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| - | * [[41]] - [[Caligula|Gaius Caesar (Caligula)]], known for his [[Eccentricity (behavior)|eccentricity]] and cruel [[despotism]], is [[assassin]]ated by his disgruntled [[Praetorian Guard]]s. [[Claudius]] succeeds his nephew. | + | |- |
| - | *[[1438]] - The [[Council of Basel]] suspends [[Pope Eugene IV]] as [[Prelate]] of [[Ethiopia]], arrives at [[Massawa]] from [[Goa]]. | + | ! style="text-align:right; width:310px;"| << [[January 23]] |
| - | *[[1679]] - King [[Charles II of England]] disbands [[Parliament]]. | + | ! style="width:125px;"| |
| - | *[[1742]] - [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles VII Albert]] becomes [[Holy Roman Emperor]]. | + | ! style="text-align:left; width:310px;"| [[January 25]] >> |
| - | *[[1776]] - [[Henry Knox]] arrives at [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]] with the artillery that he has transported from [[Fort Ticonderoga]]. | + | |} |
| - | *[[1826]] - [[Mississippi College]] is founded in [[Clinton, Mississippi|Clinton]], becoming the first college in the state of [[Mississippi]]. | + | == Events == |
| - | *[[1848]] - [[California Gold Rush]]: [[James W. Marshall]] finds [[gold]] at [[Sutter's Mill]] near [[Sacramento, California|Sacramento]]. | + | * [[41]] - [[Caligula]], known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. Claudius succeeds his nephew. |
| - | *[[1857]] - The [[University of Calcutta]] is formally founded as the first full-fledged university in [[south Asia]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1859]] - Political union of [[Moldavia]] and [[Wallachia]]; [[Alexandru Ioan Cuza]] is elected as ruler. | + | |
| - | *[[1878]] - The revolutionary [[Vera Zasulich]] shoots at [[Fyodor Trepov]], the Governor of [[Saint Petersburg]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Battle of Dogali]]: [[Abyssinia]]n troops defeat [[Italy|Italians]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Robert Baden-Powell]] founds the [[Scouting|Boy Scout]] movement. | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - In [[Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad]], the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] declares the federal [[income tax]] constitutional. | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - The [[Gregorian calendar]] introduced in [[Russia]] by decree of the [[Council of People's Commissars]] effective from [[February 14]](NS) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - Petrograd, formerly [[Saint Petersburg|St. Petersburg]], [[Russia]], is renamed ''Leningrad''. | + | |
| *[[1927]] - Director [[Alfred Hitchcock]] releases his first film, ''[[The Pleasure Garden (film)|The Pleasure Garden]]'', in [[England]]. | *[[1927]] - Director [[Alfred Hitchcock]] releases his first film, ''[[The Pleasure Garden (film)|The Pleasure Garden]]'', in [[England]]. | ||
| - | *[[1935]] - The first cans of beer are sold in the US (Krueger's Finest Beer and Krueger's Cream Ale). | ||
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Albert Sarraut]] becomes [[Prime Minister]] of [[France]] | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - [[World War II]]: [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Winston Churchill]] conclude a conference in [[Casablanca Conference (1943)|Casablanca]]. | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Vincent Massey]] is sworn in as the first [[Canadian]]-born [[Governor-General of Canada]]. | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - An [[Air India]] [[Boeing]] 707 jet crashes on [[Mont Blanc]], on the border between [[France]] and [[Italy]], killing 117. | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Japan]]ese Sgt. [[Shoichi Yokoi]] is found hiding in a [[Guam]] jungle, where he had been since the end of [[World War II]]. | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[1977 Massacre of Atocha|Massacre of Atocha]] in Madrid, during the [[Spanish transition to democracy]]. | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Soviet]] satellite [[Cosmos 954]] burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering debris over [[Canada's]] [[Northwest Territories]]. | ||
| - | *1978 - [[Rose Dugdale]] and Eddie Gallagher become the first convicted prisoners to marry in prison in the history of the [[Republic of Ireland]]. | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - The first [[Apple Macintosh]] goes on sale. | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Voyager 2]] passes within 81,500 km (50,680 miles) of [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]. | ||
| - | * 1986 - [[Wapping dispute]]: Newspaper workers in London launch ultimately unsuccessful strike against [[Rupert Murdoch]]'s [[News International]]. | ||
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Turkey|Turkish]] journalist and writer [[Uğur Mumcu]] is assassinated by a [[car bomb]] in [[Ankara]] | ||
