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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
*[[1633]] - [[Galileo Galilei]] is tried before [[Spanish Inquisition|the Inquisition]] for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun. *[[1633]] - [[Galileo Galilei]] is tried before [[Spanish Inquisition|the Inquisition]] for teaching that the Earth orbits the Sun.
-*[[1946]] - The first [[Cannes Film Festival]] is held.+*[[1946]] - The [[Cannes Film Festival]] [[Festival de Cannes 1946|is relaunched]] after the war.
-*[[1959]] - [[Brion Gysin]] makes his first [[cut-up]] in the [[Beat Hotel]] in [[Paris]]. +*[[1959]] - [[Brion Gysin]] makes his first [[cut-up]] in the [[Beat Hotel]] in [[Paris]].
-*[[1962]] - [[James Meredith]], an [[African-American]], is barred from entering the [[University of Mississippi]].+*[[2001]] - [[Desire Unbound|Tate Modern's Surrealism: Desire Unbound]], exhibition on surrealism opens in London.
-*[[1967]] - The [[Queen Elizabeth 2|RMS ''Queen Elizabeth 2'']] is launched at [[John Brown & Company]], [[Clydebank]], [[Scotland]]. It is operated by the [[Cunard Line]].+
-*[[1969]] - [[John Lennon]] leaves [[The Beatles]] but does not make a public announcement+
-*[[1970]] - [[Syria]]n tanks roll into [[Jordan]] in response to continued fighting between [[Jordan]] and the [[fedayeen]]. The [[Jordanians]] knock out 30 of the [[Syrian]] tanks.+
-*[[1973]] - [[Billie Jean King]] beats [[Bobby Riggs]] in battle-of-sexes [[tennis]] match at the [[Reliant Astrodome|Houston Astrodome]] in [[Houston, Texas]].+
-*[[1977]] - The [[Vietnam|Socialist Republic of Vietnam]] is admitted to the [[United Nations]]+
-*[[1979]] - [[Lee Iacocca]] is elected [[president]] of the [[DaimlerChrysler|Chrysler Corporation]].+
-* 1979 - A [[coup d'état]] in the [[Central African Republic|Central African Empire]] overthrows [[Emperor]] [[Jean-Bédel Bokassa|Bokasa I]].+
-* 1979 - The [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] wing of the [[Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist)]] formally splits and constitutes a parallel [[Unity Centre of Communist Revolutionaries of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Harbhajan Sohi)|UCCRI(ML)]].+
-* 1979 - Assassination of [[France|French]] left-wing militant [[Pierre Goldman]].+
-*[[1984]] - A suicide bomber in a car attacks the [[United States|U.S.]] [[embassy]] in [[Beirut]], [[Lebanon]], killing twenty-two people.+
-*1984 - The popular American sitcoms ''[[The Cosby Show]]'' and ''[[Who's the Boss?|Who's The Boss?]]'' premiere on ''[[NBC]]'' and ''[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'' respectively.+
-*[[1990]] - [[South Ossetia]] declares its independence from [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]].+
-*[[1992]] - [[National Football League]]: [[Brett Favre]], quarterback of the [[Green Bay Packers]], begins his most consecutive starts streak for a quarterback in the NFL.+
-*[[1998]] - [[Major League Baseball]]: [[Cal Ripken, Jr]] of the [[Baltimore Orioles]] takes a day off after playing a record 2,632 consecutive games.+
-*[[2000]] - The British [[MI6]] [[Secret Intelligence Service]] [[SIS Building|building]] was attacked by a Russian-built Mark 22 anti-tank missile+
-*[[2001]] - In an address to a joint session of Congress and the American People president George W. Bush declares "war on terror".+
-*[[2002]] - [[Kolka-Karmadon rock ice slide|Kolka-Karmadon rock/ice slide]] started.+
-*[[2003]] - A [[referendum]] is held in [[Latvia]] to decide the country's accession to the [[European Union]].+
-* 2003 - [[2003 Maldives civil unrest|Maldives civil unrest]]: the death of prisoner [[Hassan Evan Naseem]] sparks a day of rioting in [[Malé]].+
==Births== ==Births==
-*[[1486]] - [[Arthur, Prince of Wales]], son of King [[Henry VII of England]] (d. [[1502]]) 
-*[[1599]] - [[Christian the Younger]], German Protestant military leader (d. [[1623]]) 
-*[[1744]] - [[Thomas Grosvenor]], [[American Revolutionary War]] hero (d. [[1825]]) 
-*[[1778]] - [[Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen]], Russian naval officer and explorer (d. [[1852]]) 
