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President Roosevelt signs the US Social Security Act providing unemplyment compensation and pensions for the elderly around Julie's early life. -
Julie Andrews was born in the county of Surrey in the United Kingdom, her parents were Barbara and Edward Wells and she has three siblings Christopher, Ceila, and John. Andrews was a result of an affair her mother had with a family friend, her parents went their separate ways and also remarried. -
Andrews lived with her brother John and Wells for a while until he sent Julie to live with her mother and step father in 1940, he thought they'd be able to provide for Andrews artistic training but her step father was violent and an alcoholic, he twice while drunk tried to abuse her resulting for her to fit a lock on her door. -
Julie began singing with her mother and step father in their musical hall act, she made her solo professional debut in 1947 a revue staged at the London Hippodrome. -
On November 1st thirteen year old Andrews became the youngest solo performer in a Royal Variety Performance at the London Palladium , she performed alongside singer Danny Kaye. -
Julie followed her parents into radio and television , she made her television debut on the BBC programme RadiOlympia Showtime on October 8 of 1949, she appeared on West End theatre at the London Casino where she played one year each as Princess Badroulbadour in Aladdin and the egg in Humpty Dumpty. She also appeared on stages in Jack and the Beanstalk and Little Red Riding Hood. -
The Organic Act of Guam was signed into the law on August 1 of 1950, by president Harry S. Truman, the organic act granted American citizenship to all per-sons residing in Guam at the time of its enactment. -
First of three children of Julies, and first of two adopted -
''The Boy Friend'' was Julie's first Broadway show which she played the lead role around her 19th birthday, She was discovered by the producers of the play ''My Fair Lady'' which she starred in while still living in London. -
Four Puerto Rican nationlists open fire in the United States House of Representatives chamber and wound five people, they are apprehended by security guards. -
In 1957 Julie released her debut solo album, The Lass with the Delicate Air, which took her back to her British music hall days -
ended in 1968 and they only have one daughter together, Emma Walton Hamilton -
''Mary Poppins'' is a musical fantasy film , she won the academy award for best actress and one a grammy for best recording for children. -
This film was a musical , it's based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers and Andrews plays the role of Maria , the tomboyish postulant at an Austrian abbey who becomes a governess for a family while she's deciding whether or not to be a nun. This film received five academy awards. -
Julie and Blake were married for 41 years before his death in 2010 -
First book published of Julie Andrews, this book is about an orphan child whose life is filled with predictable sameness with no particular hardships. -
Second of three children, second to be adopted by Julie -
The History Channel from January 1, 1995 to February 15, 2008 is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks. -
Julie plays the main character, Victoria Grant, a struggling singer trying to find work. She ends up meeting a cabaret performer and they come up with an idea, Victoria ends up playing a male female impersonator. This film was directed by her husband Blake Edwards and produced by Tony Adams. -
Julie had surgery to repair throat modules which turned into a complete loss of singing voice -
This award is given at the Grammy's, it's a huge honor because it recognizes all of someone's careeer accomplishments. Julie received it at the 2011 Grammy awards. -