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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| + | *[[1521]] – [[Protestant Reformation]]: [[Martin Luther]]'s first appearance before the [[Diet of Worms]] to be examined by the [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Holy Roman Emperor Charles V]] and the other estates of the [[empire]]. | ||
| *[[1943]] - Dr. [[Albert Hofmann]] discovers the [[Psychedelic drugs|psychedelic]] effects of [[LSD]]. | *[[1943]] - Dr. [[Albert Hofmann]] discovers the [[Psychedelic drugs|psychedelic]] effects of [[LSD]]. | ||
| *[[1938]] - In a letter to Max Horkheimer on April 16, 1938, [[Walter Benjamin]] wrote, ‘You may have seen Gide’s dispute with [[Céline]] “If one were forced to see in ''[[Bagatelles pour un massacre|Bagatelles]]'' anything other than a game, it would be impossible to excuse Céline, in spite of all his genius, for stirring up banal passions with such cynicism and frivolous impertinence" | *[[1938]] - In a letter to Max Horkheimer on April 16, 1938, [[Walter Benjamin]] wrote, ‘You may have seen Gide’s dispute with [[Céline]] “If one were forced to see in ''[[Bagatelles pour un massacre|Bagatelles]]'' anything other than a game, it would be impossible to excuse Céline, in spite of all his genius, for stirring up banal passions with such cynicism and frivolous impertinence" | ||
| - | *[[1992]] [[Art rock]] article by Camille Paglia printed in the New York Times | + | *[[1992]] [[Rock as Art]] article by Camille Paglia printed in the New York Times |
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | * [[1896]] - [[Tristan Tzara]], avant-garde dada poet and essayist | ||
| - | * [[1930]] - [[Herbie Mann]], American jazz flutist | ||
| - | * [[1955]] - [[Kool Herc]], Jamaican American musician and producer, generally credited as a pioneer of hip hop | ||
| - | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1689]] - [[Aphra Behn]], English dramatist (b. [[1640]]) | ||
| - | *[[1825]] - [[Henry Fuseli]] was a British painter and illustrator (b. [[1741]]) | ||
| - | *[[1828]] - [[Francisco de Goya]], Spanish painter (b. [[1746]]) | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Richard Neutra]], American architect (b. [[1892]]) | ||
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Cy Endfield]], American filmmaker (b. [[1914]]) | ||
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Roland Topor]], French illustrator (b. [[1938]]) | ||
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| - | * [[73]] – [[Masada]], a [[Judaism|Jewish]] fortress, falls to the [[Roman Empire|Romans]] after several months of siege, ending the [[First Jewish–Roman War|Great Jewish Revolt]]. | ||
| - | *[[1346]] – [[Dušan the Mighty]] is proclaimed Emperor, with the [[Serbian Empire]] occupying much of the [[Balkans]]. | ||
| - | *[[1520]] – The [[Revolt of the Comuneros]] begins in [[Spain]] against the rule of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]]. | ||
| - | *[[1521]] – [[Protestant Reformation]]: [[Martin Luther]]'s first appearance before the [[Diet of Worms]] to be examined by the [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Holy Roman Emperor Charles V]] and the other estates of the [[empire]]. | ||
| - | *[[1582]] – [[Spain|Spanish]] [[conquistador]] [[Hernando de Lerma]] founds the settlement of [[Salta]], [[Argentina]]. | ||
| - | *[[1746]] – The [[Battle of Culloden]] is fought between the French-supported [[Jacobitism|Jacobites]] and the British [[House of Hanover|Hanoverian]] forces commanded by [[Prince William, Duke of Cumberland|William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland]], in Scotland. After the battle many highland traditions were banned and the Highlands of Scotland were cleared of inhabitants. | ||
| - | *[[1780]] – The [[University of Münster]] in [[Münster]], [[North Rhine-Westphalia]], [[Germany]] is founded. | ||
| - | *[[1799]] – [[Napoleonic Wars]]: The [[Battle of Mount Tabor]] – [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon]] drives [[Ottoman Turks]] across the [[River Jordan]] near [[Acre, Israel|Acre]]. | ||
| - | *[[1818]] – The [[United States Senate]] ratifies the [[Rush-Bagot Treaty]], establishing the border with [[Canada]]. | ||
| - | *[[1847]] – The accidental shooting of a [[Māori people|Māori]] by an [[England|English]] sailor results in the opening of the [[Wanganui Campaign]] of the [[New Zealand land wars]]. | ||
| - | *[[1853]] – The first passenger rail opens in [[India]], from [[Bori Bunder]], [[Bombay]] to [[Thane]]. | ||
| - | *[[1858]] – The [[Wernerian Natural History Society]], a former [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[learned society]], is wound up. | ||
| - | *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle at Lee's Mills]] in [[Virginia]]. | ||
| - | * 1862 – American Civil War: The [[District of Columbia Compensated Emancipation Act]], a bill ending [[slavery in the United States|slavery]] in the [[District of Columbia]], becomes law. | ||
| - | *[[1863]] – American Civil War: [[Siege of Vicksburg]] – ships led by [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] [[Admiral]] [[David Dixon Porter]] move through heavy [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] artillery fire on approach to [[Vicksburg, Mississippi|Vicksburg]], Mississippi. | ||
| - | *[[1881]] – In [[Dodge City, Kansas]], [[Bat Masterson]] fights his last gun battle. | ||
| - | *[[1908]] – [[Natural Bridges National Monument]] is established in [[Utah]]. | ||
| - | *[[1910]] – The oldest existing indoor [[ice hockey]] arena still used for the sport in the 21st century, [[Matthews Arena|Boston Arena]], opens for the first time. | ||
| - | *[[1912]] – [[Harriet Quimby]] becomes the first woman to fly an [[Aircraft|airplane]] across the [[English Channel]]. | ||
| - | *[[1917]] – [[Vladimir Lenin]] returns to [[Saint Petersburg|Petrograd]], [[Russian Provisional Government|Russia]] from exile in [[Switzerland]]. | ||
| - | *[[1919]] – [[Mahatma Gandhi|Mohandas Gandhi]] organizes a day of "prayer and fasting" in response to the killing of Indian protesters in the [[Jallianwala Bagh massacre]] by the [[United Kingdom|British]] colonial troops three days earlier. | ||
| - | * 1919 – [[Polish–Soviet War]]: The [[Polish Land Forces|Polish army]] launches the [[Vilna offensive]] to capture [[Vilnius]] in modern [[Lithuania]]. | ||
| - | *[[1922]] – The [[Treaty of Rapallo, 1922|Treaty of Rapallo]], pursuant to which [[Weimar Republic|Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union]] re-establish [[diplomatic relations]], is signed. | ||
| - | *[[1925]] – During the [[Communist]] [[St Nedelya Church assault]] in [[Sofia]], [[Kingdom of Bulgaria|Bulgaria]], 150 are killed and 500 are wounded. | ||
