American actor (died 1978)

John Cazale

John Holland Cazale was an American actor. He appeared in five films over seven years, each of which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture at their respective awards ceremonies. Cazale started as a theater actor in Boston, ranging from regional, to off-Broadway, to Broadway acting alongside Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, and Sam Waterston. Cazale soon became one of Hollywood's premier character actors, starting with his role as the doomed, weak-minded Fredo Corleone alongside longtime friend Pacino in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part II (1974).

Born

1935

August 12

Died

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1930s

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1935 Born

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1099 First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon Crusaders under the command of Godfrey of Bouillon defeat Fatimid forces led by Al-Afdal Shahanshah. This is considered the last engagement of the First Crusade.
1121 Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under King David IV wins a decisive victory over the famous Seljuk commander Ilghazi.
1164 Battle of Harim: Nur ad-Din Zangi defeats the Crusader armies of the County of Tripoli and the Principality of Antioch.
1323 The Treaty of Nöteborg between Sweden and Novgorod Republic is signed, regulating the border between the two countries for the first time.

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The world in 1935

When John arrived

april 1 India's central banking institution, the Reserve Bank of India, is formed.
april 11 Stresa Front: Opening of the conference between the British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, the Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini and the French Minister for Foreign Affairs Pierre Laval to condemn the German violations of the Treaty of Versailles.
april 14 The Black Sunday dust storm, considered one of the worst storms of the Dust Bowl, sweeps across the Oklahoma and Texas panhandles and neighboring areas.
april 23 The Polish Constitution of 1935 is adopted.

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Brian Clough 1935–2004 English footballer and manager (died 2004) Charles Grodin 1935–2021 American actor and talk show host (died 2021) Daniel Quinn 1935– American author and environmentalist (died 2018) David Prowse 1935–2020 English actor (died 2020) Dennis Potter 1935– English voice actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1994) Donald Lynden-Bell 1935–2018 English astrophysicist and astronomer (died 2018) Edward Said 1935– Palestinian-American theorist, author, and academic (died 2003) Elvis Presley 1935–1977 American singer and actor (born 1935) Felipe Alou 1935– Dominican-American baseball player, coach, and manager

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