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| *[[1859]] - [[Thomas de Quincey]], British author (b. [[1785]]) | *[[1859]] - [[Thomas de Quincey]], British author (b. [[1785]]) | ||
| - | *[[1864]] - [[George Boole]], British inventor of Boolean algebra (b. [[1815]]) | ||
| - | *[[1885]] - [[William Henry Vanderbilt]], member of the [[Vanderbilt family]] (b. [[1821]]) | ||
| - | *[[1894]] - [[Pafnuty Chebyshev]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1821]]) | ||
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Oscar II of Sweden]] (b. [[1829]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Maximilian von Spee]], German naval officer (b. [[1861]]) | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Mendele Moykher Sforim]], Russian writer (b. [[1836]]) | ||
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Friedrich Glauser]], German-language Swiss writer (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Charles Lightoller]], British second officer on the Titanic (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Tris Speaker]], American baseball player (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - Field Marshal [[Sarit Dhanarajata]], [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Gary Thain]], New Zealand bassist ([[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]]) (b. [[1948]]) | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Golda Meir]], Russian-born [[Prime Minister of Israel]] (b. [[1898]]) | ||
| *[[1980]] - [[John Lennon]], English musician and peace activist (b. [[1940]]) | *[[1980]] - [[John Lennon]], English musician and peace activist (b. [[1940]]) | ||
| *[[1982]] - [[Bram Behr]], Surinamese journalist (b. [[1951]]) | *[[1982]] - [[Bram Behr]], Surinamese journalist (b. [[1951]]) | ||
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Art and culture
Births
- 65 BC - Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)
- 1542 - Mary Queen of Scots (d. 1587)
- 1861 - Aristide Maillol, French sculptor (d. 1944)
- 1861 - Georges Méliès, French filmmaker (d. 1938)
- 1862 - Georges Feydeau, French playwright (d. 1921)
- 1864 - Camille Claudel, French graphic artist and sculptor (d. 1943)
- 1865 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (d. 1957)
- 1886 - Diego Rivera, Mexican painter (d. 1957)
- 1894 - James Thurber, American writer (d. 1961)
- 1916 - Richard Fleischer, American film director (d. 2006)
- 1925 - Jimmy Smith, American jazz musician (d. 2005)
- 1943 - Jim Morrison, American singer (The Doors) (d. 1971)
- 1943 - Mary Woronov, American actress
- 1945 - John Banville, Irish novelist and journalist
- 1950 - Dan Hartman, American musician (Edgar Winter Group) (d. 1994)
- 1953 - Kim Basinger, American actress
Deaths
- 1859 - Thomas de Quincey, British author (b. 1785)
- 1980 - John Lennon, English musician and peace activist (b. 1940)
- 1982 - Bram Behr, Surinamese journalist (b. 1951)
- 1983 - Slim Pickens, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1984 - Luther Adler, American actor (b. 1903)
- 1984 - Robert Jay Mathews, White Nationalist (b. 1953)
- 1991 - Buck Clayton, American jazz trumpet player (b. 1911)
- 1992 - William Shawn, American magazine editor (b. 1917)
- 1994 - Tom Jobim, Brazilian composer and arranger (b. 1927)
- 1996 - Howard Rollins, American actor (b. 1950)
- 1999 - Péter Kuczka, Hungarian writer (b. 1923)
- 2001 - Don Tennant, American advertising executive (b. 1922)
- 2003 - Rubén González, Cuban pianist (Buena Vista Social Club) (b. 1919)
- 2004 - Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abbott), American guitarist (b. 1966)
- 2005 - Georgiy Zhzhonov, Russian actor and author (b. 1915)
- 2006 - Martha Tilton, American singer (b. 1915)
- 2006 - José Uribe, Dominican baseball player (b. 1959)
Notes
Thomas de Quincey
Horace
Max Bill
Georges Méliès
Venus in Furs
Mary Woronov
Gustav Wyneken
Jimmy Smith (musician)
Aristide Maillol
Richard Fleischer
Jean Sibelius
Graciela Daniele
Mark Pesce
List of works by E. T. A. Hoffmann
James Thurber
Madame du Barry
Diego Rivera
John Lennon
Claude Cahun
Georges Feydeau
Lucian Freud
Art, Truth and Politics
John Banville
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