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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | + | *[[1969]] - James Brown's "[[Funky Drummer]]" recorded in the United States | |
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1894]] - [[Carl Mayer]], Austrian screenplay writer (''The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari'') (d. [[1944]]) | ||
| + | *[[1902]] - [[Jean Painlevé]], French film director (d. [[1989]]) | ||
| *[[1907]] - [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]], French film director (d. [[1977]]) | *[[1907]] - [[Henri-Georges Clouzot]], French film director (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Alistair Cooke]], British-born journalist (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Willem Jacob van Stockum]], Dutch physicist (d. [[1944]]) | ||
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Otto von Habsburg]], Austrian royal | ||
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Judy Canova]], American actress (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Emilio Pucci]], Italian fashion designer (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Kon Ichikawa]], iconic Japanese film director | ||
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Evelyn Keyes]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Robert Byrd]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1917 - [[Bobby Locke]], South African golfer (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Jim Garrison]], American district attorney and judge (d. [[1992]]) | ||
| - | * 1921 - [[Phyllis Thaxter]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Nadine Gordimer]], South African writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] | ||
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Benoît Mandelbrot]], Polish-born French mathematician | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Robert F. Kennedy]], American politician (d. [[1968]]) | ||
| - | * 1925 - [[Maya Plisetskaya]], Russian ballet dancer | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Andrzej W. Schally]], Polish-born endocrinologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] | ||
| - | * 1926 - [[Kaye Ballard]], American comic actress | ||
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Estelle Parsons]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Aleksey Batalov]], Russian actor | ||
| - | * 1928 - [[John Disley]], Welsh athlete | ||
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Don January]], American professional golfer | ||
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Richard Dawson]], British actor and game show host | ||
| *[[1936]] - [[Don DeLillo]], American author | *[[1936]] - [[Don DeLillo]], American author | ||
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Rene Kollo|René Kollo]], German tenor | + | *[[1939]] - [[Copi]], Argentine writer, cartoonist, and playwright (d. [[1987]]) |
| - | * 1937 - [[Ruth Laredo]], American pianist (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1937 - [[Eero Mäntyranta]], Finnish cross-country skier | + | |
| - | * 1937 - [[Viktoriya Tokareva]], Russian playwright | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Dick Smothers]], American comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Bob Einstein]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Haseena Moin]], Pakistani television drama writer and [[Urdu]] playwright | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Joe Biden]], American politician | + | |
| *[[1942]] - [[Meredith Monk]], American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer | *[[1942]] - [[Meredith Monk]], American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer | ||
| - | * 1942 - [[Norman Greenbaum]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Veronica Hamel]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Louie Dampier]], American basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Nanette Workman]], American-born Canadian singer and actress | ||
| - | * 1945 - [[Rick Monday]], [[Major League Baseball]] player | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Duane Allman]], American guitarist. ([[Allman Brothers]]) (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| - | * 1946 - [[Greg Cook]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Joe Walsh]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1948]] - [[John R. Bolton]], American ambassador | ||
| - | * 1948 - [[Barbara Hendricks]], American-born singer | ||
| - | * 1948 - [[Richard Masur]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Thelma Drake]], American politician | ||
| - | *[[1951]] - [[David Walters]], American politician | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[John Van Boxmeer]], [[National Hockey League]] player | ||
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Berit Andnor]], Swedish politician | ||
| - | * 1954 - [[Steve Dahl]], American [[radio personality]] | ||
| *[[1956]] - [[Bo Derek]], American actress | *[[1956]] - [[Bo Derek]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1956 - [[Mark Gastineau]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Jim McGovern (congressman)|James P. McGovern]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Sean Young]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Dave Watson]], English footballer | ||
| - | * 1961 - [[Tim Harvey]], British racing driver | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[William Timothy Gowers|Timothy Gowers]], British mathematician | ||
