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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | *But then, on August 10, 1920, black cabaret singer [[Mamie Smith]] recorded a Perry Bradford tune, "Crazy Blues," and it was a huge success, eventually selling over two million copies. | + | * [[1930]] - [[Betty Boop]] premieres in her first cartoon |
| - | * [[48 BC]] - [[Caesar's civil war]]: [[Battle of Pharsalus]] - [[Julius Caesar]] decisively defeats [[Pompey]] at [[Pharsalus]] and Pompey flees to [[Ancient Egypt|Egypt]]. | + | *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[Nagasaki, Nagasaki|Nagasaki]] is [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|devastated]] when an [[nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]] is dropped by the [[United States]]. 70,000 people are killed instantly. |
| - | * [[378]] - [[Gothic War (376-382)|Gothic War]]: [[Battle of Adrianople (378)|Battle of Adrianople]] - A large [[Roman Empire|Roman]] army led by Emperor [[Valens]] is defeated by the [[Visigoths]] in present-day [[Turkey]]. Valens is killed along with ⅔ of his army. | + | * [[1948]] - release in Montreal of [[Refus Global]], anti-establishment and anti-religious manifesto |
| - | * [[681]] - [[Bulgaria]] is founded as a [[Khanate]] on the south bank of the [[Danube]], after defeating the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] armies of Emperor [[Constantine IV]] south of the [[Danube]] delta. | + | * [[1969]] - Members of a [[cult]] led by [[Charles Manson]] brutally murder pregnant actress [[Sharon Tate]] (wife of [[Roman Polanski]]), [[coffee]] heiress [[Abigail Folger]], Polish actor [[Wojciech Frykowski]], men's hairstylist [[Jay Sebring]], and recent high-school graduate [[Steven Parent]] at [[10050 Cielo Drive]] in [[Los Angeles, California]]. |
| - | * [[1048]] - [[Pope]] [[Damasus II]] dies in [[Rome]], after reigning for only 23 days. | + | |
| - | * [[1173]] - Construction of the [[Leaning Tower of Pisa|Tower of Pisa]] begins, and it takes two centuries to complete. | + | |
| - | * [[1483]] - Opening of the [[Sistine Chapel]] | + | |
| - | * [[1810]] - [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] annexes [[Westphalia]] as part of the [[First French Empire]]. | + | |
| - | * [[1842]] - [[Webster-Ashburton Treaty]] is signed, establishing the [[United States]]-[[Canada]] border east of the [[Rocky Mountains]]. | + | |
| - | * [[1862]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Cedar Mountain]] - At [[Culpeper County, Virginia|Cedar Mountain, Virginia]], [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General [[Thomas J. Jackson|Stonewall Jackson]] narrowly defeats [[United States|Union]] forces under General [[John Pope (military officer)|John Pope]]. | + | |
| - | * [[1877]] - [[Indian Wars]]: [[Battle of Big Hole]] - A small band of [[Nez Percé]] Indians clash with the [[United States Army]]. | + | |
| - | * [[1892]] - [[Thomas Edison]] receives a [[patent]] for a two-way [[Telegraphy|telegraph]]. | + | |
| - | * [[1902]] - [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom|Edward VII]] is crowned king of the [[United Kingdom]]. | + | |
| - | * [[1930]] - [[Betty Boop]] premiered in her first cartoon, [[Dizzy Dishes]]. | + | |
| - | * [[1936]] - [[Summer Olympic Games]]: [[1936 Summer Olympics|Games of the XI Olympiad]]: [[Jesse Owens]] wins his fourth [[gold medal]] at the games becoming the first American to win four medals in one [[Olympic Games]]. | + | |
| - | * [[1942]] - [[India]]n leader, [[Mohandas Gandhi]] is arrested in [[Bombay]] by [[United Kingdom|British]] forces, launching the [[Quit India Movement]]. | + | |
| - | * 1942 - [[World War II]]: [[Battle of Savo Island]] - [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] naval forces protecting their amphibious forces during the initial stages of the [[Battle of Guadalcanal]] are surprised and defeated by an [[Imperial Japanese Navy]] cruiser force. | + | |
