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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | *[[1895]] - The [[Auguste and Louis Lumière|Lumière brothers]] have their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in ''Boulevard des Capucines'' marking the debut of the [[movie theater|cinema]]. | + | *[[1895]] - ''[[The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station]]'' film screens in France. |
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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1864]] - [[Henri de Régnier]], French symbolist poet (d. [[1936]]) | ||
| + | *[[1865]] - [[Félix Vallotton]], Swiss painter and graphic artist (d. [[1925]]) | ||
| + | *[[1887]] - [[Walther Ruttmann]], German experimental film director (d. [[1941]]) | ||
| *[[1888]] - [[Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau]], German film director (d. [[1931]]) | *[[1888]] - [[Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau]], German film director (d. [[1931]]) | ||
| *[[1925]] - [[Hildegard Knef]], German actress (d. [[2002]]) | *[[1925]] - [[Hildegard Knef]], German actress (d. [[2002]]) | ||
| *[[1931]] - [[Guy Debord]], French writer (d. [[1994]]) | *[[1931]] - [[Guy Debord]], French writer (d. [[1994]]) | ||
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Manuel Puig]], Argentine writer (d. [[1990]]) | + | *[[1932]] - [[Manuel Puig]], Argentine writer (d. 1990) |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Nichelle Nichols]], American actress | + | *[[1934]] - [[Alasdair Gray]], Scottish writer and artist (''Lanark'') |
| - | * 1933 - [[John Y. Brown, Jr.]], American politician | + | *[[1940]] - [[Lonnie Liston Smith]], American jazz, soul, and funk musician |
| - | *[[1934]] - Dame [[Maggie Smith]], British actress | + | *[[1950]] - [[Alex Chilton]], American musician ([[Box Tops]]) (d. 2010) |
| - | * 1934 - [[Yujiro Ishihara]], Japanese actor (d. [[1987]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Jacques Mesrine]], French criminal (d. [[1979]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Ratan Tata]], Indian industrialist | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Philip Anschutz]], American businessman | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Don Francisco (television host)|Don Francisco]], Chilean television host | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Richard Whiteley]], British television presenter (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1943 - [[David Peterson]], Canadian politician | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Johnny Isakson]], American politician | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Kary Mullis]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Edgar Winter]], American musician | + | |
| - | * 1946 - [[Pierre Falardeau]], Quebec film director | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Aurelio Rodríguez]], Mexican baseball player (d. [[2000]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Alex Chilton]], American musician ([[Box Tops]]) | + | |
| - | * 1950 - [[Øivind Blunck]], Norwegian comedian and actor | + | |
| *[[1951]] - [[Ian Buruma]], [[United Kingdom|Anglo]][[Netherlands|-Dutch]] scholar and writer on [[Japan]] and the [[Far East]]. | *[[1951]] - [[Ian Buruma]], [[United Kingdom|Anglo]][[Netherlands|-Dutch]] scholar and writer on [[Japan]] and the [[Far East]]. | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Arun Jaitley]], Indian Politician | ||
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Richard Clayderman]], French pianist | ||
| *[[1954]] - [[Denzel Washington]], American actor | *[[1954]] - [[Denzel Washington]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Nigel Kennedy]], British violinist | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Anne Sargeant]], Australian netballer | ||
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Ana Torroja]], Spanish singer ([[Mecano]]) | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Phil Abrams]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Ray Bourque|Raymond Bourque]], Canadian hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Rachel Z]], American pianist | ||
| - | * 1962 - [[Michel Petrucciani]], French pianist (d. [[1999]]) | ||
| - | * 1962 - [[Melissa R. Kelly]], former Maryland politician | ||
| *[[1967]] - [[Chris Ware]], American cartoonist | *[[1967]] - [[Chris Ware]], American cartoonist | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Linus Torvalds]], Finnish computer programmer | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Francesca Le]], American porn star | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Frank Sepe]], American bodybuilder | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[Benny Agbayani]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Patrick Rafter]], Australian tennis player | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Adam Vinatieri]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Herborg Kråkevik]], Norwegian singer and actress | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Seth Meyers]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Jason Ridge]], American porn actor | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[B.J. Ryan]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Shane Elford]], Australian sportsman | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[John