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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| + | *[[1861]] - The [[Revue fantaisiste]] periodical is first published in France by Catulle Mendès | ||
| + | *[[1946]] - ''[[Zéro de conduite]]'' is first shown to a general audience after its 1933 ban. | ||
| *[[2005]] - [[YouTube]], the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States. | *[[2005]] - [[YouTube]], the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1564]] - [[Galileo Galilei]], Italian astronomer and physicist (d. [[1642]]) | *[[1564]] - [[Galileo Galilei]], Italian astronomer and physicist (d. [[1642]]) | ||
| + | *[[1748]] - [[Jeremy Bentham]], English jurist and philosopher (''Panopticon'') (d. [[1832]]) | ||
| *[[1820]] - [[Susan B. Anthony]], American feminist and suffragist (d. [[1906]]) | *[[1820]] - [[Susan B. Anthony]], American feminist and suffragist (d. [[1906]]) | ||
| + | *[[1837]] - [[Wilhelm Jensen]], German writer ''(Gravida)'' (d. [[1911]]) | ||
| *[[1856]] - [[Emil Kraepelin]], German psychiatrist (d. [[1926]]) | *[[1856]] - [[Emil Kraepelin]], German psychiatrist (d. [[1926]]) | ||
| *[[1861]] - [[Alfred North Whitehead]], English mathematician and philosopher (d. [[1947]]) | *[[1861]] - [[Alfred North Whitehead]], English mathematician and philosopher (d. [[1947]]) | ||
| *[[1883]] - [[Sax Rohmer]], English author (d. [[1959]]) | *[[1883]] - [[Sax Rohmer]], English author (d. [[1959]]) | ||
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Georges Auric]], French composer (d. [[1983]]) | + | *[[1899]] - [[Georges Auric]], French composer (''Therese and Isabelle'') (b. [[1983]]) |
| + | *[[1932]] - [[Erika Remberg]], Austrian actress noted for her part in (''The Lickerish Quartet''). | ||
| *[[1941]] - [[Florinda Bolkan]], Brazilian actress | *[[1941]] - [[Florinda Bolkan]], Brazilian actress | ||
| * 1941 - [[Brian Holland]], American songwriter and producer | * 1941 - [[Brian Holland]], American songwriter and producer | ||
| *[[1948]] - [[Art Spiegelman]], American cartoonist (''Maus'') | *[[1948]] - [[Art Spiegelman]], American cartoonist (''Maus'') | ||
| - | + | *[[1950]] - [[Marie Liljedahl]], Swedish actress | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1145]] - [[Pope Lucius II]] | + | *[[2005]] - [[Pierre Bachelet]], French singer and songwriter (b. [[1944]]) |
| - | *[[1621]] - [[Michael Praetorius]], German composer (b. [[1571]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1637]] - [[Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1578]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1738]] - [[Matthias Braun]], Czech sculptor (b. [[1684]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1775]] - [[Peter Dens]], Flemish Catholic theologian (b. [[1690]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1781]] - [[Gotthold Ephraim Lessing]], German author and philosopher (b. [[1729]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1818]] - [[Friedrich Ludwig, Fürst zu Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen]], Prussian general (b. [[1746]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1835]] - [[Henry Hunt (politician)|Henry Hunt]], British politician (b. [[1773]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1839]] - [[François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier|Chevalier de Lorimier]], Quebec notary and [[Patriote Movement|Patriote]] (b. [[1803]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1843]] - [[Theodoros Kolokotronis]], Greek general in the [[Greek War of Independence]] (b. [[1770]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1844]] - [[Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1757]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1847]] - [[Germinal Pierre Dandelin]], Belgian mathematician (b. [[1794]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1848]] - [[Hermann von Boyen]], Prussian field marshal (b. [[1771]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1849]] - [[Pierre François Verhulst]], Belgian mathematician (b. [[1804]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1857]] - [[Mikhail Glinka]], Russian composer (b. [[1804]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1869]] - [[Mirza Ghalib]], Indian poet (b. [[1796]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1911]] - [[Theodor Escherich]], German pediatrician (b. [[1859]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[H. H. Asquith]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1852]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Minnie Maddern Fiske]], American actress (b. [[1865]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin]], Russian painter (b. [[1878]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Owen Willans