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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1746]] - [[Madame de Genlis]], French writer and educator (''Diners du Baron d'Holbach'') (d. [[1830]]) | ||
| *[[1759]] - [[Robert Burns]], Scottish poet (d. [[1796]]) | *[[1759]] - [[Robert Burns]], Scottish poet (d. [[1796]]) | ||
| - | *[[1794]] - [[François-Vincent Raspail]], French chemist (d. [[1878]]) | ||
| - | *[[1796]] - [[William MacGillivray]], Scottish naturalist and ornithologist (d. [[1852]]) | ||
| - | *[[1825]] - [[George Pickett]], American [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] General (d. [[1875]]) | ||
| - | *[[1841]] - [[John Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher|Jackie Fisher]], British [[First Sea Lord]] (d. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | *[[1858]] - [[Kokichi Mikimoto]], Japanese pearl farm pioneer (d. [[1954]]) | ||
| - | *[[1860]] - [[Charles Curtis]], 31st [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. [[1936]]) | ||
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Julije Kempf]], Croatian historian and writer (d. [[1934]]) | ||
| *[[1874]] - [[W. Somerset Maugham]], English writer (d. [[1965]]) | *[[1874]] - [[W. Somerset Maugham]], English writer (d. [[1965]]) | ||
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Ernst Alexanderson]], Swedish-born television pioneer (d. [[1975]]) | ||
| *[[1882]] - [[Virginia Woolf]], English writer (d. [[1941]]) | *[[1882]] - [[Virginia Woolf]], English writer (d. [[1941]]) | ||
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Kitahara Hakushū]], Japanese poets and children's writers (d. [[1942]]) | + | *[[1914]] - [[Jim Flora]], American designer (d. 1998) |
| - | *[[1886]] - [[Wilhelm Furtwängler]], German conductor (d. [[1954]]) | + | *[[1936]] - [[Steve Reich]], American composer |
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Paul-Henri Spaak]], Belgian politician (d. [[1972]]) | + | *[[1938]] - [[Etta James]], American singer (d. 2012) |
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Theodosius Dobzhansky]], Ukrainian-American geneticist and biologist (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | * 1900 - [[Yojiro Ishizaka]], Japanese writer (d. [[1986]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Martin De Alzaga]], Argentine racing driver (d. [[1982]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Maurice Roy]], French Canadian Roman Catholic cardinal, [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec|archbishop of Quebec]] (d. [[1985]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Witold Lutosławski]], Polish composer (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | * 1913 - [[Luis Marden]], American photojournalist (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Pop Ivy|Frank "Pop" Ivy]], American and Canadian football coach (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Ilya Prigogine]], Russian scientist [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Laureate]] (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | * 1917 - [[Jânio Quadros]], Brazilian politician (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Ernie Harwell]], American baseball sportscaster | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Edwin Newman]], American journalist and writer | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Shirley Mason]], American psychiatric patient (Commonly known as "Sybil") (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Lou Groza]], American football player (d. [[2000]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Giorgos Zampetas]], Greek musician and songwriter (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Antonio Carlos Jobim]], Brazilian musician (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Eduard Shevardnadze]], [[President of Georgia]] | + | |
| - | * 1928 - [[Jérôme Choquette]], Quebec lawyer and politician | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Benny Golson]], American [[jazz]] musician | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Tanya Savicheva]], Russian diarist (d. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Dean Jones (actor)|Dean Jones]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Corazon Aquino]], [[President of the Philippines]] | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Diana Hyland]], American actress (d. [[1977]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Ange-Félix Patassé]], [[President of the Central African Republic]] | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[ Judith Ann Mayotte (Humanitarian)|Judith Ann Mayotte]], American humanitarian, author. | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Shotaro Ishinomori]], Japanese [[manga]] author (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Leiji Matsumoto]], Japanese creator of anime. | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Etta James]], American singer | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Vladimir Vysotsky]], Russian poet (d. [[1980]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Gabriel Romanus]], Swedish politician | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Buddy Baker]], American race car driver | + | |
| - | * 1941 - [[Gregory Sierra]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Carl Eller]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1942 - [[Eusébio]], Portuguese footballer | + | |
| *[[1943]] - [[Tobe Hooper]], American film director | *[[1943]] - [[Tobe Hooper]], American film director | ||
| + | *[[1944]] - [[Bernard Tschumi]], Swiss architect, writer, and educator | ||
| *[[1944]] - [[Anita Pallenberg]], Italian model | *[[1944]] - [[Anita Pallenberg]], Italian model | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Leigh Taylor-Young]], American actress | + | *[[1951]] - [[Jack Vettriano]] is a Scottish painter. |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Tostão]], Brazilian footballer | + | *[[1962]] - [[Keith Farley]], American DJ and record producer |
| - | * 1947 - [[Ángel Nieto]], Spanish motorcycle racer | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[John Cooper Clarke]], English punk-poet | + | |
