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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
* [[1463]] - Poet [[François Villon]] is banned from [[Paris]]. * [[1463]] - Poet [[François Villon]] is banned from [[Paris]].
-*[[1895]] - [[Dreyfus Affair]]: [[France|French]] officer [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment on [[Devil's Island]].+*[[1895]] - [[Dreyfus Affair]]: [[France|French]] officer [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is stripped of his rank and sentenced to life imprisonment.
 +*[[1902]] - ''[[Mrs. Warren's Profession]]'' premieres in London.
* [[1953]] - ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' premieres * [[1953]] - ''[[Waiting for Godot]]'' premieres
- +*[[1968]] - [[Prague Spring]] starts
== Births == == Births ==
 +*[[1875]] - [[J. Stuart Blackton]], American filmmaker (d. [[1941]])
*[[1900]] - [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (d. [[1955]]) *[[1900]] - [[Yves Tanguy]], French painter (d. [[1955]])
-*[[1902]] - [[Stella Gibbons]], English novelist (d. [[1989]])+*[[1921]] - [[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]], Swiss writer (d. 1990)
-*[[1904]] - [[Jeane Dixon]], American astrologer (d. [[1997]])+*[[1932]] - [[Umberto Eco]], Italian writer (d. 2016)
-*[[1906]] - [[Kathleen Kenyon]], English archaeologist (d. [[1978]])+
-*[[1908]] - [[George Dolenz]], American actor (d. [[1963]])+
-*[[1909]] - [[Stephen Kleene]], American mathematician (d. [[1994]])+
-*[[1910]] - [[Hugh Brannum]], American actor (d. [[1987]])+
-* 1910 - [[Jack Lovelock]], [[New Zealand]] athlete (d. [[1949]])+
-*[[1911]] - [[Jean-Pierre Aumont]], French actor (d. [[2001]])+
-*[[1914]] - [[George Reeves]], American actor (d. [[1959]])+
-* 1914 - [[Nicolas de Staël]], French-Russian painter (d. [[1955]])+
-*[[1915]] - [[Arthur H. Robinson]], Canadian-born cartographer (d. [[2004]])+
-*[[1917]] - [[Jane Wyman]], American actress (d. [[2007]])+
-* 1917 - [[Wieland Wagner]], German stage director (d. [[1966]])+
-*[[1920]] - [[Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli]], Italian pianist (d. [[1995]])+
-*[[1921]] - [[Friedrich Dürrenmatt]], Swiss writer (d. [[1990]])+
-* 1921 - [[Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg]]+
-*[[1923]] - [[Sam Phillips]], American music producer (d. [[2003]])+
-*[[1926]] - [[William De Witt Snodgrass]], American poet+
-* 1926 - [[Hosea Williams]], American activist (d. [[2000]])+
-*[[1928]] - [[Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto]], Pakistani statesman (d. [[1979]])+
-* 1928 - [[Walter Mondale]], American politician+
-*[[1929]] - [[Wilbert Harrison]], American singer (d. [[1994]])+
-*[[1931]] - [[Alvin Ailey]], American choreographer (d. [[1989]])+
-* 1931 - [[Alfred Brendel]], Austrian pianist+
-* 1931 - [[Robert Duvall]], American actor +
-*[[1932]] - [[Umberto Eco]], Italian writer+
-* 1932 - [[Chuck Noll]], American football coach+
-* 1934 - [[William Bendeck]], Bolivian rally driver (d. [[1971]])+
-*[[1936]] - [[Florence King]], American humorist +
-*[[1938]] - King [[Juan Carlos I]] of Spain+
-* 1938 - [[Jim Otto]], American football player+
-* 1938 - [[Ngugi wa Thiongo]], Kenyan writer+
