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| - | *[[1746]] - [[Madame de Genlis]] (January 25, 1746 - December 31, 1830) was a French writer and educator, known for such works as Diners du Baron d'Holbach | + | *[[1746]] - [[Madame de Genlis]], French writer and educator (''Diners du Baron d'Holbach'') (d. [[1830]]) |
| - | *[[1861]] - [[Charles Philipon]] (April 19 1800 – January 25 1861). Born in Lyon, he was a French lithographer, caricaturist and journalist. He was the editor of the La Caricature and of Le Charivari, both satirical political journals. | + | *[[1861]] - [[Charles Philipon]], French lithographer, caricaturist and journalist (b. [[1800]]) |
| - | *[[1891]] - [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)]] (May 1 1857 – January 25 1891) was the younger brother of the painter Vincent van Gogh (1853-1890) and a successful art dealer. | + | *[[1891]] - [[Theo van Gogh (art dealer)]], Dutch art dealer, younger brother of Vincent van Gogh (b. [[1857]]) |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Bernard Tschumi]] Bernard Tschumi (born January 25 1944 Lausanne, Switzerland) is an architect, writer, and educator | + | *[[1944]] - [[Bernard Tschumi]], Swiss architect, writer, and educator |
| - | *[[1586]] - [[Keith Farley]] DJ and record producer of Chicago house music. His best-known composition is "Love Can't Turn Around" | + | *[[1962]] - [[Keith Farley]], American DJ and record producer |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Steve Reich]] Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3, 1936) is an American composer. He is a pioneer of minimalism, although his music has increasingly deviated from a purely minimalist style. | + | *[[1936]] - [[Steve Reich]], American composer |
| - | *[[1831]] - [[Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann]] (born 31 August 1777 in Braunschweig; died 25 January 1831 in Braunschweig) was a German writer. He is generally agreed to be the author of the 1804 novel Nachtwachen (Nightwatches) under the pseudonym Bonaventura. | + | *[[1831]] - [[Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann]], German writer (''Nightwatches'') (b. [[1777]]) |
| *[[1951]] - [[Jack Vettriano]] (born 25 January 1951 Fife) is a Scottish painter. | *[[1951]] - [[Jack Vettriano]] (born 25 January 1951 Fife) is a Scottish painter. | ||
| - | *[[1791]] - [[George Selwyn]] (11 August, 1719 – 25 January, 1791) was a British politician. He served as a model for Edmond de Goncourt's novel La Faustin as the archetypical British sadist. See The Romantic Agony. | + | *[[1791]] - [[George Selwyn]], British politician, the archetypical British sadist (b. [[1719]]) |
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- 1759 - Robert Burns, Scottish poet (d. 1796)
- 1874 - W. Somerset Maugham, English writer (d. 1965)
- 1882 - Virginia Woolf, English writer (d. 1941)
- 1938 - Etta James, American singer
- 1943 - Tobe Hooper, American film director
- 1944 - Anita Pallenberg, Italian model
Deaths
- 1586 - Lucas Cranach the Younger, German painter (b. 1515)
- 1640 - Robert Burton, English scholar (b. 1577)
- 1947 - Al Capone, American gangster (b. 1899)
- 1990 - Ava Gardner, American actress (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Philip Johnson, American architect (b. 1906)
Notes
- 1746 - Madame de Genlis, French writer and educator (Diners du Baron d'Holbach) (d. 1830)
- 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)
- 1944 - Bernard Tschumi, Swiss architect, writer, and educator
- 1962 - Keith Farley, American DJ and record producer
- 1936 - Steve Reich, American composer
- 1831 - Ernst August Friedrich Klingemann, German writer (Nightwatches) (b. 1777)
- 1951 - Jack Vettriano (born 25 January 1951 Fife) is a Scottish painter.
- 1791 - George Selwyn, British politician, the archetypical British sadist (b. 1719)
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