-*[[1833]] - [[Ernesto Teodoro Moneta]], Italian pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1918]]) 
-*[[1842]] - [[James Dewar]], Scottish chemist (d. [[1923]]) 
-*[[1844]] - [[William H. Illingworth]], American photographer (d. [[1893]]) 
-*[[1853]] - [[Chulalongkorn|Rama V]], [[King of Thailand]] (d. [[1910]]) 
-*[[1861]] - [[Herbert Putnam]], [[Librarian of Congress]] (d. [[1955]]) 
-*[[1872]] - [[Maurice Gamelin]], French army general (d. [[1958]]) 
-*[[1873]] - [[Sidney Olcott]], Canadian film director (d. [[1949]]) 
-* 1873 - [[Ferenc Szisz]], Hungarian race car driver (d. [[1944]]) 
-*[[1878]] - [[Upton Sinclair]], American writer (d. [[1968]]) 
-*[[1880]] - [[Louise Peete]], American murderess (d. [[1947]]) 
-*[[1884]] - [[Maxwell Perkins]], American editor and publisher (d. [[1947]]) 
-*[[1886]] - [[Charles Williams (UK writer)|Charles Williams]], British author (d. [[1945]]) 
-*[[1889]] - [[Charles Reidpath]], American athlete (d. [[1975]]) 
-*[[1899]] - [[Leo Strauss]], German-born philosopher (d. [[1973]]) 
-*[[1902]] - [[Stevie Smith]], British poet (d. [[1971]]) 
-*[[1911]] - [[Shriram Sharma Acharya]], Indian spiritual leader (d. [[1991]]) 
-*[[1914]] - [[Kenneth More]], English actor (d. [[1982]]) 
-*[[1917]] - [[Red Auerbach]], American basketball coach (d. [[2006]]) 
-* 1917 - [[Fernando Rey]], Spanish-born actor (d. [[1994]]) 
-*[[1920]] - [[Jay Ward]], American animated cartoonist (d. [[1989]]) 
-* 1920 - [[Alberto de Lacerda]], Portuguese poet (d. [[2007]]) 
-*[[1922]] - [[William Kapell]], American pianist (d. [[1953]]) 
-*[[1923]] - [[Geraldine Clinton Little]], Irish-born poet (d. [[1997]]) 
-*[[1924]] - [[Gogi Grant]], American singer 
-*[[1925]] - [[Ananda Mahidol]], [[King of Thailand]] (d. [[1946]]) 
-* 1925 - [[Bobby Nunn]], American singer ([[The Coasters]]) (d. [[1986]]) 
-*[[1926]] - [[Donald Hall]], American poet and [[Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress|US Poet Laureate]] 
-*[[1927]] - [[Johnny Dankworth]], English musician and composer 
-* 1927 - [[Rachel Roberts (British actress)|Rachel Roberts]], English actress (d. [[1980]]) 
-*[[1928]] - [[Joyce Brothers]], American psychologist and advice columnist 
-* 1928 - [[Kirsten Rolffes]], Danish actress (d. [[2000]]) 
-*[[1929]] - [[Anne Meara]], American comic and actress 
-*[[1933]] - [[Dennis Viollet]], English former footballer (d. [[1999]]) 
*[[1934]] - [[Sophia Loren]], Italian actress *[[1934]] - [[Sophia Loren]], Italian actress
-*[[1935]] - [[Jim Taylor]], [[National Football League]] player 
-* 1935 - [[Keith Roberts]], British science fiction author (d. [[2000]]) 
-*[[1937]] - [[Birgitta Dahl]], Swedish politician 
-* 1937 - [[Monica Zetterlund]], Swedish actress and singer (d. [[2005]]) 
-*[[1939]] - [[Robert L. Gerry III]], American businessman 
-*[[1941]] - [[Dale Chihuly]], American glass artist 
-*[[1942]] - [[Gérald Tremblay]], [[Québec]] politician 
-*[[1947]] - [[Mia Martini]], Italian singer (d. [[1995]]) 
-* 1947 - [[Bruce Pasternack]], American CEO 
-*[[1948]] - [[George R. R. Martin]], American writer 
-* 1948 - [[Chuck Panozzo]] and [[John Panozzo]] (d. [[1996]]), American musicians ([[Styx (band)|Styx]]) 
-*[[1949]] - [[John W. Henry]], American [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] team owner 
-*[[1951]] - [[Guy Lafleur]], Canadian ice hockey player 
-* 1951 - [[Javier Marías]], Spanish novelist 
-*[[1954]] - [[Henry Samueli]], American [[NHL]] team owner 
-*[[1956]] - [[Gary Cole]], American actor 
*[[1959]] - [[Danny Devos]], Belgian artist *[[1959]] - [[Danny Devos]], Belgian artist
-*[[1961]] - [[Lisa Bloom]], American lawyer and television personality 
-*[[1964]] - [[Maggie Cheung]], Hong Kong actress 
-*[[1965]] - [[Robert Rusler]], American actor 
-*[[1966]] - [[Nuno Bettencourt]], Portuguese rock musician 
-*[[1967]] - [[Kristen Johnston]], American actress 
-* 1967 - [[Gunnar Nelson|Gunnar]] and [[Matthew Nelson]], American musicians ([[Nelson (band)|Nelson]])  
-*[[1968]] - [[Leah Pinsent]], Canadian actress 
