American playwright and composer (died 2002)

Adolph Green

Adolph Green was an American lyricist and playwright, who with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for musicals on Broadway and in Hollywood. Although they were not a romantic couple, they shared a unique comic genius and sophisticated wit that enabled them to forge a six-decade-long partnership. They received numerous accolades including four Tony Awards and nominations for two Academy Awards and a Grammy Award. Green was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1980 and American Theatre Hall of Fame in 1981.

Born

1914

December 2

Died

2002

Era

1910s

Country

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Key dates

1914 Born
2002 Died

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1244 Pope Innocent IV arrives at Lyon for the First Council of Lyon.
1409 The University of Leipzig opens.
1697 St Paul's Cathedral, rebuilt to the design of Sir Christopher Wren following the Great Fire of London, is consecrated.
1763 Dedication of the Touro Synagogue, in Newport, Rhode Island, the first synagogue in what will become the United States.

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The world in 1914

When Adolph arrived

april 20 Nineteen men, women, and children participating in a strike are killed in the Ludlow Massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War.
april 21 Ypiranga incident: A German arms shipment to Mexico is intercepted by the U.S. Navy near Veracruz.
april 24 The Franck–Hertz experiment, a pillar of quantum mechanics, is presented to the German Physical Society.
august 1 World War I: The German Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.

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Deacon White 1847–1939 American baseball player and manager (died 1939) Harry Burleigh 1866– American singer-songwriter (died 1949) John Barbirolli 1899–1970 English cellist and conductor (died 1970) Julie Harris 1925–2013 American actress (born 1925) Lucy Liu 1968– American actress and producer Masafumi Gotoh 1976– Japanese singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Peter Moylan 1978– Australian baseball player Renee Montgomery 1986– American basketball player and executive Rewi Alley 1897–1987 New Zealand writer and political activist (died 1987)

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Same-year contemporaries

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Baldev Raj Chopra 1914– Indian director and producer (died 2008) Barbara Ward 1914–1981 Baroness Jackson of Lodsworth, English economist, journalist, and prominent Catholic layperson (died 1981) Dylan Thomas 1914–1953 Welsh poet and author (born 1914) Jack LaLanne 1914– American fitness expert (died 2011) James Van Allen 1914–2006 American physicist and academic (born 1914) Jersey Joe Walcott 1914– American boxer and police officer (died 1994) Jim Cairns 1914–2003 Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1914) Jimmy Wakely 1914– American country music singer-songwriter and actor (died 1982) John Manners 1914–1770 Marquess of Granby, English general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Derbyshire (born 1721)

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