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9,6 of 10 Stars; UK; runtime=119 minute; ; actor=Dean-Charles Chapman; 1917 is a movie starring Dean-Charles Chapman, George MacKay, and Daniel Mays. Two young British soldiers during the First World War are given an impossible mission: deliver a message deep in enemy territory that will stop 1,600. Dec. 20, 2019, 8 a. m. The new World War I drama from director Sam Mendes, 1917, unfolds in real-time, tracking a pair of British soldiers as they cross the Western Front on a desperate rescue mission. Seemingly filmed in one continuous take, the 117-minute epic has garnered accolades for its cinematography and innovative approach to a potentially formulaic genre. Although the movies plot is evocative of Saving Private Ryan —both follow soldiers sent on “long journeys through perilous, death-strewn landscapes, ” writes Todd McCarthy for the Hollywood Reporter —its tone is closer to Dunkirk, which also relied on a non-linear narrative structure to build a sense of urgency. “[The film] bears witness to the staggering destruction wrought by the war, and yet it is a fundamentally human story about two young and inexperienced soldiers racing against the clock, ” Mendes tells Vanity Fair s Anthony Breznican. “So it adheres more to the form of a thriller than a conventional war movie. ” Plot-wise, 1917 follows two fictional British lance corporals tasked with stopping a battalion of some 1, 600 men from walking into a German ambush. One of the men, Blake (Dean Charles Chapman, best known for playing Tommen Baratheon in “Game of Thrones”) has a personal stake in the mission: His older brother, a lieutenant portrayed by fellow “Game of Thrones” alumnus Richard Madden, is among the soldiers slated to fall victim to the German trap. “If you fail, ” a general warns in the movies trailer, “it will be a massacre. ” While Blake and his brother-in-arms Schofield (George McKay) are imaginary, Mendes grounded his war story in truth. From the stark realities of trench warfare to the conflicts effect on civilians and the state of the war in spring 1917, heres what you need to know to separate fact from fiction ahead of the movies opening on Christmas Day. Blake and Schofield must make their way across the razed French countryside. (Universal Studios/Amblin) Is 1917 based on a true story? In short: Yes, but with extensive dramatic license, particularly in terms of the characters and the specific mission at the heart of the film. As Mendes explained earlier this year, he drew inspiration from a tale shared by his paternal grandfather, author and World War I veteran Alfred Mendes. In an interview with Variety, Mendes said he had a faint memory from childhood of his grandfather telling a story about “a messenger who has a message to carry. ” Blake and Schofield (seen here, as portrayed by George McKay) must warn a British regiment of an impending German ambush. The director added, “And thats all I can say. It lodged with me as a child, this story or this fragment, and obviously Ive enlarged it and changed it significantly. ” What events does 1917 dramatize? Set in northern France around spring 1917, the film takes place during what Doran Cart, senior curator at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, describes as a “very fluid” period of the war. Although the Allied and Central Powers were, ironically, stuck in a stalemate on the Western Front, engaging in brutal trench warfare without making substantive gains, the conflict was on the brink of changing course. In Eastern Europe, meanwhile, rumblings of revolution set the stage for Russias impending withdrawal from the conflict. Back in Germany, Kaiser Wilhelm II resumed unrestricted submarine warfare —a decision that spurred the United States to join the fight in April 1917 —and engaged in acts of total war, including bombing raids against civilian targets. Along the Western Front, between February and April 1917, the Germans consolidated their forces by pulling their forces back to the Hindenburg Line, a “ newly built and massively fortified ” defensive network, according to Mendes. In spring 1917, the Germans withdrew to the heavily fortified Hindenburg Line. (Illustration by Meilan Solly) Germanys withdrawal was a strategic decision, not an explicit retreat, says Cart. Instead, he adds, “They were consolidating their forces in preparation for potential further offensive operations”—most prominently, Operation Michael, a spring 1918 campaign that found the Germans breaking through British lines and advancing “farther to the west than they had been almost since 1914. ” (The Allies, meanwhile, only broke through the Hindenburg Line on September 29, 1918. ) Mendes focuses his film around the ensuing confusion of what seemed to the British to be a German retreat. Operating under the mistaken assumption that the enemy is fleeing and therefore at a disadvantage, the fictional Colonel MacKenzie (Benedict Cumberbatch) prepares to lead his regiment in pursuit of the scattered German forces. “There was a period of terrified uncertainty—had [the Germans] surrendered, withdrawn, or were they lying in wait? ” the director said to Vanity Fair. The movie's main characters are all fictional. In truth, according to Cart, the Germans “never said they were retreating. ” Rather, “They were simply moving to a better defensive position, ” shortening the front by 25 miles and freeing 13 divisions for reassignment. Much of the preparation for the withdrawal took place under cover of darkness, preventing the Allies from fully grasping their enemys plan and allowing the Germans to move their troops largely unhindered. British and French forces surprised by the shift found themselves facing a desolate landscape of destruction dotted with booby traps and snipers; amid great uncertainty, they moved forward cautiously. In the movie, aerial reconnaissance provides 1917s commanding officer, the similarly fictional General Erinmore (Colin Firth) with enough information to send Blake and Schofield to stop MacKenzies regiment from walking into immense danger. (Telegraph cables and telephones were used to communicate during World War I, but heavy artillery bombardment meant lines were often down, as is the case in the movie. ) British soldiers attacking the Hindenburg Line (Photo by the Print Collector/Getty Images) To reach the at-risk battalion, the young soldiers must cross No Mans Land and navigate the enemys ostensibly abandoned trenches. Surrounded by devastation, the two face obstacles left by the retreating German forces, who razed everything in their path during the exodus to the newly constructed line. Dubbed Operation Alberich, this policy of systematic obliteration found the Germans destroying “anything the Allies might find useful, from electric cables and water pipe[s] to roads, bridges and entire villages, ” according to the International Encyclopedia of the First World War. Per the Times, the Germans evacuated as many as 125, 000 civilians, sending those able to work to occupied France and Belgium but leaving the elderly, women and children behind to fend for themselves with limited rations. (Schofield encounters one of these abandoned individuals, a young woman caring for an orphaned child, and shares a tender, humanizing moment with her. ) “On the one hand it was desirable not to make a present to the enemy of too much fresh strength in the form of recruits and laborers, ” German General Erich Ludendorff later wrote, “and on the other we wanted to foist on him as many mouths to feed as possible. ” Aftermath of the Battle of Poelcapelle, a skirmish in the larger Third Battle of Ypres, or Battle of Passchendaele (National WWI Museum and Memorial) The events of 1917 take place prior to the Battle of Poelcappelle, a smaller skirmish in the larger Battle of Passchendaele, or the Third Battle of Ypres, but were heavily inspired by the campaign, which counted Alfred Mendes among its combatants. This major Allied offensive took place between July and November 1917 and ended with some 500, 000 soldiers wounded, killed or missing in action. Although the Allies eventually managed to capture the village that gave the battle its name, the clash failed to produce a substantial breakthrough or change in momentum on the Western Front. Passchendaele, according to Cart, was a typical example of the “give-and-take and not a whole lot gained” mode of combat undertaken during the infamous war of attrition. Who was Alfred Mendes? Born to Portuguese immigrants living on the Caribbean island of Trinidad in 1897, Alfred Mendes enlisted in the British Army at age 19. He spent two years fighting on the Western Front with the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade but was sent home after inhaling poisonous gas in May 1918. Later in life, Alfred won recognition as a novelist and short story writer; his autobiography, written in the 1970s, was published posthumously in 2002. The “story of a messenger” recalled by the younger Mendes echoes the account of the Battle of Poelcappelle told in his grandfathers autobiography. On the morning of October 12, 1917, Alfreds company commander received a message from battalion headquarters. “Should the enemy counter-attack, go forward to meet him with fixed bayonets, ” the dispatch read. “Report on four companies urgently needed. ” Despite the fact that he had little relevant experience aside from a single signaling course, Alfred volunteered to track down A, B and D Companies, all of which had lost contact with his own C Company. Aware of the high likelihood that he would never return, Alfred ventured out into the expanse of No Mans Land. Alfred Mendes received a military commendation for his actions at the Battle of Poelcappelle. (Public domain/fair use) “The snipers got wind of me and their individual bullets were soon seeking me out, ” wrote Alfred, “until I came to the comforting conclusion that they were so nonplussed at seeing a lone man wandering in circles about No Mans Land, as must at times have been the case, that they decided, out of perhaps a secret admiration for my nonchalance, to dispatch their bullets safely out of my way. ” Or, he theorized, they may have “thought me plain crazy. ” Alfred managed to locate all three missing companies. He spent two days carrying messages back and forth before returning to C Companys shell hole “without a scratch, but certainly with a series of hair-raising experiences that would keep my grand- and great-grandchildren enthralled for nights on end. ” How does 1917 reflect the harsh realities of the Western Front? View of the Hindenburg Line Attempts to encapsulate the experience of war abound in reviews of 1917. “War is hideous—mud, rats, decaying horses, corpses mired in interminable mazes of barbed wire, ” writes J. D. Simkins for Military Times. The Guardian s Peter Bradshaw echoes this sentiment, describing Blake and Schofields travels through a “post-apocalyptic landscape, a bad dream of broken tree stumps, mud lakes left by shell craters, dead bodies, rats. ” Time s Karl Vick, meanwhile, likens the films setting to “Hieronymus Bosch hellscapes. ” These descriptions mirror those shared by the men who actually fought in World War I—including Alfred Mendes. Remembering his time in the Ypres Salient, where the Battle of Passchendaele ( among others) took place, Alfred deemed the area “a marsh of mud and a killer of men. ” Seeping groundwater exacerbated by unusually heavy rainfall made it difficult for the Allies to construct proper trenches, so soldiers sought shelter in waterlogged shell holes. “It was a case of taking them or leaving them, ” said Alfred, “and leaving them meant a form of suicide. ” British soldiers in the trenches According to Cart, leaving ones trench, dugout or line was a risky endeavor: “It was pretty much instant death, ” he explains, citing the threat posed by artillery barrages, snipers, booby traps, poison gas and trip wires. Blake and Schofield face many of these dangers, as well as more unexpected ones. The toll exacted by the conflict isnt simply told through the duos encounters with the enemy; instead, it is written into the very fabric of the movies landscape, from the carcasses of livestock and cattle caught in the wars crosshairs to rolling hills “ comprised of dirt and corpses ” and countryside dotted with bombed villages. 1917 s goal, says producer Pippa Harris in a behind-the-scenes featurette, is “to make you feel that you are in the trenches with these characters. ” The kind of individualized military action at the center of 1917 was “not the norm, ” according to Cart, but “more of the exception, ” in large part because of the risk associated with such small-scale missions. Trench networks were incredibly complex, encompassing separate frontline, secondary support, communication, food and latrine trenches. They required a “very specific means of moving around and communicating, ” limiting opportunities to cross lines and venture into No Mans Land at will. Still, Cart doesnt completely rule out the possibility that a mission comparable to Blake and Schofields occurred during the war. He explains, “Its really hard to say … what kind of individual actions occurred without really looking at the circumstances that the personnel might have been in. ” British soldiers in the trenches, 1917 As Mendes bemoans to Time, World War II commands “a bigger cultural shadow” than its predecessor—a trend apparent in the abundance of Hollywood hits focused on the conflict, including this years Midway, the HBO miniseries “ Band of Brothers ” and the Steven Spielberg classic Saving Private Ryan. The so-called “Great War, ” meanwhile, is perhaps best immortalized in All Quiet on the Western Front, an adaptation of the German novel of the same name released 90 years ago. 1917 strives to elevate World War I cinema to a previously unseen level of visibility. And if critics reviews are any indication, the film has more than fulfilled this goal, wowing audiences with both its stunning visuals and portrayal of an oft-overlooked chapter of military lore. “The First World War starts with literally horses and carriages, and ends with tanks, ” says Mendes. “So its the moment where, you could argue, modern war begins. ” The Battle of Passchendaele was a major Allied offensive that left some 500, 000 soldiers dead, wounded or missing in action. (National WWI Museum and Memorial.

