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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | <!-- Please don't Wikify years that have already been linked --> | + | *[[1914]] - [[Harrison Narcotics Tax Act]] is voted in the United States |
| - | * [[546]] - [[Gothic War (535–552)]]: The [[Ostrogoths]] of King [[Totila]] conquer [[Rome]] bribing the Byzantine garrison. | + | *[[1989]] - Premiere animated television series [[The Simpsons]]. |
| - | *[[920]] - [[Romanos I]] is crowned co-emperor of the underage Emperor [[Constantine VII]]. | + | |
| - | *[[942]] - Assassination of [[William I of Normandy]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1398]] - [[Sultan Mehmud]]'s armies in Delhi defeated by [[Timur]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1531]] - [[Pope Clement VII]] established a parallel to the [[Spanish Inquisition|Inquisition]] in [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1538]] - [[Pope Paul III]] excommunicates [[Henry VIII of England]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1577]] - [[Francis Drake]] set sail from Plymouth, England, on a secret mission to explore the Pacific Coast of the Americas for British Queen Elizabeth I. | + | |
| - | *[[1586]] - [[Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan|Emperor Go-Yozei]] becomes [[Emperor of Japan]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1600]] - Marriage of [[Henry IV of France]] and [[Marie de' Medici]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1637]] - [[Shimabara Rebellion]]: Japanese peasants led by [[Amakusa Shiro]] rise against [[daimyo]] [[Matsukura Shigeharu]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1718]] - [[Great Britain]] declares war to [[Spain]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1770]] - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] is baptized at [[Bonn]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1807]] - [[France]] issues the [[Milan Decree]], which confirms the [[Continental System]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1819]] - [[Simón Bolívar]] declares the independence of the [[Republic of Gran Colombia]] in Angostura (now [[Ciudad Bolívar]] in [[Venezuela]]). | + | |
| - | *[[1834]] - The [[Dublin and Kingstown Railway]] opened in [[Ireland]], the first public railway on the island of [[Ireland]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1862]] - [[American Civil War]]: General [[Ulysses S. Grant]] issues ''[[General Order No. 11 (1862)|General Order No. 11]]'', expelling [[Jews]] from [[Tennessee]], [[Mississippi]], and [[Kentucky]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1903]] - The [[Wright Brothers]] made their first powered and heavier-than-air flight in the ''[[Wright Flyer]]'' at [[Kitty Hawk, North Carolina]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Uruguay]] becomes a signatory to the [[Buenos Aires Convention|Buenos Aires]] [[copyright]] [[treaty]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - First flight of the [[Douglas DC-3]] [[fixed-wing aircraft|airplane]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of the River Plate]] - The ''[[German pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee|Admiral Graf Spee]]'' is scuttled by Captain [[Hans Langsdorff]] outside [[Montevideo]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - World War II: Beginning of the [[Battle of Sevastopol|Siege of Sebastopol]]. | + | |
| - | * 1941 - World War II: [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese forces]] land in Northern [[Borneo]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - World War II: [[Battle of the Bulge]] - [[Malmedy massacre]] - [[United States|American]] 285th Field Artillery Observation Battalion [[POWs]] are shot by [[Waffen-SS]] [[Kampfgruppe]] [[Joachim Peiper|Peiper]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] - [[History of Goa]]: [[Operation Vijay (1961)| Operation Vijay]] - [[India]] seizes [[Goa]] from [[Portugal]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Prime Minister of Australia]] [[Harold Holt]] [[Missing person|disappears]] while swimming near [[Portsea, Victoria]] and was presumed drowned. | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - The [[SALT I]] talks begin. | + | |
| - | * 1969 - [[Project Blue Book]]: The [[United States Air Force|USAF]] closes its study of [[UFOs]], stating that sightings were generated as a result of "A mild form of mass hysteria, Individuals who fabricate such reports to perpetrate a hoax or seek publicity, psychopathological persons, and misidentification of various conventional objects." | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Polish 1970 protests]]: In [[Gdynia]], soldiers fire at workers emerging from trains, killing dozens. | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - 32 are killed in an attempt at the [[Aeroporto di Fiumicino|Rome Fiumicino Airport]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - The [[Workers Party of Jamaica]] is founded by [[Trevor Munroe]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - Brigadier General [[James L. Dozier]] is abducted by the [[Red Brigade]] in [[Verona, Italy]]. | + | |
