Canadian actor, director, and producer (born 1926)

Norman Jewison

Norman Frederick Jewison was a Canadian filmmaker. He is known for directing films which addressed topical social and political issues, often making controversial or complicated subjects accessible to mainstream audiences. Among numerous other accolades, he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director three times in three separate decades, for In the Heat of the Night (1967), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and Moonstruck (1987). He was nominated for an additional four Oscars, three Golden Globe Awards, and a Primetime Emmy Award, and won a BAFTA Award.

Born

1926

July 21

Died

2024

Era

1920s

Country

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Norman, in brief

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Key dates

1926 Born
2024 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

-356 The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.
230 Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the first pope to resign his office.
285 Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar and co-ruler.
365 The 365 Crete earthquake affected the Greek island of Crete with a maximum Mercalli intensity of XI (Extreme), causing a destructive tsunami that affects the coasts of Libya and Egypt, especially Alexandria. Many thousands are killed.

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The world in 1926

When Norman arrived

april 21 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.
april 24 The Treaty of Berlin is signed. Germany and the Soviet Union each pledge neutrality in the event of an attack on the other by a third party for the next five years.
april 6 Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).
april 7 Violet Gibson attempts to assassinate Italian Prime Minister Benito Mussolini.

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Also born on July 21

Brandi Chastain 1968– American soccer player and sportscaster Jaime Murray 1976– English actress John Atta Mills 1944–2012 Ghanaian lawyer and politician, 3rd President of Ghana (died 2012) Michael Connelly 1956– American author Milan Rastislav Štefánik 1880–1919 Slovak astronomer, general, and politician (died 1919) Paloma Faith 1981– English singer-songwriter and actress Paul Vautin 1959– Australian rugby league player, coach, and sportscaster Tamika Catchings 1979– American basketball player

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1926

A. N. R. Robinson 1926–2014 Trinbagonian politician, 3rd President of Trinidad and Tobago (born 1926) Alfredo Di Stéfano 1926–2014 Argentinian-Spanish footballer and coach (died 2014) Anahit Tsitsikian 1926– Armenian violinist and educator (died 1999) Andy Griffith 1926–2012 American actor, singer, and producer (born 1926) Avraham Adan 1926–2012 Israeli general (died 2012) Bernard Nathanson 1926–2011 American physician and activist (born 1926) Beryl Cook 1926–2008 English painter and illustrator (born 1926) Boris Chetkov 1926–2010 Russian painter (died 2010) Bruno Bartoletti 1926–2013 Italian conductor (died 2013)

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