American skateboarder, actor, comedian and producer

Jason Lee

Jason Michael Lee is an American actor, filmmaker, photographer, and former professional skateboarder. He is known for playing Earl Hickey in the television comedy series My Name Is Earl, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy in 2005 and 2006. He is also known for his roles in Kevin Smith films such as Mallrats (1995), Chasing Amy (1997), Dogma (1999), Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back (2001), Jersey Girl (2004), Clerks II (2006), Cop Out (2010), and Jay and Silent Bob Reboot (2019). Lee won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Supporting Male for his performance in Chasing Amy.

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1970

April 25

Died

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1970 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-404 Admiral Lysander and King Pausanias of Sparta blockade Athens and bring the Peloponnesian War to a successful conclusion.
775 The Battle of Bagrevand puts an end to an Armenian rebellion against the Abbasid Caliphate. Muslim control over the South Caucasus is solidified and its Islamization begins, while several major Armenian nakharar families lose power and their remnants flee to the Byzantine Empire.
799 After mistreatment and disfigurement by the citizens of Rome, Pope Leo III flees to the Frankish court of king Charlemagne at Paderborn for protection.
1464 A Yorkist army under the Baron Montagu defeats a Lancastrian army under the Duke of Somerset in the battle of Hedgeley Moor during the Wars of the Roses.

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The world in 1970

When Jason arrived

april 1 President Richard Nixon signs the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.
april 1 A Royal Air Maroc Sud Aviation Caravelle crashes near Berrechid, Morocco, killing 61.
april 10 Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles for personal and professional reasons.
april 11 Apollo Program: Apollo 13 is launched.

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Daniel MacPherson 1980– Australian actor and television host Dominique Strauss-Kahn 1949– French economist, lawyer, and politician, French Minister of Finance Gedhun Choekyi Nyima 1989– the 11th Panchen Lama Jay Park 1987– American-South Korean singer-songwriter and dancer Johan Cruyff 1947–2016 Dutch footballer and manager (died 2016) Kojo Tovalou Houénou 1887–1936 Beninese lawyer and critic (died 1936) Maggie Rogers 1994– American musician Oliver Cromwell 1599–1658 English general and politician, Lord Protector of Great Britain (died 1658) Paul Mazursky 1930–2014 American actor, director, and screenwriter (died 2014)

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Also born in 1970

Adam Pascal 1970– American actor and singer Barry Pepper 1970– Canadian actor and producer Chorão 1970–2013 Brazilian singer-songwriter (died 2013) Dave Eggers 1970– American author and screenwriter Dawn Staley 1970– American basketball player Desmond Howard 1970– American football player and sportscaster Dominic Purcell 1970– English-Australian actor and producer Edoardo Ballerini 1970– American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter Emmanuel Petit 1970– French footballer

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