English comedian, actor, and screenwriter

Lenny Henry

Sir Lenworth George Henry is a British comedian, actor, presenter and writer. He gained success as a stand-up comedian and impressionist in the late 1970s and early 1980s, becoming a regular cast member of the children's entertainment show Tiswas and the sketch comedy show Three of a Kind. In 1984, he began The Lenny Henry Show, which ran until 2005 and varied between sketch show and sitcom during its run. He was the most prominent black British comedian of the late 1970s and 1980s, and much of his material served to celebrate and parody his African-Caribbean roots.

Born

1958

August 29

Died

Living

Era

1950s

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Key dates

1958 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

708 Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
870 The city of Melite surrenders to an Aghlabid army following a siege, putting an end to Byzantine Malta.
1009 Mainz Cathedral suffers extensive damage from a fire, which destroys the building on the day of its inauguration.
1219 The Battle of Fariskur occurs during the Fifth Crusade.

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The world in 1958

When Lenny arrived

april 14 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
april 21 United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
april 26 Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
april 4 The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

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Same-day contemporaries

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John Locke 1632–1704 English physician and philosopher (died 1704) Carla Gugino 1971– American actress Elizabeth Fraser 1963– Scottish singer-songwriter Gottfried John 1942– German actor (died 2014) Henry Blanco 1971– Venezuelan baseball player and coach Iris Apfel 1921–2024 American businesswoman, interior designer, and philanthropist (died 2024) Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres 1780–1867 French painter and illustrator (died 1867) Kim Koo 1876–1949 South Korean politician, 6th President of The Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (died 1949) Lea Michele 1986– American actress and singer

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Also born in 1958

Adrian Newey 1958– English aerodynamicist and engineer Andy Reid 1958– American football player and coach Anna Politkovskaya 1958–2006 Russian journalist and activist (died 2006) Betsy DeVos 1958– American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education Caryl Phillips 1958– Caribbean-English author and playwright Charlie Kaufman 1958– American director, producer, and screenwriter Chris Columbus 1958– American director, producer, and screenwriter Hugo Sánchez 1958– Mexican footballer, coach, and manager Jennifer Saunders 1958– English actress, comedian and screenwriter

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