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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1859]] - [[Georges Seurat]], French painter (d. [[1891]]) | *[[1859]] - [[Georges Seurat]], French painter (d. [[1891]]) | ||
| + | *[[1884]] - [[Jean Paulhan]], French writer, critic and publisher. (d. [[1968]]) | ||
| + | *[[1890]] - [[Hans Janowitz]], Bohemian-born German author. (''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'') (d. [[1954]]) | ||
| *[[1891]] - [[Otto Dix]], German painter and graphic artist (d. [[1969]]) | *[[1891]] - [[Otto Dix]], German painter and graphic artist (d. [[1969]]) | ||
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Maria Callas]], Greek soprano (d. [[1977]]) | + | *[[1902]] - [[Wifredo Lam]], Cuban artist (d. [[1982]]) |
| + | *[[1923]] - [[Maria Callas]], Greek soprano (d. 1977) | ||
| + | *[[1923]] - [[Roland Dubillard]], French actor and writer (d. 2011) | ||
| + | *[[1924]] - [[Vilgot Sjöman]], Swedish writer and film director (''I Am Curious (Yellow)'') (d. 2006) | ||
| + | *[[1928]] - [[Guy Bourdin]], French fashion and advertising photographer (d. [[1991 ]]) | ||
| *[[1931]] - [[Edwin Meese]], American politician | *[[1931]] - [[Edwin Meese]], American politician | ||
| *[[1946]] - [[Gianni Versace]], Italian fashion designer (d. [[1997]]) | *[[1946]] - [[Gianni Versace]], Italian fashion designer (d. [[1997]]) | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1348]] - [[Emperor Hanazono]] of Japan (b. [[1297]]) | ||
| *[[1381]] - [[John of Ruysbroeck]], Flemish mystic | *[[1381]] - [[John of Ruysbroeck]], Flemish mystic | ||
| - | *[[1463]] - Archduke [[Albert VI of Austria]] (b. [[1418]]) | ||
| - | *[[1469]] - [[Piero di Cosimo de' Medici]], ruler of Florence (b. [[1416]]) | ||
| - | *[[1515]] - [[Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba]], Spanish general and statesman (b. [[1453]]) | ||
| - | *[[1547]] - [[Hernán Cortés]], Spanish explorer and conqueror (b. [[1485]]) | ||
| - | *[[1552]] - [[Francis Xavier]], Spanish Catholic missionary (b. [[1506]]) | ||
| - | *[[1615]] - [[Louis des Balbes de Berton de Crillon]], French general | ||
| *[[1665]] - [[Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet]], French socialite (b. [[1588]]) | *[[1665]] - [[Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet]], French socialite (b. [[1588]]) | ||
| - | *[[1694]] - [[Pierre Paul Puget]], French artist (b. [[1622]]) | ||
| - | *[[1719]] - [[Pasquier Quesnel]], French Jansenist theologian (b. [[1634]]) | ||
| - | *[[1726]] - [[Samuel Penhallow]], English-born American colonist and historian (b. [[1665]]) | ||
| - | *[[1747]] - [[Vincent Bourne]], English classical scholar (b. [[1695]]) | ||
| - | *[[1748]] - [[Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset]], English politician (b. [[1662]]) | ||
| - | *[[1774]] - [[Johann Friedrich Agricola]], German composer and organist (b. [[1720]]) | ||
| *[[1814]] - [[Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade|Marquis de Sade]], French writer (b. [[1740]]) | *[[1814]] - [[Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade|Marquis de Sade]], French writer (b. [[1740]]) | ||
| - | *[[1844]] - [[Eustachy Erazm Sanguszko]], Polish general and politician (b. [[1768]]) | + | *[[1944]] - [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], Italian writer (b. [[1876]]) |
| - | *[[1849]] - [[Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen]], wife of [[William IV of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1792]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1859]] - [[John Brown (abolitionist)|John Brown]], American abolitionist (hanged) (b. [[1800]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1860]] - [[Alfred Bunn]], British theatrical manager (b. [[1796]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Jay Gould]], American entrepreneur (b. [[1836]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Edmond Rostand]], French poet and dramatist (b. [[1868]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Kazimieras Būga]], Lithuanian philologist (b. [[1879]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Vincent d'Indy]], French composer (b. [[1851]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[John Ringling]], American circus owner (b. [[1866]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Nordahl Grieg]], Norwegian author and journalist (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Josef Lhévinne]], Russian pianist (b. [[1874]]) | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], Italian writer (b. [[1876]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Dinu Lipatti]], Romanian pianist (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Manfred Sakel]], Polish psychiatrist (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Thomas J. Hicks]], British-born runner (b. [[1875]]) | + | |
