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== Deaths == == Deaths ==
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-*[[1189]] - [[Minamoto no Yoshitsune]], Japanese general (b. [[1159]]) 
-*[[1336]] - [[Emperor Go-Fushimi]] of Japan (b. [[1288]]) 
-*[[1365]] - [[Louis VI the Roman]], Duke of Bavaria and Elector of Brandenburg (b. [[1328]]) 
-*[[1395]] - [[Constantine Dragas]], Serbian ruler of a semi-independent realm 
-*[[1464]] - [[Thomas de Ros, 10th Baron de Ros]], English politician (executed) (b. [[1427]]) 
*[[1510]] - [[Sandro Botticelli]], Italian painter (b. [[1445]]) *[[1510]] - [[Sandro Botticelli]], Italian painter (b. [[1445]])
-*[[1521]] - [[Edward Stafford, 3rd Duke of Buckingham]], English politician (b. [[1478]]) 
-*[[1536]] - [[George Boleyn, Viscount Rochford]], English diplomat 
-*[[1575]] - [[Matthew Parker]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1504]]) 
-*[[1626]] - [[Joan Pau Pujol|Juan Pujol]], Catalan composer (b. [[1570]]) 
-*[[1643]] - [[Giovanni Picchi]], Italian composer 
-*[[1727]] - [[Catherine I of Russia]] (b. [[1684]]) 
-*[[1729]] - [[Samuel Clarke]], English philosopher (b. [[1675]]) 
-*[[1765]] - [[Alexis Claude Clairault]], French mathematician (b. [[1713]]) 
-*[[1797]] - [[Michel-Jean Sedaine]], French dramatist (b. [[1719]]) 
-*[[1801]] - [[William Heberden]], English physician (b. [[1710]]) 
-*[[1807]] - [[John Gunby]], Maryland Soldier in the [[American Revolutionary War]] (b. [[1745]]) 
-*[[1809]] - [[Leopold Auenbrugger]], Austrian physician (b. [[1722]]) 
-*[[1822]] - [[Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, Duc de Richelieu]], French-Russian statesman (b. [[1766]]) 
-*[[1829]] - [[John Jay]], first [[Chief Justice of the United States]] (b. [[1745]]) 
-*[[1838]] - [[Charles Maurice de Talleyrand]], French diplomat (b. [[1754]]) 
-* 1838 - [[René Caillé]], French explorer (b. [[1799]]) 
-*[[1839]] - [[Archibald Alison (Scottish author)|Archibald Alison]], Scottish author (b. [[1757]]) 
-*[[1868]] - [[Isami Kondo]], [[Shinsengumi]] Commander (b. [[1834]]) 
-*[[1875]] - [[John C. Breckinridge]], [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. [[1821]]) 
-*[[1879]] - [[Asa Packer]], railroad magnate and founder of [[Lehigh Valley Railroad]] (b. [[1805]]) 
-*[[1886]] - [[John Deere]], American blacksmith and manufacturer (b. [[1804]]) 
-*[[1888]] - [[Giacomo Zanella]], Italian poet (b. [[1820]]) 
-*[[1916]] - [[Boris Borisovich Galitzine]], Russian physicist (b. [[1862]]) 
-*[[1917]] - [[Charles Anthoni Johnson Brooke]], ruler of [[Sarawak]] (b. [[1829]]) 
-*[[1919]] - [[Guido von List]], German occult author (b. [[1848]]) 
-*[[1927]] - Major [[Harold Geiger]], U.S. Army aviation pioneer (b. [[1884]]) 
-*[[1935]] - [[Paul Dukas]], French composer (b. [[1865]]) 
-*[[1936]] - [[Panagis Tsaldaris]], twice Greek prime minister (b. [[1868]]) 
-*[[1937]] - [[Guilląme Furrét]], Portuguese playwright and political activist (b. [[1863]]) 
-*[[1938]] - [[Jakob Ehrlich]], Austrian politician and zionist (b. [[1877]]) 
-*[[1947]] - [[George William Forbes]], [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] (b. [[1869]]) 
-*[[1963]] - [[John Wilce]], physician and former head football coach at the Ohio State University (b. [[1888]]) 
-*[[1974]] - [[Ernest Nash]], German born archaeologist (b. [[1898]]) 
-*[[1985]] - [[Abe Burrows]], songwriter, composer, and writer (b. [[1910]]) 
-*[[1987]] - [[Gunnar Myrdal]], Swedish economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1898]]) 
-*[[1992]] - [[Lawrence Welk]], American musician (b. [[1903]])  
-*[[1995]] - [[Hector "Toe" Blake]], Canadian ice hockey player and NHL coach (b. [[1912]]) 
-*[[1996]] - [[Kevin Gilbert]], American singer, composer and instrumentalist (b. [[1966]]) 
-* 1996 - [[Scott Brayton]], American race car driver (b. [[1959]]) 
-*[[1999]] - [[Bruce Fairbairn]], Canadian record producer and musician (b. [[1949]])  
-*[[2000]] - [[Donald Coggan]], 101st [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (b. [[1909]]) 
-*[[2001]] - [[Frank G. Slaughter]], American novelist and physician (b. [[1908]]) 
-*[[2002]] - [[Dave Berg (cartoonist)|Dave Berg]], American cartoonist (b. [[1920]]) 
-* 2002 - [[Sharon Sheeley]], American songwriter (b. [[1940]]) 
-* 2002 - [[David Smith (wrestler)|Davey Boy Smith]], English professional wrestler (b. [[1962]]) 
-* 2002 - [[Ladislao Kubala]], Hungarian-Spanish footballer (b. [[1927]]) 
-*[[2003]] - [[Pop Ivy|Frank "Pop" Ivy]], American and Canadian football coach (b. [[1916]]) 
-*[[2004]] - [[Jørgen Nash]], Danish artist (b. [[1920]]) 
-* 2004 - [[Tony Randall]], American actor (b. [[1920]]) 
-* 2004 - [[Ezzedine Salim]], leader of Iraqi Governing Council (b. [[1943]]) 
-*[[2005]] - [[Frank Gorshin]], American actor (b. [[1934]]) 
-*[[2006]] - [[Cy Feuer]], American playwright (b. [[1911]]) 
-* 2006 - [[Eric Forth]], British [[Member of Parliament]] (b. [[1944]]) 
-* 2006 - Captain [[Nichola Goddard]], Canadian soldier (b. [[1980]]) 
-*[[2007]] - [[Lloyd Alexander]], author (b. [[1924]]) 
- 
- 
*[[1999]] - [[James Broughton]], American artist *[[1999]] - [[James Broughton]], American artist
 +*[[2004]] - [[Jørgen Nash]], Danish artist (b. [[1920]])
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James Whistler's painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) caused controversy when exhibited in London and, later, at the Salon des Refusés in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the accurate portrayal of the natural world.
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James Whistler's painting Symphony in White, No. 1: The White Girl (1862) caused controversy when exhibited in London and, later, at the Salon des Refusés in Paris. The painting epitomizes his theory that art should essentially be concerned with the beautiful arrangement of colors in harmony, not with the accurate portrayal of the natural world.

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