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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
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| - | * [[475]] - [[Basiliscus]] becomes [[Byzantine Emperor]], with a coronation ceremony in the [[Hebdomon]] palace in [[Constantinople]]. | ||
| - | *[[1528]] - [[Gustav I of Sweden]] crowned king of [[Sweden]]. | ||
| *[[1592]] - ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' is first staged at the [[The Rose (theatre)|Rose Theatre]]. | *[[1592]] - ''[[Titus Andronicus]]'' is first staged at the [[The Rose (theatre)|Rose Theatre]]. | ||
| - | *[[1773]] - The first public [[Thirteen Colonies|Colonial America]]n [[museum]] opens in [[Charleston, South Carolina]]. | + | *[[1959]] - The ''[[Motown]]'' [[record label]] is founded in [[Detroit, Michigan]] by [[Berry Gordy]]. |
| - | *[[1777]] - [[Mission Santa Clara de Asís]] is founded in what is now [[Santa Clara, California]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1780]] - The first issue of the ''[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]]'' (then known as the ''Zürcher Zeitung'') is published. | + | |
| - | *[[1808]] - The organizational meeting that led to the creation of the [[Wernerian Natural History Society]], a former Scottish [[learned society]], is held in [[Edinburgh]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1848]] - The [[Sicilian revolution of independence of 1848|Palermo rising]] in Sicily rises against the [[House of Bourbon|Bourbon]] kingdom of the [[Two Sicilies]] | + | |
| - | *[[1866]] - The [[Royal Aeronautical Society]] is formed in [[London]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1872]] - [[Yohannes IV of Ethiopia|Yohannes IV]] is crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]] in [[Axum]], the first imperial coronation in that city in over 200 years. | + | |
| - | *[[1875]] - [[Kwang-su]] becomes emperor of [[China]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1895]] - [[National Trust for Places of Historic Interest or Natural Beauty|The National Trust]] is founded in Britain. | + | |
| - | *[[1898]] - [[Ito Hirobumi]] begins his third term as [[Prime Minister of Japan]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Henry Campbell-Bannerman|Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman]]'s cabinet (which included amongst its members [[H.H. Asquith]], [[David Lloyd George]], and [[Winston Churchill]]) embarks on sweeping social reforms after a Liberal landslide in the British general election. | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] - A long-distance [[radio]] message is sent from the [[Eiffel Tower]] for the first time. | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - The [[Rocky Mountain National Park]] is formed by an act of [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]]. | + | |
| - | * 1915 - The [[United States House of Representatives]] rejects proposal to give women the [[suffrage|right to vote]]. | + | |
| - | * 1918 - [[Finland]]'s "Mosaic Confessors" law went into effect, making Finnish Jews full citizens. | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Freeman Gosden]] and [[Charles Correll]] premiere their [[radio]] program ''[[Sam 'n' Henry]]'', a precursor to ''[[Amos 'n' Andy]]'', possibly the first [[situation comedy]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Hattie W. Caraway]] becomes the first woman elected to the [[United States Senate]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[World War II]]: [[Russia]] bombs cities in [[Finland]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|Franklin Roosevelt]] creates the [[National War Labor Board]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Soviet Union|Soviets]] begin a large offensive against the [[Nazism|Nazis]] in [[Eastern Europe]] . | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - Rebels in [[Zanzibar]] begin a revolt known as the [[Zanzibar Revolution]] and proclaim a republic. | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] states that the [[United States]] should stay in [[South Vietnam]] until [[Communism|Communist]] aggression there is ended. | + | |
| - | * 1966 - ''[[Batman in other media#Television|Batman]] the [[Batman (TV series)|TV series]]'' debuts on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - Dr. [[James Bedford]] becomes the first person to be [[cryonics|cryonically preserved]] with intent of future resuscitation. | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Joe Namath]] and the [[New York Jets]] defeat the [[History of the Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] 16-7 in [[Super Bowl III]], becoming the first team from the [[American Football League]] to win [[American Football]]'s top championship. | + | |
