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Peter Collinson (film director)

Peter Collinson, English-American director and producer (d. 1980)
Peter Collinson (1 April 1936 – 16 December 1980) was a British film director probably best remembered for directing The Italian Job (1969).

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Events on 1936

  • 7Mar

    Treaty of Versailles

    Prelude to World War II: In violation of the Locarno Pact and the Treaty of Versailles, Germany reoccupies the Rhineland.
  • 29Mar

    Remilitarization of the Rhineland

    In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal remilitarization and reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
  • 9May

    Addis Ababa

    Italy formally annexes Ethiopia after taking the capital Addis Ababa on May 5.
  • 26Jul

    Spanish Civil War

    The Axis powers decide to intervene in the Spanish Civil War.
  • 7Sep

    Benjamin the thylacine

    The last thylacine, a carnivorous marsupial named Benjamin, dies alone in its cage at the Hobart Zoo in Tasmania.