May 11
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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
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