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Poland|Polish]] [[Premier]] [[Jozef Oleksy]] resigns amid charges that he spied for [[Moscow]]. | ||
| - | *[[2003]] - The [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] officially begins operation. | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| - | * [[76]] - [[Hadrian]], [[Roman Emperor]] (d. [[138]]) | ||
| - | *[[1287]] - [[Richard Aungerville]], English bishop (d. [[1345]]) | ||
| - | *[[1444]] - [[Galeazzo Maria Sforza]], Duke of Milan (d. [[1476]]) | ||
| - | *[[1540]] - [[Edmund Campion]], English Jesuit (d. [[1581]]) | ||
| - | *[[1638]] - [[Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset]], English poet (d. [[1706]]) | ||
| *[[1670]] - [[William Congreve (playwright)|William Congreve]], English playwright (d. [[1729]]) | *[[1670]] - [[William Congreve (playwright)|William Congreve]], English playwright (d. [[1729]]) | ||
| - | *[[1674]] - [[Thomas Tanner (bishop)|Thomas Tanner]], English bishop (d. [[1735]]) | + | *[[1776]] - [[E. T. A. Hoffmann]], German writer (d. [[1822]]) |
| - | *[[1679]] - [[Christian Wolff (philosopher)|Christian Wolff]], German philosopher (d. [[1754]]) | + | *[[1823]] - [[Prilidiano Pueyrredón]], Argentine painter, architect, and engineer. (d. [[1870]]) |
| - | *[[1705]] - [[Farinelli]], Italian castrato (d. [[1782]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1712]] - King [[Frederick II of Prussia]] (d. [[1786]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1724]] - [[Frances Brooke]], English writer (d. [[1789]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1732]] - [[Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais]], French playwright (d. [[1799]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1742]] - [[Anne, Duchess of Cumberland and Strathearn]] (d. [[1808]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1752]] - [[Muzio Clementi]], Italian composer (d. [[1832]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1754]] - [[Andrew Ellicott]], American surveyor (d. [[1820]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1763]] - [[Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron]], Russian general (d. [[1831]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1776]] - [[Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann|E.T.A. Hoffmann]], German writer (d. [[1822]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1779]] - [[Elizabeth Alexeievna (Louise of Baden)]], Russian tsarina (d. [[1826]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1848]] - [[Vasily Surikov]], Russian painter (d. [[1916]]) | + | |
| *[[1862]] - [[Edith Wharton]], American writer (d. [[1937]]) | *[[1862]] - [[Edith Wharton]], American writer (d. [[1937]]) | ||
| *[[1864]] - [[Marguerite Durand]], French feminist leader (d. [[1936]]) | *[[1864]] - [[Marguerite Durand]], French feminist leader (d. [[1936]]) | ||
| - | *[[1872]] - [[Konstantin Bogaevsky]], Russian painter (d. [[1943]]) | + | *[[1901]] - [[Adolphe Mouron Cassandre]], Ukrainian-French painter and designer (d. [[1968]]) |
| - | *[[1873]] - [[Leon Czolgosz]], American anarchist, assassin of U.S. President [[William McKinley]] (d. [[1901]]) | + | *[[1915]] - [[Robert Motherwell]], American painter (d. 1991) |
| - | *[[1888]] - [[Vicki Baum]], Austrian writer (d. [[1960]]) | + | *[[1917]] - [[Ernest Borgnine]], American actor (d. 2012) |
| - | * 1888 - [[Ernst Heinkel]], German aircraft designer (d. [[1958]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1891]] - [[Walter Model]], German field marshal (d. [[1945]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1895]] - [[Eugen Roth]], German writer (d. [[1976]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1898]] - [[Cliff Heathcote]], American baseball player (d. [[1939]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Harry Calder]], South African cricketer (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1902]] - [[E. A. Speiser]], American Bible scholar (d. [[1965]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[J. Howard Marshall]], American billionaire (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Maurice Couve de Murville]], French politician (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Martin Lings]], English Islamic scholar (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1909 - [[Ann Todd]], English actress (d. [[1993]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] - [[Norman Dello Joio]], American composer | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Robert Motherwell]], American painter (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Jack Brickhouse]], American sports broadcaster (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Ernest Borgnine]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Oral Roberts]], American evangelist | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Coleman Francis]], American film director | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Charles Socarides]], American psychiatrist (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Maria Tallchief]], American ballerina | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Sir Patrick Macnaghten, 11th Baronet]], British aristocrat (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| *[[1928]] - [[Desmond Morris]], British anthropologist | *[[1928]] - [[Desmond Morris]], British anthropologist | ||