Legend]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[James Blake]], American tennis player | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Bill Hall]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Lomana LuaLua]], Congo footballer | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Vanessa Ferlito]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Sienna Miller]], British actress | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Mika Väyrynen]], Finnish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Cedric Benson]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Kevin Pereira]], American television host | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Quinton Porter]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Mike He]], Taiwanese actor | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Leroy Lita]], English footballer | ||
| - | * 1984 - [[Alex Lloyd (racing driver)|Alex Lloyd]], British racing driver | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Tom Huddlestone]], English footballer | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Thomas Dekker (actor)|Thomas Dekker]], American actor | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[300]] - [[Theonas of Alexandria|Theonas]], [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] | + | *[[1904]] - [[Hori Tatsuo]], Japanese writer, poet, and translator (d. [[1953]]) |
| - | *[[1367]] - [[Ashikaga Yoshiakira]], Japanese shogun (b. [[1330]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1446]] - [[Antipope Clement VIII]] | + | |
| - | *[[1503]] - [[Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici]], ruler of Florence (b. [[1471]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1558]] - [[Hermann Finck]], German composer (b. [[1527]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1622]] - [[Francis de Sales]], Bishop of Geneva and saint (b. [[1567]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1663]] - [[Francesco Maria Grimaldi]], Italian mathematician and physicist (b. [[1618]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1671]] - [[Johann Friedrich Gronovius]], German classical scholar (b. [[1611]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1694]] - Queen [[Mary II of England]] (b. [[1662]]), of the famed joint monarchy [[William and Mary]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1703]] - [[Mustafa II]], [[Ottoman Sultan]] (b. [[1664]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1706]] - [[Pierre Bayle]], French philosopher (b. [[1647]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1708]] - [[Joseph Pitton de Tournefort]], French botanist (b. [[1656]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1715]] - [[William Carstares]], Scottish minister (b. [[1649]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1734]] - [[Robert Roy MacGregor]], Scottish folk hero (b. [[1671]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1736]] - [[Antonio Caldara]], Italian composer (b. [[1670]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1795]] - [[Eugenio Espejo]], Ecuadorian scientist (b. [[1747]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1859]] - [[Thomas Macaulay]], British poet (b. [[1800]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1872]] - [[James Van Ness]], Mayor of San Francisco (1855-1856) (b. [[1808]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1877]] - [[Nikolai Alekseevich Nekrasov]], Russian poet (b. [[1821]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Alexandre Alberto da Rocha de Serpa Pinto]], Portuguese explorer (b. [[1846]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Eduard Strauss]], Austrian composer (b. [[1835]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1917]] - [[Alfred Edwin McKay]], Canadian World War One flying ace (b. [[1892]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Olavo Bilac]], Brazilian poet (b. [[1865]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Johannes Rydberg]], Swedish physicist (b. [[1854]]) | + | |
| *[[1924]] - [[Léon Bakst]], Russian artist (b. [[1866]]) | *[[1924]] - [[Léon Bakst]], Russian artist (b. [[1866]]) | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Sergei Yesenin]], Russian poet (b. [[1895]]) | ||
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Jack Blackham]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1854]]) | ||
| *[[1937]] - [[Maurice Ravel]], French composer (b. [[1875]]) | *[[1937]] - [[Maurice Ravel]], French composer (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Florence Lawrence]], American actress (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Steve Evans (baseball)|Steve Evans]], American baseball player (b. [[1885]]) | ||
