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The King and I
The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of composer Richard Rodgers and dramatist Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Margaret Landon's novel, "Anna and the King of Siam" (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. The musical's plot relates the experiences of Anna, a British schoolteacher hired as part of the King's drive to modernize his country. The
- 25 Jun – Sugar Ray Robinson
- 2 Jul – The Pentagon
- 9 Jul – James Thurber
- 16 Jul – Matthew Ridgway
- 23 Jul – David Sarnoff
- 30 Jul – King Baudouin I
- 6 Aug – Mario Lanza
- 13 Aug – John Foster Dulles
- 20 Aug – Vasily Stalin
- 27 Aug – Dick Savitt
- 3 Sep – Ava Gardner
- 10 Sep – King Farouk I
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