American soldier and actor (died 2002)

Rod Steiger

Rodney Stephen Steiger was an American actor, noted for his portrayal of offbeat, often volatile and crazed characters. Ranked as "one of Hollywood's most charismatic and dynamic stars", he is closely associated with the art of method acting, embodying the characters he played, which at times led to clashes with directors and co-stars. He starred as Marlon Brando's mobster brother Charley in On the Waterfront (1954), the title character Sol Nazerman in The Pawnbroker (1964) which won him the Silver Bear for Best Actor, and as police chief Bill Gillespie opposite Sidney Poitier in the film In the Heat of the Night (1967) which won him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Born

1925

April 14

Died

2002

Era

1920s

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1925 Born
2002 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

-43 Legions loyal to the Roman Senate, commanded by Gaius Pansa, defeat the forces of Mark Antony in the Battle of Forum Gallorum.
69 Vitellius, commanding Rhine-based armies, defeats Roman emperor Otho in the First Battle of Bedriacum to take power over Rome.
966 Following his marriage to the Christian Doubravka of Bohemia, the pagan ruler of the Polans, Mieszko I, converts to Christianity, an event considered to be the founding of the Polish state.
972 Otto II, Co-Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, marries Byzantine princess Theophanu. She is crowned empress by Pope John XIII in Rome the same day.

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The world in 1925

When Rod arrived

april 10 The Russian city of Tsaritsyn is renamed Stalingrad to honor the Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, Soviet Communist Party General Secretary, who had guided the defense of Tsaritsyn during the Russian Civil War in 1920.
april 16 During the Communist St Nedelya Church assault in Sofia, Bulgaria, 150 are killed and 500 are wounded.
april 17 The Communist Party of Korea (CPK) was founded in Japanese-ruled Korea (Chōsen) in Keijō (now Seoul) by Kim Yong-bom and Pak Hon-yong.
april 19 Colo-Colo, the most successful and popular soccer football team in the South American nation of Chile, was founded at the El Llano Stadium in San Miguel, Santiago, by footballer David Arellano and some of his teammates who had also left the Deportes Magallanes club.

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Also born in 1925

Albert Bandura 1925– Canadian-American psychologist and academic (died 2021) Alexander Shulgin 1925–2014 American pharmacologist and chemist (died 2014) Allan Blakeney 1925–2011 Canadian scholar and politician, tenth Premier of Saskatchewan (born 1925) Arkady Ostashev 1925–1998 Soviet/Russian scientist and engineer (born 1925) Art McNally 1925– American football referee (died 2023) Carlos Castaneda 1925–1998 Peruvian-American anthropologist and author (born 1925) Carmine Infantino 1925–2013 American illustrator (born 1925) Chuck Bednarik 1925–2015 American lieutenant and football player (born 1925) Dominick Dunne 1925–2009 American journalist and novelist (born 1925)

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