Julien Duvivier, French director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1967)
Julien Duvivier (French: [dyvivje]; 8 October 1896 – 29 October 1967) was a French film director and screenwriter. He was prominent in French cinema in the years 1930–1960. Amongst his most original films, chiefly notable are La Bandera, Pépé le Moko, Little World of Don Camillo, Panique, Voici le temps des assassins and Marianne de ma jeunesse.Jean Renoir called him, a "great technician, [a] rigorist, a poet".
1896Oct, 8
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Klondike Gold Rush
Skookum Jim Mason, George Carmack and Dawson Charlie discover gold in a tributary of the Klondike River in Canada, setting off the Klondike Gold Rush. - 21Sep
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George III of the United Kingdom
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