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 +*[[1871]] - start of the brief rule of the [[Paris Commune]]
*[[1931]] ''[[Tabu (film)|Tabu]]'' by [[F. W. Murnau]] premieres *[[1931]] ''[[Tabu (film)|Tabu]]'' by [[F. W. Murnau]] premieres
- +*[[1950]] ''[[Symphonie pour un homme seul]]'' is first performed in public
-* [[37]] - The [[Roman Senate]] annuls [[Tiberius]]' will and proclaims [[Caligula]] emperor. +
-*[[1229]] - [[Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor]] declares himself [[King of Jerusalem]] during the [[Sixth Crusade]]. +
-*[[1241]] - [[Kraków]] is ravaged by [[Mongols]].+
-*[[1314]] - [[Jacques de Molay]], the 23rd and the last Grand Master of the [[Knights Templar]] is burned at the stake. +
-*[[1438]] - [[Albert II of Habsburg]] becomes King of [[Germany]].+
-*[[1608]] - [[Susenyos of Ethiopia|Susenyos]] is formally crowned Emperor of [[Ethiopia]]+
-*[[1673]] - [[John Berkeley, 1st Baron Berkeley of Stratton]] sells his part of [[New Jersey]] to some [[Religious Society of Friends|Friends]] (Quakers). +
-*[[1766]] - [[American Revolution]]: The [[British Parliament]] repeals the [[Stamp Act 1765|Stamp Act]], which was very unpopular in the British colonies. +
-*[[1793]] - The first [[republic]]an state in [[Germany]], the [[Republic of Mainz]], is declared by [[Andreas Joseph Hofmann]].+
-*[[1834]] - [[Tolpuddle Martyrs|Six farm labourers]] from [[Tolpuddle]], [[Dorset]], [[England]] are sentenced to be transported to [[Australia]] for forming a [[trade union]].+
-*[[1850]] - [[American Express]] is founded by [[Henry Wells]] & [[William Fargo]]. +
-*[[1865]] - [[American Civil War]]: The Congress of the [[Confederate States of America]] adjourns for the last time. +
-*[[1871]] - Declaration of the [[Paris Commune]]; President of the [[France|French]] Republic [[Adolphe Thiers]] orders evacuation of [[Paris]]. +
-*[[1874]] - [[Hawaii]] signs a treaty with the [[United States]] granting exclusive [[trade|trading]] rights.+
-*[[1893]] - Former Governor General [[Lord Stanley]] pledges to donate a [[silver]] challenge cup, later named after him, as an award for the best [[hockey|ice hockey]] team in [[Canada]]; originally presented to amateur champions, the [[Stanley Cup]] has been awarded to the top pro team since [[1910]], and since [[1926]], only to [[National Hockey League]] teams.+
-*[[1906]] - [[Traian Vuia]] flies a self-propelled heavier-than-air [[aircraft]].+
-*[[1909]] - Einar Dessau uses a [[short-wave radio]] transmitter, becoming the first radio broadcaster. +
-*[[1913]] - King [[George I of Greece]] is [[assassin]]ated in the recently liberated city of [[Thessaloniki]]. +
-*[[1915]] - [[World War I]]: Massive naval attack in [[Battle of Gallipoli]]. Three [[battleship]]s are sunk during a failed [[United Kingdom|British]] & [[France|French]] naval attack on the [[Dardanelles]]. +
-*[[1921]] - The second [[Peace of Riga]] between [[Poland]] and [[Soviet Union]].+
-*[[1922]] - In [[India]], [[Mohandas Gandhi]] is sentenced to six years in [[prison]] for [[civil disobedience]]. He would serve only 2 years.+
-* 1922 - The first public celebration of [[B'nai mitzvah#Jewish girls|Bat mitzvah]], for the daughter of Rabbi [[Mordecai Kaplan]], is held in [[New York City]]. +
