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| *[[1975]] - [[Bernard Herrmann]], American film composer (b. [[1911]]) | *[[1975]] - [[Bernard Herrmann]], American film composer (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| *[[1982]] - [[Louis Aragon]], French writer (b. [[1897]]) | *[[1982]] - [[Louis Aragon]], French writer (b. [[1897]]) | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Peter Lawford]], English actor (b. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Robert Todd Lincoln Beckwith]], Last Lincoln descendant (b. [[1904]]) | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Gardner Fox]], American writer (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Joop den Uyl]], [[Prime Minister of the Netherlands]] (b. [[1919]]) | ||
| - | * 1987 - [[M. G. Ramachandran]], [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of the Tamil Nadu]] (b. [[1917]]) | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Thorbjørn Egner]], Norwegian author (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Peyo]], Belgian comics artist, and creator of [[The Smurfs]] (b. [[1928]]) | ||
| - | * 1992 - [[Bobby LaKind]], American musician and singer ([[The Doobie Brothers]]) (b. [[1945]]) | ||
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Norman Vincent Peale]], American writer (b. [[1898]]) | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - [[John Boswell]], American historian (b. [[1947]]) | ||
| - | * 1994 - [[Rossano Brazzi]], Italian actor and singer (b. [[1916]]) | ||
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Toshiro Mifune|Toshirô Mifune]], Japanese actor (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | * 1997 - [[Pierre Péladeau]], Quebec businessman, founder of [[Quebecor]] (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | *[[1999]] - [[João Baptista de Oliveira Figueiredo]], [[President of Brazil]] (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | * 1999 - [[Maurice Couve de Murville]], French politician, Prime minister of France (b. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | * 1999 - [[Bill Bowerman]], American track and field coach | ||
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Nick Massi]], American singer ([[The Four Seasons (group)|The Four Seasons]]) (b. [[1935]]) | ||
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Kjell Aukrust]], Norwegian author (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | * 2002 - [[Laci Peterson]], American murder victim (b. [[1975]]) | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Johnny Oates]], baseball player and manager (b. [[1946]]) | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Michael Vale]], [[United States|American]] commercial actor (b. [[1922]]) | ||
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Braguinha (composer)|"Braguinha"]], Brazilian songwriter (b. [[1907]]) | ||
| - | * 2006 - [[Kenneth Sivertsen]], Norwegian singer, poet and comedian (b. [[1961]]) | ||
| - | * 2006 - [[Frank Stanton]], American television executive (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| == Notes == | == Notes == | ||
| - | # | + | *[[1524]] - David F. Friedman |
| - | # David F. Friedman | + | *[[1524]] - Ignatius of Loyola |
| - | # Ignatius of Loyola | + | *[[1524]] - Joseph Cornell |
| - | # Mauricio Kagel | + | *[[1524]] - James Hadley Chase |
| - | # Ava Gardner | + | *[[1524]] - Wolfgang Kayser |
| - | # Louis Aragon | + | *[[1524]] - Edwige Fenech |
| - | # Joseph Cornell | + | *[[1524]] - Ad Reinhardt |
| - | # James Hadley Chase | + | *[[1524]] - Vittorio Giardino |
| - | # Wolfgang Kayser | + | *[[1524]] - Walter Abish |
| - | # Edwige Fenech | + | *[[1524]] - John Osborne |
| - | # Bernard Herrmann | + | *[[1524]] - Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky |
| - | # Ad Reinhardt | + | |
| - | # Vittorio Giardino | + | |
| - | # William Makepeace Thackeray | + | |
| - | # Reginald Fessenden | + | |
| - | # Walter Abish | + | |
| - | # John Osborne | + | |
| - | # Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky | + | |
| - | # Bruno Taut | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1888 - Vincent Van Gogh cuts off his ear during some sort of seizure.
- 1906 - Radio: Reginald Fessenden transmitted the first radio broadcast. The first program, consisted of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
Births
- 1822 - Matthew Arnold, English poet (d. 1888)
- 1905 - Howard Hughes, American film producer and inventor (d. 1976)
- 1922 - Ava Gardner, American actress (d. 1990)
- 1931 - Mauricio Kagel, Argentine composer
- 1932 - On Kawara, Japanese conceptual artist
- 1945 - Lemmy, British singer, bassist (Motörhead)
Deaths
- 1524 - Vasco da Gama, Portuguese explorer (bc. 1469)
- 1863 - William Makepeace Thackeray, English writer (b. 1811)
- 1935 - Alban Berg, Austrian composer (b. 1885)
- 1938 - Bruno Taut, German architect (b. 1880)
- 1975 - Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (b. 1911)
- 1982 - Louis Aragon, French writer (b. 1897)
Notes
- 1524 - David F. Friedman
- 1524 - Ignatius of Loyola
- 1524 - Joseph Cornell
- 1524 - James Hadley Chase
- 1524 - Wolfgang Kayser
- 1524 - Edwige Fenech
- 1524 - Ad Reinhardt
- 1524 - Vittorio Giardino
- 1524 - Walter Abish
- 1524 - John Osborne
- 1524 - Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky
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