| *[[1945]] - [[Theodore Dreiser]], American author (b. [[1871]]) | *[[1945]] - [[Theodore Dreiser]], American author (b. [[1871]]) | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - King [[Victor Emmanuel III of Italy]] (b. [[1869]]) | + | *[[1950]] - [[Max Beckmann]], German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer (b. [[1884]]) |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Jack Lovelock]], New Zealand athlete (b. [[1910]]) | + | *[[1963]] - [[A. J. Liebling]], American journalist (b. [[1904]]) |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Fletcher Henderson]], American musician (b. [[1897]]) | + | *[[1983]] - [[Dennis Wilson]], American musician ([[The Beach Boys]]) (b. [[1944]]) |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Kathleen Clifford]], American actress (b. [[1887]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Paul Hindemith]], German composer (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Katharine McCormick]], American women's rights activist (b. [[1875]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Max Steiner]], Austrian-born American film music composer (b. [[1888]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Katharine Byron]], American politician (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Freddie King]], American musician (b. [[1934]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Allan Dwan]], Canadian-born film director (b. [[1885]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[William Demarest]], American actor (b. [[1892]]) | + | |
| - | * 1983 - [[Jimmy Demaret]], American golfer (b. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | * 1983 - [[Dennis Wilson]], American musician ([[The Beach Boys]]) (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| *[[1984]] - [[Sam Peckinpah]], American film director (b. [[1925]]) | *[[1984]] - [[Sam Peckinpah]], American film director (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| *[[1986]] - [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], Russian film director (b. [[1932]]) | *[[1986]] - [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], Russian film director (b. [[1932]]) | ||
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Hermann Oberth]], German physicist (b. [[1894]]) | + | *[[1990]] - [[Ed van der Elsken]], Dutch photographer (b. [[1925]]) |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Cassandra Harris]], Australian actress (b. [[1952]]) | + | *[[1999]] - [[Pierre Clémenti]], French actor (''Belle de jour'') (b. [[1942]]) |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Sal Maglie]], American baseball player (b. [[1917]]) | + | *[[2004]] - [[Susan Sontag]], American writer (b. [[1933]]) |
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Jean-Louis Lévesque]], French Canadian entrepreneur (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Clayton Moore]], American actor (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Samuel A. Goldblith]], American food scientist (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | * 2001 - [[William X. Kienzle]], American novelist (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Benjamin Thurman Hacker|Benjamin Hacker]], American admiral (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Jerry Orbach]], American actor (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Susan Sontag]], American writer (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Jamal Karimi-Rad]], Iranian Minister of Justice (b. [[1956]]) | + | |
| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | Susan Sontag | + | |
| - | Guy Debord | + | |
| - | A. J. Liebling | + | |
| - | Walther Ruttmann | + | |
| - | Chris Ware | + | |
| - | Max Beckmann | + | |
| - | Maurice Ravel | + | |
| - | Félix Vallotton | + | |
| - | Henri de Régnier | + | |
| - | Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau | + | |
| - | Ian Buruma | + | |
| - | The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station | + | |
| - | Sam Peckinpah | + | |
| - | Manuel Puig | + | |
| - | Precursors of film | + | |
| - | Theodore Dreiser | + | |
| - | Lonnie Liston Smith | + | |
| - | Léon Bakst | + | |
| - | Alasdair Gray | + | |
| - | Alex Chilton | + | |
| - | Pierre Clémenti | + | |
| - | Ed van der Elsken | + | |
| - | Hori Tatsuo | + | |
| - | Sensation (exhibition) | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1895 - The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station film screens in France.
Births
- 1864 - Henri de Régnier, French symbolist poet (d. 1936)
- 1865 - Félix Vallotton, Swiss painter and graphic artist (d. 1925)
- 1887 - Walther Ruttmann, German experimental film director (d. 1941)
- 1888 - Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, German film director (d. 1931)
- 1925 - Hildegard Knef, German actress (d. 2002)
- 1931 - Guy Debord, French writer (d. 1994)
- 1932 - Manuel Puig, Argentine writer (d. 1990)
- 1934 - Alasdair Gray, Scottish writer and artist (Lanark)
- 1940 - Lonnie Liston Smith, American jazz, soul, and funk musician
- 1950 - Alex Chilton, American musician (Box Tops) (d. 2010)
- 1951 - Ian Buruma, Anglo-Dutch scholar and writer on Japan and the Far East.
- 1954 - Denzel Washington, American actor
- 1967 - Chris Ware, American cartoonist
Deaths
- 1904 - Hori Tatsuo, Japanese writer, poet, and translator (d. 1953)
- 1924 - Léon Bakst, Russian artist (b. 1866)
- 1937 - Maurice Ravel, French composer (b. 1875)
- 1945 - Theodore Dreiser, American author (b. 1871)
- 1950 - Max Beckmann, German painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, and writer (b. 1884)
- 1963 - A. J. Liebling, American journalist (b. 1904)
- 1983 - Dennis Wilson, American musician (The Beach Boys) (b. 1944)
- 1984 - Sam Peckinpah, American film director (b. 1925)
- 1986 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Russian film director (b. 1932)
- 1990 - Ed van der Elsken, Dutch photographer (b. 1925)
- 1999 - Pierre Clémenti, French actor (Belle de jour) (b. 1942)
- 2004 - Susan Sontag, American writer (b. 1933)
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