| - | * 1981 - Founding of the [[Senegambia Confederation]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army|IRA]] bomb [[Harrods]] Department Store in [[London]], killing seven people (see [[Harrods bombing]]). | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Mega Man]] makes his debut on the [[NES]] in the video game [[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Romanian Revolution]]: Protests continue in [[Timişoara]] with rioters breaking into the [[Romanian Communist Party]]'s District Committee building and attempting to set it on fire. | + | |
| - | * 1989 - First free elections in [[Brazil]] in 25 years. | + | |
| - | * 1989 - Premiere of hit animated television series [[The Simpsons]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - The [[United Nations General Assembly]] passes resolution 54/134 designating [[November 25]] as the annual [[International Day to Eliminate Violence Against Women]]. | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Second Congo War]]: The Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord which makes provision for transitional governance and legislative and presidential elections within two years. | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[SpaceShipOne flight 11P]], piloted by [[Brian Binnie]], makes the first privately-funded manned supersonic flight. | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - Anti-[[WTO]] protesters [[riot]] in [[Wan Chai]], [[Hong Kong]] | + | |
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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> | + | *[[1493]] – [[Paracelsus]], Swiss physician and scientist (d. 1541) |
| - | *[[1239]] - [[Kujo Yoritsugu]], Japanese Shogun (d. [[1256]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1267]] - [[Emperor Go-Uda]] of Japan (d. [[1324]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1619]] - [[Prince Rupert of the Rhine]], commander in the [[English Civil War]] (d. [[1682]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1632]] - [[Anthony Wood]], English antiqurian (d. [[1695]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1685]] - [[Thomas Tickell]], English writer (d. [[1740]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1706]] - [[Émilie du Châtelet]], French mathematician and physicist (d. [[1749]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1734]] - [[Maria I of Portugal]], Portuguese queen (d. [[1816]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1749]] - [[Domenico Cimarosa]], Italian composer (d. [[1801]]) | + | |
| *[[1770]] - ([[Baptism]]) - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], German composer (d. [[1827]]) | *[[1770]] - ([[Baptism]]) - [[Ludwig van Beethoven]], German composer (d. [[1827]]) | ||
| - | *[[1778]] - Sir [[Humphry Davy]], English chemist and physicist (d. [[1829]]) | ||
| - | *[[1796]] - [[Thomas Chandler Haliburton]], Canadian novelist (d. [[1865]]) | ||
| - | *[[1799]] - [[Titian Peale]], American artist (d. [[1885]]) | ||
| - | *[[1807]] - [[John Greenleaf Whittier]], American poet and abolitionist (d. [[1892]]) | ||
| *[[1830]] - [[Jules de Goncourt]], French publisher (d. [[1870]]) | *[[1830]] - [[Jules de Goncourt]], French publisher (d. [[1870]]) | ||
| - | *[[1835]] - [[Alexander Emanuel Agassiz]], American scientist; son of [[Louis Agassiz]] (d. [[1910]]) | ||
| - | *[[1847]] - [[Émile Faguet]], French writer and critic (d. [[1916]]) | ||
| - | *[[1853]] - [[Émile Roux]], French physician (d. [[1933]]) | ||
| - | *[[1859]] - [[Paul César Helleu]], French artist (d. [[1927]]) | ||
| *[[1873]] - [[Ford Madox Ford]], English writer (d. [[1939]]) | *[[1873]] - [[Ford Madox Ford]], English writer (d. [[1939]]) | ||
| - | *[[1874]] - [[William Lyon Mackenzie King]], 10th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. [[1950]]) | + | *[[1884 ]] - [[Waldo Peirce]], American painter, (b. [[1970]]) |
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Raimu]], French actor (d. [[1946]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Josef Lada]], Czech painter (d. [[1957]]) | + | |
| - | * 1887 - [[Hermine Reuss]], Empress of Germany and Duchess of Bohemia (d. [[1947]]) | + | |
| - | * 1887 - [[Harry Reid]], Famous engineer and photographer (d. [[1932]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1888]] - King [[Alexander I of Yugoslavia]] (d. [[1934]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Sam Barry]], American basketball coach (d. [[1950]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1893]] - [[Erwin Piscator]], German film director (d. [[1966]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1894]] - [[Arthur Fiedler]], American conductor (d. [[1979]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Mary Cartwright]], English mathematician (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1900 - [[Katina Paxinou]], Greek actress (d. [[1973]]) | + | |
| *[[1903]] - [[Erskine Caldwell]], American author (d. [[1987]]) | *[[1903]] - [[Erskine Caldwell]], American author (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | * 1903 - [[Ray Noble (musician)|Ray Noble]], English bandleader and actor (d. [[1978]]) | + | *[[1907]] - [[Alexandr Hackenschmied]] Austrian-born photographer and filmmaker (d. [[2004]]) |
