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| == Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
| *[[1639]] - [[Johannes Meursius]], Dutch classical scholar (b. [[1579]])*[[1945]] - [[William Buehler Seabrook]], Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. [[1884]]) | *[[1639]] - [[Johannes Meursius]], Dutch classical scholar (b. [[1579]])*[[1945]] - [[William Buehler Seabrook]], Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. [[1884]]) | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Eduard Wirths]], Nazi physician at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. [[1909]]) | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Raimu]], French actor (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Fiorello LaGuardia]], Mayor of New York City (b. [[1882]]) | ||
| *[[1957]] - [[Jean Sibelius]], Finnish composer (b. [[1865]]) | *[[1957]] - [[Jean Sibelius]], Finnish composer (b. [[1865]]) | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Giorgos Seferis]], Greek poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1900]]) | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Jim Croce]], American singer and songwriter (b. [[1943]]) | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Saint-John Perse]], French diplomat and writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1887]]) | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Ludvík Svoboda]], [[President of Czechoslovakia]] (b. [[1895]]) | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Sanpei Hayashiya]], Japanese comedian (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Richie Ginther]], American racing driver (b. [[1930]]) | ||
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Erich Hartmann]], German pilot (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Jule Styne]], American songwriter (b. [[1905]]) | ||
| - | * 1994 - [[Abioseh Nicol]], Sierra Leonean diplomat and noted author (b. [[1924]]) | ||
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Paul Erdős]], Hungarian mathematician (b. [[1913]]) | ||
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Raisa Gorbachyova]], wife of [[Mikhail Gorbachev]] (b. [[1932]]) | ||
| - | * 1999 - [[Robert Lebel]], Quebec ice hockey administrator (b. [[1905]]) | ||
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Gherman Titov]], cosmonaut (b. [[1935]]) | ||
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Lord Williams of Mostyn]], British politician (b. [[1941]]) | ||
| - | * 2003 - [[Gordon Mitchell]], American actor (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | * 2003 - [[Simon Muzenda]], Zimbabwe politician (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Brian Clough]], English footballer and football manager (b. [[1935]]) | ||
| - | * 2004 - [[Townsend Hoopes]], American politician (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Simon Wiesenthal]], Austrian-Polish Nazi hunter (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Armin Jordan]], Swiss conductor (b. [[1932]]) | ||
| - | * 2006 - [[John W. Peterson]], American songwriter (b. [[1921]]) | ||
| == Notes == | == Notes == | ||
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Art and culture
- 1633 - Galileo Galilei is tried before the Inquisition for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun.
- 1946 - The first Cannes Film Festival is held.
- 1959 - Brion Gysin makes his first cut-up in the Beat Hotel in Paris.
Births
- 1934 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress
- 1959 - Danny Devos, Belgian artist
- 1975 - Asia Argento, Italian actress
Deaths
- 1639 - Johannes Meursius, Dutch classical scholar (b. 1579)*1945 - William Buehler Seabrook, Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. 1884)
- 1957 - Jean Sibelius, Finnish composer (b. 1865)
Notes
- Johannes Meursius
- Raymond Borde
- Sophia Loren
- Sylvester James
- Andrzej Munk
- Desire Unbound
- Jeanloup Sieff
- Joseph Breitbach
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