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Sympathy for the Neville

Today in History: Born on November 22

1819

George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), English novelist (Silas Marner, Middlemarch).

1890

Charles de Gaulle, French general in exile during World War II and president of France from 1958 to 1969.

1899

Hoagy Carmichael, American composer, pianist and singer.

1913

Benjamin Britten, English composer, pianist and conductor.

1924

Geraldine Page, actress well known for roles in Tennessee Williams' plays.

1925

Gunther Schuller, composer and French Horn player.

1943

Billie Jean King, U.S. tennis player and women's rights pioneer.

1949

David Pietrusza, historian, author (1920, 1960, 1948).

1950

Steven Van Zandt, singer, songwriter, musician, producer (E Street Band, Steel Mill, Southside Johnny & The Ashbury Jukes) and actor (The Sopranos).

1958

Jamie Lee Curtis, actress (Halloween, Trading Places, A Fish Called Wanda), author (Today I Feel Silly, and Other Moods That Make My Day).

1961

Mariel Hemingway, actress (Lipstick, Manhattan).

1984

Scarlett Johansson, actress, model (North, Lost in Translation).

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