Level 1 I did too. It was an amazing movie and I had an awesome time watching it. It might be my favourite movie of all time: level 1 1917 was legitimately the only movie I've ever seen that invoked a large amount of emotion in me. level 1 Definitely one of the most immersive movies I've ever seen. It felt like we were there with them, and experienced all the horrors of the battlefield. level 2 When theyre just setting out and Schofield cuts his hand on the wire, and then shortly afterwards dunks it into a rotting corpse on accident - fuck. I love how that set the tone of their journey immediately. level 1 Been a while since a movie really spoke to me like 1917 did. I was genuinely choked up when Blake was stabbed. The waste that came during the conflict is almost incomprehensible. level 2 I was so sad when that happened and when William has no time to relax he was just reacting level 2 At the same time it reminded us of how insanely dangerous it was to a runner during the war as they had a pretty high causality rate level 1 That and the scene with rat and tripwire gave me a heart attack level 2 EXACTLY like Jesus And the little “oh no” caused true panic level 1 When the adrenaline passes and he has forgotten he was knifed and says... am I dyeing. So sad. I wish he had told him he was ok so he was more comfortable in those last moments. level 1 I did too - felt every emotion.

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The recent run of World War I centennial anniversaries led to a spike in interest in the conflict, which ended in 1918, and Hollywood has been no exception. The few critically acclaimed Great War movies, such as All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) and Sergeant York (1941) were joined in 2018 by Peter Jacksons documentary They Shall Not Grow Old. On Christmas Day, that list will get a new addition, in the form of Sam Mendes new film 1917. The main characters are not based on real individuals, but real people and events inspired the movie, which takes place on the day of April 6, 1917. Heres how the filmmakers strove for accuracy in the filming and what to know about the real World War I history that surrounded the story. Get our History Newsletter. Put today's news in context and see highlights from the archives. Thank you! For your security, we've sent a confirmation email to the address you entered. Click the link to confirm your subscription and begin receiving our newsletters. If you don't get the confirmation within 10 minutes, please check your spam folder. The real man who inspired the film The 1917 script, written by Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns, is inspired by “fragments” of stories from Mendes grandfather, who served as a “runner” — a messenger for the British on the Western Front. But the film is not about actual events that happened to Lance Corporal Alfred H. Mendes, a 5-ft. -4-inch 19-year-old whod enlisted in the British Army earlier that year and later told his grandson stories of being gassed and wounded while sprinting across “No Mans Land, ” the territory between the German and Allied trenches. In the film, General Erinmore (Colin Firth) orders two lance corporals, Blake (Dean-Charles Chapman) and Schofield (George MacKay) to make the dangerous trek across No Mans Land to deliver a handwritten note to a commanding officer Colonel Mackenzie (Benedict Cumberbatch) ordering them to cancel a planned attack on Germans who have retreated to the Hindenburg Line in northern France. Life in the trenches The filmmakers shot the film in southwestern England, where they dug about 2, 500 feet of trenches — a defining characteristic of the wars Western Front — for the set. Paul Biddiss, the British Army veteran who served as the films military technical advisor and happens to have three relatives who served in World War I, taught the actors about proper techniques for salutes and handling weapons. He also used military instruction manuals from the era to create boot camps meant to give soldiers the real feeling of what it was like to serve, and read about life in the trenches in books like Max Arthurs Lest We Forget: Forgotten Voices from 1914-1945, Richard van Emdens The Last Fighting Tommy: The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009 (written with Patch) and The Soldiers War: The Great War through Veterans Eyes. He put the extras to work, giving each one of about three dozen tasks that were part of soldiers daily routines. Some attended to health issues, such as foot inspections and using a candle to kill lice, while some did trench maintenance, such as filling sandbags. Leisure activities included playing checkers or chess, using buttons as game pieces. There was a lot of waiting around, and Biddiss wanted the extras to capture the looks of “complete boredom. ” The real messengers of WWI The films plot centers on the two messengers sprinting across No Mans Land to deliver a message, and thats where the creative license comes in. In reality, such an order would have been too dangerous to assign. When runners were deployed, the risk of death by German sniper fire was so high that they were sent out in pairs. If something happened to one of them, then the other could finish the job. “In some places, No Mans Land was as close as 15 yards, in others it was a mile away, ” says Doran Cart, Senior Curator at the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. The muddy terrain was littered with dead animals, dead humans, barbed wires and wreckage from exploding shells—scarcely any grass or trees in sight. “By 1917, you didnt get out of your trench and go across No Mans Land. Fire from artillery, machine guns and poison gas was too heavy; no one individual was going to get up and run across No Mans Land and try to take the enemy. ” Human messengers like Blake and Schofield were only deployed in desperate situations, according to Cart. Messenger pigeons, signal lamps and flags, made up most of the battlefield communications. There was also a trench telephone for communications. “Most people understand that World War I is about trench warfare, but they dont know that there was more than one trench, ” says Cart. “There was the front-line trench, where front-line troops would attack from or defend from; then behind that, kind of a holding line where they brought supplies up, troops waiting to go to to the front-line trench. ” The “bathroom” was in the latrine trench. There were about 35, 000 miles of trenches on the Western Front, all zigzagging, and the Western Front itself was 430 miles long, extending from the English Channel in the North to the Swiss Alps in the South. April 6, 1917 The story of 1917 takes place on April 6, and its partly inspired by events that had just ended on April 5. From Feb. 23 to April 5 of that year, the Germans were moving their troops to the Hindenburg Line and roughly along the Aisne River, around a 27-mile area from Arras to Bapaume, France. The significance of that move depends on whether youre reading German or Allied accounts. The Germans saw it as an “adjustment” and “simply moving needed resources to the best location, ” while the Allies call the Germans actions a “retreat” or “withdrawal, ” according to Cart. In either case, a whole new phase of the war was about to begin, for a different reason: the Americans entered the war on April 6, 1917. A few days later, the Canadians captured Vimy Ridge, in a battle seen to mark “the birth of a nation” for Canada, as one of their generals put it. Further East, the Russian Revolution was also ramping up. As Matthew Naylor, President and CEO of the National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, Mo., says of the state of affairs on the Western Front in April 1917, “Casualties on both sides are massive and there is no end in sight. ” Correction, Dec. 24 The original version of this article misstated how WWI soldiers de-loused themselves. The troops used a candle to burn and pop lice, they did not pour hot wax on themselves. Write to Olivia B. Waxman at.

So rare nowadays to watch a movie that has good actors and a good script. Sometimes I think that one out of ten movies is worth watching. 1917 is really really good and. Highly recommend watching it, thank me later. This game is not playable via SSL. If you are not automatically redirected please click here. Movie has zero realism. All the soldiers still have a perfect set of teeth. 6 1917 , ,   .   .   ,   ,      2- , 1600   ,     . 89% , ... . 6   .   ,   , ,   , , ,   –   . ( 8  )   ,   .   , ,     ,     , ,   - . 2 ? ... , « » , , . . * ! / — 580 600 703 427 ...

I'm getting a little tired of war movies, too. However this movie, due to the cinematography, has a different hook to suck you into the movie right from the beginning and it never lets go. I will say the next part without spoiling any of the plot, but if you truly want to go into the movie cold and be surprised by everything, then you might ignore this part. Roger Deakins is on top of his A-game, as usual, and some of the techniques they used is mind blowing. The lead actor of the movie is in every scene, and almost every shot. It is filmed as if the entire movie is one take, so you follow that character the whole length of the movie to experience everything he experiences during that time period. It's pretty incredible. They obviously couldn't shoot a 2-hour movie in one take, so there is some trickery involved so they could seamlessly blend different takes together with and blend of CGI and great editing in post production but the end result is that it appears as if the camera is rolling the entire time. I found myself trying to find those spots, and it's usually when something quickly moves in front of the camera like a building or a vehicle. If you really want to have some fun, try and pay attention to where the camera is located and where the camera operator might be, and some of the shots are a mind-fuck trying to figure out how they could have done it. The movie is so damn good, though, that you'll eventually be sucked into the plot and forget about paying attention to the camera tracking. Oh well, I guess you'll have to go see it again, like I 4 times.

Genießen Sie Ihre Tage mit den neuesten Versionen zum Streamen. To those who dont know. I am the person who accidentally tackled George Mackay in the shot. This guy looks like he was bit by American bald eagle. 1917 has been nominated for 10 Academy Awards: Best Picture Best Director Original Screenplay Cinematography Original Score Production Design Visual Effects Makeup and Hairstyling Sound Mixing Sound Editing What do you guys think? Personally I think Lee Smith not getting nominated for Best Editing is criminal, although there was some stiff competition this year. But overall this is great recognition, and double digit nominations is nothing to sneeze at.

