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Art and culture

• 1933 – The Gestapo, the official secret police force of Nazi Germany, is established.
• 1937 - Nazi German bombing of Guernica, Spain , later painted by Picasso
• 1965 – A Rolling Stones concert in London, Ontario is shut down by police after 15 minutes due to rioting.
• 1977 - Studio 54, New York City disco opens its doors.

Births

• 121 – Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor (d. 180)
• 1564 – William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (baptism) (d. 1616)
• 1711 – David Hume, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1776)
• 1785 – John James Audubon, French-American naturalist and illustrator (d. 1851)
• 1787 – Ludwig Uhland, German poet (d. 1862)
• 1798 – Eugène Delacroix, French painter (d. 1863)
• 1822 – Frederick Law Olmsted, American landscape architect (d. 1903)
• 1889 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (d. 1951)
• 1897 – Douglas Sirk, German-born film director (d. 1987)
• 1905 - Jean Vigo, French film director (d. 1934)
• 1912 – A. E. van Vogt, Canadian writer (d. 2000)
• 1914 – Bernard Malamud, American author (d. 1986)
• 1917 – I. M. Pei, Chinese-born architect (d. 2019)
• 1932 – Francis Lai, French film music composer (d. 2018)
• 1933 – Carol Burnett, American comedian
• 1940 – Giorgio Moroder, Italian composer
• 1943 – Gary Wright, American singer-songwriter, keyboard player, and producer (d. 2023)
• 1968 - Green Velvet aka Curtis Jones, American musician
• 1956 - François Schuiten, Belgian comics artist

Deaths

• 1444 – Robert Campin, Flemish painter (b. 1378)
• 1910 – Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Norwegian author, Nobel laureate (b. 1832)
• 1938 – Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (b. 1859)
• 1968 – John Heartfield, German illustrator and photographer (b. 1891)
• 1970 – Gypsy Rose Lee, American actress (b. 1911)
• 1976 – Sid James, South African-born British comedian (b. 1913)
• 1984 – Count Basie, American musician and composer (b. 1904)
• 1989 – Lucille Ball, American actress and comedian (b. 1911)
• 1999 – Adrian Borland, English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (b. 1957)
• 2004 – Hubert Selby Jr., American author (b. 1928)
• 2005 – Augusto Roa Bastos, Paraguayan author (b. 1917)
• 2007 – Jack Valenti, American political advisor and film executive (b. 1921)