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Gary Merrill
1915Aug, 2

Gary Merrill

Gary Merrill, American actor (d. 1990)
Gary Fred Merrill (August 2, 1915 – March 5, 1990) was an American film and television actor whose credits included more than 50 feature films, a half-dozen mostly short-lived TV series, and dozens of television guest appearances. Merrill starred in All About Eve and married his co-star Bette Davis.

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Events on 1915

  • 12Jan

    Women's suffrage

    The United States House of Representatives rejects a proposal to require states to give women the right to vote.
  • 28Jan

    United States Coast Guard

    An act of the U.S. Congress creates the United States Coast Guard as a branch of the United States Armed Forces.
  • 18Mar

    Battle of Gallipoli

    World War I: During the Battle of Gallipoli, three battleships are sunk during a failed British and French naval attack on the Dardanelles.
  • 20Mar

    General relativity

    Albert Einstein publishes his general theory of relativity.
  • 17May

    Herbert Henry Asquith

    The last British Liberal Party government (led by Herbert Henry Asquith) falls.