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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *[[1517]] - [[Protestant Reformation]]: [[Martin Luther]] posts his [[95 theses]] on the door of the Castle Church in [[Wittenberg]]. | *[[1517]] - [[Protestant Reformation]]: [[Martin Luther]] posts his [[95 theses]] on the door of the Castle Church in [[Wittenberg]]. | ||
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] publishes [[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]. | + | *[[1892]] - [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] publishes ''[[The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]''. |
| - | + | *[[1966]] - [[Spontaneous Festival of Underground Films]] at Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre in London | |
| + | *[[1991]] - [[ANSWER Me!]] Issue No. 1 released | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1692]] - [[Comte de Caylus]], French author (d. [[1765]]) | ||
| *[[1795]] - [[John Keats]], British poet (d. [[1821]]) | *[[1795]] - [[John Keats]], British poet (d. [[1821]]) | ||
| *[[1831]] - [[Paolo Mantegazza]], Italian neurologist (d. [[1910]]) | *[[1831]] - [[Paolo Mantegazza]], Italian neurologist (d. [[1910]]) | ||
| + | *[[1876]] - [[Natalie Clifford Barney]] United States writer (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| *[[1883]] - [[Marie Laurencin]], French painter (d. [[1956]]) | *[[1883]] - [[Marie Laurencin]], French painter (d. [[1956]]) | ||
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Chiang Kai-shek]], Nationalist Chinese leader, former [[President of the Republic of China|Republic of China president]] (d. [[1975]]) | + | *[[1902]] - [[Marie-Laure de Noailles]] French art patron (d. [[1970]]) |
| - | * 1887 - [[Newsy Lalonde]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. [[1970]]) | + | *[[1920]] - [[Helmut Newton]], German photographer (d. [[2004]]) |
| - | *[[1888]] - [[Napoleon Lapathiotis]], Greek poet (d. [[1944]]) | + | *[[1924]] - [[Enrico Baj]], Italian artist, (d. 2003) |
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Alexander Alekhine]], Russian chess player (d. [[1946]]) | + | *[[1925]] - [[Charles Willard Moore]], United States architect (Piazza d'Italia) (d. 1993) |
| - | *[[1895]] - [[Basil Liddell Hart]], British military historian (d. [[1970]]) | + | *[[1926]] - [[Jimmy Saville]], English entertainer (d. 2011) |
| - | *[[1896]] - [[Ethel Waters]], American singer and actress (d. [[1977]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Abraham Wald]], Hungarian mathematician (d. [[1950]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Dale Evans]], American singer and actress (d. [[2001]]) | + | |
| - | * 1912 - [[Ollie Johnston]], American animator | + | |
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Joe Carcione]], American consumer advocate (d. [[1988]]) | + | |
| - | * 1914 - [[John Hugenholtz]], Dutch race track designer (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Thomas Hill (actor)|Thomas Hill]], Canadian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Ian Stevenson]], American parapsychologist | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] – [[Magnus Wenninger]], American priest, author of ''Polyhedron models'' | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Dick Francis]], Welsh novelist | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[Dedan Kimathi]], Kenyan rebel leader (d. [[1957]]) | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[Helmut Newton]], German photographer (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | * 1920 - [[Fritz Walter (footballer, 1920)|Fritz Walter]], German footballer (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Barbara Bel Geddes]], American actress (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1922 - [[Illinois Jacquet]], American saxophonist (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | * 1922 - King [[Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia]] | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[John Pople]], English chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Jimmy Saville]], English entertainer | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Lee Grant]], American actress | + | |
| *[[1928]] - [[Cleo Moore]], American actress (d. [[1973]]) | *[[1928]] - [[Cleo Moore]], American actress (d. [[1973]]) | ||
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Eddie Charlton]], Australian snooker player (d. [[2004]]) | + | *[[1928]] - [[Andrew Sarris]], U.S. film critic (d. 2012) |
