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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
*[[1889]] - [[Thomas Edison]] shows his first [[film|motion picture]]. *[[1889]] - [[Thomas Edison]] shows his first [[film|motion picture]].
-*[[1927]] - Opening of [[The Jazz Singer (1927 film)|The Jazz Singer]], the first prominent talking movie.+*[[1926]] - [[Battle of Saint-Josse]] art riot in Belgium, birth of Belgian surrealism.
-*[[1966]] - [[LSD]] is declared illegal in the [[United States]].+*[[1927]] - Opening of ''[[The Jazz Singer]]'', the first prominent talking movie.
 +*[[1966]] - [[LSD is declared illegal in the United States]].
 +*[[1976]] - [[Andrei Tarkovsky]]'s epic russian science-fiction film ''[[Solaris (1972 film) |Solaris]]'' premiers at the Ziegfeld theatre in New York city in a version cut by more than 30 minutes.
==Births== ==Births==
*[[1866]] - [[Reginald Fessenden]], Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. [[1932]]) *[[1866]] - [[Reginald Fessenden]], Canadian-born inventor and radio pioneer (d. [[1932]])
-*[[1872]] - [[Mikhail Kuzmin]], Russian writer (d. [[1936]]) 
-*[[1876]] - [[Ernest Lapointe]], French-Canadian politician (d. [[1941]]) 
-*[[1882]] - [[Karol Szymanowski]], Polish composer and pianist (d. [[1937]]) 
-*[[1886]] - [[Edwin Fischer]], Swiss pianist and conductor (d. [[1960]]) 
*[[1887]] - [[Le Corbusier]], Swiss architect (d. [[1965]]) *[[1887]] - [[Le Corbusier]], Swiss architect (d. [[1965]])
-*[[1888]] - [[Roland Garros (aviator)|Roland Garros]], French pilot (d. [[1918]])+*[[1913]] - [[Méret Oppenheim]], German-born Swiss artist (d. [[1985]])
-*[[1895]] - [[Caroline Gordon]], American writer and critic (d. [[1981]])+*[[1948]] - [[Glenn Branca]], American musician
-*[[1900]] - [[Stan Nichols]], English cricketer (d. [[1961]])+*[[1994]] - [[Fee Geerinck]], daughter Jan-Willem Geerinck
-*[[1903]] - [[Ernest Walton]], Irish physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1995]])+
-*[[1905]] - [[Helen Wills Moody]], American tennis player (d. [[1998]])+
-*[[1906]] - [[Janet Gaynor]], American actress (d. [[1984]])+
-*[[1908]] - [[Carole Lombard]], American actress (d. [[1942]])+
-* 1908 - [[Sergei Lvovich Sobolev]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1989]])+
-*[[1910]] - [[Barbara Castle]], British politician (d. [[2002]])+
-*[[1912]] - [[Pauline LaFon Gore|Pauline Gore]], mother of American Vice President [[Al Gore]] (d. [[2004]])+
-*[[1914]] - [[Thor Heyerdahl]], Norwegian explorer (d. [[2002]])+
-*[[1915]] - [[Alice Timander]], Swedish dentist (d. [[2007]])+
-* 1915 - [[Carolyn Goodman]], American psychologist and civil rights activist (d. [[2007]]) +
-*[[1917]] - [[Fannie Lou Hamer]], American civil rights activist (d. [[1977]])+
-*[[1918]] - [[André Pilette]], Belgian racing driver (d. [[1993]])+
-*[[1920]] - [[Pietro Consagra]], Italian sculptor (d. [[2005]])+
-* 1920 - [[Lord Donaldson of Lymington]], British judge (d. [[2005]])+
-*[[1921]] - [[Yevgeniy Landis]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1997]])+
-*[[1922]] - [[Joe Frazier (baseball)|Joe Frazier]], American baseball player+
-*[[1925]] - [[Shana Alexander]], American columnist (d. [[2005]])+
-*[[1930]] - [[Hafez al-Assad]], [[President of Syria]] (d. [[2000]])+
-* 1930 - [[Richie Benaud]], Australian cricketer+
-*[[1931]] - [[Nikolai Stepanovich Chernykh]], Russian astronomer (d. [[2004]])+
-* 1931 - [[Riccardo Giacconi]], Italian-born physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate+
-*[[1935]] - [[Bruno Sammartino]], Italian strongman and professional wrestler+
