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| == Events == | == Events == | ||
| - | *[[1487]] - ''[[The Malleus Maleficarum]]'' submitted to the University of Cologne's Faculty of Theology | + | *[[1487]] - ''[[The Malleus Maleficarum]]'' is submitted to the University of Cologne's Faculty of Theology |
| *[[1671]] – [[Thomas Blood]], disguised as a [[clergyman]], attempts to steal [[England]]'s [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom|Crown Jewels]] from the [[Tower of London]]. | *[[1671]] – [[Thomas Blood]], disguised as a [[clergyman]], attempts to steal [[England]]'s [[Crown Jewels of the United Kingdom|Crown Jewels]] from the [[Tower of London]]. | ||
| *[[1726]] - Gay men arrested at [[Mother Clap]]'s were hanged at [[Tyburn]] | *[[1726]] - Gay men arrested at [[Mother Clap]]'s were hanged at [[Tyburn]] | ||
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| *[[1893]] - In [[United States|America]], [[Thomas Edison]] holds the first public exhibition of films shot using his [[Kinetograph]]. | *[[1893]] - In [[United States|America]], [[Thomas Edison]] holds the first public exhibition of films shot using his [[Kinetograph]]. | ||
| *[[1921]] - ''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' premieres in Rome. | *[[1921]] - ''[[Six Characters in Search of an Author]]'' premieres in Rome. | ||
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Apollinaire]] underwent a [[trepanation]] operation. | + | *[[1916]] - [[Apollinaire]] undergoes a [[trepanation]] operation. |
| - | == Births == | + | |
| - | *[[1883]] - [[José Ortega y Gasset]], Spanish philosopher, known for his cultural pessimism and elite tastes | + | |
| - | *[[1893]] - [[Pitigrilli]], Italian writer, author of ''Cocaïne'' (1921) | + | |
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Gregory Bateson]], British anthropologist, social scientist, linguist (d. [[1980]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Kevin Saunderson]], [[Detroit techno]] musician | + | |
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| - | == Deaths == | + | |
| - | *[[1672]] - [[François La Mothe Le Vayer]], French writer and libertine (b. [[1588]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1805]] - [[Friedrich Schiller]], [[German romanticist]] | + | |
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Paul Gauguin]], French painter (b. [[1848]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[George Maciunas]], Lithuanian artist and founding member of the Fluxus (b. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Marco Ferreri]], Italian filmmaker (''La Grande bouffe'') | + | |
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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | *[[1147]] – [[Minamoto no Yoritomo]], Japanese shogun (d. 1199) | ||
| - | *[[1741]] – [[Giovanni Paisiello]], Italian composer (d. 1816) | ||
| - | *[[1800]] – [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]], American abolitionist (d. 1859) | ||
| - | *[[1837]] – [[Adam Opel]], German engineer and industrialist (d. 1895) | ||
| - | *[[1860]] – [[J. M. Barrie]], Scottish author (d. 1937) | ||
| - | *[[1866]] – [[Gopal Krishna Gokhale]], Leader of Indian Independence Movement (d. 1915) | ||
| - | *[[1873]] – [[Anton Cermak]], Mayor of Chicago (d. 1933) | ||
| *[[1874]] – [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]], British archaeologist (d. 1939) | *[[1874]] – [[Howard Carter (archaeologist)|Howard Carter]], British archaeologist (d. 1939) | ||
| - | *[[1882]] – [[George Barker (painter)|George Barker]], American painter (d. 1965) | ||
| - | * 1882 – [[Henry J. Kaiser]], American shipbuilder (d. 1967) | ||
| *[[1883]] – [[José Ortega y Gasset]], Spanish philosopher (d. 1955) | *[[1883]] – [[José Ortega y Gasset]], Spanish philosopher (d. 1955) | ||
| - | *[[1886]] – [[Francis Biddle]], [[United States Attorney General]] (d. 1968) | ||
| - | *[[1887]] – [[Sir Ernest de Silva]], Sri Lankan Philanthropist (d. 1957) | ||
| - | *[[1892]] – [[Zita of Bourbon-Parma]], Empress of Austria-Hungary (d. 1989) | ||
| - | *[[1893]] – [[William Moulton Marston]], American psychologist, writer (co-creator, [[Wonder Woman]]) (d. 1947) | ||
| - | *[[1895]] – [[Richard Barthelmess]], American actor (d. 1963) | ||
| - | * 1895 – [[Lucian Blaga]], Romanian poet, playwright, and philosopher (d. 1961) | ||
