December 31
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| *[[1980]] - [[Giovanni Boldini]] (December 31, 1842 – July 11, 1931) was an Italian genre and portrait painter, belonging to the Parisian school. | *[[1980]] - [[Giovanni Boldini]] (December 31, 1842 – July 11, 1931) was an Italian genre and portrait painter, belonging to the Parisian school. | ||
| *[[1980]] - [[Francesco Alberoni]] (December 31, 1929) is an Italian sociologist, journalist and author, best-knonw for his 1979 book Falling in Love. | *[[1980]] - [[Francesco Alberoni]] (December 31, 1929) is an Italian sociologist, journalist and author, best-knonw for his 1979 book Falling in Love. | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Ferdinand Springer]] | + | *[[1980]] - [[Ferdinand Springer]] (October 1 1907 in Berlin, Germany - December 31 1998 in Grasse, France) was German painter. |
| *[[1980]] - [[Olympe de Gouges]] | *[[1980]] - [[Olympe de Gouges]] | ||
| *[[1980]] - [[Charles Garnier]] | *[[1980]] - [[Charles Garnier]] | ||
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Art and culture
- 406 - Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia.
- 1687 - The first Huguenots set sail from France to the Cape of Good Hope.
Births
- 1514 - Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (d. 1564)
- 1869 - Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954)
- 1894 - Pola Negri, Polish actress (d. 1987)
- 1924 - Taylor Mead, American actor
- 1928 - Siné, French cartoonist
- 1948 - Donna Summer, American singer
Deaths
- 1877 - Gustave Courbet, French painter (b. 1819)
- 1980 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian writer (b. 1911)
- 1980 - Raoul Walsh, American film director (b. 1887)
Notes
- 1938 - List of authors banned during the Third Reich - Publication of list of 'damaging and undesirable writing'
- 1980 - Phil Andros (April 23, 1909 - December 31, 1993), also known by the pen name Phil Andros, was a novelist and tattoo artist based in Oakland, California.
- 1980 - Madame de Genlis Madame de Genlis, full name Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Aubin, comtesse de Genlis (January 25, 1746 - December 31, 1830) was a French writer and educator,
- 1980 - Joe Dallesandro (born December 31, 1948) in Pensacola, Florida) is an American actor.
- 1980 - Joseph Vacher (November 16, 1869, Beaufort, Isère - December 31, 1898, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain) was a French serial killer
- 1980 - Paul Bilhaud (Allichamps, December 31, 1854 - Avon, 1933) was a French poet and dramatist who belonged to the French avant-garde group the Incoherents. He is the author of an all-black painting called Negroes Fighting in a Cellar at Night.
- 1980 - Robert Melville (art critic) (December 31 1905 - March 1986) was an English art critic and journalist.
- 1980 - Giovanni Boldini (December 31, 1842 – July 11, 1931) was an Italian genre and portrait painter, belonging to the Parisian school.
- 1980 - Francesco Alberoni (December 31, 1929) is an Italian sociologist, journalist and author, best-knonw for his 1979 book Falling in Love.
- 1980 - Ferdinand Springer (October 1 1907 in Berlin, Germany - December 31 1998 in Grasse, France) was German painter.
- 1980 - Olympe de Gouges
- 1980 - Charles Garnier
- 1980 - Richard Gordon (film producer)
- 1980 - Jacob Israël de Haan
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