September 15 carries more history than most dates on the calendar, and it starts with a birthday. Tom Hardy turns 48 today. The London-born actor has built a career on films like Inception, The Dark Knight Rises, and Mad Max: Fury Road, earned a BAFTA Rising Star award and an Oscar nomination for The Revenant, and somehow still finds time to compete in Brazilian jiu-jitsu and serve as an ambassador for the Prince’s Trust.
He’s far from the only notable name tied to this date. Agatha Christie, still the best-selling novelist of all time, was born 134 years ago in 1890. Marco Polo, the first European to chronicle his travels through Asia, was born 767 years ago. Forbes Magazine was founded 107 years ago by B.C. Forbes, and Google.com first appeared online on this date in 1998, a moment that quietly reshaped daily life for just about everyone.
The date carries national significance too. Five Central American nations, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua, all celebrate their 1821 independence from Spain on September 15. The Battle of Britain turned in 1940, and in 1987, George Shultz and Eduard Shevardnadze signed a nuclear risk-reduction treaty. Filmmaker Oliver Stone and actor Tommy Lee Jones also share a 79th birthday today.
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