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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
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| - | *[[1055]] - [[Theodora (11th century)|Theodora]] is crowned [[Byzantine Empress|Empress]] of the Byzantine Empire. | ||
| - | *[[1158]] - [[Vladislav II of Bohemia|Vladislav II]] becomes King of [[Bohemia]]. | ||
| - | *[[1569]] - First recorded [[lottery]] in [[England]]. | ||
| - | *[[1571]] - Austrian nobility is granted [[freedom of religion]]. | ||
| - | *[[1693]] - Mt. [[Etna]] erupts in [[Sicily]], [[Italy]]. [[1693 earthquake|A powerful earthquake]] destroys parts of [[Sicily]] and [[Malta]] | ||
| - | *[[1759]] - In [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], the first American [[life insurance]] company is incorporated. | ||
| - | *[[1779]] - [[Ching-Thang Khomba]] is crowned [[List of Meitei kings|King]] of [[Manipur]] | ||
| - | *[[1787]] - [[William Herschel]] [[Timeline of discovery of Solar System planets and their natural satellites|discovers]] [[Titania (moon)|Titania]] and [[Oberon (moon)|Oberon]], two [[Uranus' natural satellites|moon]]s of [[Uranus (planet)|Uranus]]. | ||
| - | *[[1794]] - Robert Forsythe, a [[US Marshal]] is killed in [[Augusta, Georgia|Augusta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] when trying to serve court papers, the first [[US Marshal]] to die while carrying out his duties. | ||
| - | *[[1805]] - [[Michigan]] Territory is created. | ||
| - | *[[1861]] - [[Alabama]] secedes from the [[United States]]. | ||
| - | *[[1863]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Arkansas Post]] - General [[John McClernand]] and Admiral [[David Dixon Porter]] capture the [[Arkansas River]] for the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]]. | ||
| - | *[[1867]] - [[Benito Juárez]] becomes [[Mexico|Mexican]] president again. | ||
| - | *[[1879]] - The [[Anglo-Zulu War]] begins. | ||
| - | *[[1880]] - Total [[solar eclipse]] blackens the sky of [[San Francisco]] one day after the funeral of [[Emperor Norton]]. | ||
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Popular Mechanics]] magazine is published for the first time. | ||
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Grand Canyon National Monument]] is created. | ||
| - | *[[1912]] - The [[Lawrence textile strike]] begins in [[Lawrence, Massachusetts|Lawrence]], [[Massachusetts]]. | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - The [[Kingsland Explosion|Kingsland munitions factory explosion]] occurs as a result of [[Sabotage|sabotage]]. | ||
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Romania]] annexes [[Transylvania]]. | ||
| - | *[[1922]] - First use of [[insulin]] to treat [[diabetes]] in a human patient. | ||
| - | *[[1923]] - Troops from [[France]] and [[Belgium]] [[Occupation of the Ruhr|occupy]] the [[Ruhr area]] to force [[Germany]] to make its reparation payments. | ||
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Amelia Earhart]] is the first woman to fly solo from [[Hawaii]] to [[California]]. | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Japan]] declares war on the [[Netherlands]] and invades the [[Netherlands East Indies]]. | ||
| - | * 1942 - The [[Japan]]ese capture [[Kuala Lumpur]]. | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - The [[United States]] and [[United Kingdom]] give up territorial rights in [[China]]. | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Enver Hoxha]] declares the [[People's Republic]] of [[Albania]] with himself as dictator. | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - First recorded case of [[snow]]fall in [[Los Angeles, California]]. | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - The [[African Convention]] is founded in [[Dakar]]. | ||
| - | * 1957 - Mass-murderer [[Jack Gilbert Graham]] is executed via the [[Gas Chamber]]. | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - Eruption of the [[Nevado Huascaran|Huascaran]] volcano in [[Peru]] causing 4,000 deaths. | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[United States Surgeon General]] Dr. [[Luther Leonidas Terry]], M.D., publishes a report saying that smoking may be hazardous to health. It is the first such statement ever made by the U.S. government. | ||
| - | * 1964 - The ''[[Whisky a Go Go]]'' night club in Los Angeles, the first [[disco]] in the USA, is opened. | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[East Pakistan]] renames itself [[Bangladesh]]. | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[The Open University]], Britain's distance-learning university, awards its first degrees. | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - The world's first surviving set of [[sextuplets]] are born to [[Susan Rosenkowitz]] in [[Cape Town]], [[South Africa]]. | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - The [[Gateway Bridge, Brisbane]] in [[Queensland]], [[Australia]] is officially opened. | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - 300,000 march in favor of [[Lithuania]]n independence. | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - The [[Ireland|Irish]] Government announces the end of a 15-year [[broadcasting ban]] on the [[Official IRA|IRA]] and its political arm [[Sinn Féin]] | ||
