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| * [[406]] - [[Vandals]], [[Alans]] and [[Suebians]] cross the [[Rhine]], beginning an invasion of [[Gaul|Gallia]]. | * [[406]] - [[Vandals]], [[Alans]] and [[Suebians]] cross the [[Rhine]], beginning an invasion of [[Gaul|Gallia]]. | ||
| *[[1687]] - The first [[Huguenots]] set sail from [[France]] to the [[Cape of Good Hope]]. | *[[1687]] - The first [[Huguenots]] set sail from [[France]] to the [[Cape of Good Hope]]. | ||
| - | + | *[[1938]] - [[List of authors banned during the Third Reich]] - Publication of list of 'damaging and undesirable writing' | |
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> | ||
| - | *[[1378]] - [[Pope Callixtus III]] (d. [[1458]]) | ||
| - | *[[1491]] - [[Jacques Cartier]], French explorer (d. [[1557]]) | ||
| *[[1514]] - [[Andreas Vesalius]], Flemish anatomist (d. [[1564]]) | *[[1514]] - [[Andreas Vesalius]], Flemish anatomist (d. [[1564]]) | ||
| - | *[[1572]] - [[Emperor Go-Yozei of Japan]], (d. [[1617]]) | + | *[[1745]] - [[Olympe de Gouges]], Female playwright and journalist (''Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen'') (d. [[1793]]) |
| - | *[[1668]] - [[Herman Boerhaave]], Dutch humanist and physician (d. [[1738]]) | + | *[[1842]] - [[Giovanni Boldini]], Italian painter (d. [[1931]]) |
| - | *[[1720]] - [[Charles Edward Stuart]], pretender to the British throne (d. [[1788]]) | + | *[[1854]] - [[Paul Bilhaud]], French poet and artist (''Negroes Fighting in a Cellar at Night'') (d. [[1933]]) |
| - | *[[1738]] - [[Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis]], British general (d. [[1805]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1741]] - [[Isabella Maria of Parma]], empress of Germany (d. [[1763]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1763]] - [[Pierre-Charles Villeneuve]], French admiral (d. [[1806]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1815]] - [[George G. Meade]], American Civil War general (d. [[1872]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1830]] - [[Isma'il Pasha]], Governor of Egypt (d. [[1895]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1860]] - [[Joseph S. Cullinan]], American oil industrialist (d. [[1937]]) | + | |
| *[[1869]] - [[Henri Matisse]], French painter (d. [[1954]]) | *[[1869]] - [[Henri Matisse]], French painter (d. [[1954]]) | ||
| - | *[[1877]] - [[Lawrence Beesley]], English journalist and author (d. [[1967]]) | + | *[[1881]] - [[Jacob Israël de Haan]], Dutch Jewish lawyer and poet (d. [[1924]]) |
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Elizabeth Arden]], Canadian businesswoman (d. [[1966]]) | + | |
| - | * 1878 - [[Horacio Quiroga]], Uruguayan-Argentinian writer (d. [[1937]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1880]] - [[George Marshall|George C. Marshall]], [[United States Secretary of State]], [[Nobel Peace Prize|Nobel Laureate]] (d. [[1959]]) | + | |
| - | * 1880 - [[Fred Beebe]], American baseball player (d. [[1957]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1881]] - [[Max Pechstein]], German painter (d. [[1955]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1882]] - [[Martin O'Meara]], Australian soldier (d. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Bobby Byrne]], American baseball player (d. [[1964]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Princess Victoria Adelaide of Schleswig-Holstein]] (d. [[1970]]) | + | |
| *[[1894]] - [[Pola Negri]], Polish actress (d. [[1987]]) | *[[1894]] - [[Pola Negri]], Polish actress (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Silvestre Revueltas]], Mexican composer (d. [[1940]]) | + | *[[1905]] - [[Robert Melville (art critic)]], English art critic and journalist (d. 1986) |
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Lionel Daunais]], Quebec singer and composer (d. [[1982]]) | + | *[[1924]] - [[Taylor Mead]], American actor (d. 2013) |
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Nathan Milstein]], Ukrainian violinist (d. [[1992]]) | + | *[[1925]] - [[Richard Gordon (film producer)]], British-born film producer (d. 2011) |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Jule Styne]], English-born composer (d. [[1994]]) | + | *[[1928]] - [[Siné]], French cartoonist (d. 2012) |
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Simon Wiesenthal]], Austrian Holocaust survivor (d. [[2005]]) | + | *[[1929]] - [[Francesco Alberoni]], Italian sociologist, journalist and author (''Falling in Love'') |
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Jonah Jones]], American jazz trumpeter (d. [[2000]] | + | *[[1948]] - [[Donna Summer]], American singer (d. 2012) |
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Carl Dudley]], American film director (d. [[1973]]) | + | *[[1948]] - [[Joe Dallesandro]], American actor |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Tommy Byrne (baseball)|Tommy Byrne]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Rex Allen]], American actor and singer (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Taylor Mead]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Siné]], French cartoonist | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Odetta]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Bob Shaw]], Irish writer (d. [[1996]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Edward Bunker]], American author and actor (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Akram Awan]], Islamic scholar | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Avram Hershko]], Israeli biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] | + | |
