Birthday Report for December 28th, 1934 |
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Events of the Month for Maggie Smith |
When Maggie Smith entered the world, these stories made the front page of the nation's newspapers: The Nobel Prize for literature is awarded to Luigi Pirandello. Meanwhile, the Nobel Prize for chemistry is awarded to Indian-born chemist Harold Clayton Urey. Urey is acknowledged for his discovery of deuterium. In other news, the Turkish government grants women the right to vote. In the Soviet Union, Sergei Kirov is assassinated in Leningrad. Kirov is one of Soviet leader Joseph Stalin's most important political aides. In the United States, the U.S. Army perfects a tank that can travel more than 60 mph. |
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Entertainment News for the year Maggie Smith was born |
| Audiences were applauding these developments in the entertainment industry when Maggie Smith was an infant. It Happened One Night sweeps the major Oscar categories this year, starring Claudette Colbert and Clark Gable. On the music scene, Cole Porter's I Get a Kick Out of You is the first top ten song to mention drugs, he gets no kick from cocaine. Other top hits this year include What a Diff'rence a Day Made and Winter Wonderland. |
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Popular Music when Maggie Smith was born. |
| When Maggie Smith was rocking in a cradle, these songs were topping the music charts: Back in 1934, the popular songs were: Anything Goes performed by Cole Porter; Fair and Warmer performed by Al Dubin; Fun to be Fooled sung by Ira Gershwin; as well as Lost in a Fog by Dorothy Fields. Also topping the musical charts: One Night of Love by Gus Kahn; Solitude by Duke Ellington; There Goes My Heart by Abner Silver; and the ever popular You're the Top by Cole Porter. |
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| Movie News for the year Maggie Smith was born. |
| While Maggie Smith was discovering how to stand up, The Academy gave a standing ovation to these movies and actors: 'It Happened One Night'- Directed by Frank Capra won the Best Movie Academy Award in 1934. Also this year, the Academy Award for Best Actor went to Clark Gable for his role in 'It Happened One Night' and the Best Actress Award went to Claudette Colbert for her role in 'It Happened One Night'. |
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