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+ | *[[1882]] - [[Germaine Dulac ]], French film director and film theorist (''The Seashell and the Clergyman'') (d. [[1942]]) | ||
*[[1895]] - [[Mikhail Bakhtin]], Russian philosopher (d. [[1975]]) | *[[1895]] - [[Mikhail Bakhtin]], Russian philosopher (d. [[1975]]) | ||
*[[1904]] - [[Isamu Noguchi]], American sculptor (d. [[1988]]) | *[[1904]] - [[Isamu Noguchi]], American sculptor (d. [[1988]]) | ||
- | *[[1937]] - [[Peter Cook]], British comedian (d. [[1995]]) | + | *[[1937]] - [[Peter Cook ]], English satirist, writer and comedian. (d. [[1995]]) |
*[[1942]] - [[Martin Scorsese]], American film director | *[[1942]] - [[Martin Scorsese]], American film director | ||
*[[1944]] - [[Danny DeVito]], American actor | *[[1944]] - [[Danny DeVito]], American actor | ||
*[[1944]] - [[Rem Koolhaas]], Dutch architect | *[[1944]] - [[Rem Koolhaas]], Dutch architect | ||
*[[1966]] - [[Jeff Buckley]], American musician (d. [[1997]]) | *[[1966]] - [[Jeff Buckley]], American musician (d. [[1997]]) | ||
- | * 1966 - [[Sophie Marceau]], French actress | + | *[[1966]] - [[Sophie Marceau]], French actress |
== Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
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*[[1917]] - [[Auguste Rodin]], French sculptor (b. [[1840]]) | *[[1917]] - [[Auguste Rodin]], French sculptor (b. [[1840]]) | ||
*[[1968]] - [[Mervyn Peake]], British writer (b. [[1911]]) | *[[1968]] - [[Mervyn Peake]], British writer (b. [[1911]]) | ||
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- | *[[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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Births
- 1882 - Germaine Dulac , French film director and film theorist (The Seashell and the Clergyman) (d. 1942)
- 1895 - Mikhail Bakhtin, Russian philosopher (d. 1975)
- 1904 - Isamu Noguchi, American sculptor (d. 1988)
- 1937 - Peter Cook , English satirist, writer and 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)
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