August 12
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| + | *[[1800]] - [[ Jean-Jacques Ampère]], French writer and translator (d. [[1864]]) | ||
| + | *[[1848 ]] - [[ Marcellus Emants]], Dutch writer. (d. [[1923]]) | ||
| *[[1880]] - [[Radclyffe Hall]], British author (d. [[1943]]) | *[[1880]] - [[Radclyffe Hall]], British author (d. [[1943]]) | ||
| *[[1881]] - [[Cecil B. DeMille]], American director (d. [[1959]]) | *[[1881]] - [[Cecil B. DeMille]], American director (d. [[1959]]) | ||
| *[[1912]] - [[Samuel Fuller]], American film director (d. [[1997]]) | *[[1912]] - [[Samuel Fuller]], American film director (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| + | *[[1940]] - [[Tony Allen (musician)|Tony Allen]], Nigerian musician | ||
| + | *[[1950]] - [[August Darnell]], Canadian musician | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
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| *[[1988]] - [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], Haitian-American artist (b. [[1960]])) | *[[1988]] - [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], Haitian-American artist (b. [[1960]])) | ||
| *[[1992]] - [[John Cage]], American composer (b. [[1912]]) | *[[1992]] - [[John Cage]], American composer (b. [[1912]]) | ||
| - | + | *[[2001]] - [[ Pierre Klossowski]], French writer (b. [[1905]]) | |
| - | == Notes == | + | *[[2003]] - [[Walter Ong]] American philologist (b. [[1912]]). |
| - | *[[1848 ]] - [[ Marcellus Emants]] (Voorburg, August 12 1848 – Baden (Switzerland), October 14 1923) was a Dutch writer. | + | *[[2005]] - [[Teruo Ishii]], Japanese film director (b. [[1924]]) |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[ Pierre Klossowski]] (1905 – August 12, 2001) was a French writer, translator and artist. | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[ Jean-Jacques Ampère]] (August 12, 1800 - March 27, 1864) was a French philologist and man of letters. f E. T. A. Hoffmann's Fantasy Pieces in the Manner of Callot (1814) | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[ Teruo Ishii]] (January 1, 1924 - August 12, 2005) was a Japanese film director | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[ Tony Allen (musician)|Tony Allen]] Tony Oladipo Allen (born August 12, 1940 in Lagos, Nigeria) is a Nigerian drummer, composer, and songwriter. | + | |
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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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