| - | *[[1941]] – [[World War II]]: The Italian convoy ''Duisburg'', directed to [[Tunisia]], is attacked and destroyed by [[United Kingdom|British]] ships. | ||
| - | * 1941 – World War II: The [[Ustaše]], a [[Croatia]]n [[far-right]] organization is put in charge of the [[Independent State of Croatia]] by the [[Axis Powers]] after the Axis [[Invasion of Yugoslavia|Operation 25]] invasion. | ||
| - | * 1941 – [[Bob Feller]] of the [[Cleveland Indians]] throws the only [[Opening Day]] [[no-hitter]] in the history of [[Major League Baseball]], beating the [[Chicago White Sox]] 1–0. | ||
| - | *[[1944]] – World War II: Allied forces start bombing [[Belgrade]], killing about 1,100 people. This bombing fell on the Orthodox Christian Easter. | ||
| - | *[[1945]] – World War II: The [[Red Army]] begins the [[Battle of Berlin|final assault]] on [[Nazi Germany|German]] forces around [[Berlin]], with nearly one million troops fighting in the [[Battle of the Seelow Heights]]. | ||
| - | * 1945 – The [[United States Army]] liberates Nazi ''Sonderlager'' (high security) [[prisoner-of-war camp]] [[Oflag IV-C]] (better known as [[Colditz Castle|Colditz]]). | ||
| - | * 1945 – More than 7,000 die when the German refugee ship ''[[Goya (ship)|Goya]]'' is sunk by a Soviet [[submarine]]. | ||
| - | *[[1947]] – [[Texas City Disaster]]: An explosion on board a freighter in port causes the city of [[Texas City, Texas]], to catch fire, killing almost 600. | ||
| - | * 1947 – [[Bernard Baruch]] coins the term "[[Cold War]]" to describe the relationship between the [[United States]] and the [[Soviet Union]]. | ||
| - | *[[1953]] – [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]] launches the [[Royal Yacht]] {{Ship|HMY|Britannia}}. | ||
| - | *[[1962]] – [[Walter Cronkite]] takes over as the lead [[news anchor]] of the ''[[CBS Evening News]]'', during which time he would become "the most trusted man in America". | ||
| - | *[[1963]] – [[Martin Luther King, Jr.|Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.]] pens his [[Letter from Birmingham Jail]] while incarcerated in [[Birmingham, Alabama]] for protesting against segregation. | ||
| - | *[[1972]] – [[Apollo program]]: The launch of [[Apollo 16]] from [[Cape Canaveral, Florida]]. | ||
| - | *[[1990]] – The "Doctor of Death", [[Jack Kevorkian]], participates in his first [[assisted suicide]]. | ||
| - | *[[1992]] – The ''[[Katina P]]'' runs aground off of [[Maputo]], [[Mozambique]] and 60,000 tons of crude oil spill into the ocean. | ||
| - | *[[2001]] – [[India]] and [[Bangladesh]] begin a [[2001 Indian–Bangladeshi border conflict|five-day border conflict]], but are unable to resolve the disputes about [[India–Bangladesh border|their border]]. | ||
| - | *[[2003]] – The [[Treaty of Accession 2003|Treaty of Accession]] is signed in [[Athens]] admitting ten new member states to the [[European Union]]. | ||
| - | *[[2007]] – [[Virginia Tech massacre]]: [[Seung-Hui Cho]] guns down 32 people and injures 23 before committing suicide. | ||
| - | *[[2012]] – The [[Trial of Anders Behring Breivik|trial]] for [[Anders Behring Breivik]], the perpetrator of the [[2011_Norway_attacks|2011 Norway attacks]], begins in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]. | ||
| - | * 2012 – The [[2012 Pulitzer Prize|Pulitzer Prize]] winners were announced, it was the first time [[1977 Pulitzer Prize|since 1977]] that no book won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Fiction|Fiction Prize]]. | ||
| - | *[[2013]] – A 7.8-[[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] [[2013 Sistan and Baluchestan earthquake|earthquake]] strikes [[Sistan and Baluchestan Province]], [[Iran]], the strongest in the country in 40 years, killing at least 35 people. | ||
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| - | ==Births== | ||
| - | *[[1319]] – [[John II of France]] (d. 1364) | ||
| - | *[[1488]] – [[Jungjong of Joseon]] (d. 1544) | ||
| - | *[[1495]] – [[Petrus Apianus]], German mathematician and astronomer (d. 1557) | ||
| - | *[[1516]] – [[Tabinshwehti]], Burmese king (d. 1550) | ||
| - | *[[1646]] – [[Jules Hardouin Mansart]], French architect, designed the [[Château de Dampierre]] and [[Grand Trianon]] (d. 1708) | ||
| *[[1660]] – [[Hans Sloane]], Irish-English physician (d. 1753) | *[[1660]] – [[Hans Sloane]], Irish-English physician (d. 1753) | ||
| - | *[[1661]] – [[Charles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax]], English poet and politician (d. 1715) | ||
| - | *[[1682]] – [[John Hadley]], English mathematician, invented the [[octant (instrument)|octant]] (d. 1744) | ||
| - | *[[1693]] – [[Anne Sophie Reventlow]], Danish wife of [[Frederick IV of Denmark]] (d. 1743) | ||
| - | *[[1697]] – [[Johann Gottlieb Görner]], German organist and composer (d. 1778) | ||
| - | *[[1728]] – [[Joseph Black]], French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799) | ||
| - | *[[1730]] – [[Henry Clinton (American War of Independence)|Henry Clinton]], English general and politician (d. 1795) | ||
| *[[1755]] – [[Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun]], French painter (d. 1842) | *[[1755]] – [[Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun]], French painter (d. 1842) | ||
| - | *[[1786]] – [[John Franklin]], English admiral and politician, 4th [[Governor of Tasmania|Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land]] (d. 1847) | ||
| - | *[[1800]] – [[George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan]], English field marshal (d. 1888) | ||
| - | *[[1808]] – [[Caleb Blood Smith]], American journalist, lawyer, and politician, 6th [[U.S. Secretary of the Interior]] (d. 1864) | ||
| *[[1821]] – [[Ford Madox Brown]], French-English painter (d. 1893) | *[[1821]] – [[Ford Madox Brown]], French-English painter (d. 1893) | ||
| - | *[[1823]] – [[Gotthold Eisenstein]], German mathematician (d. 1852) | ||
| - | *[[1827]] – [[Octave Crémazie]], Canadian poet (d. 1879) | ||
| - | *[[1839]] – [[Antonio Starabba, Marchese di Rudinì]], Italian politician, 12th [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (d. 1908) | ||
| - | *[[1834]] – [[Charles Lennox Richardson]], English-Chinese merchant (d. 1862) | ||
| *[[1844]] – [[Anatole France]], French journalist, author, and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1924) | *[[1844]] – [[Anatole France]], French journalist, author, and poet, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1924) | ||
| - | *[[1847]] – [[Hans Auer]], Swiss-Austrian architect, designed the [[Federal Palace of Switzerland]] (d. 1906) | ||
| - | *[[1848]] – [[Kandukuri Veeresalingam]], Indian author and activist (d. 1919) | ||