-*[[1940]] - [[Michael O'Donoghue]], American writer (d. [[1994]])+
-* 1940 - [[Yuri Ershov]], Russian mathematician +
*[[1941]] - [[Hayao Miyazaki]], Japanese film maker *[[1941]] - [[Hayao Miyazaki]], Japanese film maker
-* 1941 - [[Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi]], Indian cricketer 
-*[[1942]] - [[Maurizio Pollini]], Italian pianist 
-* 1942 - [[Jan Leeming]], British television presenter and newsreader 
-* 1942 - [[Charlie Rose]], American talk show host 
-* 1942 - [[Terenci Moix]], Spanish writer (d. [[2003]]) 
-*[[1945]] - [[Roger Spottiswoode]], Canadian-born film director 
*[[1946]] - [[Diane Keaton]], American actress *[[1946]] - [[Diane Keaton]], American actress
-*[[1948]] - [[Ted Lange]], American actor 
*[[1949]] - [[Kool & The Gang|George Brown]], American drummer ([[Kool & The Gang]]) *[[1949]] - [[Kool & The Gang|George Brown]], American drummer ([[Kool & The Gang]])
*[[1950]] - [[Chris Stein]], American guitarist ([[Blondie (band)|Blondie]]) *[[1950]] - [[Chris Stein]], American guitarist ([[Blondie (band)|Blondie]])
-* 1950 - [[John Manley (politician)|John Manley]], Canadian politician 
-* 1950 - [[Ioan Petru Culianu]], Romanian-born professor (d. [[1991]]) 
-* 1950 - [[Charlie Richmond]], Canadian entrepreneur  
-*[[1951]] - [[Steve Arnold (footballer)|Steve Arnold]], English footballer 
-*[[1953]] - [[Steve Archer]], Contemporary Christian singer ([[The Archers (musical group)|The Archers]]) 
-* 1953 - [[Pamela Sue Martin]], American actress 
-*[[1954]] - [[Alex English]], American basketball player 
-*[[1956]] - [[Chen Kenichi]], Japanese-born chef 
-*[[1957]] - [[Kevin Hastings]], Australian rugby league footballer 
-*[[1959]] - [[Clancy Brown]], American actor 
-*[[1960]] - [[Glenn Strömberg]], Swedish footballer  
-* 1960 - [[Phil Thornalley]], English bass guitarist ([[The Cure]]) 
-* 1960 - [[Steve Jones (aviator)|Steve Jones]], British aviator ([[Red Bull Air Race World Series]]) 
-*[[1962]] - [[Suzy Amis]], American actress 
-* 1962 - [[Perry Fenwick]], English actor 
-* 1962 - [[Danny Jackson]], American baseball player 
-*[[1963]] - [[Jeff Fassero]], American baseball player 
-*[[1964]] - [[Grant Young]], American drummer ([[Soul Asylum]]) 
-*[[1965]] - [[Vinnie Jones]], British footballer and actor 
-*[[1966]] - [[Kate Schellenbach]], American drummer ([[Luscious Jackson]]) 
-*[[1967]] - [[Joe Flanigan]], American actor 
-*[[1968]] - [[Andrew Golota]], Polish boxer 
-* 1968 - [[Ricky Paull Goldin]], American actor 
-* 1968 - [[Carrie Ann Inaba]], American dancer and choreographer 
-* 1968 - [[Joé Juneau]], Canadian ice hockey player 
-* 1968 - [[DJ Bobo]], Swiss Singer 
*[[1969]] - [[Marilyn Manson (musician)|Marilyn Manson]], American singer *[[1969]] - [[Marilyn Manson (musician)|Marilyn Manson]], American singer
-* 1969 - [[Paul McGillion]], Scottish actor. 
-*[[1970]] - [[Rick Campanelli]], Canadian TV presenter 
-*[[1971]] - [[Mayuko Takata]], Japanese actress. 
-*[[1972]] - [[Sakis Rouvas]], Greek singer. 
-*[[1973]] - [[Phil Joel]], Australian [[bassist]] ([[Newsboys]]). 
-*[[1975]] - [[Kylie Bax]], New Zealand model. 
-* 1975 - [[Bradley Cooper]], American actor. 
