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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]]) | ||
| *[[1936]] - [[Don DeLillo]], American author | *[[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 | *[[1942]] - [[Meredith Monk]], American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer | ||
| *[[1956]] - [[Bo Derek]], American actress | *[[1956]] - [[Bo Derek]], American actress | ||
| == Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
| - | *[[1910]] (N.S.) - [[Leo Tolstoy]], Russian novelist (b. [[1828]]) | + | *[[1910]] - [[Leo Tolstoy]], Russian novelist (b. [[1828]]) |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Alexandra of Denmark|Queen Alexandra of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1844]]) | + | *[[1918]] - [[John Bauer]], Swedish painter and illustrator (b. [[1882]]) |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Willem de Sitter]], Dutch scientist (b. [[1872]]) | + | *[[1925]] - [[Stefan Żeromski]], Polish novelist (''A Story of Sin'') (b. [[1864 ]]) |
| - | *[[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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