American director, producer, and screenwriter

Chris Columbus

Christopher Joseph Columbus is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, including Gremlins, The Goonies, and Young Sherlock Holmes, he made his directorial debut with a teen adventure, Adventures in Babysitting (1987). Columbus gained recognition soon after with the highly successful Christmas comedy Home Alone (1990) and its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).

Born

1958

September 10

Died

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1950s

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506 The bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde.
1089 The first synod of pope Urban II starts in Melfi, with seventy bishops and twelve abbots in attendance. The synod issues several decrees about church law and deals with the relation with the Greek part of the Church.
1419 John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy is assassinated by adherents of the Dauphin, the future Charles VII of France.
1509 An earthquake known as "The Lesser Judgment Day" hits Constantinople.

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The world in 1958

When Chris arrived

april 14 The Soviet satellite Sputnik 2 falls from orbit after a mission duration of 162 days. This was the first spacecraft to carry a living animal, a female dog named Laika, who likely lived only a few hours.
april 21 United Air Lines Flight 736 collides with a United States Air Force fighter jet near Arden, Nevada in what is now Enterprise, Nevada.
april 26 Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D.C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U.S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.
april 4 The CND peace symbol is displayed in public for the first time in London.

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Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Eleanor 1423–1241 Fair Maid of Brittany (born 1184) Gunpei Yokoi 1941–1997 Japanese game designer, created the Game Boy (born 1941) Jim Oberstar 1934–2014 American educator and politician (born 1934) Joe Nieuwendyk 1966– Canadian ice hockey player and manager[citation needed] Joey Votto 1983– Canadian baseball player Judy Geeson 1948– English actress Michèle Alliot-Marie 1946– French lawyer and politician, French Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Viswanatha Satyanarayana 1895–1976 Indian poet and author (born 1895)

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Adrian Newey 1958– English aerodynamicist and engineer Andy Reid 1958– American football player and coach Anna Politkovskaya 1958–2006 Russian journalist and activist (died 2006) Betsy DeVos 1958– American businesswoman and politician, 11th Secretary of Education Caryl Phillips 1958– Caribbean-English author and playwright Charlie Kaufman 1958– American director, producer, and screenwriter Hugo Sánchez 1958– Mexican footballer, coach, and manager Jennifer Saunders 1958– English actress, comedian and screenwriter John Ensign 1958– American physician and politician

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