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== Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
- | *[[1843]] - The first [[minstrel]] show in the [[United States]] The [[Virginia Minstrels]] opens ([[Bowery Amphitheatre]] in [[New York City]]). | + | *[[1843]] - The first [[minstrel show]] premieres in the United States. |
==Births== | ==Births== | ||
- | *[[1926]] - [[Haskell Wexler]], American cinematographer (''Medium Cool'') | + | *[[1922]] - [[Haskell Wexler]], American cinematographer and a filmmaker (''Medium Cool'') (d. 2015) |
*[[1931]] - [[Rip Torn]], American actor | *[[1931]] - [[Rip Torn]], American actor | ||
* 1931 - [[Mamie Van Doren]], American actress | * 1931 - [[Mamie Van Doren]], American actress | ||
- | *[[1932]] - [[François Truffaut]], French film director (d. [[1984]]) | + | *[[1932]] - [[François Truffaut]], French film director (d. 1984) |
*[[1945]] - [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican musician (d. [[1981]]) | *[[1945]] - [[Bob Marley]], Jamaican musician (d. [[1981]]) | ||
- | *[[1946]] - [[Jim Turner (Congressman)|Jim Turner]], American politician | ||
- | * 1946 - [[Kate McGarrigle]], Canadian singer and songwriter | ||
- | *[[1949]] - [[Jim Sheridan]], Irish film director | ||
- | *[[1950]] - [[Natalie Cole]], American singer | ||
- | *[[1951]] - [[Marco Antônio]], Brazilian footballer | ||
- | * 1951 - [[Jacques Villeret]], French film actor (d. [[2005]]) | ||
- | *[[1952]] - [[Ricardo Lavolpe]], Argentine football coach | ||
- | *[[1955]] - [[Michael Pollan]], American journalist | ||
- | *[[1957]] - [[Kathy Najimy]], American actress and comedienne | ||
- | * 1957 - [[Robert Townsend]], American actor | ||
- | *[[1958]] - [[Cecily Adams]], American actress (d. [[2004]]) | ||
- | * 1958 - [[Barry Miller (actor)|Barry Miller]], American actor | ||
- | *[[1959]] - [[Ken Nelson]], English record producer | ||
- | *[[1960]] - [[Megan Gallagher]], American actress | ||
- | *[[1961]] - [[Bill Lester]], American racecar driver | ||
- | *[[1962]] - [[Axl Rose]], American singer ([[Guns N' Roses]]) | ||
- | *[[1963]] - [[Kevin Trudeau]], American entrepreneur | ||
- | *[[1966]] - [[Rick Astley]], British singer | ||
- | *[[1967]] - [[Anita Cochran]], American singer | ||
- | * 1967 - [[Izumi Sakai]], Japanese singer ([[Zard]]) (d. [[2007]]) | ||
- | *[[1968]] - [[Adolfo Valencia]], Colombian footballer | ||
- | * 1968 - [[Akira Yamaoka]], Japanese composer | ||
- | *[[1970]] - [[Per Frandsen]], Danish footballer | ||
- | * 1970 - [[Kitty Yung]], American pornographic actress | ||
- | *[[1971]] - [[Dana Eskelson]], American actress | ||
- | * 1971 - [[Brad Hogg]], Australian cricket player | ||
- | * 1971 - [[Brian Stepanek]], American actor | ||
- | *[[1972]] - [[David Binn]], American football player | ||
- | *[[1975]] - [[Brett Hawke]], Australian swimmer | ||
- | * 1975 - [[Tomoko Kawase]], Japanese singer | ||
- | * 1975 - [[Svend-Allan Sørensen]], Danish artist | ||
- | *[[1976]] - [[Tanja Frieden]], Swiss snowboarder | ||
- | * 1976 - [[Colin Teo]], Singaporean Grand Prix driver | ||
- | * 1976 - [[Kim Zmeskal]], American gymnast | ||
- | *[[1977]] - [[Jason Euell]], English-born footballer | ||
- | *[[1979]] - [[Dan Bălan]], Moldovan singer and musician [[O-Zone]] | ||
- | *[[1980]] - [[Mamiko Noto]], Japanese [[seiyu]] | ||
- | * 1980 - [[Kim Poirier]], Canadian actress | ||
- | * 1980 - [[Luke Ravenstahl]], American politician | ||
- | *[[1981]] - [[Calum Best]], American model | ||
- | * 1981 - [[Jens Lekman]], Swedish musician | ||
- | * 1981 - [[Ty Warren]], defensive lineman for the [[New England Patriots]] | ||
- | *[[1982]] - [[Alice Eve]], English actress | ||
- | * 1982 - [[Tank (Taiwanese singer)|Tank]], [[Mandopop]] singer. | ||
- | *[[1983]] - [[Brodie Croyle]], American football player | ||
- | * 1983 - [[Sreesanth|S Sreesanth]], Indian cricketer | ||
- | * 1983 - [[Jamie Whincup]], Australian racing driver | ||
- | * 1983 - [[Myron Wolf Child]], Canadian politician | ||
- | *[[1984]] - [[Darren Bent]], English footballer | ||