| - | *[[1851]] – [[Ponnambalam Ramanathan]], Sri Lankan lawyer and politician, 3rd [[Solicitor General of Sri Lanka]] (d. 1930) | ||
| - | *[[1865]] – [[Harry Chauvel]], Australian general (d. 1945) | ||
| - | *[[1866]] – [[José de Diego]], Puerto Rican journalist, lawyer, and politician (d. 1918) | ||
| - | *[[1867]] – [[Wilbur Wright]], American pilot, engineer, and businessman, co-founded the [[Wright Company]] (d. 1912) | ||
| *[[1871]] – [[John Millington Synge]], Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909) | *[[1871]] – [[John Millington Synge]], Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909) | ||
| - | *[[1878]] – [[R. E. Foster]], English cricketer and footballer (d. 1914) | ||
| - | *[[1882]] – [[Seth Bingham]], American organist and composer (d. 1972) | ||
| - | *[[1885]] – [[Leo Weiner]], Hungarian composer and educator (d. 1960) | ||
| - | *[[1886]] – [[Ernst Thälmann]], German politician (d. 1944) | ||
| - | * 1886 – [[Margaret Woodrow Wilson]], American daughter of [[Woodrow Wilson]] (d. 1944) | ||
| - | *[[1888]] – [[Billy Minter]], English footballer, trainer, manager and assistant secretary (d. 1940) | ||
| *[[1889]] – [[Charlie Chaplin]], English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977) | *[[1889]] – [[Charlie Chaplin]], English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977) | ||
| - | *[[1890]] – [[Michalis Dorizas]], Greek javelin thrower (d. 1957) | ||
| - | * 1890 – [[Gertrude Chandler Warner]], American author (d. 1979) | ||
| - | *[[1891]] – [[Dorothy P. Lathrop]], American children's author (d. 1980) | ||
| *[[1892]] – [[Howard Mumford Jones]], American writer (d. 1980) | *[[1892]] – [[Howard Mumford Jones]], American writer (d. 1980) | ||
| - | *[[1893]] – [[Germaine Guèvremont]], Canadian author (d. 1968) | + | *[[1896]] – [[Tristan Tzara]], Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963) |
| - | *[[1894]] – [[Ernst Ziegler]], German actor (d. 1974) | + | *[[1918]] – [[Spike Milligan]], Indian-Irish actor, singer, screenwriter, and author (d. 2002) |
| - | *[[1895]] – [[Ove Arup]], English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded [[Arup Group Limited|Arup]] (d. 1988) | + | |
| - | *[[1896]] – [[Robert Henry Best]], American journalist (d. 1952) | + | |
| - | * 1896 – [[Pat Clayton]], English soldier and surveyor (d. 1962) | + | |
| - | * 1896 – [[Tristan Tzara]], Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963) | + | |
| - | *[[1899]] – [[Osman Achmatowicz]], Polish chemist and educator (d. 1988) | + | |
| - | *[[1904]] – [[Fifi D'Orsay]], Canadian-American actress (d. 1983) | + | |
| - | * 1904 – [[Elizabeth Ann Duncan]], American murderer (d. 1962) | + | |
| - | *[[1905]] – [[Frits Philips]], Dutch businessman (d. 2005) | + | |
| - | *[[1907]] – [[Joseph-Armand Bombardier]], Canadian inventor and businessman (d. 1964) | + | |
| - | * 1907 – [[August Eigruber]], Austrian-German politician (d. 1947) | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] – [[Ray Ventura]], French pianist and bandleader (d. 1979) | + | |
| - | *[[1910]] – [[Berton Roueché]], American journalist and author (d. 1994) | + | |
| - | *[[1911]] – [[Guy Burgess]], English-Russian spy (d. 1963) | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] – [[David Langton]], Scottish-English actor (d. 1994) | + | |
| - | * 1912 – [[Catherine Scorsese]], American actress (d. 1997) | + | |
| - | * 1912 – [[Garth Williams]], American illustrator (d. 1996) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] – [[Les Tremayne]], English-American actor (d. 2003) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] – [[Joan Alexander]], American actress (d. 2009) | + | |
| - | * 1915 – [[Gerard McLarnon]], Irish actor and playwright (d. 1997) | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] – [[Ted Mann]], American businessman (d. 2001) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] – [[Victoria Eugenia Fernández de Córdoba, 18th Duchess of Medinaceli]] (d. 2013) | + | |
| - | * 1917 – [[Barry Nelson]], American actor (d. 2007) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] – [[Dick Gibson]], English race car driver (d. 2010) | + | |
| - | * 1918 – [[Hsuan Hua]], Chinese monk (d. 1995) | + | |
| - | * 1918 – [[Spike Milligan]], Indian-Irish actor, singer, screenwriter, and author (d. 2002) | + | |
| *[[1919]] – [[Merce Cunningham]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) | *[[1919]] – [[Merce Cunningham]], American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009) | ||
| - | * 1919 – [[Nilla Pizzi]], Italian singer (d. 2011) | ||
| - | * 1919 – [[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]], Mexican architect, designed the [[Tijuana Cultural Center]] and [[Museo Nacional de Antropología]] (d. 2013) | ||
| - | * 1919 – [[Thomas Willmore]], English geometer (d. 2005) | ||
| - | *[[1920]] – [[Ananda Dassanayake]], Sri Lankan politician (d. 2012) | ||
| - | * 1920 – [[Alan Pegler]], English businessman (d. 2012) | ||
| *[[1921]] – [[Peter Ustinov]], English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004) | *[[1921]] – [[Peter Ustinov]], English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004) | ||
| *[[1922]] – [[Kingsley Amis]], English author, poet, and critic (d. 1995) | *[[1922]] – [[Kingsley Amis]], English author, poet, and critic (d. 1995) | ||
| - | * 1922 – [[John Christopher]], English author (d. 2012) | + | *[[1924]] – [[Henry Mancini]], American composer and conductor (d. 1994) |
| - | * 1922 – [[Pat Peppler]], American football player and coach | + | *[[1930]] – [[Herbie Mann]], American flute player (d. 2003) |
| - | * 1922 – [[Leo Tindemans]], Belgian politician, 43rd [[Prime Minister of Belgium]] | + | *[[1939]] – [[Dusty Springfield]], English singer and producer ([[The Lana Sisters]] and [[The Springfields]]) (d. 1999) |
| - | *[[1923]] – [[Warren Barker]], American composer (d. 2006) | + | *[[1955]] – [[DJ Kool Herc]], Jamaican American musician and producer, generally credited as a pioneer of hip hop |
| - | *[[1924]] – [[John Harvey-Jones]], English businessman (d. 2008) | + | |
| - | * 1924 – [[Henry Mancini]], American composer and conductor (d. 1994) | + | |
| - | * 1924 – [[Rudy Pompilli]], American saxophonist ([[Bill Haley & His Comets]]) (d. 1976) | + | |
| - | * 1924 – [[Madanjeet Singh]], Indian diplomat, author, and philanthropist (d. 2013) | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] – [[Pierre Fabre (businessman)|Pierre Fabre]], French pharmacist, founded [[Laboratoires Pierre Fabre]] (d. 2013) | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] – [[Edie Adams]], American actress and singer (d. 2008) | + | |
| - | * 1927 – [[Pope Benedict XVI]] | + | |
