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Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
1973May, 2

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck

Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck, German director and screenwriter
Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck (German: [ˈfloː.ʁi.aːn ˈhɛŋ.kl̩ fɔn ˈdɔ.nɐsˌmaʁk] (listen); born 2 May 1973 as Florian Maria Georg Christian Graf Henckel von Donnersmarck) is a German film director, best known for writing and directing the 2006 Oscar-winning dramatic thriller Das Leben der Anderen (The Lives of Others), the 2010 three time Golden Globe nominated romantic thriller The Tourist starring Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp, and the two-time Oscar-nominated 2018 epic drama Never Look Away.

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  • 20Jul

    Bruce Lee

    Bruce Lee, the famous Chinese actor and martial-arts expert, dies in Los Angeles at age 32 from a brain edema possibly caused by a reaction to a prescription painkiller.
  • 15Aug

    Cambodia

    Vietnam War: The United States bombing of Cambodia ends.
  • 22Aug

    Salvador Allende

    The Congress of Chile votes in favour of a resolution condemning President Salvador Allende's government and demands that he resign or else be unseated through force and new elections.
  • 17Oct

    1973 oil crisis

    OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria.
  • 4Nov

    1973 oil crisis

    The Netherlands experiences the first Car-Free Sunday caused by the 1973 oil crisis. Highways are used only by cyclists and roller skaters.