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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | * [[197]] - [[Roman Emperor]] [[Septimius Severus]] defeats [[Roman usurper|usurper]] [[Clodius Albinus]] in the [[Battle of Lugdunum]], the bloodiest battle between Roman armies. | ||
| - | *[[1594]] - Having already inherited the [[List of Polish rulers|throne]] of the [[Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth]] through his mother [[Catherine Jagellonica of Poland]], [[Sigismund III Vasa|Sigismund III]] of the [[House of Vasa]] is [[coronation|crowned]] [[List of Swedish monarchs|King]] of [[Sweden]], succeeding his father [[John III of Sweden]]. | ||
| - | *[[1600]] - The Peruvian [[stratovolcano]] [[Huaynaputina]] exploded in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America. | ||
| - | *[[1674]] - [[England]] and the [[Netherlands]] sign the [[Treaty of Westminster (1674)|Peace of Westminster]], ending the [[Third Anglo-Dutch War]]. A provision of the agreement transfers the Dutch colony of [[New Amsterdam]] to England, which renamed it [[New York]]. | ||
| - | *[[1807]] - In [[Alabama]], Former [[Vice President of the United States]] [[Aaron Burr]] is arrested for treason and confined to [[Fort Stoddart]]. | ||
| - | *[[1819]] - [[British Empire|British]] [[exploration|explorer]] [[William Smith (mariner)|William Smith]] discovers the [[South Shetland Islands]], and claims them in the name of [[George III of the United Kingdom|King George III]]. | ||
| - | *[[1846]] - In [[Austin, Texas]] the newly-formed Texas state government is officially installed. The [[Republic of Texas]] government officially transfers power to the [[State of Texas]] government following Texas' [[annexation]] by the [[United States]]. | ||
| - | *[[1852]] - The [[Phi Kappa Psi]] fraternity is founded at [[Washington and Jefferson College|Jefferson College]] in [[Canonsburg, Pennsylvania]]. | ||
| *[[1861]] - [[Serf]]dom is [[Emancipation of the serfs|abolished]] in [[Russia]]. | *[[1861]] - [[Serf]]dom is [[Emancipation of the serfs|abolished]] in [[Russia]]. | ||
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Knights of Pythias]] founded at Washington, DC by Justus H. Rathbone. | ||
| *[[1878]] - The [[phonograph]] is patented by [[Thomas Edison]]. | *[[1878]] - The [[phonograph]] is patented by [[Thomas Edison]]. | ||
| - | *[[1881]] - [[Kansas]] became the first [[U.S. state]] to prohibit all [[alcoholic beverage]]s. | ||
| - | *[[1915]] - [[World War I]]: The [[Battle of Gallipoli]] began. Plans for mutiny in the [[British Indian army]], the [[Ghadar Conspiracy]], is uncovered in [[British India|India]]. | ||
| - | *[[1937]] - During a public ceremony at the Viceregal Palace (the former Imperial residence) in [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]], two [[Eritrea]]n nationalists attempt to kill viceroy [[Rodolfo Graziani]] with a number of grenades. | ||
| - | *[[1941]] - [[World War II]]: The [[Afrika Korps]], the [[corps]]-level headquarters controlling the German [[Panzer]] [[division (military)|division]]s in [[North Africa]], was formed. | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[World War II]]: nearly 250 [[Japan]]ese warplanes [[Bombing of Darwin, February 19, 1942|attack]] the northern Australian city of [[Darwin, Northern Territory|Darwin]] killing 243 people. | ||
| - | * 1942 - World War II: [[President of the United States|President]] [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] signs the [[Executive order (United States)|executive order]] [[Executive Order 9066|''9066'']], allowing the [[United States military]] to relocate [[Japanese-American]]s to [[Japanese American internment|Japanese internment]] camps. | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - World War II: [[Battle of the Kasserine Pass]] in [[Tunisia]] begins. | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - World War II: [[Battle of Iwo Jima]] - about 30,000 [[United States Marine]]s land on [[Iwo Jima]]. | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Ezra Pound]] is awarded the first [[Bollingen Prize|Bollingen Prize in poetry]] by the Bollingen Foundation and [[Yale University]]. | ||
| *[[1953]] - [[Censorship]]: [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] approves the first [[literature]] censorship board in the [[United States]]. | *[[1953]] - [[Censorship]]: [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] approves the first [[literature]] censorship board in the [[United States]]. | ||
| - | *[[1959]] - The [[United Kingdom]] grants [[Cyprus]] its [[independence]], which is then on formally proclaimed on [[August 16]], [[1960]]. | ||
