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-[[May]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] +==Events==
 +*[[1494]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] lands on the island of [[Jamaica]] and claims it for [[Spain]].
 +*[[1891]] – The [[Music Hall]] in [[New York City]] (now known as [[Carnegie Hall]]) has its grand opening and first public performance, with [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] as the guest conductor.
 +*[[1920]] – [[Nicola Sacco]] and [[Bartolomeo Vanzetti]] arrested for alleged robbery and murder.
 +*[[1921]] – Coco Chanel introduces [[Chanel No. 5]]
 +*[[1925]] – [[Scopes Trial]]: [[John T. Scopes]] served an arrest warrant for teaching [[evolution]] in violation of the [[Butler Act]].
 +*[[1941]] – [[Emperor]] [[Haile Selassie]] returns to [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia; date since commemorated as [[Liberation Day]].
-== Art and culture ==+==Births==
-== Births ==+*[[1800]] – [[Louis Christophe François Hachette]], French publisher (d. 1864)
-*[[1800]] - [[Louis Christophe François Hachette]], French publisher +*[[1813]] – [[Søren Kierkegaard]], Danish philosopher (d. 1855)
 +*[[1818]] – [[Karl Marx]], German political philosopher (d. 1883)
 +*[[1846]] – [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], Polish author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1916)
 +*[[1914]] – [[Tyrone Power]], American actor (d. 1958)
 +*[[1935]] – [[Bernard Pivot]], French journalist and television host
 +*[[1936]] – [[Patrick Gowers]], British composer
 +*[[1942]] – [[Tammy Wynette]], American musician (d. 1998)
 +*[[1944]] – [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]], French actor
 +*[[1949]] - [[David Toop]], English musician and author
 +*[[1970]] – [[Naomi Klein]], Canadian author and activist
-[[Jean-Claude Forest]] was the premier cover artist of the then-leading French science-fiction paperback imprint, Le Rayon Fantastique (Hachette-Gallimard). George Gallet, was the editor. +==Deaths==
- +*[[311]] – [[Galerius]], [[Roman Emperor]]
-*[[1813]] - [[Søren Kierkegaard]], Danish philosopher and avant la lettre existentialist+*[[1821]] – [[Napoleon I of France]] (b. 1769)
-*[[1818]] - [[Karl Marx]], German activist+*[[1900]] – [[Ivan Aivazovsky]], Russian painter (b. 1817)
-*[[1944]] - [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]], French actor of the nouvelle vague+
- +
-== Deaths ==+
*[[1958]] - [[James Branch Cabell]], American writer of fantasy fiction and author of ''Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice'' *[[1958]] - [[James Branch Cabell]], American writer of fantasy fiction and author of ''Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice''
*[[1982]] - [[Cal Tjader]], American Latin jazz musician *[[1982]] - [[Cal Tjader]], American Latin jazz musician
-*[[2004]] [[Sir Coxsone Dodd]], Jamaican record producer and owner of [[Studio One]]+*[[1992]] – [[Jean-Claude Pascal]], French singer (b. 1927)
-*[[2004]] [[David Reimer]], sex change victim+*[[2004]] - [[Sir Coxsone Dodd]], Jamaican record producer and owner of [[Studio One]]
 +*[[2004]] - [[David Reimer]], sex change patient in a famous [[gender identity]] case
 +{{GFDL}}

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