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| - | *[[1889]] - [[Marlene Dietrich]] (December 27, 1901 - May 6, 1992) was a German actress and singer. Born in Berlin, Dietrich played the violin before ... | + | *[[1889]] - [[Marlene Dietrich]], German actress and singer |
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Art and culture
- 1889 - Exposition Universelle, world fair opens in Paris
- 1933 - Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Research) destroyed by the Nazis
- 1938 - Hitler's visit to Rome to sign an alliance with Mussolini, chance meeting between these two fictional characters in Un Giornata Particolare.
- 1966 - Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England.
- 2002 - Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is shot and killed by a left-wing extremist.
Births
- 1758 - Francois de Robespierre, best-known leader of the French revolution,
- 1856 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist
- 1905 - Carlo Mollino, Italian architect and designer
- 1915 - Orson Welles,American director, considered one of Hollywood's greatest directors
- 1868 - Gaston Leroux, French journalist and novelist, best known for writing ...
- 1902 - Max Ophüls, German born film director
- 1944 - Andreas Baader, first leader of the German terrorist organization Red Army
Deaths
- 1889 - Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer
