Norwegian writer, musician and football player

Jo Nesbø

Jon "Jo" Nesbø is a Norwegian novelist and musician. His books had sold over 50 million copies worldwide by 2021, making him the most successful Norwegian author to date. He first came to prominence as the singer, rhythm guitarist and principal songwriter of country-pop band Di Derre, when their second album became a big hit in Norway, almost selling enough to make double platinum. The album was initially titled Kvinner & Klær, but had to be renamed and re-released as Jenter & Sånt after the eponymous Norwegian women's fashion magazine filed a complaint.

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1960

March 29

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1960 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

1139 Pope Innocent II issues the bull Omne datum optimum in which he endorses the Knights Templar and approves the Templar Rule.
1430 The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice.
1461 Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses.
1549 The city of Salvador, Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.

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The world in 1960

When Jo arrived

april 1 The TIROS-1 satellite transmits the first television picture from space.
april 13 The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.
april 15 At Shaw University in Raleigh, North Carolina, Ella Baker leads a conference that results in the creation of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, one of the principal organizations of the civil rights movement in the 1960s.
april 19 Students in South Korea hold a nationwide pro-democracy protest against president Syngman Rhee, eventually forcing him to resign.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Billy Beane 1962– American baseball player and manager Brad McCrimmon 1959– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011) Christopher Lambert 1957– American-French actor Edwin Lutyens 1869–1944 English architect, designed the Castle Drogo and Thiepval Memorial (born 1869) Israel Finkelstein 1949– Israeli archaeologist and professor John Tyler 1790–1862 American soldier, lawyer, and politician, 10th President of the United States (born 1790) Lou Henry Hoover 1874– American philanthropist and geologist, 33rd First Lady of the United States (died 1944) Michael Brecker 1949–2007 American saxophonist and composer (born 1949) Nick Ut 1951– Vietnamese-American photographer

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Also born in 1960

Aaron Allston 1960–2014 American game designer and author (died 2014) Akbar Ganji 1960– Iranian journalist and author Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor 1960– second son of Elizabeth II Annabella Sciorra 1960– American actress Arjen Anthony Lucassen 1960– Dutch singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Ayuo Takahashi 1960– Japanese-American singer-songwriter Bernard Rose 1960–1996 English director, screenwriter, and cinematographer Cem Uzan 1960– Turkish businessman and politician Craig Hodges 1960– American basketball player and coach

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