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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
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| - | *[[490 BC]] - the [[Battle of Marathon]], in which [[Athens]] defeated an invading army of [[Iran|Persians]], may have been fought on this date in the [[proleptic Julian calendar]] - but see [[12 September]]. | ||
| *[[30 BC]] - [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]] commits suicide after her defeat and Mark Antony's defeat at the battle of Actium. | *[[30 BC]] - [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]] commits suicide after her defeat and Mark Antony's defeat at the battle of Actium. | ||
| - | *[[1099]] - [[First Crusade]]: [[Battle of Ascalon]] - Crusaders under the command of [[Godfrey of Bouillon]] defeat [[Fatimid]] forces under [[Al-Afdal Shahanshah]]. Considered the last engagement of the First Crusade. | ||
| - | *[[1121]] - [[Battle of Didgori]]: The [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] army under King [[David the Builder]] won a decisive victory over the famous [[Seljuk Turks|Seljuk]] commander [[Ilghazi]]. | ||
| - | *[[1164]] - [[Battle of Harim]]: [[Nur ad-Din]] defeats the [[Crusade]]r armies of the [[County of Tripoli]] and the [[Principality of Antioch]]. | ||
| - | *[[1281]] - The fleet of [[Qubilai Khan]] is destroyed by a typhoon while approaching [[Japan]]. | ||
| - | *[[1323]] - [[Treaty of Nöteborg]] - [[Sweden]] and [[Novgorod]] ([[Russia]]) regulates the border for the first time. | ||
| - | *[[1332]] - [[Wars of Scottish Independence]]: [[Battle of Dupplin Moor]] - Scots under [[Domhnall II, Earl of Mar]] routed by [[Edward Balliol]]. | ||
| - | *[[1480]] - [[Battle of Otranto]] - Ottoman troops behead 800 Christians for refusing to convert to Islam. | ||
| - | *[[1499]] - First act of the [[Battle of Zonchio]] between [[Republic of Venice|Venetian]] and [[Ottoman Turks|Ottoman]] fleets. | ||
| - | *[[1676]] - [[Praying Indian]] [[John Alderman]] shot and killed [[Metacomet]] the [[Wampanoag]] war chief, ending [[King Philip's War]]. | ||
| - | *[[1687]] - [[Charles V, Duke of Lorraine|Charles of Lorraine]] defeats the [[Ottomans]] at the [[Battle of Mohács (1687)|Battle of Mohács]]. | ||
| - | *[[1793]] - The Rhône department was created when the former ''département'' of [[Rhône-et-Loire]] was split into two departments: Rhône and [[Loire]] ('''''Lêre'''''). | ||
| - | *[[1806]] - [[Santiago de Liniers]] re-takes the city of [[Buenos Aires]] after the [[British invasions of the Río de la Plata|first British invasion]]. | ||
| - | *[[1833]] - [[Chicago]] was founded. | ||
| - | *[[1851]] - [[Isaac Singer]] granted a patent for his [[sewing machine]]. | ||
| - | *[[1877]] - [[Asaph Hall]] discovers [[Deimos (moon)|Deimos]]. | ||
| - | *[[1883]] - The last [[quagga]] dies at the [[Artis Magistra zoo]] in [[Amsterdam]]. | ||
| - | *[[1898]] - Armistice ends the [[Spanish-American War]]. | ||
| - | * 1898 - The [[flag of Hawaii|Hawaiian flag]] is lowered from [[Iolani Palace]] in an elaborate annexation ceremony and replaced with the American flag to signify the transfer of sovereignty from the [[Republic of Hawaii|Republic of Hawai`i]] to the [[United States]]. | ||
| - | *[[1908]] - First [[Ford Model T|Model T]] [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] built. | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[World War I]] - Britain declares war on [[Austria-Hungary]]; British Empire countries automatically included. | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - The first cast of [[Alpha Psi Omega]], drawn from The Masquers of Fairmont College, [[West Virginia]], was initiated. | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - Alleged date of the first [[Philadelphia Experiment]] test on [[United States Navy]] ship [[USS Eldridge|USS ''Eldridge'']]. | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Waffen SS]] troops massacre more than 500 civil people in [[Sant'Anna di Stazzema]]. | ||
| - | * 1944 - [[Alençon]] liberated by [[General Leclerc]], the first city in France to be liberated from the [[Nazis]] by the Allied forces. | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - The [[Night of the Murdered Poets]] - Thirteen most prominent Jewish intellectuals were murdered in Moscow. | ||
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Nuclear testing]]: The [[Soviet atomic bomb project]] proceeded with the detonation of ''[[Joe 4]]'', the first [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[thermonuclear weapon]]. | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - ''[[Echo satellite|Echo I]]'', the first [[communications satellite]], launched | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[South Africa]] is banned from the [[Olympic Games]] due to its racist policy. | ||
