INDIA NEWS AGENCIES REPORTED APPROVED
Date: 31 December 1959
Special to The New York Times
reptdly recognizes 2 new agencies, Indian News Service Ltd and United News of India, breaking Press Trust of India monopoly
Val Kilmer Birthday, Date of Birth
Val Kilmer, né le à Los Angeles, Californie (États-Unis) et mort le dans la même ville, est un acteur américain.
Ses films ont engendré 3,8 milliards de dollars au box-office mondial.
Il est révélé durant les années 1980 par le film Top Gun (1986), de Tony Scott, aux côtés de Tom Cruise, il s'impose par la suite comme tête d'affiche du film d'heroic fantasy Willow (1988), de Ron Howard.
Au début des années 1990, il prête ses traits à Jim Morrison dans le biopic Les Doors (1991), d'Oliver Stone, puis en menant le thriller d'action Cœur de tonnerre (1992), de Michael Apted. Il est aussi aux casting de plusieurs longs-métrages acclamés par la critique : True Romance (1993), de Tony Scott, Tombstone (1993), de George Pan Cosmatos, et Heat (1995), de Michael Mann avec Robert De Niro et Al Pacino.
Toutefois, ses prestations en tête d'affiche de grosses productions se soldent par des échecs critiques : quand il devient Bruce Wayne pour Batman Forever (1995), de Joel Schumacher, ou encore lorsqu'il incarne le héros du thriller fantastique L'Île du docteur Moreau (1996) avec Marlon Brando, de John Frankenheimer. Deux échecs commerciaux fragilisent sérieusement sa carrière : quand il devient Simon Templar pour Le Saint (1997), de Phillip Noyce, puis quand il mène le film de science-fiction Planète rouge (2000), d'Antony Hoffman.
En 2003, son incarnation de John C. Holmes dans le biopic Wonderland, de James Cox, ne lui permet pas de retrouver le succès, ni en 2005 son rôle d'espion dans le thriller à petit budget Spartan, écrit et réalisé par David Mamet. Toujours en 2005, le succès critique du polar Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, écrit et réalisé par Shane Black, relance plutôt son partenaire, une autre star déchue, Robert Downey Jr..
Il doit ses derniers films importants aux réalisateurs qui l'ont dirigé par le passé : en 2004, il joue Philippe II de Macédoine dans Alexandre, d'Oliver Stone, et en 2006, il joue un agent du FBI dans le thriller de science-fiction Déjà Vu, de Tony Scott.
Il apparaît ensuite dans deux films salués par la critique mais échouant commercialement : en 2009, dans le thriller Bad Lieutenant : Escale à La Nouvelle-Orléans, de Werner Herzog, aux côtés du tandem Nicolas Cage / Eva Mendes ; et en 2011 dans le polar Bulletproof Gangster, écrit et réalisé par Jonathan Hensleigh, aux côtés de Ray Stevenson. En 2022, il apparaît aux côtés de Tom Cruise dans Top Gun: Maverick de Joseph Kosinski, où sa voix est recréée par une intelligence artificielle en raison de son cancer de la gorge.
En 2015, un cancer du larynx lui est diagnostiqué. Il subit une intervention trachéale qui endommage ses cordes vocales, lui causant de graves difficultés d'élocution. Il subit également une chimiothérapie et deux trachéotomies. En 2020, il publie ses mémoires, I'm Your Huckleberry : A Memoir. Le documentaire, intitulé simplement Val, qui date de 2021, retrace ses problèmes de santé et sa carrière. Il est présenté en avant-première au Festival de Cannes, où il est acclamé par la critique.
Read more...- Birthday, Date of Birth
- Thursday, December 31, 1959
- Place of Birth
- Los Angeles
- Age
- 65
- Star Sign
- ♑
The December 31, 1959 was a Thursday under the star sign of ♑. It was the 364 day of the year. President of the United States was Dwight D. Eisenhower.
If you were born on this day, you are 65 years old. Your last birthday was on the Tuesday, December 31, 2024, 306 days ago. Your next birthday is on Wednesday, December 31, 2025, in 58 days. You have lived for 24,048 days, or about 577,174 hours, or about 34,630,463 minutes, or about 2,077,827,780 seconds.
