This Day, That Year – July 9

This day in history we feature, Thomas Jeffrey Hanks better known as Tom Hanks. He is an American actor and filmmaker born on this day in 1956. Hanks is one of the most popular and recognizable film stars worldwide.

Trivia – Tom Hanks

Hanks’s films have grossed more than $4.9 billion in North America and more than $9.96 billion worldwide. He won two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor in Philadelphia and the title character in Forrest Gump. Hanks has also won seven Primetime Emmy Awards for his work as a producer.

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He is a supporter of NASA’s crewed space program, Hanks said he originally wanted to be an astronaut. Hanks is a member of the National Space Society, serving on the Board of governors of the nonprofit educational space advocacy organization founded by Wernher von Braun. He also produced the HBO miniseries From the Earth to the Moon about the Apollo program to send astronauts to the moon.

Source – Wikipedia

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