-* 1968 - [[Darrell Russell (drag racer)|Darrell Russell]], American race car driver (d. [[2004]]) 
-*[[1969]] - [[Victoria Dillard]], American actress 
-*[[1971]] - [[Henrik Larsson]], Swedish footballer 
-* 1971 - [[Masashi Hamauzu]], Japanese composer 
-*[[1974]] - [[Michael Waddington]], American defense lawyer 
*[[1975]] - [[Asia Argento]], Italian actress *[[1975]] - [[Asia Argento]], Italian actress
-* 1975 - [[Juan Pablo Montoya]], Colombian race car driver 
-*[[1976]] - [[Reuben Singh]], British entrepreneur 
-* 1976 - [[Yui Horie]], Japanese [[seiyuu]] 
-*[[1977]] - [[Namie Amuro]], Japanese pop singer 
-*[[1978]] - [[Jason Bay]], Canadian baseball player 
-* 1978 - [[Sarit Hadad]], Israeli singer 
-* 1978 - [[T.J. Tucker]], American baseball player 
-*[[1979]] - [[Sean Davis (footballer)|Sean Davis]], English footballer 
-*[[1980]] - [[Mariacarla Boscono]], Italian fashion model 
-* 1980 - [[Jonathan Le Billon]], British actor 
-* 1980 - [[Vladimir Karpets]], Russian cyclist 
-*[[1980]] - [[Luke Munns]], Australian singer / songwriter 
-*[[1981]] - [[Joanie Dodds]], [[America's Next Top Model]] contestant 
-* 1981 - [[Feliciano López]], Spanish tennis player 
-*[[1983]] - [[Yuna Ito]], Japanese singer and actress 
-*[[1990]] - [[John Tavares (ice hockey)|John Tavares]], Canadian ice hockey player  
-* 1990 - [[Marilou]], Quebec pop singer 
-*[[1991]] - [[Spencer Locke]], American actress 
-*[[1995]] - [[Sammi Hanratty]], American actress 
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== Deaths == == Deaths ==
-*[[1246]] - [[Mikhail of Chernigov]], ruler of Kiev 
-*[[1384]] - King [[Louis I of Naples]] (b. [[1339]]) 
-*[[1460]] - [[Gilles Binchois]], Flemish composer 
-*[[1586]] - [[Chidiock Tichborne]], English conspirator and poet (executed) (b. [[1558]]) 
-*[[1590]] - [[Lodovico Agostini]], Italian composer (b. [[1534]]) 
-*[[1625]] - [[Heinrich Meibom (poet)|Heinrich Meibom]], German historian and critic (b. [[1555]]) 
-*[[1627]] - [[Jan Gruter]], Dutch critic (b. [[1560]]) 
-*[[1630]] - [[Claudio Saracini]], Italian composer (b. [[1586]]) 
*[[1639]] - [[Johannes Meursius]], Dutch classical scholar (b. [[1579]]) *[[1639]] - [[Johannes Meursius]], Dutch classical scholar (b. [[1579]])
-*[[1643]] - [[Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland]], English politician and writer 
-*[[1721]] - [[Thomas Doggett]], Irish actor 
-*[[1803]] - [[Robert Emmet]], Irish patriot (b. [[1780]]) 
-*[[1815]] - [[Nicolas Desmarest]], French geologist (b. [[1725]]) 
-*[[1852]] - [[Philander Chase]], American university founder (b. [[1775]]) 
-*[[1863]] - [[Jacob Grimm]], German folklorist (b. [[1785]]) 
-*[[1884]] - [[Leopold Fitzinger]], Austrian zoologist (b.[[1802]]) 
-*[[1898]] - [[Theodor Fontane]], German writer (b. [[1819]]) 
-*[[1906]] - [[Robert R. Hitt]], American politician (b. [[1834]]) 
-*[[1908]] - [[Pablo de Sarasate]], Spanish violinist and composer (b. [[1844]]) 
-*[[1932]] - [[Wovoka]], Paiute visionary 
-*[[1933]] - [[Annie Besant]], women's rights activist (b. [[1847]]) 
-*[[1939]] - [[Paul Bruchési]], French Canadian Catholic archbishop of Montreal (b. [[1855]]) 
*[[1945]] - [[William Buehler Seabrook]], Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. [[1884]]) *[[1945]] - [[William Buehler Seabrook]], Writer, journalist, occultist and explorer (b. [[1884]])
-*[[1945]] - [[Eduard Wirths]], Nazi physician at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. [[1909]])+*[[1961]] - [[Andrzej Munk]], Polish film director (b. [[1920]])
-*[[1946]] - [[Raimu]], French actor (b. [[1883]])+*[[2000]] - [[Jeanloup Sieff]], Parisian-born Polish photographer. (b. [[1933]])
-*[[1947]] - [[Fiorello LaGuardia]], Mayor of New York City (b. [[1882]])+*[[2004]] - [[Raymond Borde]], French film critic (b. [[1920 ]])
-*[[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]])+
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-== Notes ==+
-# Johannes Meursius+
-# Raymond Borde+
-# Sophia Loren+
-# Sylvester James+
-# Andrzej Munk+
-* Desire Unbound+
-* Jeanloup Sieff+
-* Joseph Breitbach+
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