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| + | *[[1911]] - Theft of the ''[[Mona Lisa]]'' is discovered. | ||
| + | *[[2004]] - A version of ''[[The Scream]]'' and ''[[Madonna (Edvard Munch)|Madonna]]'', two paintings by [[Edvard Munch]], are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]. | ||
| - | == Births == | + | ==Births== |
| + | *[[1822]] - [[Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe|Virginia Clemm Poe]], wife of [[Edgar Allan Poe]] (d. [[1847]]) | ||
| + | *[[1862]] - [[Claude Debussy]], French composer (d. [[1918]]) | ||
| + | *[[1893]] - [[Dorothy Parker]], American writer (d. [[1967]]) | ||
| + | *[[1902]] - [[Leni Riefenstahl]], German film director (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| + | *[[1903]] - [[René Wellek]], Czech-German literary theorist (d. [[1995]]) | ||
| + | *[[1908]] - [[Henri Cartier-Bresson]], French photographer (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| + | *[[1917]] - [[John Lee Hooker]], American guitarist and singer (d. 2001) | ||
| + | *[[1928]] - [[Karlheinz Stockhausen]], German composer (d. 2007) | ||
| - | == Deaths == | + | ==Deaths== |
| - | + | *[[1806]] - [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], French artist (b. [[1732]]) | |
| - | == Notes == | + | *[[1860]] - [[Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps]], French painter (''The Monkey Connoisseurs'') (b. [[1803]]) |
| - | # David Reimer | + | *[[1904]] - [[Kate Chopin]], American author (b. [[1850]]) |
| - | # Kate Chopin | + | *[[1920]] - [[Anders Zorn]], Swedish painter (b. [[1860]]) |
| - | # Karlheinz Stockhausen | + | *[[1970]] - [[Vladimir Propp]], Russian structuralist scholar (b. [[1895]]) |
| - | # Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe | + | *[[1981]] - [[Glauber Rocha]], Brazilian filmmaker (''Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol'') (b. [[1938]]) |
| - | # Claude Debussy | + | *[[1989]] - [[Huey P. Newton]], American activist (b. [[1942]]) |
| - | # Jean-Honoré Fragonard | + | *[[2005]] - [[Luc Ferrari]], French composer (b. [[1929]]) |
| - | # Henri Cartier-Bresson | + | |
| - | # Glauber Rocha | + | |
| - | # Leni Riefenstahl | + | |
| - | * Vladimir Propp | + | |
| - | # René Wellek | + | |
| - | # Huey P. Newton | + | |
| - | # Nikolaus Lenau | + | |
| - | # Anders Zorn | + | |
| - | # Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps | + | |
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- 1911 - Theft of the Mona Lisa is discovered.
- 2004 - A version of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.
Births
- 1822 - Virginia Clemm Poe, wife of Edgar Allan Poe (d. 1847)
- 1862 - Claude Debussy, French composer (d. 1918)
- 1893 - Dorothy Parker, American writer (d. 1967)
- 1902 - Leni Riefenstahl, German film director (d. 2003)
- 1903 - René Wellek, Czech-German literary theorist (d. 1995)
- 1908 - Henri Cartier-Bresson, French photographer (d. 2004)
- 1917 - John Lee Hooker, American guitarist and singer (d. 2001)
- 1928 - Karlheinz Stockhausen, German composer (d. 2007)
Deaths
- 1806 - Jean-Honoré Fragonard, French artist (b. 1732)
- 1860 - Alexandre-Gabriel Decamps, French painter (The Monkey Connoisseurs) (b. 1803)
- 1904 - Kate Chopin, American author (b. 1850)
- 1920 - Anders Zorn, Swedish painter (b. 1860)
- 1970 - Vladimir Propp, Russian structuralist scholar (b. 1895)
- 1981 - Glauber Rocha, Brazilian filmmaker (Deus e o Diabo na Terra do Sol) (b. 1938)
- 1989 - Huey P. Newton, American activist (b. 1942)
- 2005 - Luc Ferrari, French composer (b. 1929)
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