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| *[[1662]] - [[Blaise Pascal]], French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. [[1623]]) | *[[1662]] - [[Blaise Pascal]], French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. [[1623]]) | ||
| *[[1889]] - [[Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]], French writer (b. [[1838]]) | *[[1889]] - [[Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam]], French writer (b. [[1838]]) | ||
| - | *[[1895]] - [[John Wesley Hardin]], American gunfighter (b. [[1853]]) | ||
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Accolay]], Belgian composer (b. [[1833]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Franz Xavier Wernz]], German Superior General of the Society of Jesus (b. [[1844]]) | ||
| *[[1923]] - [[Vilfredo Pareto]], Italian sociologist and economist (b. [[1845]]) | *[[1923]] - [[Vilfredo Pareto]], Italian sociologist and economist (b. [[1845]]) | ||
| *[[1929]] - [[Sergei Diaghilev]], Russian ballet impresario (b. [[1872]]) | *[[1929]] - [[Sergei Diaghilev]], Russian ballet impresario (b. [[1872]]) | ||
| *[[1936]] - [[Federico García Lorca]], Spanish author (b. [[1898]]) | *[[1936]] - [[Federico García Lorca]], Spanish author (b. [[1898]]) | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Günther von Kluge]], German field marshal (b. [[1882]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Tomas Burgos]], Chilean philanthropist (b.[[1875]]) | + | |
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| *[[1950]] - [[Giovanni Giorgi]], Italian physicist (b. [[1871]]) | *[[1950]] - [[Giovanni Giorgi]], Italian physicist (b. [[1871]]) | ||
| *[[1954]] - [[Alcide De Gasperi]], [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. [[1881]]) | *[[1954]] - [[Alcide De Gasperi]], [[Prime Minister of Italy]] (b. [[1881]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1692 - Salem Witch Trials: In Salem, Massachusetts, Province of Massachusetts Bay five women and a clergyman are executed after being convicted of witchcraft.
- 1839 - Presentation of Jacque Daguerre's new photographic process to the French Academy of Sciences.
Births
- 1689 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
- 1743 - Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793)
- 1883 - Coco Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)
- 1961 - Jonathan Coe, British author
- 1962 - Valérie Kaprisky, French actress
Deaths
- 1580 - Andrea Palladio, Italian architect (b. 1508)
- 1662 - Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
- 1889 - Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam, French writer (b. 1838)
- 1923 - Vilfredo Pareto, Italian sociologist and economist (b. 1845)
- 1929 - Sergei Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (b. 1872)
- 1936 - Federico García Lorca, Spanish author (b. 1898)
- 1950 - Giovanni Giorgi, Italian physicist (b. 1871)
- 1954 - Alcide De Gasperi, Prime Minister of Italy (b. 1881)
- 1957 - David Bomberg, English painter (b. 1890)
- 1957 - Carl-Gustaf Rossby, Swedish meteorologist (b. 1898)
- 1959 - Jacob Epstein, American-born sculptor (b. 1880)
- 1963 - Kathleen Parlow, Canadian violinist (b. 1890)
- 1967 - Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (b. 1884)
- 1968 - George Gamow, Ukrainian-born physicist (b. 1904)
- 1969 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (b. 1886)
- 1970 - Paweł Jasienica, Polish historian (b. 1909)
- 1975 - Jim Londos, wrestler (b. 1897)
- 1976 - Alastair Sim, Scottish actor and rector of Edinburgh University (b. 1900)
- 1977 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
- 1979 - Dorsey Burnette, American singer (b. 1932)
- 1980 - Otto Frank, father of Anne Frank (b. 1889)
- 1982 - August Neo, Estonian wrestler (b. 1908)
- 1994 - Linus Pauling, American chemist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry and Peace (b. 1901)
- 1995 - Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910)
- 2000 - Antonio Pugliese, Italian professional wrestler (b. 1941)
- 2001 - Donald Woods, South African journalist and anti-apartheid activist (b. 1933)
- 2000 - Bineshwar Brahma, Bodo literateur and religious figure (birth date unknown)
- 2001 - Betty Everett, American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
- 2003 - Carlos Roberto Reina, President of Honduras (b. 1926)
- 2003 - Sérgio Vieira de Mello, Brazilian diplomat (b. 1948)
- 2005 - Bueno de Mesquita, Dutch comedian and actor (b. 1918)
- 2005 - Mo Mowlam, British politician (b. 1949)
Notes
Hugo Gernsback
Ferdinand Cheval
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam
Pierre Schaeffer
Samuel Richardson
Groucho Marx
Federico García Lorca
William-Adolphe Bouguereau
Martin Donovan
Mary Millington
Coco Chanel
Sergei Diaghilev
Terry Ramsaye
Yasuo Furuhata
Blaise Pascal
Albert Jay Nock
Andrea Palladio
Jacques Lob
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