| - | * 1927 – [[Dick Lane (American football)|Dick Lane]], American football player (d. 2002) | + | |
| - | * 1927 – [[Peter Mark Richman]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1927 – [[Rolf Schult]], German actor (d. 2013) | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] – [[Roy Hamilton]], American singer (d. 1969) | + | |
| - | * 1929 – [[Ralph Slatyer]], Australian biologist (d. 2012) | + | |
| - | * 1929 – [[Ed Townsend]], American singer-songwriter and producer (d. 2003) | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] – [[Doug Beasy]], Australian footballer and educator (d. 2013) | + | |
| - | * 1930 – [[Herbie Mann]], American flute player (d. 2003) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] – [[Herman van Ham]], Dutch chef (d. 2012) | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] – [[Marcos Alonso Imaz]], Spanish footballer (d. 2012) | + | |
| - | * 1933 – [[Joan Bakewell]], English journalist | + | |
| - | * 1933 – [[Erol Günaydın]], Turkish actor (d. 2012) | + | |
| - | * 1933 – [[Ike Pappas]], American journalist (d. 2008) | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] – [[Geoffrey Owen]], British journalist and businessman | + | |
| - | * 1934 – [[Robert Stigwood]], Australian empresario | + | |
| - | * 1934 – [[Vicar (comics)|Vicar]], Chilean cartoonist (d. 2012) | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] – [[Marcel Carrière]], Canadian director and screenwriter | + | |
| - | * 1935 – [[Sarah Kirsch (poet)|Sarah Kirsch]], German poet (d. 2013) | + | |
| - | * 1935 – [[Lennart Risberg]], Swedish boxer (d. 2013) | + | |
| - | * 1935 – [[Dominique Venner]], French journalist and historian (d. 2013) | + | |
| - | * 1935 – [[Bobby Vinton]], American singer and actor | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] – [[Šaban Bajramović]], Serbian singer-songwriter (d. 2008) | + | |
| - | * 1936 – [[Tom Lodge]], English radio host (d. 2012) | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] – [[Vince Hill]], English singer-songwriter and record producer | + | |
| - | * 1937 – [[George Steele]], American wrestler and actor | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] – [[Gordon Wilson (Scottish politician)|Gordon Wilson]], Scottish politician | + | |
| - | * 1938 – [[Rich Rollins]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] – [[John Amabile (American football)|John Amabile]], American football player and coach (d. 2012) | + | |
| - | * 1939 – [[John Delafose]], American accordion player (d. 1994) | + | |
| - | * 1939 – [[Boris Dvornik]], Croatian actor (d. 2008) | + | |
| - | * 1939 – [[Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd|Huw Morgan Daniel]], Lord Lieutenant for Gwynedd | + | |
| - | * 1939 – [[Dusty Springfield]], English singer and producer ([[The Lana Sisters]] and [[The Springfields]]) (d. 1999) | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] – [[Benoît Bouchard]], Canadian politician | + | |
| - | * 1940 – [[Margaret Maden]], British educationalist | + | |
| - | * 1940 – [[Margrethe II of Denmark]] | + | |
| - | * 1940 – [[Thomas Stonor, 7th Baron Camoys|Thomas Stonor, Lord Camoys]], Lord Chamberlain of the United Kingdom | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] – [[Allan Segal]], American director and producer (d. 2012) | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] – [[Jim Lonborg]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1942 – [[George Purdy]], Chief Scout of the United Kingdom and Overseas Territories | + | |
| - | * 1942 – [[Frank Williams (Formula One)|Frank Williams]], English businessman, founded the [[Williams F1|Williams F1 Racing Team]] | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] – [[Ruth Madoc]], English-Welsh actress and singer | + | |
| - | * 1943 – [[Dave Peverett]], English singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Foghat]] and [[Savoy Brown]]) (d. 2000) | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] – [[Sue Clifford]], British environmentalist | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] – [[Tom Allen]], American lawyer and politician | + | |
| - | * 1945 – [[Sebastian Barker]], English poet (d. 2014) | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] – [[Margot Adler]], American journalist and author | + | |
| - | * 1946 – [[Ernst Bakker]], Dutch politician (d. 2104) | + | |
| - | * 1946 – [[R. Carlos Nakai]], American flute player | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] – [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]], American basketball player and coach | + | |
| - | * 1947 – [[Gerry Rafferty]], Scottish singer-songwriter ([[The Humblebums]] and [[Stealers Wheel]]) (d. 2011) | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] – [[Reg Alcock]], Canadian politician (d. 2011) | + | |
| - | * 1948 – [[Ammar El Sherei]], Egyptian accordion player, composer, and academic (d. 2012) | + | |
| - | * 1948 – [[Lynne Franks]], English businesswoman | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] – [[Melody Patterson]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1949 – [[Ann Romney]], American wife of [[Mitt Romney]] | + | |
| - | * 1949 – [[Pirkko Saisio]], Finnish actress and director | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] – [[Robert Dutil]], Canadian politician | + | |
| - | * 1950 – [[David Graf]], American actor (d. 2001) | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] – [[Ioan Mihai Cochinescu]], Romanian author and photographer | + | |
| - | * 1951 – [[Mordechai Ben David]], American singer-songwriter | + | |
| - | * 1951 – [[Björgvin Halldórsson]], Icelandic singer | + | |
| - | * 1951 – [[M. S. Narayana]], Indian actor and director | + | |
| - | * 1951 – [[David Nutt]], British neuropsychopharmacologist | + | |
| - | * 1951 – [[Billy West]], American voice actor | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] – [[Bill Belichick]], American football player and coach | + | |
| - | * 1952 – [[Michel Blanc]], French actor and director | + | |
| - | * 1952 – [[Esther Roth-Shahamorov]], Israeli sprinter and hurdler | + | |
| - | * 1952 – [[Nick Young (executive)|Nicholas 'Nick' Young]], British charity worker | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] – [[Douglas M. Fraser]], American general | + | |
| - | * 1953 – [[Peter Garrett]], Australian singer-songwriter and politician ([[Midnight Oil]]) | + | |
| - | * 1953 – [[Jay O. Sanders]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1953 – [[J. Neil Schulman]], American author, actor, director, and producer | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] – [[Ellen Barkin]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1954 – [[John Bowe (racing driver)|John Bowe]], Australian race car driver | + | |
