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| - | + | *[[1908]] - ''[[Fantasmagorie]]'', a film by French animator [[Émile Cohl]], premiers.*[[1954]] - [[Michèle Bernstein]] marries [[Guy Debord]] | |
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1887]] - [[Marcus Garvey]], Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. [[1940]]) | *[[1887]] - [[Marcus Garvey]], Jamaican-born Black rights activist (d. [[1940]]) | ||
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| *[[1973]] - [[Conrad Aiken]], American author (b. [[1889]]) | *[[1973]] - [[Conrad Aiken]], American author (b. [[1889]]) | ||
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| - | *[[1799]] - [[Christian Heinrich Spiess]] (April 4, 1755 – August 17, 1799), German writer of Schauerromanen, the German equivalent of the gothic novel. | + | *[[1799]] - [[Christian Heinrich Spiess]], German writer of Schauerromanen (b. [[1755]]) |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[John Hawkes]] (August 17 1925 – May 15, 1998), was a postmodern American novelist, | + | *[[1925]] - [[John Hawkes]], United States American novelist (d. [[1998]]) |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Michèle Bernstein]] marries [[Guy Debord]] | + | *[[1955]] - [[Fernand Léger]], French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. (b. [[1881]]) |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Fernand Léger]] (February 4, 1881 – August 17, 1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. | + | *[[1927]] - [[Johannes Theodor Baargeld]], German painter and poet who, co-founder the Cologne Dada group. (b. [[1892]]) |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Johannes Theodor Baargeld]] (October 9 1892 - August 16 or 17, 1927), was a German painter and poet who, together with Max Ernst, founded the Cologne Dada group. | + | *[[1969]] - [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]], German architect. (b. [[1886]]) |
| - | *[[1908]] - ''[[Fantasmagorie]]'', a film by French animator [[Émile Cohl]], premiers. | + | *[[2001]] - [[Anthony Earnshaw]], English anarchist, artist and writer (b. [[1924 ]]) |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]] (March 27, 1886 in Aachen; August 17, 1969 in Chicago) was a German architect. | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Anthony Earnshaw]] (October 9, 1924 – August 17, 2001) was an English anarchist, artist and surrealist author and illustrator. | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1908 - Fantasmagorie, a film by French animator Émile Cohl, premiers.*1954 - Michèle Bernstein marries Guy Debord
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
- 1799 - Christian Heinrich Spiess, German writer of Schauerromanen (b. 1755)
- 1925 - John Hawkes, United States American novelist (d. 1998)
- 1955 - Fernand Léger, French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker. (b. 1881)
- 1927 - Johannes Theodor Baargeld, German painter and poet who, co-founder the Cologne Dada group. (b. 1892)
- 1969 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect. (b. 1886)
- 2001 - Anthony Earnshaw, English anarchist, artist and writer (b. 1924 )
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