| *[[1888]] – [[Rolf de Maré]], Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964) | *[[1888]] – [[Rolf de Maré]], Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964) | ||
| - | *[[1907]] – [[Baldur von Schirach]], Nazi official (d. 1974) | + | *[[1893]] – [[Pitigrilli]], Italian writer, author of ''Cocaïne'' (1921) |
| - | * 1907 – [[Kathryn Kuhlman]], famed evangelist (d. 1976) | + | *[[1904]] – [[Gregory Bateson]], British anthropologist, social scientist, linguist (d. [[1980]]) |
| - | * 1907 – [[Fred Warngård]], Swedish athlete (d. 1950) | + | *[[1935]] – [[Roger Hargreaves]], English children's author ([[Mr. Men]]) (d. 1988) |
| - | *[[1908]] – [[Mary Goldsmith]], American ceramist (d. 2007) | + | *[[1936]] – [[Albert Finney]], British actor (d. 2019) |
| - | *[[1909]] – [[Don Messer]], Canadian country musician (d. 1973) | + | * 1936 – [[Glenda Jackson]], English actress (d. 2023) |
| - | *[[1912]] – [[Pedro Armendáriz]], Mexican actor (d. 1963) | + | *[[1937]] – [[David Prater]], American singer ([[Sam & Dave]]) (d. 1988) |
| - | * 1912 – [[Per Imerslund]], Norwegian writer (d. 1943) | + | |
| - | *[[1914]] – [[Carlo Maria Giulini]], Italian musician and conductor (d. 2005) | + | |
| - | * 1914 – [[Hank Snow]], American country music singer and songwriter (d. 1999) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] – [[Mike Wallace (journalist)|Mike Wallace]], American journalist | + | |
| - | * 1918 – [[Orville L. Freeman]], American politician (d. 2003) | + | |
| - | * 1918 – [[Moisis Michail Bourlas]], Greek member of the [[World War II]] resistance | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] – [[Arthur English]], English actor and comedian (d. 1995) | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] – [[Richard Adams (author)|Richard Adams]], English author | + | |
| - | * 1920 – [[William Tenn]], American author | + | |
| - | *[[1921]] – [[Sophie Scholl]], resistance fighter in Nazi Germany (d. 1943) | + | |
| - | * 1921 – [[Mona Van Duyn]], American poet (d. 2004) | + | |
| - | * 1921 – [[Daniel Berrigan]], American peace activist | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] – [[Johnny Grant]], American radio personality, television producer (d. 2008) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] – [[Bulat Okudzhava]], Russian writer and musician (d. 1997) | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] – [[Manfred Eigen]], German biophysicist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] | + | |
| - | * 1928 – [[Ralph Goings]], American painter | + | |
| - | * 1928 – [[Pancho Gonzalez]], American tennis player (d. 1995) | + | |
| - | * 1928 – [[Barbara Ann Scott]], Canadian figure skater | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] – [[Kay Dotrice]], British actress (d. 2007) | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] – [[Joan Sims]], British actress (d. 2001) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] – [[Vance Brand]], American astronaut | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] – [[Geraldine McEwan]], English actress | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] – [[Alan Bennett]], British author | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] – [[Nokie Edwards]], American guitarist ([[The Ventures]]) | + | |
| - | * 1935 – [[Roger Hargreaves]], English children's author ([[Mr. Men]]) (d. 1988) | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] – [[Albert Finney]], British actor | + | |
| - | * 1936 – [[Glenda Jackson]], English actress and politician | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] – [[José Rafael Moneo]], Spanish architect | + | |
| - | * 1937 – [[David Prater]], American singer ([[Sam & Dave]]) (d. 1988) | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] – [[Charles Simic]] [[Yugoslavia]]n-born poet, 15th [[Poet Laureate of the United States]] | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] – [[Ralph Boston]], American athlete | + | |
| - | * 1939 – [[Pierre Desproges]], French humorist (d. 1988) | + | |
| - | * 1939 – [[Ion Ţiriac]], Romanian tennis manager | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] – [[James L. Brooks]], American film producer and writer | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] – [[John Ashcroft]], [[United States Attorney General]] | + | |
