magpie in the 80's wrote:Who born in …
1 1900 became the first actor to win Best Actor Oscar in consecutive years?
SPENCER TRACY
2 1901 acquired the nickname of Satchmo, short for satchel mouth?
LOUIS ARMSTRONG
3 1902 was played on film by Ian Charleson in Chariots of Fire?
ERIC LIDDELL
4 1903 became the leader of the Untouchables?
ELLIOT NESS
5 1904 became the first person to receive a gold disc for record sales?
GLENN MILLER
6 1905 introduced the New Look in fashion circles in 1947?
CHRISTIAN DIOR
7 1906 succeeded Cecil Day Lewis as Poet Laureate?
JOHN BETUEMAN
8 1907 married fellow thespian Vivien Leigh?
SIR LAURENCE OLIVIER
9 1908 became the first actor to play Dr Who on TV?
WILLIAM HARTNELL
10 1909 went on to manage Elvis Presley?
COLONEL TOM PARKER
11 1910 married eight times including liaisons with Lana Turner and Ava Gardner?
ARTIE SHAW
12 1911 acquired the nickname of The Butcher of Lyons?
JOSEF MENGELE
13 1912 played Mike Stone in The Streets of San Francisco?
KARL MALDON
14 1913 became the 38th President of the USA?
GERALD FORD
15 1914 was the first wife of Ronald Reagan?
JANE WYMAN
16 1915 married Margaret Kempson and Margaret Roberts?
DENIS THATCHER
17 1916 penned the novel The Carpetbaggers, loosely based on the life of Howard Hughes?
HAROLD ROBBINS
18 1917 penned the novel A Clockwork Orange?
ANTHONY BURGESS
19 1918 fell victim to an assassination on October 6, 1981?
ANWAR SADAT
20 1919 became the first black entertainer to host a TV show in the USA?
NAT KING COLE
21 1920 founded the Unification church?
REV. SUN MYUNG MOON
22 1921 is the most famous son of Prince Andrew of Greece and Princess Alice of Battenberg?
PRINCE PHILIP
23 1922 was a former Mrs John Le Mesurier?
HATTIE JAQUES
24 1923 penned the novel Catch 22?
JOSEPH HELLER
25 1924 became the godfather of Jennifer Aniston?
TELLY SAVALAS
QUESTIONS ANSWERED ARE IN RED.
QUESTIONS UNANSWERED ARE IN BLUE.
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