Lauren Bacall was born on 16 September 1924 in The Bronx. An American actress, Bacall was discovered as a teenage model and made her screen debut opposite Humphrey Bogart in To Have and Have Not, in which her husky voice and the line about whistling made her famous. She and Bogart, whom she married in 1945, appeared together in The Big Sleep, Dark Passage and Key Largo. She also starred in How to Marry a Millionaire, Written on the Wind and Misery, and won a Tony Award for the stage musical Applause. She received an honorary Oscar in 2009, and a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for The Mirror Has Two Faces.
Before and after
- August 1924Construction of Selhurst Park
- 1 August 1924Birth of Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
- 23 August 1924Founding of AS Monaco FC
- 12 September 1924Construction of Alexander Nevsky Cathedral
- 16 September 1924Birth of Lauren Bacall
- 1 October 1924Birth of Jimmy Carter
- from 27 October 1924 to 26 December 1991Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic
- 1 November 1924Birth of Süleyman Demirel
- from 26 November 1924 to 12 February 1992Mongolian People's Republic
More in Art, literature & culture
- 2 February 1922Publication of Ulysses
- 19 September 1926Construction of Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
- 1932First edition of Venice Film Festival
- 8 July 1936Construction of Frankfurt Airport
- April 1937Construction of Ben Gurion Airport
- 1942Publication of The Stranger
The era
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