| - | * 1942 – [[Tommy Roe]], American singer and songwriter | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] – [[Anders Isaksson]], Swedish journalist, writer, and historian (d. 2009) | + | |
| *[[1944]] – [[Richie Furay]], American musician ([[Poco]] and [[Buffalo Springfield]]) | *[[1944]] – [[Richie Furay]], American musician ([[Poco]] and [[Buffalo Springfield]]) | ||
| *[[1946]] – [[Candice Bergen]], American actress | *[[1946]] – [[Candice Bergen]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1946 – [[Clint Holmes]], English-born American singer and songwriter | + | *[[1962]] – [[Paul Heaton]], English singer/songwriter ([[Beautiful South]]) |
| - | *[[1948]] – [[Hans Georg Bock]], German mathematician | + | |
| - | * 1948 – [[Calvin Murphy]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] – [[Billy Joel]], American musician | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] – [[Bruno Brokken]], Belgian high jumper | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] – [[Kevin Peter Hall]], American actor (d. 1991) | + | |
| - | * 1955 – [[Anne-Sofie von Otter]], Swedish mezzo-soprano | + | |
| - | * 1955 – [[Meles Zenawi]], Prime Minister of Ethiopia | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] – [[Wendy Crewson]], Canadian actress | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] – [[Tony Gwynn]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] – [[John Corbett (actor)|John Corbett]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1962 – [[David Gahan]], English singer ([[Depeche Mode]]) | + | |
| - | * 1962 – [[Paul Heaton]], English singer/songwriter ([[Beautiful South]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] – [[Sanja Doležal]], Croatian singer ([[Novi fosili]]) | + | |
| *[[1964]] – [[Kevin Saunderson]], American music producer and disc jockey | *[[1964]] – [[Kevin Saunderson]], American music producer and disc jockey | ||
| - | *[[1965]] – [[Ken Nomura]], Japanese racing driver | + | *[[1970]] – [[Ghostface Killah]], American rapper ([[Wu-Tang Clan]]) |
| - | * 1965 – [[Janu Tornell]], American model and [[Survivor (US TV series)|Survivor]] contestant | + | *[[1979]] – [[Andrew W.K.]], American musician |
| - | * 1965 – [[Steve Yzerman]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] – [[Marie-José Perec]], French athlete | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] – [[Amber (performer)|Amber]], Dutch musician | + | |
| - | * 1969 – [[Hudson Leick]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] – [[Doug Christie (basketball)|Doug Christie]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1970 – [[Ghostface Killah]], American rapper ([[Wu-Tang Clan]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] – [[Paul McGuigan (musician)|Paul McGuigan]], English bassist ([[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] – [[Dana Perino]], former White House press secretary | + | |
| - | * 1972 – [[Megumi Odaka]], Japanese actress and artist | + | |
| - | * 1972 – [[Daniela Silivaş]], Romanian gymnast and Olympic Champion | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] – [[Chu Sang-mi]], South Korean actress | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] – [[Brian Deegan (Moto X)|Brian Deegan]], freestyle motocross innovator | + | |
| - | * 1975 – [[Chris Diamantopoulos]], Canadian actor | + | |
| - | * 1975 – [[Tamia]], Canadian singer | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] – [[Choi Jeong-yoon]], South Korean actress | + | |
| - | * 1977 – [[Maggie Dixon]], American college basketball coach (d. 2006) | + | |
| - | * 1977 – [[Iñigo Landaluze]], Spanish cyclist | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] – [[Leandro Damián Cufré]], Argentine footballer | + | |
| - | * 1978 – [[Aaron Harang]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] – [[Rosario Dawson]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[Pierre Bouvier]], Canadian musician ([[Simple Plan]]) | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[Andrew W.K.]], American musician | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[Brandon Webb]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] – [[Cho Hyeon Jae]], South Korean actor | + | |
| - | * 1980 – [[Grant Hackett]], Australian swimmer | + | |
| - | * 1980 – [[Angela Nikodinov]], American figure skater | + | |
