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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *[[1859]] - [[Bryant's Minstrels]] debut "[[Dixie (song)|Dixie]]" in [[New York City]] in the finale of a [[blackface]] [[minstrel show]]. | *[[1859]] - [[Bryant's Minstrels]] debut "[[Dixie (song)|Dixie]]" in [[New York City]] in the finale of a [[blackface]] [[minstrel show]]. | ||
| + | *[[1901]] - First issue of [[L'Assiette au Beurre]], a French satirical and libertarian illustrated magazine | ||
| + | *[[1966]] - Third installment of the [[Festival of Free Expression]] opens in France | ||
| *[[1967]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in [[New York City]]'s [[Riverside Church]]. | *[[1967]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in [[New York City]]'s [[Riverside Church]]. | ||
| *[[1968]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] is assassinated by [[James Earl Ray]] at a motel in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. | *[[1968]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]] is assassinated by [[James Earl Ray]] at a motel in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]], [[Tennessee]]. | ||
| *[[1973]] - The [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City|New York]] is officially dedicated. | *[[1973]] - The [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City|New York]] is officially dedicated. | ||
| + | *[[2007]] - [[The International Situationist : 1957 – 1972]] exhibition opens in Switzerland. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | <!-- Please do not add yourself or anyone else without a biography in Wikipedia to this list.--> | ||
| - | * [[186]] - [[Caracalla]], Roman emperor (d. [[217]]) | ||
| - | *[[1492]] - [[Ambrosius Blarer]], German reformer (d. [[1564]]) | ||
| - | *[[1572]] - [[William Strachey]], English writer (d. [[1621]]) | ||
| - | *[[1593]] - [[Edward Nicholas]], English statesman (d. [[1669]]) | ||
| *[[1646]] - [[Antoine Galland]], French archaeologist (d. [[1715]]) | *[[1646]] - [[Antoine Galland]], French archaeologist (d. [[1715]]) | ||
| - | *[[1648]] - [[Grinling Gibbons]] Dutch-born woodcarver (d. [[1721]]) | + | *[[1755]] - [[Christian Heinrich Spiess]], German writer of Schauerromanen (d. [[1799]]) |
| - | *[[1688]] - [[Joseph-Nicolas Delisle]], French astronomer (d. [[1768]]) | + | *[[1758]] - [[Pierre Paul Prud'hon]], French Romantic painter and draughtsman (d. [[1823]]) |
| - | *[[1718]] - [[Benjamin Kennicott]], English churchman and Hebrew scholar (d. [[1783]]) | + | *[[1780]] - [[Edward Hicks]], American folk painter (d. [[1849]]) |
| - | *[[1772]] - [[Nachman of Breslov]], founder of [[Breslov (Hasidic dynasty)|Breslov Hasidut]] (d. [[1810]]) | + | |
| *[[1785]] - [[Bettina von Arnim]], German writer (d. [[1859]]) | *[[1785]] - [[Bettina von Arnim]], German writer (d. [[1859]]) | ||
| - | *[[1802]] - [[Dorothea Dix]], American social activist (d. [[1887]]) | ||
| - | *[[1819]] - Queen [[Maria II of Portugal]] (d. [[1853]]) | ||
| - | *[[1821]] - [[Linus Yale, Jr.]], American inventor and manufacturer (d. [[1868]]) | ||
| - | *[[1826]] - [[Zénobe Gramme]], Belgian engineer (d. [[1901]]) | ||
| - | *[[1842]] - [[Edouard Lucas]], French mathematician (d. [[1891]]) | ||
| *[[1846]] - [[Comte de Lautréamont]], French writer (d. [[1870]]) | *[[1846]] - [[Comte de Lautréamont]], French writer (d. [[1870]]) | ||
| *[[1858]] - [[Remy de Gourmont]], French poet (d. [[1915]]) | *[[1858]] - [[Remy de Gourmont]], French poet (d. [[1915]]) | ||
| - | *[[1875]] - [[Pierre Monteux]], French conductor (d. [[1964]]) | + | *[[1873]] - [[Élie Faure ]], French art historian and essayist. (d. [[1937]]) |
| *[[1876]] - [[Maurice de Vlaminck]], French painter (d. [[1958]]) | *[[1876]] - [[Maurice de Vlaminck]], French painter (d. [[1958]]) | ||
| - | *[[1882]] - [[Kurt von Schleicher]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. [[1934]]) | + | *[[1891]] - [[Richard Euringer]], German writer and Nazi censor (d. [[1953]]) |
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Isoroku Yamamoto]], Japanese naval commander (d. [[1943]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1888]] - [[Tris Speaker]], American baseball player (d. [[1958]]) | + | |
| - | * 1888 - [[Zdzisław Żygulski, Sr.]], Polish literary historian (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1895]] - [[Arthur Murray]], American dance teacher (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1896]] - [[Robert E. Sherwood]], American playwright (d. [[1955]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1897]] - [[Pierre Fresnay]], French stage and film actor (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1898]] - [[Agnes Ayres]], American actress (d. [[1940]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Louise Leveque de Vilmorin]], French actress (d. [[1969]]) | + | |
| - | * 1902 - [[Stanley G. Weinbaum]], American science-fiction author (d. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Eugene Bozza]], French Modern Composer (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Bea Benaderet]], American actress (d. [[1968]]) | + | |
