American composer and conductor

Bill Conti

William Conti is an American composer and conductor. He is best known for his film scores, including Rocky (1976), Rocky II (1979), Rocky III (1982), Rocky V (1990), Rocky Balboa (2006), The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986), The Karate Kid Part III (1989), The Next Karate Kid (1994), For Your Eyes Only (1981), Dynasty and The Right Stuff (1983), which earned him an Academy Award for Best Original Score. He also received nominations in the Best Original Song category for "Gonna Fly Now" from Rocky and for the title song of For Your Eyes Only. He was the musical director at the Academy Awards a record nineteen times.

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1942

April 13

Died

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1940s

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1942 Born

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989 The death of Bardas Phokas the Younger in the battle of Abydos ends his second rebellion against Byzantine Emperor Basil II.
1055 Election of Pope Victor II following the death of Pope Leo IX in the previous year.
1111 Henry V, King of Germany, is crowned Holy Roman Emperor by pope Paschal II.
1175 Saladin routs his Muslim opponents, the Zengids, in the battle of the Horns of Hama, consolidating his control over Syria except for Aleppo.

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The world in 1942

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april 15 World War II: The George Cross is awarded "to the island fortress of Malta" by King George VI.
april 17 World War II: French prisoner of war General Henri Giraud escapes from his castle prison in Königstein Fortress.
april 18 World War II: The Doolittle Raid on Japan: Tokyo, Yokohama, Kobe and Nagoya are bombed.
april 18 Pierre Laval becomes Prime Minister of Vichy France.

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Thomas Jefferson 1743–1826 American lawyer and politician, 3rd President of the United States (died 1826) Don Adams 1923–2005 American actor and director (died 2005) Edward Bruce 1879–1318 American lawyer and painter (died 1943) Jacques Lacan 1901–1981 French psychiatrist and psychoanalyst (died 1981) Julius Nyerere 1922–1999 Tanzanian politician and teacher, 1st President of Tanzania (died 1999) Richard Trevithick 1771–1833 Cornish-English engineer and explorer (died 1833) Ricky Schroder 1970– American actor Ron Perlman 1950– American actor Samuel Beckett 1906–1989 Irish novelist, poet, and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1989)

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Alvin Stardust 1942–2014 English singer and actor (born 1942) Andraé Crouch 1942–2015 American singer-songwriter, producer, and pastor (born 1942) Andrew Robinson 1942– American actor and director Bob Hoskins 1942–2014 English actor (born 1942) Connie Hawkins 1942– American basketball player (died 2017) Danny Schechter 1942–2015 American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2015) David Stern 1942–2020 American lawyer and businessman (born 1942) Dino Zoff 1942– Italian footballer Frankie Lymon 1942–1968 American singer-songwriter (born 1942)

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