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Paul Cadmus]], American artist (d. [[1999]]) | + | *[[1937]] - [[John Kennedy Toole]], American novelist (d. [[1969]]) |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Simo Häyhä]], Finnish sniper (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * 1905 - [[Érico Lopes Veríssimo]], Brazilian writer (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Fernando Lopes-Graça]], Portuguese composer and musicologist (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Willard Frank Libby]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1980]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Sy Oliver]], American jazz arranger and bandleader (d. [[1988]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[André Claveau]], French singer (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Penelope Fitzgerald]], English writer (d. [[2000]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Kenneth E. Iverson]], Canadian computer scientist (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Alan Voorhees]], American engineer and urban planner (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Jaroslav Pelikan]], American historian (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Ray Jablonski]], American baseball player (d. [[1985]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Richard Long (actor)|Richard Long]], American actor (d. [[1974]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Jacqueline Hill]], English actress (d. [[1993]]) | + | |
| - | * 1929 - [[William Safire]], American columnist | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Bob Guccione]], American magazine publisher | + | |
| - | * 1930 - [[Bob Mathias]], American decathlete and congressman (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | * 1930 - [[Armin Mueller-Stahl]], German actor | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Dave Madden]], Canadian-born American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Ray Wilson (footballer)|Ray Wilson]], English footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - [[George Lindsey]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1935 - [[Cal Ripken, Sr.]], American baseball coach (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Tommy Steele]], English singer and actor | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Kerry Packer]], Australian businessman (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1937 - [[John Kennedy Toole]], American novelist (d. [[1969]]) | + | |
| - | * 1937 - [[Calvin Waller]], US Army general (d. [[1996]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Carlo Little]], English drummer (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Peter Snell]], New Zealand runner | + | |
| *[[1939]] - [[Eddie Kendricks]], American singer ([[The Temptations]]) (d. [[1992]]) | *[[1939]] - [[Eddie Kendricks]], American singer ([[The Temptations]]) (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Kåre Valebrokk]], Norwegian journalist | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Paul Butterfield]], American musician (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Mary Brunner]], American former "Manson Family" member | ||
| - | * 1943 - [[Ron Geesin]], Scottish musician and composer | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Jack L. Chalker]], American novelist | ||
| - | * 1944 - [[Bernard Hill]], English actor | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Ernie Hudson]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1945 - [[Chris Matthews]], American journalist | ||
| - | * 1945 - [[Jacqueline Wilson]], English author | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Eugene Levy]], Canadian actor | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Wes Studi]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Sotiris Kaiafas]], Cypriot footballer | ||
| - | * 1949 - [[Paul Rodgers]], English singer ([[Free (band)|Free]]; [[Bad Company]]) | ||
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Laurence F. Johnson]], American educator | ||
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Ken Hitchcock]], Canadian ice hockey coach | ||
| - | * 1951 - [[Tatyana Kazankina]], Soviet athlete | ||
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Samuel Hadida]], film distributor | ||
| - | * 1953 - [[Barry Livingston]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1953 - [[Bill Pullman]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Brad Davis (basketball)|Brad Davis]], American basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Peter Farrelly]], American film director | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Earl Hudson]], American drummer ([[Bad Brains]]) | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Mike Mills]], American musician ([[R.E.M. (band)|R.E.M.]]) | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Heather Murray]],American Mathematician and Teacher | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Moreno Argentin]], Italian cyclist | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Sara Dallin]], English singer ([[Bananarama]]) | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Paul Dobson (footballer)|Paul Dobson]], English footballer | ||
| - | * 1962 - [[Richard Jewell]], central figure in the 1996 [[Centennial Olympic Park bombing]] (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | * 1962 - [[Rocco Mediate]], American golfer | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Ginger (singer)|Ginger]], English singer and guitarist ([[The Wildhearts]]) | ||
