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| - | 382 BC, April 18 Birth of Philip II of Macedon, father of [[Alexander the Great]]. ... | + | {| class="toccolours" style="float: left; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 2em; font-size: 85%; background:#c6dbf7; color:black; width:30em; max-width: 40%;" cellspacing="5" |
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| + | "I am in a tower closed in by nineteen iron doors, with light reaching me only through two little windows, each with a score of iron bars." He complains that in over the two months he has been in prison he has been allowed only five walks of one hour each, in a sort of tomb about fourty feet square surrounded by walls more than fifty feet high ..."--letter from the [[Marquis de Sade]] to his wife [[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]] on [[1776]], [[April 18]], tr. ''[[Letters from prison by Marquis de Sade]]'', Richard Seaver | ||
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| + | *[[1521]] – Trial of [[Martin Luther]] begins its second day during the assembly of the [[Diet of Worms]]. He refuses to recant his [[Lutheranism|teachings]] despite the risk of excommunication. | ||
| + | *[[1980]] - [[Bob Marley]] gives a concert in [[Harare]], starting [[African reggae]]. | ||
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| + | *[[1480]] - [[Lucrezia Borgia]], Florentine ruler and daughter of [[Pope Alexander VI]] (d. [[1519]]) | ||
| + | *[[1580]] - [[Thomas Middleton]], English dramatist (d. [[1627]]) | ||
| + | *[[1648]] - [[Madame de Guyon]], French mystic (''A Short and Easy Method of Prayer'') (d. [[1717]]) | ||
| + | *[[1901]] - [[Alexandre Alexeieff]], Russian-born animator (d. [[1982]]) | ||
| + | *[[1904]] - [[Giuseppe Terragni]], Italian architect (d. [[1943]]) | ||
| + | *[[1918]] - [[Gabriel Axel]], Danish director (''Babette's Feast'') (d. [[2014]]) | ||
| + | *[[1918]] - [[André Bazin]], French film critic an theorist (d. [[1958]]) | ||
| + | *[[1925]] - [[Bob Kaufman]], American poet (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| + | *[[1947]] - [[Kathy Acker]], American author (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| + | * 1947 - [[James Woods]], American actor | ||
| - | 1776, April 18: In a letter from the Marquis de Sade to his wife: AI am ... | + | ==Deaths== |
| - | + | *[[1802]] - [[Erasmus Darwin]], English physician and botanist (b. [[1731]]) | |
| - | [[Martin Hannett]] (May 1948 - April 18, 1991) was an innovative record producer, closely associated with Joy Division and Factory Records. ... | + | *[[1898]] - [[Gustave Moreau]], French painter (b. [[1826]]) |
| - | + | *[[1955]] - [[Albert Einstein]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1879]]) | |
| - | [[Kathy Acker]] (April 18, 1947 in Manhattan—November 30, 1997 in Tijuana, Mexico) was an experimental novelist, prose stylist, playwright, essayist, ... | + | *[[1964]] – [[Ben Hecht]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894) |
| - | + | *[[1991]] - [[Martin Hannett]], British record producer (Joy Division) (b. [[1948]]) | |
| - | [[Gustave Moreau]] (April 6, 1826 – April 18, 1898) was a French Symbolist painter. He was born and died in Paris. Moreau's main focus was the illustration of ... | + | *[[1995]] - [[Bernard Edwards]], American record producer (b. [[1952]]) |
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| - | [[André Bazin]] | + | |
| - | André Bazin (April 18, 1918 - November 11, 1958) was a famous critic of the French New Wave (circa 1958-62) who worked closely with Jean-Luc Godard and ... | + | |
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| - | [[James Woods]] (born April 18, 1947) is an American actor. Born in Vernal, Utah, he grew up in Warwick, Rhode Island where he attended Pilgrim High ... | + | |
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"I am in a tower closed in by nineteen iron doors, with light reaching me only through two little windows, each with a score of iron bars." He complains that in over the two months he has been in prison he has been allowed only five walks of one hour each, in a sort of tomb about fourty feet square surrounded by walls more than fifty feet high ..."--letter from the Marquis de Sade to his wife Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil on 1776, April 18, tr. Letters from prison by Marquis de Sade, Richard Seaver |
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Art and culture
- 1521 – Trial of Martin Luther begins its second day during the assembly of the Diet of Worms. He refuses to recant his teachings despite the risk of excommunication.
- 1980 - Bob Marley gives a concert in Harare, starting African reggae.
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Births
- 1480 - Lucrezia Borgia, Florentine ruler and daughter of Pope Alexander VI (d. 1519)
- 1580 - Thomas Middleton, English dramatist (d. 1627)
- 1648 - Madame de Guyon, French mystic (A Short and Easy Method of Prayer) (d. 1717)
- 1901 - Alexandre Alexeieff, Russian-born animator (d. 1982)
- 1904 - Giuseppe Terragni, Italian architect (d. 1943)
- 1918 - Gabriel Axel, Danish director (Babette's Feast) (d. 2014)
- 1918 - André Bazin, French film critic an theorist (d. 1958)
- 1925 - Bob Kaufman, American poet (d. 1986)
- 1947 - Kathy Acker, American author (d. 1997)
- 1947 - James Woods, American actor
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Deaths
- 1802 - Erasmus Darwin, English physician and botanist (b. 1731)
- 1898 - Gustave Moreau, French painter (b. 1826)
- 1955 - Albert Einstein, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1879)
- 1964 – Ben Hecht, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1894)
- 1991 - Martin Hannett, British record producer (Joy Division) (b. 1948)
- 1995 - Bernard Edwards, American record producer (b. 1952)
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