Victor Fleming, American film director, cinematographer, and producer, known for american film director, cinematographer, and producer, died on 1949-01-06. Victor Lonzo Fleming (February 23, 1889 – January 6, 1949) was an American film director, cinematographer, and producer. His most popular films were the historical drama Gone with the Wind, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Director, and the fantasy film The Wizard of Oz (both 1939).
Victor Fleming dies
Victor Fleming, American film director, cinematographer, and producer, known for american film director, cinematographer, and producer, died on 1949-01-06.
Historical Significance
Victor Fleming is American film director, cinematographer, and producer.
Key People
Victor Fleming
film director, cinematographer, and producer
American film director, cinematographer, and producer
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Events Before
25 states merge under the Government of Orissa
25 states merge under the Government of Orissa
Mahatma Gandhi begins his final fast
Mahatma Gandhi was assassinated on 30 January 1948 at the age of 78 in the compound of The Birla House (now Gandhi Smriti), a large mansion in central New Delhi.
Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in the garden of the New Delhi home he is visiting by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse
Mahatma Gandhi is assassinated in the garden of the New Delhi home he is visiting by Hindu extremist Nathuram Godse
American comic Dick Van Dyke (22) weds American girlfriend Margerie Willett (20) on the radio show "Bride and Groom" in
American comic Dick Van Dyke (22) weds American girlfriend Margerie Willett (20) on the radio show "Bride and Groom" in Los Angeles California; divorce in 1984 after a long separation
Iris Apfel (née Barrel) marries Carl Apfel
Iris Apfel (née Barrel) marries Carl Apfel
Events After
Emil Jannings dies
Emil Jannings, Swiss-born German actor, known for german actor, died on 1950-01-02. Emil Jannings was a Swiss-born German actor who was popular in Hollywood films in the 1920s.
The Dutch government raises all wages by a maximum of 5%
The Dutch government raises all wages by a maximum of 5%
Israeli Knesset declares Jerusalem the capital of Israel
The Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem, known to Israelis as the reunification of Jerusalem, refers to the Israeli occupation of East Jerusalem during the 1967 Six-Day War, and its…
US President Harry Truman publicly announces support for the development of a hydrogen bomb
Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the 33rd president of the United States, serving from 1945 to 1953.
British naturalist and future broadcaster David Attenborough (24) weds British classmate and cook Jane Elizabeth Ebswort
British naturalist and future broadcaster David Attenborough (24) weds British classmate and cook Jane Elizabeth Ebsworth Oriel, until her death in 1997
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D-Day: The Normandy Landings
Allied forces launch the largest amphibious invasion in history on the beaches of Normandy, France, marking the beginning of the liberation of Western Europe from Nazi occupation.
wars conflicts
World War II: Representatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers sign the Declaration of the United Nations, pled
World War II: Representatives of 26 nations at war with the Axis powers sign the Declaration of the United Nations, pledging to make no separate peace deals
Mahatma Gandhi begins a march for peace in East Bengal
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, and political thinker who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign…
birth
Omar al-Bashir is born
Omar al-Bashir is born
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