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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *[[1634]] - [[Urbain Grandier]], accused and convicted of sorcery, burned alive in [[Loudun]], [[France]]. | *[[1634]] - [[Urbain Grandier]], accused and convicted of sorcery, burned alive in [[Loudun]], [[France]]. | ||
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| *[[1906]] - [[Marcel Carné]], French film director (d. [[1996]]) | *[[1906]] - [[Marcel Carné]], French film director (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| *[[1920]] - [[Shelley Winters]], American actress (d. [[2006]]) | *[[1920]] - [[Shelley Winters]], American actress (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], French writer | + | *[[1922]] - [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]], French writer and filmmaker (d. [[2008]]) |
| *[[1925]] - [[Brian Aldiss]], English writer | *[[1925]] - [[Brian Aldiss]], English writer | ||
| *[[1933]] - [[Roman Polanski]], French-born director and actor | *[[1933]] - [[Roman Polanski]], French-born director and actor | ||
| + | *[[1955]] - [[Stefano Tamburini]], Italian graphic artist, (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| *[[1957]] - [[Carole Bouquet]], French actress | *[[1957]] - [[Carole Bouquet]], French actress | ||
| + | *[[1958]] - [[Roberto Baldazzini]], Italian graphic artist | ||
| * 1957 - [[Denis Leary]], American comedian and actor | * 1957 - [[Denis Leary]], American comedian and actor | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| *[[1503]] - [[Pope Alexander VI]] (b. [[1431]]) | *[[1503]] - [[Pope Alexander VI]] (b. [[1431]]) | ||
| - | *[[1559]] - [[Pope Paul IV]] (b. [[1476]]) | ||
| *[[1563]] - [[Étienne de La Boétie]], French judge and writer (b. [[1530]]) | *[[1563]] - [[Étienne de La Boétie]], French judge and writer (b. [[1530]]) | ||
| - | *[[1613]] - [[Giovanni Artusi]], Italian composer | ||
| - | *[[1620]] - [[Wanli]], [[Emperor of China]] (b. [[1563]]) | ||
| *[[1634]] - [[Urbain Grandier]], French priest (b. [[1590]]) | *[[1634]] - [[Urbain Grandier]], French priest (b. [[1590]]) | ||
| - | *[[1642]] - [[Guido Reni]], Italian painter (b. [[1575]]) | ||
| - | *[[1645]] - [[Eudoxia Streshneva]], Tsarina of [[Mikhail I of Russia]] (b. [[1608]]) | ||
| - | *[[1683]] - [[Charles Hart (17th-century actor)|Charles Hart]], English actor (b. [[1625]]) | ||
| - | *[[1707]] - [[William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Devonshire]], English soldier and statesman (b. [[1640]]) | ||
| - | *[[1712]] - [[Richard Savage, 4th Earl Rivers]], English soldier | ||
| - | *[[1765]] - [[Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1708]]) | ||
| - | *[[1809]] - [[Matthew Boulton]], English manufacturer and engineer (b. [[1728]]) | ||
| - | *[[1815]] - [[Chauncey Goodrich]], American politician (b. [[1759]]) | ||
| - | *[[1842]] - [[Louis de Freycinet]], French explorer (b. [[1779]]) | ||
| *[[1850]] - [[Honoré de Balzac]], French writer (b. [[1799]]) | *[[1850]] - [[Honoré de Balzac]], French writer (b. [[1799]]) | ||
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Joseph E. Seagram]], Canadian distillery founder (b. [[1841]]) | + | * [[1879]] – [[Joseph Octave Delepierre]], Belgian bibliophile (b. 1802) |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Walter P. Chrysler]], American automobile executive (b. [[1875]]) | + | *[[1942]] - [[Erwin Schulhoff]], Czech composer and pianist ("In futurum") (b. [[1894]]) |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Ali-Agha Shikhlinski]], Russian-Azerbaijani general (b. [[1865]]) | + | *[[1970]] - [[Soledad Miranda]], Spanish actress (b. [[1943]]) |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Paul Mares]], American musician (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Clifford Odets]], American playwright (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Anita Loos]], American screenwriter (b. [[1889]]) | + | |
