Which famous film director was born on August 13th 1899 in Leytonstone near London and died on April 29th 1980 in Bel Air California ?
Leytonstone tube station station buildings being hit by a German bomb in January 1944. During the war, the new tunnels were used as an aircraft component factory; the part closest to Leytonstone was a public air-raid shelter. The station was first served by the Central line on 5 May 1947 when it became the temporary terminus of the line, passengers changing on to steam shuttle onwards to Epping. This ceased on 14 December 1947 with the extension of Underground services to Woodford and Newbury Park. In honour of the centenary of the birth of film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock (born 13 August 1899
Bel Air Handicap Bel Air Handicap The Bel Air Handicap was a Thoroughbred horse race run in mid July at Hollywood Park Racetrack in Inglewood, California. Open to horses age three and older, it was contested on dirt at a distance of a mile and a sixteenth. In its final year it was a Grade III event offering a purse of U.S.$$100,000. First run in 1939, the Bel Air Handicap was not run again until 1968. From 1980 through 1982 there was no race run. In 1997, winner Crafty Friend equaled the Hollywood Park track record for a mile and a sixteenth with