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| *[[1809]] - [[Thomas Paine]], American revolutionary and writer (b. [[1737]]) | *[[1809]] - [[Thomas Paine]], American revolutionary and writer (b. [[1737]]) | ||
| - | *[[1846]] - [[Rodolphe Töpffer]], Swiss cartoonist, and caricature artist (b.[[]]) | + | *[[1846]] - [[Rodolphe Töpffer]], Swiss cartoonist, and caricature artist (b.[[1799]]) |
| *[[1876]] - [[George Sand]], French author and early feminist(b. [[1804]]) | *[[1876]] - [[George Sand]], French author and early feminist(b. [[1804]]) | ||
| *[[1913]] - [[Emily Davison]], feminist activist (b.[[1872]]). | *[[1913]] - [[Emily Davison]], feminist activist (b.[[1872]]). | ||
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- 1926 - Antoni Gaudí, the famous Catalan architect, is run over by a tram. He dies 2 days later in hospital.
- 1949 - Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell is published.
- 1949 - Anti-communism - Such celebrities as Helen Keller, Dorothy Parker, Danny Kaye, Fredric March, John Garfield, Paul Muni and Edward G. Robinson are named in an FBI report as Communist party members.
- 1968 - James Earl Ray is arrested for the murder of Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1984 - Homosexuality is declared not a crime in the state of New South Wales, Australia.
Births
- 1743 - Alessandro Cagliostro, Italian adventurer (d. 1795)
- 1867 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect (d. 1959)
- 1903 - Marguerite Yourcenar, French author (d. 1987)
- 1941 - Fuzzy Haskins, American musician (P-Funk)
- 1955 - Tim Berners-Lee, English internet developer
- 1900 - George Antheil, American avant-garde composer and pianist (b. 1959).
Deaths
- 1809 - Thomas Paine, American revolutionary and writer (b. 1737)
- 1846 - Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss cartoonist, and caricature artist (b.1799)
- 1876 - George Sand, French author and early feminist(b. 1804)
- 1913 - Emily Davison, feminist activist (b.1872).
- 1971 - Arnoldo Mondadori, Italian 'gialli' publisher (b. 1889).
- 1945 - Robert Desnos, French surrealist poet (b. 1900).
- 1996 - Audrey Munson, American model and actress, known as "the Exposition Girl" (b.1891)
- 2001 - Alex de Renzy, American film director (b.1935)
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