-*[[1925]] - The [[Tri-State Tornado]] hits the Midwestern states of [[Missouri]], [[Illinois]], and [[Indiana]], killing 695 people.+
-*[[1937]] - The [[New London School explosion]] kills three hundred, mostly children.+
-* 1937 - [[Spanish Civil War]]: [[Spain|Spanish]] Republican forces hand [[Italy|Italian]] forces a grave defeat at the [[Battle of Guadalajara]].+
-* 1937 - The human-powered aircraft, ''[[Enea Bossi, Sr.#Pedaliante|Pedaliante]]'', flies 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) outside [[Milan]].+
-*[[1938]] - [[Mexico]] nationalizes all foreign-owned [[petroleum|oil]] properties within its borders. +
-*[[1940]] - [[World War II]]: [[Axis Powers]] - [[Adolf Hitler]] and [[Benito Mussolini]] meet at [[Brenner Pass]] in the [[Alps]] and agree to form an alliance against [[France]] and the [[United Kingdom]]. +
-*[[1944]] - The eruption of [[Mount Vesuvius]] in [[Italy]] kills 26 and causes thousands to flee their homes.+
-*[[1945]] - World War II: 1,250 American bombers attack [[Berlin]]. +
-*[[1946]] - The [[diplomatic relations]] between [[Switzerland]] and the [[Soviet Union]] were established.+
-*[[1953]] - An [[earthquake]] hits western [[Turkey]], killing 250. +
-*[[1959]] - American President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs a bill into law allowing for [[Hawaii]]an statehood, which would become official on [[August 21]]. +
-*[[1962]] - The [[Evian Accords]] puts an end to the [[Algerian War of Independence]], which began in [[1954]]. +
-*[[1965]] - [[Astronaut|Cosmonaut]] [[Aleksei Leonov]], leaving his spacecraft [[Voskhod 2]] for 12 minutes, becomes the first person to [[Extra-vehicular activity|walk in space]].+
-*[[1967]] - [[Supertanker]] [[Torrey Canyon]] runs aground off the Cornish coast.+
-*[[1968]] - [[Gold standard]]: The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] repeals the requirement for a [[gold]] reserve to back [[US currency]]. +
-*[[1970]] - [[Lon Nol]] ousts Prince [[Norodom Sihanouk]] of [[Cambodia]]. +
-*[[1971]] - A [[landslide]] at Chungar, [[Peru]] crashes into [[Lake Yanahuani]] killing 200. +
-*[[1974]] - [[Oil embargo crisis]]: Most [[OPEC]] nations end a five-month oil [[embargo]] against the [[United States]], [[Europe]] and [[Japan]]. +
-*[[1980]] - On [[Plesetsk Cosmodrome]] in [[Russia]], 50 people are killed at an explosion of a [[Vostok rocket|Vostok-2M]] rocket on its launch pad during a fueling operation.+
-*[[1989]] - In [[Egypt]], a 4,400-year-old [[mummy]] is found in the [[Great Pyramid of Giza|Pyramid of Cheops]]. +
*[[1990]] - In largest [[art theft]] in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]. *[[1990]] - In largest [[art theft]] in US history, 12 paintings, collectively worth around $300 million, are stolen from the [[Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum]] in [[Boston, Massachusetts]].
-*[[1997]] - The tail of a Russian [[Antonov An-24]] charter plane breaks off while en-route to [[Turkey]] causing the plane to crash and killing all 50 on board and leading to the grounding of all An-24s.+*[[2005]] - [[Terri Schiavo]]'s feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on [[euthanasia]].
