Michael Caine was born on 14 March 1933 in Rotherhithe. An English actor, Caine grew up in a working-class family in south London and rose to fame in the 1960s with roles in Zulu, The Ipcress File and Alfie. He has appeared in more than a hundred films, won two Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, for Hannah and Her Sisters and The Cider House Rules, and became a familiar presence in the Dark Knight trilogy as Alfred. Other notable roles include Get Carter, Sleuth, The Man Who Would Be King and Educating Rita. He was knighted in 2000, and wrote a popular memoir, What's It All About.
Before and after
- 21 February 1933Birth of Nina Simone
- 27 February 1933Reichstag fire
- 4 March 1933First inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 4 March 1933Roosevelt's New Deal begins
- 14 March 1933Birth of Michael Caine
- 15 March 1933Birth of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
- from 15 March 1933 to 23 May 1945Nazi Germany
- 22 March 1933Construction of Dachau concentration camp
- 9 April 1933Birth of Jean-Paul Belmondo
More in Art, literature & culture
- 15 August 1914Construction of Panama Canal
- c. 1920sRise of surrealism
- 1 May 1931Construction of Empire State Building
- 1935Construction of Da Nang International Airport
- c. 1940sRise of Postmodernism
- 6 April 1943Publication of The Little Prince
The era
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