Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Gregg Toland |
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Birthdate | May 29, 1904 |
Birth Place | Charleston, IL |
Age (in 2024) | 120 Years Old |
Zodiac | Gemini |
Occupation | Cinematographer |
Gregg Toland is best known as Cinematographer who has born on May 29, 1904 in Charleston, IL. Currently, Gregg Toland is 120 years, 5 months and 23 days old. Gregg Toland will celebrate 121st birthday on Thursday, 29th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Gregg Toland upcoming birthday.
Innovative cinematographer who created the lighting and techniques that gave Orson Welles' Citizen Kane its trademark haunting look.
He entered Hollywood at the age of 15 as an office boy with Fox Films and by his mid-20s went behind the camera for several Arthur Edeson films.
His technique of deep focus, showing background objects as clearly as foreground ones, became a signature look for Citizen Kane and a standard technique in films coming after it.
He was born in Charleston, Illinois as the only child of Jennie and Frank Toland, who divorced in 1910.
The comedian Red Skelton was his son in law.
Gregg Toland is 120 years old today.
Gregg Toland was born on May 29, 1904 in Charleston, IL.
Gregg Toland zodiac sign is Gemini.
Gregg Toland was best known as Cinematographer.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Gregg Toland's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1985 | Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses. |
1985 | Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months. |
1988 | The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. |
1989 | Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt. |
1990 | The Congress of People's Deputies of Russia elects Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. |
1993 | The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens. |
1999 | Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule. |
1999 | Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station. |
2001 | The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments. |
2004 | The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. |
2005 | France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum. |
2006 | The roof of Porvoo Cathedral in the town of Porvoo was destroyed by arson. |
2008 | A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people. |
2012 | A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people. |
2015 | One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens. |
1988 | The birth of Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian captain and pilot (d. 2015) |
1988 | The birth of Cheng Fei, Chinese gymnast |
1988 | The birth of Steve Mason, Canadian ice hockey player |
1989 | The birth of Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player |
1989 | The birth of Diego Barisone, Argentinian footballer (d. 2015) |
1989 | The birth of Riley Keough, American model and actress |
1990 | The birth of Joe Biagini, American baseball pitcher |
1990 | The birth of Erica Garner, American civil rights activist (d. 2017) |
1991 | The birth of Yaime Perez, Cuban discus thrower |
1992 | The birth of Sarah Moundir, Swiss tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player |
1993 | The birth of Maika Monroe, American actress and kiteboarder |
1993 | The birth of Grete Å adeiko, Estonian heptathlete |
1998 | The birth of Markelle Fultz, American basketball player |
1999 | The birth of Park Ji-hoon, South Korean actor and singer |
2014 | The death of Peter Glaser, Czech-American scientist and engineer (b. 1923) |
2014 | The death of Miljenko Prohaska, Croatian composer and conductor (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of William M. Roth, American businessman (b. 1916) |
2015 | The death of Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (b. 1942) |
2015 | The death of Doris Hart, American tennis player (b. 1925) |
2015 | The death of Betsy Palmer, American actress (b. 1926) |
2017 | The death of Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (b. 1934) |
2017 | The death of Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (b. 1924) |
2017 | The death of Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician and prime minister (b. 1918) |
2020 | The death of Maikanti Baru, Nigerian engineer, former chief of state oil firm. (b. 1959) |
2021 | The death of Gavin MacLeod, American actor, Christian activist, and author (b. 1931) |
2021 | The death of Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster (b. 1957) |
2021 | The death of B. J. Thomas, American singer (b. 1942) |
2022 | The death of Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist. |
2022 | The death of Sidhu Moosewala, Indian singer, rapper, actor and politician. (b. 1993) |
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