Some people who share this birthday:
- Anthony Hopkins (actor, composer, film actor, film director, film producer, performing artist, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1937)
- Val Kilmer (actor, film actor, film producer, poet, screenwriter, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1959)
- Alex Ferguson (association football manager, association football player, autobiographer, born December 31, 1941)
- Salman of Saudi Arabia (politician, born December 31, 1935)
- Johnny Sins (YouTuber, pornographic actor, television producer, born December 31, 1978)
- Lord Voldemort (fictional tyrant, serial killer, born December 31, 1926)
- Ben Kingsley (actor, character actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1943)
- Cicero (Ancient Roman military personnel, Ancient Roman politician, Ancient Roman priest, jurist, lawyer, orator, philosopher, poet, political theorist, politician, writer, born January 3, 106)
- John Denver (actor, aircraft pilot, composer, film actor, guitarist, lyricist, musician, poet, record producer, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, television actor, writer, born December 31, 1943)
- John, King of England (monarch, born December 24, 1166)
- Donald Trump Jr. (businessperson, entrepreneur, television presenter, born December 31, 1977)
- Donna Summer (actor, composer, musician, recording artist, singer, songwriter, born December 31, 1948)
- Henri Matisse (ceramicist, designer, draftsperson, drawer, exlibrist, graphic artist, painter, printmaker, sculptor, born December 31, 1869)
- Tim Matheson (actor, film actor, film director, film producer, television actor, television director, voice actor, born December 31, 1947)
- Lance Reddick (film actor, musician, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1962)
- Psy (choreographer, film actor, rapper, record producer, singer, songwriter, television producer, born December 31, 1977)
- Gabby Douglas (artistic gymnast, autobiographer, born December 31, 1995)
- Steve Bruce (association football manager, association football player, born December 31, 1960)
- Charles Edward Stuart (military leader, pretender, born December 31, 1720)
- Gong Li (actor, film actor, born December 31, 1965)
- Umm Kulthum (actor, film actor, singer, born December 31, 1904)
- Mohamedou Ould Slahi (engineer, telecommunications engineer, writer, born December 31, 1970)
- James Remar (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1953)
- Nicholas Sparks (athletics competitor, film producer, novelist, screenwriter, taekwondo athlete, writer, born December 31, 1965)
- Ashley Zukerman (film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1983)
- Bebe Neuwirth (actor, ballet dancer, dancer, film actor, singer, stage actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1958)
- Simon Wiesenthal (Nazis hunter, architect, autobiographer, born December 31, 1908)
- Ricky Whittle (actor, model, television actor, born December 31, 1981)
- Heather McCartney (artist, designer, potter, born December 31, 1962)
- Diego Sanchez (mixed martial arts fighter, born December 31, 1981)
- John Allen Muhammad (criminal sniper, serial killer, spree killer, born December 31, 1960)
- Lawrence of Rome (Catholic deacon, born December 31, 225)
- Horacio Quiroga (dramaturge, poet, short story writer, writer, born December 31, 1878)
- George Marshall (American football player, diplomat, military officer, politician, born December 31, 1880)
- Yōsuke Eguchi (actor, poet, singer-songwriter, born December 31, 1967)
- Ben Domenech (blogger, journalist, political pundit, born December 31, 1981)
- Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis (diplomat, military officer, official, politician, born December 31, 1738)
- Taylor Hackford (film director, film producer, screenwriter, trade unionist, born December 31, 1944)
- Isma'il Pasha (politician, born December 31, 1831)
- Ramana Maharshi (philosopher, writer, born December 31, 1879)
- Joe Abercrombie (film editor, science fiction writer, writer, born December 31, 1974)
- Diane von Fürstenberg (businessperson, fashion designer, socialite, born December 31, 1946)
- Joey McIntyre (composer, musician, singer, stage actor, born December 31, 1972)
- Andy Summers (composer, guitarist, jazz guitarist, jazz musician, photographer, born December 31, 1942)
- Juan López (baseball player, drug trafficker, born December 31, 1971)
- Alex Salmond (economist, politician, born December 31, 1954)
- Priya Bhavani Shankar (actor, television actor, born December 31, 1989)
- Arlyn Phoenix (activist, born December 31, 1944)
- Rebecca Rigg (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 31, 1967)
- Nikolay Tsiskaridze (ballet dancer, choreographer, rector, born December 31, 1973)
- Prabhu Ganesan (actor, born December 31, 1956)