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Haiti]] becomes a member of the [[Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works|Berne Convention]] [[copyright]] [[treaty]]. | ||
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Sidi-Hamed massacre]] takes place in [[Algeria]], over 100 people are killed. | ||
| - | *[[2001]] - The [[Federal Trade Commission]] approves the [[merger]] of [[America Online|AOL]] and [[Time Warner]] to form ''AOL Time Warner''. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | *[[1322]] - [[Emperor Komyo of Japan]] (d. [[1380]]) | + | *[[1805]] - [[Johann Nepomuk Geiger]], Austrian artist (d. [[1880]]) |
| - | *[[1359]] - [[Emperor Go-En'yu]] of Japan (d. [[1393]]) | + | *[[1906]] - [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist (d. 2008) |
| - | *[[1395]] - [[Michelle of Valois]], Duchess of Burgundy (d. [[1422]]) | + | *[[1911]] - [[Gordon Rattray Taylor]], British author (''Sex in History'') (d. [[1981]]) |
| - | *[[1503]] - [[Parmigianino]], Italian artist (d. [[1540]]) | + | *[[1916]] - [[Bernard Blier]], French actor (d. 1989) |
| - | *[[1591]] - [[Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex]], English Civil War general (d. [[1646]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1630]] - [[John Rogers (Harvard)|John Rogers]], American President of Harvard in the US (d. [[1684]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1671]] - [[François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie]], French military leader (d. [[1745]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1723]] - [[Prithvi Narayan Shah]], began the unification of modern [[Nepal]] (d. [[1774]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1755]] - [[Alexander Hamilton]], 1st [[United States Secretary of the Treasury]] (d. [[1804]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1757]] - [[Samuel Bentham]], English mechanical engineer (d. [[1831]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1788]] - [[William Thomas Brande]], English chemist (d. [[1866]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1800]] - [[Anyos Jedlik]], Hungarian physicist (d. [[1895]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1807]] - [[Ezra Cornell]], American businessman and university founder (d. [[1874]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1815]] - [[John A. Macdonald]], 1st [[Prime Minister of Canada]] (d. [[1891]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1842]] - [[William James]], American [[psychologist]] and [[philosopher]] (d. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1845]] - [[Albert Victor Bäcklund]], Swedish physicist (d. [[1912]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1852]] - [[Konstantin Fehrenbach]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1853]] - [[Georgios Jakobides]], Greek painter (d. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1856]] - [[Christian Sinding]], Norwegian composer (d. [[1932]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1858]] - [[Harry Gordon Selfridge]], American retailer (d. [[1947]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1859]] - Lord [[George Nathaniel Curzon]], British statesman, Viceroy of India (d. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1868]] - [[Cai Yuanpei]], Chinese educator (d. [[1940]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1870]] - [[Alexander Stirling Calder]], American sculptor (d. [[1945]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1873]] - [[John Callan O'Laughlin]], American political and military figure and journalist (d. [[1949]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1875]] - [[Reinhold Glière]], Russian composer (d. [[1956]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1876]] - [[Elmer Flick]], American baseball player (d. [[1971]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Jack Hoxie]], American actor, rodeo performer (d. [[1965]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Alice Paul]], American women's rights activist (d. [[1977]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Aldo Leopold]], American ecologist (d. [[1948]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1890]] - [[Oswald de Andrade]], Brazilian author (d.[[1954]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1897]] - [[August Heissmeyer]], German SS officer (d. [[1979]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Kwon Ki-ok]], first Korean female pilot (d. [[1988]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Maurice Duruflé]], French composer (d. [[1986]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Alan Paton]], South African writer (d. [[1988]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Albert Hofmann]], Swiss chemist | + | |
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Pierre Mendès-France]], French politician (d. [[1982]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Lionel Stander]], American actor (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Nikos Kavvadias]], Greek poet and writer (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1911]] - [[Zenko Suzuki]], [[Prime Minister of Japan]] (d. [[2004]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Robert Blair Mayne]], British soldier, co-founder [[Special Air Service]] (d. [[1955]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Bernard Blier]], French actor (d. [[1989]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[John Robarts]], Canadian politician, [[Premier of Ontario]] (d. [[1982]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Juanita M. Kreps]], former [[United States|U.S.]] [[Secretary of Commerce]] | + | |
