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-== Art and culture ==+==Events==
 +*[[1429]] &ndash; [[Joan of Arc]] ends the [[Siege of Orléans]], pulling an [[arrow]] from her own [[shoulder]] and returning, wounded, to lead the final charge. The victory marks a turning point in the [[Hundred Years' War]].
 +*[[1664]] &ndash; [[Louis XIV of France]] inaugurates The [[Palace of Versailles]].
*[[1931]] - "Two Gun" [[Francis Crowley]] manhunt concluded in New York City *[[1931]] - "Two Gun" [[Francis Crowley]] manhunt concluded in New York City
-*[[1945]] - the Nazis surrender unconditionally+*[[1945]] - [[Nazi Germany]] surrenders unconditionally
 +*[[1960]] &ndash; [[Cold War]]: [[U-2 Crisis of 1960]].
-== Births ==+==Births==
-*[[1841]] - [[Gustave Le Bon]], French social psychologist, sociologist, and crowd behaviour specialist+*[[1748]] &ndash; [[Olympe de Gouges]], playwright and feminist revolutionary (d. 1793)
-*[[1882]] - [[Willem Elsschot]], Flemish writer and poet +*[[1767]] &ndash; [[Princess Frederica Charlotte of Prussia]], Duchess of York and Albany (d. 1820)
-*[[1904]] - [[Val Lewton]], American filmmaker+*[[1812]] &ndash; [[Robert Browning]], English poet (d. 1889)
-*[[1940]] - [[Angela Carter]], English novelist and journalist+*[[1833]] &ndash; [[Johannes Brahms]], German composer (d. 1897)
-*[[1833]] - [[Johannes Brahms]], German composer of classical music, considered by many to be the "successor" to Beethoven+*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], Russian composer (d. 1893)
-*[[1939]] - [[Ruggero Deodato]], Italian filmmaker+*[[1841]] - [[Gustave Le Bon]], French social psychologist, sociologist, and crowd behaviour specialist (b. 1931)
 +*[[1870]] &ndash; [[Josef Hoffmann]], Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods (b. 1956)
 +*[[1882]] &ndash; [[Willem Elsschot]], Flemish writer (d. 1960)
 +*[[1901]] &ndash; [[Gary Cooper]], American actor (d. 1961)
 +*[[1904]] &ndash; [[Val Lewton]], American filmmaker (d. 1951)
 +*[[1923]] &ndash; [[Anne Baxter]], American actress (d. 1985)
 +*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Teresa Brewer]], American pop and jazz singer (d. 2007)
 +*[[1939]] &ndash; [[Jimmy Ruffin]], American singer (d. 2014)
 +* 1939 &ndash; [[Ruggero Deodato]], [[Italy|Italian]] [[film director]], [[actor]] and [[screen writer]] (d. 2022)
 +*[[1940]] &ndash; [[Angela Carter]], English novelist and journalist (d. 1992)
 +*[[1946]] &ndash; [[Thelma Houston]], American singer
 +*[[1954]] &ndash; [[Amy Heckerling]], American director
 +*[[1956]] &ndash; [[Anne Dudley]], British composer
 +*[[1972]] &ndash; [[Felix Da Housecat]], American House music DJ and record producer
-== Deaths ==+==Deaths==
 +*[[1825]] &ndash; [[Antonio Salieri]], Italian composer (b. 1750)
 +*[[1840]] &ndash; [[Caspar David Friedrich]], German painter (b. 1774)
 +*[[1994]] - [[Clement Greenberg]], American art critic
-*[[1870]] - [[Josef Hoffmann]], Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods+{{GFDL}}

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