August 8
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Art and culture
Births
- 1673 - John Ker, Scottish spy (d. 1726)
- 1951 - Mamoru Oshii, Japanese film director
Deaths
- 1897 - Jacob Burckhardt, Swiss art historian (b. 1818)
- 1933 - Adolf Loos, Austrian architect (b. 1870)
- 1965 - Shirley Jackson, American author (b. 1916)
- 1985 - Louise Brooks, American actress (b. 1906)
- 2004 - Fay Wray, American actress (b. 1907)
Notes
- Marcellus Emants, Dutch writer (Voorburg, August 12 1848 – Baden (Switzerland), October 14 1923)
- Ferre Grignard, Belgian musician
- Just Jaeckin, French filmmaker
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