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| *[[1837]] - [[Georg Büchner]], German playwright (b. [[1813]]) | *[[1837]] - [[Georg Büchner]], German playwright (b. [[1813]]) | ||
| - | *[[1873]] - [[Vasil Levski]], Bulgarian revolutionary (b. [[1837]]) | ||
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Multatuli]], Dutch writer (b. [[1820]]) | ||
| - | *[[1897]] - [[Karl Weierstraß]], German mathematician (b. [[1815]]) | ||
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Ernst Mach]], Austrian-Czech physicist and philosopher (b. [[1838]]) | ||
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Robert Fuchs]], Austrian composer (b. [[1847]]) | ||
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Billy Mitchell]], American general and military aviation pioneer (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | * 1936 - [[Max Schreck]], German actor (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | * 1936 - [[Charles Harding Firth]], British historian (b. [[1857]]) | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Frank Abbandando]], American gangster (executed) (b. [[1910]]) | ||
| *[[1951]] - [[André Gide]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1869]]) | *[[1951]] - [[André Gide]], French writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1869]]) | ||
| *[[1952]] - [[Knut Hamsun]], Norwegian author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1859]]) | *[[1952]] - [[Knut Hamsun]], Norwegian author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1859]]) | ||
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- 1861 - Serfdom is abolished in Russia.
- 1878 - The phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison.
- 1953 - Censorship: Georgia approves the first literature censorship board in the United States.
Births
- 1473 - Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)
- 1876 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
- 1902 - Kay Boyle, American writer (d. 1992)
- 1917 - Carson McCullers, American author (d. 1967)
- 1924 - Lee Marvin, American actor (d. 1987)
- 1934 - Carole Eastman, American screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1940 - Smokey Robinson, American singer
Deaths
- 1837 - Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)
- 1951 - André Gide, French writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1869)
- 1952 - Knut Hamsun, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (b. 1859)
- 1957 - Maurice Garin, French cyclist (b. 1871)
- 1962 - Georgios Papanikolaou, Greek doctor, inventor of the Pap smear (b. 1883)
- 1968 - Georg Hackenschmidt, Estonian professional wrestler (b. 1878)
- 1969 - Madge Blake, American actress (b. 1899)
- 1972 - John Grierson, Scottish documentary filmmaker (b. 1898)
- 1972 - Tedd Pierce, American animator (b. 1906)
- 1973 - Joseph Szigeti, Hungarian violinist (b. 1892)
- 1973 - Kostas Negrepontis, Greek footballer (b. 1897)
- 1975 - Luigi Dallapiccola, Italian composer (b. 1904)
- 1977 - Mike González, Cuban baseball player (b. 1890)
- 1977 - Anthony Crosland, British politician (b. 1918)
- 1980 - Bon Scott, Australian musician and singer for the band AC/DC (b. 1946)
- 1983 - Alice White, American film actress (b. 1904)
- 1986 - Adolfo Celi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- 1988 - André Frédéric Cournand, French-born physician, Nobel laureate (b. 1895)
- 1994 - Derek Jarman, British film director (b. 1942)
- 1996 - Antonio Creus, Spanish racecar driver (b. 1924)
- 1996 - Charles O. Finley, American sports entrepreneur (b. 1918)
- 1997 - Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader and revolutionary (b. 1904)
- 1997 - Leo Rosten, American Yiddish writer and humorist (b. 1908)
- 1998 - John Acheson, British actor
- 1998 - Grandpa Jones, American entertainer (b. 1913)
- 1999 - Mohammad Sadeq al-Sadr, Iraqi Shiite leader (assassinated)
- 2000 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Priscilla Davis, American socialite (b. 1942)
- 2001 - Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
- 2003 - Johnny PayCheck, American singer (b. 1938)
- 2007 - Janet Blair, American actress (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Celia Franca, founder of National Ballet of Canada (b. 1921)
notes
Claudio Simonetti André Breton Pim Fortuyn Timeline of surrealism and dada André Gide Knut Hamsun Louis Feuillade Friedensreich Hundertwasser Michael Powell Derek Jarman René Char Carole Eastman Kay Boyle Constantin Brancusi Carson McCullers Georg Büchner Jackie Curtis Siri Hustvedt George Melford Ryu Murakami Lucio Fontana Late Night Tales
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