| - | * 1906 - [[John Cameron Swayze]], American journalist (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Ernestine Gilbreth Carey]], American memoirist (''[[Cheaper by the Dozen]]'') (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1911]] - [[Max Dupain]], Australian photographer (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Frances Langford]], American actress (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1913 - [[Jules Léger]], Quebec diplomat and Governor general of Canada (d. [[1980]]) | + | |
| *[[1914]] - [[Marguerite Duras]], French writer (d. [[1996]]) | *[[1914]] - [[Marguerite Duras]], French writer (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| *[[1915]] - [[Muddy Waters]], American musician (d. [[1983]]) | *[[1915]] - [[Muddy Waters]], American musician (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| - | *[[1916]] - [[I've fallen and I can't get up|Edith Fore]], old lady in commercial ("[[I've fallen and I can't get up]]!") (d. [[1997]]) | + | *[[1920]] - [[Éric Rohmer]], French film director (d. [[2010]]) |
| - | * 1916 - [[Mickey Owen]], American baseball player (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1916 - [[David White (actor)|David White]], American actor (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[George Jellicoe, 2nd Earl Jellicoe]] (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Éric Rohmer]], French film director | + | |
| *[[1922]] - [[Elmer Bernstein]], American composer (d. [[2004]]) | *[[1922]] - [[Elmer Bernstein]], American composer (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Gil Hodges]], American baseball player and manager (d. [[1972]]) | + | *[[1925]] - [[Emmett Williams]], American poet (d. [[2007]]) |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Claude Wagner]], French Canadian politician and judge (d. [[1979]]) | + | *[[1932]] - [[Anthony Perkins]], American actor (d. [[1992]]) |
| - | * 1925 - [[Emmett Williams]], American poet (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Maya Angelou]], American writer | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Bobby Ray Inman]], American admiral and intelligence director | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Clive Davis]], American record producer | + | |
| - | * 1932 - [[Estelle Harris]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1932 - [[Dick Lugar]], American politician | + | |
| - | * 1932 - [[Anthony Perkins]], American actor (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| * 1932 - [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], Soviet film director (d. [[1986]]) | * 1932 - [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], Soviet film director (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Bill France, Jr.]], NASCAR pioneer (d. [[2007]]) | + | *[[1939]] - [[Hugh Masekela]], South African musician (d. 2018) |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[A. Bartlett Giamatti]], American university president and Commissioner of Baseball (d. [[1989]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[JoAnne Carner]], American golfer | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Major Lance]], American singer (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Hugh Masekela]], South African musician | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Richard Attwood]], British racing driver | + | |
| - | * 1940 - [[Sharon Sheeley]], American songwriter | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Jim Fregosi]], American baseball player and manager | + | |
| - | * 1942 - [[Kitty Kelley]], American writer | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Magda Aelvoet]], Belgian politician | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Craig T. Nelson]], American actor | + | |
| *[[1945]] - [[Daniel Cohn-Bendit]], French political activist | *[[1945]] - [[Daniel Cohn-Bendit]], French political activist | ||
| - | * 1945 - [[Caroline McWilliams]], American actress | + | *[[1957]] - [[Aki Kaurismäki]], Finnish film director |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Dave Hill]], English guitarist ([[Slade]]) | + | *[[1979]] - [[Heath Ledger]], Australian actor (d. 2008) |
| - | * 1946 - [[Katsuaki Sato]], Japanese martial artist | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Ray Fosse]], American baseball player and broadcaster | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Luke Halpin]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Wiranto]], Indonesian general | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Michael Blassie]], U.S. Air Force officer (d. [[1972]]) | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Berry Oakley]], American bassist ([[The Allman Brothers Band]]) (d. [[1972]]) | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Abdullah Öcalan]], leader of the [[Kurdistan Workers Party]] | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Dan Simmons]], American writer | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Derek Thompson]], Northern Irish actor | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Junior Braithwaite]], Jamaican singer ([[The Wailers (reggae)|The Wailers]]) (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | * 1949 - [[Shing-Tung Yau]], Chinese mathematician | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Christine Lahti]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[John Hannah (American football)|John Hannah]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1951 - [[Hun Sen]], Prime Minister of Cambodia | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Rosemarie Ackermann]], German athlete | + | |
