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| + | == Events == | ||
| + | *[[1252]] - [[Pope Innocent IV]] authorizes the [[torture]] of [[heretics]] in the [[Medieval Inquisition]]. Torture quickly gains widespread usage across [[Catholicism|Catholic]] [[Europe]]. | ||
| + | *[[1525]] - The [[battle of Frankenhausen]] ends the [[Peasants' War]]. | ||
| + | *[[1863]] - ''[[Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe]]'' by Manet first exhibited at the [[Salon des refusés]] | ||
| + | *[[1871]] - ''[[Paragraph 175]]'' installed in Germany, which made male homosexuality a crime | ||
| + | *[[1884]] - First [[Salon des Indépendants]] in Paris | ||
| + | *[[1897]] - [[Magnus Hirschfeld]] founds the Scientific Humanitarian Committee to organize for gay rights and the repeal of ''[[Paragraph 175]]''. | ||
| + | *[[1905]] – [[Las Vegas, Nevada]], is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off. | ||
| + | *[[1920]] - ''[[Les Mains d’Orlac]]'', French serial first installment published. | ||
| + | *[[1928]]- [[Mickey Mouse]] premiered in his first cartoon, [[Plane Crazy]] | ||
| + | *[[1940]] - first [[nylon]] stockings sold in U.S. | ||
| + | *[[1980]] - ''[[The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle]]'' film debuts in England. | ||
| + | *[[1990]] – ''[[Portrait of Doctor Gachet]]'' by [[Vincent van Gogh]] is sold for a record $82.5 million, the [[List of most expensive paintings|most expensive painting]] at the time. | ||
| + | *[[1994]] – ''[[Passages; Homage to Walter Benjamin]]'' by Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan inaugurated | ||
| - | == Art and culture == | + | ==Births== |
| - | *[[1897]] - [[Magnus Hirschfeld]] founds the Scientific Humanitarian Committee to organize for gay rights and the repeal of ''[[Paragraph 175]]'' | + | *[[1862]] – [[Arthur Schnitzler]], Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. 1931) |
| - | *[[1897]] - ''[[Les Mains d’Orlac]]'', French serial first published | + | *[[1891]] – [[Mikhail Bulgakov]], Russian writer (d. 1940) |
| - | *[[1871]] - Paragraph 175 installed in Germany, which made male homosexuality a crime | + | *[[1905]] – [[Joseph Cotten]], American actor (d. 1994) |
| + | *[[1909]] – [[James Mason]], English actor (d. 1984) | ||
| + | *[[1911]] – [[Max Frisch]], Swiss author (d. 1991) | ||
| + | *[[1915]] – [[Mario Monicelli]], Italian director and screenwriter | ||
| + | *[[1923]] – [[Richard Avedon]], American photographer (d. 2004) | ||
| + | *[[1926]] – [[Anthony Shaffer]], English playwright (d. 2001) | ||
| + | *[[1930]] – [[Jasper Johns]], American painter | ||
| + | *[[1933]] – [[Juzo Itami]], Japanese filmmaker. | ||
| + | *[[1936]] – [[Ralph Steadman]], British cartoonist | ||
| + | *[[1937]] – [[Trini Lopez|Trini López]], American musician. (d. 2020) | ||
| + | *[[1948]] – [[Brian Eno]], English musician and record producer | ||
| + | *[[1953]] – [[Mike Oldfield]], English composer | ||
| + | *[[1961]] – [[Melle Mel]], American musician | ||
| + | *[[1965]] – [[Jan Geerinck|My peephole]] opened on [[Saturday]]. | ||
| - | == Births == | + | ==Deaths== |
| - | *[[1862]] - Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian writer and doctor | + | *[[1886]] – [[Emily Dickinson]], American poet (b. 1830) |
| - | *[[1891]] - [[Mikhail Bulgakov]], Ukrainian-born Soviet novelist | + | *[[1935]] – [[Kazimir Malevich]], Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878) |
| - | *[[1923]] - Richard Avedon, American photographer | + | *[[1940]] – [[Menno ter Braak]], Dutch author and polemicist (b. 1902) |
| - | *[[1948]] - Brian Eno, British musician, producer, and music theorist | + | *[[1956]] – [[Austin Osman Spare]], English artist and magician (b. 1886) |
| - | *[[1930]] - Jasper Johns, Jr., American artist | + | *[[1967]] – [[Edward Hopper]], American painter (b. 1882) |
| - | *[[1965]] - My peephole opened on [[Saturday]], 1965. | + | *[[1998]] – [[John Hawkes]], avant garde American writer.(b. [[1925]]) |
| - | == Deaths == | + | *[[2007]] – [[Jerry Falwell]], American evangelist (b. 1933) |
| - | *[[1998]] - John Hawkes, avant garde American writer | + | {{GFDL}} |
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Events
- 1252 - Pope Innocent IV authorizes the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Torture quickly gains widespread usage across Catholic Europe.
- 1525 - The battle of Frankenhausen ends the Peasants' War.
- 1863 - Le Déjeuner sur l'herbe by Manet first exhibited at the Salon des refusés
- 1871 - Paragraph 175 installed in Germany, which made male homosexuality a crime
- 1884 - First Salon des Indépendants in Paris
- 1897 - Magnus Hirschfeld founds the Scientific Humanitarian Committee to organize for gay rights and the repeal of Paragraph 175.
- 1905 – Las Vegas, Nevada, is founded when 110 acres (0.4 km²), in what later would become downtown, are auctioned off.
- 1920 - Les Mains d’Orlac, French serial first installment published.
- 1928- Mickey Mouse premiered in his first cartoon, Plane Crazy
- 1940 - first nylon stockings sold in U.S.
- 1980 - The Great Rock 'N' Roll Swindle film debuts in England.
- 1990 – Portrait of Doctor Gachet by Vincent van Gogh is sold for a record $82.5 million, the most expensive painting at the time.
- 1994 – Passages; Homage to Walter Benjamin by Israeli sculptor Dani Karavan inaugurated
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Births
- 1862 – Arthur Schnitzler, Austrian dramatist and narrator (d. 1931)
- 1891 – Mikhail Bulgakov, Russian writer (d. 1940)
- 1905 – Joseph Cotten, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1909 – James Mason, English actor (d. 1984)
- 1911 – Max Frisch, Swiss author (d. 1991)
- 1915 – Mario Monicelli, Italian director and screenwriter
- 1923 – Richard Avedon, American photographer (d. 2004)
- 1926 – Anthony Shaffer, English playwright (d. 2001)
- 1930 – Jasper Johns, American painter
- 1933 – Juzo Itami, Japanese filmmaker.
- 1936 – Ralph Steadman, British cartoonist
- 1937 – Trini López, American musician. (d. 2020)
- 1948 – Brian Eno, English musician and record producer
- 1953 – Mike Oldfield, English composer
- 1961 – Melle Mel, American musician
- 1965 – My peephole opened on Saturday.
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Deaths
- 1886 – Emily Dickinson, American poet (b. 1830)
- 1935 – Kazimir Malevich, Polish/Ukrainian artist (b. 1878)
- 1940 – Menno ter Braak, Dutch author and polemicist (b. 1902)
- 1956 – Austin Osman Spare, English artist and magician (b. 1886)
- 1967 – Edward Hopper, American painter (b. 1882)
- 1998 – John Hawkes, avant garde American writer.(b. 1925)
- 2007 – Jerry Falwell, American evangelist (b. 1933)
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