkansas, USA. He died on 3 December 1948 in Alcatraz Island, San Francisco, California, USA.
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Tommy Handley was a showbiz conjurer as a child, and he became a good baritone singer during World War I. He soon discovered that he was talented in the field of comedy. He appeared on a number of radio shows. A very talented comedian, especially on radio, Handley created a number of characters including the Farmer Jollop and Funf, an elusive spy. After he died suddenly in 1949, 10,000 mourners flocked to his funeral.- Actor
Charles Bimbo was born on 12 January 1886 in Minnesota, USA. He was an actor. He was married to Paula Salambo. He died on 3 February 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Music Department
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Famed songwriter ("Moonglow", "Solitude", "A String of Pearls", "Darn That Dream"), composer, author and conductor, educated at the University od Pennsylvania. In 1934 he organized an orchestra with Will Hudson. He wrote the Broadway stage scores for "New Orleans" and "If I'm Lucky". Joining ASCAP in 1934, his chief musical collaborators incuded Louis Alter, Will Hudson, Duke Ellington, Josef Myrow, Joseph Meyer, Sammy Stept, James Van Heusen, and John Benson Brooks. His other popular-song compositions include "Haunting Me", "I Wish That I Were Twins", "So Help Me", "Good for Nothing but Love", "Deep in a Dream", "Heaven Can Wait", "This Is Worth Fighting For", "Just as Though You Were Here", "Who Threw the Whiskey in the Well", "Isn't It Strange What Music Can Do?", "Velvet Moon", "Along the Navajo Trail", "Man With a Horn", "One More Tomorrow", "If I'm Lucky", "Shake Down the Stars", "Endie", "It Ain't Right to Say Ain't", "Soft and Warm", "Holiday Forever", "What Are Little Girls Made Of?", and "All This and Heaven, Too".- Gabrielle Enthoven was born on 12 January 1868 in England, UK. She was a writer, known for The Quest of Life (1916). She was married to C.H. Enthoven. She died on 18 August 1950 in London, England, UK.
- Wolf Trutz was born on 12 January 1887 in Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor, known for Zwischen Hamburg und Haiti (1940), Love in Stunt Flying (1937) and A Woman of No Importance (1936). He died on 4 January 1951 in Tempelhof, Berlin, Germany.
- Eleonora von Mendelssohn was born on 12 January 1900 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Black Hand (1950). She was married to Martin Kosleck, Rudolf Forster, Emmerich von Jeszenesky (Hungarian aristocrat) and Edwin Fischer (Swiss pianist). She died on 24 January 1951 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Kalevi Mykkänen was born on 12 January 1914 in Kuopio, Finland. He was an actor, known for Elinan surma (1938) and Isoviha (1939). He was married to Salme Saara Sylvia Vesanto. He died on 10 March 1951.
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George Cave was born on 12 January 1899 in Lynn, Massachusetts, USA. He was a cinematographer, known for The Black Pirate (1926), The Viking (1928) and The Heart of General Robert E. Lee (1928). He was married to Louella. He died on 30 March 1952 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Writer
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- Actor
Ferenc Molnár was born on 12 January 1878 in Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. He was a writer and actor, known for Carousel, Tales of Manhattan (1942) and I'll Be Yours (1947). He was married to Lili Darvas, Sári Fedák and Margit Vészi. He died on 1 April 1952 in New York City, New York, USA.- Maire O'Neill was born on 12 January 1885 in Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Juno and the Paycock (1929), The Fugitive (1939) and A Christmas Carol (1951). She was married to Arthur Sinclair and G.H. Mair. She died on 2 November 1952 in Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK.
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Hugh Hennesy was born on 12 January 1891 in Ohio, USA. He was an art director, known for Lady and the Tramp (1955), Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Alice in Wonderland (1951). He died on 14 March 1954 in Death Valley, California, USA.