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| + | *[[1816]] – [[Lord Byron]] reads ''[[Fantasmagoriana]]'' to his four house guests at the [[Villa Diodati]], [[Percy Shelley]], [[Mary Shelley]], [[Claire Clairmont]], and [[John Polidori]], and inspires his challenge that each guest write a ghost story, which culminated in Mary Shelley writing the novel ''[[Frankenstein]]'', John Polidori writing the short story ''[[The Vampyre]]'', and Byron writing the poem ''[[Darkness (poem)|Darkness]]''. | ||
| + | *[[1904]] - setting of [[James Joyce]]'s ''[[Ulysses (novel)|Ulysses]]'' | ||
| + | *[[1936]] - [[André Breton]] delivers the ''Limites non Frontières du Surréalisme'' speech at the London [[International Surrealist Exhibition]] | ||
| + | *[[1960]] - [[Alfred Hitchcock]]'s ''[[Psycho (1960 film)|Psycho]]'' opens in [[New York]]. | ||
| + | *[[1970]] - After the death of his wife [[Louis Aragon]] comes out as a [[bisexual]], appearing at [[gay pride]] parades in a pink convertible. | ||
| + | *[[1997]] - [[Kenneth Goldsmith]] uses a dictaphone to note as much of as many of his body's movements as he can. | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| + | *[[1313]] - [[Giovanni Boccaccio]], Italian writer (d. 1375) | ||
| + | *[[1901]] - [[Henri Lefebvre]], French philosopher (d. 1991) | ||
| + | *[[1925]] - [[Otto Muehl]], Austrian artist (d. 2013) | ||
| + | *[[1938]] - [[Joyce Carol Oates]], American novelist | ||
| + | * 1941 – [[Lamont Dozier]], American songwriter and producer (d. 2022) | ||
| + | *[[1957]] - [[Raymond Pettibon]], American artist | ||
| + | *[[1962]] - [[Femi Kuti]], Nigerian Afrobeat Musician | ||
| == Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
| - | + | *[[1464]] - [[Roger van der Weyden]], Flemish painter (b. [[1399]]) | |
| - | Notes | + | *[[1938]] - [[Robert Wiene]], German film director (b. [[1873]]) |
| - | Otto Mühl (1925 - ) one of the co-founders of Viennese Actionism, was born on 16 June 1925 in Grodnau, Austria. He is a radical provocateur whose main stations ... | + | *[[1948]] – [[Holbrook Jackson]], English journalist, writer, publisher and bibliophile (born [[1874]]) |
| - | + | *[[2003]] - [[Enrico Baj]], Italian artist (b. [[1924]]) | |
| - | Joyce saw it in Dublin, Ireland, on June 16, 1904, a day distinguished by its utter normality. Two characters, Stephen Dedalus and Leopold Bloom, ... | + | |
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| - | Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American novelist known for being nearly as prolific as contemporary novelist Stephen King. ... | + | |
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| - | On June 16, 1960, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho opened at two showcase theaters in Manhattan, where it played regularly to near-capacity audiences for nine ... | + | |
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| - | Kenneth Goldsmith | + | |
| - | The answer came on June 16, 1997--Bloomsday--when Goldsmith used a dictaphone to note as much of as many of his body's movements as he could, ... | + | |
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| - | On the night of June 16, after Lord Byron, John Polidori and the Shelleys had read aloud from the Tales of the Dead, a collection of horror tales, ... | + | |
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| - | After the death of his wife on June 16, 1970, Aragon revealed his bisexuality and appeared at gay pride parades in a pink convertible (Ivry 1996, p.134). ... | + | |
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| - | Giovanni Boccaccio (June 16, 1313 – December 21, 1375) was a Italian author and poet, the greatest of Petrarch's disciples, an important Renaissance ... | + | |
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| - | <I>Fantasmagoriana or Collection of the Histories of Apparitions ... | + | |
| - | ... Lord Byron read aloud to Percy Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft (later Mary Shelley), Claire Clairmont, and J. W. Polidori on the night of June 16, 1816. ... | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1816 – Lord Byron reads Fantasmagoriana to his four house guests at the Villa Diodati, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, Claire Clairmont, and John Polidori, and inspires his challenge that each guest write a ghost story, which culminated in Mary Shelley writing the novel Frankenstein, John Polidori writing the short story The Vampyre, and Byron writing the poem Darkness.
- 1904 - setting of James Joyce's Ulysses
- 1936 - André Breton delivers the Limites non Frontières du Surréalisme speech at the London International Surrealist Exhibition
- 1960 - Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho opens in New York.
- 1970 - After the death of his wife Louis Aragon comes out as a bisexual, appearing at gay pride parades in a pink convertible.
- 1997 - Kenneth Goldsmith uses a dictaphone to note as much of as many of his body's movements as he can.
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Births
- 1313 - Giovanni Boccaccio, Italian writer (d. 1375)
- 1901 - Henri Lefebvre, French philosopher (d. 1991)
- 1925 - Otto Muehl, Austrian artist (d. 2013)
- 1938 - Joyce Carol Oates, American novelist
- 1941 – Lamont Dozier, American songwriter and producer (d. 2022)
- 1957 - Raymond Pettibon, American artist
- 1962 - Femi Kuti, Nigerian Afrobeat Musician
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Deaths
- 1464 - Roger van der Weyden, Flemish painter (b. 1399)
- 1938 - Robert Wiene, German film director (b. 1873)
- 1948 – Holbrook Jackson, English journalist, writer, publisher and bibliophile (born 1874)
- 2003 - Enrico Baj, Italian artist (b. 1924)
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