| - | * 1954 – [[Mike Zuke]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] – [[Bruce Bochy]], American baseball player and manager | + | |
| - | * 1955 – [[Henri, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]] | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] – [[David M. Brown]], American captain and astronaut (d. 2003) | + | |
| - | * 1956 – [[T Lavitz]], American keyboard player, composer, and producer ([[Dixie Dregs]], [[Jazz Is Dead]], and [[Widespread Panic]]) (d. 2010) | + | |
| - | * 1956 – [[Lise-Marie Morerod]], Swiss skier | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] – [[Patricia De Martelaere]], Flemish author (d. 2009) | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] – [[Robert Casilla]], American illustrator | + | |
| - | * 1959 – [[Scott McKinsey]], American director | + | |
| - | * 1959 – [[Alison Ramsay]], Scottish field hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] – [[Wahab Akbar]], Filipino politician (d. 2007) | + | |
| - | * 1960 – [[Rafael Benítez]], Spanish footballer and manager | + | |
| - | * 1960 – [[Pierre Littbarski]], German footballer and manager | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] – [[Doris Dragović]], Croatian singer-songwriter | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] – [[Anna Dello Russo]], Italian magazine editor | + | |
| - | * 1962 – [[Ian MacKaye]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ([[Fugazi (band)|Fugazi]], [[Minor Threat]], [[The Teen Idles]], [[The Evens]], and [[Embrace (American band)|Embrace]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] – [[Nick Berry]], English actor | + | |
| - | * 1963 – [[Saleem Malik]], Pakistani cricketer | + | |
| - | * 1963 – [[Jimmy Osmond]], American singer and actor ([[The Osmonds]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] – [[David Kohan]], American screenwriter and producer | + | |
| - | * 1964 – [[Dave Pirner]], American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer ([[Soul Asylum]]) | + | |
| - | * 1964 – [[Esbjörn Svensson]], Swedish pianist ([[Esbjörn Svensson Trio]]) (d. 2008) | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] – [[Yves-François Blanchet]], Canadian politician | + | |
| - | * 1965 – [[Jon Cryer]], American actor, screenwriter, director, and producer | + | |
| - | * 1965 – [[Martin Lawrence]], American actor, director, screenwriter, and producer | + | |
| - | * 1965 – [[Michael Wong (actor)|Michael Wong]], American-Hong Kong actor and director | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] – [[Vickie Guerrero]], American wrestler and manager | + | |
| - | * 1968 – [[Rüdiger Stenzel]], German runner | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] – [[Stacy Francis]], American singer and actress ([[Ex Girlfriend (band)|Ex Girlfriend]]) | + | |
| - | * 1969 – [[Patrik Järbyn]], Swedish skier | + | |
| - | * 1969 – [[Fernando Viña]], American baseball player and sportscaster | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] – [[Dero Goi]], German singer-songwriter ([[Oomph!]]) | + | |
| - | * 1970 – [[Walt Williams]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] – [[Selena]], American singer-songwriter ([[Selena y Los Dinos]]) (d. 1995) | + | |
| - | * 1971 – [[Max Beesley]], English actor and singer | + | |
| - | * 1971 – [[Peter Billingsley]], American actor, director, and producer | + | |
| - | * 1971 – [[Moses Chan]], Hong Kong actor | + | |
| - | * 1971 – [[Belinda Stewart-Wilson]], English actress | + | |
| - | * 1971 – [[Seigo Yamamoto]], Japanese race car driver | + | |
| - | * 1971 – [[Natasha Zvereva]], Russian tennis player | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] – [[Conchita Martínez]], Spanish-American tennis player | + | |
| - | * 1972 – [[Tracy K. Smith]], American poet | + | |
| - | * 1972 – [[John_McGuinness (motorcycle racer)|John McGuinness]], English motorcycle racer | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] – [[Akon]], American singer-songwriter and producer | + | |
| - | * 1973 – [[Bonnie Pink]], Japanese singer-songwriter | + | |
| - | * 1973 – [[Gary Delaney]], English writer and stand-up comedian | + | |
| - | * 1973 – [[Oksana Yermakova]], Estonian-Russian fencer | + | |
| - | * 1973 – [[Hirofumi Nojima]], Japanese voice actor | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] – [[Mat Devine]], American singer-songwriter, actor, and author ([[Kill Hannah]]) | + | |
| - | * 1974 – [[Xu Jinglei]], Chinese actress and director | + | |
| - | * 1974 – [[Valarie Rae Miller]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1974 – [[Fabián Robles]], Mexican actor | + | |
| - | * 1974 – [[Thomas Tevana]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] – [[Keon Clark]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1975 – [[Sean Maher]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1975 – [[Nick Pickard]], English actor | + | |
| - | * 1975 – [[Karl Yune]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] – [[Phil Baroni]], American mixed martial artist | + | |
| - | * 1976 – [[Robert Dahlqvist]], Swedish singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[The Hellacopters]], [[Dundertåget]], and [[Thunder Express]]) | + | |
| - | * 1976 – [[Lukas Haas]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1976 – [[Dan Kellner]], American fencer | + | |
| - | * 1976 – [[David Lyons (actor)|David Lyons]], Australian actor | + | |
| - | * 1976 – [[Kelli O'Hara]], American actress and singer | + | |
| - | * 1976 – [[Shu Qi]], Taiwanese actress | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] – [[Tameka Empson]], English actress | + | |
| - | * 1977 – [[Fredrik Ljungberg]], Swedish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1977 – [[Hayes MacArthur]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1977 – [[Alek Wek]], South Sudanese-English model | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] – [[Lara Dutta]], Indian model and actress, [[Miss Universe|Miss Universe 2000]] | + | |
| - | * 1978 – [[Jody Marie Gnant]], American singer-songwriter and pianist | + | |
| - | * 1978 – [[Nikki Griffin]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1978 – [[Matthew Lloyd]], Australian footballer | + | |
| - | * 1978 – [[John Buffalo Mailer]], American actor, playwright, and producer | + | |
| - | * 1978 – [[Kristin Proctor]], American-Norwegian actress | + | |
| - | * 1978 – [[Igor Tudor]], Croatian footballer and manager | + | |
| - | * 1978 – [[Ivan Urgant]], Russian television host | + | |
