Indian actor

Rajinikanth

Shivaji Rao Gaikwad, known professionally as Rajinikanth, is an Indian actor who predominantly works in Tamil cinema. In a career spanning over five decades, he has done 170 films that includes films in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Bangla, and Malayalam. He is widely regarded to be one of the most successful and popular actors in the history of Indian cinema. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Bhushan in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2016, India's third and second highest civilian honours respectively, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2019, the highest Indian award in the field of cinema, and the IFFI Satyajit Ray Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to world cinema.

Born

1950

December 12

Died

Living

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1950s

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627 Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II's Persian forces, commanded by General Rhahzadh.
1388 Maria of Enghien sells the lordship of Argos and Nauplia to the Republic of Venice.
1787 Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the US Constitution.
1862 American Civil War: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River.

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The world in 1950

When Rajinikanth arrived

april 21 The Nainital wedding massacre occurs, killing 22 members of the Harijan caste.
august 1 Guam is organized as an unincorporated territory of the United States as the President Harry S. Truman signs the Guam Organic Act.
august 12 Korean War: Bloody Gulch massacre: Seventy-five American POWs are massacred by the North Korean Army.
august 15 Measuring Mw 8.6, the largest earthquake on land occurs in the Assam-Tibet-Myanmar border, killing 4,800.

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Alvin Kraenzlein 1876–1928 American hurdler and runner (died 1928) Billy Smith 1950– Canadian ice hockey player, coach, and manager Jennifer Connelly 1970– American actress

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