| - | * 1928 - [[Michel Serrault]], French actor | + | * 1928 - [[Michel Serrault]], French actor (d. 2007) |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Stanisław Grochowiak]], Polish poet (d. [[1976]]) | + | *[[1932]] – [[Éliane Radigue]], French electronic music composer |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Doug Kershaw]], American musician | + | *[[1940]] - [[Vito Acconci]], American artist (''Following Piece'') |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Ray Stevens]], American musician | + | *[[1943]] - [[Sharon Tate]], American actress and [[Charles Manson|Manson]] murder victim (d. [[1969]]) |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Neil Diamond]], American singer | + | |
| - | * 1941 - [[Aaron Neville]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Subhash Ghai]], Indian film director | + | |
| - | * 1943 - [[Sharon Tate]], American actress and [[Charles Manson|Manson]] murder victim (d. [[1969]]) | + | |
| *[[1944]] - [[Klaus Nomi]], German singer (d. [[1983]]) | *[[1944]] - [[Klaus Nomi]], German singer (d. [[1983]]) | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[John Garamendi]], American politician | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Michael Ontkean]], Canadian actor | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Warren Zevon]], American musician (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| - | * 1947 - [[Masashi Ozaki]], Japanese golfer | ||
| *[[1949]] - [[John Belushi]], American actor (d. [[1982]]) | *[[1949]] - [[John Belushi]], American actor (d. [[1982]]) | ||
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Gerald Brisco]], American professional wrestler | + | *[[1950]] - [[Daniel Auteuil]], French actor |
| - | * 1950 - [[Benjamin Urrutia]], Ecuadorian writer | + | |
| - | * 1950 - [[Daniel Auteuil]], French actor | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Yakov Smirnoff]], Ukrainian-born American comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Jo Gartner]], Austrian racing driver (d. [[1986]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Hanne Krogh]], Norwegian singer ([[Bobbysocks]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Adrian Edmondson]], British comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Neil Allen]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1958 - [[Jools Holland]], British musician | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Vic Reeves]], English comedian | + | |
| - | * 1959 - [[David Mills (author)|David Mills]], American author | + | |
| *[[1961]] - [[Nastassja Kinski]], German-born actress | *[[1961]] - [[Nastassja Kinski]], German-born actress | ||
| - | * 1961 - [[Vince Russo]], American writer | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Martyn Grimley]], English field hockey player | ||
| - | * 1963 - [[Arnold Vanderlyde]], Dutch boxer | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Carlos Saldanha]], [[Brazilian]] [[director]] | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Mike Awesome]], American professional wrestler (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Jimeoin]], Northern Irish comedian | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Mark Kozelek]], American singer/songwriter ([[Red House Painters]], [[Sun Kil Moon]]) | ||
| - | * 1967 - [[Phil LaMarr]], American voice actor | ||
| - | * 1967 - [[John Myung]], American musician ([[Dream Theater]]) | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Michael Kiske]], German musician | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Mary Lou Retton]], American gymnast | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Hilmir Snær Guðnason]], Icelandic actor | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Matthew Lillard]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Cory Bailey]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[Andrea Mackris]], American television producer | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Naoshi Mizuta]], Japanese composer | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Shii Ann Huang]], American game show contestant | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Ed Helms]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Rónald Gómez]], Costa Rican footballer | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Shae-Lynn Bourne]], Canadian ice dancer with [[Victor Kraatz]] | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Tatyana Ali]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Nicole Marie Lenz]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Travis Hanson]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Shaun Maloney]], Scottish footballer | ||
