American composer and conductor (born 1910)

Carmine Coppola

Carmine Valentino Coppola was an American composer, flutist, pianist, and songwriter who contributed original music to the films The Godfather, The Godfather Part II, Apocalypse Now, The Outsiders, The Black Stallion, and The Godfather Part III. He is the father of film director Francis Ford Coppola. In the course of his career, he won both the Academy Award for Best Original Score and the Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score, in addition to nominations for the BAFTA Award for Best Original Music and Grammy Award for Best Score Soundtrack for Visual Media.

Born

1910

June 11

Died

1991

Era

1910s

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Carmine, in brief

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1910 Born
1991 Died

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173 Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain".
631 Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang.
786 A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh.
980 Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler (knyaz) of all Kievan Rus'.

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The world in 1910

When Carmine arrived

april 12 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
april 16 The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
april 28 Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
april 29 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

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Alexander Bain 1818– Scottish philosopher and academic (died 1903) Athol Fugard 1932–2025 South African-American actor, director, and playwright (died 2025) Carlos Seixas 1704–1742 Portuguese organist and composer (born 1704) Claire Holt 1988– Australian actress Joseph Warren 1741– American physician and general (died 1775) Kodak Black 1997– American rapper Lynsey de Paul 1948–2014 English singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, cartoonist and actress (died 2014) Maggie Gripenberg 1881–1976 Finnish dancer and choreographer (born 1881) Millicent Fawcett 1847–1929 English trade union leader and activist (born 1847)

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Alicia Markova 1910–2004 English ballerina and choreographer (died 2004) António de Spínola 1910–1996 Portuguese general and politician, 14th President of Portugal (died 1996) Barbara Castle 1910–2002 Baroness Castle of Blackburn, English politician, First Secretary of State (born 1910) Bluey 1910–1939 Australian cattle dog, second-oldest recorded dog (died 1939) Bonnie Parker 1910–1934 American criminal (born 1910) Chaim Pinchas Scheinberg 1910–2012 Polish-Israeli rabbi and author (born 1910) Cyril Cusack 1910–1993 South African-born Irish actor (died 1993) Douglas Bader 1910–1982 English fighter pilot in World War II (died 1982) Frank Olson 1910–1953 American chemist and microbiologist (died 1953)

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