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| + | == Events, art and culture == | ||
| + | *[[1616]] – [[Nicolaus Copernicus]]'s book, ''[[De revolutionibus orbium coelestium]]'' is banned by the [[Catholic Church]] | ||
| + | * 1933 – [[Adolf Hitler]]'s [[Nazi Party]] receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections. This later allows the Nazis to pass the [[Enabling Act of 1933|Enabling Act]] and establish a dictatorship. | ||
| + | *[[1940]] – [[Joseph Stalin]], signs an order for the execution of 25,700 [[Poland|Polish]] [[intelligentsia]], including 14,700 Polish [[Prisoner of War|POW]]s, known also as the [[Katyn massacre]]. | ||
| + | *[[1946]] – [[Winston Churchill]] coins the phrase "[[Iron Curtain]]" in a speech at Westminster College, Missouri. | ||
| + | *[[1960]] – [[Cuba]]n photographer [[Alberto Korda]] takes his [[Guerrillero Heroico|iconic photograph]] of [[Marxism|Marxist]] revolutionary [[Che Guevara|Ernesto "Che" Guevara]]. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1696]] - [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]], Italian painter (d. [[1770]]) | *[[1696]] - [[Giovanni Battista Tiepolo]], Italian painter (d. [[1770]]) | ||
| + | *[[1830]] - [[Étienne-Jules Marey]], French scientist and chronophotographer (d. [[1904]]) | ||
| *[[1870]] - [[Frank Norris]], American writer (d. [[1902]]) | *[[1870]] - [[Frank Norris]], American writer (d. [[1902]]) | ||
| *[[1871]] - [[Rosa Luxemburg]], Socialist revolutionary (d. [[1919]]) | *[[1871]] - [[Rosa Luxemburg]], Socialist revolutionary (d. [[1919]]) | ||
| - | + | *[[1921]] - [[Maila Nurmi|Vampira]], Finnish American actress (d. [[2008]]) | |
| - | *[[1873]] - [[Olav Bjaaland]], Norwegian explorer and cross-country skier (d. [[1961]]) | + | *[[1922]] - [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], Italian writer and film director (d. [[1975]]) |
| - | *[[1874]] - [[Henry Travers]], British actor (d. [[1965]]) | + | *[[1925]] - [[Jacques Vergès]], French lawyer and anti-colonialist (d. 2013) |
| - | *[[1879]] - [[Sir]] [[William Beveridge]], British economist (d. [[1963]]) | + | *[[1944]] - [[Peter Weibel]], Russian-born artist and curator (d. 2023) |
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Marius Barbeau]], French Canadian ethnographer and folklorist (b. [[1969]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1886]] - [[Dong Biwu]], High-ranking member of the Communist Party of China (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Heitor Villa-Lobos]], Brazilian composer (d. [[1959]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1897]] - [[Set Persson]], Swedish communist politician (d. [[1960]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1898]] - [[Zhou Enlai]], [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (d. [[1976]]) | + | |
| - | * 1898 - [[Soong May-ling]], Chinese wife of [[Chiang Kai-Shek]] (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Karl Rahner]], German theologian (d. [[1984]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Irving Fiske]], American writer, playwright, (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | * 1908 - Sir [[Rex Harrison]], English actor (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Philip Farkas]], American horn player and teacher (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Laurent Schwartz]], French mathematician (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Milt Schmidt]], Canadian ice hockey player, coach and manager | + | |
| - | * 1918 - [[Red Storey]], Canadian football player and ice hockey referee (d. [[2006]]) | + | |
| - | * 1918 - [[James Tobin]], American economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[José Aboulker]], Algerian anti-Nazi resistance fighter | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[Virginia Christine]], American actress (d. [[1996]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Elmer Valo]], American baseball player (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[James Noble (actor)|James Noble]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1922 - [[Pier Paolo Pasolini]], Italian writer and film director (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | * 1923 - [[Laurence Tisch]], American investor | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Jack Cassidy]], American actor (d. [[1976]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Erik Carlsson]], Swedish rally driver | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Del Crandall]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Fred (comics)|Fred Othon Aristidès]], French comics artist | + | |
| - | * 1931 - [[Barry Tuckwell]], Australian horn virtuoso | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Tommy Tucker]], American blues singer and pianist (d. [[1982]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Daniel Kahneman]], Israeli economist, [[Nobel Prize in Economics|Nobel laureate]] | + | |
| - | * 1934 - [[James B. Sikking]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Canaan Banana]], first [[President of Zimbabwe]] (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | * 1936 - [[Dean Stockwell]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Olusẹgun Ọbasanjọ]], [[President of Nigeria]] | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Paul Evans (musician)|Paul Evans]], American singer and songwriter | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Fred Williamson]], American football player and actor | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Samantha Eggar]], English actress | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Peter Woodcock]], Canadian serial killer | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Pierre Wynants]], Belgian chef | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Malcolm Hebden]], English actor | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Felipe González]], [[Prime Minister of Spain]] | + | |
