January 9
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Art and culture
- 1882 - Oscar Wilde gives his first lecture on "The English Renaissance of Art" in New York.
- 1947 - Elizabeth "Betty" Short, the Black Dahlia, last seen alive.
Births
- 1890 - Kurt Tucholsky, German journalist (d. 1935)
- 1904 - George Balanchine, Russian dancer/choreographer (d. 1983)
- 1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
- 1913 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
- 1926 - Giannis Christou, Greek composer (d. 1970)
- 1943 - Scott Walker, American singer
- 1950 - David Johansen American singer
Deaths
- 1873 - Emperor Napoleon III of France (b. 1808)
- 1908 - Wilhelm Busch, German painter (b. 1832)
- 1908 - Abraham Goldfaden, Russian-born actor (b. 1840)
- 1911 - Edwin Arthur Jones, American composer (b. 1853)
- 1911 - Edvard Rusjan, Slovene flight pioneer (b. 1886)
- 1918 - Émile Reynaud, French scientist (b. 1844)
- 1923 - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (b. 1888)
- 1931 - Wayne Munn, wrestler (b. 1896)
- 1936 - John Gilbert, American actor (b. 1899)
- 1939 - Johnny Gruelle, American creator of Raggedy Ann (b. 1880)
- 1939 - Johann Strauss III, Austrian conductor (b. 1866)
- 1946 - Countee Cullen, American poet (b. 1903)
- 1946 - Dimitrios Golemis, Greek athlete (b. 1874)
- 1947 - Karl Mannheim, German sociologist (b. 1893)
- 1960 - Elsie J. Oxenham, British children's author (b. 1880)
- 1961 - Emily Greene Balch, American writer, Nobel Peace Prize laureate (b. 1867)
- 1971 - Giannis Christou, Greek composer (b. 1926)
- 1971 - Elmer Flick, baseball player (b. 1876)
- 1972 - Ted Shawn, American dancer (b. 1891)
- 1975 - Pierre Fresnay, French actor (b. 1897)
- 1975 - Pyotr Sergeyevich Novikov, Russian mathematician (b. 1901)
- 1981 - Kazimierz Serocki, Polish composer (b. 1922)
- 1984 - Wolfgang Staudte, German director (b. 1906)
- 1985 - Robert Mayer, British businessman and philanthropist (b. 1879)
- 1987 - Marion Hutton, American singer (b. 1919)
- 1987 - Arthur Lake, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1989 - Bill Terry, baseball player (b. 1898)
- 1990 - Spud Chandler, baseball player (b. 1907)
- 1992 - Steve Brodie, American actor (b. 1919)
- 1992 - Bill Naughton, British playwright (b. 1910)
- 1994 - Johnny Temple, baseball player (b. 1927)
- 1995 - Peter Cook, British actor and comedian (b. 1937)
- 1995 - Souphanouvong, President of Laos (b. 1909)
- 1997 - Edward Osobka-Morawski, Prime Minister of Poland (b. 1909)
- 1997 - Jesse White, American actor (b. 1917)
- 1998 - Kenichi Fukui, Japanese chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry laureate (b. 1918)
- 2000 - Nigel Tranter, Scottish historian and author (b. 1909)
- 2001 - Maurice Prather, American photographer (b. 1926)
- 2003 - Will McDonough, American sports journalist (b. 1935)
- 2004 - Norberto Bobbio, Italian philosopher (b. 1909)
- 2005 - Gonzalo Gavira, Mexican film sound technician (b. 1925)
- 2006 - Andy Caldecott, Australian motorcycle racer (b. 1964)
- 2006 - Mikk Mikiver, Estonian actor, director (b. 1937)
- 2007 - Elmer Symons, South African motorcycle racer (b. 1977)
Notes
Simone de Beauvoir Pierre Guyotat Rodolphe Töpffer Heiner Müller Richard Nixon Louise Michel Wilhelm Busch David Johansen Simon Vouet Fanny Ardant Great American Novel David Foxon Kurt Tucholsky Giannis Christou Napoléon III Michel de Certeau Scott Walker Peter Cook Sensation (exhibition)
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