Miranda Otto (born 16 December 1967) is an Australian actress. The daughter of actors Barry and Lindsay Otto and the sister of actress Gracie Otto, she began acting at age nineteen, and has performed in a variety of low-budget and major studio films. Her first major film appearance was in the 1986 film Emma's War, in which she played a teenager who moves to Australia's bush country during World War II. After a decade of critically acclaimed roles in Australian films, she gained Hollywood's attention after appearing in supporting roles in The Thin Red Line (1998) and What Lies Beneath (2000). Her breakthrough role came in 2002, when she portrayed Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Her private life, including her relationships with actors Richard Roxburgh and Peter O'Brien, has been discussed in the media. In 2008, she starred in the now-cancelled American television series Cashmere Mafia and will appear in the film In Her Skin.
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1779:
English explorer James Cook was killed during a fight against Native Hawaiians near Kealakekua on the Island of Hawaii. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook
1876:
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell and electrical engineer Elisha Gray each filed a patent for the telephone, starting a controversy on who invented the telecommunications device first. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisha_Gray_and_Alexander_Bell_telephone_controversy
1919:
The first serious armed conflict of the Polish–Soviet War took place near present-day Biaroza, Belarus. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Soviet_War
1989:
A fatwa was issued for the execution of Salman Rushdie for authoring The Satanic Verses, a novel Islamic fundamentalists considered blasphemous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Satanic_Verses_controversy
2005:
Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafic Hariri was assassinated when explosives were detonated as his motorcade drove past the St. George Hotel in Beirut, sparking the Cedar Revolution in Lebanon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafic_Hariri
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