Canadian actor (died 1981)

Chief Dan George

Chief Dan George was a chief of the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, a Coast Salish band whose Indian reserve is located on Burrard Inlet in the southeast area of the District of North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He also was an actor, musician, poet and author. The Chief's best-known written work is My Heart Soars. As an actor, he is best remembered for portraying Old Lodge Skins opposite Dustin Hoffman in Little Big Man (1970), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and for his role in The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), as Lone Watie, opposite Clint Eastwood.

Born

1899

July 24

Died

1981

Era

1890s

Country

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The world in 1981

When Chief departed

april 10 Imprisoned IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands is elected to Westminster as the MP for Fermanagh and South Tyrone, Northern Ireland. He died twenty-six days later.
april 11 A massive riot in Brixton, south London, results in almost 300 police injuries and 65 serious civilian injuries.
april 12 The first launch of a Space Shuttle (Columbia) takes place: The STS-1 mission.
april 14 STS-1: The first operational Space Shuttle, Columbia, completes its first test flight.

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Alfred Balk 1930–2010 American journalist and author (died 2010) Charles Talbot 1660–1718 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician, Lord High Treasurer (born 1660) Edward Plunkett 1878–1957 18th Baron of Dunsany, Irish author, poet, and playwright (died 1957) Fred Tate 1867– English cricketer and coach (died 1943) Henrik Pontoppidan 1857–1943 Danish journalist and author, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1857) Jerrod Niemann 1979– American singer-songwriter and guitarist John William Finn 1909– American lieutenant, Medal of Honor recipient (died 2010) Jun'ichirō Tanizaki 1886–1965 Japanese author (died 1965) Karl Malone 1963– American basketball player and coach

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Also born in 1899

Albert Claude 1899–1983 Belgian biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1983) Alfred Blalock 1899– American surgeon and academic (died 1964) Alfred Hitchcock 1899–1980 English-American director and producer (born 1899) Andrei Platonov 1899–1951 Russian author and poet (died 1951) Andrija Artuković 1899–1988 Croatian politician, war criminal, and Porajmos perpetrator, first Minister of Interior of the Independent State of Croatia (born 1899) Billy Rose 1899–1966 American composer and songwriter (born 1899) Bruce Catton 1899–1978 American historian and journalist (born 1899) Corneliu Zelea Codreanu 1899– Romanian politician (died 1938) DeFord Bailey 1899– American Hall of Fame country and blues musician (died 1982)

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