| - | * 1949 - [[Paul Nurse]], English biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Laureate]] | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Steve Prefontaine]], American runner (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Timothy White]], American journalist (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] - [[The Honky Tonk Man]], American professional wrestler | + | |
| - | * 1953 - [[Mark Weil]], Uzbek theatre director (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Ricardo Bochini]], Argentinian footballer | + | |
| - | * 1954 - [[Kim Gandy]], American feminist | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Terry Chimes]], English musician ([[The Clash]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Andy Cox]], English musician ([[The Beat (band)|The Beat]], [[Fine Young Cannibals]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Jenifer Lewis]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Eskil Erlandsson]], Swedish politician | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Andrew P. Harris]], American politician | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Dinah Manoff]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Vivian Balakrishnan]], Singaporean politician | + | |
| - | * 1961 - [[Willie Revillame]], Filipino game show host and comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Chris Chelios]], American ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Esa Tikkanen]], Finnish ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Randy McKay]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Kina (musician)|Kina]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Luca Badoer]], Italian race car driver | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[China Kantner]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Ana Ortiz]], American actress and singer | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Geoff Johns]], American comic book writer | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Chris Guy]], American professional wrestler | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Mia Kirshner]], Canadian actress | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Tim Montgomery]], American athlete | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Dat Phan]], Stand up comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Mario Haberfeld]], Brazilian racing car driver | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Denis Menchov]], Russian cyclist | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Jason Roberts]], English-born footballer | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Derrick Turnbow]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Pi Hongyan]], French badminton player | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[Gabe Jennings]], American distance runner | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[Rodrigo Ribeiro]], Brazilian racing driver | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Michelle McCool]], American professional wrestler | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Xavi]], Catalan Spanish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Efstathios Tavlaridis]], Greek footballer | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Tose Proeski]], Macedonian Singer | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Francis Jeffers]], English footballer | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Alicia Keys]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Sho Sakurai]], Japanese singer and actor | + | |
| - | * 1982 - [[The-Dream]], singer | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Andrée Watters]], Canadian singer | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Robinho]], Brazilian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Tina Karol]], Ukrainian singer | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Chris O'Grady]], English footballer | + | |
| - | * 1986 - [[Shahriar Nafees]], Bangladeshi cricketer | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Maria Kirilenko]], Russian tennis player | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Tatiana Golovin]], French tennis player | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Marlene Lawston]], American actress | + | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[389]] - [[Gregory Nazianzus]], theologian and [[Patriarch of Constantinople]] (b. [[329]]) | ||
| - | * [[477]] - [[Geiseric]], King of the [[Vandals]] and [[Alans]] | ||
| - | * [[844]] - [[Pope Gregory IV]] | ||
| - | *[[1067]] - [[Emperor Yingzong (Song Dynasty)|Emperor Yingzong of China]] (b. [[1032]]) | ||
| - | *[[1366]] - [[Henry Suso]], German mystic | ||
| - | *[[1431]] - [[Charles II, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. [[1364]]) | ||
| - | *[[1494]] - King [[Ferdinand I of Naples]] (b. [[1423]]) | ||
| - | *[[1559]] - King [[Christian II of Denmark]], Sweden and Norway (b. [[1481]]) | ||
| - | *[[1573]] - [[Hirate Hirohide]], Japanese samurai (b. [[1553]]) | ||
| *[[1586]] - [[Lucas Cranach the Younger]], German painter (b. [[1515]]) | *[[1586]] - [[Lucas Cranach the Younger]], German painter (b. [[1515]]) | ||
| *[[1640]] - [[Robert Burton (scholar)|Robert Burton]], English scholar (b. [[1577]]) | *[[1640]] - [[Robert Burton (scholar)|Robert Burton]], English scholar (b. [[1577]]) | ||
| - | *[[1670]] - [[Nicholas II, Duke of Lorraine]] (b. [[1612]]) | + | *[[1791]] - [[George Selwyn]], British politician, the archetypical British sadist (b. [[1719]]) |
| - | *[[1726]] - [[Guillaume Delisle]], French cartographer (b. [[1675]]) | + | *[[1831]] - [[Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann]], German writer (''Nightwatches'') (b. [[1777]]) |
| - | *[[1733]] - [[Sir Gilbert Heathcote, 1st Baronet|Gilbert Heathcote]], Mayor of London (b. [[1652]]) | + | *[[1861]] - [[Charles Philipon]], French lithographer, caricaturist and journalist (b. [[1800]]) |
| - | *[[1751]] - [[Paul Dudley]], Attorney-General of Massachusetts (b. [[1675]]) | + | *[[1891]] - [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)]], Dutch art dealer, younger brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. [[1857]]) |