| - | * 1978 – [[Christos Vasilopoulos]], Greek actor | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] – [[Christijan Albers]], Dutch race car driver | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[Lars Börgeling]], German pole vaulter | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[Daniel Browne]], New Zealand rugby player | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[Sean Costello]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2008) | + | |
| - | * 1979 – [[Sixto Peralta]], Argentinian-English footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] – [[Jens Hartwig]], German actor | + | |
| - | * 1980 – [[Paul London]], American wrestler | + | |
| - | * 1980 – [[Juliette Marquis]], Ukrainian actress, model, and ballerina | + | |
| - | * 1980 – [[Adriana Sage]], Mexican-American porn actress and model | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] – [[Anestis Agritis]], Greek footballer | + | |
| - | * 1981 – [[Maya Dunietz]], Israeli singer-songwriter and pianist | + | |
| - | * 1981 – [[Russell Harvard]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1981 – [[Matthieu Proulx]], Canadian football player | + | |
| - | * 1981 – [[Jake Scott (guard)|Jake Scott]], American football player | + | |
| - | * 1981 – [[Vico Thai]], Australian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] – [[Gina Carano]], American mixed martial artist, actress, and model | + | |
| - | * 1982 – [[Boris Diaw]], French basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1982 – [[Barry Jones (magician)|Barry Jones]], Scottish magician | + | |
| - | * 1982 – [[Michael Ratajczak]], German footballer | + | |
| - | * 1982 – [[Jonathan Vilma]], American football player | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] – [[Marié Digby]], American singer-songwriter and guitarist | + | |
| - | * 1983 – [[Manuela Martelli]], Chilean actress | + | |
| - | * 1983 – [[Cat Osterman]], American softball pitcher | + | |
| - | * 1983 – [[George Patis]], Greek badminton player | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] – [[Amelia Atwater-Rhodes]], American author | + | |
| - | * 1984 – [[Natalie Blair]], Australian actress | + | |
| - | * 1984 – [[Teddy Blass]], American composer and producer | + | |
| - | * 1984 – [[Dane Brookes]], English actor | + | |
| - | * 1984 – [[Noah Fleiss]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1984 – [[Paweł Kieszek]], Polish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1984 – [[Claire Foy]], English actress | + | |
| - | * 1984 – [[Tucker Fredricks]], American speed skater | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] – [[Mark Baker (author)|Mark Baker]], Welsh author | + | |
| - | * 1985 – [[Luol Deng]], Sudanese-English basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1985 – [[Nate Diaz]], American mixed martial artist | + | |
| - | * 1985 – [[Rhiana Griffith]], Australian model and actress | + | |
| - | * 1985 – [[Brendon Leonard]], New Zealand rugby player | + | |
| - | * 1985 – [[Benjamín Rojas]], Argentinian singer-songwriter and actor ([[Erreway]]) | + | |
| - | * 1985 – [[Taye Taiwo]], Nigerian footballer | + | |
| - | * 1985 – [[JC Tiuseco]], Filipino model, actor, and basketball player | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] – [[Paul di Resta]], Scottish race car driver | + | |
| - | * 1986 – [[Laura Langman]], New Zealand netball player | + | |
| - | * 1986 – [[Shinji Okazaki]], Japanese footballer | + | |
| - | * 1986 – [[Andres Olvik]], Estonian swimmer | + | |
| - | * 1986 – [[Peter Regin]], Danish ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1986 – [[Epke Zonderland]], Dutch gymnast | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] – [[Neil Haskell]], American dancer | + | |
| - | * 1987 – [[Aaron Lennon]], English footballer | + | |
| - | * 1987 – [[Kyley Statham]], Canadian actress | + | |
| - | * 1987 – [[Aleksander Vinter]], Norwegian DJ and producer | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] – [[Jullie]], Brazilian singer-songwriter and actress | + | |
| - | * 1988 – [[Alisa Durbrow]], Japanese model, actress, and singer | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] – [[Jérémy Kapone]], French actor and singer | + | |
| - | * 1990 – [[Lily Loveless]], English actress | + | |
| - | * 1990 – [[Vangelis Mantzaris]], Greek basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1990 – [[Lorraine Nicholson]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1990 – [[Nia Ramadhani]], Indonesian actress | + | |
| - | * 1990 – [[Jules Sitruk]], French actor | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] – [[Kim Kyung-Jung]], South Korean footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] – [[Prince Sébastien of Luxembourg]] | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] – [[Mirai Nagasu]], American figure skater | + | |
| - | * 1993 – [[Chance The Rapper]], American rapper | + | |
| - | *[[1994]] – [[Liliana Mumy]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] – [[Alina Foley]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[2008]] – [[Princess Eléonore of Belgium]] | + | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[69]] – [[Otho]], Roman emperor (b. 32) | + | *[[1689]] - [[Aphra Behn]], English dramatist (b. [[1640]]) |
| - | * [[665]] – [[Fructuosus of Braga]], French archbishop and saint | + | *[[1828]] - [[Francisco de Goya]], Spanish painter (b. [[1746]]) |
| - | *[[1113]] – [[Sviatopolk II of Kiev]] (b. 1050) | + | *[[1904]] - [[Alcide Bonneau]], French intellectual (b. 1836) |
| - | *[[1118]] – [[Adelaide del Vasto]], Italian wife of [[Roger II of Sicily]] (b. 1075) | + | *[[1970]] - [[Richard Neutra]], American architect (b. [[1892]]) |
| - | *[[1198]] – [[Frederick I, Duke of Austria (Babenberg)|Frederick I, Duke of Austria]] (b. 1175) | + | *[[1995]] - [[Cy Endfield]], American filmmaker (b. [[1914]]) |
| - | *[[1640]] – [[Countess Charlotte Flandrina of Nassau]] (b. 1579) | + | *[[1997]] - [[Roland Topor]], French illustrator (b. [[1938]]) |
| - | *[[1645]] – [[Tobias Hume]], Scottish soldier, [[viol]] player, and composer (b. 1569) | + | |
| - | *[[1687]] – [[George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham]], English poet and politician (b. 1628) | + | |
| - | *[[1689]] – [[Aphra Behn]], English author and playwright (b. 1640) | + | |
| - | *[[1742]] – [[Stefano Benedetto Pallavicino]], Italian poet (b. 1672) | + | |
| - | *[[1756]] – [[Jacques Cassini]], French astronomer (b. 1677) | + | |
| - | *[[1783]] – [[Christian Mayer (astronomer)|Christian Mayer]], Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719) | + | |
| - | *[[1788]] – [[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon]], French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707) | + | |
| - | *[[1828]] – [[Francisco Goya]], Spanish painter (b. 1746) | + | |