| - | * 1942 - [[Mike Resnick]], American science fiction author | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Billy Backus]], American boxer | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Lucio Battisti]], Italian singer (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Roy Gutman]], American journalist, [[Pulitzer Prize]] winner | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Murray Head]], British actor and singer | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Eddie Hodges]], American actor and singer | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Clodagh Rodgers]], Irish singer | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Kent Tekulve]], American baseball player | + | |
| *[[1948]] - [[Eddy Grant]], Guyana-born singer | *[[1948]] - [[Eddy Grant]], Guyana-born singer | ||
| - | * 1948 - [[Richard Hickox]], English musical conductor | + | *[[1957]] - [[Mark E. Smith]], English singer ([[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]) (d. 2018) |
| - | * 1948 - [[Elaine Paige]], English singer and actress | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Paquirri]], Spanish bullfighter (d. [[1984]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Franz Josef Jung]], Commander-in-chief of the German [[Bundeswehr]] | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Giorgos Ninios]], Greek actor | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Alan Clark (keyboardist)|Alan Clark]], English keyboardist ([[Dire Straits]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Marsha Warfield]], American actress, comedienne | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Penn Jillette]], American magician and comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Teena Marie]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Mark E. Smith]], English singer ([[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Andy Gibb]], English-born Australian singer and teen idol (d. [[1988]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Vazgen Sargsyan]], Armenian politician (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | * 1959 - [[David Fury]], American television writer and producer | + | |
| *[[1960]] - [[David Tibet]], English musician ([[Current 93]]) | *[[1960]] - [[David Tibet]], English musician ([[Current 93]]) | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Jonathan Penner]], American reality show contestant | + | *[[1969]] - [[MC Solaar]], French rapper |
| - | * 1962 - [[Charlie and Craig Reid]], Scottish musicians ([[The Proclaimers]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Michael Irvin]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1966 - [[Bob Halkidis]], Canadian hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1966 - [[Aasif Mandvi]], Indian-born American actor and comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Moussa Saïb]], former Algerian footballer | + | |
| - | * 1969 - [[MC Solaar]], French rapper | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[John Frusciante]], American musician ([[Red Hot Chili Peppers]]) | + | |
| - | * 1970 - [[Lisa Robin Kelly]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Jeffrey Hammonds]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Evil Jared Hasselhoff]], American musician ([[The Bloodhound Gang (band)|Bloodhound Gang]]) | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Yuri Lowenthal]], American actor/author/painter | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Luca Turilli]], Italian musician ([[Rhapsody of Fire|Rhapsody]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Yannis Anastasiou]], Greek footballer | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Ryan Franklin]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Kevin Connolly]], American television actor and comedian | + | |
| - | * 1974 - [[Jens Jeremies]], German footballer | + | |
| - | * 1974 - [[Matt Lucas]], English comedian | + | |
| - | * 1974 - [[Eva Mendes]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Jolene Blalock]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Sasho Petrovski]], Australian soccer player | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Niki Taylor]], American model | + | |
| - | * 1975 - [[Luciano Burti]], Brazilian racing driver | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Šarūnas Jasikevičius]], Lithuanian basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Paul Konerko]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Katerina Matziou]], Greek actress | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Bryan Berard]], American ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1977 - [[Mike MacDougal]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1977 - [[Wally Szczerbiak]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Mike Hessman]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Tang Gonghong]], Chinese weightlifter | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Andreas Wiig]], Norwegian snowboarder | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Paul Martin (ice hockey)|Paul Martin]], American ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1981 - [[Shugo Oshinari]], Japanese actor | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Daniel Carter (rugby player)|Daniel Carter]], New Zealand Rugby player | + | |
