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Ray Harryhausen. Raymond Frederick Harryhausen (June 29, 1920 – May 7, 2013) was an American-British animator and special effects creator who created a form of stop motion model animation known as "Dynamation". His works include the animation for Mighty Joe Young (1949) with his mentor Willis H. O'Brien (for which the latter won the Academy ...
Aberri Eguna. Administrative Professionals Day. Akshaya Tritiya. Amalaka Ekadashi. Ambedkar Jayanti. Anzac Day. April Fools' Day. Arattupuzha Pooram. Armenian Genocide Remembrance Day.
April Fools' Day is widely celebrated in Odesa and has the special local name Humorina (in Ukrainian Гуморина, Humorina). This holiday arose in 1973. [ 24 ] An April Fool prank is revealed by saying "Перше квітня — брехня всесвітня" (" Pershe kvitnya — brekhnya vsesvitnya " , translating as "First of April ...
John Stears (25 August 1934 – 28 April 1999), known as the "Dean of Special Effects", [2] was a British special effects expert. He created James Bond's lethal Aston Martin DB5, Luke Skywalker's Landspeeder, the Jedi Knights' lightsabers, the Death Star and the robots R2-D2 and C-3PO, as well as a host of other famous movie gadgets and special effects.
Eid al-Fitr: Sundown on Tuesday, April 9 to Wednesday, April 10 Passover : Sundown on Monday, April 22 to Tuesday, April 30 Ashura : Evening of Tuesday, July 16 to Wednesday, July 17
Stan Winston. Stanley Winston[ 1] (April 7, 1946 – June 15, 2008) was an American television and film special make-up effects artist, best known for his work in the Terminator series, the first three Jurassic Park films, Aliens, The Thing, the first two Predator films, Inspector Gadget, Iron Man, and Edward Scissorhands. [ 2][ 3][ 4] He won ...
1946 – Stan Winston, American special effects designer and makeup artist (d. 2008) 1947 – Patricia Bennett, American singer; 1947 – Florian Schneider, German singer and drummer (d. 2020) 1947 – Michèle Torr, French singer and author; 1948 – John Oates, American singer-songwriter guitarist, and producer
1605 – The city of Oulu, Finland, is founded by Charles IX of Sweden. [7]1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synagogue in continental North America, is dedicated. [8]1812 – Czar Alexander I, the Russian Emperor and the Grand Duke of Finland, officially announces the transfer of the status of the Finnish capital from Turku to Helsinki.