| - | *[[1846]] – [[Domenico Dragonetti]], Italian bassist and composer (b. 1763) | + | |
| - | *[[1850]] – [[Marie Tussaud]], French-English sculptor, founded the [[Madame Tussauds|Madame Tussauds Wax Museum]] (b. 1761) | + | |
| - | *[[1859]] – [[Alexis de Tocqueville]], French historian (b. 1805) | + | |
| - | *[[1879]] – [[Bernadette Soubirous]], French nun and saint (b. 1844) | + | |
| - | *[[1888]] – [[Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski]], Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845) | + | |
| - | *[[1899]] – [[Emilio Jacinto]], Filipino journalist and activist (b. 1875) | + | |
| - | *[[1904]] – [[Maximilian Kronberger]], German poet (b. 1888) | + | |
| - | * 1904 – [[Samuel Smiles]], Scottish author (b. 1812) | + | |
| - | *[[1914]] – [[George William Hill]], American astronomer and mathematician (b. 1838) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] – [[Nelson W. Aldrich]], American politician (b. 1841) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] – [[Stefan Nerezov]], Bulgarian general (b. 1867) | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] – [[Henry Birks]], Canadian businessman, founded [[Henry Birks and Sons]] (b. 1840) | + | |
| - | * 1928 – [[Roman Steinberg]], Estonian wrsetler (b. 1900) | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] – [[José Carlos Mariátegui]], Peruvian journalist, philosopher, and activist (b. 1894) | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] – [[Steve Bloomer]], English footballer and manager (b. 1874) | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] – [[Princess Alexandra of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (b. 1878) | + | |
| - | * 1942 – [[Denis St. George Daly]], Irish polo player (b. 1862) | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] – [[Arthur Chevrolet]], Swiss-American race car driver (b. 1884) | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] – [[Rudolf Höss]], German [[SS]] officer (b. 1900) | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] – [[Eduard Oja]], Estonian composer, conductor, music teacher and critic (b. 1905) | + | |
| - | * 1950 – [[Anders Peter Nielsen]], Danish target shooter (b. 1867) | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] – [[David Kirkwood]], Scottish politician (b. 1872) | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] – [[Johnny Torrio]], Italian-American mobster (b. 1882) | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] – [[Rosalind Franklin]], English biophysicist (b. 1920) | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] – [[Charles Halton]], American actor (b. 1876) | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] – [[Carl Hovland]], American psychologist (b. 1912) | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] – [[Fay Bainter]], American actress (b. 1893) | + | |
| - | * 1968 – [[Edna Ferber]], American author and playwright (b. 1885) | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] – [[Hem Vejakorn]], Thai illustrator (b. 1904) | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] – [[Richard Neutra]], Austrian-American architect, designed the [[Los Angeles County Hall of Records]] (b. 1892) | + | |
| - | * 1970 – [[Péter Veres (politician)|Péter Veres]], Hungarian politician, [[Ministry of Defence (Hungary)|Minister of Defence for Hungary]] (b. 1897) | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] – [[Yasunari Kawabata]], Japanese author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1899) | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] – [[István Kertész (conductor)|István Kertész]], Hungarian conductor (b. 1929) | + | |
| - | * 1973 – [[Nino Bravo]], Spanish singer (b. 1944) | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] – [[Lucius D. Clay]], American general (b. 1897) | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] – [[Morris Stoloff]], American composer (b. 1898) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] – [[Scott Brady]], American actor (b. 1924) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] – [[Khalil al-Wazir]], Palestinian military leader, founded [[Fatah]] (b. 1935) | + | |
| - | * 1988 – [[Youri Egorov]], Russian pianist (b. 1954) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] – [[Kaoru Ishikawa]] Japanese author and educator (b. 1915) | + | |
| - | * 1989 – [[Miles Lawrence]], English cricketer (b. 1940) | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] – [[David Lean]], English director and producer (b. 1908) | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] – [[Neville Brand]], American actor (b. 1920) | + | |
| - | * 1992 – [[Alexandru Nicolschi]], Romanian activist, agent, and officer (b. 1915) | + | |
| - | * 1992 – [[Andy Russell (singer)|Andy Russell]], American singer (b. 1919) | + | |
| - | *[[1994]] – [[Ralph Ellison]], American author and critic (b. 1913) | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] – [[Arthur English]], English actor (b. 1919) | + | |
| - | * 1995 – [[Iqbal Masih]], Pakistani activist (b. 1982) | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] – [[Stavros Niarchos]], Greek businessman (b. 1909) | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] – [[Doris Angleton]], American murder victim (b. 1951) | + | |
| - | * 1997 – [[Roland Topor]], French actor, director, and painter (b. 1938) | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] – [[Alberto Calderón]], Argentinian-American mathematician (b. 1920) | + | |
| - | * 1998 – [[Fred Davis (snooker player)|Fred Davis]], English snooker player (b. 1913) | + | |
| - | * 1998 – [[Marie-Louise Meilleur]], Canadian super-centenarian (b. 1880) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] – [[Skip Spence]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist ([[Jefferson Airplane]] and [[Moby Grape]]) (b. 1946) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] – [[Putra of Perlis]] (b. 1920) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] – [[Michael Ritchie (film director)|Michael Ritchie]], American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938) | + | |
| - | * 2001 – [[Alec Stock]], English footballer and manager (b. 1917) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] – [[Billy Ayre]], English footballer and manager (b. 1952) | + | |
| - | * 2002 – [[Ruth Fertel]], American businesswoman, founder of [[Ruth's Chris Steak House]] (b. 1927) | + | |
| - | * 2002 – [[Robert Urich]], American actor and producer (b. 1946) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] – [[Graham Jarvis]], Canadian-American actor (b. 1930) | + | |
| - | * 2003 – [[Graham Stuart Thomas]], English horticulturalist and author (b. 1909) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] – [[Kim Mu-saeng]], South Korean actor (b. 1943) | + | |