| - | * 1964 - [[Charlie Wilson]], one of the [[Great Train Robbery (1963)|Great Train Robbers]] escapes from [[Birmingham (HM Prison)|Winson Green Prison]] in [[Birmingham]], [[England]]. | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Massacre of Braybrook Street]] as three policemen are shot dead in East Acton, London. | ||
| - | * 1966 - [[John Lennon]] apologizes at a news conference in [[Chicago]] for remarking "[[the Beatles]] are more popular than Jesus." | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Battle of the Bogside]], Catholic community of [[Derry]] engage in two-day battle with the [[Royal Ulster Constabulary]] | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - The last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam. | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - The Canadian rock band trio Rush, releases their debut album, Rush. | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - The first free flight of the [[Space Shuttle Enterprise]]. | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Japan]] and the [[People's Republic of China]] sign the [[Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People's Republic of China]]. | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - Signing of the [[1980 Montevideo Treaty|Montevideo Treaty]], which established the [[Latin American Integration Association]]. | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - Release of the [[IBM]] PC or [[Personal Computer]] | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Mexico]] announces it is unable to pay its enormous external debt, marking the beginning of a debt crisis that spread to all of [[Latin America]] and the [[Third World]]. | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Japan Airlines Flight 123]], a [[Boeing 747]] jumbo jet, crashes into Mount Ogura in [[Gunma Prefecture]], [[Japan]], killing 520 in the world's worst single-plane air disaster. Four people miraculously survive. | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Paul Simon]] releases his landmark ''[[Graceland (album)|Graceland]]'' album. | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - ''[[Field Museum of Natural History#Sue the Dinosaur|Sue]]'', the most complete [[skeleton]] of a ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'', is discovered near [[Faith, South Dakota|Faith]], [[South Dakota]]. | ||
| - | *[[1992]] - Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the [[North American Free Trade Agreement]] (NAFTA). | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Major League Baseball]] players go on [[1994 Major League Baseball strike|strike]]. The work stoppage forces the cancellation of the [[1994 World Series]]. | ||
| - | *[[1998]] - Swiss banks agree to pay $1.25 billion as restitution to [[Holocaust]] survivors to settle claims for their assets. | ||
| - | *[[2000]] - The [[Oscar class submarine]] [[Russian submarine Kursk|K-141 ''Kursk'']] of the [[Russian Navy]] [[Russian submarine Kursk explosion|exploded and sank]] in the [[Barents Sea]] during a [[War exercise|military exercise]]. | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[New Jersey]] Gov. [[James McGreevey]] comes out publicly as a gay man. | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Sri Lanka]]'s foreign minister, [[Lakshman Kadirgamar]], is fatally shot by a sniper at his home. | ||
| - | * 2005 - An F2 tornado strikes the coal mining town of [[Wright, Wyoming]], destroying nearly 100 homes and killing two people. | ||
| - | * 2005 - [[2005 Maldives civil unrest|Civil unrest]] provoked in the [[Maldives]] | ||
| - | * 2005 - An F1 [[tornado]] strikes [[Glen Cove, New York]], a rare event on [[Long Island]] | ||
| - | * [[2007]] - [[Bulk carrier]] [[M/V New Flame]] collides with [[Petroleum tanker|oil tanker]] ''Torm Gertrud'' at the southernmost tip of [[Gibraltar]], ending up partially submerged. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | *[[1503]] - [[Christian III of Denmark and Norway]] (d. [[1559]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1566]] - [[Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia of Spain]] (d. [[1633]]) | + | *[[1800]] - [[ Jean-Jacques Ampère]], French writer and translator (d. [[1864]]) |
| - | *[[1604]] - [[Tokugawa Iemitsu]], Japanese shogun (d. [[1651]]) | + | *[[1848 ]] - [[ Marcellus Emants]], Dutch writer. (d. [[1923]]) |