| - | * 1969 - [[Led Zeppelin]] releases their first album. | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Biafra]] capitulates, ending the [[Nigerian civil war]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - ''[[All in the Family]]'' debuts on [[CBS]]. | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Harrisburg Six]]: The Reverend [[Philip Berrigan]] and five others are indicted on charges of conspiring to kidnap [[Henry Kissinger]] and of plotting to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in [[Washington, DC]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - The [[UN Security Council]] votes 11-1 to allow the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]] to participate in a [[Security Council]] debate (without voting rights). | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Persian Gulf War]]: An act of the [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] authorizes the use of military force to drive [[Iraq]] out of [[Kuwait]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - A new constitution, providing for freedom to form political parties, is approved by a referendum in [[Mali]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Malcolm X]]'s daughter, [[Qubilah Shabazz]], is arrested for conspiring to kill [[Louis Farrakhan]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - Nineteen [[Europe]]an nations agree to forbid [[human cloning]]. | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - The world's largest [[ocean liner]], [[RMS Queen Mary 2]], makes it's maiden voyage. | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Deep Impact (space mission)]] launches from [[Cape Canaveral]] on a [[Delta 2]] rocket. | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - The foreign ministers of the [[United Kingdom]], [[France]], and [[Germany]] declare that negotiations with [[Iran]] over its [[Iran's nuclear program|nuclear program]] have reached a dead end and recommend that Iran be referred to the [[United Nations Security Council]]. | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Incidents during the Hajj|A stampede]] during the [[Stoning of the devil|Stoning the Devil]] ritual on the last day at the [[Hajj]] in [[Mina, Saudi Arabia|Mina]], [[Saudi Arabia]], kills at least 362 [[Muslim]] [[pilgrim]]s. | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Turkey]] releases [[Mehmet Ali Ağca]] from jail after he served 25 years for shooting [[Pope John Paul II]]. | + | |
| - | * 2006 - The [[France|French]] warship [[FS Clemenceau (1957-1997)|Clemenceau]] reaches [[Egypt]] and is barred access to the [[Suez Canal]]. [[Greenpeace]] activists board the ship. | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Comet McNaught]] reaches [[perihelion]] becoming the brightest comet in more than 40 years. | + | |
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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> | ||
| - | *[[1483]] - [[Henry III of Nassau-Breda]], German nobleman (d. [[1538]]) | ||
| - | *[[1562]] - [[Charles Emmanuel I, Duke of Savoy]] (d. [[1630]]) | ||
| - | *[[1576]] - [[Petrus Scriverius]], Dutch writer (d. [[1660]]) | ||
| *[[1591]] - [[José Ribera]], Spanish painter (d. [[1652]]) | *[[1591]] - [[José Ribera]], Spanish painter (d. [[1652]]) | ||
| - | *[[1597]] - [[François Duquesnoy]], French sculptor (d. [[1643]]) | ||
| *[[1628]] - [[Charles Perrault]], French folklorist (d. [[1703]]) | *[[1628]] - [[Charles Perrault]], French folklorist (d. [[1703]]) | ||
| - | *[[1715]] - [[Jacques Duphly]], French composer (d. [[1789]]) | + | *[[1729]] - [[Edmund Burke]], Irish writer (d. [[1797]]) |
| - | *[[1716]] - [[Antonio de Ulloa]], Spanish general (d. [[1795]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1721]] - [[Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick]], Prussian general (d. [[1792]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1723]] - [[Samuel Langdon]], American President of Harvard University (d. [[1797]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1729]] - [[Edmund Burke]], Irish statesman (d. [[1797]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1737]] - [[John Hancock]], American statesman (d. [[1793]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1746]] - [[Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi]], Swiss [[pedagogue]] (d. [[1827]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1751]] - [[Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies]] (d. [[1825]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1786]] - [[Robert Inglis|Sir Robert Inglis, Bt]], English politician (d. [[1855]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1792]] - [[Johan August Arfwedson]], Swedish chemist (d. [[1841]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1797]] - [[Gideon Brecher]], Austrian physician (d. [[1873]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1849]] - [[Jean Béraud]], French painter (d. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1852]] - [[Joseph Joffre]], French general (d. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1856]] - [[John Singer Sargent]], American artist (d. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1860]] - [[Henry Larkin]], American baseball player (d. [[1942]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1863]] - [[Swami Vivekananda]], Indian philosopher (d. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1873]] - [[Spiridon Louis]], Greek runner, winner of the first modern [[Olympics]] [[marathon]] (d. [[1940]]) | + | |
