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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | + | *[[1869]] - ''[[Venus in Furs ]]'' - [[Leopold von Sacher-Masoch]] and [[Fanny Pistor]] sign their contract for the period of six months. | |
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[65 BC]] - [[Horace]], Roman poet (d. [[8 BC]]) | *[[65 BC]] - [[Horace]], Roman poet (d. [[8 BC]]) | ||
| - | *[[1542]] - [[Mary I of Scotland|Mary Queen of Scots]] (d. [[1587]]) | ||
| *[[1861]] - [[Aristide Maillol]], French sculptor (d. [[1944]]) | *[[1861]] - [[Aristide Maillol]], French sculptor (d. [[1944]]) | ||
| * 1861 - [[Georges Méliès]], French filmmaker (d. [[1938]]) | * 1861 - [[Georges Méliès]], French filmmaker (d. [[1938]]) | ||
| - | *[[1862]] - [[Georges Feydeau]], French playwright (d. [[1921]]) | + | *[[1862]] - [[Georges Feydeau ]], French playwright known for his bedroom farces (b. [[1921]]) |
| *[[1864]] - [[Camille Claudel]], French graphic artist and sculptor (d. [[1943]]) | *[[1864]] - [[Camille Claudel]], French graphic artist and sculptor (d. [[1943]]) | ||
| *[[1865]] - [[Jean Sibelius]], Finnish composer (d. [[1957]]) | *[[1865]] - [[Jean Sibelius]], Finnish composer (d. [[1957]]) | ||
| *[[1886]] - [[Diego Rivera]], Mexican painter (d. [[1957]]) | *[[1886]] - [[Diego Rivera]], Mexican painter (d. [[1957]]) | ||
| *[[1894]] - [[James Thurber]], American writer (d. [[1961]]) | *[[1894]] - [[James Thurber]], American writer (d. [[1961]]) | ||
| + | *[[1908]] - [[Max Bill]], Swiss architect and designer (d. [[1994]]) | ||
| *[[1916]] - [[Richard Fleischer]], American film director (d. [[2006]]) | *[[1916]] - [[Richard Fleischer]], American film director (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Gérard Souzay]], French baritone (d. [[2004]]) | + | *[[1922]] - [[Lucian Freud ]], British painter and printmaker |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Peter Tali Coleman]], American politician (d. [[1997]]) | + | *[[1925]] - [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]], American jazz musician (d. [[2005]]) |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Jean Ritchie]], American folk singer | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Rudolph Pariser]], Chinese-born American chemist | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Sammy Davis Jr.]], American actor and singer (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | * 1925 - [[Jimmy Smith (musician)|Jimmy Smith]], American jazz musician (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Vladimir Shatalov]], Soviet Union-born cosmonaut | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Maximilian Schell]], Austrian-born Swiss actor, film director, and author | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Flip Wilson]], American comedian (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Dharmendra]], Indian actor | + | |
| - | * 1935 - [[Tatiana Zatulovskaya]], Israeli chess player | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[David Carradine]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[James MacArthur]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1937 - [[Arne Næss Jr.]], Norwegian mountain climber and businessman (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Red Berenson]], [[National Hockey League]] player | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Jerry Butler (singer)|Jerry Butler]], American soul singer | + | |
| - | * 1939 - Sir [[James Galway]], Northern Irish flute player | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Soko Richardson]], American rhythm and blues drummer. (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Brant Alyea]], baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Ed Brinkman]], baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1941 - [[Bob Brown (NFL)|Bob Brown]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1941 - [[Duke Cunningham|Randall "Duke" Cunningham]], US Navy fighter pilot and Congressman | + | |
| - | * 1941 - Sir [[Geoff Hurst]], ex-English footballer | + | |
| *[[1943]] - [[Jim Morrison]], American singer ([[The Doors]]) (d. [[1971]]) | *[[1943]] - [[Jim Morrison]], American singer ([[The Doors]]) (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| * 1943 - [[Mary Woronov]], American actress | * 1943 - [[Mary Woronov]], American actress | ||
| *[[1945]] - [[John Banville]], Irish novelist and journalist | *[[1945]] - [[John Banville]], Irish novelist and journalist | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[John Rubinstein]], American actor, composer, director | + | *[[1950]] - [[Dan Hartman]], American musician ("Relight My Fire") (d. [[1994]]) |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Gregg Allman]], American musician | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Kati-Claudia Fofonoff]], Finnish writer | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Thomas R. Cech]], American chemist and [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Mary Gordon]], American writer | + | |
| - | * 1949 - [[Ray Shulman]], English musician | + | |
| - | * 1949 - [[Robert Sternberg]], Proposed the Triarchic Theory of Intelligence | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Richard A. Baker|Rick Baker]], American film makeup artist | + | |
| - | * 1950 - [[Tim Foli]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1950 - [[Dan Hartman]], American musician ([[Edgar Winter Group]]) (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Jan Eggum]], Norwegian singer-songwriter | + | |
| - | * 1951 - [[Bill Bryson]], American author | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Khaw Boon Wan]], Singapore Health Minister | + | |
| *[[1953]] - [[Kim Basinger]], American actress | *[[1953]] - [[Kim Basinger]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1953 - [[Sam Kinison]], American comedian (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Warren Cuccurullo]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Phil Collen]], British guitarist ([[Def Leppard]]) | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Bird McIntyre]], Thai pop singer / musician | ||
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Ann Coulter]], American author, political commentator, and attorney | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Marty Friedman (guitarist)|Marty Friedman]], American guitarist | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Toshiaki Kawada]], Japanese professional wrestler | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Sandy Burnett]], British record producer | ||
