Good News In History, August 11
Good News In History, August 11 Happy 60th Birthday to Viola Davis , the award-winning actress who rose out of abject poverty in South Carolina to attend Juilliard. Her magnificent 2011 performance in The Help, playing a maid in the 1960s, earned her an Oscar nomination. After she won an Academy Award (for Fences ), an Emmy, and a Tony Award (twice), she became the first black actress to achieve the Triple Crown of Acting. WATCH clips of her top ten performances … (1965) Photo by Mr. Littlehand, CC license The Emmy was awarded for the TV drama series How to Get Away with Murder and in 2018 she earned a BAFTA nomination for starring in the heist film Widows. MORE Good News on this Day: The Eiger in the Bernese Alps was ascended for the first time by Charles Barrington accompanied by Christian Almer and Peter Bohren, who climbed the West face (1858) The city of Florence was liberated from Nazi occupation by Canadian and British troops in Italy (1944) Chad declared its independence (1960) The last …