| - | *[[1629]] - Tsar [[Alexei I of Russia]] (d. [[1676]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1643]] - King [[Afonso VI of Portugal]] (d. [[1683]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1644]] - [[Heinrich Ignaz Biber]], Bohemian composer (d. [[1704]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1647]] - [[Johann Heinrich Acker]], German writer (d. [[1719]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1686]] - [[John Balguy]], English philosopher (d. [[1748]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1696]] - [[Maurice Greene (composer)|Maurice Greene]], English composer (d. [[1755]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1720]] - [[Konrad Ekhof]], German actor (d. [[1778]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1762]] - King [[George IV of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1830]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1774]] - [[Robert Southey]], English poet and biographer (d. [[1843]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1856]] - [["Diamond Jim" Brady]], American financier (d. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1859]] - [[Katharine Lee Bates]], American poet (d. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1866]] - [[Jacinto Benavente]], Spanish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (d. [[1954]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1867]] - [[Edith Hamilton]], German classicist (d. [[1963]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1876]] - [[Mary Roberts Rinehart]], American author (d. [[1958]]) | + | |
| *[[1880]] - [[Radclyffe Hall]], British author (d. [[1943]]) | *[[1880]] - [[Radclyffe Hall]], British author (d. [[1943]]) | ||
| - | * 1880 - [[Christy Mathewson]], American baseball player (d. [[1925]]) | ||
| *[[1881]] - [[Cecil B. DeMille]], American director (d. [[1959]]) | *[[1881]] - [[Cecil B. DeMille]], American director (d. [[1959]]) | ||
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Pauline Frederick]], American actress (d. [[1938]]) | ||
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Jean Cabannes]], French physicist (d. [[1959]]) | ||
| - | * 1885 - [[Marion Lorne]], American actress (d. [[1968]]) | ||
| - | *[[1886]] - Sir [[Keith Murdoch]], Australian journalist and newspaper owner (d. [[1952]]) | ||
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Erwin Schrödinger]], Austrian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (d. [[1961]]) | ||
| - | *[[1889]] - [[Zerna Sharp]], American writer and educator (''Dick and Jane'') (d. [[1981]]) | ||
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Alfred Lunt]], American actor (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Mohammad Hatta]], Vice President of Indonesia 1945-1956 (d. [[1980]]) | ||
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Tsarevich Alexei Nikolaevich of Russia]], only son of [[Nicholas II of Russia|Emperor Nicholas II of Russia]] (d. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Harry Hopman]], Australian-born tennis player and coach (d. [[1985]]) | ||
| - | * 1906 - [[Tedd Pierce]], American animator (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Joe Besser]], American actor and comedian (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Richard Bare]], American Director | ||
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Jane Wyatt]], American actress (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | *[[1911]] - [[Cantinflas]], Mexican actor (d. [[1993]]) | ||
| *[[1912]] - [[Samuel Fuller]], American film director (d. [[1997]]) | *[[1912]] - [[Samuel Fuller]], American film director (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Gerd Buchdahl]], German philosopher (d. [[2001]]) | + | *[[1940]] - [[Tony Allen (musician)|Tony Allen]], Nigerian musician |
| - | * 1914 - [[Ruth Lowe]], Canadian pianist and composer ([[I'll Never Smile Again]]) (d. [[1981]]) | + | *[[1950]] - [[August Darnell]], Canadian musician |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Indian physicist (d. [[1971]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Derek Shackleton]], English cricketer | + | |
| - | * 1924 - [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], leader of Pakistan (d. [[1988]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Norris McWhirter]], Scottish co-founder of the ''Guinness Book of Records'' (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | * 1925 - [[Ross McWhirter]], Scottish co-founder of the ''Guinness Book of Records'' (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | * 1925 - [[George Wetherill]], American scientist (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[John Derek]], American actor (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1926 - [[Joe Jones (R&B singer)|Joe Jones]], American R&B singer (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1926 - [[Wallace Markfield]], American writer (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Porter Wagoner]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Charles Blackman]], Australian artist | + | |
| - | * 1928 - [[Bob Buhl]], American baseball player (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | * 1928 - [[Dan Curtis]], film and television producer and director | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Buck Owens]], American singer (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[George Soros]] American businessman | + | |
