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| *[[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]] - [[Fulgencio Batista]], [[List of Presidents of Cuba|Cuban president]] and [[de facto]] leader (b. [[1901]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1926: premier of Don Juan, silent film with fully synchronized score
- 1984 - Pop star 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)
- 1938 - Paul Bartel, American actor (d. 2000)
Deaths
- 1660 - Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (b. 1599)
- 1969 - Theodor Adorno, German sociologist and philosopher (b. 1903)
- 1973 - Fulgencio Batista, 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 Laureate (b. 1911)
- 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 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)
Notes
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