December 24
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| - | *[[1822]] - [[Matthew Arnold]], English poet (d. [[1888]]) | + | *[[1822]] - [[Matthew Arnold]], English critic (d. [[1888]]) |
| *[[1905]] - [[Howard Hughes]], American film producer and inventor (d. [[1976]]) | *[[1905]] - [[Howard Hughes]], American film producer and inventor (d. [[1976]]) | ||
| *[[1922]] - [[Ava Gardner]], American actress (d. [[1990]]) | *[[1922]] - [[Ava Gardner]], American actress (d. [[1990]]) | ||
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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 critic (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
- 1923 - David F. Friedman, American filmmaker
- 1491 - Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits (d. 1556)
- 1903 - Joseph Cornell, American artist (d. 1972)
- 1906 - James Hadley Chase, British author (d. 1985)
- 1906 - Wolfgang Kayser, German literary theorist (The Grotesque in Art and Literature). (d. 1960)
- 1948 - Edwige Fenech, French-born Italian actress and film producer
- 1913 - Ad Reinhardt, American artist (Abstract Painting No. 5) (d. 1967)
- 1946 - Vittorio Giardino, Italian comic artist (Little Ego)
- 1931 - Walter Abish, American author
- 1994 - John Osborne, English playwright (Look Back in Anger) (b. 1929)
- 1891 - Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky, Russian emigré illustrator (d. 1970)
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