-*[[2003]] - US enters [[war in Iraq]]. About $1 billion was taken from Iraq's Central Bank by [[Saddam Hussein]] and his family, just hours before the United States began bombing Iraq, biggest bank robbery in history. [http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/meast/05/06/sprj.nilaw.bank/]+
-* 2003 - [[FBI]] agents raid the corporate headquarters of [[HealthSouth Corporation]] in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] on suspicion of massive corporate [[fraud]] led by the company's top executives.+
-* 2003 - [[British Sign Language]] is recognised as an official British language.+
-*[[2005]] - The first-ever Muslim Friday prayer led by a woman in a mixed-gender congregation is held in [[New York City]], marking a break with a 1426-year [[Islam]]ic tradition.+
-* 2005 - [[Terri Schiavo]]'s feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on [[euthanasia]].+
-*[[2007]] Kimi Räikkönen won Australian Grand Prix+
==Births== ==Births==
-*[[1395]] - [[John Holland, 2nd Duke of Exeter]], English military leader (d. [[1447]])+*[[1634]] - [[Madame de La Fayette]], French writer (''La Princesse de Clèves'') (d. [[1693]])
-*[[1496]] - [[Mary Tudor (queen consort of France)|Mary Tudor]], daughter of [[Henry VII of England]] and queen consort of [[Louis XII of France]] (d. [[1533]])+*[[1841]] - [[Félix Alcan]], French publisher. (d. [[1925]])
-*[[1555]] - [[François, Duke of Anjou]] (d. [[1584]])+
-*[[1590]] - [[Manuel de Faria e Sousa]], Portuguese historian and poet (d. [[1649]])+
-*[[1602]] - [[Jacques de Billy]], French mathematician (d. [[1679]])+
-*[[1603]] - [[Simon Bradstreet]], Massachusetts Bay colonist (d. [[1693]])+
-*[[1634]] - [[Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette]], French writer (d. [[1693]])+
-*[[1640]] - [[Philippe de la Hire]], French mathematician and astronomer (d. [[1719]])+
-*[[1657]] - [[Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni]], Italian composer (d. [[1743]])+
-*[[1679]] - [[Matthew Decker]], English merchant and writer (d. [[1759]])+
-*[[1685]] - [[Ralph Erskine (preacher)|Ralph Ersine]], Scottish minister (d. [[1752]])+
-*[[1690]] - [[Christian Goldbach]], Prussian mathematician (d. [[1764]])+
-*[[1701]] - [[Niclas Sahlgren]], Swedish merchant and philanthropist (d. [[1776]])+
-*[[1780]] - [[Milos Obrenovic]], Leader of The Second Serbian Uprising and [[Prince]] of [[Serbia]] (d. [[1860]])+
-*[[1782]] - [[John C. Calhoun]], 7th [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. [[1850]])+
-*[[1813]] - [[Christian Friedrich Hebbel]], German writer (d. [[1864]])+
-*[[1823]] - [[Antoine Eugène Alfred Chanzy]], French general (d. [[1883]])+
-*[[1828]] - [[William Randal Cremer]], English politician and pacifist, recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (d. [[1908]])+
-*[[1837]] - [[Grover Cleveland]], [[President of the United States]] (d. [[1908]])+
-*[[1840]] - [[William Cosmo Monkhouse]], English poet and critic (d. [[1901]])+
*[[1842]] - [[Stéphane Mallarmé]], French poet (d. [[1898]]) *[[1842]] - [[Stéphane Mallarmé]], French poet (d. [[1898]])
*[[1844]] - [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], Russian composer (d. [[1908]]) *[[1844]] - [[Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]], Russian composer (d. [[1908]])
