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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | *[[1889]] - The [[Eiffel Tower]] is inaugurated. | + | *[[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. | *[[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. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | * [[250]] - [[Constantius Chlorus]], [[Roman Emperor]] (d. [[306]]) | ||
| - | *[[1360]] - [[Philippa of Lancaster]], queen of Portugal (d. [[1415]]) | ||
| - | *[[1425]] - [[Bianca Maria Visconti]], Duchess of Milan (d. [[1468]]) | ||
| - | *[[1499]] - [[Pope Pius IV]] (d. [[1565]]) | ||
| - | *[[1504]] - [[Guru Angad Dev]], second Sikh guru (d. [[1552]]) | ||
| - | *[[1519]] - King [[Henry II of France]] (d. [[1559]]) | ||
| - | *[[1536]] - [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru]], Japanese shogun (d. [[1565]]) | ||
| - | *[[1576]] - [[Louise Juliana of Nassau]], Regent of Bohemia (died [[1644]]) | ||
| *[[1596]] - [[René Descartes]], French mathematician (d. [[1650]]) | *[[1596]] - [[René Descartes]], French mathematician (d. [[1650]]) | ||
| - | *[[1621]] - [[Andrew Marvell]], English poet (d. [[1678]]) | + | *[[1872]] - [[Serge Diaghilev]], Russian ballet impresario ([[Ballets Russes]]) (d. [[1929]]) |
| - | *[[1651]] - [[Karl II, Elector Palatine]] (d. [[1685]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1675]] - [[Pope Benedict XIV]] (d. [[1758]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1718]] - [[Marianne Victoria of Borbón]], queen regent of Portugal (d. [[1781]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1723]] - King [[Frederick V of Denmark]] (d. [[1766]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1730]] - [[Étienne Bézout]], French mathematician (d. [[1783]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1732]] - [[Joseph Haydn]], Austrian composer (d. [[1809]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1777]] - [[Charles Cagniard de la Tour]], French physicist (d. [[1859]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1778]] - [[Coenraad Jacob Temminck]], Dutch zoologist (d. [[1858]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1794]] - [[Thomas McKean Thompson McKennan]], American politician (d. [[1852]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1809]] - [[Edward FitzGerald]], English poet (d. [[1883]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1811]] - [[Robert Wilhelm Bunsen]], German chemist and inventor (d. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1819]] - [[Prince Chlodwig zu Hohenlohe-Schillingsfürst]], [[Chancellor of Germany]] (d. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1847]] - [[Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev]], Russian mathematician (d. [[1878]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1855]] - [[Alfred E. Hunt]], founder of [[Alcoa]] (d. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1871]] - [[Arthur Griffith]], [[President of Ireland]] (d. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1872]] - [[Alexandra Kollontai]], Russian ambassador to Norway (d.[[1952]]) | + | |
| - | * 1872 - [[Serge Diaghilev]], Russian ballet impresario ([[Ballets Russes]]) (d. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1876]] - [[Borisav Stanković|Borisav "Bora" Stanković]], [[Serbia]]n writer (d. [[1927]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1878]] - [[Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]], American boxer (d. [[1946]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Adriaan van Maanen]], Dutch-American astronomer (d. [[1946]]) | + | |
| *[[1885]] - [[Pascin]], Bulgarian painter (d. [[1930]]) | *[[1885]] - [[Pascin]], Bulgarian painter (d. [[1930]]) | ||
| - | *[[1890]] - [[William Lawrence Bragg]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1971]]) | ||
| - | *[[1891]] - [[Victor Varconi]], Hungarian film actor (d. [[1976]]) | ||
| - | *[[1893]] - [[Clemens Krauss]], Austrian conductor (d. [[1954]]) | ||
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Sin-Itiro Tomonaga]], Japanese physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] (d. [[1979]]) | ||
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Eddie Quillan]], American actor (d. [[1990]]) | ||
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Red Norvo]], American jazz vibraphonist (d. [[1999]]) | ||
| - | *[[1911]] - [[Elisabeth Grümmer]], Alsatian soprano (d. [[1986]]) | ||
| *[[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]]) | ||
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Albert Hourani]], English historian (d. [[1993]]) | + | *[[1922]] - [[Patrick Magee (actor)]], Northern Irish actor (''A Clockwork Orange'') (d. [[1982]]) |
| - | * 1915 - [[Shoichi Yokoi]], Japanese military man (d. [[1997]]) | + | *[[1926]] - [[John Fowles]], English author (d. 2005) |
