American actor

Tom Hulce

Thomas Edward Hulce is an American actor and theater producer. He is best known for his portrayal of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in the Academy Award-winning film Amadeus (1984), as well as the roles of Larry "Pinto" Kroger in Animal House (1978), Larry Buckman in Parenthood (1989), and Quasimodo in Disney's animated film The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996). Hulce's awards include an Emmy Award for The Heidi Chronicles, a 2007 Tony Award for Best Musical as a lead producer for Spring Awakening, an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor for Amadeus, and four Golden Globe nominations.

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1953

December 6

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1060 Béla I is crowned king of Hungary.
1240 Mongol invasion of Rus': Kyiv, defended by Voivode Dmytro, falls to the Mongols under Batu Khan.
1492 After exploring the island of Cuba (which he had mistaken for Japan) for gold, Christopher Columbus lands on an island he names Hispaniola.
1534 The city of Quito in Ecuador is founded by Spanish settlers led by Sebastián de Belalcázar.

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The world in 1953

When Tom arrived

april 13 CIA director Allen Dulles launches the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
april 24 Winston Churchill is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
april 25 Francis Crick and James Watson publish "Molecular Structure of Nucleic Acids: A Structure for Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid" describing the double helix structure of DNA.
april 27 Operation Moolah offers $50,000 to any pilot who defects with a fully mission-capable Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 to South Korea. The first pilot was to receive $100,000.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Fred Duesenberg 1876–1932 German-American businessman, co-founded the Duesenberg Automobile & Motors Company (died 1932) Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes 1721–1794 French lawyer and politician (born 1721) Hasan al-Askari 846–874 Arabian 11th of the Twelve Imams (died 874) Johann Palisa 1848–1925 Austrian astronomer (died 1925) John McDonald 1898– Scottish-Australian politician, 37th Premier of Victoria (died 1977) Joyce Kilmer 1886–1918 American soldier, author, and poet (died 1918) Otto Graham 1921–2003 American football player and coach (born 1921)

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Alex Grey 1953– American visual artist and author Alex Lifeson 1953– Canadian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer Alister McGrath 1953– Irish priest, historian, and theologian Andy Partridge 1953– English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and record producer Angélica Aragón 1953– Mexican film, television, and stage actress and singer Arielle Dombasle 1953– French-American actress and model Ben Bernanke 1953– American economist Benazir Bhutto 1953–2007 Pakistani politician, Prime Minister of Pakistan (born 1953) Ciarán Hinds 1953– Irish actor

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