January 11
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Births
- 1805 - Johann Nepomuk Geiger, Austrian artist (d. 1880)
- 1906 - Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist
- 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 (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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