American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926)

Andy Griffith

Andy Samuel Griffith was an American actor, comedian, television producer, singer, and writer whose career spanned seven decades in music and television. Known for his Southern drawl, his characters with a folksy-friendly personality, as well as his gruff but friendly voice, Griffith was a Tony Award nominee for two roles. He gained prominence in the starring role in director Elia Kazan's film A Face in the Crowd (1957) and No Time for Sergeants (1958) before he became better known for his television roles, playing the lead roles of Andy Taylor in the sitcom The Andy Griffith Show (1960–1968) and Ben Matlock in the legal drama Matlock (1986–1995).

Born

1926

June 1

Died

2012

Era

1920s

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Andy, in brief

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1926 Born
2012 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

1252 Alfonso X is proclaimed king of Castile and León.
1298 Residents of Riga and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania defeat the Livonian Order in the Battle of Turaida.
1412 Treaty of Lubowla: The royal gathering continues in Buda. It is one of the largest and most magnificent royal meetings ever held in medieval Buda with Sigismund of Hungary as host and Wladyslaw II Jagiello as guest of honor. A large feast and grand tournament is held with over 40.000 nobles and 2000 knights.
1495 A monk, John Cor, records the first known batch of Scotch whisky.

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The world in 1926

When Andy arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on June 1

Christopher Lasch 1932–1994 American historian and critic (born 1932) Colin Blakemore 1944– British neurobiologist (died 2022) Danielle Harris 1977– American actress Dean Chance 1941–2015 American baseball player and manager (died 2015) Elena Mukhina 1960–2006 Russian gymnast (born 1960) Frederica von Stade 1945– American soprano and actress Lorraine Moller 1955– New Zealand runner Nambaryn Enkhbayar 1958– Mongolian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Mongolia Norman Foster 1935– Baron Foster of Thames Bank, English architect, founded Foster and Partners

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1926

A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013) Chuck Berry 1926–2017 American guitarist, singer and songwriter (born 1926)

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