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Art and culture

• 1931 - manhunt in New York City "Two Gun" Crowley
• 1945 - German armed forces surrender unconditionally

Births

• 1882 - Gustave Le Bon, French social psychologist, sociologist, and crowd behaviour specialist
• 1882 - Willem Elsschot, Flemish writer and poet
• 1904 - Val Lewton, American filmmaker
• 1940 - Angela Carter, English novelist and journalist
• 1833 - Johannes Brahms, German composer of classical music, considered by many to be the "successor" to Beethoven
• 1939 - Ruggero Deodato, Italian filmmaker

Deaths

• 1870 - Josef Hoffmann, Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods