Sean Connery was born on 25 August 1930 in Fountainbridge. A Scottish actor born in Edinburgh, Connery rose from working-class beginnings, working as a milkman and a bodybuilder, before being cast as James Bond in Dr. No (1962). He played the spy in seven films and shaped the character on screen, though he worked hard to escape being typecast. He went on to varied roles in films such as The Man Who Would Be King, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade and The Hunt for Red October, and he won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for The Untouchables in 1988. A supporter of Scottish independence, he was knighted in 2000 and died in the Bahamas.
Before and after
- 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
- 5 August 1930Birth of Neil Armstrong
- 25 August 1930Birth of Sean Connery
- 30 August 1930Birth of Warren Buffett
- 23 September 1930Birth of Ray Charles
- 10 October 1930Birth of Harold Pinter
- 14 October 1930Birth of Mobutu Sese Seko
More in Art, literature & culture
- 2 February 1922Publication of Ulysses
- 19 September 1926Construction of Giuseppe Meazza Stadium
- 1932First edition of Venice Film Festival
- 1934Publication of March of the Volunteers
- 8 July 1936Construction of Frankfurt Airport
- 1942Publication of The Stranger
The era
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