On this day: May 20



OTD May 20 - Jimmy Stewart
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1908: Actor James Stewart, best known for movies such as "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington," "The Philadelphia Story," "It's a Wonderful Life," "Rear Window" and "Vertigo," is born in Indiana, Pa. Stewart won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in "The Philadelphia Story" and was nominated for another four Oscars. He also was a World War II and Cold War veteran, rising to the rank of brigadier general in the United States Air Force Reserve. He died of a pulmonary embolism at age 89 on July 2, 1997.

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