| - | * [[1944]] - The [[United States Forest Service]] and the [[Wartime Advertising Council]] release posters featuring [[Smokey Bear]] for the first time. | + | |
| - | * [[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[Nagasaki]] is [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|devastated]] when an [[nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]], "Fat Man", is dropped by the [[United States]] [[B-29 Superfortress|B-29]] ''[[Bockscar]]''. Around 70,000 people were killed instantly. | + | |
| - | * [[1965]] - [[Singapore]] seceded from [[Malaysia]] and gained independence. | + | |
| - | * 1965 - [[Space disasters]]: A fire at a Titan missile base near [[Little Rock, Arkansas]] kills 53 construction workers. | + | |
| - | * [[1969]] - Members of a [[cult]] led by [[Charles Manson]] brutally murder pregnant actress [[Sharon Tate]], coffee heiress [[Abigail Folger]], Polish actor [[Wojciech Frykowski]], men's hairstylist [[Jay Sebring]], and recent high-school graduate [[Steven Parent]] at [[10050 Cielo Drive]] in Los Angeles. | + | |
| - | * [[1974]] - As a direct result of the [[Watergate scandal]], [[Richard Nixon]] becomes the first [[President of the United States]] to resign from office. His [[Vice President of the United States of America|Vice President]], [[Gerald Ford]], becomes president. | + | |
| - | * [[1983]] - [[Peter Jennings]] hosts his first broadcast of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC's]] [[ABC World News Tonight|World News Tonight]] as sole anchor. | + | |
| - | * [[1986]] - The [[Headington Shark]] is erected in [[Oxford]]. | + | |
| - | * 1986 - Knebworth Park, Stevenage, UK sees the final live performance of rock band [[Queen (band)|Queen]] with lead singer [[Freddie Mercury]]. | + | |
| - | * [[1987]] - 9 people are shot dead and 17 more injured as 19-year old Julian Knight opens fire at random in the [[Hoddle Street Massacre]] in Clifton Hill | + | |
| - | * 1988 - Baseball's all-day-game era officially came to an end when the Cubs beat the Mets 6-4 in Wrigley Field's first night game. | + | |
| - | * [[1993]] - The [[Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)|Liberal Democratic Party of Japan]] loses a 38-year hold on national leadership. | + | |
| - | * 1993 - King [[Albert II of Belgium|Albert II]] of [[Belgium]] is sworn into office. | + | |
| - | * [[1999]] - [[Russia]]n President [[Boris Yeltsin]] fires his Prime Minister, [[Sergei Stepashin]], and for the fourth time fires his entire cabinet. | + | |
| - | * 1999 - The [[Diet of Japan]] enacts a law establishing the [[Flag of Japan|Hinomaru]] and [[Kimi Ga Yo]] as the official [[national flag]] and [[national anthem]]. | + | |
| - | * [[2001]] - US President [[George W. Bush]] announces his support for federal funding of limited research on embryonic [[stem cell]]s. | + | |
| - | * 2001 - In [[Jerusalem]], 15 people die and 130 are wounded in the [[Sbarro restaurant suicide bombing]]. | + | |
| - | * [[2005]] - A chemical plant explosion happened at the EQ Recovery Plant in [[Romulus, Michigan]], forcing residence within 1 to 1⅓ mile radius from the plant to evacuate. | + | |
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| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | * [[1201]] - [[Arnold Fitz Thedmar]], English chronicler (d. [[1274]]) | + | * [[1878]] - [[Eileen Gray]], Irish designer (d. [[1976]]) |
| - | * [[1593]] - [[Izaak Walton]], English angler (d. [[1683]]) | + | * [[1896]] - [[Léonide Massine]], Russian choreographer (d. [[1979]]) |
| - | * [[1631]] - [[John Dryden]], English [[Poet Laureate]] (d. [[1700]]) | + | * [[1918]] - [[Robert Aldrich]], American filmmaker (d. [[1983]]) |
| - | * [[1648]] - [[Johann Michael Bach]], German composer (d. [[1694]]) | + | * [[1944]] - [[P. Adams Sitney]], American film historian |
| - | * [[1653]] - [[John Oldham (poet)|John Oldham]], English poet (d. [[1683]]) | + | * [[1954]] - [[Yasuaki Shimizu]], Japanese musician |