| - | * 1930 - [[Jacques Tits]], Belgian mathematician | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[William Goldman]], American screenwriter | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Charlie O'Donnell]], American game show announcer | + | |
| - | * 1932 - [[Sirikit Rajini|Somdej Phra Nangchao Sirikit Phra Boromarajininat]] HM Queen Sirikit of Thailand | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Parnelli Jones]], American race car driver | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - [[John Cazale]], Italian-American actor (d. [[1978]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Walter Dean Myers]], African-American author | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[George Hamilton (actor)|George Hamilton]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Roy Romanow]], Canadian politician | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Réjean Ducharme]], Quebec novelist and playwright | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Deborah Walley]], American actress (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Ann M. Martin]], American author | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Sam Rosen (sportscaster)|Sam Rosen]], American sportscaster | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Mark Knopfler]], British guitarist (Dire Straits) | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Jim Beaver]], American actor and writer | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Willie Horton]], American murderer and rapist | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Chen Kaige]], Chinese film director | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Sam J. Jones]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1954 - [[Pat Metheny]], American guitarist | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Terry Taylor]], American retired professional wrestler | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Bruce Greenwood]], Canadian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Laurent Fignon]], French cyclist | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Roy Hay]], British guitarist and keyboardist ([[Culture Club]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Miss Cleo]], American psychic | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Sir Mix A Lot]], American Rapper | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Peter Krause]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Regilio Tuur]], Dutch boxer | + | |
| - | * 1967 - [[Andrey Plotnikov]], Russian race walker | + | |
| - | * 1967 - [[Andy Hui]], Hong Kong actor and singer | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Andras Jones]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Anthony Swofford]], American novelist | + | |
| - | * 1970 - [[Jim Schlossnagle]], baseball coach | + | |
| - | * 1970 - [[Charles Mesure]], British actor | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Michael Ian Black]], American comedian | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Rebecca Gayheart]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Pete Sampras]], American tennis player | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Mark Kinsella]], Irish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1972 - [[Takanohana]], Sumo ''[[makuuchi#Yokozuna|yokozuna]]'' | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Joseba Beloki]], Spanish cyclist | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Jonathan Coachman]], American professional wrestler and executive | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Todd Marchant]], American ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Richard Reid (shoe bomber)]] | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Yvette Nicole Brown]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Muqtada al-Sadr|Sayyed Muqtada al-Sadr]] - son of [[Ayatollah]] [[Mohammad Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr]] | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Grey DeLisle]], American voice actress/American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Matt Clement]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Casey Affleck]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Mikko Viljami Lindström|Mikko Viljami "Linde" Lindström]], Finnish guitarist | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Antoine Walker]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Wednesday 13]], American musician ([[Wednesday 13 (band)|Wednesday 13]], [[Murderdolls]]) | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Brad Lukowich]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Richard McCourt]], English childrens television presenter | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Plaxico Burress]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1977 - [[Jesper Grønkjær]], Danish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1977 - [[Park Yong-ha]], South Korean actor and singer | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Hayley