Clint Eastwood was born on 31 May 1930 in San Francisco. An American actor and director from San Francisco, Eastwood became known on the television Western Rawhide and then as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's spaghetti Westerns, including A Fistful of Dollars and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. His role as the tough detective in Dirty Harry made him a major star. As a director he won Academy Awards for Best Picture and Best Director for Unforgiven in 1992 and for Million Dollar Baby in 2004. Other films include Mystic River, Letters from Iwo Jima, Gran Torino and American Sniper. He also served as mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and is a devoted jazz fan.
Before and after
- 18 February 1930Clyde Tombaugh discovers Pluto
- 8 March 1930Death of William Howard Taft
- 3 April 1930Birth of Helmut Kohl
- 14 May 1930Establishment of Carlsbad Caverns National Park
- 31 May 1930Birth of Clint Eastwood
- 6 June 1930Founding of International Federation of Film Critics
- 4 July 1930Origins of Nation of Islam
- 7 July 1930Death of Arthur Conan Doyle
- from 13 July 1930 to 30 July 1930The first FIFA World Cup is played in Uruguay
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1921Publication of İstiklâl Marşı
- 2 February 1922Publication of Ulysses
- 1932First edition of Venice Film Festival
- 8 July 1936Construction of Frankfurt Airport
- April 1937Construction of Ben Gurion Airport
- 1942Publication of The Stranger
The era
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