| - | * 1980 – [[Tony Schmidt]], German racing driver | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] – [[Bill Murphy]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1981 – [[Yu Yokoyama]], Japanese actor and singer | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] – [[Rachel Boston]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] – [[Tyler Lumsden]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1983 – [[Ryuhei Matsuda]], Japanese actor | + | |
| - | * 1983 – [[Gilles Müller]], Luxembourgian tennis player | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] – [[Prince Fielder]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] – [[Jake Long]], American football player | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] – [[Nisha Kataria]], Canadian-born American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] – [[Skye Regan]], Canadian actress and writer | + | |
| - | * 1988 – [[J. R. Fitzpatrick|John Ryan Fitzpatrick]], Canadian race truck driver | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] – [[Ryosuke Yamada]], Japanese actor and singer | + | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1315]] – [[Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy]] (b. 1282) | + | *[[1672]] – [[François La Mothe Le Vayer]], French writer and libertine (b. [[1588]]) |
| - | *[[1446]] – [[Mary of Enghien]], Queen of Naples (b. 1368) | + | |
| - | *[[1657]] – [[William Bradford (1590-1657)|William Bradford]], Governor of Plymouth Colony (b. 1590) | + | |
| - | *[[1707]] – [[Dieterich Buxtehude]], German composer | + | |
| - | *[[1745]] – [[Tomaso Antonio Vitali]], Italian violinist and composer(b. 1663) | + | |
| - | *[[1747]] – [[John Dalrymple, 2nd Earl of Stair]], Scottish soldier and diplomat (b. 1673) | + | |
| - | *[[1760]] – [[Nicolaus Ludwig Zinzendorf]], German religious and social reformer (b. 1700) | + | |
| - | *[[1789]] – [[Jean Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval]], French artillery specialist (b. 1715) | + | |
| - | *[[1790]] – [[William Clingan]], American delegate to the Continental Congress | + | |
| - | *[[1791]] – [[Francis Hopkinson]], American signer of the Declaration of Independence (b. 1737) | + | |
| *[[1805]] – [[Friedrich Schiller]], German poet and historian (b. 1759) | *[[1805]] – [[Friedrich Schiller]], German poet and historian (b. 1759) | ||
| - | *[[1861]] – [[Peter Ernst von Lasaulx]], German philosopher and writer (b. 1805) | + | *[[1976]] – [[Ulrike Meinhof]], German revolutionist (b. 1934) |
| - | *[[1889]] – [[William S. Harney]], U.S. general (b. 1800) | + | *[[1978]] – [[George Maciunas]], Lithuanian artist and founding member of the Fluxus (b. [[1931]]) |
| - | *[[1914]] – [[C.W. Post]], American food manufacturer (b. 1854) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] – [[François Faber]], Luxembourgish cyclist (b. 1887) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] – [[George Coşbuc]], Romanian poet (b. 1866) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] – [[Albert Abraham Michelson]], German-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1852) | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] – [[Thomas B. Thrige]], Danish industrialist (b. 1866) | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] – Prince [[Louis II, Prince of Monaco|Louis II of Monaco]] (b. 1870) | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] – [[Esteban Terradas i Illa]], Catalan mathematician, scientist, and engineer (b. 1883) | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] – [[Kate Booth]], the oldest daughter of [[William Booth|William]] and [[Catherine Booth]] (b. 1858) | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] – [[Ezio Pinza]], Italian bass (b. 1892) | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] – [[Leopold Figl]], Austrian politician (b. 1902) | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] – [[Mercedes de Acosta]], American poet, playwright, costume designer, and socialite (b. 1893) | + | |
| - | * 1968 – [[Finlay Currie]], British actor (b. 1878) | + | |
| - | * 1968 – [[Marion Lorne]], American actress (b. 1885) | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] – [[Andrew Watson Myles]], Canadian politician (b. 1884) | + | |
| - | * 1970 – [[Walter Reuther]], American labor leader (b. 1907) | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] – [[Jens Bjørneboe]], Norwegian author (b. 1920) | + | |
