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==Births== ==Births==
*[[1473]] - [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], <!-- no POV here --> Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. [[1543]]) *[[1473]] - [[Nicolaus Copernicus]], <!-- no POV here --> 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]]) *[[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]]) *[[1902]] - [[Kay Boyle]], American writer (d. [[1992]])
*[[1917]] - [[Carson McCullers]], American author (d. [[1967]]) *[[1917]] - [[Carson McCullers]], American author (d. [[1967]])
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*[[1934]] - [[Carole Eastman]], American screenwriter (d. [[2004]]) *[[1934]] - [[Carole Eastman]], American screenwriter (d. [[2004]])
*[[1940]] - [[Smokey Robinson]], American singer *[[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== ==Deaths==
*[[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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-notes+
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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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