| - | *[[1916]] - [[Lucille Bliss]], American voice actress | + | *[[1932]] - [[Nagisa Oshima]], Japanese film director (d. 2013) |
| - | * 1916 - [[John H. Wood, Jr.]], American federal judge (d. [[1979]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Frank Akins]], American football player (d. [[1993]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Richard Kiley]], American actor and singer (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Leo Buscaglia]], American author (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1924 - [[Charles Guggenheim]], American film director/producer (d. [[2002]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Jean Coutu (actor)|Jean Coutu]], French Canadian actor (d. [[1999]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1926]] - [[John Fowles]], English author (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[César Chávez]], American labor activist (d. [[1993]]) | + | |
| - | * 1927 - [[William Daniels]], American actor | + | |
| - | *[[1928]] - [[Lefty Frizzell]], American singer and songwriter (d. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | * 1928 - [[Gordie Howe]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Liz Claiborne (fashion designer)|Liz Claiborne]], Belgian-born American fashion designer (d. [[2007]]) | + | |
| - | * 1929 - [[Bertram Fields]], American lawyer | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Miller Barber]], American golfer | + | |
| - | *[[1932]] - [[Nagisa Oshima]], Japanese film director | + | |
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Nichita Stănescu]], Romanian poet (d. [[1983]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Richard Chamberlain (actor)|Richard Chamberlain]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1934 - [[Shirley Jones]], American singer and actress | + | |
| - | * 1934 - [[Carlo Rubbia]], Italian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] | + | |
| - | * 1934 - [[John D. Loudermilk]], American singer and songwriter | + | |
| *[[1935]] - [[Herb Alpert]], American trumpeter and band leader | *[[1935]] - [[Herb Alpert]], American trumpeter and band leader | ||
| - | * 1935 - [[Judith Rossner]], American author | + | *[[1936]] - [[Marge Piercy]], American writer |
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Bob Pulford]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | *[[1939]] - [[Volker Schlöndorff]], German film director |
| - | * 1936 - [[Marge Piercy]], American writer | + | |
| - | * 1936 - [[Dokumamushi Sandayu]], Japanese actor | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Sheila Dikshit]], Chief Minister of Delhi | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[David Steel]], Scottish politician | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Michiko Nomura]], Japanese voice actor | + | |
| - | * 1938 - [[Bill Hicke]], Canadian ice hockey player (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Zviad Gamsakhurdia]], first [[President of Georgia]] (d. [[1993]]) | + | |
| - | * 1939 - [[Volker Schlöndorff]], German film director | + | |
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Barney Frank]], U.S. Representative from Massachusetts | + | |
| - | * 1940 - [[Patrick Leahy]], U.S. Senator from Vermont | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Michael Savage (commentator)|Michael Savage]], American talk radio host and commentator | + | |
| - | * 1942 - [[Ulla Hoffmann]], Swedish politician | + | |
| *[[1943]] - [[Christopher Walken]], American actor | *[[1943]] - [[Christopher Walken]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Pascal Danel]], French singer and songwriter | + | *[[1971]] - [[Filip Dujardin]], Belgian photographer |
| - | * 1944 - [[Mick Ralphs]], English guitarist ([[Mott the Hoople]], [[Bad Company]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Valerie Curtin]], American actress, writer, and producer | + | |
| - | * 1945 - [[Gabe Kaplan]], American actor and comedian | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Gonzalo Márquez]], Venezuelan baseball player (d. [[1984]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Cesar Gaviria Trujillo]], [[President of Colombia]] | + | |
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Al Gore]], [[Vice President of the United States]] and recipient of the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] | + | |
| - | * 1948 - [[Rhea Perlman]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Ed Marinaro]], American football player and actor | + | |
| - | * 1950 - [[András Adorján]], Hungarian chess player | + | |
| - | *[[1955]] - [[Angus Young]], Scottish-born Australian guitarist ([[AC/DC]]) | + | |
