American director, playwright, and screenwriter (born 1906)

Clifford Odets

Clifford Odets was an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. In the mid-1930s, he was widely seen as the potential successor to Nobel Prize–winning playwright Eugene O'Neill, as O'Neill began to withdraw from Broadway's commercial pressures and increasing critical backlash. From January 1935, Odets's socially relevant dramas were extremely influential, particularly for the remainder of the Great Depression. His works inspired the next several generations of playwrights, including Arthur Miller, Paddy Chayefsky, Neil Simon, and David Mamet.

Born

1906

July 18

Died

1963

Era

1900s

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1963 Died

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645 Chinese forces under general Li Shiji besiege the strategic fortress city of Anshi (Liaoning) during the Goguryeo–Tang War.

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The world in 1906

When Clifford arrived

april 14 The first meeting of the Azusa Street Revival, which will launch Pentecostalism as a worldwide movement, is held in Los Angeles.
april 18 The 7.9 Mw earthquake and fire destroy much of San Francisco, California, killing more than 3,000 people, making one of the worst natural disasters in American history.
april 22 The 1906 Intercalated Games open in Athens.
april 27 The State Duma of the Russian Empire meets for the first time.

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Edward Bond 1934– English director, playwright, and screenwriter (died 2024) Elio Di Rupo 1951– Belgian chemist, academic, and politician, 68th Prime Minister of Belgium Hendrik Lorentz 1853–1928 Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1853) Hunter S. Thompson 1937–2005 American journalist and author (born 1937) Nelson Mandela 1918–2013 South African lawyer and politician, 1st President of South Africa, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) Philip Snowden 1864–1937 1st Viscount Snowden, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (died 1937) Sarah Kinsley 2000– American singer-songwriter Vasil Levski 1837–1873 Bulgarian activist, founded the Internal Revolutionary Organization (born 1837)

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Adolf Eichmann 1906–1962 a German Nazi SS-Obersturmbannführer (born 1906) Bea Benaderet 1906–1968 Turkish-Irish-American television, radio, and voice actress (died 1968) Buddhadasa 1906– Thai monk and philosopher (died 1993) Chandra Shekhar Azad 1906–1931 Indian revolutionary (born 1906) Constance Stokes 1906–1991 Australian painter (died 1991) Dietrich Bonhoeffer 1906–1945 German pastor and theologian (born 1906) Eleanor Hibbert 1906– English author (died 1993) Endre Kabos 1906– Hungarian fencer (died 1944) Faisal of Saudi Arabia 1906–1975 Saudi Arabian king (died 1975)

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