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| - | *[[1494]] - [[Germaine Dulac ]] (17 November 1882, Amiens, France - 20 July 1942, Paris) was a French film director and early film theorist. Famously, she directed The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928), | + | *[[1882]] - [[Germaine Dulac ]] (17 November 1882, Amiens, France - 20 July 1942, Paris) was a French film director and early film theorist. Famously, she directed The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928), |
| - | *[[1494]] - [[Peter Cook ]] (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian. | + | *[[1937]] - [[Peter Cook ]] (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian. |
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Art and culture
Births
- 1895 - Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (d. 1975)
- 1904 - Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor (d. 1988)
- 1937 - Peter Cook, British comedian (d. 1995)
- 1942 - Martin Scorsese, American film director
- 1944 - Danny DeVito, American actor
- 1944 - Rem Koolhaas, Dutch architect
- 1966 - Jeff Buckley, American musician (d. 1997)
- 1966 - Sophie Marceau, French actress
Deaths
- 1494 - Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, Italian philosopher (b. 1463)
- 1796 - Catherine II of Russia, Empress of Russia (b. 1729)
- 1858 - Robert Owen, British father of the cooperative movement (b. 1771)
- 1917 - Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (b. 1840)
- 1968 - Mervyn Peake, British writer (b. 1911)
Notes
- 1882 - Germaine Dulac (17 November 1882, Amiens, France - 20 July 1942, Paris) was a French film director and early film theorist. Famously, she directed The Seashell and the Clergyman (1928),
- 1937 - Peter Cook (17 November 1937 – 9 January 1995) was an English satirist, writer and comedian.
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