| - | * 1921 - [[Gory Guerrero]], professional wrestler (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Carroll Shelby]], American race car driver, automobile designer and businessman | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Roger Guillemin]], French [[neuroendocrinologist]], [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] | + | |
| - | * 1924 - [[Sam B. Hall]], American politician (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | * 1924 - [[Slim Harpo]], American musician (d. [[1970]]) | + | |
| - | * 1924 - [[Don Cherry (singer/golfer)|Don Cherry]], American singer and golfer | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Grant Tinker]], American television executive | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Lev Demin]], Soviet cosmonaut (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[David L. Wolper]], American television producer | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Rod Taylor (actor)|Rod Taylor]], Australian actor | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Alfonso Arau]], Mexican film director | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Jean Chrétien]], 20th [[Prime Minister of Canada]] | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Fischer Black]], American economist (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Arthur Scargill]], [[Socialist Labour Party (UK)]] leader | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Anne Heggtveit]], Canadian alpine skier | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Gérson]], Brazilian footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Clarence Clemons]], American musician ([[E Street Band]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Jim Hightower]], American radio host and author | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Shibu Soren]], Indian politician | + | |
| - | * 1944 - [[Mohammed Abed Elhai]], Sudanese writer and academic (d. [[1989]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - Samdech Preah Sanghareach [[Bour Kry]], [[Sangharaja|Supreme Patriarch]] of the [[Cambodia|Cambodian]] [[Dhammayutt Order]] | + | |
| - | * 1945 - [[Christine Kaufmann]], German-Austrian actress | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[John Piper (theologian)|John Piper]], American theologian | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Naomi Judd]], American singer | + | |
| - | * 1946 - [[Tony Kaye (musician)|Tony Kaye]], British keyboard player ([[Yes (band)|Yes]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Willie Maddren]], English former footballer (d. [[2000]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Ben Crenshaw]], American golfer | + | |
| - | * 1952 - [[Lee Ritenour]], American musician and composer | + | |
| - | *[[1953]] - [[John Sessions]], Scottish actor | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Robert Earl Keen]], American singer | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Bryan Robson]], English footballer and manager | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Vicki Peterson]], American musician ([[The Bangles]]) | + | |
| - | * 1958 - [[Diego León Montoya Sánchez]], former Columbian crime boss | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Rob Ramage]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| *[[1961]] - [[Jasper Fforde]], British author | *[[1961]] - [[Jasper Fforde]], British author | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Susan Lindauer]], American peace activist and accused spy | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Dean Reynolds]], English snooker player | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Marc Acito]], American novelist and humorist | ||
| - | * 1966 - [[Kelley Law]], Canadian curler | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Tom Dumont]], American musician | ||
| - | * 1968 - [[Anders Borg]], Swedish politician | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Manny Acta]], Dominican baseball player | ||
| - | * 1969 - [[Kyle Richards]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Chris Jent]], American basketball player and coach | ||
| *[[1971]] - [[Mary J. Blige]], American singer | *[[1971]] - [[Mary J. Blige]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Marc Blucas]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Amanda Peet]], American actress | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Luís Delgado]], Angolan footballer | ||
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Rahul Dravid]], Indian cricketer | ||
| - | * 1973 - [[Joanna Brodzik]], Polish actress | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Jens Nowotny]], German footballer | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[Cody McKay]], Canadian baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Rory Fitzpatrick]], American ice hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Efthimios Rentzias]], Greek basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Shomari Buchanan]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1977 - [[Nadia Turner]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Emile Heskey]], English footballer | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Michael Duff (footballer)|Michael Duff]], Northern Irish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Siti Nurhaliza]], Malaysian singer | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Mike Williams (football player)|Mike Williams]], American football player | ||