| - | * 1968 - Egyptian commando forces attempt to intervene in a hijacking situation at [[Larnaca International Airport]], without authorisation from the [[Republic of Cyprus]] authorities. The [[Cypriot National Guard]] and Police forces kill 15 Egyptian commandos and destroy the Egyptian [[C-130]] transport plane in open combat. | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Artificial heart]] recipient [[William J. Schroeder]] becomes the first such patient to leave [[hospital]]. | ||
| - | * 1985 - [[Iberia Airlines]] [[Boeing 727]] crashes into Mount Oiz in [[Spain]], killing 148. | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - The [[Soviet Union]] launches the ''[[Mir]]'' [[space station]]. | ||
| - | *[[2001]] - An [[Oklahoma City bombing]] museum is dedicated at the [[Oklahoma City National Memorial]]. | ||
| - | *[[2002]] - [[NASA]]'s [[Mars Odyssey]] [[space probe]] begins to map the surface of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] using its thermal emission imaging system. | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Nazism|Nazi]]-hunter [[Simon Wiesenthal]] is awarded an [[List of honorary British Knights|honorary knighthood]] in recognition of a "lifetime of service to humanity." | ||
| - | *[[2007]] - Three [[Salvadoran]] deputies to the [[Central American Parliament]] and their driver are murdered in [[Guatemala]]. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> | ||
| *[[1473]] - [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], <!-- no POV here --> Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. [[1543]]) | *[[1473]] - [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], <!-- no POV here --> Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. [[1543]]) | ||
| - | *[[1526]] - [[Charles de L'Ecluse]], Flemish botanist (d. [[1609]]) | + | *[[1873]] - [[Louis Feuillade]], French film director from the silent era (d. [[1925]]) |
| - | *[[1552]] - [[Melchior Klesl]], Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. [[1630]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1630]] - [[Shivaji]], founder of the [[Maratha Empire]] (d. [[1680]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1660]] - [[Friedrich Hoffmann]], German physician and chemist (d. [[1742]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1717]] - [[David Garrick]], British actor (d. [[1779]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1722]] - [[Tiphaigne de la Roche]], French writer (d. [[1774]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1743]] - [[Luigi Boccherini]], Italian composer (d. [[1805]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1780]] - [[Richard McCarty (US politician)|Richard McCarty]], American politician (d. [[1844]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1802]] - [[Wilhelm Matthias Naeff]], Swiss Federal Councillor (d. [[1881]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1804]] - [[Carl Freiherr von Rokitansky]], German physician (d. [[1878]]) | + | |
| - | * 1804 - [[David Wark]], Canadian politician (d. [[1905]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1821]] - [[August Schleicher]], German linguist (d. [[1868]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1833]] - [[Élie Ducommun]], Swiss journalist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1859]] - [[Svante Arrhenius]], Swedish chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1927]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1865]] - [[Sven Hedin]], Swedish explorer (d. [[1952]]) | + | |
| *[[1876]] - [[Constantin Brancusi]], Romanian sculptor (d. [[1957]]) | *[[1876]] - [[Constantin Brancusi]], Romanian sculptor (d. [[1957]]) | ||
| - | *[[1877]] - [[Gabriele Munter|Gabriele Münter]], German painter (d. [[1962]]) | + | *[[1877]] - [[George Melford]], American stage and film actor and film director (d. [[1961]]) |
| - | *[[1880]] - [[Alvaro Obregon]], Mexican president (d. [[1928]]) | + | *[[1896]] - [[Andre Breton]], French writer (d. [[1966]]) |
| - | *[[1888]] - [[José Eustasio Rivera]], Colombian writer (d. [[1928]]) | + | *[[1899]] - [[Lucio Fontana]], Italian-Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. [[1968]]) |
| - | *[[1893]] - Sir [[Cedric Hardwicke]], British actor (d. [[1964]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1895]] - [[Louis Calhern]], American actor (d. [[1956]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1897]] - [[Alma Rubens]], American actress (d. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Yury Olesha]], Russian novelist (d. [[1960]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Giorgos Seferis]], Greek poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1971]]) | + | |
| *[[1902]] - [[Kay Boyle]], American writer (d. [[1992]]) | *[[1902]] - [[Kay Boyle]], American writer (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Havank]], Dutch writer (d. [[1964]]) | ||
