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• 1755 – Samuel Johnson's A Dictionary of the English Language published in London.
• 1783 – Preliminary articles of peace ending Revolutionary War ratified.
• 1802 – William Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy see a "long belt" of daffodils, inspiring the former to pen I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.
• 1912 - The British passenger ship RMS Titanic sinks after hitting an iceberg causing the deaths of about 1,503 people.
• 1920 – Anarchists Sacco and Vanzetti allegedly murder two security guards while robbing a shoe store.
• 1966 - Swinging London Time magazine cover.
• 1969 - Woodstock Festival started its 3 day rally today at 5:08p.m.
• 1989 - The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989 begin in the People's Republic of China.

Births

• 1452 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance polymath (d. 1519)
• 1741 – Charles Willson Peale, American painter, soldier and naturalist (d. 1827)
• 1772 – Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, French naturalist (d. 1844)
• 1832 – Wilhelm Busch, German poet (d. 1908)
• 1843 – Henry James, American author (d. 1916)
• 1856 – Jean Moréas, French writer (d. 1910)
• 1858 – Émile Durkheim, French sociologist (d. 1917)
• 1878 – Robert Walser, Swiss writer (d. 1956)
• 1889 – Thomas Hart Benton, American muralist (d. 1975)
• 1894 – Bessie Smith, American blues singer (d. 1937)
• 1904 – Arshile Gorky, Armenian Artist (d. 1948)
• 1920 – Thomas Szasz, Hungarian-American psychiatrist
• 1927 – Albert Goldman, American journalist(d. 1994)
• 1933 – David Hamilton, British photographer, film director and producer
• 1939 – Claudia Cardinale, Tunisian-born actress
• 1959 – Emma Thompson, English actress
• 1982 – Seth Rogen, Canadian actor and writer

Deaths

• Gaston Leroux (1868 - 1927)
• August Endell (1871 - 1925)
• Robert Musil (1880 - 1942)
• Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)
• Jean Genet (1910 - 1986)
• Alexander Trocchi (1925 -1984)

Deaths

• 1446 – Filippo Brunelleschi, Italian architect (b. 1377)
• 1764 – Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (b. 1721)
• 1888 – Matthew Arnold, English poet (b. 1822)
• 1927 – Gaston Leroux, French writer (b. 1868)
• 1942 – Robert Musil, Austrian novelist (b. 1880)
• 1980 – Jean-Paul Sartre, French philosopher and writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1905)
• 1982 – Arthur Lowe, British actor (b. 1915)
• 1984 – Alexander Trocchi, Scottish writer (b. 1925)
• 1986 – Jean Genet, French author (b. 1910)
• 1988 – Kenneth Williams, English actor and comedian (b. 1926)
• 1988 – Youri Egorov, Soviet classical pianist (b. 1954)
• 1989 – Nesuhi Ertegün, American record executive (b. 1917)
• 1989 – Hu Yaobang, Chinese politician (b. 1915)
• 1990 – Greta Garbo, Swedish actress (b. 1905)
• 1992 – Otis Barton, American deep-sea diver, inventor and actor (b. 1899)
• 1993 – John Tuzo Wilson, Canadian geologist (b. 1908)
• 1993 – Leslie Charteris, Singapore-born author (b. 1907)
• 1994 – John Curry, English figure skater (b. 1949)
• 1995 – Harry Shoulberg, American painter, serigrapher (b. 1903)
• 1998 – Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator (b. 1925)
• 1999 – Harvey Postlethwaite, British engineer and racing car designer (b. 1944)
• 2000 – Edward Gorey, American illustrator (b. 1925)
• 2001 – Joey Ramone, American musician and singer (The Ramones) (b. 1951)
• 2002 – Damon Knight, American author (b. 1922)
• 2002 – Byron "Whizzer" White, American football player and U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. 1917)
• 2003 – Erin Fleming, Canadian actress (b. 1941)
• 2003 – Reg Bundy, British performer (b. 1941)
• 2004 – Ray Condo, Canadian musician (b. 1950)
• 2005 – John Fred, American singer (b. 1941)
• 2007 – Brant Parker, American cartoonist (b. 1920)
• 2008 – Krister Stendahl, Swedish Lutheran theologian and bishop (b. 1921)
• 2008 – Benoît Lamy, Belgian movie director (b. 1945)