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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | * [[1920]] - [[Mamie Smith]] records "Crazy Blues," a huge success, selling over two million copies. | + | * [[1930]] - [[Betty Boop]] premieres in her first cartoon |
| - | * [[1930]] - [[Betty Boop]] premiers in her first cartoon | + | *[[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. |
| - | + | * [[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]]. | ||
| == Births == | == 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 | * [[1959]] - [[Kurtis Blow]], American rapper | ||
| == Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
| + | * [[1516]] - [[ Hieronymus Bosch]], Dutch painter (b. c. [[1450]]) | ||
| * [[1816]] - [[Johann August Apel]], German jurist and writer (b. [[1771]]) | * [[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 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]] - [[Sharon Tate]], American actress (murdered) (b. [[1943]]) | * [[1969]] - [[Sharon Tate]], American actress (murdered) (b. [[1943]]) | ||
| * [[1975]] - [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Russian composer (b. [[1906]]) | * [[1975]] - [[Dmitri Shostakovich]], Russian composer (b. [[1906]]) | ||
| + | * [[1982]] - [[Alexandre Alexeieff]], Russian-born animator (b. [[1901]]) | ||
| * [[1995]] - [[Jerry Garcia]], American musician ([[Grateful Dead]]) (b. [[1942]]) | * [[1995]] - [[Jerry Garcia]], American musician ([[Grateful Dead]]) (b. [[1942]]) | ||
| * [[2002]] - [[Peter Neville]], anarchist, sociologist, and peace activist | * [[2002]] - [[Peter Neville]], anarchist, sociologist, and peace activist | ||
| - | + | * 2022 – [[Lamont Dozier]], American songwriter and producer (b. 1941) | |
| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | *[[ Hieronymus Bosch]] (c. 1450 - August 9, 1516) was a prolific Dutch painter of | + | |
| - | *[[P. Adams Sitney]] (born August 9, 1944 in New Haven, Connecticut), is an historian of avant-garde film in the United States. | + | |
| - | *[[Robert Aldrich]] | + | |
| - | *[[Charles Cros]] | + | |
| - | *[[Ernst Haeckel]] | + | |
| - | *[[Alexandre Alexeieff]] | + | |
| - | *[[Léonide Massine]] | + | |
| - | *[[Refus Global]] | + | |
| - | *[[Eileen Gray]] | + | |
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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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