| - | * 1952 - [[Pat Burns]], Canadian ice hockey coach | + | |
| - | * 1952 - [[Gary Moore]], Irish guitarist ([[Thin Lizzy]]) | + | |
| - | * 1952 - [[Gregg Hansford]], Australian motorcycle and car racer (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Robert Bertrand]], Canadian politician | + | |
| - | * 1953 - [[Sammy Wilson]], Northern Irish politician | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Tom Herr]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1956 - [[David E. Kelley]], American writer and TV producer | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Ali El Haggar]], Egyptian singer and actor | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Aki Kaurismäki]], Finnish film director | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Graeme Kelling]], Scottish musician ([[Deacon Blue]]) (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Kelso (horse)|Kelso]], American racehorse (d. [[1983]]) | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Nobuyoshi Kuwano]], Japanese musician ([[Rats & Star]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Cazuza]], Brazilian poet, singer and composer (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | * 1958 - [[Mary-Margaret Humes]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Jane Eaglin]], English soprano | + | |
| - | * 1960 - [[Hugo Weaving]], Nigerian-born English-Australian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Craig Adams (musician)|Craig Adams]], English musician([[The Sisters of Mercy]], [[Mission UK]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Dale Hawerchuk]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1963 - [[Graham Norton]], Irish talk show host | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Cláudio Ibrahim Vaz Leal|Branco]], Brazilian footballer and coach | + | |
| - | * 1964 - [[David Cross]], American actor and comedian | + | |
| - | * 1964 - [[Robbie Rist]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Robert Downey Jr.]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Nancy McKeon]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Jennifer Lynch]], American director | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Barry Pepper]], Canadian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Michael Schwartz]], American turntablist, known as Mix Master Mike, DJ for the [[Beastie Boys]] | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Yanic Perreault]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Josh Todd]], lead singer of rock band [[Buckcherry]] | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[John Zandig]], American professional wrestler | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Jill Scott]], American soul singer | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Magnus Sveningsson]], Swedish musician ([[The Cardigans]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[David Blaine]], American illusionist | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Chris McCormack]], Australian triathlete | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Loris Capirossi]], Italian motorcycle racer | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Dave Mirra]], American athlete | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Delphine Arnault]], French businesswoman | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Thobias Fredriksson]], Swedish cross-country skier | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Pamela Ribon]], American author, actress | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Scott Rolen]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Emerson Ferreira da Rosa|Emerson]], Brazilian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Adam Dutkiewicz]], American guitarist ([[Killswitch Engage]]) | + | |
| - | * 1977 - [[Stephen Mulhern]], Magician, CITV Presenter | + | |
| - | * 1977 - [[Omarr Ali Hasan Smith]], Arena Football League defensive back | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Jason Ellison]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Lemar]], English R'n'B singer | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Alan Mahon]], Irish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Sam Moran]], Australian entertainer | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Irene Skliva]], Greek 1996 [[Miss World]] winner | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Aska Yang]], Taiwan Singer | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Heath Ledger]], Australian actor (d. [[2008]]) | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[Roberto Luongo]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[Natasha Lyonne]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Johnny Borrell]], English singer ([[Razorlight]]) | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Trevor Moore]], American comedian | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Björn Wirdheim]], Swedish race car driver | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Fabian Geiser]], Swiss footballer | + | |