-*[[1848]] - [[Nathanael Herreshoff]], American naval architect (d. [[1938]])+*[[1915]] - [[Richard Condon]], American novelist (''The Manchurian Candidate'') (d. [[1996]])
-* 1848 - [[Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll]], daughter of Queen Victoria (d. [[1939]])+*[[1924]] - [[Giulio Questi]], Italian film director (''Death Laid an Egg'')
-*[[1858]] - [[Rudolf Diesel]], German inventor (d. [[1913]])+*[[1928]] - [[Paul van Ostaijen]], Flemish poet and writer (b. [[1896]])
-*[[1869]] - [[Neville Chamberlain]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (d. [[1940]])+
-*[[1872]] - [[Anna Held]], Polish actress and singer (d. [[1918]])+
-*[[1874]] - [[Nikolai Berdyaev]], Russian philosopher (d. [[1948]])+
-*[[1877]] - [[Edgar Cayce]], American psychic (d. [[1945]])+
-* 1877 - [[Clem Hill]], Australian cricketer (d. [[1945]])+
-*[[1882]] - [[Gian Francesco Malipiero]], Italian composer (d. [[1973]])+
-*[[1886]] - [[Edward Everett Horton]], American actor (d. [[1970]])+
-*[[1898]] - [[Jake Swirbul]], American aircraft manufacturer (d. [[1960]])+
-*[[1893]] - [[Costante Girardengo]], Italian cyclist (d. [[1978]])+
-* 1893 - [[Wilfred Owen]], British poet (d. [[1918]])+
-*[[1899]] - [[Jean Goldkette]], Greek-born jazz musician (d. [[1962]])+
-*[[1904]] - [[Srecko Kosovel|Srečko Kosovel]], Slovenian poet (d. [[1926]])+
-*[[1905]] - [[Robert Donat]], English actor (d. [[1958]])+
-* 1905 - [[Thomas Townsend Brown]], American scientist (d. [[1985]])+
-*[[1907]] - [[John Zachary Young]], British biologist (d. [[1997]])+
-*[[1909]] - [[Ernest Gallo]], American winemaker (d. [[2007]])+
-*[[1910]] - [[Chiang Ching-kuo]], [[President of the Republic of China]] (d. [[1988]])+
-*[[1911]] - [[Smiley Burnette]], American singer and songwriter (d. [[1967]])+
-*[[1913]] - [[René Clément]], French film director and screenwriter (d. [[1996]])+
-* 1913 - [[Werner Mölders]] German WWII [[fighter aircraft|fighter]] pilot (d. [[1941]])+
-*[[1915]] - [[Richard Condon]], American novelist (d. [[1996]])+
-*[[1917]] - [[Frederika of Hanover]], queen of the Hellenes (d. [[1981]])+
-*[[1918]] - [[Al Benton]], American baseball player (d. [[1968]])+
-* 1918 - [[Bob Broeg]], American sports writer (d. [[2005]])+
-*[[1922]] - [[Egon Bahr]], German politician+
-*[[1923]] - [[Andy Granatelli]], American motorsports entrepreneur+
-*[[1926]] - [[Peter Graves (actor)|Peter Graves]], American actor+
-* 1926 - [[Dick Littlefield]], American baseball player (d. [[1997]])+
-*[[1927]] - [[John Kander]], American songwriter+
-* 1927 - [[George Plimpton]], American writer and actor (d. [[2003]])+
-*[[1928]] - [[Julia Mullock]], Princess of Korea+
-* 1928 - [[Miguel Poblet]], Spanish cyclist+
-* 1928 - [[Fidel V. Ramos]], [[President of the Philippines]]+
-* [[1929]] - [[John Macurdy]], American bass+
-*[[1930]] - [[Pat Halcox]], British musician+
-*[[1931]] - [[John Fraser (actor)|John Fraser]], Scottish-born stage, film and television actor +
*[[1932]] - [[John Updike]], American author *[[1932]] - [[John Updike]], American author
-*[[1935]] - [[Ole Barndorff-Nielsen]], Danish mathematician+*[[1941]] - [[Stefan Jarl]], Swedish film director (''They Call Us Misfits'')
