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| *[[1916]] - [[Grigori Rasputin]], Russian monk (b. [[1869]]) | *[[1916]] - [[Grigori Rasputin]], Russian monk (b. [[1869]]) | ||
| *[[1921]] - [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], French composer (b. [[1835]]) | *[[1921]] - [[Camille Saint-Saëns]], French composer (b. [[1835]]) | ||
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Gabriel Narutowicz]], first [[President of Poland]] (b. [[1865]]) | ||
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Elinor Wylie]], American poet and writer (b. [[1885]]) | ||
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Thelma Todd]], American actress (b. [[1905]]) | ||
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Billy Hamilton (baseball player)]], MLB Hall of Fame Outfielder (b. [[1866]]) | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Giovanni Agnelli]], Italian automobile manufacturer (b. [[1866]]) | ||
| - | * 1945 - [[Fumimaro Konoye]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (b. [[1891]]) | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Sidney Olcott]], Canadian film director (b. [[1873]]) | ||
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Nina Hamnett]], British artist (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| *[[1965]] - [[W. Somerset Maugham]], British writer (b. [[1874]]) | *[[1965]] - [[W. Somerset Maugham]], British writer (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Réal Caouette]], French Canadian politician ([[Social Credit Party of Canada]]) (b. [[1917]]) | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Risto Jarva]], Finnish filmmaker (b. [[1934]]) | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Colonel Sanders|Colonel Harland Sanders]], American fast food entrepreneur (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Hellmuth Walter]], German engineer and inventor (b. [[1900]]) | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Colin Chapman]], British engineer and automobile manufacturer, founder of [[Lotus Cars]] (b. [[1928]]) | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Debs Garms]], baseball player (b. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Paul Castellano]], American mafioso (b. [[1915]]) | ||
| - | * 1985 - [[Thomas Bilotti]], American mafioso (b. [[1940]]) | ||
| *[[1988]] - [[Sylvester James]], American R&B singer, disco performer (b. [[1948]]) | *[[1988]] - [[Sylvester James]], American R&B singer, disco performer (b. [[1948]]) | ||
| *[[1989]] - [[Lee Van Cleef]], American actor (b. [[1925]]) | *[[1989]] - [[Lee Van Cleef]], American actor (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | * 1989 - [[Aileen Pringle]], American actress (b. [[1895]]) | + | *[[1989]] - [[Aileen Pringle]], American actress (b. [[1895]]) |
| - | * 1989 - [[Silvana Mangano]], Italian actress (b. [[1930]]) | + | *[[1989]] - [[Silvana Mangano]], Italian actress (b. [[1930]]) |
| * 1989 - [[Oscar Alfredo Gálvez]], Argentine racing driver (b. [[1913]]) | * 1989 - [[Oscar Alfredo Gálvez]], Argentine racing driver (b. [[1913]]) | ||
| *[[1990]] - [[Douglas Campbell (aviator)|Douglas Campbell]], American pilot (b. [[1896]]) | *[[1990]] - [[Douglas Campbell (aviator)|Douglas Campbell]], American pilot (b. [[1896]]) | ||
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Art and culture
Births
- 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven, German composer (Is his supposed birthday, since he was baptized the following day it is believed his birthday is on the 16th.) (d. 1827)
- 1775 - Jane Austen, British writer (d. 1817)
- 1866 - Wassily Kandinsky, Russian-born French abstract painter (d. 1944)
- 1899 - Noel Coward, British playwright, actor and composer (d. 1973)
- 1901 - Margaret Mead, American anthropologist (d. 1978)
- 1917 - Arthur C. Clarke, British writer
- 1928 - Philip K. Dick, American writer (d. 1982)
- 1938 - Liv Ullmann, Norwegian actress
- 1961 - Bill Hicks, American comedian (d. 1994)
- 1962 - Maruschka Detmers, Dutch actress
Deaths
- 1859 - Wilhelm Grimm, German writer and folklorist (b. 1786)
- 1897 - Alphonse Daudet, French novelist and short story writer (b. 1840)
- 1916 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (b. 1869)
- 1921 - Camille Saint-Saëns, French composer (b. 1835)
- 1965 - W. Somerset Maugham, British writer (b. 1874)
- 1988 - Sylvester James, American R&B singer, disco performer (b. 1948)
- 1989 - Lee Van Cleef, American actor (b. 1925)
- 1989 - Aileen Pringle, American actress (b. 1895)
- 1989 - Silvana Mangano, Italian actress (b. 1930)
- 1989 - Oscar Alfredo Gálvez, Argentine racing driver (b. 1913)
- 1990 - Douglas Campbell, American pilot (b. 1896)
- 1993 - Moses Gunn, American actor (b. 1929)
- 1993 - Tanaka Kakuei, Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1918)
- 1995 - Mariele Ventre, Italian choir director (b. 1939)
- 1995 - Johnny Moss, American poker player (b. 1907)
- 1996 - Quentin Bell, British art historian (b. 1910)
- 1997 - Nicolette Larson, American singer (b. 1952)
- 1998 - William Gaddis, American writer (b. 1922)
- 2001 - Stuart Adamson, British musician (b. 1958)
- 2001 - Stefan Heym, German author (b. 1913)
- 2003 - Robert Stanfield, Premier of Nova Scotia (b. 1914)
- 2003 - Gary Stewart, American musician, singer and songwriter (b. 1945)
- 2004 - Ted Abernathy, American baseball player (b. 1933)
- 2005 - Kenneth Bulmer, British author (b. 1921)
- 2005 - John Spencer, American actor (b. 1946)
- 2006 - Pnina Salzman, Israeli pianist (b. 1922)
- 2006 - Taliep Petersen, South African singer and composer (b. 1950)
- 2006 - Don Jardine, professional wrestler (b. 1940)
Notes
Silvana Mangano
Wassily Kandinsky
Ron Athey
Sylvester James
Philip K. Dick
Charles Willard Moore
Aileen Pringle
Liv Ullmann
William Gaddis
Eugène Demolder
Bill Hicks
John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
Jane Austen
N. Katherine Hayles
Jackie Mittoo
Camille Saint-Saëns
Pierre Desfontaines
Sensation (exhibition)
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