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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1783]] - [[Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg]], Danish painter (d. [[1853]]) | ||
| *[[1896]] - [[Dziga Vertov]], Russian filmmaker (d. [[1954]]) | *[[1896]] - [[Dziga Vertov]], Russian filmmaker (d. [[1954]]) | ||
| + | *[[1902]] - [[Alfred H. Barr, Jr.]], American art historian (MoMA) (d. [[1981]]) | ||
| *[[1920]] - [[Isaac Asimov]], Russian-born author (d. [[1992]]) | *[[1920]] - [[Isaac Asimov]], Russian-born author (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| + | *[[1919]] - [[Charles Willeford]], American writer (''Miami Blues'') (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| + | *[[1929]] - [[Charles Beaumont]], American writer (''The Intruder'') (d. [[1967]]) | ||
| *[[1938]] - [[Ian Brady]], British serial killer | *[[1938]] - [[Ian Brady]], British serial killer | ||
| + | *[[1938]] - [[Robert Smithson]], American artist (land art) (d. [[1973]]) | ||
| + | *[[1938]] - [[David Bailey (photographer)|David Bailey]], British photographer | ||
| *[[1961]] - [[Todd Haynes]], American film director | *[[1961]] - [[Todd Haynes]], American film director | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1512]] - [[Svante, Regent of Sweden]] (b. [[1460]]) | ||
| - | *[[1514]] - [[William Smyth]], English bishop and statesman (bc. [[1460]]) | ||
| *[[1557]] - [[Pontormo]], Italian painter (b. [[1494]]) | *[[1557]] - [[Pontormo]], Italian painter (b. [[1494]]) | ||
| - | *[[1685]] - [[Harbottle Grimston]], English politician (b. [[1603]]) | + | *[[1801]] - [[Johann Kaspar Lavater]], Swiss poet and physiognomist (''Essays on Physiognomy'') (b. [[1741]]) |
| - | *[[1694]] - [[Henry Booth, 1st Earl of Warrington]], English politician (b. [[1651]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1726]] - [[Domenico Zipoli]], Italian composer (b. [[1688]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1892]] - [[George Airy]], British [[Astronomer Royal]] (b. [[1801]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1893]] - [[John Obadiah Westwood]], British entomologist (b. [[1805]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1904]] - [[James Longstreet]], American Confederate general (b. [[1821]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Léon Teisserenc de Bort]], French meteorologist (b. [[1855]]) | + | |
| *[[1917]] - [[Edward Burnett Tylor]], English anthropologist (b. [[1832]]) | *[[1917]] - [[Edward Burnett Tylor]], English anthropologist (b. [[1832]]) | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Paul Adam]], French novelist (b. [[1862]]) | + | *[[1971]] - [[Willard Maas]], American filmmaker and poet (''Blow Job'') (b. [[1906]] or [[1911]]) |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Sabine Baring-Gould]], English composer and novelist (b. [[1834]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Roman Dmowski]], Polish politician (b. [[1864]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Joe Darling]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1870]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Emil Jannings]], Swiss actor and the first winner of the [[Academy Award for Best Actor]] (b. [[1884]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Chris van Abkoude]], Dutch-American writer and novelist (b. [[1880]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Fausto Coppi]], Italian cyclist (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | * 1960 - [[Paul Sauvé]], Canadian politician (b. [[1907]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Dick Powell]], American actor (b. [[1904]]) | + | |
| - | * 1963 - [[Jack Carson]], American actor (b. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Tex Ritter]], American actor (b. [[1905]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Errol Garner]], American musician (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Una Merkel]], American actress (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | * 1986 - [[Bill Veeck]], baseball executive (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | * 1986 - [[Dick James]], English music publisher ([[Northern Songs]]) (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Alan Hale Jr.]], American actor (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Dixy Lee Ray]], American politician (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Siad Barre]], [[President of Somalia]] (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | * 1995 - [[Nancy Kelly]], American actress (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Karl Targownik]], Hungarian psychiatrist (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Randy California]], American guitarist & songwriter ([[Spirit (band)|Spirit]]) (b. [[1951]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Sebastian Haffner]], German journalist and author (b. [[1907]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Nat Adderley]], American musician and composer (b. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | * 2000 - [[Patrick O'Brian]], British novelist (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | * 2000 - [[Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr.]], U.S. admiral (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Teri Diver]], American actress (b. [[1971]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Armi Aavikko]], Finnish singer (b. [[1958]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Lynn Cartwright]], American actress (b. [[1927]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Jess Collins]], American artist (b. [[1923]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Cyril Fletcher]], British comedian (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Frank Kelly Freas]], American artist (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Ronald 'Bo' Ginn]], American politician (b. [[1934]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Maclyn McCarty]], American geneticist (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Edo Murtić]], Croatian painter (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Teddy Kollek]], Austrian-born mayor of Jerusalem (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Robert C. Solomon]], American scholar of continental philosophy (b. [[1942]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Dan Shaver]], NASCAR driver and ARCA race car driver/owner (b. [[1950]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[David Perkins (geneticist)|David Perkins]], Stanford University geneticist (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Paek Nam-sun]], North Korean Foreign Affairs minister (b. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[A. Richard Newton|Richard Newton]], Australian-born technology pioneer and professor (b. [[1951]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Don Massengale]], American [[PGA Tour]] golf player (b. [[1937]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Mauno Jokipii]], Finnish professor and [[World War II]] researcher (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Sergio Jiménez]], Mexican actor (b. [[1937]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Elizabeth Fox-Genovese]], American historian (b. [[1941]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Garry Betty]], American CEO of Earthlink (b. [[1957]]) | + | |
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| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | Robert Smithson | + | |
| - | Dziga Vertov | + | |
| - | Pontormo | + | |
| - | Johann Kaspar Lavater | + | |
| - | Charles Beaumont | + | |
| - | Ian Brady | + | |
| - | Willard Maas | + | |
| - | David Bailey (photographer) | + | |
| - | Todd Haynes | + | |
| - | Isaac Asimov | + | |
| - | Al-Andalus | + | |
| - | Alfred H. Barr, Jr. | + | |
| - | Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg | + | |
| - | Edward Burnett Tylor | + | |
| - | Dirk Bikkembergs | + | |
| - | Charles Willeford | + | |
| - | Rutebeuf | + | |
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Births
- 1783 - Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, Danish painter (d. 1853)
- 1896 - Dziga Vertov, Russian filmmaker (d. 1954)
- 1902 - Alfred H. Barr, Jr., American art historian (MoMA) (d. 1981)
- 1920 - Isaac Asimov, Russian-born author (d. 1992)
- 1919 - Charles Willeford, American writer (Miami Blues) (d. 1988)
- 1929 - Charles Beaumont, American writer (The Intruder) (d. 1967)
- 1938 - Ian Brady, British serial killer
- 1938 - Robert Smithson, American artist (land art) (d. 1973)
- 1938 - David Bailey, British photographer
- 1961 - Todd Haynes, American film director
Deaths
- 1557 - Pontormo, Italian painter (b. 1494)
- 1801 - Johann Kaspar Lavater, Swiss poet and physiognomist (Essays on Physiognomy) (b. 1741)
- 1917 - Edward Burnett Tylor, English anthropologist (b. 1832)
- 1971 - Willard Maas, American filmmaker and poet (Blow Job) (b. 1906 or 1911)
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