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| == Art and culture == | == 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]]. | + | *[[1692]] - [[Salem Witch Trials]]: five women and a [[clergyman]] executed. |
| - | *[[1839]] - Presentation of [[Louis Daguerre|Jacque Daguerre's]] new [[photography|photographic]] process to the [[French Academy of Sciences]]. | + | *[[1839]] - Presentation of [[Louis Daguerre|Jacque Daguerre's]] new [[photography|photographic]] process to the [[French Academy]]. |
| - | + | *[[1969]] - [[Audio editing]], recording of ''[[Bitches Brew]]'' starts | |
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1689]] - [[Samuel Richardson]], English writer (d. [[1761]]) | *[[1689]] - [[Samuel Richardson]], English writer (d. [[1761]]) | ||
| *[[1743]] - [[Madame du Barry]], French courtesan (d. [[1793]]) | *[[1743]] - [[Madame du Barry]], French courtesan (d. [[1793]]) | ||
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Coco Chanel]], French clothing designer (d. [[1971]]) | + | *[[1883]] - [[Coco Chanel]], French clothing designer (d. 1971) |
| + | *[[1938]] - [[Joe Frank]], French-born American radio personality (''[[All Things Considered]]'') and humorist. (d. 2018) | ||
| *[[1961]] - [[Jonathan Coe]], British author | *[[1961]] - [[Jonathan Coe]], British author | ||
| - | * [[1962 ]] - [[Valérie Kaprisky]], French actress | + | *[[1962]] - [[Valérie Kaprisky]], French actress |
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[14]] - [[Caesar Augustus|Augustus]], [[Roman Emperor]] (b. [[63 BC]]) | ||
| - | *[[1186]] - [[Geoffrey II, Duke of Brittany]] (b. [[1158]]) | ||
| - | *[[1245]] - [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Provence]] (b. [[1195]]) | ||
| - | *[[1284]] - [[Alphonso, Earl of Chester]], son of [[Edward I of England]] (b. [[1273]]) | ||
| - | *[[1297]] - [[Saint Louis of Toulouse]], French Catholic bishop (b. [[1274]]) | ||
| - | *[[1493]] - [[Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor]] (b. [[1415]]) | ||
| *[[1580]] - [[Andrea Palladio]], Italian architect (b. [[1508]]) | *[[1580]] - [[Andrea Palladio]], Italian architect (b. [[1508]]) | ||
| - | *[[1646]] - [[Alexander Henderson (theologian)|Alexander Henderson]], Scottish theologian | ||
| *[[1662]] - [[Blaise Pascal]], French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. [[1623]]) | *[[1662]] - [[Blaise Pascal]], French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. [[1623]]) | ||
| - | *[[1680]] - [[Jean Eudes]], French catholic priest, founder of the [[Eudists]] (b. [[1601]]) | ||
| - | *[[1753]] - [[Balthasar Neumann]], German architect (b. [[1687]]) | ||
| - | *[[1819]] - [[James Watt]], Scottish inventor (b. [[1736]]) | ||
| - | *[[1822]] - [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]], French mathematician (b. [[1749]]) | ||
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Jeremiah S. Black]], American statesman (b. [[1810]]) | ||
| *[[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]]) | + | *[[1905]] - [[William-Adolphe Bouguereau]], French painter (b. [[1825]]) |
| - | *[[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]]) | + | *[[1957]] - [[Martin Donovan]] United States actor. |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Tomas Burgos]], Chilean philanthropist (b.[[1875]]) | + | |
| - | 1993 Me | + | |
| - | *[[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]]) | *[[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]]) | *[[1969]] - [[Ludwig Mies van der Rohe]], German architect (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Pawel Jasienica|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]]) | *[[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 [[Nobel Peace Prize|Peace]] (b. [[1901]]) | ||
| *[[1995]] - [[Pierre Schaeffer]], French composer (b. [[1910]]) | *[[1995]] - [[Pierre Schaeffer]], French composer (b. [[1910]]) | ||
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Antonio Pugliese]], Italian professional wrestler (b. [[1941]]) | + | *[[1995]] - [[Ferdinand Cheval]], French postman and outside architect ("Ideal Palace") (b. [[1924]]) |
| - | *[[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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[edit]
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.
- 1969 - Audio editing, recording of Bitches Brew starts
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Births
- 1689 - Samuel Richardson, English writer (d. 1761)
- 1743 - Madame du Barry, French courtesan (d. 1793)
- 1883 - Coco Chanel, French clothing designer (d. 1971)
- 1938 - Joe Frank, French-born American radio personality (All Things Considered) and humorist. (d. 2018)
- 1961 - Jonathan Coe, British author
- 1962 - Valérie Kaprisky, French actress
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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)
- 1905 - William-Adolphe Bouguereau, French painter (b. 1825)
- 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)
- 1957 - Martin Donovan United States actor.
- 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)
- 1995 - Ferdinand Cheval, French postman and outside architect ("Ideal Palace") (b. 1924)
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