| *[[1876]] - [[Jack London]], American author (d. [[1916]]) | *[[1876]] - [[Jack London]], American author (d. [[1916]]) | ||
| - | * 1876 - [[Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari]], Italian composer (d. [[1948]]) | + | *[[1906]] - [[Emmanuel Lévinas]], French philosopher (d. 1995) |
| - | *[[1877]] - [[Frank J. Corr]], American politician (d. [[1934]]) | + | *[[1917]] - [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], Indian spiritualist (d. 2008) |
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Ferenc Molnár]], Hungarian writer (d. [[1952]]) | + | *[[1926]] - [[Morton Feldman]], American composer (d. [[1987]]) |
| - | *[[1879]] - [[Ray Harroun]], American race car driver (d. [[1968]]) | + | *[[1931]] - [[Rolando Alphonso]], Jamaican tenor saxophonist (d. [[1998]]) |
| - | *[[1882]] - [[Milton Sills]], American actor (d. [[1930]]) | + | *[[1933]] - [[Liliana Cavani]], Italian filmmaker (''The Night Porter'') |
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Texas Guinan]], American actress (d. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Mikhail Gurevich]], Russian aircraft designer (d. [[1976]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1893]] - [[Hermann Göring]], Nazi official (d. [[1946]]) | + | |
| - | * 1893 - [[Alfred Rosenberg]], Nazi official (d. [[1946]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1894]] - [[Georges Carpentier]], French boxer (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1896]] - [[Rex Ingram (director)|Rex Ingram]], Irish director (d. [[1950]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Paul Hermann Müller]], Swiss chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1965]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Saud of Saudi Arabia]] (d. [[1969]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Fred McDowell]], American blues musician (d. [[1972]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Tex Ritter]], American country singer and actor (d. [[1974]]) | + | |
| - | * 1905 - [[James Bennett Griffin]], American archaeologist (d. [[1997]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Daniil Kharms]], Russian playwright (d. [[1942]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Patsy Kelly]], American actress (d. [[1981]]) | + | |
| - | * 1907 - [[Sergei Korolev]], Russian rocket scientist (d. [[1966]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Jean Delannoy]], French film director | + | |
| - | * 1908 - [[Clement Hurd]], American illustrator (d. [[1988]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Luise Rainer]], German two-time Academy Award winning actress | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Paul Jarrico]], American writer (d. [[1997]]) | + | |
| - | * 1915 - [[Joseph-Aurèle Plourde]], Catholic archbishop of Ottawa | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Pieter Willem Botha]], former [[President of South Africa]] (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | * 1916 - [[Jay McShann]], American musician (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], Indian spiritualist | + | |
| - | * 1917 - [[Jimmy Skinner]], professional hockey coach (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[James L. Farmer, Jr.]], American activist (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Tadeusz Żychiewicz]], Polish journalist, art historian and publicist (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Ira Hayes]], American soldier (d. [[1955]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Olivier Gendebien]], Belgian racing driver (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Scottie MacGregor]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Ray Price (musician)|Ray Price]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Ruth Brown]], American singer (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | * 1928 - [[Lloyd Ruby]], American race car driver | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Tim Horton]], Canadian hockey player (d. [[1974]]) | + | |
| - | * 1930 - [[Glenn Yarborough]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Des O'Connor]], British television presenter | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Kreskin]], mentalist | + | |
| - | * 1935 - [[Tomiko Ishii]], Japanese actress | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Marie Dubois]], French actress | + | |
| - | * 1937 - [[Shirley Eaton]], British actress | + | |
| - | * 1937 - [[Vicente Sardinero]], Spanish baritone (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Long John Baldry]], British blues singer (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Joe Frazier]], American boxer | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Vlastimil Hort]], Czechoslovakian chess player | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Carlos Villagrán]], Mexican actor | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[George Duke]], American musician | + | |
| - | * 1946 - [[Lady Cosgrove]], Scottish judiciary figure | + | |
