American painter and sculptor (died 2010)

Nathan Oliveira

Nathan Oliveira was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor, born in Oakland, California to immigrant Portuguese parents. Since the late 1950s, Oliveira has been the subject of nearly one hundred solo exhibitions, in addition to having been included in hundreds of group exhibitions in important museums and galleries worldwide. He taught studio art for several decades in California, beginning in the early 1950s, when he taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. After serving as a Visiting Artist at several universities, he became a Professor of Studio Art at Stanford University.

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1928

December 19

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1920s

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1928 Born

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653 Pope Martin I, having been abducted by Byzantine authorities from Rome for his opposition to Monothelitism, is tried in Constantinople.
1154 Henry II of England is crowned at Westminster Abbey.
1187 Pope Clement III is elected.
1490 Anne, Duchess of Brittany, is married to Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor by proxy.

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The world in 1928

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april 12 The Bremen, a German Junkers W 33 type aircraft, takes off for the first successful transatlantic aeroplane flight from east to west.
august 27 The Kellogg–Briand Pact outlawing war is signed by fifteen nations. Ultimately sixty-one nations will sign it.
december 17 Indian revolutionaries Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguru assassinate British police officer James Saunders in Lahore, Punjab, to avenge the death of Lala Lajpat Rai at the hands of the police. The three were executed in 1931.
december 4 Cosmo Gordon Lang was enthroned as the Archbishop of Canterbury, the first bachelor to be appointed in 150 years.

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Carter G. Woodson 1875–1950 American historian, author, and journalist, founded Black History Month (born 1875) Doug Harvey 1924–1989 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1989) Karim Benzema 1987– French footballer Mo Williams 1982– American basketball player Phil Harris 1956–1995 American singer-songwriter and actor (born 1904) Philip V of Spain (died 1746) 1683– Ralph Richardson 1902–1983 English actor (died 1983) Reggie White 1961–2004 American football player and wrestler (died 2004) Robert V. Bruce 1923–2008 American historian and author (died 2008)

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Alan J. Pakula 1928–1998 American director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1998) Alexander Grothendieck 1928–2014 German-French mathematician and theorist (died 2014) Andy Warhol 1928–1987 American painter, photographer and film director (died 1987) Anne Sexton 1928–1974 American poet and academic (died 1974) Anthony Franciosa 1928–2006 American actor (born 1928) Barbara Ann Scott 1928–2012 Canadian figure skater (died 2012) Billy Martin 1928–1989 American baseball player and manager (born 1928) Bob Cousy 1928– American basketball player and coach Bob Wilber 1928– American clarinetist and saxophonist (died 2019)

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