May 8
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
(Difference between revisions)
| Revision as of 13:30, 7 May 2009 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) ← Previous diff |
Revision as of 13:31, 7 May 2009 Jahsonic (Talk | contribs) Next diff → |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
| *[[1967]] - [[American censorship]], [[Redrup v. New York]]: final decision | *[[1967]] - [[American censorship]], [[Redrup v. New York]]: final decision | ||
| *[[1988]] - [[Moviedrome]], a [[BBC]] programme on cult films first airs | *[[1988]] - [[Moviedrome]], a [[BBC]] programme on cult films first airs | ||
| - | == 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 == | == Deaths == | ||
| Line 39: | Line 31: | ||
| *[[1930]] – [[Gary Snyder]], American poet | *[[1930]] – [[Gary Snyder]], American poet | ||
| *[[1937]] – [[Thomas Pynchon]], American novelist | *[[1937]] – [[Thomas Pynchon]], American novelist | ||
| + | *[[1938]] - [[Jean Giraud]] (Gir and Mœbius), French comics artist | ||
| *[[1941]] – [[Mahmoud Ahmed]], Ethiopian singer | *[[1941]] – [[Mahmoud Ahmed]], Ethiopian singer | ||
| * [[1944 ]] – [[Gary Glitter]], English singer | * [[1944 ]] – [[Gary Glitter]], English singer | ||
| *[[1951]] – [[Chris Frantz]], American musician ([[Talking Heads]]) | *[[1951]] – [[Chris Frantz]], American musician ([[Talking Heads]]) | ||
| + | *[[1958]] - [[Ron Hardy]], American DJ | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
Revision as of 13:31, 7 May 2009
|
Related e |
|
Featured: |
Contents |
Events
- 1902 – In Martinique, Mount Pelée erupts, destroying the town of Saint-Pierre and killing over 30,000 people. Only a handful of residents survive the blast.
- 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
- 1988 - Moviedrome, a BBC programme on cult films first airs
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
- 1975 - Pitigrilli, Italian novelist and journalist
- 1999 - Dirk Bogarde, British actor of controversial parts
- 1999 - Leon Thomas, American avant-garde jazz vocalist
Births
- 1668 – Alain-René Lesage, French writer (d. 1747)
- 1829 – Louis Moreau Gottschalk, American musician (d. 1869)
- 1895 – Edmund Wilson, American writer (d. 1972)
- 1899 – Friedrich Hayek, Nobel laureate (d. 1992)
- 1903 – Fernandel, French actor (d. 1971)
- 1906 – Roberto Rossellini, Italian director (d. 1977)
- 1911 – Robert Johnson, American blues musician (d. 1938)
- 1913 – Bob Clampett, American animator (d. 1984)
- 1919 – Lex Barker, American actor (d. 1973)
- 1920 – Saul Bass, American graphic designer (d. 1996)
- 1920 – Tom of Finland, Finnish fetish artist (d. 1991)
- 1926 – David Attenborough, English naturalist
- 1930 – Gary Snyder, American poet
- 1937 – Thomas Pynchon, American novelist
- 1938 - Jean Giraud (Gir and Mœbius), French comics artist
- 1941 – Mahmoud Ahmed, Ethiopian singer
- 1944 – Gary Glitter, English singer
- 1951 – Chris Frantz, American musician (Talking Heads)
- 1958 - Ron Hardy, American DJ
Deaths
- 1785 – Étienne François, duc de Choiseul, French statesman (b. 1719)
- 1873 – John Stuart Mill, English philosopher (b. 1806)
- 1880 – Gustave Flaubert, French novelist (b. 1821)
- 1903 – Paul Gauguin, French painter (b. 1848)
- 1936 – Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (b. 1880)
- 1967 – LaVerne Andrews, American singer (The Andrews Sisters) (b. 1911)
- 1982 – Neil Bogart, American record executive (b. 1943)
- 1985 – Theodore Sturgeon, American science fiction writer (b. 1918)
- 1988 – Robert A. Heinlein, American science fiction writer (b. 1907)
- 1990 – Luigi Nono, Italian composer (b. 1924)
- 1999 – Dirk Bogarde, British actor (b. 1921)
Unless indicated otherwise, the text in this article is either based on Wikipedia article "May 8" or another language Wikipedia page thereof used under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License; or on research by Jahsonic and friends. See Art and Popular Culture's copyright notice.
