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| *[[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]]) | ||
| *[[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]]) | *[[1996]] - [[Robert Gravel]], French Canadian actor and theatrical director (b. [[1945]]) | ||
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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
- 1880 - Radclyffe Hall, British author (d. 1943)
- 1881 - Cecil B. DeMille, American director (d. 1959)
- 1912 - Samuel Fuller, American film director (d. 1997)
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)
- 1996 - Robert Gravel, French Canadian actor and theatrical director (b. 1945)
- 1996 - Mark Gruenwald, American comic book writer and editor (b. 1953)
- 1997 - Luther Allison, American musician (b. 1939)
- 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 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)
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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