| - | * 1963 - [[Ming-Na|Ming-Na Wen]], [[Macau]]-born actress | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Michael Diamond|Mike D]], American musician ([[Beastie Boys]]) | ||
| - | * 1965 - [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki Hayashi]], Japanese musician ([[X Japan]]) | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Kevin Gilbert]], American musician (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Teoman]], Turkish rock singer | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Chris Childs]], American basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Callie Thorne]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Matt Blunt]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Delia Gonzalez]], American boxer | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Joey Galloway]], [[American football]] [[wide receiver]] | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[Joel McHale]], American actor and comedian | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Sheema Kalbasi]], Iranian born poet | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Dierks Bentley]], American singer | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Davey Havok]], singer ([[AFI (band)|AFI]]) | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[J. D. Drew]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Dominique Dawes]], American gymnast | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[Theodoros Velkos]], bandminton player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Josh Turner]], American singer | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Rudy Charles]], American professional wrestling referee | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Nadine Velazquez]], American actress and model | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Ryan Leslie]], American singer/songwriter | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Freya Lin]], Taiwanese singer | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Ericson Alexander Molano]], Colombian gospel singer | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[James Chambers (footballer)|James Chambers]], English footballer | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Kimberley Walsh]], English singer ([[Girls Aloud]]) | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Carlos Boozer]], American basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Margo Stilley]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Ferdinando Monfardini]], Italian racing driver | ||
| - | * 1984 - [[Justin Hoyte]], English footballer | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Juan Cruz Álvarez]], Argentine racing driver | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Aaron Yan]], Taiwanese singer and actor | ||
| - | * 1986 - [[Jared Followill]], American bassist ([[Kings of Leon]]) | ||
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Cody Linley]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Princess Sofia of Bulgaria]], titular Bulgarian royal family | ||
| - | * 1999 - [[Prince Umberto of Bulgaria]], titular Bulgarian royal family | ||
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| == Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
| - | * [[870]] - King [[Edmund of East Anglia]] | + | *[[1910]] - [[Leo Tolstoy]], Russian novelist (b. [[1828]]) |
| - | *[[1316]] - King [[John I of France]] (d. [[1316]]) | + | *[[1918]] - [[John Bauer]], Swedish painter and illustrator (b. [[1882]]) |
| - | *[[1437]] - [[Thomas Langley]], [[bishop of Durham]], cardinal and lord chancellor (b. [[1363]]) | + | *[[1925]] - [[Stefan Żeromski]], Polish novelist (''A Story of Sin'') (b. [[1864 ]]) |
| - | *[[1518]] - [[Marmaduke Constable]], English soldier | + | |
| - | * 1518 - [[Pierre de La Rue]], Flemish composer | + | |
| - | *[[1529]] - [[Karl von Miltitz]], papal nuncio | + | |
| - | *[[1591]] - [[Christopher Hatton]], English politician (b. [[1540]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1612]] - [[John Harington]], English writer (b. [[1561]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1651]] - [[Mikołaj Potocki]], Polish soldier (b. [[1595]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1662]] - [[Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria]], Governor of the Spanish Netherlands (b. [[1614]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1695]] - [[Zumbi]], Brazilian runaway slave | + | |
| - | *[[1704]] - [[Charles Plumier]], French botanist (b. [[1646]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1737]] - [[Caroline of Ansbach]], Queen of [[George II of Great Britain]] (b. [[1683]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1742]] - [[Melchior de Polignac]], French diplomat (b. [[1661]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1758]] - [[Johan Helmich Roman]], Swedish composer (b. [[1694]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1764]] - [[Christian Goldbach]], Prussian mathematician (b. [[1690]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1778]] - [[Francesco Cetti]], Italian Jesuit scientist (b. [[1726]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1856]] - [[Farkas Bolyai]], Hungarian mathematician (b. [[1775]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1894]] - [[Anton Rubinstein]], Russian pianist and composer (b. [[1829]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Georgy Voronoy]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1868]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1910]] (N.S.) - [[Leo Tolstoy]], Russian novelist (b. [[1828]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1844]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Willem de Sitter]], Dutch scientist (b. [[1872]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Buenaventura Durruti]], Spanish anarchist (b. [[1896]]) | + | |