| - | * 1946 - [[Cynthia Robinson]], American musician ([[Sly & the Family Stone]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Khalid Abdul Muhammed]], American Nation of Islam spokesman (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Kenny Allen (footballer)|Kenny Allen]], English footballer | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[William Nicholson (writer)|William Nicholson]], English writer | + | |
| *[[1949]] - [[Haruki Murakami]], Japanese novelist | *[[1949]] - [[Haruki Murakami]], Japanese novelist | ||
| - | * 1949 - [[Kentaro Haneda]], Japanese composer (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | * 1949 - [[Wayne Wang]], Hong Kong-born film director | ||
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Sheila Jackson Lee]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1950 - [[Bob McEwen]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1950 - [[Göran Lindblad]], Swedish politician | ||
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Dorrit Moussaieff]], [[First Lady of Iceland]] | ||
| - | * 1950 - [[Ricky Ray Rector]], American murderer (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Kirstie Alley]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1951 - [[Ann Althouse]], American law professor | ||
| - | * 1951 - [[Rush Limbaugh]], American radio personality | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Walter Mosley]], American author | ||
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Howard Stern]], American radio host | ||
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Rockne S. O'Bannon]], screenwriter | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[John Lasseter]], American director, founder of Pixar Animation Studios | ||
| *[[1959]] - [[Blixa Bargeld]], German singer and musician ([[Einstürzende Neubauten]], [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]) | *[[1959]] - [[Blixa Bargeld]], German singer and musician ([[Einstürzende Neubauten]], [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]]) | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Per Gessle]], Swedish songwriter and musician ([[Roxette]]) | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Nick Nairn]], British celebrity chef | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Oliver Platt]], Canadian actor | ||
| - | * 1960 - [[Dominique Wilkins]], American basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[François Girard]], French Canadian film director and screenwriter | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Jeff Bezos]], American entrepreneur | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Rob Zombie]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Olivier Martinez]], French actor | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Vendela Kirsebom]], Swedish supermodel | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Heather Mills]], British activist | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Junichi Masuda]], Japanese composer | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Rachael Harris]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Mauro Silva]], Brazilian footballer | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Keith Anderson]], American country music singer-songwriter | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Robert Prosinečki]], Croatian footballer. | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Zack de la Rocha]], American musician ([[Rage Against the Machine]]). | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Raekwon]], American rapper. | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Priyanka Gandhi]], daughter of [[Rajiv Gandhi]]. | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Espen Knutsen]], Norwegian ice hockey player. | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Jason Sklar]], American comedian. | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Randy Sklar]], American comedian. | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Dan Haseltine]], singer ([[Jars of Clay]]). | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Matt Wong]], former bassist ([[Reel Big Fish]]). | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Hande Yener]], Turkish singer. | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Melanie Chisholm]], British singer. | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[Tor Arne Hetland]], Norwegian cross-country skier. | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Jason Freese]], American musician | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Jocelyn Thibault]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Dominic Etli]], American soccer player | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Yoandy Garlobo]], Cuban baseball player | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Cade McNown]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Piolo Pascual]], Filipino actor | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Jeremy Camp]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Kris Roe]], American musician ([[The Ataris]]) | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Kim Sa Rang]], Korean actress | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Luis