American actor

Aidan Quinn

Aidan Quinn is an American-Irish actor. He made his film debut in Reckless (1984), and has starred in over 80 feature films, including Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), The Mission (1986), Stakeout (1987), All My Sons (1987), Avalon (1990), The Handmaid's Tale (1990), Benny & Joon (1993), Legends of the Fall (1994), Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994), Michael Collins (1996), Practical Magic (1998), Song for a Raggy Boy (2003), Wild Child (2008) and Unknown (2011). He also played Captain Thomas "Tommy" Gregson on the CBS television series Elementary (2012–19).

Born

1959

March 8

Died

Living

Era

1950s

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Aidan, in brief

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1959 Born

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1010 Ferdowsi completes his epic poem Shahnameh.
1126 Following the death of his mother, queen Urraca of León, Alfonso VII is proclaimed king of León.
1262 Battle of Hausbergen between bourgeois militias and the army of the bishop of Strasbourg.
1558 The city of Pori (Swedish: Björneborg) is founded by Duke John on the shores of the Gulf of Bothnia.

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The world in 1959

When Aidan arrived

april 25 The Saint Lawrence Seaway, linking the North American Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocean, officially opens to shipping.
april 8 A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.
april 8 The Organization of American States drafts an agreement to create the Inter-American Development Bank.
april 9 Project Mercury: NASA announces the selection of the United States' first seven astronauts, whom the news media quickly dub the "Mercury Seven".

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Same-day contemporaries

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Freddie Prinze Jr. 1976– American actor, producer, and screenwriter Jonathan Sacks 1948–2020 English rabbi, philosopher, and scholar (died 2020) Juvénal Habyarimana 1937–1994 Rwandan banker and politician, 3rd President of Rwanda (born 1937) Neil Postman 1931– American author and social critic (died 2003) Ross Taylor 1984– New Zealand cricketer Wilhelm Bleek 1827–1875 German linguist and anthropologist (born 1827)

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Also born in 1959

Ahmet Davutoğlu 1959– Turkish political scientist, academic, and politician, 37th Prime Minister of Turkey Albert Owen 1959– Welsh sailor and politician Andrew Bolt 1959– Australian journalist Anna Escobedo Cabral 1959– American lawyer and politician, 42nd Treasurer of the United States Barry O'Farrell 1959– Australian politician, 43rd Premier of New South Wales Boris Nemtsov 1959–2015 Russian academic and politician, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia (born 1959) Brad McCrimmon 1959– Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 2011) Brett Bodine 1959– American NASCAR driver Colin Quinn 1959– American comedian and actor

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