March 5
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Art and culture
Births
- 1696 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
- 1870 - Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902)
- 1871 - Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (d. 1919)
- 1922 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer and film director (d. 1975)
- 1942 - Mike Resnick, American science fiction author
- 1948 - Eddy Grant, Guyana-born singer
- 1957 - Mark E. Smith, English singer (The Fall)
- 1960 - David Tibet, English musician (Current 93)
- 1969 - MC Solaar, French rapper
Deaths
- 1534 - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
- 1539 - Nuno da Cunha, Portuguese governor in India (b. 1487)
- 1592 - Michael Coxcie, Flemish painter (b. 1499)
- 1611 - Shimazu Yoshihisa, Japanese warlord and samurai (b. 1533)
- 1622 - Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma (b. 1569)
- 1695 - Henry Wharton, English writer (b. 1664)
- 1726 - Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull, English politician
- 1776 - Yeongjo of Joseon, ruler of Korea (b. 1694)
- 1778 - Thomas Arne, English composer (b. 1710)
- 1815 - Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734)
- 1827 - Pierre-Simon Laplace, French mathematician (b. 1749)
- 1827 - Alessandro Volta, Italian physicist (b. 1745)
- 1829 - John Adams, last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. 1766)
- 1849 - David Scott, Scottish painter (b. 1806)
- 1876 - Marie d'Agoult, German-born writer (b. 1805)
- 1893 - Hippolyte Taine, French historian (b. 1828
- 1895 - Nikolai Leskov, Russian writer (b. 1831)
- 1895 - Henry Rawlinson, British soldier and scholar (b. 1810)
- 1903 - George Francis Robert Henderson, British soldier (b. 1854)
- 1907 - Friedrich Blass, German classical scholar (b. 1843)
- 1925 - Johan Jensen, Danish mathematician (b. 1859)
- 1926 - Clément Ader, French aviation pioneer (b. 1841)
- 1927 - Franz Mertens, German mathematician (b. 1840)
- 1929 - David Dunbar Buick, Scottish-born American automobile pioneer (b. 1854)
- 1931 - Fr. Arthur Tooth SSC, Anglican Clergyman prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist activities (b. 1839)
- 1940 - Cai Yuanpei, Chinese educator (b. 1868)
- 1944 - Max Jacob, French poet and writer (b. 1876)
- 1945 - Lena Baker, American murderer (b. 1901)
- 1947 - Alfredo Casella, Italian composer (b. 1883)
- 1953 - Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, (b. 1891)
- 1953 - Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1879)
- 1953 - Herman J. Mankiewicz, American screenwriter (b. 1897)
- 1955 - Antanas Merkys, President of Lithuania (b. 1888)
- 1963 - Patsy Cline, American singer (b. 1932)
- 1963 - Cowboy Copas, American singer (b. 1913)
- 1963 - Hawkshaw Hawkins, American singer (b. 1921)
- 1965 - Chen Cheng, Chinese politician (b. 1897)
- 1965 - Pepper Martin, American baseball player (b. 1904)
- 1966 - Anna Akhmatova, Russian poet (b. 1889)
- 1967 - Georges Vanier, Governor General of Canada (b. 1888)
- 1973 - Michael Jeffery, British music manager (b. 1933)
- 1974 - Billy De Wolfe, American actor (b. 1907)
- 1974 - Sol Hurok, Russian-born impresario (b. 1888)
- 1977 - Tom Pryce, Welsh Formula One driver (b. 1949)
- 1977 - Jansen Van Vuuren, Dutch volunteer safety marshall at the 1977 South African Grand Prix
- 1980 - Jay Silverheels, Canadian actor (b. 1912)
- 1980 - Winifred Wagner, German opera producer (b. 1897)
- 1981 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
- 1982 - John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
- 1984 - Tito Gobbi, Italian baritone (b. 1915)
- 1984 - William Powell, American actor (b. 1892)
- 1988 - Alberto Olmedo, Argentine comedian (b. 1933)
- 1990 - Gary Merrill, American film actor (b. 1915)
- 1993 - Cyril Collard, French author and filmmaker (b. 1957)
- 1995 - Vivian Stanshall, English musician (Bonzo Dog Band) (b. 1943)
- 1995 - Gregg Hansford, Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (b. 1952)
- 1996 - Whit Bissell, American actor (b. 1909)
- 1997 - Samm Sinclair Baker, American diet author (b. 1909)
- 1999 - Richard Kiley, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2000 - Lolo Ferrari, French actress (b. 1962)
- 2004 - Walt Gorney, American actor (b. 1912)
- 2006 - Richard Kuklinski, American Mafia hit man (b. 1935)
Notes
Pier Paolo Pasolini Lotte H. Eisner Joseph Stalin Max Jacob Rosa Luxemburg Jacques Vergès MC Solaar Antonio da Correggio Giovanni Battista Tiepolo The Devil Came from Akasava Peter Weibel Mike Resnick Hippolyte Taine Ferrante Pallavicino Maila Nurmi Sergei Prokofiev John Belushi David Tibet Frank Norris Gérard Lebovici Eddy Grant Mark E. Smith Étienne-Jules Marey
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