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| - | *[[1676]] - [[Hans Jakob Christoph von Grimmelshausen]], German novelist (b. [[1621]]) | + | *[[1676]] - [[Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen]], German novelist (b. [[1621]]) |
| *[[1973]] - [[Conrad Aiken]], American author (b. [[1889]]) | *[[1973]] - [[Conrad Aiken]], American author (b. [[1889]]) | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Vivian Vance]], American actress (b. [[1909]]) | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Ira Gershwin]], American lyricist (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Rudolf Hess]], Nazi deputy (b. [[1894]]) | ||
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq]], 6th [[President of Pakistan]] (b. [[1924]]) | ||
| - | * 1988 - [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr.]], son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States (b. [[1914]]) | ||
| - | * 1988 - [[Victoria Shaw]], Australian-born American actress (b. [[1935]]) | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Pearl Bailey]], American singer and actress (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Al Parker]], American adult film actor (b. [[1952]]) | ||
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Feng Kang]], Chinese mathematician (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Jack Sharkey]], American boxer (b. [[1902]]) | ||
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Howard Koch (screenwriter)|Howard Koch]], American screenwriter (b. [[1902]]) | ||
| - | * 1995 - [[Ted Whitten]], Australian rules footballer (b. [[1933]]) | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Thea Astley]], Australian writer (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | * 2004 - [[Gérard Souzay]], French baritone (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - [[John Bahcall]], American astrophysicist (b. [[1934]]) | ||
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Bill Deedes]], British journalist and politician (b. [[1913]]) | ||
| - | * 2007 - [[Eddie Griffin (basketball)|Eddie Griffin]], American basketball player (b. [[1982]]) | ||
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| == Notes == | == Notes == | ||
| - | # Mae West | + | # [[Christian Heinrich Spiess]] |
| - | # Christian Heinrich Spiess | + | # [[John Hawkes]] |
| - | # John Hawkes | + | # [[Michèle Bernstein]] |
| - | # Michèle Bernstein | + | # [[Fernand Léger]] |
| - | # Fernand Léger | + | # [[Johannes Theodor Baargeld]] |
| - | # Johannes Theodor Baargeld | + | # [[Barbara Rosenthal]] |
| - | # Barbara Rosenthal | + | # [[Yves Tanguy]] |
| - | # Marcus Garvey | + | # [[Émile Cohl]] |
| - | # Conrad Aiken | + | # [[Fantasmagorie]] |
| - | # Yves Tanguy | + | # [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] |
| - | # Émile Cohl | + | # [[Anthony Earnshaw]] |
| - | # Fantasmagorie | + | # [[Jean-Jacques Sempé]] |
| - | # Ludwig Mies van der Rohe | + | |
| - | # Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen | + | |
| - | # Anthony Earnshaw | + | |
| - | # Sean Penn | + | |
| - | # Jean-Jacques Sempé | + | |
| - | # Jonathan Franzen | + | |
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Art and culture
Births
- 1887 - Marcus Garvey, Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. 1940)
- 1893 - Mae West, American actress (d. 1980)
- 1932 - V. S. Naipaul, West Indian writer
- 1943 - Robert De Niro, American actor
- 1959 - Jonathan Franzen, American author
- 1960 - Sean Penn, American actor and director
Deaths
- 1676 - Hans Jakob Christoffel von Grimmelshausen, German novelist (b. 1621)
- 1973 - Conrad Aiken, American author (b. 1889)
Notes
- Christian Heinrich Spiess
- John Hawkes
- Michèle Bernstein
- Fernand Léger
- Johannes Theodor Baargeld
- Barbara Rosenthal
- Yves Tanguy
- Émile Cohl
- Fantasmagorie
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Anthony Earnshaw
- Jean-Jacques Sempé
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