Richardson]], British physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1879]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Robert L. Thornton]], American businessman, philanthropist, and Mayor of Dallas, Texas (b. [[1880]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Nat King Cole]], American singer and musician (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Gerard Antoni Ciołek|Gerard Ciołek]], Polish architect and historian of gardens (b. [[1909]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Dimitrios Loundras]], Greek gymnast (b. [[1885]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Wally Cox]], American actor (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Tim Holt]], American actor (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Kurt Atterberg]], Swedish composer (b. [[1887]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Mike Bloomfield]], American musician (b. [[1943]]) | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Karl Richter]], German conductor (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Ethel Merman]], American singer and actress (b. [[1908]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Richard Feynman]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[María Elena Moyano]], Peruvian activist (b. [[1960]]) | + | |
| - | * 1992 - [[William Schuman]], American composer (b. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Tommy Rettig]], American actor (b. [[1941]]) | + | |
| - | * 1996 - [[McLean Stevenson]], American actor (b. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | * 1996 - [[Lucio Agostini]], Canadian composer and conductor (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Louie Spicolli]], American professional wrestler | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Big L (rapper)|Big L (Lamont Coleman)]], American rapper (b. [[1974]]) | + | |
| - | * 1999 - [[Henry Way Kendall]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Howard K. Smith]], American journalist (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Kevin Smith (actor)|Kevin Smith]], New Zealand actor (b. [[1963]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Jens Evensen]], Norwegian minister and International Court of Justice judge (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Jan Miner]], American actress (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Samuel Francis]], American journalist (b. [[1947]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Pierre Bachelet]], French singer and songwriter (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Walker Edmiston]], actor (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Ray Evans]], American songwriter (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
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| - | Jeremy Bentham | + | |
| - | Zéro de conduite | + | |
| - | Art Spiegelman | + | |
| - | Pierre Bachelet | + | |
| - | Sax Rohmer | + | |
| - | Camille Lemonnier | + | |
| - | Galileo Galilei | + | |
| - | Florinda Bolkan | + | |
| - | Marie Liljedahl | + | |
| - | Wilhelm Jensen | + | |
| - | Georges Auric | + | |
| - | Revue fantaisiste | + | |
| - | Alfred North Whitehead | + | |
| - | Herman Kahn | + | |
| - | List of works by E. T. A. Hoffmann | + | |
| - | Susan B. Anthony | + | |
| - | The Edge of Heaven (film) | + | |
| - | Jean-Joseph Carriès | + | |
| - | Funny Games (2008 film) | + | |
| - | Emil Kraepelin | + | |
| - | Erika Remberg | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1861 - The Revue fantaisiste periodical is first published in France by Catulle Mendès
- 1946 - Zéro de conduite is first shown to a general audience after its 1933 ban.
- 2005 - YouTube, the popular Internet site on which videos may be shared and viewed by others, is launched in the United States.
Births
- 1564 - Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer and physicist (d. 1642)
- 1748 - Jeremy Bentham, English jurist and philosopher (Panopticon) (d. 1832)
- 1820 - Susan B. Anthony, American feminist and suffragist (d. 1906)
- 1837 - Wilhelm Jensen, German writer (Gravida) (d. 1911)
- 1856 - Emil Kraepelin, German psychiatrist (d. 1926)
- 1861 - Alfred North Whitehead, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1947)
- 1883 - Sax Rohmer, English author (d. 1959)
- 1899 - Georges Auric, French composer (Therese and Isabelle) (b. 1983)
- 1932 - Erika Remberg, Austrian actress noted for her part in (The Lickerish Quartet).
- 1941 - Florinda Bolkan, Brazilian actress
- 1941 - Brian Holland, American songwriter and producer
- 1948 - Art Spiegelman, American cartoonist (Maus)
- 1950 - Marie Liljedahl, Swedish actress
Deaths
- 2005 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
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