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*[[1865]] - In a letter written to [[Édouard Manet]], [[Baudelaire]] said: "[[Rops]] is the one true artist" *[[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. *[[2006]] - [[Undercover Surrealism]] exhibition opens in London.
-== Births ==+==Births==
-*[[1824]] - [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]], French painter and sculptor of the Orientalist style+*[[1811]] – [[Chang and Eng Bunker]], famous [[conjoined twins]] (d. 1874)
-*[[1904]] - [[Salvador Dalí]], Spanish surrealist artist+*[[1824]] – [[Jean-Léon Gérôme]], French painter and sculptor (d. 1904)
-*[[1928]] - [[Marco Ferreri]], Italian filmmaker (d. [[1997]])+*[[1827]] – [[Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux]], French sculptor and painter (d. 1875)
-*[[1952]] - [[Renaud]], popular French singer+*[[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 ==+==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)
-*[[1952]] - [[Eugène François Vidocq]], French criminal and first detective 
-*[[1952]] - [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican reggae musician 
-*[[1952]] - [[Alvar Aalto]], Finnish modernist architect and designer 
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