Janet Jackson (born 1966) is an American recording artist and actress.
Born in Gary, Indiana, and raised in Encino, Los Angeles, California,
she is the youngest child of the Jackson family of musicians. She first
performed on stage with her family beginning at the age of seven, and
later started her career as an actress with the variety television
series The Jacksons in 1976. She went on to star in other television
shows throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, including Good Times and
Diff'rent Strokes. At age sixteen in 1982, Jackson signed a recording
contract with A&M, releasing her self-titled debut album the same year.
She faced criticism for her limited vocal range, and for being yet
another member of the Jackson family to become a recording artist.
Beginning with her third studio album Control (1986), Jackson began a
long-term collaboration with record producers Jimmy Jam and Terry
Lewis. Her music with Jam and Lewis incorporated contemporary R&B with
elements of rap music, sample loop, triplet swing and industrial beats,
which led to crossover appeal in popular music. By the end of the
decade, Jackson was named the second most successful recording artist
of the 1990s. Jackson is ranked by Billboard magazine as one of the top
ten best-selling music artists in the history of contemporary music,
having sold over 100 million albums worldwide.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
732:
Charles Martel and the Franks defeated a large Andalusian Muslim army
led by Abd er Rahman at the Battle of Tours near Tours and Poitiers,
stopping the northward advance of Islam from the Iberian Peninsula.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Tours>
1780:
One of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes on record struck the Caribbean
Sea, killing at least 22,000 people over the next several days.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hurricane_of_1780>
1868:
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes made the Grito de Yara, declaring Cuban
independence from Spain, sparking the Ten Years' War.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Years%27_War>
1943:
World War II: The Kempeitai, the military police arm of the Imperial
Japanese Army, arrested and tortured over 50 civilians and civilian
internees on suspicion of their involvement in a raid on Singapore
Harbour during Operation Jaywick.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_Tenth_Incident>
1982:
Maximilian Kolbe, who had volunteered to die in place of a stranger in
the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz in Poland, was canonized by
the Catholic Church.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilian_Kolbe>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
lickspittle (n):
1. A toady, brown noser, base sycophant.
2. (by extension) The practice of giving empty flattery for personal
gain
<http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lickspittle>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
When there are too many policemen, there can be no liberty. When there
are too many soldiers, there can be no peace. When there are too many
lawyers, there can be no justice.
--Lin Yutang
<http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lin_Yutang>
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