Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter

Jonathan Torrens

Jonathan Ormond Torrens is a Canadian actor and television personality best known for his co-hosting of Street Cents, his talk show Jonovision, and his role as "J-Roc" in the popular Canadian mockumentary Trailer Park Boys. In October 2009, Torrens began hosting TV with TV's Jonathan Torrens, a comedic newsmagazine program broadcast on the TVtropolis network. In January 2014, he teamed up with fellow Canadian Jeremy Taggart to create the Taggart and Torrens Podcast. They discuss everything from sports to politics and offer a unique perspective on current issues.

Born

1972

October 25

Died

Living

Era

1970s

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1972 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

473 Emperor Leo I acclaims his grandson Leo II as Caesar of the East Roman Empire.
1147 Seljuk Turks defeat German crusaders under Conrad III at the Battle of Dorylaeum.
1147 Reconquista: After a siege of four months, crusader knights conquer Lisbon.
1415 Hundred Years' War: Henry V of England, with his lightly armoured infantry and archers, defeats the heavily armoured French cavalry in the Battle of Agincourt.

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The world in 1972

When Jonathan arrived

april 10 Tombs containing bamboo slips, among them Sun Tzu's Art of War and Sun Bin's lost military treatise, are discovered by construction workers in Shandong.
april 10 Vietnam War: For the first time since November 1967, American B-52 bombers reportedly begin bombing North Vietnam.
april 13 The Universal Postal Union decides to recognize the People's Republic of China as the only legitimate Chinese representative, effectively expelling the Republic of China administering Taiwan.
april 13 Vietnam War: The Battle of An Lộc begins.

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2 Cold Scorpio 1965– American wrestler Adam Pascal 1970– American actor and singer Anthony Franciosa 1928–2006 American actor (born 1928) Arthur Schmidt 1895– German officer (died 1987) Asha Philip 1990– British athlete Azizan Abdul Razak 1944–2013 Malaysian politician, 10th Menteri Besar of Kedah (died 2013) Beate Sirota Gordon 1923–2012 Austrian-American director and producer (born 1923) Bobby Thomson 1923– Scottish-American baseball player (died 2010) Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein 1749– Swedish chamberlain (died 1802)

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Also born in 1972

Eminem 1972– American rapper, producer, and actor Adam Beach 1972– Canadian actor Archie Panjabi 1972– British actress Billie Joe Armstrong 1972– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and producer Brian Wood 1972– American writer, illustrator and graphic designer Chilly Gonzales 1972– Canadian-German singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer Chris Candido 1972–2005 American wrestler (born 1971) Chris Osgood 1972– Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster Christophe Beck 1972– Canadian television and film score composer and conductor

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