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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | * [[1926]]: premier of ''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]'', silent film with [[Vitaphone|fully synchronized score]] | + | * [[1926]] - premier of ''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]'', silent film with [[Vitaphone|fully synchronized score]] |
| - | *[[1538]] - [[Bogotá]], [[Colombia]], is founded by [[Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada]]. | + | *[[1966]] - [[The War Game]] was scheduled for transmission in the United Kingdom but canceled at the last minute and not transmitted until 1985. |
| - | *[[1787]] - Sixty proof sheets of the [[Constitution of the United States]] are delivered to the [[Constitutional Convention]]. | + | *[[1984]] - American musician [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] releases ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]'', the album which would launch him to superstardom. |
| - | *[[1806]] - [[Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor|Francis II]], the last [[Holy Roman Emperor]], abdicates, thus ending the [[Holy Roman Empire]]. | + | *[[1991]] - [[Tim Berners-Lee]] releases files describing his idea for the [[World Wide Web]]. |
| - | *[[1819]] - [[Norwich University]] founded in [[Vermont]] as the first private military school in the [[United States]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1825]] - [[Bolivia]] gains independence from [[Spain]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1845]] - [[Russian Geographical Society]] is founded in [[Saint Petersburg]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1861]] - [[United Kingdom|British]] annexation of [[Lagos]], [[Nigeria]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1862]] - [[American Civil War]]: The [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] [[ironclad]] [[CSS Arkansas|CSS ''Arkansas'']] is scuttled on the [[Mississippi River]] after suffering damage in a battle with [[USS Essex (1856)|USS ''Essex'']] near [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1870]] - [[Franco-Prussian War]]: [[Battle of Wœrth]] is fought, resulting in a decisive [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] victory. | + | |
| - | *[[1890]] - At [[Auburn Prison]] in [[New York]], murderer [[William Kemmler]] becomes the first person to be [[Capital punishment|executed]] by [[electric chair]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Kiowa]] land in [[Oklahoma]] is opened for white settlement, effectively dissolving the contiguous [[Indian reservation|reservation]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Alice Huyler Ramsey|Alice Ramsey]] and three friends become the first women to complete a transcontinental auto trip. | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] - The [[Bull Moose Party]] meets at the [[Chicago Coliseum]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1914]] - [[World War I]]: [[First Battle of the Atlantic]] - Two days after the [[United Kingdom]] declared war on [[Germany]] over the German invasion of [[Belgium]], ten [[Germany|German]] [[U-boats]] leave their base in [[Heligoland]] to attack [[Royal Navy]] warships in the [[North Sea]]. | + | |
| - | * 1914 - [[World War I]]: [[Serbia]] declares war on [[Germany]]; [[Austria]] declares war on [[Russia]]. | + | |
| - | * 1914 - Denis Patrick Dowd Jr. enlists in the [[French Foreign Legion]], becoming the first [[United States|American]] to fight in [[World War I]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[World War I]]: [[Battle of Sari Bair]] - The [[Allies]] mount a diversionary attack timed to coincide with a major Allied landing of reinforcements at [[Suvla Bay]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - World War I: The [[Battle of Mărăşeşti]] between the Romanian and German armies begins. | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - Henry Sullivan swims the [[English Channel]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Gertrude Ederle]] becomes first woman to swim across the [[English Channel]]. | + | |
| - | * 1926 - In [[New York]], the [[Warner Brothers]]' [[Vitaphone]] system premieres with the movie ''[[Don Juan (1926 film)|Don Juan]]'' starring [[John Barrymore]]. | + | |
| - | * 1926 - [[Harry Houdini]] performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping. | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - A curfew is imposed on [[US]] gas stations in preparation for the upcoming war. | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Queen Wilhelmina]] is the first reigning queen to address a joint session of the [[United States Congress]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[World War II]]: [[Hiroshima]] is [[Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki|devastated]] when an [[nuclear weapon|atomic bomb]], "Little Boy", is dropped by the [[United States]] [[Boeing B-29|B-29]] ''[[Enola Gay]]''. Around 90,000 people were killed instantly. | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - After going bankrupt in [[1955]], the [[United States|American]] broadcaster [[DuMont Television Network]] has its final broadcast, a boxing match from St. Nicholas Arena. | + | |
