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On this day in 1939, Bette Davis won her second Academy Award for Best Actress for Jezebel.

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On this day in 1939, Bette Davis won her second Academy Award for Best Actress for Jezebel. 

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASNO9QuKLj0

Born on this day in 1525 composer Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdy381LUM2o

Born on this day in 1809 composer Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nse_MBXyeqI

Born on this day in 1887 writer Gertrude Stein.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXINp5iuUyw

Born on this day in 1904 composer Luigi Dallapiccola.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4C81weF198

Born on this day in 1927 soprano Claire Watson.
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUdEkQlhdHA

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