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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| + | *[[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 | ||
| *[[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]]. | ||
| *[[2005]] - [[Terri Schiavo]]'s feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on [[euthanasia]]. | *[[2005]] - [[Terri Schiavo]]'s feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on [[euthanasia]]. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | *[[1634]] - [[Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de la Fayette]], French writer (d. [[1693]]) | + | *[[1634]] - [[Madame de La Fayette]], French writer (''La Princesse de Clèves'') (d. [[1693]]) |
| + | *[[1841]] - [[Félix Alcan]], French publisher. (d. [[1925]]) | ||
| *[[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]]) | ||
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Richard Condon]], American novelist (d. [[1996]]) | + | *[[1915]] - [[Richard Condon]], American novelist (''The Manchurian Candidate'') (d. [[1996]]) |
| + | *[[1924]] - [[Giulio Questi]], Italian film director (''Death Laid an Egg'') | ||
| + | *[[1928]] - [[Paul van Ostaijen]], Flemish poet and writer (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| *[[1932]] - [[John Updike]], American author | *[[1932]] - [[John Updike]], American author | ||
| + | *[[1941]] - [[Stefan Jarl]], Swedish film director (''They Call Us Misfits'') | ||
| *[[1950]] - [[Brad Dourif]], American actor | *[[1950]] - [[Brad Dourif]], American actor | ||
| *[[1959]] - [[Luc Besson]], French producer, writer, and director | *[[1959]] - [[Luc Besson]], French producer, writer, and director | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| *[[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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- 1871 - start of the brief rule of the Paris Commune
- 1931 Tabu by F. W. Murnau premieres
- 1950 Symphonie pour un homme seul is first performed in public
- 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.
- 2005 - Terri Schiavo's feeding tube is removed at the request of her husband, fueling a worldwide debate on euthanasia.
Births
- 1634 - Madame de La Fayette, French writer (La Princesse de Clèves) (d. 1693)
- 1841 - Félix Alcan, French publisher. (d. 1925)
- 1842 - Stéphane Mallarmé, French poet (d. 1898)
- 1844 - Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Russian composer (d. 1908)
- 1915 - Richard Condon, American novelist (The Manchurian Candidate) (d. 1996)
- 1924 - Giulio Questi, Italian film director (Death Laid an Egg)
- 1928 - Paul van Ostaijen, Flemish poet and writer (b. 1896)
- 1932 - John Updike, American author
- 1941 - Stefan Jarl, Swedish film director (They Call Us Misfits)
- 1950 - Brad Dourif, American actor
- 1959 - Luc Besson, French producer, writer, and director
- 1970 - Queen Latifah, American singer and actress
Deaths
- 1768 - Laurence Sterne, Irish writer (b. 1713)
- 1978 - Leigh Brackett, American author (b. 1915)
- 1980 - Erich Fromm, German-born psychologist and philosopher (b. 1900)
- 1980 - Tamara de Lempicka, Polish-born Art Deco painter (b. 1898)
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