| - | * 1937 - Sir [[Anthony Hopkins]], Welsh actor | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Rosalind Cash]], American actress (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Mani Neumeier]], German musician ([[Guru Guru]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Sir Alex Ferguson]], Scottish football manager | + | |
| - | * 1941 - [[Sarah Miles]], English actress | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Andy Summers]], British guitarist ([[The Police]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[John Denver]], American singer and songwriter (d. [[1997]]) | + | |
| - | * 1943 - Sir [[Ben Kingsley]], English actor | + | |
| - | * 1943 - [[Pete Quaife]], English bassist ([[The Kinks]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Taylor Hackford]], American producer and director | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Diane von Fürstenberg]], Belgian-born fashion designer | + | |
| - | * 1945 - [[Connie Willis]], American writer | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Pius Ncube]], Zimbabwean human rights advocate | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Burton Cummings]], Canadian keyboardist ([[The Guess Who]]) | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Tim Matheson]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Rita Lee]], Brazilian Rock Star | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Donna Summer]], American singer | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[René Robert]], [[National Hockey League]] player | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Ellen Datlow]], American editor | + | |
| - | * 1949 - [[Susan Shwartz]], American writer | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[George Thorogood]], American musician | + | |
| - | * 1951 - [[Tom Hamilton (musician)|Tom Hamilton]], American bassist ([[Aerosmith]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] - [[James Remar]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1953 - [[Jane Badler]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Alex Salmond]], Scottish politician | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Dawood Ibrahim]], Terrorist | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Steve Rude]], American comics artist | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Bebe Neuwirth]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Phill Kline]], American politician | + | |
| - | * 1959 - [[Val Kilmer]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1959 - [[Paul Westerberg]], American musician ([[The Replacements]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[John Allen Muhammad]], American serial killer | + | |
| - | * 1960 - [[Steve Bruce]], English football player & manager | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Rick Aguilera]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1961 - [[Nina Li Chi]], Chinese actress | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Heather McCartney]], British activist | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Scott Ian]], American guitarist ([[Anthrax (band)|Anthrax]]) | + | |
| - | * 1963 - [[Konishiki]], American sumo wrestler | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Michael McDonald (actor)|Michael McDonald]], American actor-comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Allen D'Nulderf]], American stuntman | + | |
| - | * 1964 - [[Lowri Turner]], British TV presenter | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Gong Li]], Chinese actress | + | |
| - | * 1965 - [[Nicholas Sparks (author)|Nicholas Sparks]], American author | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Lisa Joyner]], American entertainment reporter | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Gerry Dee]], Canadian comedian and actor | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Carlos Morales Quintana]], husband of [[Princess Alexia of Greece and Denmark]] | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Bryon Russell]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Brent Barry]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Esteban Loaiza]], Mexican [[Major League Baseball]] player | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Joe McIntyre]], American singer ([[New Kids on the Block]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Shandon Anderson]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Malcolm Middleton]], Scottish musician ([[Arab Strap (band)|Arab Strap]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Ryan Sakoda]], Japanese American professional wrestler | + | |
| - | * 1974 - [[Tony Kanaan]], Brazilian racing driver | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Toni Kuivasto]], Finnish footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Wardy Alfaro]], Costa Rican footballer | + | |
