Terence Davies, English actor, director, and screenwriter
Terence Davies (born 10 November 1945) is an English screenwriter, film director, novelist and actor, seen by many critics as one of the greatest British filmmakers of the present. He is best known as the writer and director of autobiographical films like Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988), The Long Day Closes (1992) and collage film Of Time and the City (2008), as well as literature adaptions like The House of Mirth (2000).
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Events on 1945
- 23Feb
Manila
World War II: The capital of the Philippines, Manila, is liberated by combined Filipino and American forces. - 23Feb
History of Poland (1939-45)
World War II: Capitulation of German garrison in Poznań. The city is liberated by Soviet and Polish forces. - 25Feb
Turkey
World War II: Turkey declares war on Germany. - 9Mar
Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
World War II: The first nocturnal incendiary attack on Tokyo inflicts damage comparable to that inflicted on both Hiroshima and Nagasaki five months later. - 30Aug
Douglas MacArthur
The Supreme Commander of the Allied Forces, General Douglas MacArthur lands at Atsugi Air Force Base.