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Giancarlo Giannini

Born on August 1, 1942

Giancarlo Giannini, Italian actor, director, producer, and screenwriter

Giancarlo Giannini (born 1 August 1942) is an Italian actor, voice actor, film director and screenwriter. He won a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for his performance in Love and Anarchy (1973) and received an Academy Award for Best Actor nomination for his performance in Seven Beauties (1975). Among his other roles, he played French MI6 agent Rene Mathis in the James Bond films Casino Royale (2006) and Quantum of Solace (2008). As a voice dubber, Giannini is best known as the main Italian voice of Al Pacino.

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25 Jan

Thailand
World War II: Thailand declares war on the United States and United Kingdom.
8 Mar

Myanmar
World War II: Imperial Japanese Army forces captured Rangoon, Burma from British.
10 Jul

Soviet Union
Diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and the Soviet Union are established.
13 Aug

Manhattan Project
Major General Eugene Reybold of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers authorizes the construction of facilities that would house the "Development of Substitute Materials" project, better known as the Manhattan Project.
25 Sep

Holocaust
World War II: Swiss Police instruction dictates that "Under current practice ... refugees on the grounds of race alone are not political refugees", effectively denying entry to Jews trying to flee occupied Europe during the Holocaust.

Births on August 1

Giancarlo Giannini

Born on August 1, 1942

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Thailand

Myanmar

Soviet Union

Manhattan Project

Holocaust