-*[[1936]] - [[Frederik Willem de Klerk]], [[President of South Africa]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]]+
-*[[1937]] - [[Mark Donohue]], American race car driver (d. [[1975]])+
-* 1937 - [[Rudi Altig]], German cyclist+
-*[[1938]] - [[Charley Pride]], American musician +
-*[[1938]] - [[Shashi Kapoor]], Indian Actor+
-*[[1939]] - [[Ron Atkinson]], English former footballer and manager+
-* 1939 - [[Giannis Markopoulos]], Greek composer+
-*[[1941]] - [[Wilson Pickett]], American singer (d. [[2006]])+
-* 1941 - [[John W. Derr]], American politician+
-*[[1943]] - [[Kevin Dobson]], American actor+
-* 1943 - [[Toula Grivas]], Greek actress+
-*[[1947]] - [[B.J. Wilson]], English drummer (d. [[1990]])+
-* 1947 - [[Patrick Chesnais]], French actor+
-* 1947 - [[Patrick Barlow]], English actor, comedian and playwright+
-*[[1948]] - [[Guy Lapointe]], Canadian ice hockey player+
-*[[1949]] - [[Alex Higgins]], Northern Irish snooker player+
-* 1949 - [[Åse Kleveland]], Norwegian singer and politician+
*[[1950]] - [[Brad Dourif]], American actor *[[1950]] - [[Brad Dourif]], American actor
-* 1950 - [[Richard Kretchmer]], English artist and historian 
-* 1950 - [[Rodney Milburn]], American athlete (d. [[1997]]) 
-* 1950 - [[Larry Perkins]], Australian racing driver 
-*[[1951]] - [[Bill Frisell]], American jazz musician 
-* 1951 - [[Ben Cohen (ice cream)|Ben Cohen]], American co-founder of [[Ben & Jerry's]] ice cream 
-*[[1952]] - [[Mike Webster]], American football player (d. [[2002]]) 
-*[[1956]] - [[Ingemar Stenmark]], Swedish skier 
-*[[1957]] - [[György Pazdera]], Hungarian bassist ([[Pokolgép]]) 
-* 1957 - [[Christer Fuglesang]], Swedish [[ESA]] astronaut 
*[[1959]] - [[Luc Besson]], French producer, writer, and director *[[1959]] - [[Luc Besson]], French producer, writer, and director
-* 1959 - [[Irene Cara]], American actress and singer 
-*[[1960]] - [[Richard Biggs]], American actor (d. [[2004]]) 
-* 1960 - [[Guy Carbonneau]], Canadian ice hockey player and manager 
-*[[1962]] - [[Thomas Ian Griffith]], American actor 
-* 1962 - [[James McMurtry]], American folk singer/songwriter 
-* 1962 - [[Mike Rowe]], American television personality 
-*[[1963]] - [[Jeff LaBar]], American guitarist 
-*[[1963]] - [[Vanessa L. Williams]], American beauty queen, actress, and singer 
-*[[1964]] - [[Bonnie Blair]], American speed skater 
-* 1964 - [[Courtney Pine]], British jazz saxophonist 
-* 1964 - [[Rozalla]], [[Zambia]]n singer 
-* 1964 - [[Alex Caffi]], Italian racecar driver 
-*[[1966]] - [[Jerry Cantrell]], American musician  
-*[[1967]] - [[Miki Berenyi]], English singer ([[Lush (band)|Lush]]) 
-*[[1968]] - [[Shinichiro Miki]], Japanese [[seiyu]] (voice actor) 
-*[[1969]] - [[Vassily Ivanchuk]], Ukrainian chess player 
-* 1969 - [[Shaun Udal]], English cricketer 
*[[1970]] - [[Queen Latifah]], American singer and actress *[[1970]] - [[Queen Latifah]], American singer and actress
-*[[1972]] - [[Dane Cook]], American comedian and actor 
-*[[1973]] - [[Max Barry]], Australian author 
-*[[1975]] - [[Brian Griese]], American football player 
-* 1975 - [[Tomas Žvirgždauskas]], Lithuanian footballer 
-* 1975 - [[Sutton Foster]], American actress, singer, and dancer 
-*[[1975]] - [[Rodleen Getsic]], American musician, civil servant 
