January 22
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Art and culture
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Births
- 1592 - Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist (d. 1655)
- 1788 - Lord Byron, English poet (d. 1824)
- 1849 - August Strindberg, Swedish writer (d. 1912)
- 1869 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian monk (d. 1916)
- 1875 - D. W. Griffith, American film director (d. 1948)
- 1891 - Antonio Gramsci, Italian Communist writer and politician (d. 1937)
- 1893 - Conrad Veidt, German actor (d. 1943)
- 1904 - George Balanchine, Russian choreographer (d. 1983)
- 1946 - Malcolm McLaren, English impresario, musician and self-publicist (d. 2010)
- 1953 - Jim Jarmusch, American director
- 1965 - DJ Jazzy Jeff, American musician
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Deaths
- 1901 - Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom (b. 1819)
- 1945 - Arthur Symons, British poet, critic and magazine editor. (b. 1865)
- 1973 - Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President of the United States (b. 1908)
- 1993 - Kobo Abe, Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor (b. 1924)
- 1994 - Jean-Louis Barrault, French actor and director (b. 1910)
- 2008 - Heath Ledger, Australian actor (b. 1979)
- 2018 – Ursula K. Le Guin, American sci-fi and fantasy novelist (b. 1929)
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