January 22
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Art and culture
Births
- 1592 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655)
- 1849 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912)
- 1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)
- 1875 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (d. 1948)
- 1891 - Antonio Gramsci, Italian Communist writer and politician (d. 1937)
- 1893 - Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943)
- 1904 - George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (d. 1983)
- 1946 - Malcolm McLaren, English impresario, musician and self-publicist
- 1953 - Jim Jarmusch, American director
Deaths
- 1901 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
- 1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
- 1994 - Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
Notes
- 1901 - François Truffaut
- 1901 - George Byron
- 1901 - Georg Friedrich Händel
- 1901 - Kobo Abe
- 1901 - Arthur Symons
- 1901 - The Happy Wanderer
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