-* 1975 - [[Warrick Dunn]], American football player. 
-* 1975 - [[Mike Grier]], American ice hockey player. 
-*[[1976]] - [[Matt Wachter]], American bassist ([[30 Seconds to Mars]]). 
-* 1976 - [[Diego Tristán]], Spanish footballer. 
-*[[1978]] - [[Franck Montagny]], French [[Formula One]] driver. 
-*[[1979]] - [[Kyle Calder]], Canadian ice hockey player 
-* 1979 - [[Ronnie O'Brien]], [[Ireland|Irish]] [[footballer]] - plays for [[Toronto FC]] 
-*[[1981]] - [[Corey Flynn]], New Zealand rugby player. 
-* 1981 - [[Brooklyn Sudano]], American actress. 
-*[[1982]] - [[Janica Kostelić]], Croatian skier. 
-*[[1984]] - [[Amanda Hearst]], American heiress 
-* 1985 - [[Michael Cuccione]], Canadian actor (d. [[2001]])  
-* 1985 - [[Yoon So-Yi]], South Korean actress 
-*[[1986]] - [[Deepika Padukone]], Indian model and actress 
-*[[1996]] - [[Max Baldry]], British actor 
==Deaths== ==Deaths==
-* [[842]] - [[Al-Mu'tasim]], [[Abbasid]] caliph (b. [[794]]) 
-*[[1066]] - [[Edward the Confessor]], King of England (b. [[1004]])  
-*[[1400]] - [[John Montacute, 3rd Earl of Salisbury]], English politician (executed) (bc. [[1350]]) 
-*[[1465]] - [[Charles, Duke of Orléans]], French poet (b. [[1394]]) 
-*[[1477]] - [[Charles, Duke of Burgundy]] (killed in battle) (b. [[1433]]) 
-*[[1524]] - [[Marko Marulić]], Croatian poet (b. [[1450]]) 
-*[[1527]] - [[Felix Manz]], Swiss leader (executed) (b. [[1498]]) 
-*[[1588]] - [[Qi Jiguang]], Chinese general (b. [[1528]]) 
-*[[1589]] - [[Catherine de' Medici]], queen of [[Henry II of France]] (b. [[1519]]) 
-*[[1655]] - [[Pope Innocent X]] (b. [[1574]]) 
-*[[1713]] - [[Jean Chardin]], French explorer (b. [[1643]]) 
-*[[1740]] - [[Antonio Lotti]], Italian composer (b. [[1667]]) 
-*[[1762]] - Empress [[Elizabeth of Russia]] (b. [[1709]]) 
-*[[1771]] - [[John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford]], British statesman (b. [[1710]]) 
-*[[1846]] - [[Alfred Thomas Agate]], American artist (b. [[1812]]) 
-*[[1858]] - [[Joseph Radetzky von Radetz]], Austrian field marshal (b. [[1766]]) 
-*[[1860]] - [[Saint John Nepomucene Neumann]], first American bishop to be canonized (b. [[1811]]) 
-*[[1891]] - [[Emma Abbott]], American soprano (b. [[1849]]) 
-*[[1904]] - [[Karl Alfred von Zittel]], German palaeontologist (b. [[1839]]) 
-*[[1910]] - [[Léon Walras]], French economist (b. [[1834]]) 
-*[[1922]] - [[Ernest Shackleton]], Irish explorer (b. [[1874]]) 
-*[[1933]] - [[Calvin Coolidge|John Calvin Coolidge, Jr.]], 30th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1872]]) 
-*[[1937]] - [[Marie Booth]], child of [[William Booth|William]] and [[Catherine Booth]] (b. [[1864]]) 
-*((1938)) - Amelia Earhart is presumed dead and the search for her and Fred Noonan has ended. 
