The news of this May 4th is marked by the names of Florian y Cyriac and for that of Keith Haring (1958-1990), painter and social activist whose work reflects the spirit of the pop generation and the street culture of 1980s New York.
May 4 is celebrated on Star Wars Day, day of celebration in homage to the franchise created by George Lucas. The mythical phrase May the Force be with youtranslated as May the Force be with you, is one of the most remembered in the history of cinema. Because of her, and thanks to a play on words in English, fans of the saga decided to establish May 4 as star wars daysince in that language phonetically both phrases are very similar (May the 4th be with you).
International Firefighter’s Day for their commendable work in support of the community, putting their lives at risk in putting out fires, rescuing people and protecting environmental spaces.
password day
Ephemeris
On this day, in 1589 Francis Drake begins his plan of attack against La Coruna; in 1814 Fernando VII declares null the Constitution of 1812 and all the decisions of the Courts of Cádiz; In 1839, the newspaper was founded in Lima. Trade; In 1976, the newspaper was founded in Spain. The country; in 1980 the president of the former Yugoslavia died Josip Broz Tito; in 1996 in Spain, Jose Maria Aznar becomes president of Spain, after 13 years of PSOE government.
character of the day
Audrey Hepburn (May 4, 1929 – January 21, 1993) Belgian actress who brought a new and different charm to cinema than anything seen until then. Her immense eyes and her long legs gave body to her elegance and slenderness, which this actress knew how to personify like no one else. She has countless movies, among which stands out,Breakfast at Tiffany’s, My fair lady and above allHolidays in Rome, with which she won an Oscar for best actress. *See bio at the end of the page.
your phrase
“Nobody contributes as much to a party as non-attendants.”
They were also born on May 4, the Spanish historian Américo Castro (1885-1972), the writer of the Generation of ’98 Ramiro de Maeztu (1874 -1936), former bullfighter Manuel Benitez El Cordobes (1936), Hosni Mubarakformer Egyptian president (1928), ventriloquist Maria del Carmen Martinez Villasenor (1943), English portrait artist Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830), Israeli military Moshe Dayan (1915-1981), Colombian cyclist lucho herrera (1961), Spanish footballer Cesc Fabregas(1987), the motorcycle racer Jorge Lorenzo (1987) and the Northern Irish golfer Rory McIlroy (1989).
saints of the day
Florianname of Latin origin that means “the one who is in flower”.
Cyriacname of Greek origin meaning “belonging to the Lord.”
As a Roman would say…
No one loves a country because it is great, but because it is his own.
Nobody loves their country because it is great,
but because it is yours.
Seneca
The joke
There are 5 levels of fear:
1. The panic.
2. The terror.
3. 15 missed calls from mom.
4. We have to talk.
5. Wrong password.
Graffiti
You’ll never understand the damage you did until
someone else does the same to you.
chorus
The drink and bad breath give away the vicious.
(Paraguay)
To read and meditate
Deliver me, Lord, from evil people, protect me from violent men, from those who only think of doing evil and cause discord all day.
Salmo 140
Perfume of a flower and gentleness of a man are expected.
indian proverb
Who insists on hitting the moon with a stone will not succeed, but will end up knowing how to handle the slingshot.
arabic proverb
Biography
Audrey Hepburn was born on May 4, 1929, in Ixelles (Belgium). He of Anglo-Dutch origin. She daughter of the Baroness Ella van Heenestra and of Joseph Victor Henry Ruston, an Irish financier. He lived his early years in the Netherlands, but after his parents’ divorce in 1938, he moved to London. There he studies dance and dramatic art, at the Marie Ramabert School. With the outbreak of the Second World War, she had to return to Holland but, with the end of the conflict, she returned to Great Britain, where she began working as a model and soon after as a theater actress.
His first contact with the cinema helped him to gain experience and to be able to appear successfully on Broadway. Before succeeding in the North American market with Paramount, he made six films in England. In 1952, William Wyler He offered her to star in the comedy “Roman Holidays”, a film that made her a true star. In 1954 she married mel ferrerwith whom she had her son, Seanand from whom she divorced in 1968. A year later she remarried Dr. Andrea Dottia marriage that would last until 1976 and from which his second son was born Luke Andrew. The last years of her was accompanied by Robert Wolders.
His long film curriculum stands out for the quality and elegance of films such as “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” by Blake Edwards“Charade” by Stanley Donen“Alone in the dark” by Terence Young and already more dramatic “Story of a nun” by Fred Zinneman. She was nominated for an Oscar for best actress four more times, for “Sabrina” in 1954, for “The Nun’s Story” in 1959, for “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” in 1961 and for “Alone in the Dark” in 1967. Precisely this film, is the one that marked his withdrawal from the big screen, to which he would return in 1976 to shoot with Sean Connery “Robin y Marian”.
In 1988 she was named a UNICEF ambassador and dedicated herself completely to her humanitarian work. In 1993, months after her long and painful illness and her death in Switzerland, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Hollywood awarded her a Humanitarian Oscar for her work as permanent ambassador for UNICEF.
Under its apparent fragility, Audrey Hepburn He brought an iron will and intelligence, which allowed him to maintain the brilliance and charm of youth. He also knew how to maintain at all times the prestige of the surnameHepburn who, to such high altitudes, had brought the unforgettable Katherine.
Audrey Hepburn passed away on January 20, 1993 in Tolochenaz, Switzerland.
filmography
laughter in paradise, 1951
Monte Carlo Baby, 1951
The Secret People, 1951
The story of some young married couple, 1951
Gold Bars, 1952
Holiday in Rome, 1953
Sabrina, 1956
War and Peace, 1956
A face with an angel, 1957
Arianne, 1957
Mayerling, 1957
Green Mansions, 1959
Story of a nun, 1959
Those who do not forgive, 1960
Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961
Charade, 1963
My Fair Lady, 1964
Meeting in Paris, 1966
How to steal a million, 1966
two for the road, 1967
Alone in the dark, 1967
Robin y Marian, 1976
blood ties, 1979
everybody laughed, 1981
Directed by William Wyler, 1986
forever, 1989
(Isabel Martinez Zamora)
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