May 16 - Let's discuss what happened on that date
By LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222231)
United States
May 15, 2019 10:45pm CST
National Piercing Day
1770 - 14-year-old Marie Antoinette and 15-year-old Louis-Auguste wed - Louis-Auguste will later become King of France.
1866 - The United States Congress established the nickel.
1919 - Liberace (Wladziu Valentino Liberace) was born. He was an American pianist, singer and actor. He was a child prodigy and started playing the piano at age 4. 1942-44-moved away from straight classical and played classical/pop.
1950s-1970s he was the highest paid entertainer in the world. "Mr. Showmanship" By 1955 he was making $50,000 per week plus $1 million per year in public appearances and TV. 1970s-1980s He was making $300,000 per week!!!! He died on 2/4/87.
1955 - Olga Korbut was born. She was a Belarusian gymnast who won 4 gold and 2 silver medals in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics.
Photo is from Free Images.
Here is A Medley of Audience Requests that Liberace played in 1983
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89458)
• Rupert, Idaho
16 May 19
I agree, very interesting info!
And that's a lot of money that he was making back then! Wonder how much that would be today!
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@MommyOfEli2013 (89458)
• Rupert, Idaho
16 May 19
@LindaOHio Oh yeah, I can just imagine! I wish I was even just making the $50,000....but no luck so far.
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@divalounger (6182)
• United States
16 May 19
Wow--I didn't realize that Liberace made that much money! That is a ton of money!
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@JohnRoberts (109841)
• Los Angeles, California
16 May 19
Good God, national piercing day.
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