| - | * 1929 - [[Bud Spencer]], Italian actor | + | *[[1939]] - [[Ali_Farka_Toure|Alui Farka Touré]], Malian musician (d. 2006) |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Michael Collins (astronaut)|Michael Collins]], American astronaut | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Dan Rather]], American television journalist | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Phil Goyette]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Michael Landon]], American actor (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Tom Paxton]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Ron Rifkin]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Tom O'Connor]], British comedian | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Ali_Farka_Toure|Alui Farka Touré]], Malian musician | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Derek Bell (auto racer)|Derek Bell]], British racing driver | + | |
| - | * 1941 – [[Dan Alderson]], American scientist | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Dave McNally]], American baseball player (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | * 1942 - [[David Ogden Stiers]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Paul Frampton]], English physicist | + | |
| *[[1944]] - [[Kinky Friedman]], American musician and novelist | *[[1944]] - [[Kinky Friedman]], American musician and novelist | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Brian Doyle-Murray]], American comedian and actor | + | *[[1950]] - [[Zaha Hadid]], British architect |
| - | * 1945 - [[Russ Ballard]], English rock singer/songwriter, guitarist ([[Argent (band)|Argent]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Stephen Rea]], Irish actor | + | |
| - | * 1946 - [[Norman Lovett]], British actor | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Deidre Hall]], American actress | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Frank Shorter]], American runner | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Bob Siebenberg]], American drummer ([[Supertramp]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[John Candy]], Canadian comedian and actor (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | * 1950 - [[Jane Pauley]], American news anchor | + | |
| - | * 1950 - [[Zaha Hadid]], British architect | + | |
| *[[1952]] - [[Bernard Edwards]], American bass guitarist ([[Chic (band)|Chic]]) (d. [[1996]]) | *[[1952]] - [[Bernard Edwards]], American bass guitarist ([[Chic (band)|Chic]]) (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | *[[1953]] - [[Michael J. Anderson]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1953 - [[John Lucas II]], American basketball player and coach | ||
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Ken Wahl]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Robert Pollard]], American rocker | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Jeannie Longo]], French cyclist | ||
| - | * 1958 - [[Brian Stokes Mitchell]], American singer and actor | ||
| *[[1959]] - [[Neal Stephenson]], American author | *[[1959]] - [[Neal Stephenson]], American author | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Mats Näslund]], Swedish ice hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Luis Fortuño]], Puerto Rican delegate to Congress | ||
| - | * 1960 - [[Arnaud Desplechin]], French film director | ||
| - | * 1960 - [[Mike Gallego]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1960 - [[Reza Pahlavi]], former crown prince of [[Iran]] | ||
| *[[1961]] - [[Peter Jackson]], New Zealand film director | *[[1961]] - [[Peter Jackson]], New Zealand film director | ||
| - | * 1961 - [[Larry Mullen]], Irish drummer ([[U2]]) | ||
| - | * 1961 - [[Alonzo Babers]], American runner | ||
| - | * 1961 - [[Kate Campbell]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Mikkey Dee]], Swedish musician, drummer for [[Motörhead]] | ||
| - | * 1963 - [[Dunga]], Brazilian footballer | ||
| - | * 1963 - [[Johnny Marr]], English guitarist and songwriter ([[The Smiths]]) | ||
| - | * 1963 - [[Fred McGriff]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1963 - [[Dermot Mulroney]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1963 - [[Rob Schneider]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Colm O'Ciosoig]], Irish drummer ([[My Bloody Valentine]], [[Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions]]) | ||
| - | * 1964 - [[Marco van Basten]], Dutch footballer | ||
| - | * 1964 - [[Marty Wright]], American professional wrestler | ||
| - | * 1964 - [[Darryl Worley]], American country singer | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Annabella Lwin]], British singer ([[Bow Wow Wow]]) | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Adam Horovitz]], American rapper ([[Beastie Boys]]) | ||
