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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
*[[1302]] - [[Battle of the Golden Spurs]] (''Guldensporenslag'' in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]) - a coalition around the [[Flanders|Flemish]] cities defeats the king of [[France]]'s huge knightly army. *[[1302]] - [[Battle of the Golden Spurs]] (''Guldensporenslag'' in [[Dutch language|Dutch]]) - a coalition around the [[Flanders|Flemish]] cities defeats the king of [[France]]'s huge knightly army.
*[[1740]] - [[Pogrom]]: [[Jew]]s are expelled from [[Little Russia]]. *[[1740]] - [[Pogrom]]: [[Jew]]s are expelled from [[Little Russia]].
*[[1776]] - Captain [[James Cook]] begins third voyage. *[[1776]] - Captain [[James Cook]] begins third voyage.
-*[[1789]] - [[Jacques Necker]] dismissed as Finance Minister for France sparking the [[Storming of the Bastille]]. 
-*[[1796]] - The [[United States|U.S.]] takes possession of [[Detroit, Michigan|Detroit]] from [[Kingdom of Great Britain|Great Britain]] under terms of the [[Jay Treaty]]. 
*[[1859]] - ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]] is published. *[[1859]] - ''[[A Tale of Two Cities]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]] is published.
 +*[[1914]] - [[Manifesto of Futurist Architecture]] by [[Antonio Sant'Elia]] is published.
*[[1960]] - ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' by [[Harper Lee]] is first published. *[[1960]] - ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' by [[Harper Lee]] is first published.
-*[[1995]] - * 1995 - [[Srebrenica Genocide]]: Serb army from [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], capture the Bosniak town of [[Srebrenica]]. More than eight thousands inhabitants are murdered. It is generally regarded to be the most horrific event in recent European history.+*[[1967]] - [[Margot Fonteyn]], [[Rudolf Nureyev]] and [[Richard Cornwell]] are arrested for illegal drug possion in [[Haight-Ashbury]], but released quickly without being charged.
 +*[[1977]] - British gay paper found guilty of blasphemy for publishing ''[[The Love that Dares to Speak its Name]]''
 +*[[1995]] - [[Srebrenica Genocide]]: Serb army from [[Yugoslavia]] and [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]], capture the Bosniak town of [[Srebrenica]]. More than eight thousands inhabitants are murdered. It is generally regarded to be the most horrific event in recent European history.
== Births == == Births ==
*[[1754]] - [[Thomas Bowdler]], English physician and censor (d. [[1825]]) *[[1754]] - [[Thomas Bowdler]], English physician and censor (d. [[1825]])
-*[[1846]] - [[Leon Bloy]], French writer (d. [[1917]])+*[[1834]] - [[James McNeill Whistler]], American artist (d. [[1903]])
-*[[1857]] - [[Alfred Binet]], French psychologist (d. [[1911]])+*[[1846]] - [[Léon Bloy]], French writer (d. [[1917]])
-*[[1899]] - [[E. B. White]], American writer (d. [[1985]])+*[[1869]] &ndash; [[André de Lorde]], French playwright (d. 1942)
-*[[1930]] - [[Harold Bloom]], American literary critic+*[[1930]] - [[Harold Bloom]], American literary critic (d. 2019)
*[[1934]] - [[Giorgio Armani]], Italian fashion designer *[[1934]] - [[Giorgio Armani]], Italian fashion designer
-*[[1953]] - [[Peter Brown (singer)|Peter Brown]], American singer, songwriter and producer+*[[1974]] - [[Lil' Kim]], American rapper
-*[[1968]] - [[Michael Geist]], Canadian academic+
-*[[1975]] - [[Lil' Kim]], American rapper+
== Deaths == == Deaths ==
 +*[[1593]] - [[Giuseppe Arcimboldo]], Italian painter (b. [[1527]])
 +*[[1978]] - [[Harold Rosenberg]], American art critic (b. [[1906]])
*[[2001]] - [[Herman Brood]], Dutch singer and artist (suicide) (b. [[1946]]) *[[2001]] - [[Herman Brood]], Dutch singer and artist (suicide) (b. [[1946]])
- +*[[2023]] – [[Milan Kundera]], Czech writer (b. 1929)
-== Notes ==+
-# [[Giuseppe Arcimboldo]]+
-# [[James McNeill Whistler]]+
-# [[Léon Bloy]]+
-# [[Thomas Bowdler]](July 11, 1754 February 24, 1825)+
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-[[Harold Rosenberg]] (February 2, 1906, New York City - July 11, 1978, New York City) was a U.S. writer, educator, and philosopher and art critic. ...+
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-[[Harold Bloom]] (born July 11, 1930) is an American literary critic, known as a defender of the 19th century Romantic poets at a time when their reputations ...+
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-*[[1967]] - [[Margot Fonteyn]] & [[Rudolf Nureyev]] and [[Richard Cornwell]] are arrested for illegal drug possion in [[Haight-Ashbury]], but released quickly without being charged. +
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