A week later Lord Milner, accompanied by Lord Revelstoke and George Clerk, came to Moscow… There was a reception at the Town Duma at which he had to make a speech and to present Chelnokoff with the K. C. M. G., which the King had conferred upon him as a reward for his services to the Anglo-Russian entente. There was an Anglo-Russian luncheon, which lasted five hours, and at which various members of the Imperial Duma were determined to deliver their set speeches even at the risk of prolonging luncheon into dinner. The unfortunate Englishman, who understood no Russian and who, doubtless, would have liked to see something of the Kremlin and the ancient city, was chained to his duty from early morning to late night. I cannot congratulate myself on my staff work on this occasion. And yet the visit was the occasion of one historical meeting. I arranged a private interview between Prince Lvoff and Chelnokoff on the one side and Lord Milner and George Clerk on the other. I acted as interpreter. Prince Lvoff, a quiet, grey-bearded man, tired out with overwork, spoke with great moderation. But lest there should be any doubt as to his views he brought a written memorandum with him. It was a long document, but the gist of it was that, if there was no change in the attitude of the Emperor, there would he a revolution within three weeks. My duties were not ended when I had put Lord Milner to bed. I had my report to send to the Embassy. There was George Clerk, determined to see something of Moscow by night, and still young enough to sacrifice his sleep to his determination. Enlisting the services of a young Russian millionaire, we took him to a gipsy party – doubtless one of the last of the great gipsy parties celebrated under the monarchy. Goodness knows what it cost. I could not have paid. There were eight of us: four English and four Russians, and as the guest of honour George Clerk had to bear the brunt of the champagne bombardment. My young Russian millionaire did his best. Maria Nikolaievna sang countless "charochki. and with her own hands offered countless bumpers to George Clerk. As a diplomatist he has had many triumphs, but never has he borne himself more bravely than on that last evening in Moscow. He never refused a toast. He drank each one down in the approved Russian manner, and his monocle never moved. Not a hair of his head was ruffled. There was neither flush nor pallor on his cheeks. In the early hours of the morning Prochoroff, my young millionaire officer, signed the bill and distributed the necessary largesse, and we set off home; my wife, George Clerk, Jimmie" Valentine and I in one car; Prochoroff and his Russian friends showing the way in another. A quarter of a mile down the road we passed him. He had pulled up beside a policeman and was standing in the road. For George Clerk's edification we stopped to watch. Prochoroff was fumbling in his pockets. He pulled out his purse and handed a rouble to the policeman, who clicked his heels together and saluted. His hand on his sword, Prochoroff drew himself up to his full height. There was a sparkle in his eye, and he looked as though he were about to lead a charge. "Boje Tsaria Khraneel" he thundered. "God save the Tsar. repeated the policeman. And "bye Jidoff. beat the Jews. We drove on. Prochoroff did not hate the Jews. In so far as he had any political views he was a Liberal. But he would go on with his "God save the Tsar and beat the Jews" refrain all the way home. It was the prescribed ritual. It was the pre-revolutionary tradition.

This was one of the best movies I've ever seen. Easily the best war movie that I've seen. Might crack my top 5 all time list. This was my favorite movie I have ever seen. I never thought I would enjoy it so much. Coming from a world war 1 fanatic, this fills every aspect of what I wanted in a movie about the era, and it does it beautifully. I found that seeing the movie in Dolby Cinema was the best choice I could have ever made because it truly felt like more than a movie, it felt like an experience. I can't stop thinking about this movie and the thought put into it, and it'll stick with me for some time. Loved this movie, 9. 9/10. So much yes. It seems the film is getting backlash, but this video explains the brilliance of 1917 better than anyone else has so far. Thank you.

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Best Cinematography Best Sound Mixing Best Visual Effects Well, obviously it's great that it won three riously? Parasite was an incredible movie but I just don't see how 1917 didn't get Best Picture and probably Best Director. Judging from Sam Mendes' reaction, I think he thought he was a lock as well. It was a really great year for film, honestly. Joker definitely deserved the Best Score award, but I'm surprised 1917 only ended up with three and didn't snag at least a few more. I'm still not over the fact that it didn't even get nominated for Best Editing. All in all a good night, not great for 1917. The countdown to digital release begins.

Questioning the Story: To what extent is 1917 based on a true story? Though much of the World War I movie 1917 is fiction, it is loosely based on an account that director Sam Mendes' paternal grandfather, Alfred Mendes, told to him when he was a boy. Mendes described his grandfather's story during a Variety podcast, stating, I had a story that was a fragment told to me by my grandfather, who fought in the First World War. It's the story of a messenger who has a message to carry. And that's all I can say. It lodged with me as a child, this story or this fragment, and obviously I've enlarged it and changed it significantly. But it has that at its core. It turns out Mendes' grandfather was the messenger in question.  -The Times Born on the Caribbean Island of Trinidad, Mendes' grandfather, Alfred, left for England in 1915 and joined the British Army, enlisting in January 1916 at age 19. After serving with the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, he was sent to Oisemont, not far from Dieppe, France, where he trained to be a signaller. He was then sent to the Battle of Passchendaele in Belgium. On October 12, 1917, hundreds of British soldiers, including Alfred Mendes, were tasked with reclaiming the village of Poelcappelle, which is close to the Passchendaele Ridge and had been overtaken by the Germans. British soldiers attacked in the pouring rain and suffered significant losses. 158 of the 484 men in Alfred's battalion were killed, wounded, or unaccounted for. The missing men were scattered across miles of water-filled shell craters in the mud-soaked No Man's Land, unable to communicate their positions. Sam Mendes' Grandfather Alfred's story planted the seed for the movie, which was developed into a script that is mostly fictional. Mendes co-wrote the script with Scottish screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns. When Alfred's commanding officer asked for a runner to locate the positions of the surviving men and report back, Alfred volunteered for the dangerous mission. In his memoirs, titled Autobiography of Alfred H Mendes 1897-1991, he wrote of taking the assignment, I had done a signalling course and although it bore little relationship to the job at hand, I felt myself under an obligation to the battalion. I volunteered. Alfred located numerous survivors, which enabled them to be rescued. Of the harrowing mission, he wrote, In spite of the snipers, the machine-gunners and the shells, I arrived back at C Company's shell hole without a scratch but with a series of hair-raising experiences that would keep my grand and great-grandchildren enthralled for nights on end. As a result of his fearless actions, Alfred Mendes was awarded the Military Medal for bravery. While Alfred Mendes' true story helped to give birth to his grandson's idea for the 1917 movie, whose official synopsis reads, In a race against time, they must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers. it seems that much of the film's story has been imagined. Even Alfred running into No Man's Land to locate survivors has in the movie become two men, Blake and Schofield, running across No Man's Land to warn hundreds of soldiers that they're about to head into a trap. Are the two main characters, Blake and Schofield, based on real people? No. The 1917 true story reveals that, at best, Dean-Charles Chapman's character, Blake, was very loosely inspired by Sam Mendes' grandfather, Alfred Mendes. Blake's friend in the film, Schofield (George MacKay) also perhaps loosely represents Alfred's experience during the war, but neither character is directly based on Alfred Mendes. In the 1917 movie, the pair are given the mission of crossing deep into enemy territory to get a message to 1, 500 soldiers who are unknowingly headed into a deadly trap, including Blake's own brother (portrayed by Richard Madden. The WWI experiences of Sam Mendes' grandfather, Alfred Mendes (left) helped to inspire the experiences of Dean-Charles Chapman's character, Blake (right) in the 1917 movie. Was Sam Mendes' grandfather injured during World War I? Yes. Director Sam Mendes' grandfather, whose true story inspired the idea for the movie, was injured in May 1918 when he accidentally inhaled poisonous gas used by the German army during their attack at La Bassee Canal near Béthune, France. Alfred Mendes was sent back to Britain, where he recovered at a hospital in Sheffield. Following the war, he returned to Trinidad and was employed in his wealthy father's provisions business, writing poetry and fiction on the side. In 1933, he headed to New York City where he joined literary salons and became acquainted with American writers like William Faulkner, Thomas Wolfe and William Saroyan. He returned to Trinidad in 1940, giving up writing to become a civil servant. He worked as General Manager of the Port Services Department. He was married three times; he was widowed when his first wife died of pneumonia, his second marriage ended in divorce in 1938, and he married his third wife, Ellen Parachini, in 1940 while still in New York. The marriage lasted until they both died in 1991 of natural causes while living in Barbados. Are the characters portrayed by Colin Firth and Benedict Cumberbatch based on real people? No, we've found no evidence that they represent real people. The supporting characters in the 1917 movie, including the commanding officer portrayed by Colin Firth and the characters portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch, Richard Madden and Mark Strong, all appear to be fictional. Benedict Cumberbatch and Colin Firth's 1917 movie characters are fictional. Are the battles depicted in 1917 based on real-life WWI battles that Sam Mendes' grandfather fought in? The movie opens just after the German army purposely fell back to the Hindenburg Line, which was shorter and easier to defend. This real-life strategic withdrawal was known as Operation Alberich. In the mostly fictional movie, the Second Battalion of the Devonshire Regiment mistakenly believes that the Germans are in retreat. The battalion is preparing to attack without knowing that the Germans are waiting to overwhelm them. With the lines of communication cut, two British soldiers are tasked with hand-delivering a message to call off the attack. The fighting in the movie was inspired by (but unfolds prior to) the Battle of Passchendaele, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, which took place from July 31, 1917 to November 10, 1917. Both the British and the Germans suffered heavy casualties. In the end, the battle resulted in the German army being pinned to Flanders and suffering unsustainable casualties. As stated earlier, Alfred Mendes fought in the battle, and his battalion suffered heavy losses while trying to take the village of Poelcappelle from the Germans. Soldiers cross a duckboard on October 29, 1917 during the Battle of Passchendaele. Photo: Frank Hurley.

