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| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Leon Thomas]] (1937 - ) | + | *[[1938]] - [[Leon Thomas]], American avant-garde jazz vocalist |
| - | Amos Leon Thomas Jr (born 1937, died May 8, 1999) was an American avant garde jazz vocalist from East St. ... Thomas died of heart failure on May 8, 1999. ... | + | *[[1920 ]] - [[Tom of Finland]], fetish artist notable for his stylized homoerotic art |
| + | *[[1938]] - [[Jean Giraud]] (Gir and Mœbius), French comics artist | ||
| + | *[[1906 ]] - [[Roberto Rossellini]], Italian film director | ||
| + | *[[1937]] - [[Thomas Pynchon]], American postmodern writer | ||
| + | *[[1895]] - [[Edmund Wilson]], American literary critic | ||
| + | *[[1920]] - [[Saul Bass]], filmmaker, best known for his film title design | ||
| - | *[[1920 ]] - [[Tom of Finland]] (May 8, 1920 – November 7, 1991) (born Touko Laaksonen in Kaarina, Finland) was a fetish artist notable for his stylized homoerotic art and ... | ||
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Jean Giraud]] (born May 8, 1938) is a French comics artist. He is known under his own name, but also under the pseudonyms of Gir and Mœbius. ... | ||
| - | *[[1906 ]] - [[Roberto Rossellini]] (May 8, 1906 - June 3, 1977), was an Italian film director. Rossellini was one of the most important directors of Italian neorealist ... | ||
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Thomas Pynchon]] (born May 8, 1937) is an American writer based in New York City. He is noted for his dense and complex works of fiction. ... | ||
| - | *[[1895]] - [[Edmund Wilson]] (May 8, 1895 – June 12, 1972) was an American writer, noted chiefly for his literary criticism. He was born in Red Bank, New Jersey, ... | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Saul Bass]] (May 8, 1920 - April 25, 1996) is best known for his film title design, which is thought of as the best such work ever seen. ... | ||
| == Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
| *[[1830]] - [[Eadweard Muybridge]], British photographer and motion capturer | *[[1830]] - [[Eadweard Muybridge]], British photographer and motion capturer | ||
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- 1938 - a huge rally celebrating Hitler's visit to Mussolini in Rome. The chance meeting between two fictional characters in Un Giornata Particolare takes place.
Births
- 1938 - Leon Thomas, American avant-garde jazz vocalist
- 1920 - Tom of Finland, fetish artist notable for his stylized homoerotic art
- 1938 - Jean Giraud (Gir and Mœbius), French comics artist
- 1906 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director
- 1937 - Thomas Pynchon, American postmodern writer
- 1895 - Edmund Wilson, American literary critic
- 1920 - Saul Bass, filmmaker, best known for his film title design
Deaths
- 1830 - Eadweard Muybridge, British photographer and motion capturer
- 1873 - John Stuart Mill, English philosopher and classical liberal thinker
- 1880 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer best known for Madame Bovary.
- 1936 - Oswald Spengler, German historian and pessimist philosopher
- 1999 - Dirk Bogarde, British actor of controversial parts
