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| - | == Art and culture == | + | |- |
| + | ! style="text-align:right; width:310px;"| << [[May 11]] | ||
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| + | ! style="text-align:left; width:310px;"| [[May 13]] >> | ||
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| + | ==Events== | ||
| *[[1984]] - [[The Terminator]] has been transported back in time from [[2029]] A.D. to May 12, 1984 to assassinate a woman named Sarah Connor | *[[1984]] - [[The Terminator]] has been transported back in time from [[2029]] A.D. to May 12, 1984 to assassinate a woman named Sarah Connor | ||
| + | *[[1942]] – [[Holocaust]]: 1,500 [[Jews]] are sent to [[gas chamber]]s in [[Auschwitz]]. | ||
| - | == Births == | + | ==Births== |
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Fred Bervoets]], Belgian visual artist | + | *[[1812]] – [[Edward Lear]], British author and poet (d. 1888) |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Shannon]], American [[electro funk]] vocalist | + | *[[1820]] – [[Florence Nightingale]], British nurse (d. 1910) |
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Jess Franco]] Spanish exploitation filmmaker | + | *[[1828]] – [[Dante Gabriel Rossetti]], British poet (d. 1882) |
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Joseph Beuys]], German artist | + | *[[1842]] – [[Jules Massenet]], French composer (d. 1912) |
| - | *[[1820]] - [[Florence Nightingale]], who is alleged to have said, I have lived and slept in the same bed with English countesses and Prussian farm women...no woman has excited passions among women more than I have. | + | *[[1845]] – [[Gabriel Fauré]], French composer (d. 1924) |
| + | *[[1888]] – [[Theodor Reik]], Viennese-born psychoanalyst (d. 1969) | ||
| + | *[[1907]] – [[Leslie Charteris]], British author and screenwriter (d. 1993) | ||
| + | * 1907 – [[Katharine Hepburn]], American actress (d. 2003) | ||
| + | *[[1914]] – [[Bertus Aafjes]], Dutch poet (d. 1993) | ||
| + | *[[1918]] – [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg|Julius Rosenberg]], Soviet spy (d. 1953) | ||
| + | *[[1921]] – [[Joseph Beuys]], German artist (d. 1986) | ||
| + | *[[1922]] – [[Marco Denevi]], Argentine writer (d. 1998) | ||
| + | *[[1928]] – [[Burt Bacharach]], American composer | ||
| + | *[[1930]] – [[Jesús Franco]], Spanish film director (d. 2013) | ||
| + | *[[1936]] – [[Frank Stella]], American painter | ||
| + | *[[1937]] – [[George Carlin]], American comedian (d. 2008) | ||
| + | *[[1942]] – [[Ian Dury]], British musician (d. 2000) | ||
| + | *[[1946]] – [[Daniel Libeskind]], American architect | ||
| + | *[[1947]] – [[Catherine Yronwode|catherine yronwode]], American writer and editor | ||
| + | *[[1948]] – [[Steve Winwood]], British musician ([[The Spencer Davis Group]]; [[Traffic (band)|Traffic]]) | ||
| + | *[[1958]] – [[Shannon]], American [[electro funk]] vocalist | ||
| + | *[[1962]] – [[Emilio Estevez]], American actor | ||
| + | *[[1966]] – [[Bebel Gilberto]], Brazilian singer | ||
| - | == Deaths == | + | ==Deaths== |
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Erich von Stroheim]] Austrian Jewish filmmaker | + | *[[1634]] – [[George Chapman]], English writer |
| - | *[[1907]] - [[Joris-Karl Huysmans]], French novelist | + | *[[1700]] – [[John Dryden]], English writer (b. 1631) |
| + | *[[1859]] – [[Sergei Aksakov]], Russian writer (b. 1791) | ||
| + | *[[1884]] – [[Bedřich Smetana]], Czech composer (b. 1824) | ||
| + | *[[1907]] – [[Joris-Karl Huysmans]], French author (b. 1848) | ||
| + | *[[1957]] – [[Erich von Stroheim]], film director and actor (b. 1885) | ||
| + | *[[1985]] – [[Jean Dubuffet]], French painter (b. 1901) | ||
| + | *[[1999]] – [[Saul Steinberg]], Romanian-American cartoonist (b. 1914) | ||
| + | *[[2001]] – [[Perry Como]], American singer (b. 1912) | ||
| + | *[[2008]] – [[Robert Rauschenberg]], American artist (b. 1925) | ||
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Events
- 1984 - The Terminator has been transported back in time from 2029 A.D. to May 12, 1984 to assassinate a woman named Sarah Connor
- 1942 – Holocaust: 1,500 Jews are sent to gas chambers in Auschwitz.
Births
- 1812 – Edward Lear, British author and poet (d. 1888)
- 1820 – Florence Nightingale, British nurse (d. 1910)
- 1828 – Dante Gabriel Rossetti, British poet (d. 1882)
- 1842 – Jules Massenet, French composer (d. 1912)
- 1845 – Gabriel Fauré, French composer (d. 1924)
- 1888 – Theodor Reik, Viennese-born psychoanalyst (d. 1969)
- 1907 – Leslie Charteris, British author and screenwriter (d. 1993)
- 1907 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (d. 2003)
- 1914 – Bertus Aafjes, Dutch poet (d. 1993)
- 1918 – Julius Rosenberg, Soviet spy (d. 1953)
- 1921 – Joseph Beuys, German artist (d. 1986)
- 1922 – Marco Denevi, Argentine writer (d. 1998)
- 1928 – Burt Bacharach, American composer
- 1930 – Jesús Franco, Spanish film director (d. 2013)
- 1936 – Frank Stella, American painter
- 1937 – George Carlin, American comedian (d. 2008)
- 1942 – Ian Dury, British musician (d. 2000)
- 1946 – Daniel Libeskind, American architect
- 1947 – catherine yronwode, American writer and editor
- 1948 – Steve Winwood, British musician (The Spencer Davis Group; Traffic)
- 1958 – Shannon, American electro funk vocalist
- 1962 – Emilio Estevez, American actor
- 1966 – Bebel Gilberto, Brazilian singer
Deaths
- 1634 – George Chapman, English writer
- 1700 – John Dryden, English writer (b. 1631)
- 1859 – Sergei Aksakov, Russian writer (b. 1791)
- 1884 – Bedřich Smetana, Czech composer (b. 1824)
- 1907 – Joris-Karl Huysmans, French author (b. 1848)
- 1957 – Erich von Stroheim, film director and actor (b. 1885)
- 1985 – Jean Dubuffet, French painter (b. 1901)
- 1999 – Saul Steinberg, Romanian-American cartoonist (b. 1914)
- 2001 – Perry Como, American singer (b. 1912)
- 2008 – Robert Rauschenberg, American artist (b. 1925)
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