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As of the start of 1917, the Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar, which remained in localized use until 1923. Events [ edit] Below, events of World War I have the "WWI" prefix. January [ edit] January 2 – The Royal Bank of Canada takes over Quebec Bank. January 3 – Ratho rail crash in Scotland: An Edinburgh to Glasgow express train collides with a light engine leaving 12 people dead and 46 seriously injured; the cause is found to be inadequate signalling procedures. [1] January 9 – WWI – Battle of Rafa: The last substantial Ottoman Army garrison on the Sinai Peninsula is captured by the Egyptian Expeditionary Force 's Desert Column. January 11 – Unknown saboteurs set off the Kingsland Explosion at Kingsland (modern-day Lyndhurst, New Jersey) one of the events leading to United States involvement in WWI. January 16 – The Danish West Indies is sold to the United States for 25 million. January 19 – Silvertown explosion: A blast at a munitions factory in London kills 73 and injures over 400; the resulting fire causes over 2, 000, 000 worth of damage. January 22 – WWI: United States President Woodrow Wilson calls for "peace without victory" in Germany. January 25 WWI: British armed merchantman SS  Laurentic is sunk by mines off Lough Swilly (Ireland) with the loss of 354 of the 475 aboard. An anti- prostitution drive in San Francisco occurs, and police close about 200 prostitution houses. January 26 – The sea defences at the English village of Hallsands are breached, leading to all but one of the houses becoming uninhabitable. January 28 – The United States ends its search for Pancho Villa. January 30 – Pershing 's troops in Mexico begin withdrawing back to the United States. They reach Columbus, New Mexico February 5. February [ edit] February 1 – WWI: Atlantic U-boat Campaign: Germany announces its U-boats will resume unrestricted submarine warfare, rescinding the ' Sussex Pledge. February 3 – WWI: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Germany. February 5 – The new constitution of Mexico is adopted. February 13 Mata Hari is arrested in Paris for spying. WWI – Raid on Nekhl: Units of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force completely reoccupy the Egyptian Sinai Peninsula. February 21 – British troopship SS  Mendi is accidentally rammed and sunk off the Isle of Wight, killing 646, mainly members of the South African Native Labour Corps. [2] February 24 – WWI: United States ambassador to the United Kingdom, Walter Hines Page, is shown the intercepted Zimmermann Telegram, in which Germany offers to give the American Southwest back to Mexico, if Mexico would take sides with Germany, in case the United States would declare war on Germany. President Woodrow Wilson of the United States announces to Congress the breaking of diplomatic relations with Germany March [ edit] March 1 WWI: The U. S. government releases the text of the Zimmermann Telegram to the public. Ōmuta, Japan, is founded by Hiroushi Miruku. March 2 – The enactment of the Jones Act grants Puerto Ricans United States citizenship. March 4 Woodrow Wilson is sworn in for a second term, as President of the United States. Jeannette Rankin of Montana becomes the first woman member of the United States House of Representatives. March 7 – " Livery Stable Blues. recorded with "Dixie Jazz Band One Step" on February 26, by the Original Dixieland Jass Band in the United States, becomes the first jazz recording commercially released. On August 17 the band records " Tiger Rag. March 8 Women calling for bread and peace - Petrograd, 8th of March, 1917 (N. February 23, O. – The February Revolution begins in Russia: Women calling for bread in Petrograd start riots, which spontaneously spread throughout the city. The United States Senate adopts the cloture rule, in order to limit filibusters. March 10 – The Province of Batangas is formally founded, as one of the Philippines ' first encomiendas. March 11 – Mexican Revolution: Venustiano Carranza is elected president of Mexico; the United States gives de jure recognition of his government. March 12 – The Russian Duma declares a Provisional Government. March 14 – WWI: The Republic of China terminates diplomatic relations with Germany. March 15 (N. March 2, O. – Emperor Nicholas II of Russia abdicates his throne and his son's claims. This is considered to be the end of the Russian Empire, after 196 years. March 16 (N. March 3, O. – Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich of Russia refuses the throne, and power passes to the newly formed Provisional Government, under Prince Georgy Lvov. March 25 – The Georgian Orthodox Church restores the autocephaly, abolished by Imperial Russia in 1811. March 26 – WWI – First Battle of Gaza: British Egyptian Expeditionary Force troops virtually encircle the Gaza garrison, but are then ordered to withdraw, leaving the city to the Ottoman defenders. March 30 – Hjalmar Hammarskjöld steps down as Prime Minister of Sweden; he is replaced by right-wing businessman and politician Carl Swartz. March 31 – The United States takes possession of the Danish West Indies, which become the US Virgin Islands, after paying 25 million to Denmark. April [ edit] April – Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki, the first anime, is released in Japan. April 2 – WWI: U. President Woodrow Wilson asks the United States Congress for a declaration of war on Germany. April 6 – WWI: The United States declares war on Germany. April 8 (N. March 26, O. – In Petrograd, 40, 000 ethnic Estonians demand national autonomy within Russia. April 9 – May 16 – WWI – Battle of Arras: British Empire troops make a significant advance on the Western Front but are unable to achieve a breakthrough. April 9 – 12 – WWI: Canadian troops win the Battle of Vimy Ridge. April 10 – An ammunition factory explosion in Chester, Pennsylvania kills 133. April 11 – WWI: Brazil severs diplomatic relations with Germany. April 12 (N. March 30 O. – The Autonomous Governorate of Estonia is formed within Russia, from the Governorate of Estonia and the northern part of the Governorate of Livonia. April 16 (N. April 3, O. – Vladimir Lenin arrives at the Finland Station in Petrograd. WWI: The Nivelle Offensive commences. April 17 (N. April 4, O. – Vladimir Lenin 's April Theses are published. [3] They become very influential in the following July Days and Bolshevik Revolution. WWI: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force begins the Second Battle of Gaza. This unsuccessful frontal attack on strong Ottoman defences along with the first battle, results in 10, 000 casualties, the dismissal of force commander General Archibald Murray, and the beginning of the Stalemate in Southern Palestine. The Times and the Daily Mail (London newspapers both owned by Lord Northcliffe) print atrocity propaganda of the supposed existence of a German Corpse Factory processing dead soldiers' bodies. [4] 5] 6] 7] April 26 – WWI: The Agreement of Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, between France, Italy and the United Kingdom, to settle interests in the Middle East, is signed. May [ edit] May 9 – WWI: The Nivelle Offensive is abandoned. May 13 – Nuncio Eugenio Pacelli, the future Pope Pius XII, is consecrated Archbishop by Pope Benedict XV. [8] May 13 – October 13 (at monthly intervals) – 10-year-old Lúcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and Jacinta Marto report experiencing a series of Marian apparitions near Fátima, Portugal, which become known as Our Lady of Fátima. May 15 – Robert Nivelle is replaced as Commander-in-Chief of the French Army, by Philippe Pétain. May 18 – WWI: The Selective Service Act passes the United States Congress, giving the President the power of conscription. May 21 – Over 300 acres (73 blocks) are destroyed in the Great Atlanta fire of 1917 in the United States. May 22 The Commissioned Officer Corps of the U. Coast and Geodetic Survey is established. Ell Persons is lynched in Memphis, in connection with the rape and murder of 16-year-old Antoinette Rappal. May 23 A month of civil violence in Milan, Italy ends, after the Italian army forcibly takes over the city from anarchists and anti-war revolutionaries; 50 people are killed and 800 arrested. [9] WWI: During the Stalemate in Southern Palestine the Raid on the Beersheba to Hafir el Auja railway, by the British Desert Column, large sections of the railway line linking Beersheba to the main Ottoman desert base are destroyed. May 26 – A tornado strikes Mattoon, Illinois, causing devastation and killing 101 people. May 27 – WWI: Over 30, 000 French troops refuse to go to the trenches at Missy-aux-Bois. May 27 – Pope Benedict XV promulgates the 1917 Code of Canon Law. June [ edit] June 1 – French Army Mutinies: A French infantry regiment seizes Missy-aux-Bois, and declares an anti-war military government. Other French army troops soon apprehend them. June 4 – The first Pulitzer Prizes are awarded: Laura E. Richards, Maud Howe Elliott and Florence Hall receive the first Pulitzer for a biography, for Julia Ward Howe. Jean Jules Jusserand receives the first Pulitzer for history, for his work With Americans of Past and Present Days. Herbert Bayard Swope receives the first Pulitzer for journalism, for his work for the New York World. June 5 – WWI: Conscription begins in the United States. June 7 – WWI: Battle of Messines opens with the British Army detonating 24 ammonal mines under the German lines, killing 10, 000 in the deadliest deliberate non-nuclear man-made explosion in history. June 8 – Speculator Mine disaster: A fire at the Granite Mountain and Speculator ore mine, outside Butte, Montana, kills at least 168 workers. June 11 – King Constantine I of Greece abdicates for the first time, being succeeded by his son Alexander. June 13 – WWI: The first major German bombing raid on London by fixed-wing aircraft leaves 162 dead and 432 injured. June 15 – The United States enacts the Espionage Act. July [ edit] July – The first Cottingley Fairies photographs are taken in Yorkshire, England, apparently depicting fairies (a hoax not admitted by the child creators until 1981. July 1 East St. Louis riot: A labor dispute ignites a race riot in East St. Louis, Illinois, which leaves 250 dead. Russian General Brusilov begins the major Kerensky Offensive in Galicia, initially advancing towards Lemberg. July 2 – WWI: Greece joins the war on the side of the Allies. [10] 11] July 6 – WWI: Battle of Aqaba: Arabian troops, led by T. E. Lawrence, capture Aqaba from the Ottoman Empire. The Conscription Crisis of 1917 in Canada leads to passage of the Military Service Act. July 7 – The Lions Clubs International is formed in the United States. July 8 – 13 – WWI – First Battle of Ramadi: British troops fail to take Ramadi from the Ottoman Empire; a majority of British casualties are due to extreme heat. July 12 – Bisbee Deportation: The Phelps Dodge Corporation deports over 1, 000 suspected IWW members from Bisbee, Arizona. July 16 – July 17 – Russian troops mutiny, abandon the Austrian front, and retreat to the Ukraine; hundreds are