| - | * [[1674]] - [[František Maxmilián Kaňka]], Czech architect (d. [[1766]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1722]] - [[Augustus William, Prince of Prussia]] (d. [[1758]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1726]] - [[Francesco Cetti]], Italian Jesuit scientist (d. [[1778]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1757]] - [[Thomas Telford]], Scottish civil engineer (d. [[1834]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1776]] - [[Amedeo Avogadro]], Italian chemist (d. [[1856]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1797]] - [[Charles Robert Malden]], British. naval officer (d. [[1855]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1805]] - [[Joseph Locke]], English railway and civil engineer (d. [[1860]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1809]] - [[William Barret Travis]], commander at Battle of the Alamo | + | |
| - | * [[1845]] - [[André Besette]], Canadian religious figure (d. [[1937]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1871]] - [[Leonid Andreyev]], Russian writer (d. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1872]] - [[Archduke Joseph August of Austria]], Austrian field marshal (d. [[1962]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1874]] - [[Reynaldo Hahn]], Venezuelan composer and conductor (d. [[1947]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1896]] - [[Jean Piaget]], Swiss psychologist (d. [[1980]]) | + | |
| - | * 1896 - [[Lev Vygotsky]], Russian psychologist (d. [[1934]]) | + | |
| - | * 1896 - [[Erich Hückel]], German physicist (d. [[1980]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1899]] - [[P. L. Travers]], Australian author (d. [[1996]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1901]] - [[Charles Farrell]], American actor (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1902]] - [[Zino Francescatti]], French violinist (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1909]] - [[Adam von Trott zu Solz]], German diplomat opposing the Nazi regime (executed) (d. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1911]] - [[William Alfred Fowler]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (d. [[1996]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1914]] - [[Tove Jansson]], Finnish author, the creator of the [[Moomins]] (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | * 1914 - [[Ferenc Fricsay]], Hungarian conductor (d. [[1963]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1919]] - [[Joop den Uyl]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (d. [[1987]]) | + | |
| - | * 1919 - [[Ralph Houk]], American baseball player and manager | + | |
| - | * [[1920]] - [[Enzo Biagi]], Italian journalist and writer | + | |
| - | * [[1921]] - [[J. James Exon]], American politician, 36th [[List of Governors of Nebraska|Governor of Nebraska]] & [[United States Congressional Delegations from Nebraska|United States Senator from Nebraska]] | + | |
| - | * 1921 - [[Ernest Angley]], televangelist | + | |
| - | * [[1922]] - [[Philip Larkin]], English poet (d. [[1985]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1925]] - [[David A. Huffman]], creator of [[Huffman coding]] (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1927]] - [[Daniel Keyes]], American author | + | |
| - | * 1927 - [[Robert Shaw (actor)|Robert Shaw]], English actor (d. [[1978]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1928]] - [[Bob Cousy]], American. basketball player | + | |
| - | * [[1931]] - [[Mário Zagallo]], Brazilian football coach and player | + | |
| - | * 1931 - [[Chuck Essegian]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * [[1933]] - [[Tetsuko Kuroyanagi]], Japanese television personality and children's author | + | |
| - | * [[1936]] - [[Julián Javier]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1936 - [[Patrick Tse Yin]], Hong Kong film director | + | |
| - | * [[1938]] - [[Leonid Kuchma]], Ukrainian politician | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Rod Laver]], Australian tennis player | + | |