| - | * 1936 - [[Jose Antonio Primo de Rivera]], Founder of the [[Falange]]. Executed by firing squad. (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Enzo Matsunaga]], Japanese writer (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Francis William Aston]], British chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1877]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Francesco Cilea]], Italian composer (b. [[1866]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Clyde Vernon Cessna]], aviation pioneer ([[Cessna Aircraft Company|Cessna]]) (b. [[1879]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Mstislav Dobuzhinsky]], Russian-Lithuanian artist (d. [[1875]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Allan Sherman]], American comedian (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| *[[1975]] - [[Francisco Franco]], Head of State of Spain (1936-1975) (b. [[1892]]) | *[[1975]] - [[Francisco Franco]], Head of State of Spain (1936-1975) (b. [[1892]]) | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Trofim Lysenko]], Stalinist biologist (b. [[1898]]) | + | *[[1978]] - [[Giorgio de Chirico]], Greek-Italian painter (b. [[1888]]) |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Vasilisk Gnedov]], Russian poet (b. [[1890]]) | + | *[[1998]] - [[Rolando Alphonso]], Jamaican tenor saxophonist. (b. [[1931]]) |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[John McEwen]], eighteenth [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Marcel Dalio]], French actor (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1994]] - [[John Lucarotti]], TV writer (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Sergei Grinkov]], Russian Olympic and World Figure Skating Champion (b. [[1967]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Dick Littlefield]], baseball player (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Galina Starovoitova]], Russian politician (b. [[1946]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Amintore Fanfani]], Italian politician and prime minister (b. [[1908]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Mike Muuss]], American computer programmer (b. [[1958]]) | + | |
| - | * 2000 - [[Kalle Päätalo]], Finnish writer (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Robert Addie]], British actor (cancer) (b. [[1960]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[David Dacko]], first [[President of the Central African Republic]] (b. [[1930]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Eugene Kleiner]], American entrepreneur (b. [[1923]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Roger Short]], British Consulate General (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Jim Siedow]], American actor (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Kerem Yilmazer]], Turkish actor (b. [[1945]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Loris Azzaro]], French fashion designer (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[David Grierson]], Canadian radio host (b. [[1955]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Jenny Ross]], English musician ([[Section 25]]) (b. [[1962]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Manouchehr Atashi]], Iranian poet (b. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | *2005 - [[Sheldon Gardner]], American psychologist (b. [[1934]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[James King (tenor)|James King]], American singer (b. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Chris Whitley]], American musician (b. [[1960]]) | + | |
| *[[2006]] - [[Robert Altman]], American film director (b. [[1925]]) | *[[2006]] - [[Robert Altman]], American film director (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | * 2006 - [[Andre Waters]], American football player (b. [[1962]]) | ||
| - | * 2006 - [[Zoia Ceauşescu]], Romanian mathematician (b. [[1950]]) | ||
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| - | ==Notes== | ||
| - | * Robert Altman | ||
| - | * Henri-Georges Clouzot | ||
| - | * Leo Tolstoy | ||
| - | * Giorgio de Chirico | ||
| - | * Stefan Żeromski | ||
| - | * Jean Painlevé | ||
| - | * Meredith Monk | ||
| - | * Copi | ||
| - | * Rolando Alphonso | ||
| - | * John Bauer | ||
| - | o Carl Mayer | ||
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Art and culture
- 1969 - James Brown's "Funky Drummer" recorded in the United States
Births
- 1894 - Carl Mayer, Austrian screenplay writer (The Cabinet of Doctor Caligari) (d. 1944)
- 1902 - Jean Painlevé, French film director (d. 1989)
- 1907 - Henri-Georges Clouzot, French film director (d. 1977)
- 1936 - Don DeLillo, American author
- 1939 - Copi, Argentine writer, cartoonist, and playwright (d. 1987)
- 1942 - Meredith Monk, American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer
- 1956 - Bo Derek, American actress
Deaths
- 1910 - Leo Tolstoy, Russian novelist (b. 1828)
- 1918 - John Bauer, Swedish painter and illustrator (b. 1882)
- 1925 - Stefan Żeromski, Polish novelist (A Story of Sin) (b. 1864 )
- 1975 - Francisco Franco, Head of State of Spain (1936-1975) (b. 1892)
- 1978 - Giorgio de Chirico, Greek-Italian painter (b. 1888)
- 1998 - Rolando Alphonso, Jamaican tenor saxophonist. (b. 1931)
- 2006 - Robert Altman, American film director (b. 1925)
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