December 14
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Art and culture
- 1959 - The Motown record label is founded in Detroit, Michigan by Berry Gordy.
- 1979 - Legendary punk rock group The Clash release London Calling in the UK, a landmark album in rock music.
Births
- 1824 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, French painter (d. 1898)
- 1866 - Roger Fry, British artist and art critic (d. 1934)
- 1895 - Paul Eluard, French poet (d. 1952)
- 1911 - Spike Jones, American comedian and musician (d. 1965)
- 1916 - Shirley Jackson, American writer (d. 1965)
- 1923 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer
- 1946 - Jane Birkin, British-born actress
Deaths
- 1990 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Swiss writer (b. 1921)
- 1993 - Myrna Loy, American actress (b. 1905)
- 1993 - Jeff Alm, American football player (b. 1968)
- 1996 - Gaston Miron, Quebec poet and editor (b. 1928)
- 1997 - Kurt Winter, Canadian musician (The Guess Who) (b. 1946)
- 1997 - Stubby Kaye, American actor (b. 1918)
- 1998 - Norman Fell, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1998 - Annette Strauss, American philanthropist (b. 1924)
- 1998 - Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham, Jr., American civil rights activist and author (b. 1928)
- 2003 - Jeanne Crain, American actress (b. 1925)
- 2003 - Blas Ople, foreign minister of the Philippines (b. 1927)
- 2004 - Rod Kanehl, American baseball player (b. 1934)
- 2004 - Fernando Poe, Jr., Filipino actor and presidential candidate (b. 1939)
- 2005 - Dr. Rodney William Whitaker, American author (b. 1931)
- 2006 - Anton Balasingham, chief political strategist of Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (b. 1938)
- 2006 - Ahmet Ertegün, co-founder of Atlantic Records (b. 1923)
- 2006 - Mike Evans, American actor (b. 1949)
Notes
Spike Jones
Xul Solar
Paul Éluard
Gerard Reve
Myrna Loy
Shirley Jackson
Théo van Rysselberghe
Charles Seeger
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Jane Birkin
Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Gustav Machatý
Stanley Spencer
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