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| *[[1615]] - [[Hans von Aachen]], German painter (b. [[1552]]) | *[[1615]] - [[Hans von Aachen]], German painter (b. [[1552]]) | ||
| *[[1805]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], French painter (b. [[1725]]) | *[[1805]] - [[Jean-Baptiste Greuze]], French painter (b. [[1725]]) | ||
| - | *[[1807]] - [[Abraham Baldwin]], American politician (b. [[1754]]) | ||
| - | *[[1821]] - [[Princess Elizabeth of Clarence]], daughter of King [[William IV of the United Kingdom|William IV]], granddaughter of King [[George III of the United Kingdom|George III]] (b. [[1820]]) | ||
| - | *[[1832]] - [[Jean-François Champollion]], French scholar (b. [[1790]]) | ||
| - | *[[1851]] - [[James Richardson (explorer of the Sahara)|James Richardson]], British explorer (b. [[1809]]) | ||
| *[[1852]] - [[Nikolai Gogol]], Russian writer (b. [[1809]]) | *[[1852]] - [[Nikolai Gogol]], Russian writer (b. [[1809]]) | ||
| - | *[[1853]] - [[Christian Leopold von Buch]], German geologist (b. [[1774]]) | ||
| - | *[[1858]] - [[Matthew Perry (naval officer)|Matthew Perry]], U.S. naval officer (b. [[1794]]) | ||
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Thomas Starr King]], influential Californian Unitarian minister during the American Civil War (b. [[1824]]) | ||
| - | *[[1866]] - [[Alexander Campbell (Restoration movement)|Alexander Campbell]], Irish founder of the [[Disciples of Christ]] (b. [[1788]]) | ||
| - | *[[1868]] - [[Jesse Chisholm]], American pioneer of the [[Chisholm Trail]] (b. [[1805]]) | ||
| - | *[[1872]] - [[Johannes Carsten Hauch]], Danish poet (b. [[1790]]) | ||
| - | *[[1883]] - [[Alexander Hamilton Stephens]], former Vice President of the Confederate States of America (b. [[1812]]) | ||
| - | *[[1888]] - [[Amos Bronson Alcott]], American philosopher (b. [[1799]]) | ||
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Joseph Henry Shorthouse]], English novelist (b. [[1834]]) | ||
| - | *[[1906]] - [[John McAllister Schofield]], former U.S. Secretary of War and Commanding General of the U.S. Army (b. [[1831]]) | ||
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Knut Ångström]], Swedish physicist (b. [[1857]]) | ||
| - | *[[1915]] - [[William Willett]], inventor of [[Daylight Saving Time]] (b. [[1856]]) | ||
| *[[1916]] - [[Franz Marc]], German artist (b. [[1880]]) | *[[1916]] - [[Franz Marc]], German artist (b. [[1880]]) | ||
| *[[1922]] - [[Bert Williams]], American entertainer (b. [[1874]]) | *[[1922]] - [[Bert Williams]], American entertainer (b. [[1874]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1877 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake premiers at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
Births
- 1678 - Antonio Vivaldi, Italian composer (d. 1741)
- 1876 - Léon-Paul Fargue, French poet (d. 1947)
- 1913 - John Garfield, American actor (d. 1952)
- 1928 - Alan Sillitoe, English writer
- 1941 - Adrian Lyne, English film director
- 1948 - James Ellroy, American writer
- 1958 - Lennie Lee, British artist
Deaths
- 1615 - Hans von Aachen, German painter (b. 1552)
- 1805 - Jean-Baptiste Greuze, French painter (b. 1725)
- 1852 - Nikolai Gogol, Russian writer (b. 1809)
- 1916 - Franz Marc, German artist (b. 1880)
- 1922 - Bert Williams, American entertainer (b. 1874)
- 1925 - Moritz Moszkowski, Polish/German composer (b. 1854)
- 1925 - James Ward, English psychologist and philosopher (b. 1843)
- 1925 - John Montgomery Ward, American baseball player (b. 1860)
- 1927 - Ira Remsen American chemist (b. 1846)
- 1938 - George Foster Peabody, American politician (b. 1852)
- 1938 - Jack Taylor, American baseball player (b. 1874)
- 1940 - Hamlin Garland, American novelist (b. 1860)
- 1941 - Ludwig Quidde, German pacifist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1858)
- 1944 - Louis Buchalter, Jewish American mobster (b.1897) (executed)
- 1944 - Louis Capone, New York organized crime figure (b. 1896) (executed)
- 1944 - Emanuel Weiss, American hitman (b. 1906) (executed)
- 1944 - Fannie Barrier Williams, American educator and political activist (b. 1855)
- 1945 - Lucille La Verne, American actress (d. 1972)
- 1945 - Mark Sandrich, American film director, writer and producer (b. 1900)
- 1946 - Bror von Blixen-Finecke, Danish big-game hunter (b. 1886)
- 1948 - Antonin Artaud, French actor/director (b. 1896)
