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*[[1912]] - [[Lawrence Durrell]], British writer (d. [[1990]]) | *[[1912]] - [[Lawrence Durrell]], British writer (d. [[1990]]) | ||
*[[1932]] - [[Elizabeth Taylor]], British-American actress | *[[1932]] - [[Elizabeth Taylor]], British-American actress | ||
+ | *[[1933]] - [[Edward Lucie-Smith]], British writer, poet, art critic and curator | ||
*[[1955]] - [[Peter Christopherson]], English musician, video director and designer | *[[1955]] - [[Peter Christopherson]], English musician, video director and designer | ||
*[[1957]] - [[Timothy Spall]], English actor | *[[1957]] - [[Timothy Spall]], English actor | ||
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==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
*[[1936]] - [[Ivan Pavlov]], Russian physiologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1849]]) | *[[1936]] - [[Ivan Pavlov]], Russian physiologist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1849]]) | ||
+ | *[[1950]] - [[Yvan Goll]], French-German poet (b. [[1891]]) | ||
+ | *[[1992]] - [[Fernando Ribeiro]], Portuguese writer and publisher (''Edições Afrodite'') (b. [[1941]]) | ||
*[[1993]] - [[Lillian Gish]], American actress (b. [[1893]]) | *[[1993]] - [[Lillian Gish]], American actress (b. [[1893]]) | ||
*[[2002]] - [[Spike Milligan]], Irish comedian (b. [[1918]]) | *[[2002]] - [[Spike Milligan]], Irish comedian (b. [[1918]]) | ||
+ | *[[2005]] - [[James Avati]], American illustrator and paperback cover artist (b. [[1912]]) | ||
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- | *[[1992]] - [[Fernando Ribeiro]] (Porto, November 11 1941 - Coimbra, February 27 1992) was a Portuguese intellectual, founder of countercultural publishing house Edições Afrodite | ||
- | *[[1807]] - [[James Planché]], French author of vampire fiction | ||
- | *[[1950]] - [[Yvan Goll]] Yvan Goll, born Isaac Lange (Saint-Dié, March 29, 1891 - February 27, 1950) was a French-German poet who was perfectly bilingual and wrote in both French and German. He had close ties both to the German expressionism and to the French surrealism. | ||
- | *[[2005]] - [[James Avati]] (December 14 1912, Bloomfield, USA – February 27 2005, Petaluma, CA, USA) was an American illustrator and paperback cover artist. | ||
- | *[[1933]] - [[Edward Lucie-Smith]] (born 27 February 1933) is a British writer, poet, art critic, curator and author of exhibition catalogues. | ||
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Births
- 1807 - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American poet (d. 1882)
- 1902 - John Steinbeck, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1968)
- 1912 - Lawrence Durrell, British writer (d. 1990)
- 1932 - Elizabeth Taylor, British-American actress
- 1933 - Edward Lucie-Smith, British writer, poet, art critic and curator
- 1955 - Peter Christopherson, English musician, video director and designer
- 1957 - Timothy Spall, English actor
- 1965 - Joakim Sundström, Swedish sound editor, sound designer and musician
- 1971 - Derren Brown, British psychological illusionist
Deaths
- 1936 - Ivan Pavlov, Russian physiologist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (b. 1849)
- 1950 - Yvan Goll, French-German poet (b. 1891)
- 1992 - Fernando Ribeiro, Portuguese writer and publisher (Edições Afrodite) (b. 1941)
- 1993 - Lillian Gish, American actress (b. 1893)
- 2002 - Spike Milligan, Irish comedian (b. 1918)
- 2005 - James Avati, American illustrator and paperback cover artist (b. 1912)
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