| - | * 1964 - [[Teri Hatcher]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1964 - [[James Blundell (singer)|James Blundell]], Australian country singer | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Carina Lau]], Hong Kong actress | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Sinéad O'Connor]], Irish musician | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Jeff George]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1967 - [[Kotono Mitsuishi]], Japanese [[seiyu]] (voice actress) | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Mike Mussina]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Michael Cole]], American professional wrestling commentator | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Jeff Tremaine]], American television & film director | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Marco Abreu]], Angolan footballer | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Frank Shamrock]], American MMA-Fighter and younger brother of MMA-Fighter [[Ken Shamrock]] | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Corey Taylor]], American singer ([[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Stone Sour]]) | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Doron Bell Jr.]], Canadian actor | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Tony Simmons]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[Nick Zinner]], American guitarist ([[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]]) | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Kevin Harvick]], American NASCAR driver | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Dominic Monaghan]], German-born British actor | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[Naimee Coleman]], Irish singer and songwriter | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[Reed Johnson]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Ryan Newman]], American NASCAR driver | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Elsa Benítez]], Mexican supermodel | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Sébastien Chabal]], French international rugby player | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[John Oster]], Welsh footballer | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Anwar Siraj]], Ethiopian footballer | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Ian Somerhalder]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Vernon Wells (baseball)|Vernon Wells]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Johan Forssell]], Swedish politician | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Daniel Fitzhenry]], Australian rugby league footballer | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Christian Wilhelmsson]], Swedish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Jeremy Accardo]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Philip Rivers]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Dee Dee Trotter]], American athlete | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Neel Jani]], Swiss racing driver | ||
| - | * 1983 - [[Liu Song (snooker player)|Liu Song]], Chinese snooker player | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Greg Halford]], English footballer | ||
| - | * 1984 - [[Badr Hari]], Dutch kickboxer | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Dwight Howard]], American basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Amir Khan (boxer)|Amir Khan]], British boxer | ||
| - | *[[1993]] - [[AnnaSophia Robb]], American actress and singer | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[899]] - [[Arnulf of Carinthia]] (b. [[850]]) | + | *[[1793]] - [[Madame du Barry]], French courtesan (b. [[1743]]) |
| - | *[[1626]] - [[John Davies (poet)|John Davies]], English poet (b. [[1569]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1632]] - [[Philippe van Lansberge]], Flemish astronomer (b. [[1561]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1638]] - [[Ivan Gundulic]], Croatian poet (b. [[1589]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1643]] - [[John Pym]], English statesman (b. [[1583]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1649]] - [[Noël Chabanel]], French Jesuit missionary (b. [[1613]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1680]] - [[Henry Pierrepont, 1st Marquess of Dorchester]], English politician (b. [[1606]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1691]] - [[Richard Baxter]], English clergyman (b. [[1615]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1695]] - [[Barthélemy d'Herbelot de Molainville]], French orientalist (b. [[1625]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1709]] - [[Thomas Corneille]], French dramatist (b. [[1625]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1722]] - [[Liselotte von der Pfalz]], [[Duchess of Orléans]] (b. [[1652]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1744]] - [[Marie-Anne de Mailly-Nesle duchess de Châteauroux]], mistress of King [[Louis XV of France]] (b. [[1717]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1745]] - [[Etienne Fourmont]], French orientalist (b. [[1683]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1746]] - [[Charles Radclyffe]], British politician (b. [[1693]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1756]] - [[William Stanhope, 1st Earl of Harrington]], British statesman and diplomat | + | |
| - | *[[1768]] - [[Jean Denis Attiret]], French Jesuit missionary (b. [[1702]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1779]] - [[Nathan Alcock]], English physician (b. [[1707]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1830]] - [[Benjamin Constant]], Swiss writer (b. [[1767]]) | + | |
| *[[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]]) | + | *[[1954]] - [[Claude Cahun ]], French surrealist photographer and writer (b. [[1894]]) |
| - | *[[1885]] - [[William Henry Vanderbilt]], member of the [[Vanderbilt family]] (b. [[1821]]) | + | *[[1964]] - [[Gustav Wyneken ]], German freethinker and reformer (b. [[1875]]) |
| - | *[[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]]) | ||
| - | *[[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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Art and culture
- 1869 - Venus in Furs - Leopold von Sacher-Masoch and Fanny Pistor sign their contract for the period of six months.
Births
- 65 BC - Horace, Roman poet (d. 8 BC)
- 1861 - Aristide Maillol, French sculptor (d. 1944)
- 1861 - Georges Méliès, French filmmaker (d. 1938)
- 1862 - Georges Feydeau , French playwright known for his bedroom farces (b. 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)
- 1908 - Max Bill, Swiss architect and designer (d. 1994)
- 1916 - Richard Fleischer, American film director (d. 2006)
- 1922 - Lucian Freud , British painter and printmaker
- 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 ("Relight My Fire") (d. 1994)
- 1953 - Kim Basinger, American actress
Deaths
- 1793 - Madame du Barry, French courtesan (b. 1743)
- 1859 - Thomas de Quincey, British author (b. 1785)
- 1954 - Claude Cahun , French surrealist photographer and writer (b. 1894)
- 1964 - Gustav Wyneken , German freethinker and reformer (b. 1875)
- 1980 - John Lennon, English musician and peace activist (b. 1940)
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