Frank Sinatra was born on 12 December 1915 in Hoboken. An American singer and actor from Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra rose to fame as a vocalist with the big bands of Harry James and Tommy Dorsey and as a teenage idol in the 1940s. After a career slump he revived it by winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in From Here to Eternity in 1953, then recorded a series of landmark albums for Capitol Records, such as In the Wee Small Hours. His signature songs include My Way, New York, New York and Strangers in the Night. He founded Reprise Records and led the Rat Pack in Las Vegas. Nicknamed the Chairman of the Board, he is considered one of the greatest popular singers of the century.
Before and after
- from 21 October 1915 to 30 September 1918Macedonian Front
- from 21 November 1915 to 30 August 1916Shackleton's Endurance is crushed by the ice
- from 22 November 1915 to 25 November 1915Battle of Ctesiphon
- 25 November 1915Birth of Augusto Pinochet
- 12 December 1915Birth of Frank Sinatra
- 19 December 1915Birth of Édith Piaf
- 1916General relativity
- 1916Establishment of Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
- from 1916 to 1934Basmachi movement
More in Art, literature & culture
- 2 February 1922Publication of Ulysses
- 19 September 1926Construction of Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
- 4 July 1930Origins of Nation of Islam
- 1932First edition of Venice Film Festival
- 8 July 1936Construction of Frankfurt Airport
- 1942Publication of The Stranger
The era
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