-*[[1976]] - [[Jovan Kirovski]], American soccer player 
-* 1976 - [[Tomokazu Ohka]], Japanese baseball player 
-* 1976 - [[Scott Podsednik]], American baseball player 
-*[[1977]] - [[Danny Murphy]], English footballer 
-* 1977 - [[Zdeno Chára]], Slovak ice hockey player 
-* 1977 - [[Devin Lima]], American singer  
-* 1977 - [[Willy Sagnol]], French footballer 
-* 1977 - [[Terrmel Sledge]], American baseball player 
-* 1977 - [[Fernando Rodney]], Dominican baseball player 
-*[[1978]] - [[Khalilah Adams]], American actress 
-* 1978 - [[Yoshie Takeshita]], Japanese volleyball player 
-* 1978 - [[Jan Bulis]], Czech ice hockey player 
-*[[1979]] - [[Adam Levine]], American singer ([[Maroon 5]]) 
-* 1979 - [[Brandon Lee (porn star)|Brandon Lee]], American adult actor 
-*[[1980]] - [[Alexei Yagudin]], Russian figure skater 
-* 1980 - [[Sophia Myles]], English actress 
-*[[1980]] - [[Sebastien Frey]], French footballer 
-*[[1981]] - [[Jang Nara]], Korean singer and actress 
-*[[1982]] - [[Chad Cordero]], American baseball player 
-* 1982 - [[Timo Glock]] German Formula 1 driver  
-* 1982 - [[Pedro Manuel Torres|Pedro Mantorras]], Angolan footballer 
-*[[1983]] - [[Andy Sonnanstine]], American baseball player 
-*[[1984]] - [[Vonzell Solomon]], American Idol Contestant 
-*[[1985]] - [[ Vince Lia]], Australian Footballer 
-*[[1986]] - [[Bia Figueiredo]], Brazilian racing driver 
-*[[1987]] - [[Mauro Zárate]], Argentinian Footballer 
-*[[1987]] - [[Gabriel Mercado]], Argentinian Footballer 
-*[[1987]] - [[Ben Waterworth]], Australian Radio Personality 
-*[[1996]] - [[Madeline Carroll]], American actress 
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==Deaths== ==Deaths==
-* [[978]] - King [[Edward the Martyr]] of England 
-*[[1227]] - [[Pope Honorius III]] (b. [[1148]]) 
-*[[1314]] - [[Jacques DeMolay]], [[Frankish]] [[Nobility|noble]], the 23rd Grand Master of the [[Knights Templar]] (b.[[1244]]) 
-*[[1583]] - King [[Magnus of Livonia]] (b. [[1540]]) 
-*[[1584]] - Tsar [[Ivan IV of Russia]] (b. [[1530]]) 
-*[[1675]] - [[Arthur Chichester, 1st Earl of Donegall]], Irish soldier (b. [[1606]]) 
-*[[1689]] - [[John Dixwell]], English judge (b. [[1607]]) 
-*[[1696]] - [[Robert Charnock]], English conspirator 
-*[[1745]] - Sir [[Robert Walpole]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1676]]) 
-*[[1746]] - [[Anna Leopoldovna]], regent of Russia (b. [[1718]]) 
*[[1768]] - [[Laurence Sterne]], Irish writer (b. [[1713]]) *[[1768]] - [[Laurence Sterne]], Irish writer (b. [[1713]])
-*[[1781]] - [[Anne Robert Turgot]], French statesman (b. [[1727]]) 
-*[[1823]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Breval]], French composer (b. [[1753]]) 
-*[[1835]] - [[Christian Gunther von Bernstorff]], Danish-Prussian statesman and diplomat (b. [[1769]]) 
-*[[1871]] - [[Augustus De Morgan]], Indian-born British mathematician and logician (b. [[1806]]) 
-*[[1898]] - [[Matilda Joslyn Gage]], American suffragist (b. [[1826]]) 
-*[[1907]] - [[Marcellin Berthelot]], French chemist and politician (b. [[1827]]) 
-*[[1913]] - King [[George I of Greece]] (b. [[1845]]) 
-*[[1936]] - [[Eleftherios Venizelos]], Former Prime minister of [[Greece]] 
-*[[1939]] - [[Henry Simpson Lunn]], English humanitarian and religious leader (b. [[1859]]) 
