English actor and author (died 2017)

Tim Pigott-Smith

Timothy Peter Pigott-Smith was a British film and television actor and author. For his leading role as Ronald Merrick in the television drama series The Jewel in the Crown, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor in 1985. Other television roles included appearance in The Chief, Midsomer Murders, The Vice, The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, King Charles III and two Doctor Who stories. Pigott-Smith appeared in films including Clash of the Titans (1981), Gangs of New York (2002), Johnny English (2003), Alexander (2004), V for Vendetta (2005), Quantum of Solace (2008), Red 2 (2013) and Jupiter Ascending (2015).

Born

1946

May 13

Died

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1940s

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1946 Born

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535 Election of pope Agapetus I following the death of pope John II earlier that month.
1110 Baldwin I of Jerusalem captures the city of Beirut from the Fatimid Caliphate with the help of a Genoese fleet.
1344 A Latin Christian fleet defeats a Turkish fleet in the battle of Pallene during the Smyrniote crusades.
1373 Julian of Norwich has visions of Jesus while suffering from a life-threatening illness, visions which are later described and interpreted in her book Revelations of Divine Love.

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The world in 1946

When Tim arrived

april 1 The 8.6 Mw  Aleutian Islands earthquake shakes the Aleutian Islands with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI (Strong). A destructive tsunami reaches the Hawaiian Islands resulting in dozens of deaths, mostly in Hilo, Hawaii.
april 1 The Malayan Union is established. Protests from locals led to the establishment of the Federation of Malaya two years later.
april 17 The last French troops are withdrawn from Syria.
april 18 The International Court of Justice holds its inaugural meeting in The Hague, Netherlands.

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Andrea Leadsom 1963– English politician Bruce Chatwin 1940–1989 English-French author (born 1940) Charles Watson-Wentworth 1730–1782 2nd Marquess of Rockingham, English politician, Prime Minister of Great Britain (born 1730) Jim Jones 1931–1978 American cult leader, founder of the Peoples Temple (died 1978) Juan Bautista Ceballos 1811–1859 former president of Mexico (born 1811) Lena Dunham 1986– American actress, director, and screenwriter Pusha T 1977– American rapper Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo 1699–1782 1st Marquis of Pombal, Portuguese politician, Prime Minister of Portugal (died 1782) Siobhan Fallon Hogan 1961– American actress

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Donald Trump 1946– American businessman, television personality, 45th and 47th President of the United States George W. Bush 1946– American businessman and politician, 43rd President of the United States Steven Spielberg 1946– American director, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded DreamWorks Ahmed Zewail 1946–2016 Egyptian-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1946) Alicia Borinsky 1946– Argentine writer Bettye LaVette 1946– American singer-songwriter Billy Preston 1946–2006 American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actor (born 1946) Blair Brown 1946– American actress Daryl Hall 1946– American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer

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