May 8
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| *[[1880]] - [[Gustave Flaubert]], French writer best known for ''Madame Bovary''. | *[[1880]] - [[Gustave Flaubert]], French writer best known for ''Madame Bovary''. | ||
| *[[1936]] - [[Oswald Spengler]], German historian and pessimist philosopher | *[[1936]] - [[Oswald Spengler]], German historian and pessimist philosopher | ||
| + | *[[1935]] - [[Pitigrilli]], Italian novelist and journalist | ||
| *[[1999]] - [[Dirk Bogarde]], British actor of controversial parts | *[[1999]] - [[Dirk Bogarde]], British actor of controversial parts | ||
| *[[1999]] - [[Leon Thomas]], American avant-garde jazz vocalist | *[[1999]] - [[Leon Thomas]], American avant-garde jazz vocalist | ||
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Art and culture
- 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.
- 1967 - American censorship, Redrup v. New York: final decision
Births
- 1895 - Edmund Wilson, American literary critic
- 1906 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director
- 1920 - Tom of Finland, fetish artist notable for his stylized homoerotic art
- 1920 - Saul Bass, American film title designer
- 1937 - Thomas Pynchon, American postmodern writer
- 1938 - Jean Giraud (Gir and Mœbius), French comics artist
- 1958 - Ron Hardy, American DJ
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
- 1935 - Pitigrilli, Italian novelist and journalist
- 1999 - Dirk Bogarde, British actor of controversial parts
- 1999 - Leon Thomas, American avant-garde jazz vocalist
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