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| + | "On [[July 21]] [[356 BC]], a young man called [[Herostratus]] set fire to the [[Temple of Artemis]] in [[Ephesus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Ancient World]]. His motif? [[Fame]]." | ||
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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *[[356 BC]] - A young man called [[Herostratus]] set fire to the [[Temple of Artemis]] in [[Ephesus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]]. | *[[356 BC]] - A young man called [[Herostratus]] set fire to the [[Temple of Artemis]] in [[Ephesus]], one of the [[Seven Wonders of the World]]. | ||
| *[[1865]] - In the market square of [[Springfield, Missouri]], [[Wild Bill Hickok]] shoots Dave Tutt dead in what is regarded as the first true western showdown. | *[[1865]] - In the market square of [[Springfield, Missouri]], [[Wild Bill Hickok]] shoots Dave Tutt dead in what is regarded as the first true western showdown. | ||
| *[[1925]] - [[Scopes Trial]]: In [[Dayton, Tennessee]], high school biology teacher [[John T. Scopes]] is found guilty of teaching [[evolution]] in class and fined $100. | *[[1925]] - [[Scopes Trial]]: In [[Dayton, Tennessee]], high school biology teacher [[John T. Scopes]] is found guilty of teaching [[evolution]] in class and fined $100. | ||
| - | + | *[[1959]] - [[American censorship]]: A federal district court at New York lifts a U.S. Post Office ban on distributing the 1928 D. H. Lawrence novel ''[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]'' | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[American censorship]]: A federal district court at New York July 21 1959 lifts a U.S. Post Office ban on distributing the 1928 D. H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley's Lover despite protests that the book uses such words as fuck and cunt and is explicit in its descriptions of the sex act. Grove Press has distributed an unexpurgated version of the book; Postmaster General Arthur E. Summerfield has banned it from the mails; and Judge Frederick van Pelt Bryan, 55, rules in Grove's favor. His 30-page decision in [[Roth v. the United States]] says not only that the book is not obscene but also that the postmaster general is neither qualified nor authorized to judge the obscenity of material to be sent through the mails; he is empowered only to halt delivery of matter already judged obscene.*[[1973]] - In the [[Lillehammer affair]] in [[Norway]], [[Israel]]i [[Mossad]] agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in [[1972]]'s [[Munich Massacre|Munich Olympics Massacre]]. | + | *[[1969]] - [[First Pan-African Cultural Festival]] |
| + | *[[1973]] - In the [[Lillehammer affair]] in [[Norway]], [[Israel]]i [[Mossad]] agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in [[1972]]'s [[Munich Massacre|Munich Olympics Massacre]]. | ||
| == Births == | == Births == | ||
| + | *[[1615]] - [[Salvator Rosa]] (<small>according to some sources</small>), Italian painter, important to the development of the Gothic novel (d. [[1673]]) | ||
| *[[1858]] - [[Lovis Corinth]], German painter (d. [[1925]]) | *[[1858]] - [[Lovis Corinth]], German painter (d. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | *[[1899]] - [[Ernest Hemingway]], American writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1961]]) | + | *[[1885]] - [[Jacques Feyder]], Belgian filmmaker (d. [[1948]]) |
| + | *[[1892]] - [[Léon Cladel]], French novelist, (d. [[1835]]) | ||
| + | *[[1920]] - [[Constant Nieuwenhuys]], Dutch artist (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| + | *[[1899]] - [[Ernest Hemingway]], American writer (d. [[1961]]) | ||
| + | *[[1911]] - [[Marshall McLuhan]], Canadian author (d. [[1980]]) | ||
| == Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
| - | + | *[[1899]] – [[Robert G. Ingersoll]], American religious skeptic (b. 1833) | |
| - | == Notes == | + | *[[1939]] - [[Ambroise Vollard]] French art dealer (b. [[1866]]) |
| - | # [[Jacques Feyder]] | + | *[[1943]] - [[Louis Vauxcelles]], French art critic (b. 1870) |
| - | # [[Constant Nieuwenhuys]] | + | |
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| - | # [[Ambroise Vollard]] | + | |
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Art and culture
- 356 BC - A young man called Herostratus set fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
- 1865 - In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots Dave Tutt dead in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
- 1925 - Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching evolution in class and fined $100.
- 1959 - American censorship: A federal district court at New York lifts a U.S. Post Office ban on distributing the 1928 D. H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley's Lover
- 1969 - First Pan-African Cultural Festival
- 1973 - In the Lillehammer affair in Norway, Israeli Mossad agents kill a waiter whom they mistakenly thought was involved in 1972's Munich Olympics Massacre.
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Births
- 1615 - Salvator Rosa (according to some sources), Italian painter, important to the development of the Gothic novel (d. 1673)
- 1858 - Lovis Corinth, German painter (d. 1925)
- 1885 - Jacques Feyder, Belgian filmmaker (d. 1948)
- 1892 - Léon Cladel, French novelist, (d. 1835)
- 1920 - Constant Nieuwenhuys, Dutch artist (d. 2005)
- 1899 - Ernest Hemingway, American writer (d. 1961)
- 1911 - Marshall McLuhan, Canadian author (d. 1980)
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Deaths
- 1899 – Robert G. Ingersoll, American religious skeptic (b. 1833)
- 1939 - Ambroise Vollard French art dealer (b. 1866)
- 1943 - Louis Vauxcelles, French art critic (b. 1870)
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