-*[[1941]] - [[Henri Cornet]], French cyclist (b. [[1884]]) 
-*[[1945]] - [[William Grover-Williams]], British racing driver 
-*[[1947]] - [[William C. Durant]], American automobile pioneer (b. [[1861]]) 
-*[[1962]] - [[Walter W. Bacon]], Governor of Delaware (b. [[1880]]) 
-*[[1963]] - [[Wanda Hawley]], American actress (b. [[1895]]) 
-*[[1964]] - [[Sigfrid Edström]], Swedish sports official (b. [[1870]]) 
-*[[1965]] - King [[Farouk I of Egypt]] (b. [[1920]]) 
-*[[1969]] - [[Barbara Bates]], American film actress (b. [[1925]]) 
-*[[1973]] - [[Lauritz Melchior]], Danish-born American opera singer (b. [[1890]]) 
-*[[1975]] - [[Alain Grandbois]], Quebec poet (b. [[1900]]) 
-*[[1976]] - [[Giuseppe Genco Russo]], Sicilian [[Mafia|mafioso]] (b. [[1893]]) 
-*[[1977]] - [[Marien Ngouabi]], President of the Republic of the Congo (b. [[1938]]) 
-* 1977 - [[José Carlos Pace]], Brazilian racing driver (b. [[1944]]) 
*[[1978]] - [[Leigh Brackett]], American author (b. [[1915]]) *[[1978]] - [[Leigh Brackett]], American author (b. [[1915]])
-* 1978 - [[Peggy Wood]], American actress (b. [[1892]]) 
*[[1980]] - [[Erich Fromm]], German-born psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900) *[[1980]] - [[Erich Fromm]], German-born psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
-*[[1983]] - King [[Umberto II of Italy]], (b. [[1904]])+*[[1980]] - [[Tamara de Lempicka]], Polish-born Art Deco painter (b. [[1898]])
-* 1983 - [[Kenneth E. Boulding]], English economist (b. [[1910]])+
-*[[1984]] - [[Charlie Lau]], American baseball player (b. [[1933]])+
-*[[1986]] - [[Bernard Malamud]], American writer (b. [[1914]])+
-*[[1988]] - [[Billy Butterfield]], American jazz trumpeter (b. [[1917]])+
-*[[1990]] - [[Robin Harris]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1953]])+
-*[[1995]] - [[Robin Jacques]], illustrator of children's books (b. [[1920]])+
-*[[1996]] - [[Odysseas Elytis]], Greek poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1911]])+
-*[[1999]] - [[Elizabeth Huckaby]], American educator (b. [[1905]])+
-*[[2000]] - [[Eberhard Bethge]], German theologian (b. [[1909]])+
-*[[2001]] - [[John Phillips (musician)|John Phillips]], American musician ([[The Mamas and the Papas]]) (b. [[1935]])+
-*[[2002]] - [[R.A. Lafferty]], American science fiction writer (b. [[1914]])+
-* 2002 - [[Gösta Winbergh]], Swedish tenor (b. [[1943]])+
-*[[2003]] - [[Karl Kling]], German race car driver (b. [[1910]])+
-* 2003 - [[Adam Osborne]], British computer pioneer (b. [[1939]])+
-*[[2004]] - [[Harrison McCain]], Canadian businessman (b. [[1927]])+
-*[[2006]] - [[Bill Beutel]], American journalist (b. [[1930]])+
-* 2006 - [[Dan Gibson]], musician (b. [[1922]])+
-*[[2007]] - [[Bob Woolmer]], English cricketer and Pakistan national coach (b. [[1948]])+
-==Notes==+
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-Stéphane Mallarmé +
-Laurence Sterne +
-Tamara de Lempicka +
-Paris Commune +
-Giulio Questi +
-Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau +
-Stefan Jarl +
-Paul van Ostaijen +
-Madame de La Fayette +
-Richard Condon +
-Erich Fromm +
-Félix Alcan +
-Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov +
-John Updike +
-Luc Besson +
-Brad Dourif +
-Charles Morice +
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