CYPRIOTES URGED TO KILL GOVERNOR; Rebel Leaflets Say Assassin of Sir John Harding Would Become a 'Patriot' Hero
Date: 13 May 1956
By JOSEPH O. HAFF Special to The New York Times
Joseph HAFF
4 seized Cypriote youths illus
Homer Simpson Birthday, Date of Birth
Homer Jay Simpson is the main protagonist of the American animated television series The Simpsons. Part of the titular family, Homer made his television debut in the short "Good Night" on The Tracey Ullman Show on April 19, 1987. Cartoonist Matt Groening created and designed Homer while waiting in the lobby of James L. Brooks's office. Initially called to pitch a series of shorts based on his comic strip Life in Hell, Groening instead developed a new set of characters. After two years on The Tracey Ullman Show, the Simpson family received their own series, which premiered on Fox on December 17, 1989.
Homer is the patriarch of the family; he is married to Marge, with whom he has three children, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie. As the family's primary provider, Homer primarily works as a safety inspector at the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant. He embodies numerous American working-class stereotypes: he is overweight, balding, immature, unintelligent, outspoken, aggressive, lazy, ignorant, unprofessional, and deeply fond of beer, junk food, and television. Despite these flaws, Homer is fundamentally a good-hearted man and fiercely protective of his family, especially during critical moments.
In the shorts and early episodes of The Simpsons, Dan Castellaneta voiced Homer with a loose impression of Walter Matthau. However, starting with the second season of the full-length series, Homer's voice evolved into a more robust tone to better convey a broader range of emotions. Homer has also appeared in various Simpsons-related media, including video games, The Simpsons Movie (2007), The Simpsons Ride, commercials, and comic books, and has inspired a wide range of merchandise. His iconic catchphrase, the annoyed grunt "D'oh!", has been recognized in linguistics, appearing in The New Oxford Dictionary of English since 1998 and the Oxford English Dictionary since 2001.
Homer is regarded as one of the most iconic and influential television characters of all time and is widely recognized as an American cultural icon. In 2007, Entertainment Weekly ranked Homer ninth on their list of the "50 Greatest TV Icons", and in 2010, placed him first on their list of the "Top 100 Characters of the Past Twenty Years". The Sunday Times referred to him as "the greatest comic creation of [modern] time", while TV Guide, in 2002, called him the second-greatest cartoon character (after Bugs Bunny). Castellaneta has received four Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance, along with a special-achievement Annie Award. In 2000, Homer and the family were honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Saturday, May 12, 1956
- Place of Birth
- Springfield
- Age
- 69
- Star Sign
- ♉
The May 12, 1956 was a Saturday under the star sign of ♉. It was the 132 day of the year. President of the United States was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
If you were born on this day, you are 69 years old. Your last birthday was on the Monday, May 12, 2025, 125 days ago. Your next birthday is on Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in 239 days. You have lived for 25,327 days, or about 607,857 hours, or about 36,471,458 minutes, or about 2,188,287,480 seconds.
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12th of May 1956 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on May 12, 1956
Foreign Minister's Son Quits His Post In Turkey Over New Curbs on Freedom
Date: 13 May 1956
Special to The New York Times
O Koprulu, son of Foreign Min Koprulu, resigns as Istanbul Prov Dem party chmn to protest such repression; party disciplinary action against C Koprulu for criticism of Govt pending
Memorial for U.S. Artist
Date: 13 May 1956
Mrs W Singer Jr opens museum, Laren, Netherlands, to house paintings of late husband and his friends
YALE'S ALUMNI AS COLLECTORS; Dominant Work
Date: 13 May 1956
By ALINE B. SAARINEN NEW HAVEN
works from Yale U alumni collections (Yale U, New Haven, Conn)
News of the Advertising and Marketing Fields; Credit Plea Granted
Date: 13 May 1956
By WILLIAM M. FREEMAN
Int; career; cites aid given him by late A S Ochs; por
NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE FIELD OF TRAVEL; LAKE GEORGE
Date: 13 May 1956
By DIANA RICE
Diana RICE
EDUCATION NEWS; Varied Activity on the Campus And in the Classrooms
Date: 13 May 1956
scholarships totaling $85,000 awarded
NEWS OF THE WORLD OF STAMPS; Some Records at FIPEX; The Vatican Salutes The Swiss Guards
Date: 13 May 1956
By KENT B. STILES
Norfolk Is: items commemg arrival of Pitcairn Islanders and founding of Norfolk due
A.D.A. VOTE CLOSE ON ANTI-BIAS ISSUE; Lehman Proposal for School Aid Ban Is Approved at Convention, 128 to 123
Date: 13 May 1956
By JOHN D. MORRIS Special to The New York Times
W P Reuther warns Dem party against trying to 'straddle' rights issue, s, ADA; R Wilkins sees party 'obsessed' with ideal of 'purchasing unity with inaction on rights'; others at ADA conv attack Adm record on rights; conv urges Cong to act