shot by their commanding officers during the retreat. July 16 – July 18 – July Days: Serious clashes occur in Petrograd; Vladimir Lenin escapes to Finland; Leon Trotsky is arrested. July 17 – King George V of the United Kingdom issues a proclamation, stating that thenceforth the male line descendants of the British Royal Family will bear the surname Windsor, vice the Germanic bloodline of House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, which is an offshoot of the historic (800+ years) House of Wettin. July 20 The Parliament of Finland, with a Social Democratic majority, passes a "Sovereignty Act" declaring itself, as the representative of the Finnish people, sovereign over the Grand Principality of Finland. The Russian Provisional Government does not recognize the act, as it would have devolved Russian sovereignty over Finland, formerly exercised by the Russian Emperor as Grand Prince of Finland, and alter the relationship between Finland and Russia into a real union, with Russia solely responsible for the defence and foreign relations of an independent Finland. ( July 7, O. – Alexander Kerensky becomes premier of the Russian Provisional Government, replacing Prince Georgy Lvov. The Russian Provisional Government enacts women's suffrage. The Corfu Declaration, which enables the establishment of the post-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia, is signed by the Yugoslav Committee and the Kingdom of Serbia. July 20 – July 28 – WWI: Austrian and German forces repulse the Russian advance into Galicia. July 25 – Sir William Thomas White introduces Canada's first income tax as a "temporary" measure (lowest bracket is 4% and highest is 25. July 28 – The Silent Parade is organized by the NAACP in New York City, to protest the East St. Louis riot of July 2, as well as lynchings in Tennessee and Texas. July 30 – The Parliament of Finland is dissolved by the Russian Provisional Government. New elections are held in the autumn, resulting in a bourgeois majority. July 31 – WWI – Battle of Passchendaele ( Third Battle of Ypres. Allied offensive operations commence in Flanders. August [ edit] August 2 – August 3 – The Green Corn Rebellion, an uprising by several hundred farmers against the WWI draft, takes place in central Oklahoma. August 2 – Squadron Commander E. H. Dunning lands his aircraft on the ship HMS  Furious in Scapa Flow, Orkney. He is killed 5 days later during another landing on the ship. August 3 – The New York Guard is founded. August 10 – A general strike begins in Spain; it is smashed after 2 days with 70 left dead, hundreds of wounded and 2, 000 arrests. August 14 – The Republic of China declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary. August 17 – One of English literature's important meetings takes place, when Wilfred Owen introduces himself to Siegfried Sassoon at the Craiglockhart War Hospital in Edinburgh. August 18 – The Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917 in Greece destroys 32% of the city, leaving 70, 000 individuals homeless. August 29 – WWI: The Military Service Act is passed in the House of Commons of Canada, giving the Government of Canada the right to conscript men into the army. September [ edit] September 14 (September 1 Old Style) – Russia is declared a republic, by the Provisional Government. September 23 – Leon Trotsky is elected Chairman of the Petrograd Soviet. September 25 – The Mossovet ( Moscow Soviet of People's Deputies) votes to side with the Bolsheviks. September 26 – October 3 – WWI – Battle of Polygon Wood (part of the Battle of Passchendaele) near Ypres in Belgium: British and Australian troops capture positions from the Germans. September 28 – 29 – WWI – Second Battle of Ramadi: British troops take Ramadi from the Ottoman Empire. October [ edit] October 4 – WWI – Battle of Broodseinde near Ypres: British Imperial forces overpower the German 4th Army 's defences. October 12 – WWI – First Battle of Passchendaele: Allies fail to take a German defensive position, with the biggest loss of life in a single day for New Zealand, over 800 of whose men and 60 officers are killed, roughly 1 in 1, 000 of the nation's population at this time. October 12 - 19 – WWI – Operation Albion: German forces land on and capture the West Estonian archipelago. October 13 – The Miracle of the Sun is reported at Fátima, Portugal. October 15 – WWI: At Vincennes outside Paris, Dutch dancer Mata Hari is executed by firing squad for spying for Germany. October 19 Dallas Love Field Airport is opened in Texas. Carl Swartz leaves office as Prime Minister of Sweden, after dismal election results for the right-wing in the Riksdag elections in September. He is replaced by liberal leader and history professor Nils Edén. October 23 – A Brazilian ship is destroyed by a German U-Boat, encouraging Brazil to enter World War I. October 24 WWI – Battle of Caporetto: Austrian and German forces penetrate Italian lines as far south as the Piave River. It is the first major engagement for junior German officer Erwin Rommel. October 26 – WWI: Brazil declares war against the Central Powers. October 27 – WWI – Battle of Buqqar Ridge: Ottoman forces attack British Desert Mounted Corps units garrisoning El-Buqqar Ridge, during the last days of the Stalemate in Southern Palestine. October 31 – WWI – Battle of Beersheba: The British XX Corps and Desert Mounted Corps ( Egyptian Expeditionary Force) attack and capture Beersheba from Ottoman forces, ending the stalemate in Southern Palestine. The battle includes a rare (by this date) mounted charge, by Australian mounted infantry. November [ edit] November 1 – WWI: The British XXI Corps of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force begins the Third Battle of Gaza. The British Desert Mounted Corps begins the Battle of Tel el Khuweilfe, in the direction of Hebron and Jerusalem. November 2 – Zionism: The British Foreign Secretary Arthur Balfour makes the Balfour Declaration, proclaiming British support for the "establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people. it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of existing non-Jewish communities. November 5 (N. October 23, O. – Estonian and Russian Bolsheviks seize power in Tallinn, Autonomous Governorate of Estonia, two days before the October Revolution in Petrograd. November 6 WWI – Second Battle of Passchendaele: After 3 months of fierce fighting, Canadian forces take Passchendaele in Belgium (the battle concludes on November 10. WWI: The Battle of Hareira and Sheria is launched by the British XX Corps and Desert Mounted Corps, against the central Ottoman defences protecting the Gaza to Beersheba Road. Militants from Trotsky's committee join with trusty Bolshevik soldiers, to seize government buildings and pounce on members of the provisional government. November 7 (N. October 25, O. – October Revolution in Russia: The workers of the Petrograd Soviet in Russia, led by the Bolshevik Party and leader Vladimir Lenin, storm the Winter Palace and successfully destroy the Kerensky Provisional Government after less than eight months of rule. This immediately triggers the Russian Civil War. Iran (which has provided weapons for Russia) refuses to support the Allied Forces after the October Revolution. WWI – Third Battle of Gaza: The British Army XXI Corps occupies Gaza, after the Ottoman garrison withdraws. WWI: The Battle of Hareira and Sheria continues, when the XX Corps and Desert Mounted Corps capture Hareira and Sheria, marking the end of the Ottoman Gaza to Beersheba line. Women's Suffrage in the United States: Women win the right to vote in New York State. [12] November 13 – WWI: Battle of Mughar Ridge: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force attacks retreating Yildirim Army Group forces, resulting in the capture of 10, 000 Ottoman prisoners, 100 guns and 50 miles (80 km) of Palestine territory. The ANZAC Mounted Division ( Desert Mounted Corps) successfully fights the Battle of Ayun Kara, in the aftermath of the Battle of Mughar Ridge against strong German rearguards. November 15 "Night of Terror" in the United States: Influential suffragettes from the Silent Sentinels are deliberately subjected to physical assaults by guards while imprisoned. The Parliament of Finland passes another "Sovereignty Act" dissolving Russian sovereignty over Finland and effectively declaring Finland independent. (N. November 2, O. – The Provincial Assembly of the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia declares itself the highest legal body in Estonia, in opposition to Bolsheviks. November 16 WWI: Battle of Ayun Kara: The ANZAC Mounted Division occupies Jaffa. Georges Clemenceau becomes prime minister of France. November 17 WWI: Action of 17 November 1917: United States Navy destroyers USS Fanning and USS Nicholson capture Imperial German Navy U-boat SM U-58 off the south-west coast of Ireland, the first combat action in which U. ships take a submarine (which is then scuttled. WWI: The Battle of Jerusalem (1917) begins, with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force launching attacks against Ottoman forces in the Judean Hills. The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals is founded in the United Kingdom. November 20 WWI – Battle of Cambrai: British forces, using tanks, make early progress in an attack on German positions, but are soon beaten back. The Ukraine is declared a republic. November 22 – In Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the National Hockey Association suspends operations. November 23 – The Bolsheviks release the full text of the previously secret Sykes–Picot Agreement of 1916 in Izvestia and Pravda; it is printed in the Manchester Guardian on November 26. November 24 – A bomb kills 9 members of the Milwaukee Police Department, the most deaths in a single event in U. police history (until the September 11 attacks in 2001. November 25 – WWI – Battle of Ngomano: German forces defeat a Portuguese army of about 1, 200 at Negomano, on the border of modern-day Mozambique and Tanzania. November 26 – The National Hockey League is formed in Montreal, as a replacement for the recently disbanded National Hockey Association. November 28 – WWI: The Bolsheviks offer peace terms to the Germans. December [ edit] December – Annie Besant becomes president of the Indian National Congress. December 3 – After nearly 20 years of planning and construction, the Quebec Bridge opens to traffic (the bridge partially collapsed on August 29, 1907 and September 11, 1916. December 6 The Senate of Finland officially declares the country's independence from Russia. Halifax Explosion: Two freighters collide in Halifax Harbour at Halifax, Nova Scotia, and cause a huge explosion that kills at least 1, 963 people, injures 9, 000 and destroys part of the city (the biggest man-made explosion in recorded history until the Trinity nuclear test in 1945. WWI: U. Navy destroyer USS  Jacob Jones is torpedoed and sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by German submarine U-53, killing 66 crew in the first significant American naval loss of the war. [13] December 9 – WWI – Battle of