| - | * 1964 - [[Frank Musil]], Czech ice hockey player | ||
| - | * 1964 - [[Michele Tafoya]], American sportcaster | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Tracy Byrd (musician)|Tracy Byrd]] American musician | ||
| - | * 1966 - [[Valeri Liukin]], Soviet gymnast | ||
| - | * 1966 - [[Kristiina Ojuland]], Estonian politician | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Gigi D'Agostino]], Italian DJ and musician | ||
| - | * 1967 - [[Vincent Damphousse]], Canadian ice hockey player | ||
| - | * 1967 - [[Chris Mason (darts player)]] PDC Darts player | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Andrey Golovatiuk]], Russian politician | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Paul Tracy]], Canadian race car driver | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Chuck Liddell]], American martial artist | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Joshua Seth]], American voice actor | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Alan Khan]], South African radio disc jockey | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[Antoine Rigaudeau]], French basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[John Abraham (actor)|John Abraham]], Indian actor | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Laurie Holden]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Paula Radcliffe]], English runner | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Konstadinos Gatsioudis]], Greek javelin thrower | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Duff Goldman]], American chef | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[Giovanni Ribisi]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Nick Dinsmore|Nick Dinsmore (Eugene)]], American professional wrestler | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Milla Jovovich]], Ukrainian-born actress | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Sarah Paulson]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Bree Sharp]], American singer/songwriter | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Éric Bédard]], Canadian speed skater | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[Zsanett Égerházi]], Hungarian-born porn actress | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[Patrick Müller]], Swiss footballer | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[Takeo Spikes]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Arnaud Clement]], French tennis player | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Alex Cintrón]], Puerto Rican baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Neil Sanderson]], Drummer for rock band "Three Days Grace" | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Riteish Deshmukh]], Indian actor | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Manny Pacquiao]], Filipino boxer | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Chase Utley]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Jaimee Foxworth]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Ryan Key]], American musician and songwriter ([[Yellowcard]]) | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Matt Murley]], American ice hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Eli Pariser]], American political activist ([[MoveOn.org]]) | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Ryan Hunter-Reay]], American race car driver | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Josh Barfield]], Venezuelan baseball player | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Craig Kielburger]], Canadian labour activist | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Stephane Lasme]], Gabonese basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Andrew Davies (footballer)|Andrew Davies]], English footballer | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Ryuichi Ogata]], member of Japanese boy band [[w-inds.]] | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Nat Wolff]], American Singer, actor and songwriter | ||
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| - | Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | <!-- Please don't Wikify years that have already been linked (that means you, Skoglund) --> | + | *[[1830]] - [[Simón Bolívar]], Venezuelan-born liberator, six nations (b. [[1783]]) |
| - | * [[942]] - [[William I of Normandy|William Longsword]] | + | |
| - | *[[1187]] - [[Pope Gregory VIII]] | + | |
| - | *[[1195]] - [[Baldwin V, Count of Hainaut]] (b. [[1150]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1273]] - [[Rumi]] (b.[[1207]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1663]] - [[Nzinga of Ndongo and Matamba]] (b. [[1583]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1721]] - [[Richard Lumley, 1st Earl of Scarbrough]], English statesman (b. [[1640]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1830]] - [[Simón Bolívar]], Venezuelan-born libertator, six nations (b. [[1783]]) | + | |
| *[[1833]] - [[Kaspar Hauser]], German foundling (b. [[1812]]) | *[[1833]] - [[Kaspar Hauser]], German foundling (b. [[1812]]) | ||
| - | *[[1847]] - [[Archduchess Marie Louise of Austria]], second wife of Napoleon (b. [[1791]]) | + | *[[1881]] – [[Lewis H. Morgan]], American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (b. 1818) |
