Italian-Belgian singer-songwriter

Salvatore Adamo

Salvatore Adamo is a Belgian-Italian musician, singer, and composer, who is known for his romantic ballads. Adamo was born in Comiso, Sicily, Italy, and has lived in Belgium since the age of three, which is why he has dual citizenship. By the second half of the sixties, Adamo had become the world's second best-selling musician after The Beatles. Through his career, he sold more than 80 million albums and 20 million singles worldwide, making him the best-selling Belgian artist of all time, and one of the most commercially successful musicians in the world.

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1943

November 1

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1940s

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1943 Born

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365 Roman Emperor Valentinian I learns the Alemanni have crossed the Rhine and invaded Gaul.
996 Emperor Otto III issues a deed to Gottschalk, Bishop of Freising, which is the oldest known document using the name Ostarrîchi (Austria in Old High German).
1141 Empress Matilda's reign as "Lady of the English" ends as Stephen of Blois regains the title of "King of England".
1179 Philip II is crowned King of France.

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The world in 1943

When Salvatore arrived

april 13 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
april 13 The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
april 16 Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
april 18 World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

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Edward Said 1935– Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic (died 2003) Francis Arinze 1932– Nigerian cardinal Harald Quandt 1921– German businessman (died 1967) Harry Atkinson 1831– English-New Zealand politician, 10th Prime Minister of New Zealand (died 1892) Jeremy Hunt 1966– English businessman and politician, Secretary of State for Health Jiang Yuyuan 1991– Chinese gymnast Marcel Ophüls 1927– German documentary filmmaker (died 2025) Max Burkholder 1997– American actor Rudolf IV 1339–1365 Duke of Austria (born 1339)

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Albano Carrisi 1943– Italian singer, actor, and winemaker Blythe Danner 1943– American actress Burt Rutan 1943– American engineer and pilot Davey Johnson 1943– American baseball player and manager (died 2025) Eddie Low 1943–2024 New Zealand country singer and musician (died 2024) Emerson Boozer 1943– American football player and sportscaster Florence Ballard 1943–1976 American singer (born 1943) Gamini Lokuge 1943– Sri Lankan politician (died 2025) Gary Wright 1943– American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (died 2023)

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