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| - | [[May]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | ==Events== |
| + | *[[1865]] - In a letter written to [[Édouard Manet]], [[Baudelaire]] said: "[[Rops]] is the one true artist" | ||
| + | *[[1927]] – The [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences]] is founded. | ||
| + | *[[1987]] – [[Klaus Barbie]] goes on trial in [[Lyon]] for [[war crime]]s committed during World War II. | ||
| + | *[[2006]] - [[Undercover Surrealism]] exhibition opens in London. | ||
| - | == Art and culture == | + | ==Births== |
| - | == Births == | + | *[[1811]] – [[Chang and Eng Bunker]], famous [[conjoined twins]] (d. 1874) |
| - | == Deaths == | + | *[[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) | ||
| + | *[[1952]] – [[Eugène François Vidocq]], French criminal and first detective (b. 1775) | ||
| + | *[[1920]] – [[William Dean Howells]], American writer (b. 1837) | ||
| + | *[[1973]] – [[Lex Barker]], American actor (b. 1919) | ||
| + | *[[1976]] – [[Alvar Aalto]], Finnish architect (b. 1898) | ||
| + | *[[1981]] – [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1945) | ||
| + | *[[2001]] – [[Douglas Adams]], English author (b. 1952) | ||
| + | *[[2004]] – [[John Whitehead (singer)|John Whitehead]], American singer ([[McFadden & Whitehead]]) (b. 1949) | ||
| - | [[Eugène François Vidocq]] (July 23, 1775 – May 11, 1857) was a French criminal who later became the first director of Sûreté Nationale and one of the first ... | + | {{GFDL}} |
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| - | [[Bob Marley]] (February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981), better known as Bob Marley, was a singer, guitarist, songwriter and Rastafarian from the ghettos of ... | + | |
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| - | Jean-Léon Gérôme (May 11, 1824 - 1904) was a French painter and sculptor who produced many works in a historical, Orientalist style. ... | + | |
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| - | In a letter written to Edouard Manet, May 11 1865, [[Baudelaire]] said: "[[Rops]] is the one true artist - what I and perhaps I alone mean by artist - that I have ... | + | |
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| - | [[Salvador Dalí]] (May 11, 1904 - January 23, 1989) was an important Catalan-Spanish painter, best known for his surrealist works. ... | + | |
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| - | [[Alvar Aalto]] (February 3, 1898 - May 11, 1976) was a Finnish architect and designer. He was generally known as Alvar Aalto. ... | + | |
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| - | [[Renaud]] Séchan, known as Renaud, (born in Paris on May 11, 1952) is a popular French singer. His early work is characterized by a volatile temperament, ... | + | |
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Events
- 1865 - In a letter written to Édouard Manet, Baudelaire said: "Rops is the one true artist"
- 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.
- 2006 - Undercover Surrealism exhibition opens in London.
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)
- 1952 – Eugène François Vidocq, French criminal and first detective (b. 1775)
- 1920 – William Dean Howells, American writer (b. 1837)
- 1973 – Lex Barker, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1976 – Alvar Aalto, Finnish architect (b. 1898)
- 1981 – Bob Marley, Jamaican singer and musician (b. 1945)
- 2001 – Douglas Adams, English author (b. 1952)
- 2004 – John Whitehead, American singer (McFadden & Whitehead) (b. 1949)
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