Wickenheiser]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Chris Chambers]], American Football player | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Cindy Klassen]], Canadian speed skater | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Maggie Lawson]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Dominique Swain]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Matt Thiessen]], Canadian-born musician ([[Relient K]]) | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Jade Villalon]], American Singer/Songwriter | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Djibril Cissé]], French footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Alexandros Tzorvas]], Greek footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Leah Pipes]], American actress | + | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| *[[30 BC]] - [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]] (b. [[69 BC]]) | *[[30 BC]] - [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]] (b. [[69 BC]]) | ||
| - | * [[875]] - [[Louis II Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[825]]) | ||
| - | *[[1424]] - [[Yongle]], [[Emperor of China]] (b. [[1460]]) | ||
| - | *[[1484]] - [[George of Trebizond]], Greek philosopher (b. [[1395]]) | ||
| - | * 1484 - [[Pope Sixtus IV]] (b. [[1414]]) | ||
| - | *[[1512]] - [[Alessandro Achillini]], Italian philosopher (b. [[1463]]) | ||
| - | *[[1577]] - [[Thomas Smith (diplomat)|Thomas Smith]], English diplomat and scholar (b. [[1513]]) | ||
| - | *[[1588]] - [[Alfonso Ferrabosco (I)]], Italian composer (b. [[1543]]) | ||
| - | *[[1612]] - [[Giovanni Gabrieli]], Italian composer | ||
| - | *[[1633]] - [[Jacopo Peri]], Italian composer (b. [[1561]]) | ||
| - | *[[1638]] - [[Johannes Althusius]], German writer (b. [[1557]]) | ||
| - | *[[1648]] - [[Ibrahim I]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1615]]) | ||
| - | *[[1674]] - [[Philippe de Champaigne]], French painter (b. [[1602]]) | ||
| - | *[[1689]] - [[Pope Innocent XI]] (b. [[1611]]) | ||
| - | *[[1778]] - [[Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven]], British general and politician (b. [[1714]]) | ||
| - | *[[1809]] - [[Mikhail Kamensky]], Russian field marshal (b. [[1738]]) | ||
| - | *[[1810]] - [[Etienne Louis Geoffroy]], French pharmacist and entomologist (b. [[1725]]) | ||
| - | *[[1822]] - [[Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh]], English politician and statesman (b. [[1769]]) | ||
| *[[1827]] - [[William Blake]], English poet and artist (b. [[1757]]) | *[[1827]] - [[William Blake]], English poet and artist (b. [[1757]]) | ||
| - | *[[1848]] - [[George Stephenson]], British locomotive designer (b. [[1781]]) | ||
| - | *[[1857]] - [[Rufus Wilmot Griswold]], American editor and critic (b. [[1815]]) | ||
| - | *[[1861]] - [[Eliphalet Remington]], American inventor, designer of the Remington rifle (b. [[1793]]) | ||
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Sakuma Shozan|Sakuma Shōzan]], Japanese reformer (b. [[1811]]) | ||
| - | *[[1865]] - [[William Jackson Hooker]], English botanist (b. [[1785]]) | ||
| - | *[[1891]] - [[James Russell Lowell]], American poet and essayist (b. [[1819]]) | ||
| - | *[[1896]] - [[Thomas Chamberlain]], officer of the 20th Maine at the [[Battle of Gettysburg]] | ||
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Wilhelm Steinitz]], Austrian chess player (b. [[1836]]) | ||
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld]], Finnish-Swedish explorer (b. [[1832]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[John Philip Holland]], Irish submarine designer (b. [[1840]]) | ||
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Anna Held]], Polish-born actress and singer (b. [[1872]]) | ||
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Arthur Griffith]], [[President of Ireland]] (b. [[1871]]) | ||
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Leoš Janáček]], Czech composer (b. [[1854]]) | ||
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Hendrik Petrus Berlage]], Dutch architect (b. [[1856]]) | ||
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Friedrich Schottky]], German mathematician (b. [[1851]]) | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Bobby Peel]], English cricketer (b. [[1857]]) | ||
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Harry Brearley]], English inventor (b. [[1871]]) | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[David Bergelson]], Yiddish language writer (b. [[1884]]) | ||
| *[[1955]] - [[Thomas Mann]], German writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1875]]) | *[[1955]] - [[Thomas Mann]], German writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | * 1955 - [[James B. Sumner]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1887]]) | ||
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Mike O'Neill (baseball player)|Mike O'Neill]], Irish-born American baseball player (b. [[1877]]) | ||