| - | *[[1881]] - [[Konstantin Thon]], Russian architect (b. [[1794]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1907]] - [[René Pottier]], French cyclist (b. [[1879]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Mikhail Chigorin]], Russian chess player (b. [[1850]]) | + | |
| - | * 1908 - [[Ouida]], English writer (b. [[1839]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Dmitry Milyutin]], Russian Field Marshal (b. [[1816]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Ivan Vucetic]], Croatian anthropologist (b. [[1858]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Elias Simojoki]], Finnish clergyman and politician (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| *[[1947]] - [[Al Capone]], American gangster (b. [[1899]]) | *[[1947]] - [[Al Capone]], American gangster (b. [[1899]]) | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Makino Nobuaki]], Japanese statesman (b. [[1861]]) | + | *[[1988]] - [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis (son)|Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian art historian, art critic (b. 1903) |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Kiyoshi Shiga]], Japanese physician and bacteriologist (b. [[1871]]) | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Ichizo Kobayashi]], Japanese industrialist and Minister of Commerce and Industry (b. [[1873]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Wilson Kettle]], [[Guinness Book of World Records|Guinness World Record]] holder for most living descendants (b. [[1860]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Vernon and Irene Castle|Irene Castle]], English dancer (b. [[1887]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Jane Bathori]], French mezzo-soprano (b. [[1877]]) | + | |
| - | * 1970 - [[Eiji Tsuburaya]], Founder of [[Tsuburaya Productions]], creator of Ultraman (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Erhard Milch]], German field marshal (b. [[1892]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Charlotte Whitton]], Canadian politician, mayor of Ottawa (b. [[1896]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Queenie Watts]], English actress (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Adele Astaire]], American dancer (b. [[1897]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Mikhail Suslov]], Soviet politician (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| *[[1990]] - [[Ava Gardner]], American actress (b. [[1922]]) | *[[1990]] - [[Ava Gardner]], American actress (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Stephen Cole Kleene]], American mathematician (b. [[1909]]) | + | *[[2005]] - [[Philip Johnson]], American architect (b. [[1906]]) |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Cal Jammer]], American actor (b. [[1960]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Jonathan Larson]], American composer (b. [[1960]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Sadie and Bessie Delany|Sarah "Sadie" Delany]], American author (b. [[1889]]) | + | |
| - | * 1999 - [[Ted Mallie]], American radio and television announcer (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | * 1999 - [[Robert Shaw (conductor)|Robert Shaw]], American conductor (b. [[1916]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Samuel Weems]], Arkansas judge (b. [[1936]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Fanny Blankers-Koen]], Dutch athlete (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Miklós Fehér]], Hungarian footballer (b. [[1979]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Stanislaw Albinowski|Stanisław Albinowski]], Polish economist and journalist (b. [[1923]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[William Augustus Bootle]], American judge (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Philip Johnson]], American architect (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Ray Peterson]], American singer (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Nettie Witziers-Timmer]], Dutch athlete (b. [[1923]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Anna Malle]], adult film star (b. [[1967]]) | + | |
| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | Steven Jay Schneider | + | |
| - | Ava Gardner | + | |
| - | Madame de Genlis | + | |
| - | Virginia Woolf | + | |
| - | Anita Pallenberg | + | |
| - | Charles Philipon | + | |
| - | Robert Burns | + | |
| - | Theo van Gogh (art dealer) | + | |
| - | Bernard Tschumi | + | |
| - | Lucas Cranach the Younger | + | |
| - | W. Somerset Maugham | + | |
| - | Keith Farley | + | |
| - | Steve Reich | + | |
| - | Robert Burton (scholar) | + | |
| - | Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann | + | |
| - | Jack Vettriano | + | |
| - | George Selwyn | + | |
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Births
- 1746 - Madame de Genlis, French writer and educator (Diners du Baron d'Holbach) (d. 1830)
- 1759 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (d. 1796)
- 1874 - W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (d. 1965)
- 1882 - Virginia Woolf, English writer (d. 1941)
- 1914 - Jim Flora, American designer (d. 1998)
- 1936 - Steve Reich, American composer
- 1938 - Etta James, American singer (d. 2012)
- 1943 - Tobe Hooper, American film director
- 1944 - Bernard Tschumi, Swiss architect, writer, and educator
- 1944 - Anita Pallenberg, Italian model
- 1951 - Jack Vettriano is a Scottish painter.
- 1962 - Keith Farley, American DJ and record producer
Deaths
- 1586 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
- 1640 - Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)
- 1791 - George Selwyn, British politician, the archetypical British sadist (b. 1719)
- 1831 - Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann, German writer (Nightwatches) (b. 1777)
- 1861 - Charles Philipon, French lithographer, caricaturist and journalist (b. 1800)
- 1891 - Theo van Gogh (art dealer), Dutch art dealer, younger brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. 1857)
- 1947 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899)
- 1988 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian art historian, art critic (b. 1903)
- 1990 - Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
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