American singer-songwriter and guitarist

Kimya Dawson

Kimya Dawson is an American folk singer-songwriter, one half of the anti-folk duo the Moldy Peaches. Dawson's work with the Moldy Peaches earned them a cult following and critical acclaim, with their 2001 song "Anyone Else but You" landing a spot in multiple acclaimed indie film soundtracks. "Anyone Else but You" as performed by Michael Cera and Elliot Page charted on the Billboard Hot 100 after its prominent inclusion in the 2007 film Juno, the soundtrack of which includes several songs by Dawson and her associated musical acts. The song remains Dawson's highest charting single to date.

Born

1972

November 17

Died

Living

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1970s

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1972 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

887 Emperor Charles the Fat is deposed by the Frankish magnates in an assembly at Frankfurt, leading his nephew, Arnulf of Carinthia, to declare himself king of the East Frankish Kingdom in late November.
1183 Genpei War: The Battle of Mizushima takes place off the Japanese coast, where Minamoto no Yoshinaka's invasion force is intercepted and defeated by the Taira clan.
1292 John Balliol becomes King of Scotland.
1405 Sharif ul-Hāshim establishes the Sultanate of Sulu.

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The world in 1972

When Kimya arrived

april 10 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
april 10 Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
april 13 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
april 13 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

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Also born on November 17

Angelika Machinek 1956–2006 German glider pilot (died 2006) Daniel Scott 1963– American novelist and short story writer East Bay Ray 1948– American guitarist Lee Strasberg 1901–1982 American actor and director (born 1901) Lev Vygotsky 1896–1934 Belarusian-Russian psychologist and theorist (born 1896) Nguyễn Tấn Dũng 1949– Vietnamese soldier and politician, eighth Prime Minister of Vietnam Sarah Harding 1981–2021 English singer, dancer, and actress (died 2021) Sophie Marceau 1966– French actress, director, and screenwriter Walter Terence Stace 1886–1967 English-American epistemologist, philosopher, and academic (born 1886)

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Also born in 1972

Eminem 1972– American rapper, producer, and actor Adam Beach 1972– Canadian actor Archie Panjabi 1972– British actress Billie Joe Armstrong 1972– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer Brian Wood 1972– American writer, illustrator and graphic designer Chilly Gonzales 1972– Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Chris Candido 1972–2005 American wrestler (born 1971) Chris Osgood 1972– Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Christophe Beck 1972– Canadian television and film score composer and conductor

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