| - | *[[1911]] - [[Merle Oberon]], British actress (d. [[1979]]) | ||
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Saul Chaplin]], American composer (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Prince Pedro Gastão of Orléans-Braganza]], pretender to the [[Brazil]]ian throne (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Jacques Dufilho]], French comedian (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Eddie Arcaro]], American jockey (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| *[[1917]] - [[Carson McCullers]], American author (d. [[1967]]) | *[[1917]] - [[Carson McCullers]], American author (d. [[1967]]) | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[C. Z. Guest]], American socialite (d. [[2003]]) | + | *[[1924]] - [[Lee Marvin]], American actor (d. [[1987]]) |
| - | * 1920 - [[Jaan Kross]], Estonian writer (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[George Rose (actor)|George Rose]], British music hall entertainer (d. [[1988]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[David Bronstein]], Ukrainian chess player (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | * 1924 - [[Lee Marvin]], American actor (d. [[1987]]) | + | |
| - | * 1924 - [[Bruce Norris]], American ice hockey executive (d. [[1986]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Jacques Deray]], French film director (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[John Frankenheimer]], American film director (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| *[[1934]] - [[Carole Eastman]], American screenwriter (d. [[2004]]) | *[[1934]] - [[Carole Eastman]], American screenwriter (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Sam Myers]], American musician and songwriter (d. [[2006]]) | + | *[[1940]] - [[Smokey Robinson]], American singer |
| - | * 1936 - [[Marin Sorescu]], Romanian writer and novelist (d. [[1997]]) | + | *[[1947]] - [[Jackie Curtis]], American actor, poet and playwright (d. [[1985]]) |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Robert Walker (musician)|Robert "Bilbo" Walker Jr.]], American [[blues]] [[guitar]]ist | + | *[[1952]] - [[Ryu Murakami]], Japanese novelist and filmmaker (''Audition'' and ''Tokyo Decadence'') |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Gwen Taylor]], English actress | + | *[[1955]] - [[Siri Hustvedt]], American novelist, essayist, and poet |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Saparmurat Niyazov]], [[President of Turkmenistan]] (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | * 1940 - [[Smokey Robinson]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[David Gross]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Paul Krause (football player)|Paul Krause]], American football player | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Lou Christie]], American singer | + | |
| - | * 1943 - [[Homer Hickam]], American author and retired [[NASA]] [[engineer]] | + | |
| - | * 1943 - [[Tim Hunt]], British biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Michael Nader]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Paul Dean (guitarist)|Paul Dean]], Canadian guitarist ([[Loverboy]]) | + | |
| - | * 1946 - [[Peter Hudson]], Australian rules footballer | + | |
| - | * 1946 - [[Karen Silkwood]], American activist (d. [[1974]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Tim Shadbolt]], mayor of [[Invercargill, New Zealand]] | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Mark Andes]], American musician | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Pim Fortuyn]], Dutch politician (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Tony Iommi]], British musician ([[Black Sabbath]]) | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Big John Studd]], American professional wrestler (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Dan Bunten]], American software developer (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Andy Powell]], British musician | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Stephen Nichols]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1951 - [[Tahir-ul-Qadri]], Pakistani Islamic scholar | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Amy Tan]], American novelist | + | |
| - | * 1952 - [[Rodolfo Neri Vela]], Mexican astronaut | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Massimo Troisi]], Italian actor (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | * 1953 - [[Cristina Elisabet Fernández]] - Argentinian politician | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Socrates (football player)|Socrates]], Brazilian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Jeff Daniels (actor)|Jeff Daniels]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Kathleen Beller]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1956 - [[Roderick MacKinnon]], American biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Falco (musician)|Falco]], Austrian singer (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Ray Winstone]], British actor | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Andrew, Duke of York]] | + | |