-*[[1941]] - [[Amy Johnson]], English aviator (b. [[1903]]) 
-*[[1943]] - [[George Washington Carver]], American educator (b. [[1860]]) 
-*[[1946]] - [[Kitty Cheatham]], American singer (b. [[1864]]) 
-*[[1951]] - [[Andrei Platonov]], Russian writer (b. [[1899]]) 
-*[[1954]] - [[Rabbit Maranville]], American baseball player (b. [[1891]]) 
-*[[1956]] - [[Mistinguett]], French singer (b. [[1875]]) 
-*[[1963]] - [[Rogers Hornsby]], American baseball player (b. [[1896]]) 
-*[[1970]] - [[Max Born]], German physicist, [[Nobel Prize|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1882]]) 
-* 1970 - [[Roberto Gerhard]], Catalan composer (b. [[1896]]) 
-*[[1971]] - [[Douglas Shearer]], Canadian film engineer (b. [[1899]]) 
-*[[1976]] - [[Mal Evans]], Beatles' "roadie" (b. [[1935]]) 
*[[1979]] - [[Charles Mingus]], American musician (b. [[1922]]) *[[1979]] - [[Charles Mingus]], American musician (b. [[1922]])
-*[[1981]] - [[Harold C. Urey]], American chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1893]]) 
-* 1981 - [[Lanza del Vasto]], Italian philosopher (b. [[1901]]) 
-*[[1982]] - [[Hans Conried]], American actor (b. [[1917]]) 
-*[[1987]] - [[Herman Smith-Johannsen]], Norwegian-born Canadian cross-country skier (b. [[1875]]) 
-*[[1988]] - [[Pete Maravich]], American basketball player (b. [[1947]]) 
-*[[1990]] - [[Arthur Kennedy (actor)|Arthur Kennedy]], American actor (b. [[1914]]) 
-*[[1991]] - [[Vasko Popa]], Yugoslav poet (b. [[1922]]) 
-*[[1994]] - [[Thomas P. 'Tip' O'Neill]], American politician (b. [[1912]]) 
-* 1994 - [[Brian Johnston]], British cricket commentator (b. [[1912]]) 
-*[[1996]] - [[Yahya Ayyash]], Palestinian terrorist (b. [[1966]]) 
-*[[1997]] - [[André Franquin]], Belgian cartoonist ([[Gaston Lagaffe]]) (b. [[1924]]) 
-* 1997 - [[Burton Lane]], American composer and lyricist (b. [[1912]]) 
-*[[1998]] - [[Sonny Bono]], American entertainer and politician (b. [[1935]]) 
-* 1998 - [[Ken Forssi]], American musician ([[Love (band)|Love]]) (b. [[1943]]) 
-*[[2001]] - [[Nancy Parsons]], American actress (b. [[1942]]) 
-*[[2003]] - [[Massimo Girotti]], Italian film actor (b. [[1918]]) 
-* 2003 - [[Roy Jenkins]], British politician (b. [[1920]]) 
-* 2003 - [[Jean Kerr]], American author (b. [[1923]]) 
-*[[2004]] - [[Tug McGraw]], American baseball player, father of Tim McGraw, country singer (b. [[1944]]) 
-*[[2005]] - [[Danny Sugerman]], American music manager ([[The Doors]]) (b. [[1954]]) 
-*[[2007]] - [[Momofuku Ando]], inventor of [[instant noodles]] and [[cup noodles]] (b. [[1910]]) 
-* 2007 - [[Chih Ree Sun]], Chinese-American physicist and poet (b. [[1923]]) 
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-== Births == 
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-== Deaths == 
-== Notes == 
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-Umberto Eco  
-Score (film)  
-Timeline of surrealism and dada  
-Yves Tanguy  
-Prague Spring  
-J. Stuart Blackton  
-Commander USA's Groovie Movies  
-Mrs. Warren's Profession  
-Marilyn Manson  
-Hayao Miyazaki  
-Friedrich Dürrenmatt  
-List of works by E. T. A. Hoffmann  
-Giulio Clovio  
-Charles Mingus  
-Baron Haussmann  
-François Villon  
-Roy Jenkins  
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