| - | * 1963 - [[Sabu Dastagir]], Indian-born American actor (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Adamson-Eric]] (Eric Adamson), Estonian painter (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Kliment Yefremovich Voroshilov]], Russian politician (b. [[1881]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Max Weber (politician)|Max Weber]], Swiss Federal Councilor (b. [[1897]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Danny Murtaugh]], baseball player and manager (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Chaudhry Muhammad Ali]], Prime Minister of [[Pakistan]] (b. [[1905]]) | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Romain Gary]], Lithuanian-born French writer (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Marty Feldman]], British comedian, writer and actor (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Fifi d'Orsay]], Canadian actress (b. [[1904]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Aniello Dellacroce]], American gangster (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | * 1985 - [[Philip Larkin]], English writer and jazz critic (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Desi Arnaz]], Cuban-born actor, musician, band leader, and composer (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Luis Federico Leloir]], French-born chemist and [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | * 1987 - [[Yakov Borisovich Zel'dovich]], Russian physicist (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Tata Giacobetti]], Italian singer and lyricist ([[Quartetto Cetra]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Aaron Copland]], American composer (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
| - | * 1990 - [[Robert Cummings]], American film and television actor (b. [[1908]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Pablo Escobar]], Colombian drug dealer (b. [[1949]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Robertson Davies]], Canadian novelist (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Shirley Crabtree]], British professional wrestler (b. [[1930]]) | + | |
| - | * 1997 - [[Michael Hedges]], American guitarist known for originality (b. [[1953]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Ivan Illich]], Austrian priest and philosopher (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Arno Peters]], German historian (b. [[1916]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Alan Davidson (food writer)|Alan Davidson]], British author (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Mona Van Duyn]], American poet (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Alicia Markova]], British ballerina (b. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Nat Mayer Shapiro]], American painter (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Van Tuong Nguyen]], Australian drug smuggler (hanged) (b. [[1980]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Kenneth Lee Boyd]], American convicted murderer (executed) (b. [[1948]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Mariska Veres]], Dutch singer (b. [[1947]]) | + | |
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Births
- 1859 - Georges Seurat, French painter (d. 1891)
- 1884 - Jean Paulhan, French writer, critic and publisher. (d. 1968)
- 1890 - Hans Janowitz, Bohemian-born German author. (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) (d. 1954)
- 1891 - Otto Dix, German painter and graphic artist (d. 1969)
- 1902 - Wifredo Lam, Cuban artist (d. 1982)
- 1923 - Maria Callas, Greek soprano (d. 1977)
- 1923 - Roland Dubillard, French actor and writer (d. 2011)
- 1924 - Vilgot Sjöman, Swedish writer and film director (I Am Curious (Yellow)) (d. 2006)
- 1928 - Guy Bourdin, French fashion and advertising photographer (d. 1991 )
- 1931 - Edwin Meese, American politician
- 1946 - Gianni Versace, Italian fashion designer (d. 1997)
- 1981 - Britney Spears, American singer
Deaths
- 1381 - John of Ruysbroeck, Flemish mystic
- 1665 - Catherine de Vivonne, marquise de Rambouillet, French socialite (b. 1588)
- 1814 - Marquis de Sade, French writer (b. 1740)
- 1944 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian writer (b. 1876)
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