August 19
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| *[[1995]] - [[Ferdinand Cheval]] (April 19, 1836 - August 19, 1924) was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building an "Ideal Palace" | *[[1995]] - [[Ferdinand Cheval]] (April 19, 1836 - August 19, 1924) was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building an "Ideal Palace" | ||
| - | *[[1995]] - [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]] | + | *[[1995]] - [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]] (November 30, 1825 – August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter |
| *[[1995]] - [[Martin Donovan]] | *[[1995]] - [[Martin Donovan]] | ||
| *[[1995]] - [[Mary Millington]] | *[[1995]] - [[Mary Millington]] | ||
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Art and culture
- 1692 - Salem Witch Trials: five women and a clergyman executed.
- 1839 - Presentation of Jacque Daguerre's new photographic process to the French Academy.
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)
- 1967 - Hugo Gernsback, Luxembourg-born editor and publisher (b. 1884)
- 1969 - Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, German architect (b. 1886)
- 1977 - Groucho Marx, American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
- 1995 - Pierre Schaeffer, French composer (b. 1910)
Notes
- 1995 - Ferdinand Cheval (April 19, 1836 - August 19, 1924) was a French postman who spent 33 years of his life building an "Ideal Palace"
- 1995 - William-Adolphe Bouguereau (November 30, 1825 – August 19, 1905) was a French academic painter
- 1995 - Martin Donovan
- 1995 - Mary Millington
- 1995 - Terry Ramsaye
- 1995 - Yasuo Furuhata
- 1995 - Albert Jay Nock
- 1995 - Jacques Lob
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