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| - | *[[912]] – [[Leo VI the Wise|Leo VI]], [[Byzantine Emperor]] (b. 866) | ||
| - | *[[1304]] – [[Mahmud Ghazan]], Mongol ruler (b. 1271) | ||
| - | *[[1610]] – [[Matteo Ricci]], Italian Jesuit missionary (b. 1552) | ||
| - | *[[1672]] – [[Charles Seton, 2nd Earl of Dunfermline]], English royalist (b. 1615) | ||
| - | *[[1708]] – [[Jules Hardouin Mansart]], French architect (b. 1646) | ||
| - | *[[1723]] – [[Jean Galbert de Campistron]], French dramatist (b. 1656) | ||
| - | *[[1777]] – [[George Pigot, Baron Pigot]], British governor of Madras (b. 1719) | ||
| - | *[[1778]] – [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham|William Pitt, the Elder]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1708) | ||
| - | *[[1812]] – [[Spencer Perceval]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (assassinated) (b. 1762) | ||
| - | *[[1848]] – [[Tom Cribb]], English boxer (b. 1781) | ||
| *[[1849]] – [[Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier]], French socialite (b. 1777) | *[[1849]] – [[Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier]], French socialite (b. 1777) | ||
| - | *[[1871]] – [[John Herschel]], British mathematician and astronomer (b. 1792) | ||
| - | *[[1887]] – [[Jean Baptiste Boussingault]], French chemist (b. 1802) | ||
| - | *[[1891]] – [[A. E. Becquerel]], French physicist (b. 1820) | ||
| - | *[[1916]] – [[Max Reger]], German composer (b. 1873) | ||
| - | * 1916 – [[Karl Schwarzschild]], German astronomer and physicist (b. 1873) | ||
| *[[1920]] – [[William Dean Howells]], American writer (b. 1837) | *[[1920]] – [[William Dean Howells]], American writer (b. 1837) | ||
| - | *[[1929]] – [[Jozef Murgaš]], Slovak inventor (b. 1864) | ||
| - | *[[1934]] – [[Blaise Diagne]], Sengalese politician (b. 1872) | ||
| - | * 1934 – [[Orest Khvolson]], Russian physicist (b. 1852) | ||
| - | *[[1939]] – [[Evgenii Miller]], Russian counter-revolutionary (b. 1867) | ||
| - | *[[1955]] – [[Gilbert Laird Jessop|Gilbert Jessop]], English cricketer (b. 1874) | ||
| - | *[[1960]] – [[John D. Rockefeller, Jr.]], American philanthropist (b. 1874) | ||
| - | *[[1963]] – [[Herbert Spencer Gasser]], American physiologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (b. 1888) | ||
| - | *[[1970]] – [[Johnny Hodges]], American musician (b. 1906) | ||
| *[[1973]] – [[Lex Barker]], American actor (b. 1919) | *[[1973]] – [[Lex Barker]], American actor (b. 1919) | ||
| *[[1976]] – [[Alvar Aalto]], Finnish architect (b. 1898) | *[[1976]] – [[Alvar Aalto]], Finnish architect (b. 1898) | ||
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| *[[1979]] – [[Lester Flatt]], American bluegrass musician (b. 1914) | *[[1979]] – [[Lester Flatt]], American bluegrass musician (b. 1914) | ||
| *[[1981]] – [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (b. 1897) | *[[1981]] – [[Odd Hassel]], Norwegian chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (b. 1897) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1865 - In a letter written to Édouard Manet, Baudelaire said: "Rops is the one true artist"
- 2006 - Undercover Surrealism exhibition opens in London.
Births
- 1824 - Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor of the Orientalist style
- 1904 - Salvador Dalí, Spanish surrealist artist
- 1928 - Marco Ferreri, Italian filmmaker (d. 1997)
- 1952 - Renaud, popular French singer
Deaths
- 1952 - Eugène François Vidocq, French criminal and first detective
- 1952 - Bob Marley, Jamaican reggae musician
- 1952 - Alvar Aalto, Finnish modernist architect and designer
Events
- 1927 – The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is founded.
- 1987 – Klaus Barbie goes on trial in Lyon for war crimes committed during World War II.
Births
- 1811 – Chang and Eng Bunker, famous conjoined twins (d. 1874)
- 1824 – Jean-Léon Gérôme, French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
- 1827 – Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
- 1894 – Martha Graham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 1991)
- 1904 – Salvador Dalí, Spanish painter (d. 1989)
- 1928 – Yaacov Agam, Israeli sculptor
- 1928 – Marco Ferreri, Italian film director and screenwriter (d. 1997)
- 1935 – Francisco Umbral, Spanish novelist (d. 2007)
- 1941 – Eric Burdon, British singer (The Animals)
- 1948 – Shigeru Izumiya, Japanese folk musician
- 1952 – Renaud Séchan, French composer
- 1963 – Natasha Richardson, English-born actress (d. 2009)
- 1974 – Benoît Magimel, French actor
- 1978 – Laetitia Casta, French supermodel and actress
Deaths
- 1849 – Jeanne Françoise Julie Adélaïde Récamier, French socialite (b. 1777)
- 1920 – William Dean Howells, American writer (b. 1837)
- 1973 – Lex Barker, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1976 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898)
- 1979 – Lester Flatt, American bluegrass musician (b. 1914)
- 1981 – Odd Hassel, Norwegian chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1897)
- 1981 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1945)
- 1985 – Chester Gould, American cartoonist (b. 1900)
- 1986 – Henry P. McIlhenny, American philanthropist (b. 1910)
- 1986 – Fritz Pollard, American football player (b. 1894)
- 1988 – Kim Philby, British spy (b. 1912)
- 1994 – Timothy Carey, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1996 – Ademir Marques de Menezes, Brazilian footballer (b. 1922)
- 1996 – Nnamdi Azikiwe, President of Nigeria (b. 1904)
- 2000 – Paula Wessely, Austrian actress (b. 1907)
- 2001 – Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952)
- 2002 – Renaude Lapointe, French Canadian journalist and senator (b. 1912)
- 2003 – Noel Redding, English bassist (The Jimi Hendrix Experience) (b. 1945)
- 2004 – Mick Doyle, Irish rugby union footballer and coach
- 2004 – John Whitehead, American singer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1949)
- 2005 – Michalis Genitsaris, Greek rebetiko singer and composer (b. 1917)
- 2006 – Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. 1935)
- 2006 – Frankie Thomas, American actor (b. 1921)
- 2006 – Yossi Banai, Israeli singer (b. 1932)
- 2007 – Malietoa Tanumafili II, Sovereign Ruler of Samoa (b. 1913)
- 2007 – Bernard Gordon, blacklisted American author (b. 1918)
- 2008 – Dottie Rambo, American gospel singer (b. 1934)
- 2008 – John Rutsey, Canadian drummer, formerly for Canadian progressive rock band Rush (b. 1953)
- 2008 – Bruno Neves, Portuguese cyclist (b. 1981)
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