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| - | * [[939]] - King [[Athelstan I of England]] (b. [[895]]) | ||
| - | *[[1271]] - [[Hugh IV, Duke of Burgundy]], French crusader (b. [[1213]]) | ||
| - | *[[1312]] - [[John II, Duke of Brabant]] (b. [[1275]]) | ||
| - | *[[1327]] - [[Elizabeth de Burgh]], queen of [[Robert I of Scotland]] (b. [[1289]]) | ||
| - | *[[1331]] - [[Abu al-Fida]], Arab historian and geographer (b. [[1273]]) | ||
| - | *[[1430]] - [[Vytautas the Great]], Grand Duke of Lithuania (b. [[1350]]) | ||
| - | *[[1439]] - [[Albert II of Germany]], [[Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1397]]) | ||
| - | *[[1449]] - [[Ulugh Beg]], Timurid ruler and astronomer (b. [[1394]]) | ||
| - | *[[1505]] - [[Ivan III of Russia]] (b. [[1440]]) | ||
| - | *[[1553]] - [[Michael Servetus]], Spanish theologian and doctor (burned at the stake) (b. [[1511]]) | ||
| - | *[[1561]] - [[Lope de Aguirre]], Spanish conquistador (b. [[1510]]) | ||
| - | *[[1573]] - [[Laurentius Petri]], first Lutheran Archbishop of Sweden (b. [[1499]]) | ||
| - | *[[1605]] - [[Jellaladin Mahommed Akbar|Akbar, Jellaladin Mahommed]], Mughal Emperor (born [[1542]]) | ||
| - | *[[1617]] - [[Ralph Winwood]], English politician (b. [[1563]]) | ||
| - | *[[1670]] - [[Vavasor Powell]], Welsh non-conformist leader (b. [[1617]]) | ||
| - | *[[1674]] - [[Hallgrímur Pétursson]], Icelandic poet (b. [[1614]]) | ||
| - | *[[1675]] - [[Gilles de Roberval]], French mathematician (b. [[1602]]) | ||
| - | *[[1789]] - [[John Cook (governor)|John Cook]], American farmer and Governor of Delaware (b. [[1730]]) | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Arthur Rhys Davids]], English pilot (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | *[[1935]] - [[E. A. D. Eldridge]], British racing driver (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Helmuth Hubener]], Youth Political Activist against the [[Hitler]] regime (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Marcel Cerdan]], French boxer (b. [[1916]]) | ||
| - | * 1949 - [[Ginette Neveu]], French violinist (b. [[1919]]) | ||
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Thomas Wass]], English cricketer (b. [[1873]]) | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Enrico Mattei]], Italian politician (b. [[1906]]) | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Lise Meitner]], German physicist (b. [[1878]]) | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Rex Stout]], American novelist (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| *[[1977]] - [[James M. Cain]], American novelist (b. [[1892]]) | *[[1977]] - [[James M. Cain]], American novelist (b. [[1892]]) | ||
| *[[1980]] - [[Steve Peregrin Took]], English singer and songwriter (b. [[1949]]) | *[[1980]] - [[Steve Peregrin Took]], English singer and songwriter (b. [[1949]]) | ||
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| *[[2006]] - [[Joe Niekro]], American baseball player (b. [[1944]]) | *[[2006]] - [[Joe Niekro]], American baseball player (b. [[1944]]) | ||
| * 2006 - [[Brad Will]], American anarchist and independent journalist (b. [[1970]]) | * 2006 - [[Brad Will]], American anarchist and independent journalist (b. [[1970]]) | ||
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| == Notes == | == Notes == | ||
| *[[Nouveau Réalisme]] | *[[Nouveau Réalisme]] | ||
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Births
- 1466 - Erasmus, Dutch humanist and theologian (d. 1536)
- 1782 - Niccolò Paganini, Italian violinist and composer (d. 1840)
- 1914 - Dylan Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 1953)
- 1932 - Sylvia Plath, United States writer (d. 1963)
- 1939 - John Cleese, British actor and writer
- 1975 - Zadie Smith, British novelist
Deaths
- 1977 - James M. Cain, American novelist (b. 1892)
- 1980 - Steve Peregrin Took, English singer and songwriter (b. 1949)
- 1980 - John Hasbrouck van Vleck, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1899)
- 1980 - Judy LaMarsh, Canadian politician, author and broadcaster (b. 1924)
- 1990 - Xavier Cugat, Spanish-born musician (b. 1900)
- 1990 - Princess Sophie von Hohenberg, daughter of assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria (b. 1901)
- 1990 - Elliott Roosevelt, American war hero, author, and advertising executive (b. 1910)
- 1990 - Jacques Demy, French film director (b. 1931)
- 1990 - Ugo Tognazzi, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- 1992 - David Bohm, American-born physicist, philosopher, and neuropsychologist (b. 1917)
- 1996 - Morey Amsterdam, American actor (b. 1908)
- 1996 - Arthur Tremblay, French Canadian politician (b. 1917)
- 1999 - Robert Mills, American physicist (b. 1927)
- 1999 - Charlotte Perriand, French architect and designer (b. 1903)
- 2000 - Walter Berry, Austrian bass-baritone (b. 1929)
- 2002 - Tom Dowd, American recording engineer (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Rod Roddy, American television announcer (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Serginho, Brazilian footballer (b. 1974)
- 2006 - Joe Niekro, American baseball player (b. 1944)
- 2006 - Brad Will, American anarchist and independent journalist (b. 1970)
Notes
- Nouveau Réalisme
- Sylvia Plath
- Ugo Tognazzi
- James M. Cain
- Jean Hélion
- Erasmus
- Julius Eastman
- Zadie Smith
- Bernard Parmegiani
- Roy Lichtenstein
- Edward Fitzball
- Jorge Grau
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