| - | * 1966 - [[Koji Kanemoto]], Japanese professional wrestler | ||
| - | * 1966 - [[Joseph Boyden]], Canadian novelist | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Antonio Davis]], American basketball player | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Vanilla Ice]], American rapper | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Mike O'Malley]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1969 - [[David Coburn]], American actor/voice actor | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Nicky Wu]], Taiwanese actor and martial arts expert | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Linn Berggren]], Swedish singer ([[Ace of Base]]) | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Rogers Stevens]], American guitarist ([[Blind Melon]]) | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Mitch Harris]], American guitarist ([[Napalm Death]], among others) | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Johnny Moeller]], American blues guitarist | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Steve Trachsel]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Alphonso Ford]], American basketball player (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[Ian Walker]], English footballer | ||
| - | * 1971 - [[Toby Anstis]], British radio presenter | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Shaun Bartlett]], South African footballer | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[David Dellucci]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Grigorios Georgatos]], Greek footballer | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Beverly Lynne]], American erotic film actress | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Muzzy Izzet]], Turkish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Fabio Celestini]], Swiss footballer | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Piper Perabo]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[José María Gutiérrez]], Spanish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Séverine Ferrer]], French singer | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Sylviane Félix]], French athlete | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Emmanuel Izonritei]], Nigerian boxer | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Martin Verkerk]], Dutch tennis player | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Zachary Knighton]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Saaphyri Windsor]], American reality tv figure | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Simão Sabrosa]], Portuguese footballer | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Eddie Kaye Thomas]], American actor, | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Samaire Armstrong]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Irina Denezhkina]], Russian writer | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Frank Iero]], American musician ([[My Chemical Romance]], [[Leathermouth]], [[Pencey Prep]]; founder of [[Skeleton Crew]]) | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Selina Ren|Selina (Jiaxuan) Ren]], member of Taiwanese girl-group [[S.H.E]] | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Jon Crocker]], American songwriter | ||
| - | * 1981 - Mary Timothy Wilson, American Literature Historian | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Tomáš Plekanec]], Czech ice hockey player | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[The Cheeky Girls]], British-Romanian singers | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Christie Hayes]], Australian actress | ||
| - | * 1986 - [[Chris Alajajian]], Australian racing driver | ||
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Sébastien Buemi]], Swiss racing driver | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Lil' JJ]], American comedian | ||
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Jordan-Claire Green]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Infanta Leonor of Spain]], daughter of [[Felipe, Prince of Asturias]] and [[Letizia, Princess of Asturias]] | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1147]] - [[Robert, 1st Earl of Gloucester]], English politician (bc. [[1090]]) | ||
| - | *[[1214]] - [[Leonora of England]], queen of [[Alfonso VIII of Castile]] (b. [[1162]]) | ||
| - | *[[1448]] - [[John VIII Palaeologus]], [[Byzantine Emperor]] (b. [[1390]]) | ||
| - | *[[1517]] - [[Fra Bartolommeo]], Italian artist (b. [[1472]]) | ||