| - | * 1977 - [[Donald Trump Jr.]], son of [[Donald Trump]] | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Papoose (rapper)|Papoose]], American rapper | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Bob Bryar]], American drummer ([[My Chemical Romance]], Gerardolopoly) | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[Elaine Cassidy]], Irish actress | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Richie McCaw]], New Zealand rugby player | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Matt Cross]], American professional wrestler | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Jason Campbell]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Matthew Pavlich]], Australian football player | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Craig Gordon]], Scottish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1982 - [[Luke Schenscher]], Australian basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1982 - [[Julio DePaula]], baseball player in the United States | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Greg Stewart]], Scottish Christian. | + | |
| - | *1987 - [[Émilie Le Pennec]], French gymnast | + | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[192]] - [[Commodus]], [[Roman Emperors|Roman Emperor]] (b. [[161]]) | + | *[[1830]] - [[Madame de Genlis]] French writer and educator (b. [[1746]]) |
| - | * [[335]] - [[Pope Silvester I|St. Silvester]], [[Pope]] | + | |
| - | *[[1164]] - Margrave [[Ottokar III of Styria]] (b. [[1124]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1194]] - Duke [[Leopold V of Austria (Babenberg)|Leopold V of Austria]] (killed at a tournament) (b. [[1157]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1297]] - [[Humphrey de Bohun, 3rd Earl of Hereford]], English soldier (b. [[1249]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1302]] - [[Frederick III, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. [[1238]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1384]] - [[John Wycliffe]], English theologian and Bible translator | + | |
| - | *[[1424]] - [[Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter]], English military leader | + | |
| - | *[[1460]] - [[Edmund, Earl of Rutland]], brother of Kings [[Edward IV of England]] and [[Richard III of England]] (executed) (b. [[1443]]) | + | |
| - | * 1460 - [[Richard Neville, 5th Earl of Salisbury]], English politician (b. [[1400]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1510]] - [[Bianca Maria Sforza]], wife of [[Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1472]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1535]] - [[William Skeffington]], Lord Deputy of Ireland (b. [[1465]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1568]] - [[Shimazu Tadayoshi]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1493]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1575]] - [[Pierino Belli]], Italian soldier and jurist (b. [[1502]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1583]] - [[Thomas Erastus]], Swiss theologian (b. [[1524]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1610]] - [[Ludolph van Ceulen]], German mathematician (b. [[1540]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1650]] - [[Dorgon]], Chinese emperor (b. [[1612]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1673]] - [[Oliver St John]], English statesman and judge | + | |
| - | *[[1679]] - [[Giovanni Alfonso Borelli]], Italian physiologist and physicist (b. [[1608]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1691]] - [[Dudley North]], English economist (b. [[1641]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1719]] - [[John Flamsteed]], English astronomer (b. [[1646]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1742]] - [[Karl III Philip, Elector Palatine]] (b. [[1661]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1799]] - [[Jean-François Marmontel]], French historian and writer (b. [[1723]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1872]] - [[Aleksis Kivi]], Finnish author (b. [[1834]]) | + | |
| *[[1877]] - [[Gustave Courbet]], French painter (b. [[1819]]) | *[[1877]] - [[Gustave Courbet]], French painter (b. [[1819]]) | ||
| - | *[[1888]] - [[Samson Raphael Hirsch]], German rabbi (b. [[1808]]) | + | *[[1898]] - [[Charles Garnier]], French architect, designer of the Paris Opéra (b. [[1825]]) |
| - | *[[1889]] - [[Ion Creangă]], Romanian writer (b. [[1837]] or [[1839]]) | + | *[[1898]] - [[Joseph Vacher]], French serial killer (b. [[1869]]) |
| - | *[[1894]] - [[Thomas Joannes Stieltjes]], Dutch mathematician (b. [[1856]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Alexander Popov (physicist)|Alexander Popov]], Russian physicist (b. [[1859]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1910]] - [[John Bevins Moisant|John Moisant]], American aviator (b. [[1868]]) | + | |
| - | * 1910 - [[Archibald Hoxsey|Arch Hoxsey]], American aviator (b. [[1884]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Boies Penrose]], U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania (b. [[1860]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Miguel de Unamuno]], Spanish writer and philosopher (b. [[1864]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Malcolm Campbell]], English race car driver (b. [[1885]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Albert Plesman]], Dutch aviation pioneer (b. [[1889]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Ólafur Thors]], [[Prime Minister of Iceland]] (b. [[1892]]) | + | |
