Rio 2016: Heat to build into early week. After rain caused several rounds of delays and postponements during the first week of the Summer Games, building heat could make for uncomfortable conditions into early this week. August is known for several notable, destructive hurricanes in the United States.
Jean-Thomas Ungerer, aka Tomi, is born in Strasbourg on November 28, the son of Alice (nee Essler) and artist, historian, engineer and astronomical clock manufacturer Theodore.aschen publishes Erotoscope, a large collection of his erotic work to commemorate his 70th birthday. He has an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in Strasbourg entitled Tomi Ungerer et New York. Le Nuage Bleue is made into an animated film.
Synopsis. Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. She wrote A Raisin in the Sun, a play about a struggling black family, which opened on Broadway to great success. Hansberry was the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Criticsâ Circle award.Throughout her life she was heavily involved in civil rights. She died at 34 of pancreatic cancer.he wrote A Raisin in the Sun, a play about a struggling black family, which opened on Broadway to great success. Hansberry was the first black playwright and the youngest American to win a New York Criticsâ Circle award. Throughout her life she was heavily involved in civil rights. She died at 34 of pancreatic cancer.