| - | * [[1939]] - [[Romano Prodi]], [[Prime Minister of Italy]], former [[President of the European Commission]] | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Hércules Brito Ruas|Brito]], Brazilian footballer | + | |
| - | * [[1940]] - [[Beverlee McKinsey]], American actress | + | |
| - | * [[1942]] - [[Tommie Agee]], American baseball player (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1943]] - [[Ken Norton]], American boxer | + | |
| - | * [[1944]] - [[Sam Elliott]], American actor | + | |
| - | * [[1945]] - [[Posy Simmonds]], English cartoonist | + | |
| - | * [[1946]] - [[Jim Kiick]], American football player | + | |
| - | * [[1948]] - [[Bill Campbell (baseball player)|Bill Campbell]], baseball player | + | |
| - | * [[1949]] - [[Jonathan Kellerman]], American writer | + | |
| - | * [[1952]] - [[Prateep Ungsongtham Hata]], Thai politician | + | |
| - | * [[1957]] - [[Melanie Griffith]], American actress | + | |
| * [[1959]] - [[Kurtis Blow]], American rapper | * [[1959]] - [[Kurtis Blow]], American rapper | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Stuart Hughes]], Canadian actor | ||
| - | * [[1961]] - [[Brad Gilbert]], American tennis player | ||
| - | * 1961 - [[John Key]], Leader of the New Zealand National Party | ||
| - | * 1961 - [[Amy Stiller]], American actress | ||
| - | * [[1962]] - [[Kevin Mack]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1962 - [[Louis Lipps]], American football player | ||
| - | * [[1963]] - [[Whitney Houston]], American diva and actress | ||
| - | * [[1964]] - [[Brett Hull]], Canadian-born hockey player | ||
| - | * [[1967]] - [[Deion Sanders]], American football player | ||
| - | * [[1968]] - [[Gillian Anderson]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Eric Bana]], Australian actor | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Karyn Parsons]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Sam Fogarino]],drummer for New York City-based band Interpol | ||
| - | * [[1969]] - [[Troy Percival]], baseball player | ||
| - | * [[1970]] - [[Rod Brind'Amour]], hockey player | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Chris Cuomo]], American TV journalist | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Thomas Lennon]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Arion Salazar]], American musician ([[Third Eye Blind]]) | ||
| - | * [[1971]] - [[Davide Rebellin]], Italian cyclist | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[Mack 10]], American rapper | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[James Kim]], technology reporter (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | * [[1972]] - [[Juanes]], Colombian singer | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[A-Mei]], Taiwanese singer | ||
| - | * [[1973]] - [[Kevin McKidd]], Scottish actor | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Filippo Inzaghi]], Italian footballer | ||
| - | * [[1974]] - [[Mahesh Babu]], Indian film actor | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[Matt Morris]], baseball player | ||
| - | * [[1975]] - [[Robbie Middleby]], Australian soccer player | ||
| - | * [[1976]] - [[Jessica Capshaw]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[Rhona Mitra]], English actress | ||
| - | * [[1977]] - [[Chamique Holdsclaw]], American basketball player | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Mikael Silvestre]], French footballer | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Adewale Ogunleye]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Jason Frasor]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * [[1978]] - [[Audrey Tautou]], French actress | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Michael Scofield]], Fox River Eight Fugitive | ||
| - | * [[1980]] - [[Ryu Seung-beom]], South Korean actor | ||
| - | * [[1982]] - [[Danieal Manning]], American football player | ||
