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| + | "To these people, apparently the [[balance of nature]] was something that was repealed as soon as man came on the scene - you might just as well assume that you could repeal the [[law of gravity]]."--Rachel Carson cited in ''[[CBS Reports: The Silent Spring of Rachel Carson]]'' (1963) | ||
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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| + | * [[1768]] - [[Rose Keller]] is picked up by the Marquis de Sade and taken back to a house in Arcueil | ||
| * [[1895]] - The [[libel]] trial instigated by [[Oscar Wilde]] begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of [[homosexuality]]. | * [[1895]] - The [[libel]] trial instigated by [[Oscar Wilde]] begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of [[homosexuality]]. | ||
| * [[1955]] - The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] announces it will defend [[Allen Ginsberg]]'s book ''[[Howl]]'' against [[obscenity]] charges. | * [[1955]] - The [[American Civil Liberties Union]] announces it will defend [[Allen Ginsberg]]'s book ''[[Howl]]'' against [[obscenity]] charges. | ||
| * [[1968]] - [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. | * [[1968]] - [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech. | ||
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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| * [[1593]] - [[George Herbert]], English poet and orator (d. [[1633]]) | * [[1593]] - [[George Herbert]], English poet and orator (d. [[1633]]) | ||
| * [[1783]] - [[Washington Irving]], American author (d. [[1859]]) | * [[1783]] - [[Washington Irving]], American author (d. [[1859]]) | ||
| + | * [[1863]] - [[Henry van de Velde]], Belgian painter, architect and interior designer (d. [[1957]]) | ||
| * [[1880]] - [[Otto Weininger]], Austrian philosopher (d. [[1903]]) | * [[1880]] - [[Otto Weininger]], Austrian philosopher (d. [[1903]]) | ||
| + | * [[1883]] – [[Frits Van den Berghe]], Belgian painter (d. 1939) | ||
| + | * [[1898]] - [[Michel De Ghelderode]], Belgian dramatist (''Le Grand Macabre'') (d. [[1962]]) | ||
| + | * [[1912]] - [[Bert Bakker]] Dutch publisher (d. [[1969]]) | ||
| * [[1924]] - [[Marlon Brando]], American actor (d. [[2004]]) | * [[1924]] - [[Marlon Brando]], American actor (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| * [[1934]] - [[Jane Goodall]], English zoologist | * [[1934]] - [[Jane Goodall]], English zoologist | ||
| * [[1945]] - [[Catherine Spaak]], French actress | * [[1945]] - [[Catherine Spaak]], French actress | ||
| - | * [[1958]] - [[Alec Baldwin]], American actor | + | * [[1958]] - [[Francesca Woodman]], American photographer (b. 1981) |
| + | * 1958 - [[Alec Baldwin]], American actor | ||
| * [[1961]] - [[Eddie Murphy]], American actor and comedian | * [[1961]] - [[Eddie Murphy]], American actor and comedian | ||
| * [[1986]] - [[Amanda Bynes]], American actress | * [[1986]] - [[Amanda Bynes]], American actress | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[963]] - [[William III of Aquitaine|William III, Duke of Aquitaine]] (b. [[915]]) | + | *[[1827]] – [[Ernst Chladni]], German physicist and academic (b. 1756) |
| - | * [[1287]] - [[Pope Honorius IV]] | + | |
| - | * [[1350]] - [[Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy]] (b. [[1295]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1606]] - [[Charles Blount, 1st Earl of Devon]], English politician (b. [[1563]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1680]] - [[Shivaji]], founder of the Maratha Empire (b. [[1630]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1682]] - [[Bartolomé Estéban Murillo]], Spanish painter (b. [[1618]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1691]] - [[Jean Petitot]], Swiss enamel painter (b. [[1608]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1695]] - [[Melchior d'Hondecoeter]], Dutch painter | + | |
| - | * [[1717]] - [[Jacques Ozanam]], French mathematician (b. [[1640]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1728]] - [[James Anderson (lawyer)|James Anderson]], Scottish lawyer (b. [[1662]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1792]] - [[George Pocock]], British admiral (b. [[1706]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1804]] - [[Jędrzej Kitowicz]], Polish priest (b. [[1727]]/[[1728]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1827]] - [[Ernst Chladni]], German physicist (b. [[1756]]) | + | |
| * [[1849]] - [[Juliusz Słowacki]], Polish poet (b. [[1809]]) | * [[1849]] - [[Juliusz Słowacki]], Polish poet (b. [[1809]]) | ||
| - | * [[1868]] - [[Franz Berwald]], Swedish composer and inventor (b. [[1796]]) | ||
| - | * [[1882]] - [[Jesse James 1847|Jesse James]], American outlaw (b. [[1847]]) | ||
| * [[1897]] - [[Johannes Brahms]], German composer (b. [[1833]]) | * [[1897]] - [[Johannes Brahms]], German composer (b. [[1833]]) | ||
| - | * [[1901]] - [[Richard D'Oyly Carte]], British impresario (b. [[1844]]) | ||
| - | * [[1930]] - [[Emma Albani]], Canadian soprano (b. [[1847]]) | ||
| - | * [[1932]] - [[Wilhelm Ostwald]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1853]]) | ||
| - | * [[1936]] - [[Bruno Hauptmann]], German killer of Charles Lindbergh III (b. [[1899]]) | ||
| * [[1943]] - [[Conrad Veidt]], German actor (b. [[1893]]) | * [[1943]] - [[Conrad Veidt]], German actor (b. [[1893]]) | ||
| - | * [[1950]] - [[Carter G. Woodson]], African American historian, author, journalist and founder of [[Black History Month]] (b. [[1875]]) | + | * [[1950]] - [[Kurt Weill]], German composer (b. [[1900]]) |
