American actress and singer (died 1941)

Helen Morgan

Helen Morgan was an American singer and actress who worked in films and on the stage. A quintessential torch singer, she made a big splash in the Chicago club scene in the 1920s. She starred as Julie LaVerne in the original Broadway production of Hammerstein and Kern's musical Show Boat in 1927, as well as in the 1932 Broadway revival of the musical, and appeared in two film adaptations, a part-talkie made in 1929 and a full-sound version made in 1936, becoming firmly associated with the role. She suffered from bouts of alcoholism, and despite her notable success in the title role of another Hammerstein and Kern's Broadway musical, Sweet Adeline (1929), her stage career was relatively short.

Born

1900

August 2

Died

1941

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1900s

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Helen, in brief

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1900 Born
1941 Died

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-338 A Macedonian army led by Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean.
-216 The Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman army at the Battle of Cannae.
-49 Caesar, who marched to Spain earlier in the year, leaving Marcus Antonius in charge of Italy, defeats Pompey's general Afranius and Petreius in Ilerda (Lerida) north of the Ebro river.
461 Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as puppet emperor.

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The world in 1900

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april 1 Prince George becomes absolute monarch of the Cretan State.
april 10 British suffer a sharp defeat by the Boers south of Brandfort. Six hundred British troops are killed and wounded and 800 taken prisoner.
april 12 One day after its enactment by the Congress, President William McKinley signs the Foraker Act into law, giving Puerto Rico limited self-rule.
april 14 The world's fair Exposition Universelle opens in Paris.

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Aaron Copland 1900–1990 American composer and conductor (born 1900) Alastair Sim 1900–1976 Scottish-English actor (born 1900) Arnold Orville Beckman 1900– American chemist, inventor, and philanthropist (died 2004) Bill Ponsford 1900– Australian cricketer and baseball player (died 1991) Bunny Ahearne 1900–1985 Irish-born English businessman (born 1900) Douglas Jardine 1900– Indian-English cricketer and lawyer (died 1958) Eduardo De Filippo 1900–1984 Italian actor and screenwriter (died 1984) Edward Ardizzone 1900– Vietnamese-English author and illustrator (died 1979) Ellen Broe 1900– Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994)

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