| - | * [[1983]] - [[Ashley Johnson]], American actress | ||
| - | * [[1985]] - [[Hayley Peirsol]], American swimmer | ||
| - | * 1985 - [[Luca Filippi]], Italian racing driver | ||
| - | * 1985 - [[JaMarcus Russell]], American football player | ||
| - | * [[1989]] - [[Stefano Okaka Chuka]], Italian footballer | ||
| - | * [[1990]] - [[Adelaide Kane]], Australian actress | ||
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| == Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
| - | * [[117]] - [[Trajan]], [[Roman Emperor]] (b. [[53]]) | + | * [[1516]] - [[ Hieronymus Bosch]], Dutch painter (b. c. [[1450]]) |
| - | * [[378]] - [[Valens]], [[Roman Emperor]] (killed in battle) (b. [[328]]) | + | |
| - | * [[803]] - [[Byzantine Empress Irene]] | + | |
| - | * [[1107]] - [[Emperor Horikawa]] of Japan (b. [[1079]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1173]] - [[Najm ad-Din Ayyub]], father of [[Saladin]] | + | |
| - | * [[1250]] - King [[Eric IV of Denmark]] (b. [[1216]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1534]] - [[Cardinal Cajetan]], Italian theologian (b. [[1470]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1601]] - [[Michael the Brave]], Prince of Wallachia (b. [[1558]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1634]] - [[William Noy]], English jurist (b. [[1577]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1720]] - [[Simon Ockley]], English orientalist (b. [[1678]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1744]] - [[James Brydges, 1st Duke of Chandos]], English patron of the arts (b. [[1673]]) | + | |
| * [[1816]] - [[Johann August Apel]], German jurist and writer (b. [[1771]]) | * [[1816]] - [[Johann August Apel]], German jurist and writer (b. [[1771]]) | ||
| - | * [[1837]] - [[Xavier Sigalon]], French painter (b. [[1787]]) | + | * [[1888]] - [[Charles Cros]], French writer (b. [[1842]]) |
| - | * [[1886]] - [[Samuel Ferguson]], Northern Irish poet and artist (b. [[1810]]) | + | * [[1919]] - [[Ernst Haeckel]], German naturalist and illustrator (b. [[1834]]) |
| - | * [[1919]] - [[Ruggiero Leoncavallo]], Italian composer (b. [[1857]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1942]] - [[Edith Stein]], (St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross) (executed) (b. [[1891]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1945]] - [[Harry Hillman]], American athlete (b. [[1881]]) | + | |
| - | * 1945 - [[Robert Hampton Gray]], last [[Canadian]] [[Victoria Cross]] recipient (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1957]] - [[Carl Clauberg]], Nazi doctor (b. [[1898]]) | + | |
| * [[1962]] - [[Hermann Hesse]], German-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1877]]) | * [[1962]] - [[Hermann Hesse]], German-born writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1877]]) | ||
| * [[1967]] - [[Joe Orton]], English writer (b. [[1933]]) | * [[1967]] - [[Joe Orton]], English writer (b. [[1933]]) | ||
| - | * [[1969]] - [[Abigail Folger]], American heiress (murdered) (b. [[1943]]) | + | * [[1969]] - [[Sharon Tate]], American actress (murdered) (b. [[1943]]) |
| - | * 1969 - [[Wojciech Frykowski]], Polish writer (murdered) (b. [[1936]]) | + | |
| - | * 1969 - [[Cecil Frank Powell]], British physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | * 1969 - [[Jay Sebring]], American hair stylist (murdered) (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | * 1969 - [[Sharon Tate]], American actress (murdered) (b. [[1943]]) | + | |
| - | * 1969 - [[Steven Parent]], American student (murdered) (b. [[1951]]) | + | |
| * [[1975]] - [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Russian composer (b. [[1906]]) | * [[1975]] - [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Russian composer (b. [[1906]]) | ||
| - | * [[1979]] - [[Walter O'Malley]], baseball executive (b. [[1903]]) | + | * [[1982]] - [[Alexandre Alexeieff]], Russian-born animator (b. [[1901]]) |
