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Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Nicholas, American actor, dancer, and choreographer (died 2006)

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Born
October 20, 1914
Died
January 24, 2006
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1914

About Fayard Nicholas

Fayard Antonio Nicholas was an American choreographer, dancer and actor. He and his younger brother Harold Nicholas made up the Nicholas Brothers tap dance duo, who starred in the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), Stormy Weather (1943), The Pirate (1948), and Hard Four (2007). The Nicholas brothers also starred in the 20th Century-Fox musicals Down Argentine Way (1940), Sun Valley Serenade (1941), and Orchestra Wives (1942). Nicholas appeared in over 60 films, including the 1943 musical Stormy Weather with their signature staircase dance.

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Fayard Nicholas timeline

  1. He and his younger brother Harold Nicholas made up the Nicholas Brothers tap dance duo, who starred in the MGM musicals An All-Colored Vaudeville Show (1935), Stormy Weather (1943), The Pirate (1948), and Hard Four (2007).
  2. The Nicholas brothers also starred in the 20th Century-Fox musicals Down Argentine Way (1940), Sun Valley Serenade (1941), and Orchestra Wives (1942).
  3. Nicholas appeared in over 60 films, including the 1943 musical Stormy Weather with their signature staircase dance.

The world when Fayard Nicholas was born

Fayard Nicholas was born in 1914. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1914

  • Best-selling book"The Eyes of the World" – Harold Bell Wright

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports moment"Miracle Braves" complete greatest comeback in baseball history
  • Top headlineWorld War I begins — Archduke Franz Ferdinand assassinated
  • Technology milestonePanama Canal opens
  • World population~1.74B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population97.2M

1914 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Fayard Nicholas's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19142026
Population97.2M341 million

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