| - | * 1960 - [[Leslie Ash]], English actress | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Justin Fashanu]], English footballer (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1961 - [[Andy Wallace (racer)|Andy Wallace]], English race car driver | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Hana Mandlíková]], Czech tennis player | + | |
| - | * 1962 - [[John Laroche]], American orchid poacher | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Laurell K. Hamilton]], American writer | + | |
| - | * 1963 - [[Seal (singer)|Seal]], English singer | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Dmitri Lipskerov]], Russian writer | + | |
| - | * 1964 - [[Sonu Walia]], Indian actress | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Justine Bateman]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1966 - [[Paul Haarhuis]], Dutch tennis player | + | |
| - | * 1966 - [[Enzo Scifo]], Belgian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Benicio del Toro]], Puerto Rican actor | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Burton C. Bell]], American vocalist | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Miguel Batista]], Dominican baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Gil Shaham]], Israeli/American violinist | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Francine Fournier|Francine]], American professional wrestler | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Danny Doring]], American professional wrestler | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Mikko Kavén]], Finnish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Katja Schuurman]], Dutch actress and singer | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Daewon Song]], Korean professional skateboarder | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Ola Salo]], Swedish singer ([[The Ark (band)|The Ark]]) | + | |
| - | * 1977 - [[Gianluca Zambrotta]], Italian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Michalis Konstantinou]], Greek-Cypriot footballer | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Immortal Technique]], American rapper | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Mariska]], Finnish rapper | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[Clinton Morrison]], Irish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[Mariana Ochoa]], Mexican singer and actress | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Neleh Dennis]], American [[Survivor (US TV series)|Survivor]] contestant | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Mike Miller (basketball)|Mike Miller]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Ma Lin (table tennis)|Ma Lin]], Chinese table tennis player | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Ronnie Arniell]], Canadian professional wrestler | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Beth Ditto]], American singer ([[The Gossip]]) | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Gil Reyes]], American boxer | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Nicky Shorey]], English footballer | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Vitas]], Russian singer | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Assunta De Rossi]], Filipino actress | + | |
| - | * 1983 - [[Mika Nakashima]], Japanese singer/actress | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Chris Richardson]], ''[[American Idol]]'' finalist | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Haylie Duff]], American singer/actress | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Reon Kadena]], Japanese model/actress | + | |
| - | * 1986 - [[Henri Karjalainen]], Finnish racing driver | + | |
| - | * 1986 - [[Maria Mena]], Norwegian singer | + | |
| - | * 1986 - [[Marta Vieira da Silva|Marta]], Brazilian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Victoria Justice]], American actress and musician | + | |
| - | <!-- | + | |
| - | Please do not add yourself, non-notable people, fictional characters, or people without Wikipedia articles to this list. No red links, please. | + | |
| - | Do not link multiple occurrences of the same year, just link the first occurrence. | + | |
| - | If there are multiple people in the same birth year, put them in alphabetical order. | + | |
| - | Do not trust "this year in history" websites for accurate date information. --> | + | |