- | * 1984 - [[Piret Järvis]], Estonian singer | ||
- | * 1984 - [[Daisy Marie]], American pornographic actress | ||
- | *[[1985]] - [[Kris Humphries]], American basketball player | ||
- | * 1985 - [[Yang Yu]], Chinese swimmer | ||
- | *[[1986]] - [[Alice Greczyn]], American actress | ||
- | * 1986 - [[Brendan Taylor]], Zimbabwean cricketer | ||
- | *[[1988]] - [[Allison Holker]], American dancer | ||
- | *[[1989]] - [[Craig Cathcart]], Irish football | ||
- | *[[2004]] - [[Princess Louise of Belgium]] | ||
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==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
- | * [[891]] - [[Photius]], Patriarch of Constantinople | ||
- | *[[1378]] - [[Jeanne de Bourbon]], wife of [[Charles V of France]] (b. [[1338]]) | ||
- | *[[1497]] - [[Johannes Ockeghem]], Flemish composer (b. c. [[1410]]) | ||
- | *[[1515]] - [[Aldus Manutius]], Italian printer | ||
- | *[[1585]] - [[Edmund Plowden]], English legal scholar (b. [[1518]]) | ||
- | *[[1593]] - [[Jacques Amyot]], French writer (b. [[1513]]) | ||
- | * 1593 - [[Emperor Ogimachi of Japan]] (b. [[1517]]) | ||
- | *[[1617]] - [[Prospero Alpini]], Italian scientist (b. [[1553]]) | ||
*[[1685]] - King [[Charles II of England]] (b. [[1630]]) | *[[1685]] - King [[Charles II of England]] (b. [[1630]]) | ||
- | *[[1740]] - [[Pope Clement XII]] (b. [[1652]]) | ||
- | *[[1775]] - [[William Dowdeswell]], English politician (b. [[1721]]) | ||
- | *[[1783]] - [[Capability Brown]], English landscape gardener (b. [[1716]]) | ||
*[[1793]] - [[Carlo Goldoni]], Italian playwright (b. [[1707]]) | *[[1793]] - [[Carlo Goldoni]], Italian playwright (b. [[1707]]) | ||
- | *[[1807]] - [[John Reid (soldier)|John Reid]], British army general and composer (b. [[1721]]) | ||
- | *[[1816]] - [[Maria Ludwika Rzewuska]], Polish szlachcianka (b. [[1744]]) | ||
- | *[[1833]] - [[Pierre André Latreille]], French entomologist (b. [[1762]]) | ||
- | *[[1834]] - [[Richard Lemon Lander]], British explorer (b. [[1804]]) | ||
- | *[[1855]] - [[Josef Munzinger]], Swiss Federal Councilor (b. [[1791]]) | ||
- | *[[1899]] - [[Leo von Caprivi]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (b. [[1831]]) | ||
- | * 1899 - Prince [[Prince Alfred of Edinburgh|Alfred of Edinburgh and Saxe-Coburg-Gotha]] (b. [[1874]]) | ||
- | *[[1916]] - [[Rubén Darío]], Nicaraguan writer (b. [[1867]]) | ||
*[[1918]] - [[Gustav Klimt]], Austrian painter (b. [[1862]]) | *[[1918]] - [[Gustav Klimt]], Austrian painter (b. [[1862]]) | ||
- | *[[1927]] - [[Sam Maguire]], Irish Republican and Gaelic footballer (b. [[1879]]) | + | *[[1963]] - [[Piero Manzoni]], Italian artist (''Artist's Shit'') (b. [[1933]]) |
- | *[[1938]] - [[Marianne von Werefkin]], Russian-Swiss painter (b. [[1860]]) | + | |
- | *[[1950]] - [[Georges Imbert]], Alsatian chemist (b. [[1884]]) | + | |
- | *[[1952]] - [[George VI of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
- | *[[1958]] - [[Duncan Edwards]], English footballer (b. [[1936]]) | + | |
- | * 1958 - [[David Pegg]], English footballer (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
- | * 1958 - [[Tommy Taylor]], English footballer (b. [[1932]]) | + | |
- | * 1958 - [[Geoff Bent]], English footballer (b. [[1932]]) | + | |
- | * 1958 - [[Roger Byrne]], English footballer (b. [[1929]]) | + | |
- | * 1958 - [[Eddie Colman]], English footballer (b. [[1936]]) | + | |
- | * 1958 - [[Mark Jones (footballer)|Mark Jones]], English footballer (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
- | * 1958 - [[Frank Swift]], English footballer and journalist (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
- | * 1958 - [[Walter Crickmer]], Manchester United club secretary | + | |
- | *[[1963]] - [[Abd el-Krim]], Moroccan politician | + | |
- | *[[1964]] - [[Emilio Aguinaldo]], First President of the 1st Philippines Republic (b. [[1869]]) | + | |
- | *[[1967]] - [[Martine Carol]], French film actress (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
- | *[[1976]] - [[Vince Guaraldi]], American musician (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
