June 3
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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
- 1140 - French scholar Peter Abelard is found guilty of heresy.
- 1968 - Valerie Solanas, author of The SCUM Manifesto, attempts to assassinate Andy Warhol by shooting him three times.
- 1976 - publication of The Love that Dares to Speak its Name, which was banned in 1979 under the UK's blasphemy laws.
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Births
- 1906 - Josephine Baker, American dancer (d. 1975)
- 1922 - Alain Resnais, French director
- 1926 - Allen Ginsberg, American poet (d. 1997)
- 1942 - Curtis Mayfield, American musician (d. 1999)
- 1946 - Eddie Holman, American singer
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Deaths
- 1924 - Franz Kafka, Czech novelist (b. 1883)
- 1977 - Roberto Rossellini, Italian film director (b. 1906)
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