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From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia

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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 (born December 24, 1923), an American filmmaker of (exploitation films). (d. 1888)

• 1524 - Ignatius of Loyola (December 24, 1491 – July 31 1556), was the principal founder and first Superior General of the Society of Jesus, a religious order of the Catholic Church professing direct service to the Pope in terms of mission. Members of the order are called Jesuits. (d. 1888)

• 1903 - Joseph Cornell , (born December 24, 1903 – died December 29, 1972) was an American artist and sculptor, (d. 1888)

• 1906 - James Hadley Chase is a pseudonym for British author Rene Brabazon Raymond (December 24,1906 – February 6, 1985) (d. 1888)

• 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(born December 24, 1946), is an Italian comic artist and creator of Little Ego. (d. 1888)
• 1931 - Walter Abish (born December 24 1931) is a American author of experimental novels and short stories.

• 1994 - John Osborne(December 12, 1929 – December 24, 1994) was an English playwright, screenwriter, and critic of The Establishment, best-known for his 1956 play Look Back in Anger. (d. 1929)

• 1891 - Feodor Stepanovich Rojankovsky (December 24, 1891 – October 12, 1970), also known as Rojan, was a Russian emigré illustrator. He is best known for his illustrations for children's books, and conversely, for his erotic illustrations. (d. 1970)