August 26
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| + | *[[1795]] - [[Alessandro Cagliostro]], Italian traveler, occultist and freemason (b. [[1743]]) | ||
| *[[1930]] - [[Lon Chaney, Sr.]], American actor (b. [[1883]]) | *[[1930]] - [[Lon Chaney, Sr.]], American actor (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| *[[1980]] - [[Tex Avery]], American cartoonist (b. [[1908]]) | *[[1980]] - [[Tex Avery]], American cartoonist (b. [[1908]]) | ||
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| - | # [[Alessandro Cagliostro]] (June 2, 1743 Palermo, Sicily - August 26, 1795 San Leo, Province of Pesaro and Urbino) was the alias for the charlatan Giuseppe Balsamo, an Italian traveller, occultist and Freemason. | ||
| - | # [[Monique Wittig]] | ||
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Art and culture
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Births
- 1880 - Guillaume Apollinaire, French poet and art critic (d. 1918)
- 1898 - Peggy Guggenheim, American art collector (d. 1979)
- 1914 - Julio Cortázar, Argentine writer (d. 1984)
- 1941 - Barbet Schroeder, Swiss film director
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Deaths
- 1795 - Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian traveler, occultist and freemason (b. 1743)
- 1930 - Lon Chaney, Sr., American actor (b. 1883)
- 1980 - Tex Avery, American cartoonist (b. 1908)
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