Otto Preminger
Otto Ludwig Preminger (5 December 1905 – 23 April 1986) was an American theatre and film director, originally from Austria-Hungary.
He directed more than 35 feature films in a five-decade career after leaving the theatre.
He first gained attention for film noir mysteries such as "Laura" (1944) and "Fallen Angel" (1945), while in the 1950s and 1960s, he directed a number of high-profile adaptations of popular novels and stage works.
Several of these later films pushed the boundaries of censorship by dealing with topics which were then taboo in Hollywood, such as drug addiction ("The Man with the Golden Arm", 1955), rape ("Anatomy of a Murder", 1959) and homosexuality ("Advise & Consent", 1962).
He was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director.
He also had a few acting roles.
The Moon Is Blue
The Moon Is Blue is a 1953 American romantic comedy film produced and directed by Otto Preminger and starring William Holden, David Niven, and Maggie McNamara.
Written by F. Hugh Herbert and based on his 1951 play of the same title, the film is about a young woman who meets an architect on the observation deck of the Empire State Building and quickly turns his life upside down.
Herbert's play had also been a huge success in Germany, and Preminger decided to simultaneously film multiple-language versions in English and German, using the same sets but different casts.
The German film version is "Die Jungfrau auf dem Dach".
Ask for the Moon
Ask for the Moon is a 1991 Italian comedy drama film directed by Giuseppe Piccioni.
Maggie McNamara
Marguerite" Maggie" McNamara( June 18, 1928 – February 18, 1978) was a stage, film, and television actress and model from the United States.
McNamara began her career as a teenage fashion model.
She came to public attention in the controversial film" The Moon Is Blue"( 1953) directed by Otto Preminger, reprising the role she played in the Chicago production of the play.
She earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role in the film.
She appeared in only two films after" The Moon Is Blue" and made her final film in 1963.
After five guest- starring roles in television series in the early 1960s, she retired from acting.
For the remainder of her life, she worked as a typist in New York City.
On February 18, 1978, McNamara died of a barbiturate overdose at the age of 49.
Takeo Hatanaka
The crater Hatanaka on the Moon is named after him.
Wandering with the Moon
Wandering with the Moon is a 1945 Swedish drama film directed by Hasse Ekman.
Kick the Moon
Kick the Moon is a 2001 South Korean film directed by Kim Sang- jin.
Near side of the Moon
The near side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that is permanently turned towards Earth, whereas the opposite side is the far side.
Only one side of the Moon is visible from Earth because the Moon rotates on its axis at the same rate that the Moon orbits the Earth – a situation known as synchronous rotation, or tidal locking.
The Moon is directly illuminated by the Sun, and the cyclically varying viewing conditions cause the lunar phases.
Sometimes the dark portion of the Moon is faintly visible due to earthshine, which is indirect sunlight reflected from the surface of Earth and onto the Moon.
Since the Moon's orbit is both somewhat elliptical and inclined to its equatorial plane, libration allows up to 59% of the Moon's surface to be viewed from Earth( though only half at any moment from any point).
Theodred II (Bishop of Elmham)
Theodred II was a medieval Bishop of Elmham.
The date of Theodred's consecration unknown, but the date of his death was sometime between 995 and 997.
Asada Goryu
The crater Asada on the Moon is named after him.

Question: When did the director of film The Moon Is Blue die?
Answer: 23 April 1986