Robert De Niro was born on 17 August 1943 in New York City. An American actor from New York City, De Niro made his name in Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets and then won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing the young Vito Corleone in The Godfather Part II. He gave intense, transformative performances in Taxi Driver, The Deer Hunter and Raging Bull, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, reportedly after gaining a great deal of weight for the later scenes. Other notable roles include Goodfellas, Casino and Cape Fear, and later he showed comic talent in Meet the Parents. He co-founded the Tribeca Film Festival in 2002 after the attacks of 11 September.
Before and after
- from 24 July 1943 to 3 August 1943Bombing of Hamburg in World War II
- 28 July 1943Founding of IKEA
- 11 August 1943Birth of Pervez Musharraf
- from 13 August 1943 to 22 September 1943Donbass Strategic Offensive (August 1943)
- 17 August 1943Birth of Robert De Niro
- from 17 August 1943 to 18 August 1943Battle off Horaniu
- September 1943Foibe massacres
- from 8 September 1943 to 22 November 1943Dodecanese Campaign
- from 21 September 1943 to 26 September 1943Massacre of the Acqui Division
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