Ayala]], baseball pitcher | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Marián Hossa]], Slovak ice hockey player | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Grzegorz Rasiak]], Polish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Amerie]], American singer and songwriter | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Bobby Crosby]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Sherzod Abdurahmonov]], Uzbekistanian boxer | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Paul-Henri Mathieu]], French tennis player | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Chris Ray]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Dimitrios Tsiamis]], Greek triple jumper | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Dontrelle Willis]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Scott Olsen]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Yohana Cobo]], Spanish actress | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Miguel Ángel Nieto]], Spanish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Will Rothhaar]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1987 - [[Salvatore Sirigu]], Italian footballer | ||
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Chris Casement]], Irish footballer | ||
| - | * 1988 - [[Andrew Lawrence (actor)|Andrew Lawrence]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Sergey Karjakin]], Ukrainian chess player | ||
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Mao Kobayashi]], Japanese gravure idol | ||
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Laurel McGoff]], singer/actress best known for [[Kid Nation]] appearance | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1321]] - [[Maria of Brabant]], wife of [[Philip III of France]] (b. [[1256]]) | ||
| - | *[[1519]] - [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1459]]) | ||
| - | *[[1583]] - [[Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva]], Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. [[1508]]) | ||
| - | *[[1665]] - [[Pierre de Fermat]], French mathematician and lawyer (b. [[1601]]) | ||
| - | *[[1674]] - [[Giacomo Carissimi]], Italian composer (b. [[1605]]) | ||
| - | *[[1700]] - [[Marguerite Bourgeoys]], saint (b. [[1620]]) | ||
| *[[1705]] - [[Luca Giordano]], Italian artist (b. [[1634]]) | *[[1705]] - [[Luca Giordano]], Italian artist (b. [[1634]]) | ||
| - | *[[1732]] - [[John Horsley]], British archaeologist (b. [[1685]]) | + | *[[1829]] - [[Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel]], German writer (''Lucinde'') (b. [[1772]]) |
| - | *[[1735]] - [[John Eccles (composer)|John Eccles]], English composer (b. [[1668]]) | + | *[[1951]] - [[Jacques de Baroncelli]], French film director (''Woman and Puppet'') (b. [[1881]]) |
| - | *[[1759]] - [[Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange]] (b. [[1709]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1777]] - [[Hugh Mercer]], American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. [[1726]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1781]] - [[Richard Challoner]], English Catholic prelate (b. [[1691]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1817]] - [[Juan Andres]], Spanish Jesuit (b. [[1740]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1834]] - [[William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1759]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1856]] - [[Ludovit Stur|Ľudovít Štúr]], Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. [[1815]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1897]] - [[Isaac Pitman]], British inventor ([[Pitman Shorthand]]) (b. [[1813]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Hiram Walker]], American distiller (b. [[1816]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Hermann Minkowski]], German mathematician (b. [[1864]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Edward Smith (VC)|Edward Smith]], English soldier, recipient of the Victoria Cross (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Jan Campert]], Dutch journalist and writer (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Lance C. Wade]], American pilot (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Norman Kerry]], American actor (b. [[1894]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Nevil Shute]], English writer (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Ariadna Tyrkova-Williams]], Russian writer and feminist (b. [[1869]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Lorraine Hansberry]], American writer (b. [[1936]]) | + | |
| *[[1976]] - [[Agatha Christie]], English writer (b. [[1890]]) | *[[1976]] - [[Agatha Christie]], English writer (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| *[[1977]] - [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]], French film director and screenwriter (b. [[1907]]) | *[[1977]] - [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]], French film director and screenwriter (b. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Rebop Kwaku Baah]], Nigerian percussionist (b. [[1944]]) | + | *[[1986]] - [[Bob Kaufman]], American Beat poet (b. [[1925]]) |