Jerusalem: The British Egyptian Expeditionary Force accepts the surrender of Jerusalem by the mayor, Hussein al-Husayni, following the effective defeat of the Ottoman Empire 's Yildirim Army Group. December 11 – WWI: General Edmund Allenby leads units of the British Egyptian Expeditionary Force into Jerusalem on foot through, the Jaffa Gate. December 17 – The Raad van Vlaanderen proclaims the independence of Flanders. December 20 (N. December 7, O. – The Cheka, a predecessor to the KGB, is established in Russia. December 23 (N. December 10, O. – A local plebiscite supports transferring Narva and Ivangorod ( Jaanilinn) from the Petrograd Governorate, to the Autonomous Governorate of Estonia. December 25 – Jesse Lynch Williams 's Why Marry? the first dramatic play to win a Pulitzer Prize, opens at the Astor Theatre, New York City. December 26 – United States President Woodrow Wilson uses the Federal Possession and Control Act to place most U. railroads under the United States Railroad Administration, hoping to transport troops and materials for the war effort more efficiently. December 30 – WWI: The Egyptian Expeditionary Force secures the victory at the Battle of Jerusalem, by successfully defending Jerusalem from numerous Yildirim Army Group counterattacks. Date unknown [ edit] Following the October Revolution, Alexandra Kollontai is appointed People's Commissar for Social Welfare in the Council of People's Commissars of the Government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, the first woman cabinet minister in Europe. Women are permitted to stand in national elections in the Netherlands. The True Jesus Church is established in Beijing. Births [ edit] January 2 Albin F. Irzyk, American Brigadier General (d. 2018) Vera Zorina, German dancer, actress (d. 2003) K. M. Mathew, Indian newspaper editor (d. 2010) January 3 Roger W. Straus, Jr., American publisher (d. 2004) Liu Zhonghua, Chinese military officer (d. 2018) Jesse White, American actor (d. 1997) D. J. Finney, British statistician (d. 2018) January 5 Adolfo Consolini, Italian discus thrower (d. 1969) Lucienne Day, British textile designer (d. 2010) Francis L. Kellogg, American diplomat, prominent socialite (d. 2006) Jane Wyman, American actress, philanthropist, and first wife of Ronald Reagan (d. 2007) January 6 – Koo Chen-fu, Nationalist Chinese negotiator (d. 2005) January 10 Saul Cherniack, Canadian politician, lawyer (d. 2018) Jerry Wexler, American record producer (d. 2008) January 12 – Jimmy Skinner, American hockey coach (d. 2007) 14] January 15 – K. A. Thangavelu, Indian film actor, comedian (d. 1994) January 16 – Carl Karcher, American founder of the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain (d. 2008) January 17 – M. G. Ramachandran, Tamil Nadu chief minister, actor (d. 1987) January 19 – Graham Higman, British mathematician (d. 2008) January 21 – Erling Persson, Swedish businessman, founder of H&M (d. 2002) January 24 – Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012) Ilya Prigogine, Russian-born physicist, chemist, and recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2003) Jânio Quadros, 22nd President of Brazil (d. 1992) January 26 William Verity Jr., 27th United States Secretary of Commerce (d. 2007) Louis Zamperini, American prisoner of war (World War II) Olympic distance athlete (1936) and Christian evangelist (d. 2014) January 29 – John Raitt, American actor, singer (d. 2005) February 1 Ed Simons, American musician (d. 2018) Squadron Leader James "Ginger" Lacey, the top scoring RAF fighter pilot during the Battle of Britain (d. 1989) February 2 Mary Ellis, British ferry pilot (d. 2018) Đỗ Mười, Vietnamese leader (d. 2018) February 3 – Shlomo Goren, Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Israel (d. 1994) February 4 – Yahya Khan, 3rd President of Pakistan (d. 1980) February 5 – Isuzu Yamada, Japanese actress (d. 2012) February 6 John Franzese, Italian-born American prisoner Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hungarian-born actress (d. 2016) Arnold Spielberg, American electrical engineer and father of Steven Spielberg February 9 – Joseph Conombo, Prime Minister of Upper Volta (d. 2008) February 11 T. Nagi Reddy, Indian revolutionary (d. 1976) Sidney Sheldon, American author, television writer (d. 2007) February 12 – Dom DiMaggio, American baseball player (d. 2009) February 14 – Herbert A. Hauptman, American mathematician, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 2011) February 15 – Meg Wyllie, American actress (d. 2002) February 17 Abdel Rahman Badawi, Egyptian existentialist philosopher (d. 2002) Whang-od, Filipino mambabatok or tattoo artist February 18 – Tuulikki Pietilä, Finnish artist (d. 2009) February 19 – Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967) February 20 Juan Vicente Torrealba, Venezuelan harpist, composer (d. 2019) Wilma Vinsant, American flight nurse who served during WWII (d. 1945) February 21 – Lucille Bremer, American actress, dancer (d. 1996) February 23 – Abdelmunim Al-Rifai, 2-time Prime Minister of Jordan (d. 1985) February 25 Anthony Burgess, English author (d. 1993) Brenda Joyce, American actress (d. 2009) February 26 – Robert Taft Jr., American politician (d. 1993) February 27 John Connally, Governor of Texas (d. 1993) Laine Mesikäpp, Estonian actress, singer and folk song collector (d. 2012) February 28 – Ernesto Alonso, Mexican actor, director, cinematographer, and producer (d. 2007) March 1 – Robert Lowell, American poet (d. 1977) March 2 Desi Arnaz, Cuban-born American actor, bandleader, musician, and television producer; co-founder of Desilu Productions (d. 1986) Babiker Awadalla, 8th Prime Minister of Sudan (d. 2019) Laurie Baker, English architect (d. 2007) Max Webb, Polish-American real estate developer and philanthropist (d. 2018) March 3 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian nuclear scientist (d. 1952) March 4 – Clyde McCullough, American baseball catcher (d. 1982) March 5 – Raymond P. Shafer, Governor of Pennsylvania (d. 2006) March 6 Samael Aun Weor, Colombian writer (d. 1977) Ruth Dayan, Israeli fashion designer Will Eisner, American cartoonist (d. 2005) March 9 – Jack Laver, Tasmanian cricketer (d. 2017) March 10 Edith Iglauer, American writer (d. 2019) Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski, Polish Brigadier General (d. 2018) March 12 Giovanni Benedetti, Italian Catholic prelate (d. 2017) Leonard Chess, American record company executive, co-founder of Chess Records (d. 1969) Googie Withers, British actress (d. 2011) March 16 – Mehrdad Pahlbod, Iranian royal and politician (d. 2018) March 18 – Mircea Ionescu-Quintus, Romanian politician (d. 2017) March 19 Dinu Lipatti, Romanian pianist (d. 1950) Peggy Ahern, American actress (d. 2012) Sardon Jubir, Malaysian politician (d. 1985) March 20 Haddon Donald, New Zealand Army Lieutenant Colonel and politician (d. 2018) Vera Lynn, English actress, singer March 21 Anton Coppola, American opera conductor, composer Yigael Yadin, Israeli archeologist, politician, and Military Chief of Staff (d. 1984) March 22 – Virginia Grey, American actress (d. 2004) March 23 – Kenneth Tobey, American actor (d. 2002) March 24 Constantine Andreou, Brazilian-Greek artist (d. 2007) John Kendrew, British molecular biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (d. 1997) March 26 – Rufus Thomas, American singer (d. 2001) March 27 Takumi Furukawa, Japanese film director (d. 2018) Cyrus Vance, American politician (d. 2002) March 29 – Man o' War, champion thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1947) April 1 Sydney Newman, Canadian-born television producer (d. 1997) Leon Janney, American actor (d. 1980) April 2 – Dabbs Greer, American actor (d. 2007) April 3 – Edward Rowny, American army lieutenant general (d. 2017) April 5 – Robert Bloch, American writer (d. 1994) April 7 – R. Armstrong, American actor (d. 2012) April 8 John Whitney, American animator, composer, and pioneer in computer animation (d. 1995) Hubertus Ernst, Dutch Roman Catholic prelate (d. 2017) April 9 – Brad Dexter, American actor (d. 2002) April 10 – Robert Burns Woodward, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) April 11 – Morton Sobell, American spy (d. 2018) April 12 – Džemal Bijedić, Yugoslav politician (d. 1977) April 13 Robert O. Anderson, American businessman, founder of Atlantic Richfield Oil Co. (d. 2007) Bill Clements, Governor of Texas (d. 2011) Li Rui, Chinese Communist Party politician (d. 2019) April 14 Valerie Hobson, British actress (d. 1998) Marvin Miller, American baseball executive (d. 2012) April 15 – Hans Conried, American actor (d. 1982) April 16 – Barry Nelson, American actor (d. 2007) April 22 Yvette Chauviré, French ballerina (d. 2016) Ambrose Schindler, American football player, actor (d. 2018) April 23 – Dorian Leigh, American model (d. 2008) April 25 – Ella Fitzgerald, American jazz singer (d. 1996) April 26 I. Pei, Chinese-born architect (d. 2019) Virgil Trucks, American baseball player (d. 2013) April 28 Minoru Chiaki, Japanese actor (d. 1999) Robert Cornthwaite, American actor (d. 2006) April 29 Celeste Holm, American actress (d. 2012) Maya Deren, Russian-American experimental filmmaker (d. 1961) April 30 – Bea Wain, American singer (d. 2017) May 1 John Beradino, American baseball player and actor, best known for his role in General Hospital (d. 1996) Ulric Cross, Trinidadian judge, diplomat and war hero (d. 2013) Danielle Darrieux, French singer, actress (d. 2017) Fyodor Khitruk, Russian animator (d. 2012) May 3 José Del Vecchio, Venezuelan physician, youth baseball promoter (d. 1990) George Gaynes, Finland-born American actor (d. 2016) Kiro Gligorov, 1st President of the Republic of Macedonia (d. 2012) May 6 – Morihiro Higashikuni, Japanese prince (d. 1969) May 7 – David Tomlinson, English actor (d. 2000) May 8 John Anderson, Jr., American politician (d. 2014) Kenneth N. Taylor, translator of The Living Bible (d. 2005) May 12 – Frank Clair, Canadian football coach (d. 2005) May 14 – Lou Harrison, American composer (d. 2003) May 15 Eleanor Maccoby, American psychologist (d. 2018) Jerzy Duszyński, Polish actor (d. 1978) May 16 – Juan Rulfo, Mexican writer, photographer (d. 1986) May 20 – Bergur Sigurbjörnsson, Icelandic politician (d. 2005) May 21 – Raymond Burr, Canadian actor, best known for his role in Perry Mason (d. 1993) Sid Melton, American actor (d. 2011) Georg Tintner, Austrian conductor (d. 1999) May 24 – Florence Knoll, American architect, furniture designer (d. 2019) May 25 – Theodore Hesburgh, American priest, educator (d. 2015) May 28 Papa John Creach, African-American fiddler (d. 1994) Marshall Reed, American film, television actor (d. 1980) May 29 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963) May 31 – Zilka Salaberry, Brazilian actress (d. 2005) June 1 – William S. Knowles, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) June 2 – Max Showalter, American actor, musician (d. 2000) June 3 – Leo Gorcey, American actor (d. 1969) June 4 Robert Merrill, American baritone (d. 2004) Howard Metzenbaum, American Jewish Senator from Ohio (d. 2008) June 6 – Kirk Kerkorian, Armenian-American