| - | * 1976 – [[Ulrike Meinhof]], German revolutionist (b. 1934) | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] – [[James Jones (author)|James Jones]], American writer (b. 1921) | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] – [[Aldo Moro]], [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. 1916) | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] – [[Cyrus Eaton]], Canadian-American businessman and industrialist (b. 1883) | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] – [[Ralph Allen (footballer)|Ralph Allen]], English footballer (b. 1906) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] – [[Edmond O'Brien]], American actor (b. 1915) | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] – [[Tenzing Norgay]], Nepalese sherpa and 1st sherpa to climb Mt. Everest (b. 1914) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] – [[Keith Whitley]], American country music singer (b. 1955) | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] – [[James Chadwick]], English physicist, Nobel laureate (Physics, 1935) | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] – [[Jacques Dextraze]], French Canadian military officer (b. 1919) | + | |
| - | *[[1994]] – [[Elias Motsoaledi]], South African freedom fighter (b. 1924) | + | |
| *[[1997]] – [[Marco Ferreri]], Italian film director (b. 1928) | *[[1997]] – [[Marco Ferreri]], Italian film director (b. 1928) | ||
| - | *[[1998]] – [[Alice Faye]], American actress (b. 1915) | ||
| - | *[[2001]] – [[James E. Myers]], American songwriter ([[Rock Around the Clock]]) and producer (b. 1919) | ||
| - | *[[2002]] – [[Dan Devine]], American football coach (b. 1924) | ||
| - | *[[2003]] – [[Russell B. Long]], U.S. Senator from Louisiana (b. 1918) | ||
| - | *[[2004]] – [[Akhmad Kadyrov]], Chechen president (b. 1951) | ||
| - | * 2004 – [[Alan King (comedian)|Alan King]], American comedian (b. 1927) | ||
| - | *[[2005]] – [[Nasrat Parsa]], Afghani singer (b. 1969) | ||
| - | *[[2007]] – [[Dwight Wilson]], second-to-last Canadian WWI veteran (b. 1901) | ||
| - | * 2007 – [[Edith Rodriguez]], hospital emergency room refused to treat (b. 1964) | ||
| - | *[[2008]] – [[Jack Gibson (rugby league)|Jack Gibson]], Australian rugby league footballer and coach (b. 1929) | ||
| - | * 2008 – [[Nuala O'Faolain]], [[Ireland|Irish]] journalist (b. 1942) | ||
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Events
- 1487 - The Malleus Maleficarum is submitted to the University of Cologne's Faculty of Theology
- 1671 – Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London.
- 1726 - Gay men arrested at Mother Clap's were hanged at Tyburn
- 1873 – Der Krach: Vienna stock market crash heralds the Long Depression.
- 1893 - In America, Thomas Edison holds the first public exhibition of films shot using his Kinetograph.
- 1921 - Six Characters in Search of an Author premieres in Rome.
- 1916 - Apollinaire undergoes a trepanation operation.
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Births
- 1874 – Howard Carter, British archaeologist (d. 1939)
- 1883 – José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher (d. 1955)
- 1888 – Rolf de Maré, Swedish art collector and museum director (d. 1964)
- 1893 – Pitigrilli, Italian writer, author of Cocaïne (1921)
- 1904 – Gregory Bateson, British anthropologist, social scientist, linguist (d. 1980)
- 1935 – Roger Hargreaves, English children's author (Mr. Men) (d. 1988)
- 1936 – Albert Finney, British actor (d. 2019)
- 1936 – Glenda Jackson, English actress (d. 2023)
- 1937 – David Prater, American singer (Sam & Dave) (d. 1988)
- 1944 – Richie Furay, American musician (Poco and Buffalo Springfield)
- 1946 – Candice Bergen, American actress
- 1962 – Paul Heaton, English singer/songwriter (Beautiful South)
- 1964 – Kevin Saunderson, American music producer and disc jockey
- 1970 – Ghostface Killah, American rapper (Wu-Tang Clan)
- 1979 – Andrew W.K., American musician
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Deaths
- 1672 – François La Mothe Le Vayer, French writer and libertine (b. 1588)
- 1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759)
- 1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German revolutionist (b. 1934)
- 1978 – George Maciunas, Lithuanian artist and founding member of the Fluxus (b. 1931)
- 1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)
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