| - | * 1983 - [[Nikolai Podgorny]], [[President of the USSR]] (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Laurence J. Peter]], Canadian-born educator et writer (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Joachim Nitsche]], German mathematician (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Charles B. Huggins]], Canadian-born cancer researcher, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | * 1997 - [[Jean-Edern Hallier]], French author (b. [[1936]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Betty Lou Gerson]], American voice actress (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | * 1999 - [[Doug Wickenheiser]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. [[1961]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Marc Davis]], American animator (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | * 2000 - [[Bobby Phills]], American basketball player (b. [[1969]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Affirmed]], American racehorse (b. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | * 2001 - [[William Reddington Hewlett|William Hewlett]], American engineer and businessman (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | * 2001 - [[Luiz Bonfá]], Brazilian guitarist and composer (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Stanley Unwin (comedian)|Stanley Unwin]], South African comedian (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Cyrus Vance]], 57th [[U.S. Secretary of State]] (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Dean Amadon]], American ornithologist (b. [[1912]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Kinji Fukasaku]], Japanese director (b. [[1930]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Leopoldo Galtieri]], dictator of Argentina (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Maurice Gibb]], British singer, songwriter, and musician ([[Bee Gees]]) (b. [[1949]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Olga Aleksandrovna Ladyzhenskaya]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Randy VanWarmer]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1955]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Alessia di Matteo]], first survivor of eight transplants in one operation (b. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Amrish Puri]], Indian actor (b. [[1932]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Edmund S. Valtman]], Estonian-born cartoonist (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| *[[2007]] - [[Alice Coltrane]], American jazz musician (b. [[1937]]) | *[[2007]] - [[Alice Coltrane]], American jazz musician (b. [[1937]]) | ||
| - | == Notes == | + | *[[2007]] - [[Stephen Gilbert]], British painter and sculptor. (b. [[1910]]) |
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| - | Charles Perrault | + | |
| - | Haruki Murakami | + | |
| - | Morton Feldman | + | |
| - | Jack London | + | |
| - | François Duquesnoy | + | |
| - | Edmund Burke | + | |
| - | Motown Records | + | |
| - | Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel | + | |
| - | Jean Delannoy | + | |
| - | Emmanuel Lévinas | + | |
| - | Maharishi Mahesh Yogi | + | |
| - | Bob Kaufman | + | |
| - | Luca Giordano | + | |
| - | Rolando Alphonso | + | |
| - | Liliana Cavani | + | |
| - | Jacques de Baroncelli | + | |
| - | Alice Coltrane | + | |
| - | Stephen Gilbert | + | |
| - | Agatha Christie | + | |
| - | Marcel Arland | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1592 - Titus Andronicus is first staged at the Rose Theatre.
- 1959 - The Motown record label is founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy.
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Births
- 1591 - José Ribera, Spanish painter (d. 1652)
- 1628 - Charles Perrault, French folklorist (d. 1703)
- 1729 - Edmund Burke, Irish writer (d. 1797)
- 1876 - Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
- 1906 - Emmanuel Lévinas, French philosopher (d. 1995)
- 1917 - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Indian spiritualist (d. 2008)
- 1926 - Morton Feldman, American composer (d. 1987)
- 1931 - Rolando Alphonso, Jamaican tenor saxophonist (d. 1998)
- 1933 - Liliana Cavani, Italian filmmaker (The Night Porter)
- 1949 - Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist
- 1959 - Blixa Bargeld, German singer and musician (Einstürzende Neubauten, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds)
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Deaths
- 1705 - Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
- 1829 - Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, German writer (Lucinde) (b. 1772)
- 1951 - Jacques de Baroncelli, French film director (Woman and Puppet) (b. 1881)
- 1976 - Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
- 1977 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director and screenwriter (b. 1907)
- 1986 - Bob Kaufman, American Beat poet (b. 1925)
- 2007 - Alice Coltrane, American jazz musician (b. 1937)
- 2007 - Stephen Gilbert, British painter and sculptor. (b. 1910)
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