| - | * 1983 - [[Doug Lynch]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1983 - [[Angelle Tymon]], American journalist and TV game show host | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Arkady Vyatchanin]], Russian swimmer | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Aiden McGeady]], Republic of Ireland and Celtic Footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Devon Anderson]], English actor | + | |
| - | * 1987 - [[Sarah Gadon]], Canadian actress | + | |
| - | * 1987 - [[Cameron Maybin]], American Baseball Player | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Frank Fielding]], English footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Jamie Lynn Spears]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Alexa Nikolas]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Risako Sugaya]], Japanese singer | + | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[397]] - [[Ambrose|St. Ambrose]], Bishop of Milan | + | *[[1806]] - [[Carlo Gozzi]], Italian dramatist (b. [[1720]]) |
| - | * [[636]] - Saint [[Isidore of Seville]], [[Church Father]] and the proposed patron of Internet | + | *[[1905]] - [[Constantin Meunier]], Belgian painter and sculptor (b. [[1831]]) |
| - | * [[896]] - [[Pope Formosus]] (b. [[816]]) | + | *[[1953]] - [[Rachilde]], French author (b. [[1860]]) |
| - | *[[1284]] - King [[Alfonso X of Castile]] (b. [[1221]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1292]] - [[Pope Nicholas IV]] (b. [[1227]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1305]] - [[Jeanne of Navarre]], wife of [[Philip IV of France]] | + | |
| - | *[[1536]] - [[Frederick I, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach]] (b. [[1460]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1588]] - King [[Frederick II of Denmark]] (b. [[1534]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1609]] - [[Charles de L'Ecluse]], Flemish botanist (b. [[1526]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1617]] - [[John Napier]], Scottish mathematician (b. [[1550]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1643]] - [[Simon Episcopius]], Dutch theologian (b. [[1583]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1661]] - [[Alexander Leslie, 1st Earl of Leven]], Scottish soldier | + | |
| - | *[[1701]] - [[Joseph Haines]], entertainer and author | + | |
| - | *[[1743]] - [[Daniel Neal]], English historian (b. [[1678]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1761]] - [[Theodore Gardelle]], Swiss painter and enameler (b. [[1722]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1766]] - [[John Taylor (1704-1766)|John Taylor]], English classical scholar (b. [[1704]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1774]] - [[Oliver Goldsmith]], English writer (b. [[1728]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1792]] - [[James Sykes (delegate)|James Sykes]], American politician (b. [[1725]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1807]] - [[Joseph Jérôme Lefrançais de Lalande]], French astronomer (b. [[1732]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1817]] - [[André Masséna]], Duke of Rivoli, Prince of Essling and [[Marshal of France]] (b. [[1758]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1841]] - [[William Henry Harrison]], 9th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1773]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1842]] - [[Jean Moufot]], French philosopher and mathematician (b. [[1784]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1846]] - [[Solomon Sibley]], Senator from Michigan Territory (b. [[1769]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1861]] - [[John McLean]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. [[1785]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1863]] - [[Ludwig Emil Grimm]], German painter and engraver (b. [[1790]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Joseph Pitty Couthouy]], American naval officer (b. [[1808]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1870]] - [[Heinrich Gustav Magnus]], German chemist and physicist (b. [[1802]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1874]] - [[Charles Ernest Beulé]], French archaeologist and politician (b. [[1826]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Richard Brewer]], American gunslinger/cowboy (b. [[1850]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1879]] - [[Heinrich Wilhelm Dove]], German physicist (b. [[1803]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Peter Cooper]], American Industrialist, inventor and philanthropist (b. [[1791]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Marie Bashkirtseff]], Russian artist and diarist (b. [[1860]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1890]] - [[Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau]], Quebec politician (b. [[1820]]) | + | |
