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| - | + | *[[1949]] - [[Maurice Maeterlinck]], Belgian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1862]]) | |
| *[[1992]] - [[Marlene Dietrich]], German actress and singer | *[[1992]] - [[Marlene Dietrich]], German actress and singer | ||
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Art and culture
- 1889 - Exposition Universelle, world fair opens in Paris
- 1933 - Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Research) destroyed by the Nazis
- 1966 - Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England.
- 2002 - Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is shot and killed by a left-wing extremist.
Births
- 1758 - Maximilien Robespierre, best-known leader of the French revolution
- 1856 - Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist
- 1905 - Carlo Mollino, Italian architect and designer
- 1915 - Orson Welles,American director, considered one of Hollywood's greatest directors
- 1868 - Gaston Leroux, French journalist and novelist, best known for writing ...
- 1902 - Max Ophüls, German born film director
- 1943 - Andreas Baader, first leader of the German terrorist organization Red Army
Deaths
- 1949 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- 1992 - Marlene Dietrich, German actress and singer