| *[[1964]] - [[Ian Fleming]], English novelist ([[James Bond]]) (b. [[1908]]) | *[[1964]] - [[Ian Fleming]], English novelist ([[James Bond]]) (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Walter Rudolf Hess]], Swiss physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1881]]) | + | *[[1988]] - [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], Haitian-American artist (b. [[1960]])) |
| - | * 1973 - [[Karl Ziegler]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1898]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Ernst Boris Chain]], German-born biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Henry Fonda]], American actor (b. [[1905]]) | + | |
| - | * 1982 - [[Salvador Sanchez]], Mexican boxer (b. [[1959]]) | + | |
| - | * 1982 - [[Varlam Shalamov]], Russian writer (b. [[1907]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Kyu Sakamoto]], Japanese singer (plane crash) (b. [[1941]]) | + | |
| - | * 1985 - [[Manfred Winkelhock]], German race car driver (b. [[1951]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], Haitian-American artist (b. [[1960]]) | + | |
| - | * 1988 - [[Bhakti Raksaka Sridhara Deva Gosvami Maharaja]], religious Guru from India (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[William Shockley]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | * 1989 - [[Samuel Okwaraji]], Nigerian footballer (b. [[1964]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[B. Kliban]], American cartoonist (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | * 1990 - [[Dorothy Mackaill]], British-born American actress (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| *[[1992]] - [[John Cage]], American composer (b. [[1912]]) | *[[1992]] - [[John Cage]], American composer (b. [[1912]]) | ||
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Robert Gravel]], French Canadian actor and theatrical director (b. [[1945]]) | + | *[[2001]] - [[ Pierre Klossowski]], French writer (b. [[1905]]) |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Mark Gruenwald]], American comic book writer and editor (b. [[1953]]) | + | *[[2003]] - [[Walter Ong]] American philologist (b. [[1912]]). |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Luther Allison]], American musician (b. [[1939]]) | + | *[[2005]] - [[Teruo Ishii]], Japanese film director (b. [[1924]]) |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Jean Drapeau]], Quebec politician, mayor of Montreal (b. [[1916]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Loretta Young]], American actress (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Enos Slaughter]], American baseball player (b. [[1916]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - Sir [[Godfrey Hounsfield]], English electrical engineer and inventor, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Peter Woodthorpe]], British actor (b. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[John Loder]], co-founder of the anarcho-punk band [[CRASS]] (b. [[1946]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Merv Griffin]], American television host and game show creator (b. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Mike Wieringo]], American comic book artist (b. [[1962]]) | + | |
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| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | *[[Cecil B. DeMille]] | + | |
| - | *[[ Marcellus Emants]] | + | |
| - | *[[ John Cage]] | + | |
| - | *[[ William Blake]] | + | |
| - | *[[ Thomas Mann]] | + | |
| - | *[[ Pierre Klossowski]] | + | |
| - | *[[ Samuel Fuller]] | + | |
| - | *[[ Jean-Michel Basquiat]] | + | |
| - | *[[ Jean-Jacques Ampère]] | + | |
| - | *[[ Radclyffe Hall]] | + | |
| - | *[[ Teruo Ishii]] | + | |
| - | *[[ Tony Allen (musician) ]] | + | |
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Art and culture
- 30 BC - Cleopatra commits suicide after her defeat and Mark Antony's defeat at the battle of Actium.
Births
- 1800 - Jean-Jacques Ampère, French writer and translator (d. 1864)
- 1848 - Marcellus Emants, Dutch writer. (d. 1923)
- 1880 - Radclyffe Hall, British author (d. 1943)
- 1881 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (d. 1959)
- 1912 - Samuel Fuller, American film director (d. 1997)
- 1940 - Tony Allen, Nigerian musician
- 1950 - August Darnell, Canadian musician
Deaths
- 30 BC - Cleopatra (b. 69 BC)
- 1827 - William Blake, English poet and artist (b. 1757)
- 1955 - Thomas Mann, German writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1875)
- 1964 - Ian Fleming, English novelist (James Bond) (b. 1908)
- 1988 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, Haitian-American artist (b. 1960))
- 1992 - John Cage, American composer (b. 1912)
- 2001 - Pierre Klossowski, French writer (b. 1905)
- 2003 - Walter Ong American philologist (b. 1912).
- 2005 - Teruo Ishii, Japanese film director (b. 1924)
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