| *[[1897]] - [[Alphonse Daudet]], French writer (b. [[1840]]) | *[[1897]] - [[Alphonse Daudet]], French writer (b. [[1840]]) | ||
| - | *[[1907]] - [[William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin]], Irish-born physicist (b. [[1824]]) | ||
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Léopold II of Belgium]] (b. [[1835]]) | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Elizabeth Garrett Anderson]], British physician (b. [[1836]]) | ||
| - | * 1917 - [[Frank Gotch]], wrestler (b. [[1878]]) | ||
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama|Thubten Gyatso]], 13th [[Dalai Lama]] (b. [[1876]]) | ||
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Alicia Boole Stott]], Irish mathematician (b. [[1860]]) | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Dorothy L. Sayers]], British writer (b. [[1893]]) | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Thomas Mitchell (actor)| Thomas Mitchell]], American actor (b. [[1892]]) | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Victor Franz Hess]], Austrian-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Harold Holt]], Australian Prime Minister (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| - | * 1967 - [[Jack Perrin]], American actor (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Don Ellis]], American jazz band leader (b. [[1934]]) | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Homer S. Ferguson]], American politician (b. [[1889]]) | ||
| *[[1987]] - [[Marguerite Yourcenar]], Belgian novelist (b. [[1903]]) | *[[1987]] - [[Marguerite Yourcenar]], Belgian novelist (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| - | * 1987 - [[Linda Wong]], pornographic actress (b. [[1951]]) | + | * [[1949]] – [[Robert Eisler]], Austrian Jewish polymath (b. 1882) |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Dana Andrews]], American actor (b. [[1909]]) | + | |
| *[[1999]] - [[Grover Washington, Jr.]], American saxophonist (b. [[1943]]) | *[[1999]] - [[Grover Washington, Jr.]], American saxophonist (b. [[1943]]) | ||
| - | * 1999 - [[Rex Allen]], American actor, singer and songwriter (b. [[1920]]) | + | *[[2004]] - [[Tom Wesselmann]], American pop artist (b. [[1931]]) |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[James Hazeldine]], British actor (b. [[1947]]) | + | *[[2020]] - [[Stanley Cowell]], American jazz pianist, co-founder of [[Strata-East Records]] (b. [[1941]]) |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Ed Devereaux]], Australian actor (b. [[1925]]) | + | *[[2022]] – [[Philip Pearlstein]], American soldier and painter (b. 1924) |
| - | * 2003 - [[Otto Graham]], American football player (b. [[1921]]) | + | *[[2022]] - [[Mike Hodges]], British director (b. 1932) |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Tom Wesselmann]], American collage artist (b. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Jack Anderson]], American journalist (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Marc Favreau]], French Canadian humourist ([[Sol (comedian)|Sol]]) (b. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Larry Sherry]], American baseball player (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
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| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | Alphonse Daudet | + | |
| - | The Simpsons | + | |
| - | Ludwig van Beethoven | + | |
| - | Jules de Goncourt | + | |
| - | Marguerite Yourcenar | + | |
| - | Waldo Peirce | + | |
| - | Ford Madox Ford | + | |
| - | Milla Jovovich | + | |
| - | Erskine Caldwell | + | |
| - | Bernard Quaritch | + | |
| - | Farrelly brothers | + | |
| - | Eddie Kendricks | + | |
| - | Tom Wesselmann | + | |
| - | Grover Washington, Jr. | + | |
| - | Alexander Hammid | + | |
| - | Hellzapoppin' | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1914 - Harrison Narcotics Tax Act is voted in the United States
- 1989 - Premiere animated television series The Simpsons.
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Births
- 1493 – Paracelsus, Swiss physician and scientist (d. 1541)
- 1770 - (Baptism) - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (d. 1827)
- 1830 - Jules de Goncourt, French publisher (d. 1870)
- 1873 - Ford Madox Ford, English writer (d. 1939)
- 1884 - Waldo Peirce, American painter, (b. 1970)
- 1903 - Erskine Caldwell, American author (d. 1987)
- 1907 - Alexandr Hackenschmied Austrian-born photographer and filmmaker (d. 2004)
- 1937 - John Kennedy Toole, American novelist (d. 1969)
- 1939 - Eddie Kendricks, American singer (The Temptations) (d. 1992)
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Deaths
- 1830 - Simón Bolívar, Venezuelan-born liberator, six nations (b. 1783)
- 1833 - Kaspar Hauser, German foundling (b. 1812)
- 1881 – Lewis H. Morgan, American lawyer, anthropologist, and theorist (b. 1818)
- 1897 - Alphonse Daudet, French writer (b. 1840)
- 1987 - Marguerite Yourcenar, Belgian novelist (b. 1903)
- 1949 – Robert Eisler, Austrian Jewish polymath (b. 1882)
- 1999 - Grover Washington, Jr., American saxophonist (b. 1943)
- 2004 - Tom Wesselmann, American pop artist (b. 1931)
- 2020 - Stanley Cowell, American jazz pianist, co-founder of Strata-East Records (b. 1941)
- 2022 – Philip Pearlstein, American soldier and painter (b. 1924)
- 2022 - Mike Hodges, British director (b. 1932)
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