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| *[[1514]] - [[Andreas Vesalius]], Flemish anatomist (d. [[1564]]) | *[[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]]) | *[[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]]) | *[[1894]] - [[Pola Negri]], Polish actress (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Taylor Mead]], American actor | + | *[[1905]] - [[Robert Melville (art critic)]], English art critic and journalist (d. 1986) |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Siné]], French cartoonist | + | *[[1924]] - [[Taylor Mead]], American actor (d. 2013) |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Donna Summer]], American singer | + | *[[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== | ==Deaths== | ||
| + | *[[1830]] - [[Madame de Genlis]] French writer and educator (b. [[1746]]) | ||
| *[[1877]] - [[Gustave Courbet]], French painter (b. [[1819]]) | *[[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]] - [[Marshall McLuhan]], Canadian writer (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| * 1980 - [[Raoul Walsh]], American film director (b. [[1887]]) | * 1980 - [[Raoul Walsh]], American film director (b. [[1887]]) | ||
| - | == Notes == | + | *[[1993]] - [[Phil Andros]] (April 23, 1909 - December 31, 1993), American novelist and tattoo artist (b. [[1909]]) |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[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. | + | *[[1998]] - [[Ferdinand Springer]], German painter. (b. [[1907]]) |
| - | *[[1830]] - [[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, | + | *[[2007]] - [[Ettore Sottsass]], Italian architect and designer (b. [[1917]]) |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Joe Dallesandro]] (born December 31, 1948) in Pensacola, Florida) is an American actor. | + | |
| - | *[[1898]] - [[Joseph Vacher]] (November 16, 1869, Beaufort, Isère - December 31, 1898, Bourg-en-Bresse, Ain) was a French serial killer | + | |
| - | *[[1854]] - [[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. | + | |
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| - | *[[1905]] - [[Robert Melville (art critic)]] (December 31 1905 - March 1986) was an English art critic and journalist. | + | |
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| - | *[[1842]] - [[Giovanni Boldini]] (December 31, 1842 – July 11, 1931) was an Italian genre and portrait painter, belonging to the Parisian school. | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Francesco Alberoni]] (December 31, 1929) is an Italian sociologist, journalist and author, best-knonw for his 1979 book Falling in Love. | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Ferdinand Springer]] (October 1 1907 in Berlin, Germany - December 31 1998 in Grasse, France) was German painter. | + | |
| - | *[[1745]] - [[Olympe de Gouges]] December 31, 1745, – November 3, 1793) was a playwright and journalist whose feminist writings reached a large audience. A proponent of democracy, she demanded the same rights for French women that French men were demanding for themselves. In her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen (1791), | + | |
| - | *[[1898]] - [[Charles Garnier]] (6 November 1825 - 3 August 1898) was a French architect, designer of the Paris Opéra, | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Richard Gordon (film producer)]] (31 December 1925 - ) is a British-born producer and financier of horror films. | + | |
| - | *[[1881]] - [[Jacob Israël de Haan]] (31 December 1881 – 30 June 1924) was a Dutch Jewish lawyer, legal scholar, diplomat, journalist and poet. He was assassinated by the Haganah on July 1 1924, allegedly for his political stance. | + | |
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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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