| - | *[[1641]] - [[Cornelis Jol]], Dutch admiral and privateer (b. [[1597]]) | ||
| - | *[[1659]] - [[John Bradshaw (judge)|John Bradshaw]], English judge (b. [[1602]]) | ||
| - | *[[1723]] - [[Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany]] (b. [[1642]]) | ||
| - | *[[1732]] - [[Victor Amadeus II of Savoy]] (b. [[1666]]) | ||
| - | *[[1733]] - [[Eberhard Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg|Eberhard IV Ludwig, Duke of Württemberg]] (b. [[1676]]) | ||
| - | *[[1744]] - [[Leonardo Leo]], Italian composer (b. [[1694]]) | ||
| - | *[[1765]] - [[Prince William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland]], English military leader (b. [[1721]]) | ||
| - | *[[1768]] - [[Francesco Maria Veracini]], Italian composer (b. [[1690]]) | ||
| - | *[[1860]] - [[Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald]], British admiral (b. [[1775]]) | ||
| - | *[[1879]] - [[Jacob Abbott]], American author (b. [[1803]]) | ||
| - | *[[1879]] - [[Joseph Hooker]], American General (b. [[1814]]) | ||
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Marie Bashkirtseff]], Russian painter (b. [[1858]]) | ||
| - | *[[1913]] - [[William Evans-Gordon]], British politician (b. [[1857]]) | ||
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Charles Taze Russell]], American founder of the Jehovah's Witnesses (b. [[1852]]) | ||
| *[[1918]] - [[Egon Schiele]], Austrian painter (b. [[1890]]) | *[[1918]] - [[Egon Schiele]], Austrian painter (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Alphonse Desjardins (co-operator)|Alphonse Desjardins]], founder of the [[Mouvement Desjardins|Caisses populaires Desjardins]] (b. [[1854]]) | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Max Linder]], French actor, director and screenwriter (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| *[[1926]] - [[Harry Houdini]], Hungarian-born magician (b. [[1874]]) | *[[1926]] - [[Harry Houdini]], Hungarian-born magician (b. [[1874]]) | ||
| + | *[[1931]] – [[Octave Uzanne]], French journalist and author (b. 1851) | ||
| *[[1939]] - [[Otto Rank]], Austrian psychologist (b. [[1884]]) | *[[1939]] - [[Otto Rank]], Austrian psychologist (b. [[1884]]) | ||
| *[[1943]] - [[Max Reinhardt (theatre director)|Max Reinhardt]], German film director (b. [[1873]]) | *[[1943]] - [[Max Reinhardt (theatre director)|Max Reinhardt]], German film director (b. [[1873]]) | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[U Chit Hlaing]], Burmese politician (b. [[1879]]) | + | *[[1976]] - [[Eileen Gray]], Irish designer (b. [[1878 ]]) |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Jean Cabannes]], French physicist (b. [[1885]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Bill Durnan]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. [[1916]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[SD Burman]], Indian musician (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[George Halas]], American football player, coach, and team owner (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Indira Gandhi]], [[Prime Minister of India]] (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | * 1984 - [[Eduardo de Filippo]], Italian actor and screenwriter (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Poul Reichhardt]], Danish actor (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | * 1985 - [[Nikos Engonopoulos]], Greek painter and poet (b. [[1907]]) | + | |
| - | * 1985 - [[Anton Christoforidis]], Greek boxer (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Robert S. Mulliken]], American physicist and chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1896]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Joseph Campbell]], American author and expert on mythology (b. [[1904]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[John Houseman]], Romanian-born actor and director (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | * 1988 - [[Alfred Pellan]], [[Québécois]] painter (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Joseph Papp]], American theatrical producer (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | * 1991 - [[Gene Anderson]], American professional wrestler (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| *[[1993]] - [[Federico Fellini]], Italian director (b. [[1920]]) | *[[1993]] - [[Federico Fellini]], Italian director (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | * 1993 - [[River Phoenix]], American actor (drug overdose) (b. [[1970]]) | + | *[[1993]] - [[River Phoenix]], American actor (drug overdose) (b. [[1970]]) |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Rosalind Cash]], American actress (b. [[1938]]) | + | |
