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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *[[79]] - [[Mount Vesuvius]] begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. | *[[79]] - [[Mount Vesuvius]] begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire. | ||
| *[[1833]] - [[Slavery]] abolished in the [[Great Britain|British]] colonies. | *[[1833]] - [[Slavery]] abolished in the [[Great Britain|British]] colonies. | ||
| + | *[[1939]] – [[World War II]]: [[Nazi Germany]] and the [[Stalin|Stalinist]] [[Soviet Union]] sign the [[Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact]]. In a secret addition to the Nazi-Soviet pact, [[Second Polish Republic|Poland]], [[Finland]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], and [[Kingdom of Romania|Romania]] are divided between the two [[totalitarian state]]s. | ||
| + | *[[1973]] - [[Stockholm syndrome]], [[Norrmalmstorg robbery]] begins | ||
| + | *[[1994]] - [[K Foundation Burn a Million Quid]] | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1754]] - King [[Louis XVI of France]] (d. [[1793]]) | ||
| + | *[[1840]] - [[Gabriel von Max]], Prague-born Austrian painter. (d. [[1915]]) | ||
| + | * [[1867]] – [[Marcel Schwob]], French writer (d. [[1905]]) | ||
| + | *[[1868]] - [[Paul Otlet]], founding father of [[documentation]], the field of study now more commonly referred to as [[information science]].(d. [[1944]]) | ||
| + | *[[1908]] - [[Arthur Adamov]], Russian-born playwright (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| + | *[[1926]] - [[Clifford Geertz]], American anthropologist (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| *[[1927]] - [[Dick Bruna]], Dutch illustrator | *[[1927]] - [[Dick Bruna]], Dutch illustrator | ||
| + | *[[1927]] - [[Allan Kaprow]], United States artist (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| *[[1963]] - [[Park Chan-wook]], Korean director and screenwriter | *[[1963]] - [[Park Chan-wook]], Korean director and screenwriter | ||
| *[[1965]] - [[Roger Avary]], Canadian-born screenwriter, director, and producer | *[[1965]] - [[Roger Avary]], Canadian-born screenwriter, director, and producer | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| + | *[[1898]] - [[Félicien Rops]], Belgian artist and printmaker (b. [[1833]]) | ||
| *[[1926]] - [[Rudolph Valentino]], Italian actor (b. [[1895]]) | *[[1926]] - [[Rudolph Valentino]], Italian actor (b. [[1895]]) | ||
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Nicola Sacco]], Italian anarchist (b. [[1891]]) | + | *[[1989]] - [[R. D. Laing]], Scottish psychiatrist (b. [[1927]]) |
| - | * 1927 - [[Bartolomeo Vanzetti]], Italian anarchist (b. [[1888]]) | + | *[[2022]] – [[Creed Taylor]], American record producer (d. 1929) |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Albert Roussel]], French composer (b. [[1869]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Reginald Tate]], British actor (b. [[1896]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Oscar Hammerstein II]], American lyricist (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Walter Anderson (folklorist)|Walter Anderson]], German folklorist (b. [[1885]]) | + | |
| - | * 1962 - [[Hoot Gibson]], American actor (b. [[1892]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Glen Gray]], American jazz musician and leader of the [[Casa Loma Orchestra]] (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Francis X. Bushman]], American actor (b. [[1883]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Georges Berger]], Belgian racing driver (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - The original [[Shamu]], [[Sea World]] [[orca]] | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Roberto Assagioli]], Italian psychiatrist (b. [[1888]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Stanford Moore]], American biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Didier Pironi]], French racing car driver (b. [[1952]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Mohammed Abed Elhai]], Sudanese writer and academic (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | * 1989 - [[R. D. Laing]], Scottish psychiatrist (b. [[1927]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[David Rose]], American composer and orchestra leader (b. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Dwayne Goettel]], Canadian musician ([[Skinny Puppy]])(b. [[1964]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[John Kendrew]], British molecular biologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Norman Wexler]], American screenwriter (b.[[1926]]) | + | |
| - | * 1999 - [[James White (author)|James White]], Northern Irish writer (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Kathleen Freeman]], American actress (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | * 2001 - [[Peter Maas]], American novelist (b. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Hoyt Wilhelm]], American baseball player (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Bobby Bonds]], American baseball player and manager (b. [[1946]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Jack Dyer]], Australian rules footballer (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[John Geoghan]], American Catholic priest (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Brock Peters]], American actor (b. [[1927]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Ninjalicious]], Canadian author and urban explorer (b. [[1973]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Maynard Ferguson]], Canadian jazz trumpeter and bandleader (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Robert Symonds]], American actor (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | == Notes == | ||
| - | # Félicien Rops | ||
| - | # Allan Kaprow | ||
| - | # Académie des Beaux-Arts | ||
| - | # Park Chan-wook | ||
| - | # Rodolphe Töpffer | ||
| - | # James Bulger | ||
| - | # Stockholm syndrome | ||
| - | # Norrmalmstorg robbery | ||
| - | # Roy Strong | ||
| - | * Louis XVI of France | ||
| - | * Arthur Adamov | ||
| - | # R. D. Laing | ||
| - | # Rudolph Valentino | ||
| - | # Gabriel von Max | ||
| - | # Clifford Geertz | ||
| - | # River Phoenix | ||
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Art and culture
- 79 - Mount Vesuvius begins stirring, on the feast day of Vulcan, the Roman god of fire.
- 1833 - Slavery abolished in the British colonies.
- 1939 – World War II: Nazi Germany and the Stalinist Soviet Union sign the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. In a secret addition to the Nazi-Soviet pact, Poland, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania are divided between the two totalitarian states.
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Births
- 1754 - King Louis XVI of France (d. 1793)
- 1840 - Gabriel von Max, Prague-born Austrian painter. (d. 1915)
- 1867 – Marcel Schwob, French writer (d. 1905)
- 1868 - Paul Otlet, founding father of documentation, the field of study now more commonly referred to as information science.(d. 1944)
- 1908 - Arthur Adamov, Russian-born playwright (d. 1970)
- 1926 - Clifford Geertz, American anthropologist (d. 2006)
- 1927 - Dick Bruna, Dutch illustrator
- 1927 - Allan Kaprow, United States artist (d. 2006)
- 1963 - Park Chan-wook, Korean director and screenwriter
- 1965 - Roger Avary, Canadian-born screenwriter, director, and producer
- 1970 - River Phoenix, American actor (d. 1993)
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Deaths
- 1898 - Félicien Rops, Belgian artist and printmaker (b. 1833)
- 1926 - Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (b. 1895)
- 1989 - R. D. Laing, Scottish psychiatrist (b. 1927)
- 2022 – Creed Taylor, American record producer (d. 1929)
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