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| *[[1614]] - [[Elizabeth Báthory]], the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. [[1560]]) | *[[1614]] - [[Elizabeth Báthory]], the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. [[1560]]) | ||
| *[[1838]] - [[Adelbert von Chamisso]], German writer (b. [[1781]]) | *[[1838]] - [[Adelbert von Chamisso]], German writer (b. [[1781]]) | ||
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Leon Trotsky]], Russian revolutionary (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | * 1940 - [[Ernest Lawrence Thayer]], American poet (b. [[1863]]) | ||
| - | * 1940 - [[Hermann Obrecht]], member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. [[1882]]) | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Henrik Pontoppidan]], Danish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] (b. [[1857]]) | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Ettore Bugatti]], Italian automobile manufacturer (b. [[1881]]) | ||
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Constant Lambert]], British composer and conductor (b. [[1905]]) | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Harald Ulrik Sverdrup]], Norwegian meteorologist and oceanographer (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| - | * 1957 - [[Nels Stewart]], professional ice hockey player (b. [[1902]]) | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[David Barnard Steinman]], American civil engineer and bridge designer (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Palmiro Togliatti]], Italian communist leader (b. [[1893]]) | ||
| *[[1978]] - [[Charles Eames]], American designer and architect (b. [[1907]]) | *[[1978]] - [[Charles Eames]], American designer and architect (b. [[1907]]) | ||
| *[[1979]] - [[Giuseppe Meazza]], Italian footballer (b. [[1910]]) | *[[1979]] - [[Giuseppe Meazza]], Italian footballer (b. [[1910]]) | ||
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Art and culture
Births
- 1798 - Jules Michelet, French historian (d. 1874)
- 1872 - Aubrey Beardsley, English illustrator (d. 1898)
- 1944 - Peter Weir, Australian film director
Deaths
- 1614 - Elizabeth Báthory, the world's most prolific female serial killer (b. 1560)
- 1838 - Adelbert von Chamisso, German writer (b. 1781)
- 1978 - Charles Eames, American designer and architect (b. 1907)
- 1979 - Giuseppe Meazza, Italian footballer (b. 1910)
- 1981 - Michael Devine, the last man to die in the 1981 Irish hunger strike (b. 1954)
- 1982 - Sobhuza II, King of Swaziland (b. 1899)
- 1983 - Benigno Aquino, Jr., Philippine opposition leader (b. 1932)
- 1988 - Ray Eames, American designer, artist and architect (b. 1912)
- 1989 - Raul Seixas, Brazilian singer (b. 1945)
- 1995 - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Indian-born astrophysicist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
- 1997 - Yuri Nikulin, Russian clown and actor (b. 1921)
- 2000 - Daniel Lisulo, Prime Minister of Zambia (b. 1930)
- 2001 - Calum MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1927)
- 2003 - Kathy Wilkes, English philosopher and aid worker (b. 1946)
- 2003 - Wesley Willis, American musician (b. 1963)
- 2005 - Marcus Schmuck, Austrian mountaineer (b. 1925)
- 2005 - Robert Moog, American pioneer of electronic music (b. 1934)
- 2005 - Dalia Rabikovich, Israeli poet (b. 1936)
- 2005 - Martin Dillon, tenor, American opera singer (b. 1957)
- 2006 - Paul Fentener van Vlissingen, Dutch businessman and philantropher (b. 1941)
- 2006 - Ustad Bismillah Khan, Indian musician (b. 1916)
- 2007 - Siobhan Dowd, British/Irish writer (b. 1960)
- 2007 - Elizabeth P. Hoisington, American Brigadier General (b. 1918)
Notes
- Aubrey Beardsley
- Elizabeth Báthory
- Robert Moog
- Anthony Boucher
- Jules Michelet
- Théodore Géricault
- Charles Eames
- Prague Spring
- Leo Castelli
- Peter Weir
- Adelbert von Chamisso
- Christian Schad
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