| - | * 1983 - [[Scott Speed]], American race car driver | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Scott Kazmir]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1984 - [[Witold Kiełtyka]], Polish drummer ([[Decapitated]]) (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Mischa Barton]], English-born American actress | ||
| - | * 1986 - [[Raviv Ullman]], Israeli-born American actor | ||
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Calvin Goldspink]], English singer | ||
| - | * 1989 - [[Robert MacPherson]], American professional poker player | ||
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| == Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
| * [[41]] - [[Caligula]], [[Emperor of Rome]] (b. [[12]]) | * [[41]] - [[Caligula]], [[Emperor of Rome]] (b. [[12]]) | ||
| - | * [[772]] - [[Pope Stephen III]] (b. [[720]]) | ||
| - | *[[1002]] - [[Otto III, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[980]]) | ||
| - | *[[1125]] - [[David IV of Georgia]] (b. [[1073]]) | ||
| - | *[[1366]] - [[Alfonso IV of Aragon]] (b. [[1299]]) | ||
| - | *[[1376]] - [[Richard FitzAlan, 10th Earl of Arundel]], English military leader | ||
| - | *[[1473]] - [[Conrad Paumann]], German composer | ||
| - | *[[1595]] - [[Ferdinand II of Austria]] (b. [[1529]]) | ||
| - | *[[1626]] - [[Samuel Argall]], English adventurer and naval officer (b. [[1580]]) | ||
| - | *[[1639]] - [[Georg Jenatsch]], Swiss politician (b. [[1596]]) | ||
| - | *[[1666]] - [[Johann Andreas Herbst]], German composer (b. [[1588]]) | ||
| - | *[[1709]] - [[George Rooke]], English admiral (b. [[1650]]) | ||
| - | *[[1769]] - [[François de Chevert]], French general (b. [[1695]]) | ||
| - | *[[1856]] - [[modzitz|Rabbi Yechezkel of Kuzmir]], Polish Hasidic leader (b. [[1775]]) | ||
| - | *[[1877]] - [[Johann Christian Poggendorff]], German physicist (b. [[1796]]) | ||
| - | *[[1882]] - [[Levi Day Boone|Levi Boone]], [[Mayor of Chicago]] (b. [[1808]]) | ||
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Friedrich von Flotow]], German composer (b. [[1812]]) | ||
| - | *[[1895]] - [[Lord Randolph Churchill]], British politician (b. [[1849]]) | ||
| - | *[[1911]] - [[David Graham Phillips]], American journalist and novelist (b. [[1867]]) | ||
| *[[1920]] - [[Amedeo Modigliani]], Italian painter and sculptor (b. [[1884]]) | *[[1920]] - [[Amedeo Modigliani]], Italian painter and sculptor (b. [[1884]]) | ||
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Marie-Adélaïde, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg]] (b. [[1894]]) | + | *[[1962]] - [[André Lhote]], french painter. |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Alfred Yarrow]], English shipbuilder (b. [[1842]]) | + | * [[1983]] – [[George Cukor]], American film director (b. [[1899]]) |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Maximilian Bircher-Benner]], Swiss physician and nutritionist (b. [[1867]]) | + | *[[2018]] - [[Mark E. Smith]], English singer ([[The Fall (band)|The Fall]]) (b. 1957) |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[John Burns]], English politician (b. [[1858]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Maria Mandel]], Camp Leader at Auschwitz (b. [[1912]]) | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Arthur Liebehenschel]], Commandant at Auschwitz concentration camp (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Ira Hayes]], American World War II hero (b. [[1923]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Edwin Fischer]], Swiss pianist and conductor (b. [[1886]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Alfred Carlton Gilbert]], American swimmer and inventor (b. [[1884]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Stanley Lord]], captain of the [[SS Californian]] the night of the [[RMS Titanic|Titanic]] disaster (b. [[1877]]) | + | |
| - | * 1962 - [[André Lhote]], french painter. | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Winston Churchill]], soldier, politician, historian, [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] and [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1874]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Homi J. Bhabha]], Indian physicist (b. [[1909]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Caresse Crosby]], American poet (b. [[1891]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Bill W.]], American co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[J. Carrol Naish]], American actor (b. [[1897]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Larry Fine (actor)|Larry Fine]], American actor and comedian (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Herta Oberheuser]], German doctor (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Alfredo Ovando Candía]], Bolivian president and dictator (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[George Cukor]], American film director (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[L. Ron Hubbard]], American writer and founder of Scientology (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | * 1986 - [[Flo Hyman]], American volleyball player (b. [[1954]]) | + | |