| - | * 1955 - [[Robert Vance]], New Zealand cricketer | + | |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Marc McClure]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1957 - [[Alan Duncan]], British politician | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Ali McMordie]], Irish bassist ([[Stiff Little Fingers]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Paul Mercurio]], Australian actor/dancer | + | |
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Paul Wong|Paul Wong Koon-Chung]], Hong Kong musician ([[Beyond (band)|Beyond]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Tom Barrasso]], American ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1965 - [[Steven T. Seagle]], American comic-book writer | + | |
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Roger Black]], English athlete | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Naoya Ogawa]], Japanese professional wrestler | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Samantha Brown]], American television host | + | |
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Steve Smith (basketball)|Steve Smith]], American basketball player | + | |
| - | * 1969 - [[Nyamko Sabuni]], Swedish politician | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Pavel Bure]], Russian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | * 1971 - [[Ewan McGregor]], Scottish actor | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Hristos Polihroniou]], Greek hammer thrower | + | |
| - | * 1972 - [[Alejandro Amenábar]], Spanish film director | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Bold Forbes]], Puerto Rican/American thoroughbred racehorse (d. [[2000]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Stefan Olsdal]], Swedish bassist ([[Placebo (band)|Placebo]]) | + | |
| - | * 1974 - [[Benjamin Eicher]], Swiss film director | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Josh Saviano]], American actor | + | |
| - | * 1976 - [[Ashton Moore]], American porn actress | + | |
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Toshiya (musician)|Toshiya]], Japanese musician ([[Dir en grey]]) | + | |
| - | * 1977 - [[Garth Tander]], Australian racing driver | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Stephen Clemence]], English footballer | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Jérôme Rothen]], French footballer | + | |
| - | * 1978 - [[Tony Yayo]], American rapper | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Josh Kinney]], American baseball player | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Chien-Ming Wang]], Taiwanese baseball player | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Maaya Sakamoto]], Japanese voice actor | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Michael Ryder]], Canadian ice hockey player | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Maarten van der Weijden]], Dutch swimmer | + | |
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Lennon Murphy]], American rock singer/songwriter | + | |
| - | * 1982 - [[Philippe Mexès]], French footballer | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Paddy McCarthy]], Irish footballer | + | |
| - | * 1983 - [[Vlasios Maras]], Greek gymnast | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[James Jones (football player)|James Jones]], American football player | + | |
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Georg Listing]], Bassist of [[Tokio Hotel]] | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Hogan Ephraim]], English Footballer | + | |
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | *[[1074]] - Regency [[Yorimichi Fujiwara]] of Japan (b. [[992]]) | ||
| - | *[[1204]] - [[Eleanor of Aquitaine]], Queen of France and England (b. [[1121]]) | ||
| - | *[[1340]] - [[Ivan I of Russia]], Prince of Moscow (b. [[1288]]) | ||
| - | *[[1547]] - [[Francis I of France]] (b. [[1494]]) | ||
| - | *[[1567]] - [[Philipp I of Hesse]] (b. [[1504]]) | ||
| - | *[[1621]] - [[Philip III of Spain]] (b. [[1578]]) | ||
| - | *[[1631]] - [[John Donne]], English writer and prelate (b. [[1572]]) | ||
| - | *[[1671]] - [[Anne Hyde]], wife of [[James II of England]] (b. [[1637]]) | ||
| - | *[[1703]] - [[Johann Christoph Bach]], German composer (b. [[1642]]) | ||
| - | *[[1723]] - [[Edward Hyde, 3rd Earl of Clarendon]], British-born American statesman (b. [[1661]]) | ||
| *[[1727]] - [[Sir Isaac Newton]], English mathematician and physicist (b. [[1643]]) | *[[1727]] - [[Sir Isaac Newton]], English mathematician and physicist (b. [[1643]]) | ||
| - | *[[1741]] - [[Pieter Burmann the Elder]], Dutch classical scholar (b. [[1668]]) | ||
| - | *[[1783]] - [[Nikita Ivanovich Panin]], Russian statesman (b. [[1718]]) | ||
| *[[1837]] - [[John Constable]], English painter (b. [[1776]]) | *[[1837]] - [[John Constable]], English painter (b. [[1776]]) | ||
| - | *[[1850]] - [[John C. Calhoun]], 7th [[Vice President of the United States]] (b. [[1782]]) | ||
| *[[1855]] - [[Charlotte Brontë]], English author (b. [[1816]]) | *[[1855]] - [[Charlotte Brontë]], English author (b. [[1816]]) | ||
