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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-*[[1525]] - The [[Switzerland|Swiss]] [[Anabaptist]] Movement is born when [[Conrad Grebel]], [[Felix Manz]], [[George Blaurock]], and about a dozen others baptize each other in the home of Manz's mother in [[Zürich]], breaking a thousand-year tradition of church-state union. +*[[1525]] - [[Counterculture]]: The [[Swiss Brethren|Swiss]] [[Anabaptist]] Movement is born in [[Zürich]].
*[[1789]] - The first [[American novel]], [[The Power of Sympathy|''The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth'']], is printed in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. *[[1789]] - The first [[American novel]], [[The Power of Sympathy|''The Power of Sympathy or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth'']], is printed in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
-*[[1999]] - [[War on Drugs]]: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the [[United States Coast Guard]] intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of [[cocaine]] on board.+* [[1793]] – After being found guilty of treason by the [[French Convention]], ''Citizen Capet'', [[Louis XVI of France]], is [[guillotine]]d.
- +*[[1910]] - “[[All art is erotic]] says Adolf Loos
 +*[[1999]] - [[War on Drugs]]: In one of the largest drug busts in American history, the [[United States]] intercepts a ship with over 9,500 pounds (4,300 kg) of [[cocaine]] on board.
== Births == == Births ==
 +*[[1895]] - [[Noe Ito]], Japanese anarchist, social critic, author and feminist (d. [[1923]])
*[[1905]] - [[Christian Dior]], French fashion designer (d. [[1957]]) *[[1905]] - [[Christian Dior]], French fashion designer (d. [[1957]])
*[[1924]] - [[Benny Hill]], English actor, comedian, and singer (d. [[1992]]) *[[1924]] - [[Benny Hill]], English actor, comedian, and singer (d. [[1992]])
 +*[[1929]] - [[Radley Metzger]], American filmmaker, distributor and producer.
*[[1938]] - [[Wolfman Jack]], American disk jockey and actor (d. [[1995]]) *[[1938]] - [[Wolfman Jack]], American disk jockey and actor (d. [[1995]])
-*[[1941]] - [[Plácido Domingo]], Spanish tenor+*[[1941]] - [[Richie Havens]], American musician (d. 2013)
-* 1941 - [[Richie Havens]], American musician+
*[[1950]] - [[Billy Ocean]], West Indian musician *[[1950]] - [[Billy Ocean]], West Indian musician
*[[1952]] - [[Louis Menand]], American writer and critic *[[1952]] - [[Louis Menand]], American writer and critic
*[[1955]] - [[Jeff Koons]], American artist *[[1955]] - [[Jeff Koons]], American artist
-*[[1962]] - [[Tyler Cowen]], American economist 
== Deaths == == Deaths ==
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*[[1831]] - [[Ludwig Achim von Arnim]], German poet (b. [[1781]]) *[[1831]] - [[Ludwig Achim von Arnim]], German poet (b. [[1781]])
*[[1870]] - [[Alexander Herzen]], Russian writer (b. [[1812]]) *[[1870]] - [[Alexander Herzen]], Russian writer (b. [[1812]])
 +*[[1891]] - [[Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier]], French Classicist painter and sculptor (b. [[1815]])
*[[1924]] - [[Vladimir Lenin]], Russian revolutionary (b. [[1870]]) *[[1924]] - [[Vladimir Lenin]], Russian revolutionary (b. [[1870]])
 +*[[1938]] - [[Georges Méliès]], French filmmaker (b. [[1861]])
*[[1950]] - [[George Orwell]], British writer (b. [[1903]]) *[[1950]] - [[George Orwell]], British writer (b. [[1903]])
*[[1959]] - [[Cecil B. DeMille]], American director (b. [[1881]]) *[[1959]] - [[Cecil B. DeMille]], American director (b. [[1881]])
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*[[1984]] - [[Jackie Wilson]], American musician (b. [[1934]]) *[[1984]] - [[Jackie Wilson]], American musician (b. [[1934]])
*[[1999]] - [[Susan Strasberg]], American actress (b. [[1938]]) *[[1999]] - [[Susan Strasberg]], American actress (b. [[1938]])
- +*[[2007]] - [[Peer Raben]], German composer best known for his work with Rainer Werner Fassbinder (d. [[1940]])
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-== Notes ==+
-*[[1929]] - [[Radley Metzger]] (born January 21 1929 in New York City) is an American filmmaker, distributor and producer. +
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-*[[1938]] - [[Georges Méliès]] (December 8, 1861 – January 21, 1938), full name Marie-Georges-Jean Méliès, was a French filmmaker (b. [[1861]])+
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-*[[1895]] - [[Noe Ito]] (January 21, 1895 in Fukuoka, Japan; died 16 September 1923) was an anarchist, social critic, author and feminist. (d. [[1923]])+
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-*[[2007]] - [[Peer Raben]] (born July 3, 1940 in Viechtach, Bavaria - January 21, 2007 in Mitterfels, Bavaria, Germany) was a composer best known for his work with German film-maker Rainer Werner Fassbinder. (d. [[1940]])+
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-*[[1891]] - [[Jean-Louis-Ernest Meissonier]] (21 February 1815 – 21 January 1891) was a leading French Classicist painter and sculptor (b. [[1815]])+
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