- Giovanni Pascoli (literary critic, poet, translator, writer, born December 31, 1855)
- Melanie Scrofano (actor, film actor, born December 31, 1982)
- Pola Negri (actor, film actor, singer, stage actor, writer, born December 31, 1899)
- Tsuda Umeko (feminist, teacher, born December 31, 1864)
- Maki Ohguro (composer, lyricist, music arranger, recording artist, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 31, 1969)
- Rosanne Mulholland (actor, model, television actor, born December 31, 1980)
- Barbara Carrera (actor, film actor, model, television actor, born December 31, 1945)
- Jan Smit (actor, presenter, singer, songwriter, television presenter, born December 31, 1985)
- Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu (politician, veterinarian, born December 31, 1954)
- Lynn Compton (baseball player, judge, lawyer, police officer, born December 31, 1921)
- Sultan Cem (poet, politician, born December 22, 1459)
- Jeff Flake (politician, born December 31, 1962)
- Sarah Miles (actor, film actor, stage actor, born December 31, 1941)
- Nina Li (beauty pageant contestant, film actor, born December 31, 1961)
- Rita Lee (actor, children's writer, composer, guitarist, musician, pianist, recording artist, singer, writer, born December 31, 1947)
- Edward Bunker (actor, drug trafficker, film actor, novelist, screenwriter, writer, born December 31, 1933)
- Scott Ian (composer, guitarist, musician, born December 31, 1963)
- Konishiki Yasokichi (musician, rikishi, born December 31, 1963)
- Petros Filipidis (actor, comedian, director, television actor, born December 31, 1962)
- Marta Hazas (actor, journalist, born December 31, 1977)
- Hermann Tilke (architect, civil engineer, racing automobile driver, born December 31, 1954)
- Go-Yōzei (politician, sovereign, born December 21, 1571)
- Noriko Nakagoshi (actor, fashion model, model, born December 31, 1979)
- Michael McDonald (actor, comedian, dancer, film director, film producer, impersonator, impressionist, screenwriter, singer, television actor, television director, television producer, voice actor, born December 31, 1964)
- Katayoun Riahi (actor, born December 31, 1961)
- Tim Considine (actor, screenwriter, sportswriter, television actor, born December 31, 1940)
- Elaine Cassidy (actor, film actor, stage actor, born December 31, 1979)
- Lisa Lillien (businessperson, television actor, born December 31, 1969)
- Vernon Wells (actor, film actor, television actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1945)
- Siw Malmkvist (schlager singer, stage actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1936)
- Lisa Joyner (journalist, born December 31, 1966)
- Claudia Kleinert (television presenter, born December 31, 1969)
- Brent Barry (basketball player, born December 31, 1971)
- Simon Astier (actor, film director, screenwriter, born December 31, 1983)
- Craig Gordon (association football player, born December 31, 1982)
- Deniz Çakır (actor, born December 31, 1982)
- Richie McCaw (rugby union player, born December 31, 1980)
- Seydou Doumbia (association football player, born December 31, 1987)
- Takahiro Azuma (actor, owarai tarento, tarento, born December 31, 1969)
- George Meade (engineer, military personnel, born December 31, 1815)
- ND Stevenson (comics artist, comics writer, television producer, writer, born December 31, 1991)
- Burton Cummings (actor, keyboardist, musician, pianist, singer, singer-songwriter, songwriter, born December 31, 1947)
- Sayaka Ichii (actor, fashion model, model, singer, born December 31, 1983)
- Luciano Szafir (actor, model, television actor, born December 31, 1968)
- Kim Bo-yeon (actor, film actor, voice actor, born December 31, 1957)
- Elizabeth Arden (businessperson, cosmetologist, entrepreneur, born December 31, 1881)
- Priscilla Shirer (actor, film actor, motivational speaker, writer, born December 31, 1974)
- Jane Badler (beauty pageant contestant, film actor, model, singer, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1953)
- Joe Dallesandro (actor, film actor, film producer, model, pornographic actor, screenwriter, television actor, born December 31, 1948)
- Martin Pistorius (author, web developer, born December 31, 1975)
- Reiko Yoshida (mangaka, screenwriter, born December 31, 1967)
- Chris Terrio (film director, film producer, screenwriter, writer, born December 31, 1976)
- Paul Rodriguez (skateboarder, born December 31, 1984)
- Fumie Suguri (figure skater, figure skating choreographer, born December 31, 1980)
- Grégory Coupet (association football player, goalkeeper coach, born December 31, 1972)
- Jaime Escalante (educator, mathematician, teacher, born December 31, 1930)
- Marcelinho Carioca (association football player, politician, born December 31, 1971)
- Margaret Travolta (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 31, 1946)