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[197]] - [[Clodius Albinus]], Roman governor of Britain | ||
| - | *[[1133]] - [[Irene Ducaena]], wife of [[Alexius I Comnenus]] (b. [[1066]]) | ||
| - | *[[1553]] - [[Erasmus Reinhold]], German astronomer and mathematician (b. [[1511]]) | ||
| - | *[[1589]] - [[Philothei|Saint Philothei]], Orthodox martyr and Patron of [[Athens, Greece|Athens]] (b. 1522) | ||
| - | *[[1605]] - [[Orazio Vecchi]], Italian composer (b. [[1550]]) | ||
| - | *[[1602]] - [[Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur]], French soldier (b. [[1558]]) | ||
| - | *[[1620]] - [[Roemer Visscher]], Dutch writer (b. [[1547]]) | ||
| - | *[[1622]] - [[Sir Henry Savile]], English educator (b. [[1549]]) | ||
| - | *[[1653]] - [[Luigi de Rossi]], Italian composer (b. [[1597]]) | ||
| - | *[[1663]] - [[Adam Adami]], German bishop and diplomat (b. [[1603]]) | ||
| - | *[[1670]] - King [[Frederick III of Denmark]] (b. [[1609]]) | ||
| - | *[[1672]] - [[Charles Chauncy]], English-born president of Harvard College (b. [[1592]]) | ||
| - | *[[1709]] - [[Tokugawa Tsunayoshi]], Japanese shogun (b. [[1646]]) | ||
| - | *[[1716]] - [[Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter]], Norwegian poet (b. [[1634]]) | ||
| - | *[[1789]] - [[Nicholas Van Dyke (governor)|Nicholas Van Dyke]], American lawyer and [[Governor of Delaware|President of Delaware]] (b. [[1738]]) | ||
| - | *[[1799]] - [[Jean-Charles de Borda]], French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. [[1733]]) | ||
| - | *[[1806]] - [[Elizabeth Carter]], English writer (b. [[1717]]) | ||
| *[[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]]) | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Maurice Garin]], French cyclist (b. [[1871]]) | + | *[[1988]] - [[René Char]], French poet (d. [[1907]]) |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Georgios Papanikolaou]], Greek doctor, inventor of the [[Pap smear]] (b. [[1883]]) | + | *[[1990]] - [[Michael Powell]], British film director (''Peeping Tom'') (b. [[1905]]) |
| - | *[[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 (baseball catcher)|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 Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
| *[[1994]] - [[Derek Jarman]], British film director (b. [[1942]]) | *[[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]]) | *[[2000]] - [[Friedensreich Hundertwasser]], Austrian artist (b. [[1928]]) | ||
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Priscilla Davis]], American socialite (b. [[1942]]) | + | *[[2001]] - [[Stanley Kramer]], American director (b. [[1913]]) |
| - | * 2001 - [[Stanley Kramer]], American director (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| * 2001 - [[Charles Trenet]], French singer (b. [[1913]]) | * 2001 - [[Charles Trenet]], French singer (b. [[1913]]) | ||
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Johnny PayCheck]], American singer (b. [[1938]]) | + | *[[2008]] - [[Teo Macero]], [[United States|American]] [[record producer]] and [[saxophonist]]. |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Janet Blair]], American actress (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Celia Franca]], founder of [[National Ballet of Canada]] (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
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| - | 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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Art and culture
- 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)
- 1873 - Louis Feuillade, French film director from the silent era (d. 1925)
- 1876 - Constantin Brancusi, Romanian sculptor (d. 1957)
- 1877 - George Melford, American stage and film actor and film director (d. 1961)
- 1896 - Andre Breton, French writer (d. 1966)
- 1899 - Lucio Fontana, Italian-Argentinian painter and sculptor (d. 1968)
- 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
- 1947 - Jackie Curtis, American actor, poet and playwright (d. 1985)
- 1952 - Ryu Murakami, Japanese novelist and filmmaker (Audition and Tokyo Decadence)
- 1955 - Siri Hustvedt, American novelist, essayist, and poet
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)
- 1988 - René Char, French poet (d. 1907)
- 1990 - Michael Powell, British film director (Peeping Tom) (b. 1905)
- 1994 - Derek Jarman, British film director (b. 1942)
- 2000 - Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Austrian artist (b. 1928)
- 2001 - Stanley Kramer, American director (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Charles Trenet, French singer (b. 1913)
- 2008 - Teo Macero, American record producer and saxophonist.
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