| - | * 1890 - [[Edmond Hébert]], French geologist (b. [[1812]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[William Crookes]], English chemist and physicist (b. [[1832]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - [[John Venn]], British mathematician (b. [[1834]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Karl Benz]], German engine designer, inventor, and automobile engineer (b. [[1844]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[André Michelin]], French industrialist (b. [[1853]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Wilhelm Ostwald]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1853]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[William O'Donnell]], Irish politician (b. ?) | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Al Christie]], Canadian film director and producer (b. [[1881]]) | + | |
| - | * 1951 - [[George Albert Smith]], [[President of the Church (Mormonism)|President]] of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (the LDS or Mormon Church) (b. [[1870]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] - King [[Carol II of Romania]] (b. [[1893]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[E. Herbert Norman]], Canadian diplomat (b. [[1909]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Johnny Stompanato]], American organized crime figure (b. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Simion Stoilow]], Romanian mathematician (b. [[1873]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[James Hanratty]], executed at Bedford Prison, England, for the murder of Michael Gregsten (b. [[1936]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Héctor Scarone]], Uruguayan footballer (b. [[1898]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Al Lewis (lyricist)|Al Lewis]], American songwriter (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| *[[1968]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], American civil rights activist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1929]]) | *[[1968]] - [[Martin Luther King, Jr.]], American civil rights activist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1929]]) | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Adam Clayton Powell Jr.]], American politician (b. [[1908]]) | + | *[[1992]] - [[Arthur Russell (musician) |Arthur Russell]], American cellist, composer, and singer (b. 1951) |
| - | * 1972 - [[Stefan Wolpe]], German-born composer (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Harry Nyquist]], contributor to [[information theory]] (b. [[1889]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]], President and [[Prime Minister of Pakistan]] (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[Edgar Buchanan]], American actor (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Red Sovine]], American country music singer (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Gloria Swanson]], American actress (b. [[1897]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Oleg Antonov]], Soviet airplane engineer (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Kate Roberts]], Welsh nationalist and writer (b. [[1891]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[C.L. Moore]], American writer (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Chögyam Trungpa]], Tibetan Buddhist master (b. [[1939]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Edmund Adamkiewicz]], German footballer (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | * 1991 - [[Max Frisch]], Swiss writer (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | * 1991 - [[H. John Heinz III]], U.S. Senator (b. [[1938]]) | + | |
| - | * 1991 - [[Forrest Towns]], American hurdler (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Yvette Brind'Amour]], French Canadian stage actress and artistic director (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | * 1992 - [[Arthur Russell (cellist)|Arthur Russell]], American cellist (b. [[1951]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Alfred Butts]], American architect and inventor ([[Scrabble]]) (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Kenny Everett]], British radio DJ and television entertainer (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | * 1995 - [[Priscilla Lane]], American singer and actress (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Barney Ewell]], American athlete (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | * 1996 - [[Larry LaPrise]], American songwriter (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Faith Domergue]], American actor (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | * 1999 - [[Early Wynn]], American baseball player (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Ed