| - | *[[1877]] - [[Antoine Augustin Cournot]], French mathematician (b. [[1801]]) | + | *[[1945]] - [[Anne Frank]], German-born diarist (b. [[1929]]) |
| - | *[[1880]] - [[Henryk Wieniawski]], Polish composer (b. [[1835]]) | + | *[[1983]] - [[Christina Stead]], Australian novelist and short-story writer (b. [[1902]]) |
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Franz Wilhelm Abt]], German composer (b. [[1819]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1913]] - [[J. P. Morgan|John Pierpont Morgan]], American financier (b. [[1837]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Emil Adolf von Behring]], German physician, [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1854]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Wyndham Halswelle]], Scottish athlete (b. [[1882]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Borisav Stanković|Borisav "Bora" Stanković]], [[Serbia]]n writer (b. [[1875]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Knute Rockne]], American football coach (b. [[1888]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Hans Fischer]], German chemist, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1881]]) | + | |
| - | * 1945 - [[Anne Frank]], German-born diarist (b. [[1929]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Wallace H. White, Jr.]], American politician (b. [[1877]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Ralph DePalma]], Italian-American race car driver (b. [[1884]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Grover Lowdermilk]], American baseball player (b. [[1885]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Meena Kumari]], Indian actress (b. [[1932]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Paul Strand]], American photographer (b. [[1890]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Charles Best]], Canadian medical scientist (b. [[1899]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Vladimír Holan]], Czech poet (b. [[1905]]) | + | |
| - | * 1980 - [[Jesse Owens]], American athlete (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Enid Bagnold]], British playwright (b. [[1889]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Ronald Clark O'Bryan]], American murderer (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[Jeanine Deckers]], Belgian nun (b. [[1933]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[O'Kelly Isley, Jr.]], American singer ([[The Isley Brothers]]) (b. [[1937]]) | + | |
| - | * 1986 - [[Jerry Paris]], American actor (b. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[William McMahon]], 20th [[Prime Minister of Australia]] (b. [[1908]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Brandon Lee]], American actor (b. [[1965]]) | + | |
| - | * 1993 - [[Mitchell Parish]], American lyricist (b. [[1900]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Selena]], American singer (b. [[1971]]) | + | |
| *[[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]]) | ||
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Bella Abzug]], American politician (b. [[1920]]) | + | *[[2005]] - [[Terri Schiavo]], American figure in [[right to die]] case (b. [[1963]]) |
| - | * 1998 - [[Tim Flock]], American race car driver (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Yuri Knorozov]], Russian linguist (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Clifford Shull]], American physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel laureate]] (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Barry Took]], British comedian (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[H.S.M. Coxeter]], English-born geometer (b. [[1907]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Tommy Seebach]], Danish singer (b. [[1949]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Anne Gwynne]], American film actress (b. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Stanley J. Korsmeyer]], American oncologist (b. [[1951]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Frank Perdue]], American poultry farmer (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Terri Schiavo]], American figure in [[right to die]] case (b. [[1963]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Jackie McLean]], American jazz saxophonist (b. [[1931]] or [[1932]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Angela Devi]], American adult model (b. [[1975]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Paul Watzlawick]], Communications & Constructivism Theorist (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | ==Notes== | ||
| - | Production Code | ||
| - | René Descartes | ||
| - | Nagisa Oshima | ||
| - | John Fowles | ||
| - | Angela and Luciana Giussani | ||
| - | Jeffrey Lee Pierce | ||
| - | 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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