American actor, director and producer (died 2010)

Irvin Kershner

Irvin Kershner was an American director for film and television. Early in his career as a filmmaker he directed quirky, independent drama films, while working as a lecturer at the University of Southern California. Later, he began making high-budget blockbusters such as Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, the James Bond adaptation Never Say Never Again and RoboCop 2. Through the course of his career, he received numerous accolades, including being nominated for both a Primetime Emmy Award and a Palme d'Or.

Born

1923

April 29

Died

2010

Era

1920s

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1923 Born
2010 Died

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801 An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura.
1091 Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.
1429 Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.
1483 Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.

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The world in 1923

When Irvin arrived

april 15 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.
april 15 Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.
april 26 The Duke of York (the future King George VI) weds Lady Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon at Westminster Abbey.
april 28 Wembley Stadium is opened, named initially as the Empire Stadium.

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Andre Russell 1987– Jamaican cricketer Garrison Starr 1975– American singer-songwriter and producer George Allen 1918–1990 American football player and coach (died 1990) James Butler 1665–1688 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (died 1745) Leslie Jordan 1955–2022 American actor, comedian, writer and singer (died 2022) Luis Aparicio 1934– Venezuelan-American baseball player Malcolm Sargent 1895–1967 English organist, composer and conductor (died 1967) Marietta Blau 1894–1970 Austrian physicist and academic (died 1970) Peter Sculthorpe 1929–2014 Australian composer and conductor (died 2014)

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Avram Davidson 1923–1993 American soldier and author (died 1993) Beate Sirota Gordon 1923–2012 Austrian-American director and producer (born 1923) Bobby Thomson 1923– Scottish-American baseball player (died 2010) Daniel Carleton Gajdusek 1923– American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2008) Dante Lavelli 1923– American football player (died 2009) Doc Watson 1923–2012 American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012) Don Adams 1923–2005 American actor and director (died 2005) Edward Oliver LeBlanc 1923–2004 Dominican lawyer and politician, Premier of Dominica (born 1923) Elizabeth Jolley 1923–2007 English-Australian author and academic (born 1923)

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