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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | + | *[[1871]] - The musical play ''[[A Sensation Novel]]'' opens in London. | |
| + | *[[1977]] - [[Centre Pompidou]] opens in Paris. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1797]] - [[Franz Schubert]], Austrian composer (d. [[1828]]) | *[[1797]] - [[Franz Schubert]], Austrian composer (d. [[1828]]) | ||
| + | *[[1799]] - [[Rodolphe Töpffer]], Swiss author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist (d. [[1846]]) | ||
| + | *[[1857]] – [[James Huneker]], American critic. | ||
| + | *[[1870]] - [[Eduard Fuchs]], Marxist cultural critic (d. [[1940]]) | ||
| *[[1872]] - [[Zane Grey]], American Western writer (d. [[1939]]) | *[[1872]] - [[Zane Grey]], American Western writer (d. [[1939]]) | ||
| *[[1902]] - [[Tallulah Bankhead]], American actress (d. [[1968]] | *[[1902]] - [[Tallulah Bankhead]], American actress (d. [[1968]] | ||
| *[[1915]] - [[Alan Lomax]], American musicologist (d. [[2002]]) | *[[1915]] - [[Alan Lomax]], American musicologist (d. [[2002]]) | ||
| *[[1923]] - [[Norman Mailer]], American writer and journalist (d. [[2007]]) | *[[1923]] - [[Norman Mailer]], American writer and journalist (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| + | *[[1925]] - [[Isidore Isou]], Romanian-born French poet, film critic and visual artist (''Treatise on Slime and Eternity'') (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| + | *[[1929]] - [[Andy Milligan]], American playwright, screenwriter, and film director (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| *[[1935]] - [[Kenzaburo Oe]], Japanese writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] | *[[1935]] - [[Kenzaburo Oe]], Japanese writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] | ||
| *[[1937]] - [[Philip Glass]], American composer | *[[1937]] - [[Philip Glass]], American composer | ||
| *[[1942]] - [[Derek Jarman]], British director and writer (d. [[1994]]) | *[[1942]] - [[Derek Jarman]], British director and writer (d. [[1994]]) | ||
| *[[1949]] - [[Ken Wilber]], American philosopher | *[[1949]] - [[Ken Wilber]], American philosopher | ||
| + | *[[1949]] - [[Serge Bramly]], Tunisian-French writer and essayist | ||
| *[[1956]] - [[John Lydon]] aka Johnny Rotten, English singer ([[Sex Pistols]], [[Public Image Ltd.]]) | *[[1956]] - [[John Lydon]] aka Johnny Rotten, English singer ([[Sex Pistols]], [[Public Image Ltd.]]) | ||
| *[[1960]] - [[Grant Morrison]], British comic book author | *[[1960]] - [[Grant Morrison]], British comic book author | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | + | * [[1606]] - [[Guy Fawkes]] (b. [[1570]]) | |
| - | *[[1606]] - [[Guy Fawkes]] (b. [[1570]]) | + | * [[1623]] – [[Johann Theodor de Bry]] was an engraver and publisher (b. 1561). |
| * [[1956]] - [[A. A. Milne]], English author (b. [[1882]]) | * [[1956]] - [[A. A. Milne]], English author (b. [[1882]]) | ||
| + | * [[1967]] - [[Oskar Fischinger]], German animator, filmmaker, and painter. (b. [[1900]]) | ||
| * [[1969]] - [[Meher Baba]], Indian guru (b. [[1894]]) | * [[1969]] - [[Meher Baba]], Indian guru (b. [[1894]]) | ||
| - | + | * [[2001]] - [[Renaat Braem]], Flemish-Belgian architect. (b. [[1910]]) | |
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| - | *[[1925]] - [[Isidore Isou]] Isidore Isou (January 31, 1925 – July 28, 2007), born Ioan-Isidor Goldstein, was a Romanian-born French poet, film critic and visual artist known as the father of Lettrism and director of films such as Treatise on Slime and Eternity. | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Centre Georges Pompidou]] opened on January 31, 1977. (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
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| - | *[[1871]] - [[A Sensation Novel]] a comic musical play in three acts first performed on January 31, 1871 in London. | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Andy Milligan]] (January 31, 1929 – June 3, 1991) was an American playwright, screenwriter, and film director (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1799]] - [[Rodolphe Töpffer]] (January 31, 1799 - June 8, 1846) was a Swiss teacher, author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist. He is also considered to be the first modern comic creator. (d. [[1846]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Serge Bramly]] (January 31 1949 Tunis Tunisia) is a French language writer and essayist. He was married to Bettina Rheims, with whom he has collaborated frequently. | + | |
| - | *[[1870]] - [[Eduard Fuchs]] Eduard Fuchs (born January 31 1870 in Göppingen; died January 26 1940 in Paris) was a Marxist scholar of culture and history, writer and art collector. (d. [[1940]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Oskar Fischinger]] (22 June 1900, Gelnhausen, Germany — 31 January 1967, Los Angeles) was an abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter. (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1871 - The musical play A Sensation Novel opens in London.
- 1977 - Centre Pompidou opens in Paris.
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Births
- 1797 - Franz Schubert, Austrian composer (d. 1828)
- 1799 - Rodolphe Töpffer, Swiss author, painter, cartoonist, and caricature artist (d. 1846)
- 1857 – James Huneker, American critic.
- 1870 - Eduard Fuchs, Marxist cultural critic (d. 1940)
- 1872 - Zane Grey, American Western writer (d. 1939)
- 1902 - Tallulah Bankhead, American actress (d. 1968
- 1915 - Alan Lomax, American musicologist (d. 2002)
- 1923 - Norman Mailer, American writer and journalist (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Isidore Isou, Romanian-born French poet, film critic and visual artist (Treatise on Slime and Eternity) (d. 2007)
- 1929 - Andy Milligan, American playwright, screenwriter, and film director (d. 1991)
- 1935 - Kenzaburo Oe, Japanese writer, Nobel laureate
- 1937 - Philip Glass, American composer
- 1942 - Derek Jarman, British director and writer (d. 1994)
- 1949 - Ken Wilber, American philosopher
- 1949 - Serge Bramly, Tunisian-French writer and essayist
- 1956 - John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten, English singer (Sex Pistols, Public Image Ltd.)
- 1960 - Grant Morrison, British comic book author
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Deaths
- 1606 - Guy Fawkes (b. 1570)
- 1623 – Johann Theodor de Bry was an engraver and publisher (b. 1561).
- 1956 - A. A. Milne, English author (b. 1882)
- 1967 - Oskar Fischinger, German animator, filmmaker, and painter. (b. 1900)
- 1969 - Meher Baba, Indian guru (b. 1894)
- 2001 - Renaat Braem, Flemish-Belgian architect. (b. 1910)
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