NOVEMBER 21
1991:Former Egyptian Foreign Minister Boutros Boutros-Ghali is unanimously
selected by the U.N. Security Council to become the next
secretary-general of the United Nations.
1934: Seventeen-year-old Ella Fitzgerald enters Amateur Night
at the Apollo Theater in Harlem and brings down the house with a
rendition of "The Object of My Affection," setting the "First Lady of
Song" on the path to jazz vocal stardom.
1976: "Yo, Adrian!" Sylvester Stallone stars as down-on-his-luck boxer Rocky Balboa in Rocky,
which premieres on this day in New York. The film will be nominated for
10 Academy Awards and will win for best picture, best director and best
film editing. Stallone, who wrote the original screenplay, will write
and star in five more Rocky films, most recently Rocky Balboa in 2006.
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