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Mario Lanza
Mario Lanza (, ; born Alfredo Arnold Cocozza ; January 31, 1921 – October 7, 1959) was an American tenor of Italian ancestry, and an actor and Hollywood film star of the late 1940s and the 1950s.
Lanza began studying to be a professional singer at the age of 16. After appearing at the Hollywood Bowl in 1947, Lanza signed a seven-year film contract with Louis B. Mayer, the head of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, who saw his performance and was impressed
- 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
- 17 Sep – Kremlin Courier
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