American author and screenwriter (died 1984)

Irwin Shaw

Irwin Shaw was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, and short-story author whose written works have sold more than 14 million copies. He is best known for two of his novels: The Young Lions (1948), about the fate of three soldiers during World War II, which was made into a film of the same name starring Marlon Brando and Montgomery Clift, and Rich Man, Poor Man (1970), about the fate of two brothers and a sister in the post-World War II decades, which in 1976 was made into a popular miniseries starring Peter Strauss, Nick Nolte, and Susan Blakely.

Born

1913

February 27

Died

1984

Era

1910s

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1984 Died

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380 Edict of Thessalonica: Emperor Theodosius I and his co-emperors Gratian and Valentinian II declare their wish that all Roman citizens convert to Nicene Christianity.
425 The University of Constantinople is founded by Emperor Theodosius II at the urging of his wife Aelia Eudocia.
907 Abaoji, chieftain of the Yila tribe, is named khagan of the Khitans.
1560 The Treaty of Berwick is signed by England and the Lords of the Congregation of Scotland, establishing the terms under which English armed forces were to be permitted in Scotland in order to expel occupying French troops.

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april 24 The Woolworth Building, a skyscraper in New York City, is opened.
april 4 First Balkan War: Greek aviator Emmanouil Argyropoulos becomes the first pilot to die in the Hellenic Air Force when his plane crashes.
august 10 Second Balkan War: Delegates from Bulgaria, Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece sign the Treaty of Bucharest, ending the war.
august 13 First production in the UK of stainless steel by Harry Brearley.

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Al Suomi 1913–2014 American ice hockey player and referee (died 2014) Albert Ellis 1913–2007 American psychologist and author (born 1913) Barbara Pym 1913–1980 English author (born 1913) Bear Bryant 1913–1983 American football player and coach (born 1913) Bill Shankly 1913–1981 Scottish footballer and manager (died 1981) Burt Lancaster 1913–1994 American actor (died 1994) Carl F. H. Henry 1913– American theologian and publisher (died 2003) Cho Ki-chon 1913–1951 North Korean poet (born 1913) Ellen Albertini Dow 1913–2015 American actress (born 1913)

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