- Muhterem Nur (actor, singer, born December 31, 1932)
- Ryan Blaney (racing automobile driver, born December 31, 1993)
- Tony Kanaan (racing automobile driver, triathlete, born December 31, 1974)
- Princess Isabella of Parma (aristocrat, born December 31, 1741)
- Jordan Banjo (ballet dancer, television presenter, born December 31, 1992)
- Sakata Tōjūrō IV (actor, kabuki actor, born December 31, 1931)
- Machi Tawara (poet, tanka poet, translator, writer, born December 31, 1962)
- Bradley Dack (association football player, born December 31, 1993)
- Donnie Steele (bassist, guitarist, born December 31, 1967)
- Mark Wallace (lawyer, born December 31, 1967)
- Tom Hamilton (bassist, songwriter, born December 31, 1951)
- Kavita Radheshyam (actor, television actor, born December 31, 1984)
- Trevor Phillips (businessperson, journalist, political scientist, politician, television producer, born December 31, 1953)
- Anatoly Borisovich Kuznetsov (actor, born December 31, 1930)
- Micah Hyde (American football player, born December 31, 1990)
- Bright Osayi-Samuel (association football player, born December 31, 1997)
- Émile Loubet (lawyer, politician, born December 31, 1838)
- Yuki Hayashi (composer, gymnast, music arranger, singer, born December 31, 1980)
- Sean S. Cunningham (film director, film producer, screenwriter, born December 31, 1941)
- Chhota Shakeel (gangster, born December 31, 1960)
- Don Diamont (actor, model, television actor, born December 31, 1962)
- Recy Taylor (sharecropper, born December 31, 1919)
- Yusif Mammadaliyev (chemist, politician, born December 31, 1905)
- Naser Abdollahi (artist, composer, musician, singer, born December 31, 1970)
- Kenny Roberts (motorcycle rider, born December 31, 1951)
- Katy Karrenbauer (actor, film actor, singer, born December 31, 1962)
- Sam Faiers (model, television presenter, born December 31, 1990)
- Patrick Chan (figure skater, born December 31, 1990)
- Paul Westerberg (guitarist, musician, singer, singer-songwriter, born December 31, 1959)
- Valentina Vargas (actor, film actor, singer, born December 31, 1964)
- Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent (cricketer, born December 31, 1983)
- Gerhard Ludwig Müller (Catholic priest, theologian, university teacher, born December 31, 1947)
- Kai Hahto (drummer, musician, born December 31, 1973)
- Rosalind Cash (actor, film actor, stage actor, television actor, born December 31, 1938)
- Nemanja Nikolić (association football player, born December 31, 1987)
- Javaris Crittenton (basketball player, born December 31, 1987)
- Odetta (actor, guitarist, recording artist, singer, songwriter, television actor, born December 31, 1930)
- Charlene Amoia (actor, film actor, television actor, born December 31, 1969)
- Peter Mogila (Eastern Orthodox priest, priest, born December 31, 1596)
- Lucho Fernandez (actor, television actor, born December 31, 1984)
- Ceza (musician, rapper, singer, born December 31, 1976)
31st of December 1959 News
News as it appeared on the front page of the New York Times on December 31, 1959
Paper Appoints Executive
Date: 01 January 1960
Gen mgr Salisbury retires; H W Stock successor
KABUL EDITOR OUSTED; Loses Job for Calling NATO Check on Communism
Date: 01 January 1960
Afghanistan newspaper ed S Kushkaki dismissed for calling NATO free world weapon against communism
ANTI-JEWISH ACTS IN GERMANY GROW; Incidents Are Widespread -- Catholics Also Target ANTI-JEWISH ACTS IN GERMANY GROW
Date: 31 December 1959
By ARTHUR J. OLSENSpecial to The New York Times
Arthur OLSENSpecial
Min Schroeder says Govt studies ban; N Rhine-Westphalia seizes party pubs as subversive; party chmn Meinberg denies subversion; discusses party composition
To Report Crime and Scandal
Date: 01 January 1960
JOHN E. CONNOR
John CONNOR
Lr urges law on reptg of crime
MISS HOPPER DENIES STARS DESERT SHOW
Date: 01 January 1960
Special to The New York Times
H Hopper denies film stars desert her planned TV show after E Sullivan charged she was 'paying' them through mention in her newspaper col; says she pays union scale; backed by AFTRA
MOSCOW GAY FOR 1960; Revelers Greet the New Year -- Peiping Is Quiet
Date: 01 January 1960
Invites Western newsmen to Kremlin New Yr fete for 1st time since '56
Stock Values Soared During 50's; 300 Billion Mark Is Three Times the Level of 1929 VALUE OF STOCKS SOARED IN FIFTIES
Date: 01 January 1960
Dr F Pick finds some modern works among most profitable investments of '59, with avg 125-150% price rise
TRANSPORT NEWS: AGENCY'S RECRUIT; Unander of Oregon Joins Maritime Board Monday -- French Jetliner Due Here
Date: 01 January 1960
Varig sets Caravelle jet service, NY-S Amer
NEWSSTAND MEDIATION; State Board Aides Will Try to Avert Strike Tomorrow
Date: 01 January 1960
NYS mediators set talks to avert RWDSU strike against Union News and Garfield News Cos newsstands, NYC Met Area