| - | * 1980 - [[Deanna Wright]], American actress | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Jamelia]], English singer | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Tom Meighan]], British singer ([[Kasabian]]) | ||
| - | * 1981 - [[Chris Edwards (musician)|Chris Edwards]], British musician (Kasabian) | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Son Ye-jin]], South Korean actress | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Ashley Taylor Dawson]], British actor and singer | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Adrian Sutil]], German racing driver | ||
| - | * 1983 - [[Matthew Palleschi]], Canadian soccer player | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Rie fu]], Japanese singer | ||
| - | * 1985 - [[Kazuki Nakajima]], Japanese racing driver | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Scotty Cranmer]], American professional BMX rider | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[314]] - [[Pope Miltiades|St. Miltiades]] | + | *[[1771]] - [[Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens]], French writer (''Thérèse Philosophe'') (b. [[1704]]) |
| - | * [[705]] - [[Pope John VI]] | + | *[[1879]] - [[Antoine-Augustin Préault]], French sculptor (The Killing) (b. [[1809]]) |
| - | * [[802]] - [[Saint Paulinus II|St. Paulinus II of Aquileia]] | + | *[[1891]] - [[Baron Haussmann]], French urbanist (b. [[1809]]) |
| - | * [[812]] - [[Stauracius]], [[Byzantine Emperor]] | + | |
| - | * [[844]] - [[Michael I Rhangabes]], Byzantine Emperor | + | |
| - | *[[1055]] - [[Constantine IX]] Monomachos, Byzantine Emperor (b. [[1000]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1083]] - [[Otto of Nordheim]], Duke of Bavaria | + | |
| - | *[[1494]] - [[Domenico Ghirlandaio]], Italian artist (b. [[1449]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1495]] - [[Pedro González de Mendoza]], Spanish cardinal and statesman (b. [[1428]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1547]] - [[Pietro Bembo]], Italian author, literary theorist, and Catholic cardinal (b. [[1470]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1641]] - [[Juan Martínez de Jáuregui y Aguilar]], Spanish poet (b. [[1583]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1696]] - [[Charles Albanel]], French missionary explorer in Canada (b. [[1616]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1703]] - [[Johann Georg Graevius]], German classical scholar and critic (b. [[1632]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1713]] - [[Pierre Jurieu]], French Protestant leader (b. [[1637]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1762]] - [[Louis-François Roubiliac]], French sculptor (b. [[1695]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1763]] - [[Caspar Abel]], German theologian, historian, and poet (b. [[1676]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1771]] - [[Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens]], French writer (b. [[1704]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1791]] - [[William Williams Pantycelyn]], Welsh hymnist (b. [[1717]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1801]] - [[Domenico Cimarosa]], Italian composer (b. [[1749]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1836]] - [[John Molson]], Canadian brewer (b. [[1763]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1843]] - [[Francis Scott Key]], American lawyer and writer of the American national anthem (b. [[1779]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1882]] - [[Theodor Schwann]], German physiologist (b. [[1810]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1901]] - [[Vasily Kalinnikov]], Russian composer (b. [[1866]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Johnny Briggs (cricketer)|Johnny Briggs]], English cricketer (b. [[1862]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Yehudah Aryeh Leib Alter]], Hasidic rabbi (b. [[1847]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Carl Jacobsen]], Danish brewer and patron of the arts after whom the Carlsberg brewery was named (b. [[1842]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - King [[Constantine I of Greece]] (b. [[1868]]) | + | |
| *[[1928]] - [[Thomas Hardy]], English writer (b. [[1840]]) | *[[1928]] - [[Thomas Hardy]], English writer (b. [[1840]]) | ||
| - | *[[1931]] - [[James Milton Carroll]], American Baptist pastor, leader, historian, and author (b. [[1852]]) | ||
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Emanuel Lasker]], German chess player (b. [[1868]]) | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Jean de Lattre de Tassigny]], French general, posthumous [[Marshal of France]] (b. [[1889]]) | ||
| - | * 1952 - [[Aureliano Pertile]], Italian tenor (b. [[1885]]) | ||
| - | *[[1954]] - [[Oscar Straus (composer)|Oscar Straus]], Austrian composer (b. [[1870]]) | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Edna Purviance]], American actress (b. [[1895]]) | ||
