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*[[1897]] - [[Oscar Wilde]] is released from Prison in England. | *[[1897]] - [[Oscar Wilde]] is released from Prison in England. | ||
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- | *[[1948]] - [[Grace Jones]], Jamaica is a model, singer and actress | + | *[[1593]] - [[Jacob Jordaens]], Flemish painter |
- | *[[1925]] - [[Malcolm X]], American African American rights activist | + | *[[1890]] - [[Ho Chi Minh]], Vietnamese leader. |
+ | * 1921 - [[Karel van het Reve]], Dutch writer. | ||
+ | *[[1925]] - [[Malcolm X]], American civil rights activist. | ||
+ | * 1925 - [[Pol Pot]], Cambodian dictator. | ||
+ | * 1939 - [[James Fox]]. | ||
+ | *[[1948]] - [[Grace Jones]]. | ||
== Deaths == | == Deaths == |
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Art and culture
- 1536 - Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England, is beheaded for adultery.
- 1897 - Oscar Wilde is released from Prison in England.
Births
- 1593 - Jacob Jordaens, Flemish painter
- 1890 - Ho Chi Minh, Vietnamese leader.
- 1921 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer.
- 1925 - Malcolm X, American civil rights activist.
- 1925 - Pol Pot, Cambodian dictator.
- 1939 - James Fox.
- 1948 - Grace Jones.
Deaths
- 1898 - William Gladstone, Prime Minister of England and flagellation afficionado
- 1918 - Ferdinand Hodler, Swiss painter.
- 1925 - Viking Eggeling, Swedish artist and filmmaker.
- 1935 - Thomas Edward Lawrence, British writer.
- 1992 - Bob Mizer, creator of the Athletic Model Guild
- 1995 - Derek Ford, British film director.
- 2002 - Raymond Durgnat, British film critic.