Roth|Ed "Big Daddy" Roth]], American custom car designer (b. [[1932]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Harry L. O'Connor]], Czech-born film stuntman | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Anthony Caruso]], American actor (b. [[1916]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Resortes]], Mexican comedian (b. [[1916]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Alberic Schotte]], Belgian cyclist (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Casey Sheehan]], American soldier, son of [[Cindy Sheehan]] (b. [[1979]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Edward Bronfman]], Canadian businessman (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| *[[2007]] - [[Bob Clark]], American film director (b. [[1941]]) | *[[2007]] - [[Bob Clark]], American film director (b. [[1941]]) | ||
| - | * 2007 - [[Terry Hall (ventriloquist)|Terry Hall]], English ventriloquist (b. [[1927]]) | + | *[[2024]] – [[Gaetano Pesce]], Italian designer (b. 1939) |
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| - | == Births == | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Andrei Tarkovsky]], Soviet film director (d. [[December 29]], [[1986]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Heath Ledger]], Australian actor (d. [[January 22]], [[2008]]) | + | |
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| - | == Deaths == | + | |
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| - | Bob Clark | + | |
| - | The International Situationist : 1957 – 1972 | + | |
| - | Arthur Russell | + | |
| - | Remy de Gourmont | + | |
| - | Marguerite Duras | + | |
| - | Christian Heinrich Spiess | + | |
| - | Rachilde | + | |
| - | Comte de Lautréamont | + | |
| - | Festival of Free Expression | + | |
| - | Éric Rohmer | + | |
| - | Carlo Gozzi | + | |
| - | Gisela von Arnim | + | |
| - | Richard Euringer | + | |
| - | Martin Luther King, Jr. | + | |
| - | Élie Faure | + | |
| - | Antoine Galland | + | |
| - | Daniel Cohn-Bendit | + | |
| - | Pierre Paul Prud'hon | + | |
| - | Emmett Williams | + | |
| - | Anthony Perkins | + | |
| - | L'Assiette au Beurre | + | |
| - | Aki Kaurismäki | + | |
| - | Elmer Bernstein | + | |
| - | Muddy Waters | + | |
| - | Maurice de Vlaminck | + | |
| - | Edward Hicks | + | |
| - | List of Belgian painters | + | |
| - | Bettina von Arnim | + | |
| - | Constantin Meunier | + | |
| - | David Teniers III | + | |
| - | Hugh Masekela | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1859 - Bryant's Minstrels debut "Dixie" in New York City in the finale of a blackface minstrel show.
- 1901 - First issue of L'Assiette au Beurre, a French satirical and libertarian illustrated magazine
- 1966 - Third installment of the Festival of Free Expression opens in France
- 1967 - Martin Luther King, Jr. delivers his "Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence" speech in New York City's Riverside Church.
- 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr. is assassinated by James Earl Ray at a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
- 1973 - The World Trade Center in New York is officially dedicated.
- 2007 - The International Situationist : 1957 – 1972 exhibition opens in Switzerland.
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Births
- 1646 - Antoine Galland, French archaeologist (d. 1715)
- 1755 - Christian Heinrich Spiess, German writer of Schauerromanen (d. 1799)
- 1758 - Pierre Paul Prud'hon, French Romantic painter and draughtsman (d. 1823)
- 1780 - Edward Hicks, American folk painter (d. 1849)
- 1785 - Bettina von Arnim, German writer (d. 1859)
- 1846 - Comte de Lautréamont, French writer (d. 1870)
- 1858 - Remy de Gourmont, French poet (d. 1915)
- 1873 - Élie Faure , French art historian and essayist. (d. 1937)
- 1876 - Maurice de Vlaminck, French painter (d. 1958)
- 1891 - Richard Euringer, German writer and Nazi censor (d. 1953)
- 1914 - Marguerite Duras, French writer (d. 1996)
- 1915 - Muddy Waters, American musician (d. 1983)
- 1920 - Éric Rohmer, French film director (d. 2010)
- 1922 - Elmer Bernstein, American composer (d. 2004)
- 1925 - Emmett Williams, American poet (d. 2007)
- 1932 - Anthony Perkins, American actor (d. 1992)
- 1932 - Andrei Tarkovsky, Soviet film director (d. 1986)
- 1939 - Hugh Masekela, South African musician (d. 2018)
- 1945 - Daniel Cohn-Bendit, French political activist
- 1957 - Aki Kaurismäki, Finnish film director
- 1979 - Heath Ledger, Australian actor (d. 2008)
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Deaths
- 1806 - Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (b. 1720)
- 1905 - Constantin Meunier, Belgian painter and sculptor (b. 1831)
- 1953 - Rachilde, French author (b. 1860)
- 1968 - Martin Luther King, Jr., American civil rights activist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1929)
- 1992 - Arthur Russell, American cellist, composer, and singer (b. 1951)
- 2007 - Bob Clark, American film director (b. 1941)
- 2024 – Gaetano Pesce, Italian designer (b. 1939)
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