American actor

Matthew Broderick

Matthew Broderick is an American actor. He starred in WarGames (1983) as a teen government hacker, and Ladyhawke (1985), a medieval fantasy alongside Rutger Hauer and Michelle Pfeiffer. He played the title role in the Golden Globe–nominated Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), the voice of adult Simba in Disney's The Lion King (1994), and Leo Bloom in both the Broadway musical The Producers and its 2005 film adaptation. Other films he has starring credits in include Glory (1989), The Freshman (1990), The Cable Guy (1996), Godzilla (1998), Inspector Gadget (1999), You Can Count on Me (2000), The Last Shot (2004) and Tower Heist (2011).

Born

1962

March 21

Died

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1960s

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1962 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

537 Siege of Rome: King Vitiges attempts to assault the northern and eastern city walls, but is repulsed at the Praenestine Gate, known as the Vivarium, by the defenders under the Byzantine generals Bessas and Peranius.
630 Emperor Heraclius returns the True Cross, one of the holiest Christian relics, to Jerusalem.
717 Battle of Vincy between Charles Martel and Ragenfrid.
867 An army of the Kingdom of Northumbria attempts to recapture York from the Great Heathen Army but is defeated in the battle of York.

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The world in 1962

When Matthew arrived

april 21 The Seattle World's Fair (Century 21 Exposition) opens. It is the first World's Fair in the United States since World War II.
april 26 NASA's Ranger 4 spacecraft crashes into the Moon.
april 26 The British space programme launches its first satellite, the Ariel 1.
august 11 Vostok 3 launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and cosmonaut Andrian Nikolayev becomes the first person to float in microgravity.

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Same-day contemporaries

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Antonia Maury 1866–1952 American astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1866) Benito Juárez 1806–1872 Mexican lawyer and politician, 26th President of Mexico (born 1806) Brian Clough 1935–2004 English footballer and manager (died 2004) Chiney Ogwumike 1992– American basketball player Chris Candido 1972–2005 American wrestler (born 1971) Éric Rohmer 1920–2010 French director, screenwriter, and critic (born 1920) Hans-Dietrich Genscher 1927–2016 German soldier and politician, Vice-Chancellor of Germany (died 2016) Hans Hofmann 1880–1966 German-American painter (born 1880) Johann Sebastian Bach 1685–1750 German organist and composer (born 1685)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1962

Art Alexakis 1962– American singer-songwriter and musician Billy Beane 1962– American baseball player and manager Brian Azzarello 1962– American author Chris Sanders 1962– American illustrator and voice actor Clint Black 1962– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer David Arnold 1962– English composer Dee Bradley Baker 1962– American voice actor Denis O'Hare 1962– American actor and singer Evander Holyfield 1962– American boxer and actor

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