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15 OCTOBER 2007
15 OCTOBER 1957 : BIRTH OF MIRA NAIR INDIAN FILM DIRECTOR
Mira Nair is one of the most internationaly known Indian film director and producer who won several international rewards.
She studied sociology in Delhi University where she became involved in political streets theater and performed three years in an amateur drama company before going to study to the United States.
After some documentary she directed her first major film “Salaam Bombay” (1988) which won an Oscar at French Cannes festival.
Nair’s most popular film to date “Monsoon wedding” was awarded the Golden Lion award at the Venice Mostra film festival.
She is currently teaching in the United States and directing a new movie “Shantaram” (2008)
One of her more often topic is exile.
Her personnal webesite : http://www.mirabaifilms.com/bio.html
OTHERS FACTS
1542 : Birth of Akbar the Great who rule the Mughal empire in India from 1556 to 1605
1904 : The Russian Baltic Fleet leaves Estonia for Port Arthur (Lűshun) during the Russo-Japanese war.
1916 : Birth of admiral Liu Huaqing who modernized the PRC Navy
1931 : Birth of Aval Pakir Jainulabdeen Abduk Kalam, India President (2002-2007)
1932 : Tata Airlines (Now Air India) makes its first fly
1934 : Birth of N. Ramani, Indian flutist
1941 : Li Tung, Taiwanese actor
1942 : Kyoto Enami, Japanese actress
1948 : Shigeru Yoshida succeeds Hitoshi Ashida as 48th Prime minister (up to February 1949)
1949 : Canton (Guangzhou) is taken by the People Liberation Army.
1950 : First infiltrations of Chinese troops in North Korea
1952 : Birth of Kunibriko Yuyama, Pokemo series film director
1957 : Sino-Soviet agreement for military nuclear cooperation
1969 : Millions march in US to protest against the continuing war in Vietnam http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/15/
newsid_2533000/2533131.stm
1976 : Birth of Yoon San-ha, Korean actress and singer
1979 : Start of a travel of Hua guofeng to Occidental Europe
1982 : Birth of Yoko Maki, Japanese actress
2001 : Visit of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi to Seoul. As he did in Beijing, he expresses his remorse for the past.
2001 : Death of general Zhang Xueliang who forced Chiang Kai-shek to ally with the Communist for fighting the Japanese
2003 : China successfully send a first man in Space, the Lt-colonel Yang Yiwei.
2004 : All the small border problems between China and Russia are solved.
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