American journalist, reality personality and author

Nadine Jolie Courtney

Nadine Jolie Courtney is an American lifestyle writer, novelist, and former media personality. She is the author of the YA novel All-American Muslim Girl, Romancing the Throne, Beauty Confidential: The No Preaching, No Lies, Advice-You'll-Actually-Use-Guide to Looking Your Best, and Confessions of a Beauty Addict. Her blog "Jolie in NYC" received international press in 2005 after Courtney, a former beauty editor, was outed and dooced for anonymously blogging about the beauty industry. The New York Post subsequently dubbed her "the poster girl for the blogger generation".

Born

1980

August 23

Died

Living

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1980s

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Key dates

1980 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

79 Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
476 Odoacer, chieftain of the Germanic tribes (Herulic – Scirian foederati), is proclaimed rex Italiae ("King of Italy") by his troops.
1244 Siege of Jerusalem: The city surrenders to the Khwarazmiyya, ending Christian control of the Jerusalem for the next 672 years.
1268 The Battle of Tagliacozzo: The army of Prince Conradin is nearly destroyed by Charles of Anjou, ending Hohenstaufen control over the Kingdom of Sicily and leaving the Angevins in control.

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The world in 1980

When Nadine arrived

april 12 The Americo-Liberian government of Liberia is violently deposed.
april 12 Transbrasil Flight 303, a Boeing 727, crashes on approach to Hercílio Luz International Airport in Florianópolis, Brazil. Fifty-five out of the 58 people on board are killed.
april 12 Canadian runner and athlete, Terry Fox begins his Marathon of Hope Run in St. John's, NF
april 18 The Republic of Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) comes into being, with Canaan Banana as the country's first President. The Zimbabwean dollar replaces the Rhodesian dollar as the official currency.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on August 23

Andreas Floer 1956–1991 German mathematician and academic (died 1991) Andrew Rannells 1978– American actor and singer Carl Hagelin 1988– Swedish ice hockey player Edgar Lee Masters 1868–1950 American lawyer, author, poet, and playwright (died 1950) Evangelos Zappas 1800–1865 Greek patriot, philanthropist, and businessman (died 1865) Giuseppe Meazza 1910–1979 Italian footballer and manager (born 1910) Jeremy Lin 1988– American basketball player Jimi Jamison 1951– American singer-songwriter and musician (died 2014) Kim Matula 1988– American actress

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1980

Aaron Brown 1980–2024 American journalist and academic (born 1948) Anthony Minichiello 1980– Australian rugby league player Bijou Phillips 1980– American actress and model Bradley Wiggins 1980– English cyclist Byron Leftwich 1980– American football player and coach Clinton Toopi 1980– New Zealand rugby league player Cody Ross 1980– American baseball player Daniel MacPherson 1980– Australian actor and television host Daniel Sedin 1980– Swedish ice hockey player

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