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Cuban Revolution]]: In response to a [[United States embargo against Cuba|United States embargo]], [[Cuba]] nationalizes [[United States|American]] and foreign-owned property in the nation. | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Jamaica]] becomes independent. | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Prometheus (tree)|Prometheus]], the world's oldest [[tree]], is cut down. | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] signs the [[Voting Rights Act of 1965]] into [[United States law]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Braniff Airlines Flight 250]] crashes in [[Falls City, NE]] killing all 42 on board. | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Zulfikar Ali Bhutto]] lays foundation-stone of [[Port Qasim]], [[Karachi]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Pop music|Pop]] star [[Prince (musician)|Prince]] releases ''[[Purple Rain (album)|Purple Rain]]'', the album which would launch him to superstardom. | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - A low-pressure system that redeveloped off the [[New South Wales]] coast dumps a record 328 millimetres (13 inches) of rain in a day on [[Sydney]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - "[[Tompkins Square Park Police Riot]]" in [[New York City]]. A riot erupted in Tompkins Square Park when police brutally attempted to enforce a newly-passed curfew for the park. Bystanders, artists, residents, homeless people and political activists were caught up in the police action that took place on the night of August 6 and the early morning of August 7. | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Gulf War]]: The [[United Nations Security Council]] orders a global [[trade embargo]] against [[Iraq]] in response to [[Iraq]]'s invasion of [[Kuwait]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Tim Berners-Lee]] releases files describing his idea for the [[World Wide Web]]. | + | |
| - | * 1991 - [[Doi Takako]], chair of the [[Social Democratic Party (Japan)]], becomes [[Japan|Japan's]] first female speaker of the [[House of Representatives of Japan|House of Representatives]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Louis Freeh]] is confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] to be the director of the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - Legendary [[punk rock]] band, [[Ramones]] play their 2,263rd and final concert, in The Palace, Los Angeles. | + | |
| - | * 1996 - [[NASA]] announces that the [[ALH 84001]] meteorite, thought to originate from [[Mars (planet)|Mars]], contains evidence of primitive life-forms. | + | |
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Microsoft]] buys $150 million worth of shares of financially troubled [[Apple Computer]]. | + | |
| - | * 1997 - [[Korean Air Flight 801]], a [[Boeing 747]]-300, crashes into the jungle on [[Guam]] on approach to airport, killing 228. | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - The [[Roman Catholic Church]]'s [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]], under [[Prefect]] [[Pope Benedict XVI|Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger]], publishes ''[[Dominus Iesus]]'', notable for its lack of the [[filioque clause]] in the [[Latin]] text of the [[Nicene Creed]]. | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[White House]] briefing entitled [[Bin Laden Determined to Strike in U.S.]] delivered to [[George W. Bush]]. This document foreshadowed the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]]. | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Marquis de la Fayette]] is made [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Manindra Agrawal|Manindra Agrawal et al]] prove the long standing [[AKS primality test|number theory conjecture]] in the article entitled "[[Primes in P.]]" | + | |
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | *[[1180]] - [[Emperor Go-Toba]] of Japan (d. [[1239]]) | ||
| - | *[[1504]] - [[Matthew Parker]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] (d. [[1575]]) | ||
| - | *[[1619]] - [[Barbara Strozzi]], Italian singer and composer (d. [[1677]]) | ||
| - | *[[1638]] - [[Nicolas Malebranche]], French philosopher (d. [[1715]]) | ||
| - | *[[1644]] - [[Louise de la Vallière]], French mistress of [[Louis XIV of France]] (d. [[1710]]) | ||
| - | *[[1656]] - [[Claude de Forbin]], French naval commander (d. [[1733]]) | ||
| - | *[[1697]] - [[Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor]] (d. [[1745]]) | ||
| - | *[[1715]] - [[Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues]], French writer (d. [[1747]]) | ||
| - | *[[1766]] - [[William Hyde Wollaston]], English chemist (d. [[1828]]) | ||
| - | *[[1768]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Bessières]], French marshal (d. [[1813]]) | ||
