American actor (born 1933)

Danny Aiello

Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was an American actor. He appeared in numerous motion pictures, including The Godfather Part II (1974), The Front (1976), Once Upon a Time in America (1984), Hide in Plain Sight (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Moonstruck (1987), Harlem Nights (1989), Do the Right Thing (1989), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Hudson Hawk (1991), Ruby (1992), Léon: The Professional (1994), 2 Days in the Valley (1996), Dinner Rush (2000), and Lucky Number Slevin (2006). He played Don Domenico Clericuzio in the miniseries The Last Don (1997).

Born

1933

June 20

Died

2019

Era

1930s

Country

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About

Danny, in brief

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Key dates

1933 Born
2019 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

451 Battle of Chalons: Flavius Aetius battles Attila the Hun. After the battle, which was inconclusive, Attila retreats, causing the Romans to interpret it as a victory.
1180 First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan.
1295 The Treaty of Anagni, an attempt mediated by the papacy to end the War of the Sicilian Vespers, is signed by the crown of Aragon, the kingdom of France and kingdom of Naples.
1622 The Battle of Höchst takes place during the Thirty Years' War.

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The world in 1933

When Danny arrived

april 1 The recently elected Nazis under Julius Streicher organize a one-day boycott of all Jewish-owned businesses in Germany, ushering in a series of anti-Semitic acts.
april 24 Nazi Germany begins its persecution of Jehovah's Witnesses by shutting down the Watch Tower Society office in Magdeburg.
april 25 Nazi Germany issues the Law Against Overcrowding in Schools and Universities limiting the number of Jewish students able to attend public schools and universities.
april 26 The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established by Hermann Göring.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on June 20

Alexander Winton 1860– Scottish-American race car driver and engineer (died 1932) Billy Werber 1908–2009 American baseball player (born 1908) Charles W. Chesnutt 1858– American novelist and short story writer (died 1932) James Tolkan 1931–2026 American actor and director (died 2026) Joan Kirner 1938–2015 Australian educator and politician, 42nd Premier of Victoria (born 1938) Len Dawson 1935– American football player (died 2022) Paul Tiulana 1921–1994 Iñupiat artist and dancer (born 1921) Peter Gay 1923–2015 German-American historian, author, and academic (died 2015) Quinton Jackson 1978– American mixed martial artist and actor

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1933

Aquilino Pimentel 1933– Jr., Filipino civil servant and politician, 23rd President of the Senate of the Philippines (died 2019) Asha Bhosle 1933–2026 Indian playback singer, businesswoman, actress and television personality (born 1933) Bapu 1933–2014 Indian director and screenwriter (born 1933) Bob Rafelson 1933– American film director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2022) Carol Burnett 1933– American actress, singer, and producer Cissy Houston 1933–2024 American singer (born 1933) Claudio Abbado 1933–2014 Italian conductor (born 1933) Dom DeLuise 1933–2009 American actor, singer, director, and producer (died 2009) Filiberto Ojeda Ríos 1933–2005 Puerto Rican-American general (died 2005)

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