| - | * 1986 - [[Gordon MacRae]], American actor and singer (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Werner Fenchel]], German mathematician (b. [[1905]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Ted Bundy]], American serial killer (b. [[1946]]) | + | |
| - | * 1989 - [[George Knudson]], Canadian golfer (b. [[1937]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Madge Bellamy]], American actress (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[John M. Kelly (politician)|John M. Kelly]], Irish politician and academic (b. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Ricky Ray Rector]], American murderer (b. [[1950]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Thurgood Marshall]], U.S. Supreme Court Justice (b. [[1908]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Walter D. Edmonds]], American author (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Bobby Duncum, Jr.]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1965]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Peter Gzowski]], Canadian broadcaster, writer and reporter (b. [[1934]]) | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Elie Hobeika]], Lebanese Forces militia commander (b. [[1956]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Gianni Agnelli]], Italian auto executive (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Leônidas da Silva]], Brazilian footballer (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[June Bronhill]], Australian singer (b. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Vladimir Savchenko]], Ukrainian writer (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Chalkie White]], English rugby union coach (b. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Fayard Nicholas]], American tap dancer, one-half of [[The Nicholas Brothers]] (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Schafik Handal]], Salvadorean politician | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Chris Penn]], American actor (b. [[1965]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Krystyna Feldman]], Polish actress (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Guadalupe Larriva]], Ecuadorian politician (b. [[1956]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Emiliano Mercado del Toro]], World's Oldest Military Veteran (b. [[1891]]) | + | |
| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | E. T. A. Hoffmann | + | |
| - | Amedeo Modigliani | + | |
| - | Vito Acconci | + | |
| - | Renaat Braem | + | |
| - | Nastassja Kinski | + | |
| - | Adolphe Mouron Cassandre | + | |
| - | Edith Wharton | + | |
| - | Klaus Nomi | + | |
| - | Robert Motherwell | + | |
| - | Sharon Tate | + | |
| - | Daniel Auteuil | + | |
| - | Michel Serrault | + | |
| - | Prilidiano Pueyrredón | + | |
| - | This Film Is Not Yet Rated | + | |
| - | Marguerite Durand | + | |
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Events
- 41 - Caligula, known for his eccentricity and cruel despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. Claudius succeeds his nephew.
- 1927 - Director Alfred Hitchcock releases his first film, The Pleasure Garden, in England.
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Births
- 1670 - William Congreve, English playwright (d. 1729)
- 1776 - E. T. A. Hoffmann, German writer (d. 1822)
- 1823 - Prilidiano Pueyrredón, Argentine painter, architect, and engineer. (d. 1870)
- 1862 - Edith Wharton, American writer (d. 1937)
- 1864 - Marguerite Durand, French feminist leader (d. 1936)
- 1901 - Adolphe Mouron Cassandre, Ukrainian-French painter and designer (d. 1968)
- 1915 - Robert Motherwell, American painter (d. 1991)
- 1917 - Ernest Borgnine, American actor (d. 2012)
- 1928 - Desmond Morris, British anthropologist
- 1928 - Michel Serrault, French actor (d. 2007)
- 1932 – Éliane Radigue, French electronic music composer
- 1940 - Vito Acconci, American artist (Following Piece)
- 1943 - Sharon Tate, American actress and Manson murder victim (d. 1969)
- 1944 - Klaus Nomi, German singer (d. 1983)
- 1949 - John Belushi, American actor (d. 1982)
- 1950 - Daniel Auteuil, French actor
- 1961 - Nastassja Kinski, German-born actress
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Deaths
- 41 - Caligula, Emperor of Rome (b. 12)
- 1920 - Amedeo Modigliani, Italian painter and sculptor (b. 1884)
- 1962 - André Lhote, french painter.
- 1983 – George Cukor, American film director (b. 1899)
- 2018 - Mark E. Smith, English singer (The Fall) (b. 1957)
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