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== Art and culture == == Art and culture ==
-* [[1926]], premier of Don Juan, first film with a fully synchronized score +* [[1926]] - premier of ''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]'', silent film with [[Vitaphone|fully synchronized score]]
-== Births ==+*[[1966]] - [[The War Game]] was scheduled for transmission in the United Kingdom but canceled at the last minute and not transmitted until 1985.
 +*[[1984]] - American musician [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] releases ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]'', the album which would launch him to superstardom.
 +*[[1991]] - [[Tim Berners-Lee]] releases files describing his idea for the [[World Wide Web]].
-== Deaths ==+==Births==
 +*[[1928]] - [[Andy Warhol]], American artist (d. [[1987]])
 +*[[1931]] - [[Umberto Lenzi]], [[Italy|Italian]] [[film director]]
 +*[[1938]] - [[Paul Bartel]], American actor (d. [[2000]])
 +*[[1926]] - [[Harrison Marks]], British glamour photographer (d. [[1997]])
 +*[[1969]] - [[Elliott Smith]], American musician (b. [[2003]])
 +==Deaths==
 +*[[1660]] - [[Diego Velázquez]], Spanish painter (b. [[1599]])
 +*[[1969]] - [[Theodor Adorno]], German sociologist and philosopher (b. [[1903]])
 +*[[1983]] - [[Klaus Nomi]], German singer (b. [[1944]])
-== Notes == 
-*[[Theodor Adorno]] 
-*[[Andy Warhol]] 
-*[[Paul Bartel]] 
-*[[Alice Becker-Ho]] 
-*[[Klaus Nomi]] 
-*[[The War Game]] 
-*[[Armand Rassenfosse]] 
-*[[Harrison Marks]] 
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