American-Greek actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 2008)

Jules Dassin

Julius "Jules" Dassin was an American film and theatre director, producer, writer and actor. A subject of the Hollywood blacklist, he subsequently moved to France, and later Greece, where he continued his career. He was best-known for his noir and crime films, though he also worked in other genres. He won the Best Director Award at the 1955 Cannes Film Festival for his pioneering heist film Rififi, and received Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for Never on Sunday (1960).

Born

1911

December 18

Died

2008

Era

1910s

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2008 Died

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1118 The city of Zaragoza is conquered by king Alfonso I of Aragon from the Almoravid.
1271 Kublai Khan renames his empire "Yuan" (元 yuán), officially marking the start of the Yuan dynasty of Mongolia and China.
1499 A rebellion breaks out in Alpujarras in response to the forced conversions of Muslims in Spain.
1622 Portuguese forces score a military victory over the Kingdom of Kongo at the Battle of Mbumbi in present-day Angola.

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The world in 1911

When Jules arrived

april 2 The Australian Bureau of Statistics conducts the country's first national census.
april 27 The Second Canton Uprising takes place in Guangzhou, Qing China, but is suppressed.
april 29 Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
april 6 During the Battle of Deçiq, Dedë Gjon Luli Dedvukaj, leader of the Malësori Albanians, raises the Albanian flag in the town of Tuzi, Montenegro, for the first time after George Kastrioti (Skanderbeg).

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