- | *[[1981]] - [[Hugo Montenegro]], American film music composer and orchestra leader (b. [[1925]]) | + | |
- | * 1981 - [[Frederika of Hanover]], Queen Consort of Greece (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
*[[1985]] - [[James Hadley Chase]], English writer (b. [[1906]]) | *[[1985]] - [[James Hadley Chase]], English writer (b. [[1906]]) | ||
- | *[[1986]] - [[Frederick Coutts]], Salvation Army general (b. [[1899]]) | + | *[[1989]] - [[Osbourne Ruddock]], AKA "King Tubby", Dub pioneer (b. [[1941]]) |
- | * 1986 - [[Minoru Yamasaki]], American architect (b. [[1912]]) | + | |
- | *[[1989]] - [[Chris Gueffroy]], last person killed escaping over the Berlin wall (b. [[1968]]) | + | |
- | * 1989 - [[Barbara Tuchman]], American historian (b. [[1912]]) | + | |
- | * 1989 - [[Osbourne Ruddock]], AKA "King Tubby", Dub pioneer (b. [[1941]]) | + | |
- | * 1989 - [[André Cayatte]], French filmmaker (b. [[1909]]) | + | |
- | *[[1991]] - [[Salvador Luria]], Italian-born biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1912]]) | + | |
- | * 1991 - [[Danny Thomas]], American singer, comedian, and actor (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
- | *[[1993]] - [[Arthur Ashe]], American tennis player (b. [[1943]]) | + | |
*[[1994]] - [[Joseph Cotten]], American actor (b. [[1905]]) | *[[1994]] - [[Joseph Cotten]], American actor (b. [[1905]]) | ||
* 1994 - [[Jack Kirby]], American comic book writer (b. [[1917]]) | * 1994 - [[Jack Kirby]], American comic book writer (b. [[1917]]) | ||
- | *[[1995]] - [[James Merrill]], American poet (b. [[1926]]) | ||
- | *[[1996]] - [[Guy Madison]], American actor (b. [[1922]]) | ||
- | *[[1997]] - [[Roger Laurent]], Belgian racing driver (b. [[1913]]) | ||
- | *[[1998]] - [[Falco (musician)|Falco]], Austrian singer (b. [[1957]]) | ||
- | * 1998 - [[Carl Wilson]], American musician ([[The Beach Boys]]) (b. [[1946]]) | ||
- | * 1998 - [[Haroun Tazieff]], French vulcanologist and geologist (b. [[1914]]) | ||
- | *[[2001]] - [[Filemon Lagman]], Filipino Communist revolutionary (b. [[1953]]) | ||
- | * 2001 - [[Fulgence Charpentier]], Quebec journalist, editor and publisher (b. [[1897]]) | ||
- | *[[2002]] - [[Max Perutz]], Austrian-born molecular biologist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1914]]) | ||
- | *[[2005]] - [[Lazar Berman]], Russian pianist (b. [[1930]]) | ||
- | * 2005 - [[Karl Haas]], American radio presenter (b. [[1913]]) | ||
- | *[[2007]] - [[Lew Burdette]], American baseball player (b. [[1926]]) | ||
- | * 2007 - [[Len Hopkins]], Canadian politician (b. [[1930]]) | ||
- | * 2007 - [[Frankie Laine]], American singer (b. [[1913]]) | ||
- | * 2007 - [[Willye White]], American athlete (b. [[1939]]) | ||
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- | notes | ||
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- | François Truffaut | ||
- | Ugo Foscolo | ||
- | James Hadley Chase | ||
- | Gustav Klimt | ||
- | Sir Charles Wheatstone | ||
- | Piero Manzoni | ||
- | Summer with Monika | ||
- | Rip Torn | ||
- | Jack Kirby | ||
- | Haskell Wexler | ||
- | Charles II of England | ||
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Art and culture
- 1843 - The first minstrel show premieres in the United States.
Births
- 1922 - Haskell Wexler, American cinematographer and a filmmaker (Medium Cool) (d. 2015)
- 1931 - Rip Torn, American actor
- 1931 - Mamie Van Doren, American actress
- 1932 - François Truffaut, French film director (d. 1984)
- 1945 - Bob Marley, Jamaican musician (d. 1981)
Deaths
- 1685 - King Charles II of England (b. 1630)
- 1793 - Carlo Goldoni, Italian playwright (b. 1707)
- 1918 - Gustav Klimt, Austrian painter (b. 1862)
- 1963 - Piero Manzoni, Italian artist (Artist's Shit) (b. 1933)
- 1985 - James Hadley Chase, English writer (b. 1906)
- 1989 - Osbourne Ruddock, AKA "King Tubby", Dub pioneer (b. 1941)
- 1994 - Joseph Cotten, American actor (b. 1905)
- 1994 - Jack Kirby, American comic book writer (b. 1917)
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