-*[[1938]] - [[Serge Nubret]], French bodybuilder+
-*[[1939]] - [[John LaFalce]], American politician, former Member, US House of Representatives+
-*[[1942]] - [[Britt Ekland]], Swedish actress+
-* 1942 - [[Millie (singer)|Millie Small]], Jamaican singer+
-*[[1943]] - [[Michael Durrell]], American actor+
-* 1943 - [[Alexander Maxovich Shilov]], Russian painter+
-*[[1944]] - [[José Carlos Pace]], Brazilian racing driver (d. [[1977]])+
-*[[1946]] - [[Lloyd Doggett]], American politician+
-* 1946 - [[Tony Greig]], South African-born English cricketer+
-*[[1948]] - [[Gerry Adams]], Northern Irish politician+
-*[[1950]] - [[David Brin]], American author+
-* 1950 - [[Commodores|Thomas McClary]], American guitarist ([[Commodores]])+
-*[[1951]] - [[Manfred Winkelhock]], German race car driver (d. [[1985]])+
-*[[1952]] - [[Ayten Mutlu]], Turkish poet and writer+
-*[[1953]] - [[Klaas Bruinsma (drug lord)|Klaas Bruinsma]], Dutch drug lord (d. [[1991]])+
-*[[1955]] - [[Tony Dungy]], American football coach+
-*[[1959]] - [[Brian Higgins]], American politician, Member of US House of Representatives+
-*[[1962]] - [[Rich Yett]], baseball player+
-*[[1963]] - [[Elisabeth Shue]], American film actress+
-* 1963 - [[Chip Foose]], American automobile customizer+
-* 1963 - [[Jsu Garcia]], American actor+
-*[[1965]] - [[Ruben Sierra]], Puerto Rican baseball player+
-*[[1966]] - [[Niall Quinn]], Irish footballer+
-*[[1967]] - [[Svend Karlsen]], Norwegian strongman+
-*[[1969]] - [[Troy Shaw]], English snooker player+
-*[[1970]] - [[Darren Oliver]], American baseball player+
-* 1970 - [[Amy Jo Johnson]], American actress and singer+
-*[[1971]] - [[Phil Bennett (racing driver)|Phil Bennett]], British racing driver+
-* 1971 - [[Lola Dueñas]], Spanish actress+
-* 1971 - [[Alan Stubbs]], English footballer+
-*[[1972]] - [[Mark Schwarzer]], Australian soccer player+
-* 1972 - [[Ryu Shi-won]], Korean actor and singer+
-*[[1973]] - [[Sylvain Legwinski]], French footballer+
-* 1973 - [[Jeff Davis (comedian)|Jeff Davis]], American comedian+
-* 1973 - [[Ioan Gruffudd]], Welsh actor+
-* 1973 - [[Rebecca Lobo]], American basketball player+
-*[[1974]] - [[Jeremy Sisto]], American actor+
-* 1974 - [[Walter Centeno]], Costa Rican footballer+
-*[[1976]] - [[Barbie Hsu]], Taiwanese actress and singer+
-*[[1977]] - [[Daniel Brière]], Canadian ice hockey player+
-*[[1980]] - [[Abdoulaye Méïté]], French footballer+
-*[[1981]] - [[Zurab Khizanishvili]], Georgian footballer+
-* 1981 - [[José Luis Perlaza]], Ecuadorian footballer+
-*[[1982]] - [[MC Lars]], American hip-hop artist+
-*[[1988]] - [[Maki Horikita]], Japanese model and actress+
-*[[1989]] - [[Jack Marron]], NHL Hall of famer, New Jersey Devils+
-*[[1992]] - [[Rhyon Nicole Brown]], American actress+
-*[[1998]] - [[Mia-Sophie Wellenbrink]], German actress and singer+
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==Deaths== ==Deaths==
-*[[1014]] - [[Samuil of Bulgaria|Samuil]], Emperor (Tsar) of the First Bulgarian Empire (b. [[958]]) 
-*[[1101]] - [[Bruno of Cologne]], German founder of the Carthusian order 
-*[[1413]] - [[Dawit I of Ethiopia|Dawit I]], Emperor of Ethiopia (b. [[1382]]) 
-*[[1542]] - [[Thomas Wyatt (poet)|Thomas Wyatt]], English poet (b. [[1503]]) 
-*[[1641]] - [[Matthijs Quast]], Dutch explorer 
-*[[1644]] - [[Elisabeth of Bourbon]], wife of [[Philip IV of Spain]] (b. [[1602]]) 
-*[[1660]] - [[Paul Scarron]], French writer 
-*[[1661]] - [[Guru Har Rai]], seventh Sikh Guru 
-*[[1688]] - [[Christopher Monck, 2nd Duke of Albemarle]], English statesman (b. [[1652]]) 
-*[[1762]] - [[Francesco Manfredini]], Italian composer (b. [[1684]]) 