businessman, billionaire (d. 2015) June 7 Gwendolyn Brooks, African-American writer (d. 2000) Dean Martin, American actor, singer (d. 1995) June 8 George D. Wallace, American actor (d. 2005) Byron White, American football player and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 2002) June 9 – Eric Hobsbawm, Egyptian-born British historian (d. 2012) June 10 DeWitt Hale, American politician (d. 2018) Ruari McLean, Scottish-born typographer (d. 2006) Al Schwimmer, American-Israeli businessman (d. 2011) June 13 – Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan writer (d. 2005) June 14 Lise Nørgaard, Danish journalist, writer Atle Selberg, Norwegian mathematician (d. 2007) June 15 John Fenn, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2010) Lash LaRue, American cowboy actor (d. 1996) June 16 Phaedon Gizikis, President of Greece (d. 1999) Katharine Graham, American publisher (d. 2001) Irving Penn, American photographer (d. 2009) June 17 Ben Bubar, American presidential candidate (d. 1995) Huang Feili, Chinese conductor, musical educator (d. 2017) June 18 Richard Boone, American actor (d. 1981) Ross Elliott, American actor (d. 1999) Erik Ortvad, Danish artist (d. 2008) June 19 Robert Baker Aitken, American Zen Buddhist teacher (d. 2010) Robert Karnes, American actor (d. 1979) June 21 – Leslie Shepard, British author, archivist and curator (d. 2004) June 24 Lucy Jarvis, American television producer (d. 2020) Ahmad Sayyed Javadi, Iranian lawyer, political activist and politician (d. 2013) June 25 Nils Karlsson, Swedish Olympic cross-country skier (d. 2012) Claude Seignolle, French author (d. 2018) June 26 – Idriz Ajeti, Albanian albanologist (d. 2019) June 28 – A. Hotchner, American editor, novelist, playwright and biographer June 29 – Ling Yun, Chinese politician (d. 2018) June 30 Susan Hayward, American actress (d. 1975) Lena Horne, American singer, actress (d. 2010) Willa Kim, American costume designer, actress (d. 2016) Shyam Saran Negi, Indian schoolteacher Virginia Dale, American actress, dancer (d. 1994) Álvaro Domecq y Díez, Spanish aristocrat (d. 2005) Humphry Osmond, British psychiatrist (d. 2004) July 2 – André Lafargue, French journalist, resistance fighter (d. 2017) July 3 – Donald Wills Douglas, Jr., American industrialist, sportsman (d. 2004) July 4 – Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (d. 1947) July 5 – Kathleen Gemberling Adkison, American abstract painter (d. 2010) July 6 Arthur Lydiard, New Zealand runner, athletics coach (d. 2004) Heribert Barrera, Spanish chemist, politician (d. 2011) July 7 Larry O'Brien, American politician, former NBA commissioner (d. 1990) Fidel Sánchez Hernández, President of El Salvador (d. 2003) July 8 – Pamela Brown, English actress (d. 1975) July 9 Krystyna Dańko, Polish orphan, survivor of the Holocaust (d. 2019) Peter Moyes, Australian educator (d. 2007) Frank Wayne, American television game show producer (d. 1988) July 10 Şeref Alemdar, Turkish basketball player Don Herbert, American television personality, better known as Mr. Wizard (d. 2007) Dayton S. Mak, U. diplomat (d. 2018) Reg Smythe, English cartoonist (d. 1998) July 11 – Per Carleson, Swedish épée fencer (d. 2004) July 12 Luigi Gorrini, Italian soldier, pilot (d. 2014) Andrew Wyeth, American painter (d. 2009) Satyendra Narayan Sinha, Indian statesman (d. 2006) July 14 – Frank Vigar, English cricketer (d. 2004) July 15 Robert Conquest, British historian (d. 2015) Reidar Liaklev, Norwegian speed skater (d. 2006) Joan Roberts, American actress (d. 2012) July 16 – Alex Urban, American football player (d. 2007) July 17 Gus Arriola, Mexican-American comic strip cartoonist, animator (d. 2008) Lou Boudreau, American professional baseball player, manager (d. 2001) Phyllis Diller, American actress, comedian (d. 2012) Kenan Evren, 7th President of Turkey (d. 2015) Generoso Jiménez, Cuban trombone player (d. 2007) July 18 Henri Salvador, French singer (d. 2008) Paul Streeten, Austrian-born British economics professor (d. 2019) July 19 – William Scranton, American politician (d. 2013) Harold Faragher, English cricketer (d. 2006) Paul Hubschmid, Swiss actor (d. 2001) July 21 Alan B. Gold, Canadian lawyer, jurist (d. 2005) Sidney Leviss, American Democratic politician (d. 2007) July 22 Larry Hooper, American singer, musician (d. 1983) Adam Malik, 3rd Vice President of Indonesia (d. 1984) July 23 – Omar Yoke Lin Ong, Malaysian politician, diplomat and businessman (d. 2010) July 24 Henri Betti, French composer, pianist (d. 2005) Clarence F. Stephens, American mathematician, educator (d. 2018) July 25 – Fritz Honegger, 79th President of Switzerland (d. 1999) July 26 – Lorna Gray, American actress (d. 2017) July 27 – Wu Zhonghua, Chinese physicist, pioneered three-dimensional flow theory (d. 1992) July 29 – Rochus Misch, German bodyguard of Adolf Hitler (d. 2013) July 30 – Keith Rae, Australian rules footballer August 3 Les Elgart, American bandleader (d. 1995) August 6 – Robert Mitchum, American actor (d. 1997) August 7 – Raja Perempuan Zainab, Queen of Malaysia (d. 1993) August 8 – Earl Cameron, Bermudian actor August 9 – Jao Tsung-I, Chinese-born Hong Kong scholar, poet, calligrapher and painter (d. 2018) August 11 Vasiľ Biľak, former Slovak Communist leader (d. 2014) Dik Browne, American cartoonist, creator of Hägar the Horrible (d. 1989) Jack Smith, American football end (d. 2015) August 12 – Marjorie Reynolds, American actress (d. 1997) August 14 – Marty Glickman, American sports announcer (d. 2001) August 15 Jack Lynch, 5th Prime Minister of Ireland (d. 1999) Óscar Romero, Salvadoran Roman Catholic Archbishop (d. 1980) August 17 – Zvi Keren, American-born Israeli pianist, musicologist and composer (d. 2008) August 18 – Caspar Weinberger, United States Secretary of Defense (d. 2006) August 21 – Esther Cooper Jackson, African-American civil rights activist August 22 John Lee Hooker, African-American musician (d. 2001) Raymond G. Perelman, American businessman (d. 2019) August 23 – Hu Chengzhi, Chinese palaeontologist, palaeoanthropologist (d. 2018) August 25 Lou van Burg, Dutch television personality, game show host (d. 1986) Mel Ferrer, Cuban-American actor, film director, producer (d. 2008) Lisbeth Movin, Danish actress (d. 2011) August 28 – Jack Kirby, American comic book artist (d. 1994) August 29 – Isabel Sanford, African-American actress, best known for her role in The Jeffersons (d. 2004) August 30 – Denis Healey, English politician, author (d. 2015) September 5 – Art Rupe, American music industry executive, record producer September 6 – Philipp von Boeselager, German Wehrmacht officer, failed assassin of Adolf Hitler (d. 2008) September 7 Xerardo Fernández Albor, Spanish politician and physician (d. 2018) Leonard Cheshire, British war hero (d. 1992) John Cornforth, Australian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2013) Tetsuo Hamuro, Japanese swimmer (d. 2005) September 10 – Miguel Serrano, Chilean diplomat, explorer and journalist (d. 2009) September 11 Donald Blakeslee, American aviator (d. 2008) Herbert Lom, Czech-born British actor (d. 2012) Ferdinand Marcos, 10th President of the Philippines (d. 1989) Jessica Mitford, Anglo-American writer (d. 1996) Daniel Wildenstein, French art dealer, racehorse owner (d. 2001) September 13 – Robert Ward, American composer (d. 2013) September 15 Carola B. Eisenberg, American psychiatrist, educator Buddy Jeannette, American basketball player, coach (d. 1998) September 17 – Henry Pearce, Australian politician September 18 – June Foray, American voice actress best known for "Rocky and Bullwinkle" d. 2017) September 20 Red Auerbach, American basketball coach, official (d. 2006) Fernando Rey, Spanish actor (d. 1994) September 22 – Anna Campori, Italian actress (d. 2018) September 23 Asima Chatterjee, Indian chemist (d. 2006) El Santo, Mexican professional wrestler and actor (d. 1984) September 24 – Otto Günsche, German general (d. 2003) September 25 – Johnny Sain, American baseball player (d. 2006) September 26 – Tran Duc Thao, Vietnamese phenomenologist and Marxist philosopher (d. 1993) September 27 – Louis Auchincloss, American novelist (d. 2010) October 2 Christian de Duve, English-born biologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2013) Charles Drake, American actor (d. 1994) Francis Jackson, English organist, composer October 3 – Les Schwab, American businessman (d. 2007) October 5 – Allen Ludden, American game show host (d. 1981) October 6 – Fannie Lou Hamer, African-American civil rights activist (d. 1977) October 7 – June Allyson, American actress (d. 2006) October 8 Danny Murtaugh, American baseball player, manager (d. 1976) Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 1985) October 9 – Don Marion Davis, American child actor October 10 – Thelonious Monk, African-American jazz pianist (d. 1982) October 11 – J. Edward McKinley, American actor (d. 2004) October 13 – George Virl Osmond, Osmond family patriarch (d. 2007) October 15 Adele Stimmel Chase, American artist (d. 2000) Jan Miner, American actress (d. 2004) Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., American historian, political commentator (d. 2007) October 16 – Alice Pearce, American actress (d. 1966) October 17 Martin Donnelly, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) Marsha Hunt, American actress October 19 – Walter Munk, Austrian-born American oceanographer (d. 2019) October 20 Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director, film producer, and screenwriter (d. 1973) X. Sellathambu, Sri Lankan Tamil politician (d. 1984) October 21 Dizzy Gillespie, African-American musician (d. 1993) Geoffrey Langlands, British army officer and educator (d. 2019) October 22 – Joan Fontaine, British-born actress (d. 2013) October 24 – Fang Huai, Chinese military officer and major general of PLA (d. 2019) October 27 – Oliver Tambo, South African activist, revolutionary (d. 1993) October 28 Honor Frost, pioneer in underwater archaeology (d. 2010) Shams Pahlavi, Iranian royal (d. 1996) Jack Soo, Japanese-American actor (d. 1979) October 30 Paul Eberhard, Swiss bobsledder Maurice Trintignant, French race car driver (d. 2005) October 31 – Gordon Steege, Australian military officer (d. 2013) November 1 Erich Rudorffer, German fighter ace (d. 2016) Clarence E. Miller, American politician (d. 2011) November 2 Durward Knowles, Bahamian sailor, Olympic champion (d. 2018) Ann Rutherford, Canadian actress (d. 2012) November 3 – Chung Sze-yuen, Hong Kong politician (d. 2018) November 4 Leonardo Cimino, American actor (d. 2012) Virginia Field, British-born actress (d. 1992) November 5 – Jacqueline Auriol, French aviator (d. 2000) November 6 – Harlan Warde, American actor (d. 1980) November 10 – Koun Wick, Cambodian statesman and diplomat (d. 1999) November 11 Madeleine Damerment, French WWII heroine (d. 1944) Tony F. Schneider, American naval officer (d. 2010) November 12 Hedley Jones, Jamaican musician (d. 2017) Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim, Malaysian judge (d. 2000) Jo Stafford, American traditional pop singer (d. 2008) November 13 Robert Sterling, American actor (d. 2006) Infanta