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Specially Prepared
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Jon Voight |
| Birthday Report December 29th, 1938 |
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Events of the Month for Jon Voight |
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| When Jon Voight entered the world, these stories
made the front page of the nation's newspapers: Author Pearl Buck is awarded
the Nobel Prize for literature. Buck is recognized for her novels "The
Exile" and "Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul." Enrico Fermi wins the
Nobel Prize for physics. Fermi is recognized for his work with radioactivity.
In Washington, D.C., the government demands amnesty for American Jews in
Berlin. In other news, former Spanish king Alfonso XIII has his citizenship
restored. In Paris, Germany and France agree to sign a treaty of friendship.
The British government warns Italy that their pact prohibits attacks on
Tunisia. |
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Entertainment News for the year Jon Voight was born |
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| Audiences were applauding these developments
in the entertainment industry when Jon Voight was an infant. Ella Fitzgerald
hits the music scene this year when she opens at the Savoy in Harlem. Errol
Flynn and Olivia de Havilland star in The Adventures of Robin Hood. This
years Your Hit Parade highlights songs like Jeepers Creepers, A-Popular
Music when Jon Voight was born.t A-Tasket, I've Got a Pocketful of Dreams
and Music, Maestro, Please. |
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| When Jon Voight was rocking in a cradle, these
songs were topping the music charts: Back in 1938, the popular songs were:
A-Tisket A-Tasket performed by Ella Fitzgerald; Camel Hop performed by
Mary Lou Williams; Change Partners sung by Irving Berlin; as well as I
Married An Angel by Lorenz Hart. Also topping the musical charts: Love
Walked In by Ira Gershwin; My Reverie by Larry Clinton; September Song
by Maxwell Anderson; and the ever popular You Go to My Head by Fred Coots. |
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Movie News for the year Jon Voight was born. |
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| While Jon Voight was discovering how to stand
up, The Academy gave a standing ovation to these movies and actors: 'You
Can't Take It With You'- Directed by Frank Capra won the Best Movie Academy
Award in 1938. Also this year, the Academy Award for Best Actor went to
Spencer Tracy for his role in 'Boys Town' and the Best Actress Award went
to Bette Davis for her role in 'Jezebel'. |
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| To learn more about what was happening in the world when
Jon Voight was born, visit www.News-of-the-Past.com
©2002 Spectrum Unlimited LLC |
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