| - | * 1982 - [[Giorgia Palmas]], Italian television personality and model | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Ken'ichi Matsuyama]], Japanese actor | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Matty Fryatt]], English footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Trevor Carson]], Northern Irish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1988 - [[Bjarni Viðarsson]], Icelandic footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Jake Lloyd]], American actor | + | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| *[[1534]] - [[Antonio da Correggio]], Italian painter (b. [[1489]]) | *[[1534]] - [[Antonio da Correggio]], Italian painter (b. [[1489]]) | ||
| - | *[[1539]] - [[Nuno da Cunha]], Portuguese governor in India (b. [[1487]]) | + | *[[1644]] - [[Ferrante Pallavicino]], Italian writer (''La retorica delle puttane'') (b. [[1618]]) |
| - | *[[1592]] - [[Michael Coxcie]], Flemish painter (b. [[1499]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1611]] - [[Shimazu Yoshihisa]], Japanese warlord and samurai (b. [[1533]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1622]] - [[Ranuccio I Farnese, Duke of Parma]] (b. [[1569]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1695]] - [[Henry Wharton]], English writer (b. [[1664]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1726]] - [[Evelyn Pierrepont, 1st Duke of Kingston-upon-Hull]], English politician | + | |
| - | *[[1776]] - [[Yeongjo of Joseon]], ruler of Korea (b. [[1694]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1778]] - [[Thomas Arne]], English composer (b. [[1710]]) | + | |
| *[[1815]] - [[Franz Mesmer]], Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. [[1734]]) | *[[1815]] - [[Franz Mesmer]], Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. [[1734]]) | ||
| - | *[[1827]] - [[Pierre-Simon Laplace]], French mathematician (b. [[1749]]) | ||
| - | * 1827 - [[Alessandro Volta]], Italian physicist (b. [[1745]]) | ||
| - | *[[1829]] - [[John Adams (mutineer)|John Adams]], last surviving HMS Bounty mutineer (b. [[1766]]) | ||
| - | *[[1849]] - [[David Scott (painter)|David Scott]], Scottish painter (b. [[1806]]) | ||
| - | *[[1876]] - [[Marie d'Agoult]], German-born writer (b. [[1805]]) | ||
| *[[1893]] - [[Hippolyte Taine]], French historian (b. [[1828]] | *[[1893]] - [[Hippolyte Taine]], French historian (b. [[1828]] | ||
| - | *[[1895]] - [[Nikolai Leskov]], Russian writer (b. [[1831]]) | ||
| - | * 1895 - [[Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1st Baronet|Henry Rawlinson]], British soldier and scholar (b. [[1810]]) | ||
| - | *[[1903]] - [[George Francis Robert Henderson]], British soldier (b. [[1854]]) | ||
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Friedrich Blass]], German classical scholar (b. [[1843]]) | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Johan Jensen]], Danish mathematician (b. [[1859]]) | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Clément Ader]], French aviation pioneer (b. [[1841]]) | ||
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Franz Mertens]], German mathematician (b. [[1840]]) | ||
| - | *[[1929]] - [[David Dunbar Buick]], Scottish-born American automobile pioneer (b. [[1854]]) | ||
| - | *[[1931]] - Fr. [[Arthur Tooth]] [[Society of the Holy Cross|SSC]], [[Anglican]] [[Clergyman]] prosecuted and imprisoned for [[Ritualism|ritualist]] activities (b. [[1839]]) | ||
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Cai Yuanpei]], Chinese educator (b. [[1868]]) | ||
| *[[1944]] - [[Max Jacob]], French poet and writer (b. [[1876]]) | *[[1944]] - [[Max Jacob]], French poet and writer (b. [[1876]]) | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Lena Baker]], American murderer (b. [[1901]]) | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Alfredo Casella]], Italian composer (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| *[[1953]] - [[Sergei Prokofiev]], [[Russia]]n composer, (b. [[1891]]) | *[[1953]] - [[Sergei Prokofiev]], [[Russia]]n composer, (b. [[1891]]) | ||
| * 1953 - [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] leader of the Soviet Union (b. [[1879]]) | * 1953 - [[Joseph Stalin]], [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] leader of the Soviet Union (b. [[1879]]) | ||
| - | * 1953 - [[Herman J. Mankiewicz]], American screenwriter (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Antanas Merkys]], [[President of Lithuania]] (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Patsy Cline]], American singer (b. [[1932]]) | ||
| - | * 1963 - [[Cowboy Copas]], American singer (b. [[1913]]) | ||