| - | * 1964 - [[Bobby Byrne]], baseball player (b. [[1884]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[George Lewis (clarinetist)|George Lewis]], American clarinetist (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Pete Duel]] American actor (b. [[1940]]) | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Marin Sais]], American actress (b. [[1890]]) | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Vikram Sarabhai]], Indian physicist (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Roberto Clemente]], Puerto Rican baseball player (b. [[1934]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah]], ruler of Kuwait (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| *[[1980]] - [[Marshall McLuhan]], Canadian writer (b. [[1911]]) | *[[1980]] - [[Marshall McLuhan]], Canadian writer (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| * 1980 - [[Raoul Walsh]], American film director (b. [[1887]]) | * 1980 - [[Raoul Walsh]], American film director (b. [[1887]]) | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Rick Nelson]], American singer (b. [[1940]]) | + | *[[1993]] - [[Phil Andros]] (April 23, 1909 - December 31, 1993), American novelist and tattoo artist (b. [[1909]]) |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Lloyd Haynes]], American actor (b. [[1934]]) | + | *[[1998]] - [[Ferdinand Springer]], German painter. (b. [[1907]]) |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Vasili Lazarev]], Soviet cosmonaut (b. [[1928]]) | + | *[[2007]] - [[Ettore Sottsass]], Italian architect and designer (b. [[1917]]) |
| - | * 1990 - [[George Allen (football)|George Allen]], American football coach | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]], first [[President of Georgia]] (b. [[1939]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Brandon Teena]] [[Transsexual]] murdered | + | |
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Woody Strode]], American actor and decathlete (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Floyd Cramer]], American musician (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | * 1997 - [[Billie Dove]], American actress (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | * 1997 - [[Michael Kennedy]], American politician (b. [[1958]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Elliot Richardson]], American politician (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Alan Cranston]], American politician (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | * 2000 - [[José Greco]], Italian-born American flamenco dancer and choreographer (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Eileen Heckart]], American actress (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Cutting Crew|Kevin MacMichael]], American guitarist ([[Cutting Crew]]) (b. [[1951]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Arthur R. von Hippel]] German-born physicist (b. [[1898]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Gerard Debreu]], French-born economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Bank of Sweden Prize]] laureate (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Phillip Whitehead]], British politician (b. [[1937]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Enrico di Giuseppe]], American tenor (b. [[1932]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[George Sisler, Jr.]], baseball executive (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
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| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | List of authors banned during the Third Reich | + | |
| - | Phil Andros | + | |
| - | Stéphanie Félicité Ducrest de St-Albin, comtesse de Genlis | + | |
| - | Marshall McLuhan | + | |
| - | Joe Dallesandro | + | |
| - | Cinema of Sweden | + | |
| - | Henri Matisse | + | |
| - | Joseph Vacher | + | |
| - | Taylor Mead | + | |
| - | Siné | + | |
| - | Paul Bilhaud | + | |
| - | Robert Melville (art critic) | + | |
| - | Giovanni Boldini | + | |
| - | Francesco Alberoni | + | |
| - | Ferdinand Springer | + | |
| - | Olympe de Gouges | + | |
| - | Gustave Courbet | + | |
| - | Charles Garnier | + | |
| - | Richard Gordon (film producer) | + | |
| - | Jacob Israël de Haan | + | |
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- 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.
- 1938 - List of authors banned during the Third Reich - Publication of list of 'damaging and undesirable writing'
Births
- 1514 - Andreas Vesalius, Flemish anatomist (d. 1564)
- 1745 - Olympe de Gouges, Female playwright and journalist (Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen) (d. 1793)
- 1842 - Giovanni Boldini, Italian painter (d. 1931)
- 1854 - Paul Bilhaud, French poet and artist (Negroes Fighting in a Cellar at Night) (d. 1933)
- 1869 - Henri Matisse, French painter (d. 1954)
- 1881 - Jacob Israël de Haan, Dutch Jewish lawyer and poet (d. 1924)
- 1894 - Pola Negri, Polish actress (d. 1987)
- 1905 - Robert Melville (art critic), English art critic and journalist (d. 1986)
- 1924 - Taylor Mead, American actor (d. 2013)
- 1925 - Richard Gordon (film producer), British-born film producer (d. 2011)
- 1928 - Siné, French cartoonist (d. 2012)
- 1929 - Francesco Alberoni, Italian sociologist, journalist and author (Falling in Love)
- 1948 - Donna Summer, American singer (d. 2012)
- 1948 - Joe Dallesandro, American actor
Deaths
- 1830 - Madame de Genlis French writer and educator (b. 1746)
- 1877 - Gustave Courbet, French painter (b. 1819)
- 1898 - Charles Garnier, French architect, designer of the Paris Opéra (b. 1825)
- 1898 - Joseph Vacher, French serial killer (b. 1869)
- 1980 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian writer (b. 1911)
- 1980 - Raoul Walsh, American film director (b. 1887)
- 1993 - Phil Andros (April 23, 1909 - December 31, 1993), American novelist and tattoo artist (b. 1909)
- 1998 - Ferdinand Springer, German painter. (b. 1907)
- 2007 - Ettore Sottsass, Italian architect and designer (b. 1917)
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