June 26
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Featured: A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933) |
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Art and culture
- 1284 - According to legend, the Pied Piper lures 130 children of Hamelin away.
- 2003 - Sodomy laws, In the United States, the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Lawrence v. Texas overturned all sodomy laws.
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Births
- 1806 - Max Stirner, German writer (d. 1856)
- 1809 - Petrus Borel, French writer (d. 1859)
- 1904 - Peter Lorre, Hungarian-American actor (d. 1964)
- 1931 - Colin Wilson, British writer
- 1947 - Peter Sloterdijk, German philosopher
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Deaths
- 1984 - Michel Foucault, French philosopher (b. 1926
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