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*[[1885]] - [[Pascin]], Bulgarian painter (d. [[1930]]) | *[[1885]] - [[Pascin]], Bulgarian painter (d. [[1930]]) | ||
*[[1914]] - [[Octavio Paz]], Mexican diplomat and writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1998]]) | *[[1914]] - [[Octavio Paz]], Mexican diplomat and writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1998]]) | ||
+ | *[[1922]] - [[Patrick Magee (actor)]], Northern Irish actor (''A Clockwork Orange'') (d. [[1982]]) | ||
*[[1926]] - [[John Fowles]], English author (d. [[2005]]) | *[[1926]] - [[John Fowles]], English author (d. [[2005]]) | ||
*[[1932]] - [[Nagisa Oshima]], Japanese film director | *[[1932]] - [[Nagisa Oshima]], Japanese film director | ||
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*[[1939]] - [[Volker Schlöndorff]], German film director | *[[1939]] - [[Volker Schlöndorff]], German film director | ||
*[[1943]] - [[Christopher Walken]], American actor | *[[1943]] - [[Christopher Walken]], American actor | ||
- | + | *[[1971]] - [[Filip Dujardin]], Belgian photographer | |
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
*[[1727]] - [[Sir Isaac Newton]], English mathematician and physicist (b. [[1643]]) | *[[1727]] - [[Sir Isaac Newton]], English mathematician and physicist (b. [[1643]]) | ||
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*[[1855]] - [[Charlotte Brontë]], English author (b. [[1816]]) | *[[1855]] - [[Charlotte Brontë]], English author (b. [[1816]]) | ||
*[[1945]] - [[Anne Frank]], German-born diarist (b. [[1929]]) | *[[1945]] - [[Anne Frank]], German-born diarist (b. [[1929]]) | ||
+ | *[[1983]] - [[Christina Stead]], Australian novelist and short-story writer (b. [[1902]]) | ||
*[[1996]] - [[Jeffrey Lee Pierce]], American singer, songwriter and guitarist ([[The Gun Club]]) (b. [[1958]]) | *[[1996]] - [[Jeffrey Lee Pierce]], American singer, songwriter and guitarist ([[The Gun Club]]) (b. [[1958]]) | ||
*[[2005]] - [[Terri Schiavo]], American figure in [[right to die]] case (b. [[1963]]) | *[[2005]] - [[Terri Schiavo]], American figure in [[right to die]] case (b. [[1963]]) | ||
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- | *[[XXXX]] - [[Filip Dujardin]] (born July 14 1971) is a Belgian photographer. | + | |
- | *[[XXXX]] - [[Patrick Magee (actor)]] (31 March 1922 – 14 August 1982) was a Tony Award winning Northern Irish actor best known for his collaborations with Samuel Beckett and his role as the victimised writer Mr. Alexander in Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange. | + | |
- | *[[XXXX]] - [[Christina Stead]] (17 July 1902—31 March 1983) was an Australian novelist and short-story writer noted for her satirical wit and psychological penetration | + | |
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- 1889 - The Eiffel Tower is inaugurated in Paris.
- 1930 - The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in motion pictures for the next thirty eight years.
Births
- 1596 - René Descartes, French mathematician (d. 1650)
- 1872 - Serge Diaghilev, Russian ballet impresario (Ballets Russes) (d. 1929)
- 1885 - Pascin, Bulgarian painter (d. 1930)
- 1914 - Octavio Paz, Mexican diplomat and writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1998)
- 1922 - Patrick Magee (actor), Northern Irish actor (A Clockwork Orange) (d. 1982)
- 1926 - John Fowles, English author (d. 2005)
- 1932 - Nagisa Oshima, Japanese film director
- 1935 - Herb Alpert, American trumpeter and band leader
- 1936 - Marge Piercy, American writer
- 1939 - Volker Schlöndorff, German film director
- 1943 - Christopher Walken, American actor
- 1971 - Filip Dujardin, Belgian photographer
Deaths
- 1727 - Sir Isaac Newton, English mathematician and physicist (b. 1643)
- 1837 - John Constable, English painter (b. 1776)
- 1855 - Charlotte Brontë, English author (b. 1816)
- 1945 - Anne Frank, German-born diarist (b. 1929)
- 1983 - Christina Stead, Australian novelist and short-story writer (b. 1902)
- 1996 - Jeffrey Lee Pierce, American singer, songwriter and guitarist (The Gun Club) (b. 1958)
- 2005 - Terri Schiavo, American figure in right to die case (b. 1963)
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