American actress, singer, and producer

Carol Burnett

Carol Creighton Burnett is an American comedian, actress, singer and writer. Burnett has played dramatic and comedic roles on stage and screen. She has received numerous awards and accolades, including seven Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, seven Primetime Emmy Awards, twelve People's Choice Awards, two Peabody Awards and a Tony Award. Burnett was honored with a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1975, the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005, the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2013, and the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award in 2015.

Born

1933

April 26

Died

Living

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1930s

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1933 Born

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1289 Following weeks of bombardment, the city of Tripoli falls to the Mamluks under Qalawun. The Mamluks massacre all men they find and enslave the women and children.
1326 The kingdom of France and the kingdom of Scotland agree on a treaty of mutual aid at Corbeil.
1336 Francesco Petrarca (Petrarch) ascends Mont Ventoux.
1478 The Pazzi family attack on Lorenzo de' Medici in order to displace the ruling Medici family kills his brother Giuliano during High Mass in Florence Cathedral.

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The world in 1933

When Carol arrived

april 1 The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
april 24 Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
april 25 Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.
april 26 The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established by Hermann Göring.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Esek Hopkins 1718–1802 American commander (died 1802) Filiberto Ojeda Ríos 1933–2005 Puerto Rican-American general (died 2005) Gary Wright 1943– American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2023) Hack Wilson 1900– American baseball player (died 1948) John James Audubon 1785–1851 French-American ornithologist and painter (died 1851) Kristen R. Ghodsee 1970– American ethnographer and academic Melania Trump 1970– Slovene-American model; 47th First Lady of the United States Michael Smith 1932–2000 English-Canadian biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2000) Paul-Émile Léger 1904–1991 Canadian cardinal (died 1991)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1933

Aquilino Pimentel 1933– Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2019) Asha Bhosle 1933–2026 Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality (born 1933) Bapu 1933–2014 Indian director and screenwriter (born 1933) Bob Rafelson 1933– American film director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022) Cissy Houston 1933–2024 American singer (born 1933) Claudio Abbado 1933–2014 Italian conductor (born 1933) Danny Aiello 1933–2019 American actor (born 1933) Dom DeLuise 1933–2009 American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2009) Filiberto Ojeda Ríos 1933–2005 Puerto Rican-American general (died 2005)

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