December 11
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| *[[1757]] - [[Edmund Curll]], English bookseller (b. [[1675]]) | *[[1757]] - [[Edmund Curll]], English bookseller (b. [[1675]]) | ||
| *[[1957]] - [[Musidora]] (Jeanne Roques), French actress (b. [[1889]]) | *[[1957]] - [[Musidora]] (Jeanne Roques), French actress (b. [[1889]]) | ||
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| - | *[[1864]] - [[Maurice Leblanc]] 11 December, 1864 - 6 November, 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, | + | *[[1864]] - [[Maurice Leblanc]], French novelist, creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, (d. [[1941]]) |
| - | *[[1891]] - [[Cantique des Cantiques]] On December 11 1891, the Théâtre d'Art of Paul Fort presents | + | *[[1891]] - [[Cantique des Cantiques]] premiers in Paris. |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Memphis Group]] The group was founded by Ettore Sottsass on 11 December 1980, | + | *[[1980]] - [[Memphis Group]] is founded by Ettore Sottsass |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Robert Briffault]] Robert Briffault (1876 - 11 December 1948) was a French novelist, historian, social anthropologist and surgeon. | + | *[[1948]] - [[Robert Briffault]], French novelist, historian, social anthropologist and surgeon. (b. [[1876]]) |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Perez Prado]] (b. December 11, 1916 - d. September 14, 1989) was a Cuban/Mexican bandleader and composer. | + | *[[1916]] - [[Perez Prado]], Cuban/Mexican bandleader and composer. (d. [[1989]]) |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Alma Mahler]] (August 31, 1879 – December 11, 1964) was noted in her native Vienna for her beauty and intelligence. In her youth she was an aspiring composer. She was the wife, successively, of one of the century's leading composers (Gustav Mahler), architects (Walter Gropius), and novelists (Franz Werfel) and lover to the painter Oskar Kokoschka. | + | *[[1964]] - [[Alma Mahler]], Austrian socialite (b. [[1879]]) |
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Robert de Montesquiou]] (March 7 1855, Paris - December 11 1921, Menton), was a French Symbolist poet, art collector and dandy. | + | *[[1921]] - [[Robert de Montesquiou]], French Symbolist poet, art collector and dandy. (b. [[1855]]) |
| - | *[[1874]] - [[Paul Wegener]] (December 11 1874 - September 13 1948) was a German actor and film director. He was born in Arnoldsdorf (Westpreußen; now Jarantowice, Poland) and died in Berlin. | + | *[[1874]] - [[Paul Wegener]], German actor and film director d. [[1948]]) |
| - | *[[1980 ]] - [[Sibel Kekilli]] (born June 16, 1980 in Heilbronn, Germany) is an award-winning Turkish-German actress. | + | *[[1980]] - [[Sibel Kekilli]], Turkish-German actress |
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Births
- 1475 - Pope Leo X (d. 1521)
- 1801 - Christian Dietrich Grabbe, German writer (d. 1836)
- 1803 - Hector Berlioz, French composer (d. 1869)
- 1810 - Alfred de Musset, French poet (d. 1857)
- 1911 - Val Guest, British film director (d. 2006)
- 1912 - Carlo Ponti, Italian film producer (d. 2007)
- 1913 - Jean Marais, French actor (d. 1998)
- 1926 - Big Mama Thornton, American singer (d. 1984)
- 1930 - Jean-Louis Trintignant, French actor
- 1973 - Mos Def, American rapper and actor
Deaths
- 1757 - Edmund Curll, English bookseller (b. 1675)
- 1957 - Musidora (Jeanne Roques), French actress (b. 1889)
Notes
- 1864 - Maurice Leblanc, French novelist, creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, (d. 1941)
- 1891 - Cantique des Cantiques premiers in Paris.
- 1980 - Memphis Group is founded by Ettore Sottsass
- 1948 - Robert Briffault, French novelist, historian, social anthropologist and surgeon. (b. 1876)
- 1916 - Perez Prado, Cuban/Mexican bandleader and composer. (d. 1989)
- 1964 - Alma Mahler, Austrian socialite (b. 1879)
- 1921 - Robert de Montesquiou, French Symbolist poet, art collector and dandy. (b. 1855)
- 1874 - Paul Wegener, German actor and film director d. 1948)
- 1980 - Sibel Kekilli, Turkish-German actress
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