Henry Fonda was born on 16 May 1905 in Grand Island. An American actor, Fonda built a long career on stage and in film portraying men of quiet integrity. He starred in The Grapes of Wrath, as Tom Joad, Young Mr. Lincoln, The Ox-Bow Incident, Twelve Angry Men, which he also produced, and Once Upon a Time in the West, in which he played a villain. He was a frequent collaborator of John Ford. His only Academy Award for Best Actor came for On Golden Pond, shortly before his death, alongside his daughter Jane Fonda and Katharine Hepburn. His son Peter was also an actor.
Before and after
- 10 March 1905Founding of Chelsea F.C.
- 24 March 1905Death of Jules Verne
- 30 April 1905First match of the Netherlands national association football team
- 11 May 1905Birth of Mikhail Sholokhov
- 16 May 1905Birth of Henry Fonda
- 28 May 1905Battle of Tsushima
- 21 June 1905Birth of Jean-Paul Sartre
- from July 1905 to August 1907Majimaji War
- 25 July 1905Birth of Elias Canetti
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