| - | *[[1775]] - [[Daniel O'Connell]], Irish politician (d. [[1847]]) | ||
| - | *[[1809]] - [[Alfred Lord Tennyson]], English poet (d. [[1892]]) | ||
| - | *[[1844]] - [[James Henry Greathead]], British engineer (d. [[1896]]) | ||
| - | * 1844 - [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha]] (d. [[1900]]) | ||
| - | *[[1861]] - [[Edith Roosevelt]], American [[First Lady of the United States]] (d. [[1948]]) | ||
| - | *[[1868]] - [[Paul Claudel]], French poet (d. [[1955]]) | ||
| - | *[[1874]] - [[Charles Fort]], American writer and researcher (d. [[1932]]) | ||
| - | *[[1877]] - [[Wallace H. White, Jr.]], American politician (d. [[1952]]) | ||
| - | *[[1880]] - [[Hans Moser (actor)|Hans Moser]], Austrian actor (d. [[1964]]) | ||
| - | *[[1881]] - [[Leo Carrillo]], American actor (d. [[1961]]) | ||
| - | * 1881 - [[Alexander Fleming]], Scottish scientist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1955]]) | ||
| - | * 1881 - [[Louella Parsons]], American gossip columnist (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Dudley Benjafield]], British racing driver (d. [[1957]]) | ||
| - | *[[1888]] - [[Heinrich Schlusnus]], German baritone (d. [[1952]]) | ||
| - | *[[1889]] - [[John Middleton Murry]], English poet (d. [[1957]]) | ||
| - | * 1889 - [[George Kenney]], American Air Force General (d. [[1977]]) | ||
| - | *[[1891]] - [[William Slim]], British general (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| - | *[[1892]] - [[Hoot Gibson]], American actor (d. [[1962]]) | ||
| - | *[[1893]] - [[Wright Patman]], American politician (d. [[1976]]) | ||
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Cecil H. Green]], American geophysicist (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Dutch Schultz]], American bootlegger (d. [[1935]]) | ||
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Henry Iba]], American basketball coach (d. [[1993]]) | ||
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Vic Dickenson]], American trombonist (d. [[1984]]) | ||
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Helen Jacobs]], American tennis player (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| - | * 1908 - [[Will Lee]], American actor (d. [[1982]]) | ||
| - | *[[1911]] - [[Lucille Ball]], American actress (d. [[1989]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Arthur Charles Dobson]], British racing driver (d. [[1980]]) | ||
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Richard Hofstadter]], American historian (d. [[1970]]) | ||
| - | * 1916 - [[Dom Mintoff]], Maltese [[Prime Minister]] | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Robert Mitchum]], American actor (d. [[1997]]) | ||
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Norman Granz]], American record producer (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Ella Raines]], American actress (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| - | *[[1922]] - Sir [[Freddie Laker]], English entrepreneur (d. [[2006]]) | ||
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Jess Collins]], American artist (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Clem Labine]], American baseball player (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Norman Wexler]], American screenwriter (d. [[1999]]) | ||
| *[[1928]] - [[Andy Warhol]], American artist (d. [[1987]]) | *[[1928]] - [[Andy Warhol]], American artist (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | * 1928 - [[Herb Moford]], American baseball player (d. [[2005]]) | + | *[[1931]] - [[Umberto Lenzi]], [[Italy|Italian]] [[film director]] |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Abbey Lincoln]], American jazz singer | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Howard Hodgkin]], British painter | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Piers Anthony]], English writer | + | |
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Barbara Windsor]], English actress | + | |
| *[[1938]] - [[Paul Bartel]], American actor (d. [[2000]]) | *[[1938]] - [[Paul Bartel]], American actor (d. [[2000]]) | ||
| - | * 1938 - [[Peter Bonerz]], American actor | + | *[[1926]] - [[Harrison Marks]], British glamour photographer (d. [[1997]]) |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Mukhu Aliyev]], [[Dagestan]]ian politician | + | *[[1969]] - [[Elliott Smith]], American musician (b. [[2003]]) |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Lyle Berman]], American poker player | + | |
| - | * 1941 - [[Ray Culp]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[George Jung]], American convicted drug felon | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Jon Postel]], American computer scientist (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Andy Messersmith]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1945 - [[Ron Jones (television director)|Ron Jones]], British TV director (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Allan Holdsworth]], British musician | + | |
