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| *[[1660]] – [[Hans Sloane]], Irish-English physician (d. 1753) | *[[1660]] – [[Hans Sloane]], Irish-English physician (d. 1753) | ||
| - | *[[1661]] – [[Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax]], English poet and politician (d. 1715) | ||
| *[[1755]] – [[Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun]], French painter (d. 1842) | *[[1755]] – [[Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun]], French painter (d. 1842) | ||
| *[[1821]] – [[Ford Madox Brown]], French-English painter (d. 1893) | *[[1821]] – [[Ford Madox Brown]], French-English painter (d. 1893) | ||
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- 1521 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire.
- 1943 - Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD.
- 1938 - In a letter to Max Horkheimer on April 16, 1938, Walter Benjamin wrote, ‘You may have seen Gide’s dispute with Céline “If one were forced to see in Bagatelles anything other than a game, it would be impossible to excuse Céline, in spite of all his genius, for stirring up banal passions with such cynicism and frivolous impertinence"
- 1992 Art rock article by Camille Paglia printed in the New York Times
Births
- 1660 – Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician (d. 1753)
- 1755 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)
- 1821 – Ford Madox Brown, French-English painter (d. 1893)
- 1844 – Anatole France, French journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
- 1871 – John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)
- 1889 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)
- 1892 – Howard Mumford Jones, American writer (d. 1980)
- 1896 – Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963)
- 1918 – Spike Milligan, Indian-Irish actor, singer, screenwriter, and author (d. 2002)
- 1919 – Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
- 1921 – Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1922 – Kingsley Amis, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1995)
- 1924 – Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (d. 1994)
- 1930 – Herbie Mann, American flute player (d. 2003)
- 1939 – Dusty Springfield, English singer and producer (The Lana Sisters and The Springfields) (d. 1999)
- 1955 – DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American musician and producer, generally credited as a pioneer of hip hop
Deaths
- 1689 - Aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640)
- 1825 - Henry Fuseli was a British painter and illustrator (b. 1741)
- 1828 - Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter (b. 1746)
- 1970 - Richard Neutra, American architect (b. 1892)
- 1995 - Cy Endfield, American filmmaker (b. 1914)
- 1997 - Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938)
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