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Christopher Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British-American filmmaker. Known for his Hollywood blockbusters with complex storytelling, Nolan is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century, and has been nominated for five Academy Awards, five British Academy Film Awards and six Golden Globe Awards. His films have grossed $5 billion worldwide, and include The Dark Knight Trilogy (2005–2012), The Prestige (2006), Inception (2010), Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017) and Oppenheimer (2023). Inception earned Nolan two Oscar nominations – Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay. For Dunkirk, he also earned two Oscar nominations, including his first for Best Director. He has co-written several of his films with his brother Jonathan, and runs the production company Syncopy Inc. with his wife Emma Thomas. In 2015, he was listed as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time, and in 2019, he was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire for his contributions to film. (Full article...)
Did you know ...
- ... that Gladys Ingle was a wing walker who successfully moved from the wing of one airplane to the wing of another in mid-air (example pictured) more than 300 times?
- ... that the Fox television network successfully moved to strip an Iowa TV station of its affiliation?
- ... that Canadian football player Nicholas Dheilly tied his team's single-game sack record in his debut?
- ... that the Octavius V. Catto Memorial, unveiled in 2017, contains the first statue on Philadelphia public property of a specific African American?
- ... that Heba Saadia, the first Palestinian referee at a World Cup, only took up the profession when she noticed there were no women among a group of referees she saw training?
- ... that three months after Jon Stewart went on CNN's Crossfire and told the hosts that their show was "hurting America", CNN cancelled it and fired co-host Tucker Carlson?
- ... that the Poniatowski gems, 19th-century forgeries of ancient engraved gems, have themselves been copied by other forgers?
- ... that Wrinkle Five Star set an unratified 1 km (0.62 mi) world record of 18 minutes 8 seconds while running in custom shoes?
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- In Rome, emperor Nero's private theatre is discovered under the courtyard of Palazzo Della Rovere.
- In Niger, soldiers stage a coup d'état, detaining President Mohamed Bazoum (pictured).
- The Israeli Knesset approves a judicial reform bill after months of protests against it.
- In golf, Brian Harman wins the Open Championship.
On this day
- 1811 – Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, leader of the Mexican War of Independence, was executed by Spanish forces in Chihuahua City, Mexico.
- 1865 – Off the coast of Crescent City, California, the steamer Brother Jonathan (depicted) struck an uncharted rock and sank, killing 225 people; its cargo of gold coins was not retrieved until 1996.
- 1930 – In Montevideo, the Uruguay national football team won the first FIFA World Cup.
- 1950 – At the height of a political crisis known as the royal question, four workers were shot dead by the Belgian Gendarmerie at a strike in Grâce-Berleur.
- 2006 – Lebanon War: The Israeli Air Force attacked a three-story building near the Lebanese village of Qana, killing at least 28 civilians, including 16 children.
- Jacob Baradaeus (d. 578)
- Smedley Butler (b. 1881)
- Walter Schuck (b. 1920)
- Maeve Binchy (d. 2012)
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Geoffroy's tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi) is a species of tamarin, one of the New World monkeys, found in Panama and Colombia. It is predominantly black and white, with a reddish nape. Diurnal, the species spends most of its time in trees, but comes down to the ground occasionally. It lives in groups that most often number between three and five individuals, and generally include one or more adults of each sex. It eats a variety of foods, including insects, exudates, fruits and other plant parts. Insects and fruits account for the majority of its diet, but exudates are also important. Since its teeth are not adapted for gouging trees to get to the sap, it can only eat exudates when they are easily available. This Geoffroy's tamarin was photographed at Gatun Lake, Panama. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp
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