| *[[1996]] - [[Marcel Carné]], French film director (b. [[1906]]) | *[[1996]] - [[Marcel Carné]], French film director (b. [[1906]]) | ||
| - | + | *[[2020]] - [[MF Doom]], British rapper, songwriter and record producer (b. 1971) | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Elmer Vasko]], Canadian ice hockey player (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Greg Moore (race car driver)|Greg Moore]], Canadian race car driver (b. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Watanabe Kazuki]] Japanese musician ([[Raphael]]) (b. [[1981]]) | + | |
| - | * 2000 - [[Ring Lardner, Jr.]], American screenwriter (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Régine Cavagnoud]], French skier (b. [[1970]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Lionel Poilâne]], French baker and entrepreneur (b. [[1945]]) | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Michail Stasinopoulos]], Greek politician, former president of [[Greece]] (b. [[1903]]) | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Raf Vallone]], Italian actor (b. [[1916]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer]], Indian singer (b. [[1908]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Dharmsamrat Paramhans Swami Madhavananda]], Indian guru (b. [[1923]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Richard Neustadt]], American political historian (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Mary Wimbush]], English actress (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[John "Beatz" Holohan]], American drummer ([[Bayside (band)|Bayside]]) (b. [[1974]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Hal Anger]], American biophysicist (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Pieter Willem Botha]], [[President of South Africa]] (b. [[1916]]) | + | |
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| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | * Philippe Tubières | + | |
| - | * Helmut Newton | + | |
| - | * Exposition Universelle (1889) | + | |
| - | * ANSWER Me! | + | |
| - | * Federico Fellini | + | |
| - | * Enrico Baj | + | |
| - | * Paolo Mantegazza | + | |
| - | * Egon Schiele | + | |
| - | * Charles Willard Moore | + | |
| - | * Neal Stephenson | + | |
| - | * Eileen Gray | + | |
| - | * Andrew Sarris | + | |
| - | * Peter Fryer | + | |
| - | * Marcel Carné | + | |
| - | * Otto Rank | + | |
| - | * Herwarth Walden | + | |
| - | o Marie-Laure de Noailles | + | |
| - | o John Keats | + | |
| - | o Natalie Clifford Barney | + | |
| - | o Akarova | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1517 - Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
- 1892 - Arthur Conan Doyle publishes The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- 1966 - Spontaneous Festival of Underground Films at Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre in London
- 1991 - ANSWER Me! Issue No. 1 released
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Births
- 1692 - Comte de Caylus, French author (d. 1765)
- 1795 - John Keats, British poet (d. 1821)
- 1831 - Paolo Mantegazza, Italian neurologist (d. 1910)
- 1876 - Natalie Clifford Barney United States writer (d. 1972)
- 1883 - Marie Laurencin, French painter (d. 1956)
- 1902 - Marie-Laure de Noailles French art patron (d. 1970)
- 1920 - Helmut Newton, German photographer (d. 2004)
- 1924 - Enrico Baj, Italian artist, (d. 2003)
- 1925 - Charles Willard Moore, United States architect (Piazza d'Italia) (d. 1993)
- 1926 - Jimmy Saville, English entertainer (d. 2011)
- 1928 - Cleo Moore, American actress (d. 1973)
- 1928 - Andrew Sarris, U.S. film critic (d. 2012)
- 1939 - Alui Farka Touré, Malian musician (d. 2006)
- 1944 - Kinky Friedman, American musician and novelist
- 1950 - Zaha Hadid, British architect
- 1952 - Bernard Edwards, American bass guitarist (Chic) (d. 1996)
- 1959 - Neal Stephenson, American author
- 1961 - Peter Jackson, New Zealand film director
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Deaths
- 1918 - Egon Schiele, Austrian painter (b. 1890)
- 1926 - Harry Houdini, Hungarian-born magician (b. 1874)
- 1931 – Octave Uzanne, French journalist and author (b. 1851)
- 1939 - Otto Rank, Austrian psychologist (b. 1884)
- 1943 - Max Reinhardt, German film director (b. 1873)
- 1976 - Eileen Gray, Irish designer (b. 1878 )
- 1993 - Federico Fellini, Italian director (b. 1920)
- 1993 - River Phoenix, American actor (drug overdose) (b. 1970)
- 1996 - Marcel Carné, French film director (b. 1906)
- 2020 - MF Doom, British rapper, songwriter and record producer (b. 1971)
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