| - | * 1946 - [[Roh Moo-hyun]], [[South Korea]]n politician | + | |
| - | * 1946 - [[Masaaki Sakai]], Japanese comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Dino Bravo]], Canadian professional wrestler (d. [[1993]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Alan Campbell (pastor)|Alan Campbell]], Northern Irish clergyman | + | |
| - | * 1949 - [[Clarence Richard Silva]], Catholic Bishop of [[Honolulu]] | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Dorian Harewood]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Daryl Somers]], Australian television personality | + | |
| - | * 1951 - [[Catherine Hicks]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Vinnie Vincent]], American musician (ex-[[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Paul Steigerwald]], American sports announcer | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Jim McGreevey]], American politician | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Bob Horner]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Michelle Yeoh]], Chinese-Malaysian actress | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Kevin Mitnick]], American computer hacker | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Moosie Drier]], American actor and director | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Yuki Kajiura]], Japanese composer | + | |
| - | * 1965 - [[David Robinson (basketball)|David Robinson]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Archbishop Alexy (Bondarenko)]] | + | |
| - | * 1967 - [[Mike Greenberg]], American sportscaster | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Elliott Smith]], American musician (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[M. Night Shyamalan]], Indian-born American film director | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Geri Halliwell]], British singer | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Stuart O'Grady]], Australian cyclist | + | |
| - | * 1973 - [[Max Kellerman]], American sportscaster | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Luis Vizcaino]], Dominican baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Victor Zambrano]], Venezuelan baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Melissa George]], Australian actress | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Soleil Moon Frye]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Jimmy Nielsen]], Danish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1977 - [[Leandro Amaral]], Brazilian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Marisa Miller]], American supermodel | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Karl Davies]], British actor | + | |
| - | * 1982 - [[Adrianne Curry]], American model | + | |
| - | * 1982 - [[Ryan Sypek]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Robin van Persie]], Dutch footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Bryan Young (ice hockey)|Bryan Young]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1990]] - [[JonBenét Ramsey]], American murder victim (d. [[1996]]) | + | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[258]] - Saint [[Pope Sixtus II]] | ||
| - | * [[523]] - Saint [[Pope Hormisdas]] | ||
| - | *[[1162]] - [[Ramon Berenguer IV, Count of Barcelona]] | ||
| - | *[[1195]] - [[Henry the Lion]], Duke of Saxony and Bavaria (b. [[1129]]) | ||
| - | *[[1221]] - [[Saint Dominic]], Spanish founder of the Dominicans (b. [[1170]]) | ||
| - | *[[1272]] - King [[Stephen V of Hungary]] | ||
| - | *[[1414]] - King [[Ladislas of Naples]] (b. [[1377]]) | ||
| - | *[[1458]] - [[Pope Callixtus III]] (b. [[1378]]) | ||
| - | *[[1623]] - [[Anne Hathaway (Shakespeare's wife)]] (b. [[1556]]) | ||
| - | *[[1628]] - [[Johannes Junius]], Mayor of Bamberg (b. [[1573]]) | ||
| - | *[[1637]] - [[Ben Jonson]], English writer (b. [[1572]]) | ||
| - | *[[1645]] - [[Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex]], English merchant (b. [[1575]]) | ||
| - | *[[1657]] - [[Bohdan Khmelnytsky]], Polish-Lithuanian noble | ||
| *[[1660]] - [[Diego Velázquez]], Spanish painter (b. [[1599]]) | *[[1660]] - [[Diego Velázquez]], Spanish painter (b. [[1599]]) | ||
| - | *[[1679]] - [[John Snell]], English royalist (b. [[1629]]) | ||
| - | *[[1694]] - [[Antoine Arnauld]], French philosopher and mathematician (b. [[1612]]) | ||
| - | *[[1695]] - [[François de Harlay de Champvallon]], French Catholic archbishop (b. [[1625]]) | ||
| - | *[[1753]] - [[Georg Wilhelm Richmann]], Russian physicist (struck by lightning) (b. [[1711]]) | ||
| - | *[[1759]] - [[Eugene Aram]], English [[philologist]] (b. [[1704]]) | ||
| - | *[[1794]] - [[Henry Bathurst, 2nd Earl Bathurst]], British politician (b. [[1714]]) | ||
| - | *[[1815]] - [[James A. Bayard (elder)]], [[United States Congressional Delegations from Delaware|United States Senator from Delaware]] (b. [[1767]]) | ||
| - | *[[1828]] - [[Konstantin von Benckendorff]], Russian general and statesman | ||
| - | *[[1850]] - [[Edward Walsh]], Irish poet (b. [[1805]]) | ||
| - | *[[1866]] - [[John Mason Neale]], English divine, scholar and hymnwriter (b. [[1818]]) | ||