| - | * [[1985]] - [[Clive Churchill]], Australian rugby league player (b. [[1927]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1988]] - [[Giacinto Scelsi]], Italian composer (b. [[1905]]) | + | |
| * [[1995]] - [[Jerry Garcia]], American musician ([[Grateful Dead]]) (b. [[1942]]) | * [[1995]] - [[Jerry Garcia]], American musician ([[Grateful Dead]]) (b. [[1942]]) | ||
| - | * [[1996]] - Sir [[Frank Whittle]], invented the [[jet engine]] (b. [[1907]]) | + | * [[2002]] - [[Peter Neville]], anarchist, sociologist, and peace activist |
| - | * [[1999]] - [[Fouad Serageddin]], Egyptian politician (b. [[1910]]) | + | * 2022 – [[Lamont Dozier]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1941) |
| - | * [[2000]] - [[John Harsanyi]], Hungarian-born economist, [[Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | * [[2002]] - [[Paul Samson]], British guitarist ([[Samson (band)|Samson]]) (b. [[1953]]) | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Peter Neville]], anarchist, sociologist, and peace activist | + | |
| - | * [[2003]] - [[Ray Harford]], English footballer and manager (b. [[1945]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Gregory Hines]], American actor and dancer (b. [[1946]]) | + | |
| - | * [[2005]] - [[Matthew McGrory]], American actor (b. [[1973]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Judith Rossner]], American novelist (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | * [[2006]] - [[James van Allen]], American physicist (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Philip E. High]], science fiction author (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
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| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | *[[ Hieronymus Bosch]] | + | |
| - | *[[P. Adams Sitney]] | + | |
| - | *[[Robert Aldrich]] | + | |
| - | *[[Charles Cros]] | + | |
| - | *[[Ernst Haeckel]] | + | |
| - | *[[Alexandre Alexeieff]] | + | |
| - | *[[Léonide Massine]] | + | |
| - | *[[Refus Global]] | + | |
| - | *[[Hermann Hesse]] | + | |
| - | *[[Kurtis Blow]] | + | |
| - | *[[Johann August Apel]] | + | |
| - | *[[Eileen Gray]] | + | |
| - | *[[Sharon Tate]] | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1930 - Betty Boop premieres in her first cartoon
- 1945 - World War II: Nagasaki is devastated when an atomic bomb is dropped by the United States. 70,000 people are killed instantly.
- 1948 - release in Montreal of Refus Global, anti-establishment and anti-religious manifesto
- 1969 - Members of a cult led by Charles Manson brutally murder pregnant actress Sharon Tate (wife of Roman Polanski), coffee heiress Abigail Folger, Polish actor Wojciech Frykowski, men's hairstylist Jay Sebring, and recent high-school graduate Steven Parent at 10050 Cielo Drive in Los Angeles, California.
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Births
- 1878 - Eileen Gray, Irish designer (d. 1976)
- 1896 - Léonide Massine, Russian choreographer (d. 1979)
- 1918 - Robert Aldrich, American filmmaker (d. 1983)
- 1944 - P. Adams Sitney, American film historian
- 1954 - Yasuaki Shimizu, Japanese musician
- 1959 - Kurtis Blow, American rapper
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Deaths
- 1516 - Hieronymus Bosch, Dutch painter (b. c. 1450)
- 1816 - Johann August Apel, German jurist and writer (b. 1771)
- 1888 - Charles Cros, French writer (b. 1842)
- 1919 - Ernst Haeckel, German naturalist and illustrator (b. 1834)
- 1962 - Hermann Hesse, German-born writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1877)
- 1967 - Joe Orton, English writer (b. 1933)
- 1969 - Sharon Tate, American actress (murdered) (b. 1943)
- 1975 - Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer (b. 1906)
- 1982 - Alexandre Alexeieff, Russian-born animator (b. 1901)
- 1995 - Jerry Garcia, American musician (Grateful Dead) (b. 1942)
- 2002 - Peter Neville, anarchist, sociologist, and peace activist
- 2022 – Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer (b. 1941)
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