Australian businesswoman

Elisabeth Murdoch

Elisabeth Murdoch is an Australian-born British and American media executive based in the United Kingdom. She was a non-executive chairperson of Shine Group, the UK-based TV programme production company she founded in 2001, until the company's parent 21st Century Fox merged its Shine Group division with Apollo Global Management's Endemol and Core Media production houses, to specialise in reality TV, in 2015. She is the daughter of the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, and is widely believed to be the inspiration for the character Shiv Roy in the television series Succession.

Born

1968

August 22

Died

2012

Era

1960s

Country

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About

Elisabeth, in brief

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Key dates

1968 Born
2012 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

392 Arbogast has Eugenius elected Western Roman Emperor.
851 Battle of Jengland: Erispoe defeats Charles the Bald near the Breton town of Jengland, halting the expansion of West Francia.
1138 Battle of the Standard between Scotland and England.
1153 Crusader–Fatimid wars: The fortress of Ascalon was surrendered by Fatimid Egypt to an army of crusaders, Templars, and Hospitallers led by King Baldwin III of Jerusalem.

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The world in 1968

When Elisabeth arrived

april 10 The TEV Wahine, a New Zealand ferry, sinks in Wellington harbour due to a fierce storm – the strongest winds ever in Wellington. Out of the 734 people on board, fifty-three died.
april 11 US President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968, prohibiting discrimination in the sale, rental, and financing of housing.
april 11 A failed assassination attempt on Rudi Dutschke, leader of the German student movement, leaves Dutschke suffering from brain damage.
april 20 English politician Enoch Powell makes his controversial "Rivers of Blood" speech.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 22

Adam Thielen 1990– American football player Bill Parcells 1941– American football player and coach Bill Woodfull 1897–1965 Australian cricketer and educator (born 1897) Charles Percier 1764–1838 French architect and interior designer (died 1838) Deng Xiaoping 1904–1997 Chinese soldier and politician, paramount leader and 1st Vice Premier of the People's Republic of China (died 1997) Henry Bachtold 1891–1983 Australian soldier and railway engineer (died 1983) James Newland 1881–1949 Australian soldier and policeman (died 1949) Rodrigo Santoro 1975– Brazilian actor Sean Rash 1982– American bowler

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1968

Alejandra Ávalos 1968– Mexican artist Andy Flower 1968– South-African-Zimbabwean cricketer and coach Barry Kooser 1968– American painter and animator Brandi Chastain 1968– American soccer player and sportscaster Carlos Baerga 1968– Puerto Rican baseball player and coach Christopher Brookmyre 1968– Scottish author Didier Deschamps 1968– French footballer and manager Dwayne Schintzius 1968–2012 American basketball player (born 1968) Farrah Forke 1968–2022 American actress (born 1968)

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