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| - | * [[268]] - [[Pope Dionysius]] | ||
| - | * [[418]] - [[Pope Zosimus]] | ||
| - | *[[1350]] - [[Jean de Marigny]], French bishop | ||
| - | *[[1458]] - [[Arthur III, Duke of Brittany]] (b. [[1393]]) | ||
| - | *[[1476]] - [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], Duke of Milan (b. [[1444]]) | ||
| - | *[[1530]] - [[Babur]], Emperor of the Mogul empire (b. [[1483]]) | ||
| - | *[[1574]] - [[Charles of Guise]], French cardinal (b. [[1524]]) | ||
| - | *[[1624]] - [[Simon Marius]], German astronomer (b. [[1573]]) | ||
| - | *[[1731]] - [[Antoine Houdar de la Motte]], French writer (b. [[1672]]) | ||
| - | *[[1771]] - [[Claude Adrien Helvétius]], French philosopher (b. [[1715]]) | ||
| - | *[[1780]] - [[John Fothergill (physician)|John Fothergill]], English physician (b. [[1712]]) | ||
| - | *[[1784]] - [[Seth Warner]], American revolutionary leader (b. [[1743]]) | ||
| - | *[[1786]] - [[Gasparo Gozzi]], Italian critic and dramatist (b. [[1713]]) | ||
| - | *[[1869]] - [[Jean Louis Marie Poiseuille]], French physiologist (b. [[1797]]) | ||
| - | *[[1890]] - [[Heinrich Schliemann]], German archaeologist (b. [[1822]]) | ||
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Frederic Remington]], American artist (b. [[1861]]) | ||
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Melvil Dewey]], inventor of the [[Dewey decimal classification]] (b. [[1851]]) | ||
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Anatoly Lunacharsky]], Russian literary critic and politician (b. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Charles Pathé]], French film and recording industries pioneer (b. [[1863]]) | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Watsuji Tetsuro]], Japanese philosopher (b. [[1889]]) | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[George Wagner]], American professional wrestler and television personality (b. [[1915]]) | ||
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| - | *[[1970]] - [[Lillian Board]], British athlete (b. [[1948]]) | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Harry S. Truman]], 33rd [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1884]]) | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Harold B. Lee]], 11th president of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]] (b. [[1899]]) | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Jack Benny]], American comedian (b. [[1894]]) | ||
| *[[1977]] - [[Howard Hawks]], American film director and writer (b. [[1896]]) | *[[1977]] - [[Howard Hawks]], American film director and writer (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| *[[1980]] - [[Tony Smith (sculptor)|Tony Smith]], American sculptor (b. [[1912]]) | *[[1980]] - [[Tony Smith (sculptor)|Tony Smith]], American sculptor (b. [[1912]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1620 - Elizabeth Báthory's crimes are uncovered.
- 1944 - The play The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams is first publicly performed.
- 2004 - An earthquake measuring 9.3 on the Richter magnitude scale creates a tsunami causing devastation in Sri Lanka, India, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, The Maldives and many other areas around the rim of the Indian Ocean, killing more than 300,000.
Births
- 1791 - Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)
- 1891 - Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980)
- 1903 - Elisha Cook Jr., American actor (d. 1995)
- 1904 - Alejo Carpentier, Cuban writer (d. 1980)
- 1929 - Régine, French singer and nightclub owner
- 1940 - Phil Spector, American music producer
- 1971 - Jared Leto, American actor and singer (30 Seconds to Mars)
Deaths
- 1977 - Howard Hawks, American film director and writer (b. 1896)
- 1980 - Tony Smith, American sculptor (b. 1912)
- 1981 - Savithri, Indian actress (b. 1937)
- 1981 - Amber Reeves, feminist writer (b. 1887)
- 1983 - Violet Carson, British actress (b. 1898)
- 1985 - Dian Fossey, American gorilla specialist (b. 1932)
- 1985 - Harold P. Warren, American movie director (d. 1928)
- 1986 - Elsa Lanchester, British-born actress (b. 1902)
- 1988 - Glenn McCarthy, American oil tycoon and businessman (b. 1907)
- 1989 - Doug Harvey, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1924)
- 1992 - Nikita Magaloff, Russian pianist (b. 1912)
- 1996 - JonBenét Ramsey, American murder victim (b. 1990)
- 1997 - Cornelius Castoriadis, Greek philosopher and economist (b. 1922)
- 1999 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (b. 1942)
- 1999 - Shankar Dayal Sharma, President of India (b. 1918)
- 2000 - Jason Robards, American actor (b. 1922)
- 2001 - Nigel Hawthorne, English actor (b. 1929)
- 2002 - Herb Ritts, American photographer (b. 1952)
- 2002 - Armand Zildjian, American cymbal manufacturer (b. 1921)
- 2003 - Alan Bates, British actor (b. 1934)
- 2004 - Troy Broadbridge, Australian rules footballer (b. 1980)
- 2004 - Marianne Heiberg, Norwegian mediator (b. 1945)
- 2004 - Sir Angus Ogilvy, British businessman, husband of Princess Alexandra of Kent (b. 1928)
- 2004 - Aki Sirkesalo, Finnish musician (b. 1962)
- 2004 - Reggie White, American football player (b. 1961)
- 2004 - Jonathan Drummond-Webb, South African pediatric heart surgeon (b. 1959)
- 2004 - Mieszko Talarczyk, Lead singer/Guitarist of grindcore band, Nasum (b. 1974)
- 2005 - Jane Creba, Canadian murder victim (b. 1990)
- 2005 - Muriel Costa-Greenspon, American mezzo-soprano (b. 1937)
- 2005 - Kerry Packer, Australian businessman (b. 1937)
- 2005 - Vincent Schiavelli, American actor (b. 1948)
- 2005 - Erich Topp, German submarine commander (b. 1914)
- 2006 - Gerald Ford, 38th President of the United States (b. 1913)
- 2006 - Ivar Formo, Norwegian skier (b. 1951)
Notes
Henry Miller
Curtis Mayfield
Albert Giraud
Weegee
Régine
Alejo Carpentier
Elisha Cook, Jr.
Charles Babbage
John Wilkes
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