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*[[1874]] - [[W. Somerset Maugham]], English writer (d. [[1965]]) | *[[1874]] - [[W. Somerset Maugham]], English writer (d. [[1965]]) | ||
*[[1882]] - [[Virginia Woolf]], English writer (d. [[1941]]) | *[[1882]] - [[Virginia Woolf]], English writer (d. [[1941]]) | ||
- | *[[1914]] - [[Jim Flora]], American designer (d. [[1941]]) | + | *[[1914]] - [[Jim Flora]], American designer (d. 1998) |
*[[1936]] - [[Steve Reich]], American composer | *[[1936]] - [[Steve Reich]], American composer | ||
- | + | *[[1938]] - [[Etta James]], American singer (d. 2012) | |
- | *[[1938]] - [[Etta James]], American singer | + | |
*[[1943]] - [[Tobe Hooper]], American film director | *[[1943]] - [[Tobe Hooper]], American film director | ||
*[[1944]] - [[Bernard Tschumi]], Swiss architect, writer, and educator | *[[1944]] - [[Bernard Tschumi]], Swiss architect, writer, and educator | ||
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*[[1891]] - [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)]], Dutch art dealer, younger brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. [[1857]]) | *[[1891]] - [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)]], Dutch art dealer, younger brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. [[1857]]) | ||
*[[1947]] - [[Al Capone]], American gangster (b. [[1899]]) | *[[1947]] - [[Al Capone]], American gangster (b. [[1899]]) | ||
+ | *[[1988]] - [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis (son)|Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian art historian, art critic (b. 1903) | ||
*[[1990]] - [[Ava Gardner]], American actress (b. [[1922]]) | *[[1990]] - [[Ava Gardner]], American actress (b. [[1922]]) | ||
*[[2005]] - [[Philip Johnson]], American architect (b. [[1906]]) | *[[2005]] - [[Philip Johnson]], American architect (b. [[1906]]) | ||
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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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