| - | * 1950 - [[Kurt Weill]], German composer (b. [[1900]]) | + | * [[1953]] - [[Jean Epstein]], French film director (b. [[1897]]) |
| - | * [[1952]] - [[Miina Sillanpää]], Finnish politician, first female Finnish minister (b. [[1866]]) | + | * [[1991]] - [[Graham Greene]], English writer (b. [[1904]]) |
| - | * [[1965]] - [[Ernst Kirchweger]], Austrian communist and resistance fighter | + | * [[1998]] - [[Wolf Vostell]], German artist (b. 1932) |
| - | * [[1971]] - [[Joseph Valachi]], American gangster (b. [[1904]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1972]] - [[Ferde Grofé]], American composer (b. [[1882]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1975]] - [[Mary Ure]], Scottish actress (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1978]] - [[Ray Noble (musician)|Ray Noble]], English bandleader and composer (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1981]] - [[Juan Trippe]], Airline entrepreneur and pioneer, [[Pan American World Airways|Pan Am]] founder (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1982]] - [[Warren Oates]], American character actor (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1986]] - [[Peter Pears]], English tenor (b. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1987]] - [[Tom Sestak]], American football player (b. [[1936]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1990]] - [[Sarah Vaughan]], American singer (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1991]] - [[Charles Goren]], American bridge player, writer, and columnist (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | * 1991 - [[Graham Greene]], English writer (b. [[1904]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1993]] - [[Pinky Lee]], American comic and children's television host (b. [[1907]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1994]] - [[Frank Wells]], American entertainment businessman (b. [[1932]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1995]] - [[Alfred J. Billes]], Canadian businessman ([[Canadian Tire]]) (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1996]] - [[Ron Brown (U.S. politician)|Ron Brown]], U.S. Secretary of Commerce (b. [[1941]]) | + | |
| - | * 1996 - [[Carl Stokes]], Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio (b. [[1927]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1998]] - [[Mary Cartwright]], English mathematician (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1999]] - [[Lionel Bart]], English composer ([[Oliver!]]) (b. [[1930]]) | + | |
| * [[2000]] - [[Terence McKenna]], American writer and philosopher (b. [[1946]]) | * [[2000]] - [[Terence McKenna]], American writer and philosopher (b. [[1946]]) | ||
| * [[2002]] - [[Fad Gadget]], English singer and musician (b. [[1956]]) | * [[2002]] - [[Fad Gadget]], English singer and musician (b. [[1956]]) | ||
| - | * [[2003]] - [[Michael Kelly (editor)|Michael Kelly]], American journalist (b. [[1957]]) | ||
| - | * [[2005]] - [[Tony Croatto]], Italian-born singer (b. [[1940]]) | ||
| - | * [[2007]] - [[Marion Eames]], Welsh novelist (b. [[1921]]) | ||
| - | * 2007 - [[Eddie Robinson (football coach)|Eddie Robinson]], American football coach (b. [[1919]]) | ||
| - | * 2007 - [[Nina Wang]], Asia's Richest Woman (b. [[1937]]) | ||
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| - | Rose Keller | ||
| - | COBRA (avant-garde movement) | ||
| - | Johannes Brahms | ||
| - | Michel De Ghelderode | ||
| - | Boulogne-Billancourt | ||
| - | Daniel Hoffman | ||
| - | Bert Bakker | ||
| - | Jane Goodall | ||
| - | Kurt Weill | ||
| - | Otto Weininger | ||
| - | Eddie Murphy | ||
| - | Conrad Veidt | ||
| - | Jean Epstein | ||
| - | Henry van de Velde | ||
| - | Catherine Spaak | ||
| - | Alec Baldwin | ||
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Art and culture
- 1768 - Rose Keller is picked up by the Marquis de Sade and taken back to a house in Arcueil
- 1895 - The libel trial instigated by Oscar Wilde begins, eventually resulting in his imprisonment on charges of homosexuality.
- 1955 - The American Civil Liberties Union announces it will defend Allen Ginsberg's book Howl against obscenity charges.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. delivers his "I've Been to the Mountaintop" speech.
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Births
- 1593 - George Herbert, English poet and orator (d. 1633)
- 1783 - Washington Irving, American author (d. 1859)
- 1863 - Henry van de Velde, Belgian painter, architect and interior designer (d. 1957)
- 1880 - Otto Weininger, Austrian philosopher (d. 1903)
- 1883 – Frits Van den Berghe, Belgian painter (d. 1939)
- 1898 - Michel De Ghelderode, Belgian dramatist (Le Grand Macabre) (d. 1962)
- 1912 - Bert Bakker Dutch publisher (d. 1969)
- 1924 - Marlon Brando, American actor (d. 2004)
- 1934 - Jane Goodall, English zoologist
- 1945 - Catherine Spaak, French actress
- 1958 - Francesca Woodman, American photographer (b. 1981)
- 1958 - Alec Baldwin, American actor
- 1961 - Eddie Murphy, American actor and comedian
- 1986 - Amanda Bynes, American actress
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Deaths
- 1827 – Ernst Chladni, German physicist and academic (b. 1756)
- 1849 - Juliusz Słowacki, Polish poet (b. 1809)
- 1897 - Johannes Brahms, German composer (b. 1833)
- 1943 - Conrad Veidt, German actor (b. 1893)
- 1950 - Kurt Weill, German composer (b. 1900)
- 1953 - Jean Epstein, French film director (b. 1897)
- 1991 - Graham Greene, English writer (b. 1904)
- 1998 - Wolf Vostell, German artist (b. 1932)
- 2000 - Terence McKenna, American writer and philosopher (b. 1946)
- 2002 - Fad Gadget, English singer and musician (b. 1956)
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