| - | * 2005 – [[Marla Ruzicka]], American activist, founded [[Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict]] (b. 1976) | + | |
| - | * 2005 – [[Kay Walsh]], English actress, singer, and dancer (b. 1911) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] – [[Francisco Adam]], Portuguese actor (b. 1983) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] – People of the [[Virginia Tech massacre]]: | + | |
| - | ** – [[Jamie Bishop]], American instructor of the [[German language]] (b. 1971) | + | |
| - | ** – [[Seung-Hui Cho]], American student and murderer (b. 1984) | + | |
| - | ** – [[Jocelyne Couture-Nowak]], Canadian-American instructor of the [[French language]] (b. 1958) | + | |
| - | ** – [[Kevin Granata]], American engineer and academic (b. 1961) | + | |
| - | ** – [[Liviu Librescu]], Romanian-American academic and [[holocaust]] survivor (b. 1930) | + | |
| - | ** – [[G. V. Loganathan]], Indian-American academic (b. 1954) | + | |
| - | * 2007 – [[Frank Bateson]], New Zealand astronomer (b. 1909) | + | |
| - | * 2007 – [[Gaétan Duchesne]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1962) | + | |
| - | * 2007 – [[Maria Lenk]], Brazilian swimmer (b. 1915) | + | |
| - | * 2007 – [[Chandrabose Suthaharan]], Sri Lankan Tamil journalist | + | |
| - | *[[2008]] – [[Edward Norton Lorenz]], American mathematician and meteorologist (b. 1917) | + | |
| - | * 2008 – [[Joseph Solman]], American painter (b. 1909) | + | |
| - | *[[2010]] – [[Rasim Delić]], Bosnian general (b. 1949) | + | |
| - | * 2010 – [[Daryl Gates]], American police officer, created the [[Drug Abuse Resistance Education|D.A.R.E. Program]] (b. 1926) | + | |
| - | *[[2011]] – [[Allan Blakeney]], Canadian politician, 10th [[Premier of Saskatchewan]] (b. 1925) | + | |
| - | * 2011 – [[Sol Saks]], American screenwriter and producer (b. 1910) | + | |
| - | *[[2012]] – [[Sári Barabás]], Hungarian soprano (b. 1914) | + | |
| - | * 2012 – [[Marian Biskup]], Polish author and academic (b. 1922) | + | |
| - | * 2012 – [[Ray Davey]], Irish minister, founded the [[Corrymeela Community]] (b. 1915) | + | |
| - | * 2012 – [[Alan Hacker]], English clarinet player (b. 1938) | + | |
| - | * 2012 – [[George Kunda]], Zambian lawyer and politician, 11th [[Vice-President of Zambia]] (b. 1956) | + | |
| - | * 2012 – [[Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller]], Danish businessman (b. 1913) | + | |
| - | * 2012 – [[Carlo Petrini (footballer)|Carlo Petrini]], Italian footballer and coach (b. 1948) | + | |
| - | *[[2013]] – [[Charles Bruzon]], Gibraltarian politician (b. 1938) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Jack Daniels (baseball)|Jack Daniels]], American baseball player (b. 1927) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[George Horse-Capture]], American anthropologist and author (b. 1937) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Gérard Jaquet]], French politician (b. 1916) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Ali Kafi]], Algerian politician (b. 1928) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Helmut Kasimier]], German politician (b. 1926) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Francis Leo Lawrence]], American academic and scholar (b. 1937) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Reinhard Lettmann]], German bishop (b. 1933) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Siegfried Ludwig]], Austrian politician, 18th [[List of governors of Lower Austria|Governor of Lower Austria]] (b. 1926) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Pentti Lund]], Finnish-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Rita MacNeil]], Canadian singer and actress (b. 1944) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[George Beverly Shea]], Canadian-American singer-songwriter (b. 1909) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Edwin Shirley]], English businessman (b. 1948) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Pat Summerall]], American football player and sportscaster (b. 1930) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]], Mexican architect, designed the [[Tijuana Cultural Center]] and [[Museo Nacional de Antropología]] (b. 1919) | + | |
| - | * 2013 – [[Murray Vernon]], Australian cricketer (b. 1937) | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1521 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the other estates of the empire.
- 1943 - Dr. Albert Hofmann discovers the psychedelic effects of LSD.
- 1938 - In a letter to Max Horkheimer on April 16, 1938, Walter Benjamin wrote, ‘You may have seen Gide’s dispute with Céline “If one were forced to see in Bagatelles anything other than a game, it would be impossible to excuse Céline, in spite of all his genius, for stirring up banal passions with such cynicism and frivolous impertinence"
- 1992 Rock as Art article by Camille Paglia printed in the New York Times
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Births
- 1660 – Hans Sloane, Irish-English physician (d. 1753)
- 1755 – Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, French painter (d. 1842)
- 1821 – Ford Madox Brown, French-English painter (d. 1893)
- 1844 – Anatole France, French journalist, author, and poet, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
- 1871 – John Millington Synge, Irish author, poet, and playwright (d. 1909)
- 1889 – Charlie Chaplin, English actor, director, producer, screenwriter, and composer (d. 1977)
- 1892 – Howard Mumford Jones, American writer (d. 1980)
- 1896 – Tristan Tzara, Romanian-French poet and critic (d. 1963)
- 1918 – Spike Milligan, Indian-Irish actor, singer, screenwriter, and author (d. 2002)
- 1919 – Merce Cunningham, American dancer and choreographer (d. 2009)
- 1921 – Peter Ustinov, English actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 2004)
- 1922 – Kingsley Amis, English author, poet, and critic (d. 1995)
- 1924 – Henry Mancini, American composer and conductor (d. 1994)
- 1930 – Herbie Mann, American flute player (d. 2003)
- 1939 – Dusty Springfield, English singer and producer (The Lana Sisters and The Springfields) (d. 1999)
- 1955 – DJ Kool Herc, Jamaican American musician and producer, generally credited as a pioneer of hip hop
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Deaths
- 1689 - Aphra Behn, English dramatist (b. 1640)
- 1828 - Francisco de Goya, Spanish painter (b. 1746)
- 1904 - Alcide Bonneau, French intellectual (b. 1836)
- 1970 - Richard Neutra, American architect (b. 1892)
- 1995 - Cy Endfield, American filmmaker (b. 1914)
- 1997 - Roland Topor, French illustrator (b. 1938)
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