American author and screenwriter (died 2007)

Sidney Sheldon

Sidney Sheldon was an American writer. He was prominent in the 1940s and 50s, first working on Broadway plays, and then in motion pictures, notably writing the successful comedy The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), which earned him an Oscar in 1948. He went on to work in television, where over 20 years he created The Patty Duke Show (1963–66), I Dream of Jeannie (1965–70), and Hart to Hart (1979–84). After turning 50, he began writing best-selling romantic suspense novels, such as The Other Side of Midnight (1973), Master of the Game (1982), and Rage of Angels (1980).

Born

1917

February 11

Died

2007

Era

1910s

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Sidney, in brief

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1917 Born
2007 Died

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-660 Traditional date for the foundation of Japan by Emperor Jimmu.
55 The death under mysterious circumstances of Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus, heir to the Roman Empire, on the eve of his coming of age clears the way for Nero to become Emperor.
951 Guo Wei, a court official, leads a military coup and declares himself emperor of the new Later Zhou.
1144 Robert of Chester completes his translation from Arabic to Latin of the Liber de compositione alchemiae, marking the birth of Western alchemy.

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The world in 1917

When Sidney arrived

april 12 World War I: Canadian forces successfully complete the taking of Vimy Ridge from the Germans.
april 16 Russian Revolution: Vladimir Lenin returns to Petrograd, Russia, from exile in Switzerland.
april 2 American entry into World War I: President Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
april 6 World War I: The United States declares war on Germany.

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Thomas Edison 1847–1931 American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (died 1931) Ellen Broe 1900– Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994) Eva Gabor 1919–1995 Hungarian-American actress (died 1995) Gene Vincent 1935–1971 American singer and guitarist (died 1971) Henry Fox Talbot 1800–1877 English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (died 1877) Ivan Ančić 1624–1685 Croatian Franciscan and religious writer (died 1685) Jean Baptiste Charbonneau 1805– Native American-French Canadian explorer (died 1866) Josh Jacobs 1998– American football player Josiah Willard Gibbs 1839–1903 American scientist (born 1839)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1917

Augusto Roa Bastos 1917–2005 Paraguayan journalist, author, and academic (born 1917) Cleveland Amory 1917–1998 American author and activist (born 1917) David Tomlinson 1917–2000 English actor and comedian (born 1917) Dinah Shore 1917–1994 American actress and singer (born 1916) Dizzy Gillespie 1917–1993 American singer-songwriter and trumpet player (born 1917) Domenico Bartolucci 1917–2013 Italian cardinal and composer (died 2013) Donald Davidson 1917–2003 American philosopher and academic (born 1917) El Santo 1917–1984 Mexican professional wrestler (born 1917) Fannie Lou Hamer 1917–1977 American activist and philanthropist (born 1917)

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