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| + | *[[1889]] - The [[Eiffel Tower]] is inaugurated in Paris. | ||
| + | *[[1930]] - The [[Hays Code|Motion Pictures Production Code]] is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of [[sex]], [[crime]], [[religion]] and [[violence]] in [[film|motion pictures]] for the next thirty eight years. | ||
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| ==Births== | ==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 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) | ||
| + | *[[1932]] - [[Nagisa Oshima]], Japanese film director (d. 2013) | ||
| + | *[[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== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | ==Notes== | + | *[[1727]] - [[Sir Isaac Newton]], English mathematician and physicist (b. [[1643]]) |
| - | Production Code | + | *[[1837]] - [[John Constable]], English painter (b. [[1776]]) |
| - | René Descartes | + | *[[1855]] - [[Charlotte Brontë]], English author (b. [[1816]]) |
| - | Nagisa Oshima | + | *[[1945]] - [[Anne Frank]], German-born diarist (b. [[1929]]) |
| - | John Fowles | + | *[[1983]] - [[Christina Stead]], Australian novelist and short-story writer (b. [[1902]]) |
| - | Angela and Luciana Giussani | + | *[[1996]] - [[Jeffrey Lee Pierce]], American singer, songwriter and guitarist ([[The Gun Club]]) (b. [[1958]]) |
| - | Jeffrey Lee Pierce | + | *[[2005]] - [[Terri Schiavo]], American figure in [[right to die]] case (b. [[1963]]) |
| - | Volker Schlöndorff | + | |
| - | Eliel Saarinen | + | |
| - | Marge Piercy | + | |
| - | Sergei Diaghilev | + | |
| - | Octavio Paz | + | |
| - | Paul Strand | + | |
| - | Christopher Walken | + | |
| - | Jules Pascin | + | |
| - | Terri Schiavo | + | |
| - | The Matrix | + | |
| - | Georges Lévis | + | |
| - | Willem Kloos | + | |
| - | Sir Isaac Newton | + | |
| - | Herb Alpert | + | |
| - | Filip Dujardin | + | |
| - | Eiffel Tower | + | |
| - | John Constable | + | |
| - | Patrick Magee (actor) | + | |
| - | Christina Stead | + | |
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Art and culture
- 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 (d. 2013)
- 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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