American director and producer (born 1916)

George Sidney

George Sidney was an American film director and producer who worked primarily at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. His work includes cult classics Bye Bye Birdie (1963) and Viva Las Vegas (1964). With an extensive background in acting, stage direction, film editing, and music, Sidney created many of post-war Hollywood's big budget musicals, such as Annie Get Your Gun (1950), Show Boat (1951), Kiss Me Kate (1953), Jupiter's Darling (1955), and Pal Joey (1957). He was also a president of the Screen Directors Guild for 16 years.

Born

1916

October 4

Died

2002

Era

1910s

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2002 Died

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23 Rebels sack the Chinese capital Chang'an during a peasant rebellion.
1209 Otto IV is crowned Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire by Pope Innocent III.
1302 The Byzantine–Venetian War comes to an end.
1363 Battle of Lake Poyang: In one of the largest naval battles in history, Zhu Yuanzhang's rebels defeat rival Chen Youliang.

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The world in 1916

When George arrived

april 18 World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.
april 24 Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
april 24 Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
april 25 Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.

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Caitríona Balfe 1979– Irish actress Charles IX of Sweden (died 1611) 1550– Engelbert Dollfuss 1892–1934 Austrian politician, 14th Chancellor of Austria (born 1892) Jim Cairns 1914–2003 Australian economist and politician, 4th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia (born 1914) Kenichi Fukui 1918–1998 Japanese chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1918) Marie-Alphonsine Danil Ghattas 1843–1927 Palestinian Roman Catholic nun; later canonized (born 1843) Prudente de Morais 1841–1912 Brazilian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Brazil (born 1841) Richard Rorty 1931– American philosopher and author (died 2007) Robert Edwards 1879–2013 English physiologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1925)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1916

Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar 1916–1991 Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (born 1916) Bill Durnan 1916–1972 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972) Billy Hitchcock 1916–2006 American baseball player, coach, manager (born 1916) C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (died 1962) 1916– Chick Hearn 1916–2002 American sportscaster (born 1916) Colin McCool 1916– Australian cricketer (died 1986) Deendayal Upadhyaya 1916– Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968) Dom Mintoff 1916–2012 Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916) Don Tallon 1916–1984 Australian cricketer (died 1984)

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