Australian actor (died 2025)

Henri Szeps

Henri Szeps, also spelt Henry Szeps, was an Australian character actor of theatre and television. He also featured in films and worked in voice roles, and worked in productions in the United Kingdom. He was best known for his role as "Robert the Dentist" in the original version of ABC sitcom Mother and Son, and in theatre for his performances in many plays by David Williamson. In 2003 he won a Helpmann Award for Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical, for his performance in Cabaret, and earned other awards and honours for his acting.

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1943

October 2

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1943 Born

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829 Theophilos succeeds his father Michael II as Byzantine Emperor.
939 Battle of Andernach: Otto I, Holy Roman Emperor, crushes a rebellion against his rule, by a coalition of Eberhard of Franconia and other Frankish dukes.
1187 Saladin won Jerusalem after the city surrendered to his forces following a prolonged siege.
1263 The Battle of Largs is fought between Norwegians and Scots.

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april 13 World War II: The discovery of mass graves of Polish prisoners of war killed by Soviet forces in the Katyń Forest Massacre is announced, causing a diplomatic rift between the Polish government-in-exile in London and the Soviet Union, which denies responsibility.
april 13 The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., on the 200th anniversary of President Thomas Jefferson's birth.
april 16 Albert Hofmann accidentally discovers the hallucinogenic effects of the research drug LSD. He intentionally takes the drug three days later on April 19.
april 18 World War II: Operation Vengeance, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto is killed when his aircraft is shot down by U.S. fighters over Bougainville Island.

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Camilla Belle 1986– American actress Joe Sacco 1960– Maltese-American journalist and cartoonist Lorraine Bracco 1954– American actress Mahatma Gandhi 1869–1948 leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule (born 1869) Tom Moody 1965– Australian cricketer William Ramsay 1852–1916 Scottish chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1852)

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