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Events

• 1498 – Vasco da Gama reaches the port of Calicut, India.
• 1593 – Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
• 1652 – Rhode Island passes the first law in North America making slavery illegal.
• 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of the French by the French Senate.
• 1897 – Dracula, a novel by Irish author Bram Stoker is published.
• 1917 - Parade ballet by Erik Satie and Jean Cocteau premiered in Paris.
• 1964 - Mods and Rockers jailed after seaside riots in the U. K..

Births

• 1610 – Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (d. 1664)
• 1868 – Nicholas II of Russia, Tsar of Russia (d. 1918)
• 1872 – Bertrand Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, English mathematician, writer and philosopher, Nobel laureate (d. 1970)
• 1883 – Walter Gropius, German architect (d. 1969)
• 1897 – Frank Capra, American film producer, director, and writer (d. 1991)
• 1912 – Perry Como, American singer (d. 2001)
• 1913 – Charles Trenet, French singer and songwriter (d. 2001)
• 1918 – Massimo Girotti, Italian actor (d. 2003)
• 1919 – Dame Margot Fonteyn, English ballet dancer (d. 1991)
• 1920 – Pope John Paul II (d. 2005)
• 1944 – W. G. Sebald, German-born writer (d. 2001)
• 1950 – Mark Mothersbaugh, American composer, musician, and singer (Devo)
• 1966 – Alton Miller, American techno and house music musician.

Deaths

• 1909 – George Meredith, English novelist and poet (b. 1828)
• 1911 – Gustav Mahler, Austrian composer (b. 1860)
• 1941 – Werner Sombart, German economist and sociologist (b. 1863)
• 1980 – Ian Curtis, English musician, singer and lyricist (Joy Division) (b. 1956)
• 1981 – William Saroyan, American author (b. 1908)
• 1995 – Elisha Cook, Jr., American actor (b. 1903)
• 1999 – Augustus Pablo, Jamaican singer (b. 1954)
• 2004 – Elvin Jones, American jazz drummer (b. 1927)