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Date: 20 November 1907
Sir Run Run Shaw (born Shao Renleng; 19 November 1907 – 7 January 2014), also known as Shao Yifu and Siu Yat-fu, was a Hong Kong businessman, filmmaker, and philanthropist. He was one of the foremost influential movie moguls in the East Asian and Hong Kong entertainment industry. He founded the Shaw Brothers Studio, one of the largest film production companies in Hong Kong, and TVB, the dominant television company in Hong Kong.
A well-known philanthropist, Shaw donated billions of Hong Kong dollars to educational institutions in Hong Kong and mainland China. More than 5,000 buildings on Chinese college campuses bear his name, as does Shaw College of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He also established the Shaw Prize for Astronomy, Life Science & Medicine and Mathematical Sciences.
Read more...The November 19, 1907 was a Tuesday under the star sign of ♏. It was the 322 day of the year. President of the United States was Theodore Roosevelt.
If you were born on this day, you are 118 years old. Your last birthday was on the Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 239 days ago. Your next birthday is on Thursday, November 19, 2026, in 125 days. You have lived for 43,339 days, or about 1,040,151 hours, or about 62,409,101 minutes, or about 3,744,546,060 seconds.
Date: 20 November 1907
Date: 20 November 1907
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Date: 20 November 1907
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Date: 19 November 1907
J W Reeve, brakeman responsible for explosion, sent to jail for 10 yrs
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bankers feel gold importation will cease
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NJ co reptd missing secret formula and its inventor, V Coppee; charges co treas, R Baumann, with stealing formula
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leaves $10,000 tip for employes of Windsor Castle