American author and illustrator

Walt Simonson

Walter Simonson is an American comic book writer and artist, best known for a run on Marvel Comics' Thor from 1983 to 1987, during which he created the character Beta Ray Bill. He is also known for the creator-owned work Star Slammers, which he inaugurated in 1972 as a Rhode Island School of Design thesis. He has also worked on other Marvel titles such as X-Factor and Fantastic Four, on DC Comics books including Detective Comics, Manhunter, Metal Men and Orion, and on licensed properties such as Star Wars, Alien, Battlestar Galactica and Robocop vs. Terminator.

Born

1946

September 2

Died

Living

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1940s

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1946 Born

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-44 Pharaoh Cleopatra VII of Egypt declares her son co-ruler as Ptolemy XV Caesarion.
-44 Cicero launches the first of his Philippicae (oratorical attacks) on Mark Antony. He will make 14 of them over the following months.
-31 Final War of the Roman Republic: Battle of Actium: Off the western coast of Greece, forces of Octavian defeat troops under Mark Antony and Cleopatra.
1192 The Treaty of Jaffa is signed between Richard I of England and Saladin, leading to the end of the Third Crusade.

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The world in 1946

When Walt arrived

april 1 The 8.6 Mw  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
april 1 The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
april 17 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
april 18 The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Adolph Rupp 1901–1977 American basketball player and coach (born 1901) Andreas Embirikos 1901–1975 Greek poet and photographer (born 1901) Austin Abrams 1996– American actor Bill Shankly 1913–1981 Scottish footballer and manager (died 1981) Billy Preston 1946–2006 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946) Cleveland Amory 1917–1998 American author and activist (born 1917) Frederick Soddy 1877–1956 English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1956) Israel Gelfand 1913– Russian-American mathematician and biologist (died 2009) John Zorn 1953– American saxophonist, composer, and producer

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1946

Donald Trump 1946– American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States George W. Bush 1946– American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States Steven Spielberg 1946– American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks Ahmed Zewail 1946–2016 Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946) Alicia Borinsky 1946– Argentine writer Bettye LaVette 1946– American singer-songwriter Billy Preston 1946–2006 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946) Blair Brown 1946– American actress Daryl Hall 1946– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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