Chuck Norris was born on 10 March 1940 in Ryan. An American martial artist and actor, Norris won several karate championships, including world titles in the middleweight division in the late 1960s and early 1970s. He appeared with Bruce Lee in The Way of the Dragon and later became a star of action films such as Missing in Action, Code of Silence and Lone Wolf McQuade, and of the television series Walker, Texas Ranger. He also developed his own martial art, Chun Kuk Do. In the 2000s he became an internet phenomenon through humorous exaggerated facts about his toughness, which he took in good humor.
Before and after
- 24 January 1940Birth of Joachim Gauck
- 9 February 1940Birth of J. M. Coetzee
- 19 February 1940Birth of Saparmyrat Nyýazow
- 23 February 1940Release of Pinocchio
- 10 March 1940Birth of Chuck Norris
- 12 March 1940Moscow Peace Treaty
- 16 March 1940Death of Selma Lagerlöf
- 1 April 1940Birth of Wangari Muta Maathai
- from 9 April 1940 to 10 June 1940Operation Weserübung
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