Alicia, Duchess of Calabria, Austrian-born Spanish and Italian princess (d. 2017) November 14 – Park Chung-hee, former president of South Korea (d. 1979) November 18 – Pedro Infante, Mexican actor, singer (d. 1957) November 19 – Indira Gandhi, 3rd Prime Minister of India (d. 1984) November 20 – Robert Byrd, U. senator from West Virginia, President pro tempore of the United States Senate (d. 2010) November 22 – Andrew Huxley, English scientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (d. 2012) November 24 – Shabtai Rosenne, British-born Israeli diplomat, jurist (d. 2010) November 25 – Stanley Wilson, American musician (d. 1970) November 27 – Buffalo Bob Smith, American children's television host (d. 1998) November 28 Orville Rogers, American pilot, competitive runner (d. 2019) Xiang Shouzhi, Chinese general (d. 2017) November 29 – Pierre Gaspard-Huit, French film director, screenwriter (d. 2017) December 4 – Arthur B. Singer, American wildlife artist (d. 1990) December 5 – Wenche Foss, Norwegian actress (d. 2011) Kamal Jumblatt, leader of the Lebanese Druze (d. 1977) Irv Robbins, Canadian-American entrepreneur (d. 2008) December 7 – Hurd Hatfield, American actor (d. 1998) December 8 – Ian Johnson, Australian cricketer (d. 1998) December 9 – James Rainwater, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1986) December 10 – Sultan Yahya Petra of Kelantan, King of Malaysia (d. 1979) December 13 – John Hart, American actor (d. 2009) December 15 Shan-ul-Haq Haqqee, Pakistani poet, author and lexicographer (d. 2005) Karl-Günther von Hase, German diplomat Hilde Zadek, German operatic soprano (d. 2019) December 16 Arthur C. Clarke, British/Sri Lankan science-fiction author, best known for co-writing the screenplay of 2001: A Space Odyssey (d. 2008) Beatrice Wright, American psychologist (d. 2018) December 18 – Ossie Davis, African-American actor, film director and activist (d. 2005) December 19 – Paul Brinegar, American actor (d. 1995) December 20 David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher and neuropsychologist (d. 1992) Petrus Hugo, South African WWII fighter pilot (d. 1986) Audrey Totter, American actress (d. 2013) December 21 Diana Athill, British literary editor, novelist and memoirist (d. 2019) Heinrich Böll, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985) December 22 Marthe Gosteli, Swiss women's suffrage campaigner (d. 2017) Gene Rayburn, American television personality, best known as the host of Match Game (d. 1999) December 25 Lincoln Verduga Loor, Ecuadorian journalist, politician (d. 2009) Arseny Mironov, Russian scientist, engineer and pilot (d. 2019) December 27 – Onni Palaste, Finnish writer (d. 2009) December 28 – Ellis Clarke, 1st President of Trinidad and Tobago (d. 2010) December 29 – Ramanand Sagar, Indian film director (d. 2005) December 30 – Seymour Melman, American industrial engineer (d. 2004) December 31 – Suzy Delair, French actress, singer Hazza' al-Majali, 22nd & 32nd Prime Minister of Jordan (d. 1960) Deaths [ edit] January–March [ edit] January 2 – Sir Edward Tylor, English anthropologist (b. 1832) January 4 – Frederick Selous, British explorer (b. 1851) January 6 Sir Frederick Borden, Canadian politician (b. 1847) Hendrick Peter Godfried Quack, Dutch economist, historian (b. 1834) January 8 Sir George Warrender, 7th Baronet, British admiral (b. 1860) Mary Arthur McElroy, de facto First Lady of the United States (b. 1841) January 10 – William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, American frontiersman (b. 1846) January 16 – George Dewey, U. admiral (b. 1837) January 18 – Andrew Murray, South African author, educationist and pastor (b. 1828) January 29 – Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, British diplomat and colonial administrator (b. 1841) February 5 – Jaber II Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (b. 1860) February 8 – Anton Haus, Austro-Hungarian admiral (b. 1851) February 10 – John William Waterhouse, Italian-born artist (b. 1849) February 17 – Carolus-Duran, French painter (b. 1837) February 21 Fred Mace, American actor (b. 1878) Joaquín Dicenta, Spanish writer (b. 1862) March 5 – Manuel de Arriaga, 1st President of Portugal (b. 1840) March 6 – Jules Vandenpeereboom, 17th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1843) March 8 – Ferdinand von Zeppelin, German general, inventor (b. 1838) March 17 – Franz Brentano, German philosopher, psychologist (b. 1838) March 31 – Emil von Behring, German winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1854) April–June [ edit] April 1 – Scott Joplin, African-American composer, pianist (b. 1867) April 3 – Milton Wright, American bishop, father of the Wright brothers (b. 1828) April 6 – Prince Friedrich Karl of Prussia (b. 1893) April 7 – George Brown, British missionary (b. 1835) April 8 – Richard Olney, American politician (b. 1835) April 13 – Diamond Jim Brady, American businessman and philanthropist (b. 1856) April 14 – L. L. Zamenhof, Polish creator of Esperanto (b. 1859) April 18 – F. C. Burnand, British playwright and comic writer (b. 1836) April 29 – Queen Tehaapapa III, Tahitian queen (b. 1879) May 7 – Albert Ball, British World War I fighter ace, Victoria Cross recipient (b. 1896) May 16 – Robert Sandilands Frowd Walker, British colonial administrator (b. 1850) May 17 Charles Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak (b. 1829) Radomir Putnik, Serbian field marshal (b. 1847) May 18 – John Nevil Maskelyne, English magician and inventor (b. 1839) May 20 – Philipp von Ferrary, Italian stamp collector (b. 1850) May 23 – Queen Ranavalona III of Madagascar (b. 1855) May 24 – Les Darcy, Australian boxer (b. 1895) May 25 Maksim Bahdanovič, Belarusian poet (b. 1891) René Dorme, French World War I fighter ace (b. 1894) May 29 – Kate Harrington, American teacher, writer, and poet (b. 1831) June 3 – Matilda Carse, Irish-born American businesswoman, social reformer (b. 1835) June 5 – Karl Emil Schäfer, German World War I fighter ace (killed in action) b. 1891) June 14 – Thomas W. Benoist, American aviator, aircraft designer and manufacturer, founder of the world ' s first scheduled airline (b. 1874) June 17 – José Manuel Pando, 25th President of Bolivia (b. 1849) June 18 – Titu Maiorescu, Romanian politician, 23rd Prime Minister of Romania (b. 1840) June 26 – John Dunville, British Army officer (killed in action) b. 1896) June 27 Karl Allmenröder, German World War I fighter ace (killed in action) b. 1896) Gustav von Schmoller, German economist (b. 1838) June 29 – Frans Schollaert, 19th Prime Minister of Belgium (b. 1851) June 30 – Antonio de La Gándara, French painter (b. 1861) July–September [ edit] July 2 – Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, British actor (b. 1852) July 8 – Tom Thomson, Canadian painter (b. 1877) July 12 – Donald Cunnell, British World War I fighter ace (killed in action) b. 1893) July 16 – Philipp Scharwenka, Polish-German composer (b. 1847) July 27 – Emil Kocher, Swiss medical researcher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1841) July 28 Stephen Luce, American admiral (b. 1827) Ririkumutima, Queen regent of Burundi July 31 Francis Ledwidge, Irish poet (killed in action) b. 1887) Hedd Wyn, Welsh poet (killed in action) b. 1887) Stéphane Javelle, French astronomer (b. 1864) Ferdinand Georg Frobenius, German mathematician (b. 1849) August 7 – Edwin Harris Dunning, British aviator (b. 1892) August 13 – Eduard Buchner, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1860) August 17 – John W. Kern, American Democratic politician (b. 1849) August 20 – Adolf von Baeyer, German chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1835) August 30 – Alan Leo, British astrologer (b. 1860) September 9 Boris Stürmer, Russian statesman, former Prime Minister (b. 1848) Madge Syers, British figure skater (b. 1881) September 11 – Georges Guynemer, French World War I fighter ace (missing in action) b. 1894) September 15 – Kurt Wolff, German World War I fighter ace (killed in action) b. 1895) September 23 – Werner Voss, German World War I fighter ace (killed in action) b. 1897) September 26 – Edward Miner Gallaudet, American educator of the deaf (b. 1837) September 27 – Edgar Degas, French painter (b. 1834) September 30 – Patricio Montojo y Pasarón, Spanish admiral (b. 1839) October–December [ edit] October 3 – Eduardo di Capua, Neapolitan composer and songwriter (b. 1865) October 4 – Dave Gallaher, New Zealand rugby union football player (killed in action) b. 1873) October 9 – Sultan Hussein Kamel of Egypt, b. 1853) October 11 – Duke Philipp of Wurttemberg (b. 1838) October 13 – Florence La Badie, American actress (accident) b. 1888) October 15 – Mata Hari, Dutch dancer, spy (executed) b. 1876) October 17 – Bobby Atherton, Welsh footballer (b. 1876) October 22 – Bob Fitzsimmons, British boxer, World Heavyweight Champion (b. 1863) October 23 – Eugène Grasset, Swiss artist (b. 1845) October 27 – Arthur Rhys-Davids, British fighter ace (killed in action) b. 1897) October 28 – Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein (b. 1831) October 30 – Heinrich Gontermann, German fighter ace (flying accident) b. 1896) November 3 – Frederick Rodgers, American admiral (b. 1842) November 8 – Colin Blythe, English cricketer (b. 1879) November 11 – Liliʻuokalani, last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaii (b. 1838) November 15 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (b. 1858) November 16 – Adolf Reinach, German philosopher (killed in action) b. 1883) Neil Primrose, British Liberal MP (killed in action) b. 1882) Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (b. 1840) December 8 – Mendele Mocher Sforim, Russian Yiddish, Hebrew writer (b. 1836) December 10 – Sir Mackenzie Bowell, 5th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1823) December 12 – Andrew Taylor Still, American father of osteopathy (b. 1828) December 17 – Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, English physician and suffragette (b. 1836) December 19 – Richard Maybery, British fighter ace (killed in action) b. 1895) December 20 – Eric Campbell, Scottish actor (accident) b. 1879) Frances Xavier Cabrini, first American canonized as a saint (b. 1850) Stanisław Tondos, Polish painter (b. 1854) December 24 – Ivan Goremykin, Russian statesman, former Prime Minister (b. 1839) December 28 – Alfred Edwin McKay, Canadian fighter ace (killed in action) b. 1892) Nobel Prizes [ edit] Physics – Charles Glover Barkla Chemistry – not awarded Medicine – not awarded Literature – Karl Adolph Gjellerup, Henrik Pontoppidan Peace – International Committee of the Red Cross References [ edit] MacLeod, Duncan (August 14, 2006. 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' he fired a nuclear weapon from his shoulder' and this dude was in the sas thats sad the flash was a replacement to the flamethrower not a nuclear weapon. 1:38 2 F/A-18's rolling around each other. probably being flown by a pair of current or ex Blue Angels pilots they hired for the close formation and stunt flying.

I want this song so badly. Want an official song sung by the same artist who sung in the movie.