English radio and television host (born 1926)

Jimmy Savile

Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile was an English media personality and disc jockey. During his lifetime, he was known for his eccentric image, charitable work, and hosting the BBC shows Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. Following his death, hundreds of allegations of sexual abuse made against him were investigated, leading the police to conclude that he had been a predatory sex offender, possibly one of the United Kingdom's most prolific. Allegations of sexual abuse were made during his lifetime, but they were dismissed and accusers were ignored or disbelieved.

Born

1926

October 31

Died

2011

Era

1920s

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Key dates

1926 Born
2011 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

475 Romulus Augustulus is proclaimed Western Roman Emperor.
683 During the Siege of Mecca, the Kaaba catches fire and is burned down.
802 Empress Irene is deposed and banished to Lesbos. Conspirators place Nikephoros, the minister of finance, on the Byzantine throne.
932 Abbasid caliph al-Muqtadir is killed while fighting against the forces of general Mu'nis al-Muzaffar. Al-Muqtadir's brother al-Qahir is chosen to succeed him.

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The world in 1926

When Jimmy arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on October 31

Barbara Bel Geddes 1922–2005 American actress (born 1922) Brian Doyle-Murray 1945– American actor and comedian Constance Savery 1897– English author (died 1999) Denzil Holles 1599–1680 1st Baron Holles, English politician (born 1599) Dermot Mulroney 1963– American actor Fred McGriff 1963– American baseball player Galileo Ferraris 1847–1897 Italian physicist and engineer (born 1847) Henriette of Cleves 1542– Duchess of Nevers, Countess of Rethel (died 1601) Holly Taylor 1997– Canadian-American actress

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1926

A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013)

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