-*[[1829]] - [[Pierre Derbigny]], Governor of Louisiana (b. [[1769]]) 
-*[[1873]] - [[Paul Edmund Strzelecki|Sir Paweł Edmund Strzelecki]], Polish explorer and geologist (b. [[1797]]) 
-*[[1891]] - [[Charles Stewart Parnell]], Irish politician (b. [[1846]]) 
-*[[1892]] - [[Alfred Lord Tennyson]], British poet (b. [[1809]]) 
-*[[1912]] - [[Auguste Marie Francois Beernaert]], Belgian statesman and winner of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (b. [[1829]]) 
-*[[1945]] - [[Leonardo Conti]], Nazi physician (b. [[1900]]) 
-*[[1947]] - [[Leevi Madetoja]], Finnish composer (b. [[1887]]) 
-*[[1951]] - [[Otto Fritz Meyerhof]], German-born physician and biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1884]]) 
-* 1951 - [[Will Keith Kellogg]], American food manufacturer ([[Kellogg Company]]) (b. [[1860]]) 
-*[[1959]] - [[Bernard Berenson]], American art historian (b. [[1865]]) 
*[[1962]] - [[Tod Browning]], American film director (b. [[1880]]) *[[1962]] - [[Tod Browning]], American film director (b. [[1880]])
-*[[1968]] - [[Phyllis Nicolson]], British mathematican (b. [[1917]]) 
-*[[1973]] - [[François Cevert]], French race car driver (b. [[1944]]) 
-* 1973 - [[Sidney Blackmer]], American actor (b. [[1895]]) 
-*[[1974]] - [[Helmuth Koinigg]], Austrian Formula One driver (b. [[1948]]) 
-*[[1976]] - [[Gilbert Ryle]], British philosopher (b. [[1900]]) 
-*[[1980]] - [[Hattie Jacques]], British comedy actress (b. [[1922]]) 
-* 1980 - [[Jean Robic]], French cyclist (b. [[1921]]) 
-*[[1981]] - [[Anwar Sadat]], [[President of Egypt]], recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] (assassinated) (b. [[1918]]) 
-*[[1983]] - [[Terence Cardinal Cooke]], American Catholic archbishop (b. [[1921]]) 
-*[[1985]] - [[Nelson Riddle]], American bandleader (b. [[1921]]) 
-*[[1986]] - [[Alexander Kronrod]], Russian mathematician (b. [[1921]]) 
*[[1989]] - [[Bette Davis]], American actress (b. [[1908]]) *[[1989]] - [[Bette Davis]], American actress (b. [[1908]])
-*[[1992]] - [[Denholm Elliott]], English actor (b. [[1922]])+*[[2022]] &ndash; [[Ivy Jo Hunter]], American songwriter (d. 1940)
-* 1992 - [[Bill O'Reilly (cricketer)|Bill O'Reilly]], Australian cricketer (b. [[1902]])+
-*[[1993]] - [[Larry Walters]], American "lawn chair" pilot (b. [[1949]])+
-*[[1997]] - [[Johnny Vander Meer]], American baseball player (b. [[1914]])+
-*[[1998]] - [[Mark Belanger]], American baseball player (b. [[1944]])+
-*[[1999]] - [[Amalia Rodrigues]], Portuguese singer and actress (b. [[1920]])+
-* 1999 - [[Gorilla Monsoon]], professional wrestler/commentator (b. [[1937]])+
-*[[2000]] - [[Richard Farnsworth]], American actor (b. [[1930]])+
-*[[2002]] - [[Claus von Amsberg]], Prince of the Netherlands and husband of [[Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1926]])+
-*[[2003]] - [[Timothy Treadwell]], American environmentalist (b. [[1957]])+
-*[[2006]] - [[Puck Brouwer]], Dutch athlete (b. [[1930]])+
-* 2006 - [[Eduardo Mignogna]], Argentinian film director (b. [[1940]])+
-* 2006 - [[Buck O'Neil]], American baseball player (b. [[1911]])+
-* 2006 - [[Wilson Tucker]], American writer (b. [[1914]]+
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-== Notes ==+
-# Le Corbusier+
-# [[Battle of Saint-Josse]] On October 6 1926, Tam-Tam by Géo Norge made a scandal and caused a riot when it was premiered by Théâtre du Groupe libre in Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, Brussels.+
-# Tod Browning+
-# Reginald Fessenden+
-# Glenn Branca+
-# Méret Oppenheim+
-* Ron Embleton+
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