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| - | *[[1776]], April 18: In a letter from the [[Marquis de Sade]] to his wife: | + | *[[1776]] - In a letter from the [[Marquis de Sade]] to his wife [[Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil]]: |
| - | :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 ...--source unidentified | + | :"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." --[[1776 April 18|[...]]] |
| + | *[[1980]] - [[Bob Marley]] gives a concert in [[Harare]], starting [[African reggae]]. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1480]] - [[Lucrezia Borgia]], Florentine ruler and daughter of [[Pope Alexander VI]] (d. [[1519]]) | *[[1480]] - [[Lucrezia Borgia]], Florentine ruler and daughter of [[Pope Alexander VI]] (d. [[1519]]) | ||
| *[[1580]] - [[Thomas Middleton]], English dramatist (d. [[1627]]) | *[[1580]] - [[Thomas Middleton]], English dramatist (d. [[1627]]) | ||
| + | *[[1648]] - [[Madame de Guyon]], French mystic (''A Short and Easy Method of Prayer'') (d. [[1717]]) | ||
| + | *[[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]] - [[Kathy Acker]], American author (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| * 1947 - [[James Woods]], American actor | * 1947 - [[James Woods]], American actor | ||
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| *[[1898]] - [[Gustave Moreau]], French painter (b. [[1826]]) | *[[1898]] - [[Gustave Moreau]], French painter (b. [[1826]]) | ||
| *[[1955]] - [[Albert Einstein]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1879]]) | *[[1955]] - [[Albert Einstein]], [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| + | *[[1991]] - [[Martin Hannett]], British record producer (Joy Division) (b. [[1948]]) | ||
| *[[1995]] - [[Bernard Edwards]], American record producer (b. [[1952]]) | *[[1995]] - [[Bernard Edwards]], American record producer (b. [[1952]]) | ||
| - | == Notes == | + | {{GFDL}} |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Bob Kaufman]] (April 18, 1925 – January 12, 1986), born Robert Garnell Kaufman in New Orleans, Louisiana, was an American Beat poet and surrealist inspired by jazz music. | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Gabriel Axel]] (b. 1918) Oscar winning Danish director, actor, writer, and producer, best known for writing the screenplay for and directing Babette's Feast (1987). | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Giuseppe Terragni]] | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Madame de Guyon]] | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[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 ... | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Martin Hannett]] (May 1948 - April 18, 1991) was an innovative record producer, closely associated with Joy Division and Factory Records. ... | + | |
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- 1776 - In a letter from the Marquis de Sade to his wife Renée-Pélagie de Montreuil:
- "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." --[...]
- 1980 - Bob Marley gives a concert in Harare, starting African reggae.
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)
- 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
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)
- 1991 - Martin Hannett, British record producer (Joy Division) (b. 1948)
- 1995 - Bernard Edwards, American record producer (b. 1952)
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