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George Fargo was born on 13 July 1930 in Illinois, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for Play Misty for Me (1971), Kelly's Heroes (1970) and Dirty Harry (1971). He died on 23 July 1981 in North Hollywood, California, USA.- Aida, the Elephant, lived at the Rotterdam Zoo until July 23rd, 1981, when she died at age 46. Aida arrived in Rotterdam from Thailand on Jul 9th, 1940, at the age of 5 years-old, already trained to obey some human commands in Thai. That was 2 months after the Nazi blitz bombing of Rotterdam on May 14th, 1940, which destroyed the old Rotterdam Zoo and killed over 900 people and left over 30,000 homeless. The zoo reopened in its current location in December of 1940. Aida then survived 18 Allied air force bombing runs over Rotterdam from June 1941 to December 1944. Then Aida survived the Nazi food blockade of the Netherlands until May 1st, 1945, when Allied food relief was parachute dropped into Rotterdam. Over 18,000 Dutch citizens starved to death that winter. Another survivor of the Nazi food blockade was actress "Audrey Hepburn" who took refuge with her mother's family in Arnhem: Her family survived the famine by beating tulip bulbs into flour and baking tulip bread. Until her death, Aida was a prized performing elephant at the Rotterdam Zoo often appearing before classes of children and responding to the commands of Erich Hagenbach, her trainer.
- Helen Grieve was born in 1932 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Bush Christmas (1947) and The Overlanders (1946). She died on 23 July 1981 in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
- Anna Kratochvilova was born on 22 February 1919 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Svatba jako remen (1967), Noc nevesty (1967) and Skaredá dedina (1975). She died on 23 July 1981 in Ostrava, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- When beautiful Ilya Zorn burst upon the national scene at the age of twenty-two, it was reported that she spoke seven languages, never lived more than six months consecutively in any one country, was a dramatic star in South America, a social favorite In London and a fiction writer In Portugal. She was also said to be a licensed pilot who loved to hunt big game from airplanes.
Her story "Secret Lives", which the movie Ladies Love Danger (1935) was based on, was written when she was only 23 and may have been intended as a starring vehicle for herself. For what ever reason this did not happen and she soon disappeared from the headlines.
Ilya Zorn was the great grand-daughter of Wisconsin's first millionaire, Hercules Louis Dousman (1800-1868). - Camera and Electrical Department
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Georgi Bobrov was born on 7 February 1905. He was a cinematographer and director, known for A világ ifjúsága (1950), Moscow Strikes Back (1942) and USSR Today (1953). He died on 23 July 1981.