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*[[1949]] - [[Leadbelly]], American musician (b. [[1888]]) | *[[1949]] - [[Leadbelly]], American musician (b. [[1888]]) | ||
*[[1961]] - [[Frantz Fanon]], West Indian psychiatrist and writer (b. [[1925]]) | *[[1961]] - [[Frantz Fanon]], West Indian psychiatrist and writer (b. [[1925]]) | ||
- | *[[1964]] - [[Consuelo Vanderbilt]] (b. [[1877]]) | ||
- | *[[1972]] - [[Janet Munro]], British actress (b. [[1934]]) | ||
- | *[[1976]] - [[João Goulart]], [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1918]]) | ||
- | *[[1983]] - [[Lucienne Boyer]], French singer (b. [[1903]]) | ||
- | *[[1985]] - [[Burr Tillstrom]], American puppeteer (b. [[1917]]) | ||
- | * 1985 - [[Max Kasch]], American Actor, Holes | ||
- | *[[1988]] - [[Roy Orbison]], American singer, guitarist, and songwriter (b. [[1936]]) | ||
- | *[[1989]] - [[Frances Bavier]], American actress (b. [[1902]]) | ||
- | * 1989 - [[Sammy Fain]], American popular music composer (b. [[1902]]) | ||
- | * 1989 - [[John Payne (actor)|John Payne]], American movie actor (b. [[1912]]) | ||
- | *[[1990]] - [[Pavlos Sidiropoulos]], Greek singer and songwriter (b. [[1948]]) | ||
- | *[[1991]] - Sir [[Richard Stone]], British economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1913]]) | ||
- | *[[1992]] - [[Mimi Smith]], maternal aunt and guardian of [[John Lennon]] (b. [[1914]]) | ||
- | *[[1993]] - [[Don Ameche]], American actor (b. [[1908]]) | ||
- | *[[1996]] - [[Pete Rozelle]], commissioner of the [[National Football League]] (b. [[1926]]) | ||
- | *[[1997]] - [[Billy Bremner]], Scottish footballer (b. [[1942]]) | ||
- | *[[2000]] - [[Werner Klemperer]], German-born actor (b. [[1920]]) | ||
- | *[[2001]] - Sir [[Peter Blake (yachtsman)|Peter Blake]], New Zealand sailor and environmentalist (b. [[1948]]) | ||
- | * 2001 - [[Charles McClendon]], Hall of Fame college football coach (b. [[1923]]) | ||
- | *[[2002]] - [[Philip Berrigan]], American civil rights activist (b. [[1923]]) | ||
- | *[[2003]] - [[Hans Hotter]], German bass-baritone (b. [[1909]]) | ||
- | * 2003 - [[Carlos Manuel Arana Osorio]], [[President of Guatemala]] (b. [[1918]]) | ||
- | * 2003 - [[Jerry Tuite]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1966]]) | ||
- | *[[2004]] - [[Raymond Goethals]], Belgian football coach (b. [[1921]]) | ||
- | *[[2005]] - [[Charly Gaul]], Luxembourg cyclist (b. [[1932]]) | ||
- | * 2005 - [[Devan Nair]], 3rd [[President of Singapore]] (b. [[1923]]) | ||
- | * 2005 - [[Danny Williams (musician)|Danny Williams]], South African-born singer (b. [[1942]]) | ||
== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
- | Albrecht Schaeffer | + | *[[1961]] - [[Albrecht Schaeffer]] |
- | Richard Speck | + | *[[1961]] - [[Emmanuel Frémiet]] |
- | Piero Piccioni | + | *[[1961]] - [[Bruce Nauman]] |
- | Emmanuel Frémiet | + | *[[1961]] - [[Eugène Brieux]] |
- | Baldassare Castiglione | + | *[[1961]] - [[Alain Tanner]] |
- | Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin | + | |
- | Rudolf Schlichter | + | |
- | Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin | + | |
- | Lead Belly | + | |
- | Bruce Nauman | + | |
- | Peter Handke | + | |
- | Eugène Brieux | + | |
- | Alain Tanner | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1768 - The first edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica is published.
- 1849 - American abolitionist Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery.
Births
- 1478 - Baldassare Castiglione, Italian diplomat and author (d. 1529)
- 1805 - Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin, French magician (d. 1861)
- 1890 - Rudolf Schlichter, German artist and writer (d. 1955)
- 1919 - Paul de Man, Belgian-born literary critic (d. 1983)
- 1921 - Piero Piccioni, Italian musician and composer (d. 2004)
- 1929 - Alain Tanner, Swiss filmmaker
- 1942 - Peter Handke, Austrian writer
Deaths
- 1352 - Pope Clement VI (b. 1291)
- 1779 - Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, French painter (b. 1699)
- 1882 - Anthony Trollope, British author (b. 1815)
- 1949 - Leadbelly, American musician (b. 1888)
- 1961 - Frantz Fanon, West Indian psychiatrist and writer (b. 1925)
Notes
- 1961 - Albrecht Schaeffer
- 1961 - Emmanuel Frémiet
- 1961 - Bruce Nauman
- 1961 - Eugène Brieux
- 1961 - Alain Tanner
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