Folk singer Odetta

Odetta

Living place: Alabama

Birthday: 31-12-1930 (94 years old)

Population of US 1930: 123,076,741

Global rank: #41627

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Folk singer Odetta profile

Who is Folk singer Odetta?
Folk and blues singer with the song "Take This Hammer" was included in the all time 100 Time Song list.
She is considered a voice of the Civil Rights Movement due to her dedication to African-American rights.
 
 

Young / Before famous

She began training to be an opera singer when she was thirteen years old, then went on to join the Hollywood Turnabout Puppet Theater.

Family life info

Her first husband was Gary Shead, but she remarried Don Gordon in 1959, and then Louisiana Red in 1977.

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Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Folk singer Odetta?
The Odetta memorial service is flush with tribute, including one from Maya Angelou.

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Summary of Odetta profile

When was Folk singer Odetta born?
Odetta birthday 31-12-1930 (at the age of 94).
Where is Folk singer Odetta's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Odetta was born in Alabama, . is a Folk singer, whose Zodiac is Capricorn, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Horse. Odetta's global rank is 41627 and whose rank is 134 in list of famous Folk singer. Population of US in 1930 is about 123,076,741 persons.
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Events in 1930 and 31-12

Events in US in the birth year of Odetta

  • Unemployment soars, prompting President Hoover to appoint a Commission for Unemployment Relief.
  • Hawley-Smoot Tariff Act is passed by Congress. The act brings retaliatory tariff acts from foreign countries, U.S. foreign trade suffers a sharp decline, and the depression intensifies.
  • N.Y. Supreme Court Judge Joseph Crater withdraws all his money from the bank, sells his stock, and disappears. His fate is never learned.

Birthday Odetta (31-12) in history

  • Day 31-12 year 1879: Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp.
  • Day 31-12 year 1938: The first breath test for drivers, "drunkometer," was introduced in Indianapolis.
  • Day 31-12 year 1946: President Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in World War II.
  • Day 31-12 year 1961: The Marshall Plan expired after distributing more than $12 billion in foreign aid.
  • Day 31-12 year 1963: Central African Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was formally dissolved.
  • Day 31-12 year 1964: The al-Fatah guerrillas of Yasser Arafat launched their first terrorist raid on Israel.
  • Day 31-12 year 1987: Robert Mugabe sworn in as Zimbabwe's president.
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