November 21
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Art and culture
- 1877 - Thomas Edison announces his invention of the phonograph, a machine that can record and play sound.
- 1962 - Lounge music, The Carnegie Hall concert "New Brazilian jazz"
Births
- 1694 - Voltaire, French philosopher (d. 1778)
- 1898 - René Magritte, Belgian painter (d. 1967)
- 1965 - Björk, Icelandic singer
Deaths
- 1811 - Heinrich von Kleist, German writer (b. 1777)
Notes
- Iwan Bloch Iwan Bloch (April 8 1872 - November 21, 1922) was a Berlin dermatologist and is often called the first sexologist.
- Marcel Brion (November 21 1895 in Marseille - October 23 1984 in Paris) was an essayist, novelist and art critic. He is a connoisseur of the fantastique.
- Henriette Vogel (1780 - November 21 1811) was the lover of Heinrich von Kleist,
- Mutoscope The Mutoscope was an early motion picture device, patented by Herman Casler on November 21, 1894.
- James Hogg (1770 - November 21, 1835) was a Scottish poet and novelist who wrote in both Scots and English. He was the author of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner.
- Ingrid Pitt (born November 21, 1937) is an actress best known for her work in horror films of the 1960s and 1970s, best known for her role in The Vampire Lovers.
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