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| *[[1997]] - [[Marco Ferreri]], Italian filmmaker (''La Grande bouffe'') | *[[1997]] - [[Marco Ferreri]], Italian filmmaker (''La Grande bouffe'') | ||
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| - | *[[1315]] – [[Hugh V, Duke of Burgundy]] (b. 1282) | ||
| - | *[[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) | + | |
| - | *[[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 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 underwent 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
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)
Deaths
- 1805 – Friedrich Schiller, German poet and historian (b. 1759)
- 1976 – Ulrike Meinhof, German revolutionist (b. 1934)
- 1997 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director (b. 1928)
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