Tom Hanks was born on 9 July 1956 in Concord. An American actor and producer, Hanks rose to fame with comedies such as Splash and Big and then proved himself in dramas. He won consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor for Philadelphia and Forrest Gump in the mid-1990s. His other films include Apollo 13, Saving Private Ryan, Cast Away, Road to Perdition and Captain Phillips, and he voices Woody in the Toy Story films. He has been a frequent collaborator of Steven Spielberg and also produced the television series Band of Brothers and The Pacific. In 2016 he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and he is widely regarded as one of Hollywood's most trusted and popular stars.
Before and after
- 1 March 1956Birth of Dalia Grybauskaitė
- 9 March 19561956 Georgian demonstrations
- 26 April 1956The first container ship sails
- June 1956Poznań 1956 protests
- 9 July 1956Birth of Tom Hanks
- 31 July 1956Construction of Luzhniki Stadium
- 11 August 1956Death of Jackson Pollock
- 14 August 1956Death of Bertolt Brecht
- 31 August 1956Birth of Tsai Ing-wen
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1954Publication of The Lord of the Rings
- 1956Premiere of Eurovision Song Contest
- 1958Publication of Exodus
- 1986Construction of Musée d'Orsay
- from 17 April 2011 to 19 May 2019Premiere of Game of Thrones
- 7 December 2024Construction of Notre-Dame de Paris
The era
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