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| + | *[[1776]], April 18: In a letter from the [[Marquis de Sade]] to his wife: | ||
| + | :I am in a tower closed in by nineteen iron doors, with light reaching me only through two little windows, each with a score of iron bars. He complains that in over the two months he has been in prison he has been allowed only five walks of one hour each, in a sort of tomb about fourty feet square surrounded by walls more than fifty feet high ...--source unidentified | ||
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| *[[1480]] - [[Lucrezia Borgia]], Florentine ruler and daughter of [[Pope Alexander VI]] (d. [[1519]]) | *[[1480]] - [[Lucrezia Borgia]], Florentine ruler and daughter of [[Pope Alexander VI]] (d. [[1519]]) | ||
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| *[[1955]] - [[Albert Einstein]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1879]]) | *[[1955]] - [[Albert Einstein]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| *[[1995]] - [[Bernard Edwards]], American record producer (b. [[1952]]) | *[[1995]] - [[Bernard Edwards]], American record producer (b. [[1952]]) | ||
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Terry Sanford]], American politician (b. [[1917]]) | ||
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Thor Heyerdahl]], Norwegian explorer (b. [[1914]]) | ||
| - | * 2002 - [[Wahoo McDaniel]], American football player and professional wrestler (b. [[1938]]) | ||
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Edgar F. Codd]], English computer scientist (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Kamisese Mara|Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara]], first [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] and [[President of Fiji]] (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Sam Mills]], American football player (b. [[1959]]) | ||
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Iccho Itoh]], mayor of [[Nagasaki]] (b. [[1945]]) | ||
| - | [[1776]], April 18: In a letter from the [[Marquis de Sade]] to his wife: | + | |
| - | :I am in a tower closed in by nineteen iron doors, with light reaching me only through two little windows, each with a score of iron bars. He complains that in over the two months he has been in prison he has been allowed only five walks of one hour each, in a sort of tomb about fourty feet square surrounded by walls more than fifty feet high ...--source unidentified | + | |
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| - | Philip II of Macedon[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_II_of_Macedon], father of [[Alexander the Great]] (382 BC, April 18). In 350 BC he leaves on a military expedition, taking with him 800 boys to be used for the pleasure of himself and his officers. --[http://www.backdrop.net/bdsm-history/timeline.html A Complete Alternative Sexuality History Timeline] | ||
| - | [[Gustave Moreau]] (April 6, 1826 – April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. He was born and died in Paris. Moreau's main focus was the illustration of ... | + | *[[1995]] - [[André Bazin]] |
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| André Bazin (April 18, 1918 - November 11, 1958) was a famous critic of the French New Wave (circa 1958-62) who worked closely with Jean-Luc Godard and ... | André Bazin (April 18, 1918 - November 11, 1958) was a famous critic of the French New Wave (circa 1958-62) who worked closely with Jean-Luc Godard and ... | ||
| - | + | *[[1995]] - [[Martin Hannett]] (May 1948 - April 18, 1991) was an innovative record producer, closely associated with Joy Division and Factory Records. ... | |
| - | [[Kathy Acker]] (April 18, 1947 in Manhattan—November 30, 1997 in Tijuana, Mexico) was an experimental novelist, prose stylist, playwright, essayist, ... | + | |
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| - | [[James Woods]] (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor. Born in Vernal, Utah, he grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island where he attended Pilgrim High ... | + | |
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| - | [[Martin Hannett]] (May 1948 - April 18, 1991) was an innovative record producer, closely associated with Joy Division and Factory Records. ... | + | |
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- 1776, April 18: In a letter from the Marquis de Sade to his wife:
- I am in a tower closed in by nineteen iron doors, with light reaching me only through two little windows, each with a score of iron bars. He complains that in over the two months he has been in prison he has been allowed only five walks of one hour each, in a sort of tomb about fourty feet square surrounded by walls more than fifty feet high ...--source unidentified
Births
- 1480 - Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519)
- 1580 - Thomas Middleton, English dramatist (d. 1627)
- 1947 - Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
- 1947 - James Woods, American actor
Deaths
- 1802 - Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)
- 1898 - Gustave Moreau, French painter (b. 1826)
- 1955 - Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
- 1995 - Bernard Edwards, American record producer (b. 1952)
Births
André Bazin (April 18, 1918 - November 11, 1958) was a famous critic of the French New Wave (circa 1958-62) who worked closely with Jean-Luc Godard and ...
- 1995 - Martin Hannett (May 1948 - April 18, 1991) was an innovative record producer, closely associated with Joy Division and Factory Records. ...
