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*[[1793]] - [[Marie Antoinette]], Queen of France (executed) (b. [[1755]]) | *[[1793]] - [[Marie Antoinette]], Queen of France (executed) (b. [[1755]]) | ||
*[[1962]] - [[Gaston Bachelard]], French philosopher and poet (b. [[1884]]) | *[[1962]] - [[Gaston Bachelard]], French philosopher and poet (b. [[1884]]) | ||
- | *[[1966]] - [[George O'Hara (actor)|George O'Hara]], American actor (b. [[1899]]) | + | *[[1990]] - [[Art Blakey]], American jazz drummer (b. [[1919]]) |
- | *[[1968]] - [[Ellis Kinder]], baseball player (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
- | *[[1972]] - [[Hale Boggs]], U.S. Congressman from Louisiana (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
- | * 1972 - [[Leo G. Carroll]], English actor (b. [[1892]]) | + | |
- | *[[1973]] - [[Gene Krupa]], American musician (b. [[1909]]) | + | |
- | *[[1974]] - [[Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavatar]], noted [[Carnatic music|Carnatic]] [[musician]] (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
- | *[[1978]] - [[Dan Dailey]], American actor (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
- | *[[1979]] - [[Johan Borgen]], Norwegian author (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
- | *[[1981]] - [[Moshe Dayan]], Israeli general (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
- | *[[1982]] - [[Mario del Monaco]], Italian tenor (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
- | *[[1983]] - [[Jakov Gotovac]], Croatian composer (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
- | * 1983 - [[Kelso (horse)|Kelso]], American racehorse (b. [[1957]]) | + | |
- | *[[1986]] - [[Arthur Grumiaux]], Belgian violinist (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
- | *[[1989]] - [[Cornel Wilde]], American actor (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
- | *[[1990]] - [[Jorge Bolet]], Cuban-American classical pianist (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
- | * 1990 - [[Art Blakey]], American jazz drummer (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
*[[1992]] - [[Shirley Booth]], American actress (b. [[1898]]) | *[[1992]] - [[Shirley Booth]], American actress (b. [[1898]]) | ||
*[[1996]] - [[Eric Malpass]], English novelist (b. [[1910]]) | *[[1996]] - [[Eric Malpass]], English novelist (b. [[1910]]) |
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Art and culture
- 1793 - Marie Antoinette, wife of Louis XVI is guillotined at the height of the French Revolution.
Births
- 1854 - Oscar Wilde, Irish writer (d. 1900)
- 1890 - Paul Strand, American photographer (d. 1975)
- 1918 - Louis Althusser, French Marxist philosopher (d. 1990)
- 1923 - Bert Kaempfert, German orchestra leader and songwriter (d. 1980)
- 1927 - Günter Grass, German writer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1938 - Nico (born Christa Päffgen; singer-songwriter, fashion model, actress) (d. 1988)
Deaths
- 1793 - Marie Antoinette, Queen of France (executed) (b. 1755)
- 1962 - Gaston Bachelard, French philosopher and poet (b. 1884)
- 1990 - Art Blakey, American jazz drummer (b. 1919)
- 1992 - Shirley Booth, American actress (b. 1898)
- 1996 - Eric Malpass, English novelist (b. 1910)
- 1996 - Jason Bernard, American actor (b. 1938)
- 1997 - James Michener, American writer (b. 1907)
- 1997 - Audra Lindley, American actress (b. 1918)
- 1998 - Jon Postel, American Internet pioneer (b. 1943)
- 1999 - Jean Shepherd, American writer and actor (b. 1921)
- 2000 - Mel Carnahan, American politician (b. 1934)
- 2002 - Angela Dawson, American murder victim
- 2003 - Avni Arbas, Turkish artist (b. 1919)
- 2003 - Stu Hart, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1915)
- 2003 - László Papp, Hungarian boxer (b. 1926)
- 2004 - Pierre Salinger, John F. Kennedy's White House Press Secretary (b. 1925)
- 2005 - "Len" Dresslar, American singer and voice actor (b. 1925)
- 2005 - David Reilly, American singer (God Lives Underwater) (b. 1971)
- 2006 - Valentín Paniagua Corazao, Ex President of Peru (b. 1936)
- 2006 - Ross Davidson, British actor (b. 1949)
- 2006 - Tommy Johnson, American tubist (b. 1935)
- 2006 - Lister Sinclair, Canadian broadcaster and playwright (b. 1921)
Notes
- Gaston Bachelard
- Oscar Wilde
- Louis Althusser
- Nico
- Art Blakey
- Häxan
- Andrzej Munk
- Repetition (Kierkegaard)
- Paul Strand
- Arnold Böcklin
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