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| - | *[[1163]] - [[Ladislaus II of Hungary]] (b. [[1131]]) | ||
| - | *[[1331]] - [[Odoric of Pordenone|Odoric]], Italian explorer (b. [[1286]]) | ||
| - | *[[1640]] - [[Thomas Coventry, 1st Baron Coventry]], English lawyer and judge (b. [[1578]]) | ||
| - | *[[1676]] - [[Francesco Cavalli]], Italian composer (b. [[1602]]) | ||
| - | *[[1679]] - [[Jacques de Billy]], French mathematician (b. [[1602]]) | ||
| - | *[[1701]] - [[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], Japanese warlord (b. [[1628]]) | ||
| - | *[[1742]] - [[Edmond Halley]], English scientist (b. [[1656]]) | ||
| *[[1753]] - [[George Berkeley]], Irish theologian (b. [[1685]]) | *[[1753]] - [[George Berkeley]], Irish theologian (b. [[1685]]) | ||
| *[[1786]] - [[Meshech Weare]], Governor of New Hampshire (b. [[1713]]) | *[[1786]] - [[Meshech Weare]], Governor of New Hampshire (b. [[1713]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1832 - American author Edgar Allan Poe publishes his first short story, "Metzengerstein".
Births
- 1836 - Henri Fantin-Latour, French painter (d. 1904)
- 1892 - Hal Roach, American film producer (d. 1992)
- 1896 - John Dos Passos, American author (d. 1970)
- 1905 - Cecil Beaton, English photographer (d. 1980)
- 1909 - Joseph Losey, American theatre and film director (d. 1984)
- 1921 - Murray Bookchin, American libertarian socialist (d. 2006)
- 1925 - Yukio Mishima, Japanese writer (d. 1970)
- 1933 - Stan Brakhage, American filmmaker (d. 2003)
- 1963 - Steven Soderbergh, American director
- 1968 - LL Cool J, American rapper and actor
Deaths
- 1753 - George Berkeley, Irish theologian (b. 1685)
- 1786 - Meshech Weare, Governor of New Hampshire (b. 1713)
- 1788 - François Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasetilly, comte de Grasse, French admiral (b. 1722)
- 1825 - George Dance the Younger, English architect (b. 1741)
- 1833 - Seraphim of Sarov, Russian Orthodox saint (b. 1759)
- 1867 - Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (b. 1780)
- 1889 - Ema Puksec, Croatian singer (b. 1834)
- 1898 - Lewis Carroll, English writer and mathematician (b. 1832)
- 1901 - Charles Hermite, French mathematician (b. 1822)
- 1905 - Ernst Abbe, German physicist (b. 1840)
- 1915 - Richard Meux Benson, founder of Anglican religious order (b. 1824)
- 1920 - John Francis Dodge, American automobile pioneer (b. 1864)
- 1937 - Jaishankar Prasad, Hindi poet, dramatist and novelist (b. 1889)
- 1942 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian writer (b. 1883)
- 1949 - Joaquín Turina, Spanish composer (b. 1882)
- 1952 - Artur Kapp, Estonian composer (b. 1878)
- 1957 - Humphrey Bogart, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1961 - Barry Fitzgerald, Irish actor (b. 1888)
- 1965 - Jeanette MacDonald, American actress and singer (b. 1903)
- 1966 - Bill Carr, American athlete (b. 1909)
- 1966 - Sergei Korolev, Russian rocket scientist (b. 1906)
- 1970 - William Feller, Croatian mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1972 - King Frederick IX of Denmark (b. 1899)
- 1977 - Anthony Eden, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1897)
- 1977 - Peter Finch, English-born actor (b. 1916)
- 1977 - Anaïs Nin, French author (b. 1903)
- 1978 - Harold Abrahams, British athlete (b. 1899)
- 1978 - Kurt Gödel, Austrian mathematician (b. 1906)
- 1978 - Blossom Rock, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1979 - Thomas DeSimone, gangster associate of the Lucchese crime family (b. 1950)
- 1980 - Robert Ardrey, American author (b. 1908)
- 1984 - Ray Kroc, American fast food entrepreneur (b. 1902)
- 1986 - Daniel Balavoine, French singer (b. 1952)
- 1986 - Donna Reed, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1988 - Georgi Malenkov, First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party (b. 1902)
- 1990 - Mani Madhava Chakyar, Legendary Koodiyattam artist and Sanskrit scholar (b. 1899)
- 1997 - Dollard Ménard, French Canadian general (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Burkhard Heim, German physicist (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Koloman Sokol, Slovak painter (b. 1902)
- 2004 - Uta Hagen, American actress (b. 1919)
- 2004 - Ron O'Neal, American actor (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Valfar, Norwegian musician (Windir)
- 2005 - Charlotte MacLeod, American writer (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Conroy Maddox, English painter (b. 1912)
- 2005 - Rudolph Moshammer, German fashion designer (b. 1940)
- 2005 - Jesús-Rafael Soto, Venezuelan kinetic artist (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Jim Gary, American sculptor (b. 1939)
- 2006 - Shelley Winters, American actress (b. 1920)
- 2006 - Mark Philo, English footballer (b. 1984)
- 2006 - Henri Colpi, French film editor and director (b. 1921)
- 2007 - Darlene Conley, American actress (b. 1934)
- 2007 - Barbara Kelly, Canadian-born actress (b. 1924)
Notes
Douglas Sirk Stan Brakhage Lewis Carroll Yukio Mishima Conroy Maddox Shelley Winters Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres Cecil Beaton Murray Bookchin Fritz Kahn Rodolphe Bresdin LL Cool J Norris Embry Richard F. Outcault Steven Soderbergh Jean Dutourd Henri Fantin-Latour The Hunchback of Notre Dame List of Belgian painters Harriet Andersson Jerzy Grotowski Koloman Sokol
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