| *[[1966]] - [[Alberto Giacometti]], Swiss sculptor (b. [[1901]]) | *[[1966]] - [[Alberto Giacometti]], Swiss sculptor (b. [[1901]]) | ||
| - | * 1966 - [[Hannes Kolehmainen]], Finnish runner (b. [[1889]]) | + | *[[1979]] - [[Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler]], art dealer and promoter (b. [[1884]]) |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Isidor Isaac Rabi]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1898]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Richmal Crompton]], British author (b. [[1890]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Ibn-e-Insha]], Pakistani humorist and [[Urdu]] poet (b. [[1927]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Jack Soo]], American actor (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Barbara Pym]], English novelist (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - Laurie Knox, former tax accountant and current kindergarten teacher | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Beulah Bondi]], American actress (b. [[1888]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Shri Ghanshyam Das Birla]], Indian industrialist and educator (b. [[1894]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Gregory "Pappy" Boyington]], American WW II Marine aviator (b. [[1912]]) | + | |
| - | * 1988 - [[Florence Knapp]], American, one-time oldest person in the world (b. [[1873]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Carl David Anderson]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel | + | |
| - | laureate]] (b. [[1905]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Helmut Poppendick]], Nazi physician (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Klaus Tennstedt]], German conductor (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Fabrizio de André]], Italian singer (b. [[1940]]) | + | |
| - | * 1999 - [[Brian Moore (novelist)|Brian Moore]], Irish-born writer (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Ivan Combe]], American inventor (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| - | * 2000 - [[Bob Lemon]], American baseball player (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - Sir [[Denys Lasdun]], English architect (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| *[[2002]] - [[Henri Verneuil]], French playwright and film director (b. [[1920]]) | *[[2002]] - [[Henri Verneuil]], French playwright and film director (b. [[1920]]) | ||
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Mickey Finn (musician)|Mickey Finn]], English drummer ([[T. Rex (band)|T. Rex]]) (b. [[1947]]) | ||
| - | * 2003 - [[Maurice Pialat]], French actor and director (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | * 2003 - [[Richard Simmons (actor)|Richard Simmons]], American actor (b. [[1913]]) | ||
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Spencer Dryden]], American drummer ([[Jefferson Airplane]]) (b. [[1938]]) | ||
| - | * 2005 - [[James Griffin (musician)|James Griffin]], American musician ([[Bread (band)|Bread]]) (b. [[1943]]) | ||
| - | * 2005 - [[Miriam Hyde]], Australian composer (b. [[1913]]) | ||
| - | * 2005 - [[Fabrizio Meoni]], Italian motorcyclist (b. [[1957]]) | ||
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Markus Löffel]] (''Mark Spoon''), German [[DJ]] (b. [[1966]]) | ||
| - | * 2006 - [[Nixzmary Brown]], American [[child abuse]] victim (b. [[1998]]) | ||
| *[[2007]] - [[Robert Anton Wilson]], American author (b. [[1932]]) | *[[2007]] - [[Robert Anton Wilson]], American author (b. [[1932]]) | ||
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Solveig Dommartin]], French-German actress (b. [[1961]]) | ||
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Puchi Balseiro]], [[Puerto Rican]] singer & songwriter | ||
| - | == Notes == | ||
| - | |||
| - | Albert Hofmann | ||
| - | Baron Haussmann | ||
| - | Gordon Rattray Taylor | ||
| - | Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler | ||
| - | Alberto Giacometti | ||
| - | Monte Blue | ||
| - | Robert Anton Wilson | ||
| - | Henri Verneuil | ||
| - | Antoine-Augustin Préault | ||
| - | Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens | ||
| - | Thomas Hardy | ||
| - | Bernard Blier | ||
| - | Johann Nepomuk Geiger | ||
| - | Jasper Fforde | ||
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Art and culture
Births
- 1805 - Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Austrian artist (d. 1880)
- 1906 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist (d. 2008)
- 1911 - Gordon Rattray Taylor, British author (Sex in History) (d. 1981)
- 1916 - Bernard Blier, French actor (d. 1989)
- 1961 - Jasper Fforde, British author
- 1971 - Mary J. Blige, American singer
Deaths
- 1771 - Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, French writer (Thérèse Philosophe) (b. 1704)
- 1879 - Antoine-Augustin Préault, French sculptor (The Killing) (b. 1809)
- 1891 - Baron Haussmann, French urbanist (b. 1809)
- 1928 - Thomas Hardy, English writer (b. 1840)
- 1966 - Alberto Giacometti, Swiss sculptor (b. 1901)
- 1979 - Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, art dealer and promoter (b. 1884)
- 2002 - Henri Verneuil, French playwright and film director (b. 1920)
- 2007 - Robert Anton Wilson, American author (b. 1932)
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