Charlie Chaplin
| Born | April 16, 1889 |
| Hometown | London, England |
| Net worth | $400 million |
| Height | 5'4" (1.63m) |
| Spouse | Mildred Harris, Oona Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Lita Grey |
| Partner | Joan Barry, Hetty Kelly |
| Children | Geraldine Chaplin, Charles Chaplin Jr., Christopher Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Victoria Chaplin |
| Parents | Charles Chaplin Sr., Hannah Chaplin |
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- A hundred years later, the sequence still radiates an otherworldly aura: a man wearing a porkpie hat walks down the aisle of a movie theater, steps up onto the stage, and slips into the motion picture screen. The film we have been watching — a conventional enough story of a boy who loses his girl due …
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| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Academy Award | Actor | The Great Dictator | Nominated |
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On April 16, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in which the civil rights activist responded to a group of local clergymen who had criticized him for leading street protests; King defended his tactics, writing, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” In 1789, President-elect George Washington left Mount Vernon, Virginia, for his inauguration in New York. In 1889, comedian and movie director Charles Chaplin was born in London.
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Today in History: April 16, MLK writes from Birmingham jail
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