Timeline Sunday 12 December 1915

Events on Sunday 12 December 1915 2

• 1915 – 1998 Frank Sinatra Francis Albert Sinatra (12 December 1915 -- 14 May 1998) was an American singer and actor who is widely regarded as one of the greatest entertainers of the 20th century. Born in Hoboken, New Jersey, Sinatra began as a big band vocalist, became the first modern pop idol with his bobby-soxer fans of the early 1940s, suffered a catastrophic career collapse, and staged the most remarkable comeback in entertainment history -- winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1953 and then recording the defining albums of his Capitol Records period (1953-1962). His recordings for Capitol -- 'Songs for Swingin' Lovers,' 'In the Wee Small Hours,' 'Come Fly With Me' -- are the summit of American popular song. He founded Reprise Records, led the Rat Pack, became Las Vegas's defining performer and remained culturally dominant for six decades.
• 1915 Frank Sinatra born in Hoboken, New Jersey Frank Sinatra is born on 12 December 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey, the only child of Antonino Martino Sinatra, a Sicilian immigrant and amateur boxer who later becomes a Hoboken fireman, and Natalie Garaventa, a Ligurian immigrant known as Dolly, who is a local Democratic ward boss and occasional abortionist of considerable local power. Frank is delivered by forceps, leaving permanent scars on his cheek, neck and ear. Dolly is the dominant influence in his life: ambitious, driven, politically connected and absolutely certain her son will be a star.