- 1950 - Adam Rainer, the only man in recorded human history ever to have been both a dwarf and a giant (b. 1899)
- 1952 - Charles Scott Sherrington, English scientist, Nobel laureate (b. 1857)
- 1954 - Noel Gay, English composer, (b. 1898)
- 1959 - Maxey Long, American athlete (b. 1878)
- 1960 - Herbert O'Conor, 51st Governor of the US State of Maryland (b. 1896)
- 1960 - Leonard Warren, American baritone (b. 1911)
- 1962 - George Mogridge, Major League Baseball pitcher (b. 1889)
- 1963 - William Carlos Williams, American poet (b. 1883)
- 1967 - Vladan Desnica, Croatian and Serbian writer (b. 1905)
- 1967 - José Martínez Ruiz, Spanish poet and writer (b. 1873)
- 1967 - Michel Plancherel, Swiss mathematician (b. 1885)
- 1969 - Nicholas Schenck, Russian-born film empresario (b. 1881)
- 1973 - Samuel Tolansky, British scientist and expert on spectroscopy (b. 1907)
- 1974 - Adolph Gottlieb, American painter (b. 1903)
- 1976 - Walter H. Schottky, German physicist (b. 1886)
- 1977 - Andrés Caicedo, Colombian writer (b. 1951)
- 1977 - Toma Caragiu, Romanian actor (b. 1925)
- 1977 - Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk, German politician and former Chancellor of Germany (b. 1887)
- 1978 - Wesley Bolin, former Governor of the U.S. State of Arizona (b. 1909)
- 1979 - Willi Unsoeld, American mountain climber (b. 1926)
- 1981 - Yip Harburg, American lyricist (b. 1896)
- 1981 - Torin Thatcher, Indian actor (b. 1905)
- 1984 - Ernest Buckler, Canadian novelist (b. 1908)
- 1984 - Jewel Carmen, American actress (b. 1897)
- 1984 - Geoffrey Lumsden, British actor (b. 1914)
- 1986 - Howard Greenfield, American songwriter (b. 1936)
- 1986 - Richard Manuel, Canadian musician (The Band) (b. 1943)
- 1989 - Tiny Grimes, American jazz and R&B guitarist (b. 1916)
- 1990 - Hank Gathers, American basketball player (b. 1967)
- 1992 - Art Babbitt, American animator (b. 1907)
- 1993 - Art Hodes, American jazz pianist (b. 1904)
- 1994 - John Candy, Canadian comedian (b. 1950)
- 1995 - Eden Ahbez, American composer (b. 1908)
- 1996 - Minnie Pearl, American comedian (b. 1912)
- 1997 - Robert H. Dicke, American physicist (b. 1916)
- 1997 - Carey Loftin, American actor/stuntman (b. 1914)
- 1999 - Harry Blackmun, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (b. 1908)
- 1999 - Del Close, American actor (b. 1934)
- 1999 - Karel van het Reve, Dutch writer (b. 1921)
- 2001 - Glenn Hughes, American singer (The Village People) (b. 1950)
- 2001 - Fred Lasswell, American cartoonist (b. 1916)
- 2001 - Jim Rhodes, Governor of Ohio (b. 1909)
- 2001 - Harold Stassen, American politician (b. 1907)
- 2002 - Claire Davenport, English actress (b. 1933)
- 2002 - Eric Flynn, British actor/singer (b. 1939)
- 2002 - Elyne Mitchell, Australian author (b. 1913)
- 2002 - Velibor Vasović, Yugoslavian footballer (b. 1939)
- 2003 - Jaba Ioseliani, Georgian bank robber (b. 1926)
- 2003 - Sébastien Japrisot, French author, screenwriter and film director (b. 1931)
- 2004 - John McGeoch, Scottish musician (b. 1955)
- 2004 - Claude Nougaro, French singer (b. 1929)
- 2004 - George Pake, American physicist (b. 1924)
- 2004 - Stephen Sprouse, American fashion designer (b. 1953)
- 2005 - Nicola Calipari, Italian secret service agent (b. 1953)
- 2005 - Robert Consoli, American actor and musician (b. 1964)
- 2005 - Una Hale, Australian soprano (b. 1922)
- 2005 - Yuriy Kravchenko, Ukrainian statesman (b. 1951)
- 2005 - Carlos Sherman, Uruguayan-born writer (b. 1934)
- 2006 - Roman Ogaza, Polish footballer (b. 1952)
- 2006 - John Reynolds Gardiner, American engineer (b. 1944)
- 2006 - Dave Rose, American artist (b. 1910)
- 2006 - Edgar Valter, Estonian illustrator/cartoonist (b. 1929)
- 2007 - Natalie Bodanya (Natalie Bodanskaya), American soprano (b. 1908)
- 2007 - Thomas Eagleton, American politician (b. 1929)
- 2007 - Bob Hattoy, American activist (b. 1950)
- 2007 - Richard Joseph, British games soundtrack composer (b. 1954)
- 2007 - Sunil Kumar Mahato, Indian parliamentarian (b. 1966)
- 2007 - Tadeusz Nalepa, Polish composer, guitar player, vocalist and lyricist (b. 1934)
- 2007 - Ian Wooldridge, British sports journalist (b. 1932
Notes
Geoff Nicholson
Antonin Artaud
Lennie Lee
Nikolai Gogol
William Carlos Williams
Antonio Vivaldi
Franz Marc
Colored
Abraham Lincoln
Hans von Aachen
Maria Jolas
Knockout (comic)
Alan Sillitoe
Adrian Lyne
John Lennon on Christianity
Jean-Baptiste Greuze
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