| - | * 1963 - [[Hawkshaw Hawkins]], American singer (b. [[1921]]) | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Chen Cheng]], Chinese politician (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | * 1965 - [[Pepper Martin]], American baseball player (b. [[1904]]) | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Anna Akhmatova]], Russian poet (b. [[1889]]) | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Georges Vanier]], [[Governor General of Canada]] (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Michael Jeffery (manager)|Michael Jeffery]], British music manager (b. [[1933]]) | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Billy De Wolfe]], American actor (b. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[Sol Hurok]], Russian-born impresario (b. [[1888]]) | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Tom Pryce]], Welsh Formula One driver (b. [[1949]]) | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Jansen Van Vuuren]], Dutch volunteer safety marshall at the [[1977 South African Grand Prix]] | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Jay Silverheels]], Canadian actor (b. [[1912]]) | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Winifred Wagner]], German opera producer (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Yip Harburg]], American lyricist (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| *[[1982]] - [[John Belushi]], American actor (b. [[1949]]) | *[[1982]] - [[John Belushi]], American actor (b. [[1949]]) | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Tito Gobbi]], Italian baritone (b. [[1915]]) | + | *[[1984]] - [[Gérard Lebovici]], French film producerand patron to Guy Debord (b. [[1932]]) |
| - | * 1984 - [[William Powell]], American actor (b. [[1892]]) | + | * [[2018]] - [[Hayden White]], American historian (b. 1928) |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Alberto Olmedo]], Argentine comedian (b. [[1933]]) | + | *[[2023]] - [[Piero Gilardi]], Italian artist (b. 1942) |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Gary Merrill]], American film actor (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Cyril Collard]], French author and filmmaker (b. [[1957]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Vivian Stanshall]], English musician ([[Bonzo Dog Band]]) (b. [[1943]]) | + | |
| - | * 1995 - [[Gregg Hansford]], Australian motorcycle and touring car racer (b. [[1952]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Whit Bissell]], American actor (b. [[1909]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Samm Sinclair Baker]], American diet author (b. [[1909]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Richard Kiley]], American actor (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Lolo Ferrari]], French actress (b. [[1962]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Walt Gorney]], American actor (b. [[1912]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Richard Kuklinski]], American Mafia hit man (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
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| - | ==Notes== | + | |
| - | Pier Paolo Pasolini | + | |
| - | Lotte H. Eisner | + | |
| - | Joseph Stalin | + | |
| - | Max Jacob | + | |
| - | Rosa Luxemburg | + | |
| - | Jacques Vergès | + | |
| - | MC Solaar | + | |
| - | Antonio da Correggio | + | |
| - | Giovanni Battista Tiepolo | + | |
| - | The Devil Came from Akasava | + | |
| - | Peter Weibel | + | |
| - | Mike Resnick | + | |
| - | Hippolyte Taine | + | |
| - | Ferrante Pallavicino | + | |
| - | Maila Nurmi | + | |
| - | Sergei Prokofiev | + | |
| - | John Belushi | + | |
| - | David Tibet | + | |
| - | Frank Norris | + | |
| - | Gérard Lebovici | + | |
| - | Eddy Grant | + | |
| - | Mark E. Smith | + | |
| - | Étienne-Jules Marey | + | |
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Events, art and culture
- 1616 – Nicolaus Copernicus's book, De revolutionibus orbium coelestium is banned by the Catholic Church
- 1933 – Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party receives 43.9% at the Reichstag elections. This later allows the Nazis to pass the Enabling Act and establish a dictatorship.
- 1940 – Joseph Stalin, signs an order for the execution of 25,700 Polish intelligentsia, including 14,700 Polish POWs, known also as the Katyn massacre.
- 1946 – Winston Churchill coins the phrase "Iron Curtain" in a speech at Westminster College, Missouri.
- 1960 – Cuban photographer Alberto Korda takes his iconic photograph of Marxist revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
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Births
- 1696 - Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Italian painter (d. 1770)
- 1830 - Étienne-Jules Marey, French scientist and chronophotographer (d. 1904)
- 1870 - Frank Norris, American writer (d. 1902)
- 1871 - Rosa Luxemburg, Socialist revolutionary (d. 1919)
- 1921 - Vampira, Finnish American actress (d. 2008)
- 1922 - Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian writer and film director (d. 1975)
- 1925 - Jacques Vergès, French lawyer and anti-colonialist (d. 2013)
- 1944 - Peter Weibel, Russian-born artist and curator (d. 2023)
- 1948 - Eddy Grant, Guyana-born singer
- 1957 - Mark E. Smith, English singer (The Fall) (d. 2018)
- 1960 - David Tibet, English musician (Current 93)
- 1969 - MC Solaar, French rapper
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Deaths
- 1534 - Antonio da Correggio, Italian painter (b. 1489)
- 1644 - Ferrante Pallavicino, Italian writer (La retorica delle puttane) (b. 1618)
- 1815 - Franz Mesmer, Austrian developer of hypnotism (b. 1734)
- 1893 - Hippolyte Taine, French historian (b. 1828
- 1944 - Max Jacob, French poet and writer (b. 1876)
- 1953 - Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer, (b. 1891)
- 1953 - Joseph Stalin, Georgian leader of the Soviet Union (b. 1879)
- 1982 - John Belushi, American actor (b. 1949)
- 1984 - Gérard Lebovici, French film producerand patron to Guy Debord (b. 1932)
- 2018 - Hayden White, American historian (b. 1928)
- 2023 - Piero Gilardi, Italian artist (b. 1942)
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