| *[[1983]] - [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], German-born art historian (b. [[1902]]) | *[[1983]] - [[Nikolaus Pevsner]], German-born art historian (b. [[1902]]) | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Grethe Ingmann]], Danish singer (b. [[1938]]) | + | *[[1990]] - [[B.F. Skinner]], American psychological theorist (b. [[1904]]) |
| - | * 1990 - [[B.F. Skinner]], American psychological theorist (b. [[1904]]) | + | |
| *[[1992]] - [[John Sturges]], American film director (b. [[1911]]) | *[[1992]] - [[John Sturges]], American film director (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Martin Cahill]], The General, infamous Dublin criminal (b. [[1949]]) | ||
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Persis Khambatta]], Indian actress (b. [[1950]]) | ||
| - | *[[2001]] - [[David Peakall]], British scientist (b. [[1931]]) | ||
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Dean Riesner]], American film and television writer (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Tony Jackson (bass player)|Tony Jackson]], English musician ([[The Searchers (band)|The Searchers]]) (b. [[1938]]) | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Elmer Bernstein]], American composer (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Christopher Bauman]], American wrestler (b. [[1982]]) | ||
| - | * 2005 - [[Gao Xiumin]], Chinese comedy actress (b. [[1959]]) | ||
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Fernand Gignac]], Canadian singer and actor (b. [[1934]]) | ||
| - | * 2006 - [[Jamie Astaphan]], Caribbean-born physician (b. [[1946]]) | ||
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Michael Deaver]], Reagan Administration [[Deputy White House Chief of Staff]] (b. [[1938]]) | ||
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| - | == Notes == | ||
| - | Alain Robbe-Grillet | ||
| - | Roman Polanski | ||
| - | Roberto Baldazzini | ||
| - | Honoré de Balzac | ||
| - | Brian Aldiss | ||
| - | Pope Alexander VI | ||
| - | Shelley Winters | ||
| - | Soledad Miranda | ||
| - | Roaring Twenties | ||
| - | Stefano Tamburini | ||
| - | Erwin Schulhoff | ||
| - | Nikolaus Pevsner | ||
| - | Urbain Grandier | ||
| - | Carole Bouquet | ||
| - | Marcel Carné | ||
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Art and culture
- 1634 - Urbain Grandier, accused and convicted of sorcery, burned alive in Loudun, France.
- 1941 - Adolf Hitler orders a temporary halt to Nazi Germany's systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and handicapped due to protests.
- 1958 - Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
- 1969 - Jimi Hendrix plays the unofficial last day of Woodstock.
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Births
- 1906 - Marcel Carné, French film director (d. 1996)
- 1920 - Shelley Winters, American actress (d. 2006)
- 1922 - Alain Robbe-Grillet, French writer and filmmaker (d. 2008)
- 1925 - Brian Aldiss, English writer
- 1933 - Roman Polanski, French-born director and actor
- 1955 - Stefano Tamburini, Italian graphic artist, (d. 1986)
- 1957 - Carole Bouquet, French actress
- 1958 - Roberto Baldazzini, Italian graphic artist
- 1957 - Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
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Deaths
- 1503 - Pope Alexander VI (b. 1431)
- 1563 - Étienne de La Boétie, French judge and writer (b. 1530)
- 1634 - Urbain Grandier, French priest (b. 1590)
- 1850 - Honoré de Balzac, French writer (b. 1799)
- 1879 – Joseph Octave Delepierre, Belgian bibliophile (b. 1802)
- 1942 - Erwin Schulhoff, Czech composer and pianist ("In futurum") (b. 1894)
- 1970 - Soledad Miranda, Spanish actress (b. 1943)
- 1983 - Nikolaus Pevsner, German-born art historian (b. 1902)
- 1990 - B.F. Skinner, American psychological theorist (b. 1904)
- 1992 - John Sturges, American film director (b. 1911)
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