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December 1, 1933

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Notable Births

Lou Rawls

1933Lou Rawls, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor (died 2006)[โ€ ]

Louis Allen Rawls was an American baritone singer. He released 61 albums, sold more than 40 million records, and had numerous charting singles, most notably the song "You'll Never Find Another Love like Mine". He also worked as a film, television, and voice actor. He was a three-time winner of the Best Male R&B Vocal Performance Grammy Award.

Violette Verdy

1933Violette Verdy, French ballerina (died 2016)[โ€ ]

Violette Verdy was a French ballerina, choreographer, teacher, and writer who worked as a dance company director with the Paris Opera Ballet in France and the Boston Ballet in the United States. From 1958 to 1977 she was a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet where she performed in the world premieres of several works created specifically for her by choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. She was Distinguished Professor of Music (Ballet) at the Jacobs School of Music, Indiana University, in Bloomington, and the recipient of two medals from the French government.

Notable Deaths

Pekka Halonen

1933Pekka Halonen, Finnish painter (born 1865)[โ€ ]

Pekka Halonen was a Finnish painter of landscapes and people in the national romantic and Realist styles.