| - | *[[1881]] - [[James White]], co-founder of the [[Seventh-day Adventist Church]] (b. [[1821]]) | ||
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Robert Spear Hudson (soap)|Robert Spear Hudson]], English businessman (b. [[1812]]) | ||
| - | *[[1893]] - [[Jean-Jacques Challet-Venel]], member of the Swiss Federal Council (b. [[1811]]) | ||
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Eduard Hanslick]], Austrian music critic (b. [[1825]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Ellen Louise Wilson]], [[First Lady of the United States|first wife of President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] (b. [[1860]]) | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Stefan Bastyr]], Polish aviator, first flight in independent Poland (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Bix Beiderbecke]], American musician (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Wu, Prince of Korea|Prince Wu of Korea]] (b. [[1912]]) | ||
| - | * 1945 - [[Richard Bong]], America's all time [[Ace of Aces]] (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | * 1945 - [[Hiram Johnson]], American politician (b. [[1866]]) | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Tony Lazzeri]], American baseball player (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Preston Sturges]], American playwright, screenwriter, and director (b. [[1898]]) | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - Sir [[Cedric Hardwicke]], English actor (b. [[1893]]) | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Cordwainer Smith]], American writer (b. [[1913]]) | ||
| *[[1969]] - [[Theodor Adorno]], German sociologist and philosopher (b. [[1903]]) | *[[1969]] - [[Theodor Adorno]], German sociologist and philosopher (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Fulgencio Batista]], [[List of Presidents of Cuba|Cuban president]] and [[de facto]] leader (b. [[1901]]) | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Memphis Minnie]], American blues singer (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Gene Ammons]], American jazz saxophonist (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Gregor Piatigorsky]], Russian cellist (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Pope Paul VI]] (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen]], German biochemist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize Laureate]] (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| *[[1983]] - [[Klaus Nomi]], German singer (b. [[1944]]) | *[[1983]] - [[Klaus Nomi]], German singer (b. [[1944]]) | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Forbes Burnham]], [[President of Guyana]] (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Emilio Fernández]], Mexican actor, screenwriter and film director (b. [[1904]]) | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Ira Eaker]], American Air Force leader (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| - | * 1987 - [[Quinn Martin]], American television producer (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Jacques Soustelle]], French anthropologist (b. [[1912]]) | ||
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Harry Reasoner]], American reporter (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Tex Hughson]], American baseball player (b. [[1916]]) | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Domenico Modugno]], Italian singer and songwriter (b. [[1928]]) | ||
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Andre Weil]], French mathematician (b. [[1906]]) | ||
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Jorge Amado|Jorge Amado de Faria]], Brazilian writer (b. [[1912]]) | ||
| - | * 2001 - [[Dorothy Tutin]], English actress (b. [[1930]]) | ||
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Edsger Dijkstra]], Dutch computer scientist (b. [[1930]]) | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Rick James]], American musician (b. [[1948]]) | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Keter Betts]], American jazz bassist (b. [[1928]]) | ||
| - | * 2005 - [[Robin Cook]], British politician (b. [[1946]]) | ||
| - | * 2005 - [[Ibrahim Ferrer]], Cuban musician ([[Buena Vista Social Club]]) (b. [[1927]]) | ||
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| - | == Notes == | ||
| - | *[[Theodor Adorno]] | ||
| - | *[[Andy Warhol]] | ||
| - | *[[Paul Bartel]] | ||
| - | *[[Klaus Nomi]] | ||
| - | *[[The War Game]] | ||
| - | *[[Harrison Marks]] | ||
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Art and culture
- 1926 - premier of Don Juan, silent film with fully synchronized score
- 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 releases Purple Rain, the album which would launch him to superstardom.
- 1991 - Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web.
Births
- 1928 - Andy Warhol, American artist (d. 1987)
- 1931 - Umberto Lenzi, 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)
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