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| - | * [[686]] - [[Pope John V]] | ||
| - | * [[924]] - [[Ælfweard of Wessex]] | ||
| - | *[[1100]] - King [[William II of England]] | ||
| - | *[[1222]] - Count [[Raymond VI of Toulouse]] (b. [[1156]]) | ||
| - | *[[1511]] - [[Andrew Barton]], Scottish naval leader | ||
| - | *[[1589]] - King [[Henry III of France]] (b. [[1551]]) | ||
| - | *[[1611]] - [[Kiyomasa Kato|Kato Kiyomasa]], Japanese warlord and samurai (b. [[1562]]) | ||
| - | *[[1696]] - [[Robert Campbell of Glenlyon]], Scottish military commander (b. [[1630]]) | ||
| - | *[[1769]] - [[Daniel Finch, 8th Earl of Winchilsea]], English politician (b. [[1689]]) | ||
| - | *[[1776]] - [[Louis François I, Prince of Conti]], French military leader (b. [[1717]]) | ||
| - | *[[1788]] - [[Thomas Gainsborough]], English artist (b. [[1727]]) | ||
| - | *[[1815]] - [[Guillaume Marie Anne Brune]], French marshal (b. [[1763]]) | ||
| - | *[[1823]] - [[Lazare Carnot]], French general, politician, and mathematician (b. [[1753]]) | ||
| - | *[[1849]] - Governor [[Muhammad Ali of Egypt]] (b. [[1769]]) | ||
| - | *[[1859]] - [[Horace Mann]], American educator and abolitionist (b. [[1796]]) | ||
| *[[1876]] - [[Wild Bill Hickok|James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok]], American gunfighter (b. [[1837]]) | *[[1876]] - [[Wild Bill Hickok|James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok]], American gunfighter (b. [[1837]]) | ||
| *[[1889]] - [[Eduardo Gutiérrez]], Argentinian author (b. [[1851]]) | *[[1889]] - [[Eduardo Gutiérrez]], Argentinian author (b. [[1851]]) | ||
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| *[[2004]] - [[Don Tosti]], American musician (b. [[1923]]) | *[[2004]] - [[Don Tosti]], American musician (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| * 2004 - [[François Craenhals]], Belgian comics artist (b. [[1926]]) | * 2004 - [[François Craenhals]], Belgian comics artist (b. [[1926]]) | ||
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- 1937 - The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, essentially rendering marijuana and all its by-products illegal.
Births
- 1865 - Irving Babbitt, American literary critic (d. 1933)
- 1905 - Myrna Loy, American actress (d. 1993)
Deaths
- 1876 - James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, American gunfighter (b. 1837)
- 1889 - Eduardo Gutiérrez, Argentinian author (b. 1851)
- 1890 - Louise-Victorine Ackermann, French poet (b. 1813)
- 1903 - Edmond Nocard, French veterinarian (b. 1850)
- 1920 - Ormer Locklear, American stunt pilot (b. 1891)
- 1921 - Enrico Caruso, Italian tenor (b. 1873)
- 1922 - Alexander Graham Bell, Scottish-born inventor (b. 1847)
- 1923 - Warren G. Harding, 29th President of the United States (b. 1865)
- 1934 - Paul von Hindenburg, German field marshal and President of Germany (b. 1847)
- 1936 - Louis Blériot, French aviation pioneer (b. 1872)
- 1939 - Harvey Spencer Lewis, American Rosacrucian mystic (b. 1883)
- 1945 - Pietro Mascagni, Italian composer (b. 1863)
- 1955 - Alfred Lépine, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1901)
- 1972 - Helen Hoyt, American poet (b. 1887)
- 1972 - Brian Cole, American bass player (The Association) (b. 1942)
- 1973 - Jean-Pierre Melville, French film director (b. 1917)
- 1974 - W. Douglas Hawkes, British racing driver (b. 1893)
- 1976 - Fritz Lang, Austrian film director (b. 1890)
- 1978 - Carlos Chávez, Mexican composer (b. 1899)
- 1979 - Thurman Munson, American baseball player (b. 1947)
- 1986 - Roy Cohn, American politician (b. 1927)
- 1988 - Raymond Carver, American writer (b. 1938)
- 1988 - Joe Carcione, American consumer advocate (b. 1914)
- 1990 - Norman Mclean, American writer (b. 1902)
- 1992 - Michel Berger, French singer and songwriter (b. 1947)
- 1996 - Michel Debré, French politician (b. 1912)
- 1997 - William S. Burroughs, American writer (b. 1914)
- 1998 - Shari Lewis, American puppeteer (b. 1933)
- 2001 - Ron Townson, American singer (The Fifth Dimension) (b. 1933)
- 2003 - Don Estelle, British actor (b. 1933)
- 2003 - Mike Levey, American television personality (b. 1948)
- 2003 - Peter Safar, Austrian physician (b. 1924)
- 2004 - Don Tosti, American musician (b. 1923)
- 2004 - François Craenhals, Belgian comics artist (b. 1926)
Notes
- Ludwig Marcuse
- Fela Kuti
- Wayland Young
- William S. Burroughs
- Fritz Lang
- Philippe Soupault
- Raymond Carver
- Renaat Braem
- Irving Babbitt
- Fourteenth Congress of the International Psychoanalytic Association
- Enrico Caruso
- Wild Bill Hickok
- Jean-Pierre Melville
- Luigi Colani
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