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-[[May]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] +== Events ==
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-== Art and culture ==+
*[[1836]] - [[Edgar Allan Poe]] marries his 13-year-old cousin [[Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe|Virginia]]. *[[1836]] - [[Edgar Allan Poe]] marries his 13-year-old cousin [[Virginia Eliza Clemm Poe|Virginia]].
-*[[1960]] - Cinematic release of ''[[Peeping Tom (film)|Peeping Tom]]''+*[[1920]] – In [[Rome]], [[Pope Benedict XV]] [[canonization|canonizes]] [[Joan of Arc]] as a [[saint]].
- +*[[1929]] – In [[Hollywood, California]], the [[1st Academy Awards|first Academy Awards]] are handed out.
-== Births ==+*[[1960]] - ''[[Peeping Tom (film)|Peeping Tom]]'' gets its cinematic release.
-*[[1898]] - [[Tamara de Lempicka]], Polish Art Deco painter+==Births==
-*[[1944]] - [[Billy Cobham]], American virtuoso drummer+*[[1898]] – [[Tamara de Lempicka]], Polish-born painter (d. 1980)
-*[[1946]] - [[Robert Fripp]], English guitarist ([[King Crimson]])+* 1898 – [[Kenji Mizoguchi]], Japanese film director (d. 1956)
-*[[1962]] - [[Lisa Yuskavage]], American figurative painter+*[[1905]] – [[Henry Fonda]], American actor (d. 1982)
- +*[[1906]] – [[Alfred Pellan]], French Canadian painter (d. 1988)
-== Deaths ==+* 1906 – [[Arturo Uslar Pietri]], Venezuelan writer (d. 2001)
-*[[1703]] - [[Charles Perrault]], French writer+*[[1912]] – [[Studs Terkel]], American writer (d. 2008)
-*[[1984]] - [[Andy Kaufman]], American comedian and actor+*[[1919]] – [[Liberace]], American pianist (d. 1987)
-*[[1992]] - [[Marisa Mell]], Austrian actress+*[[1920]] – [[Martine Carol]], French actress (d. 1967)
 +*[[1929]] – [[Adrienne Rich]], American writer
 +*[[1944]] – [[Billy Cobham]], American virtuoso drummer
 +*[[1946]] – [[Robert Fripp]], English guitarist ([[King Crimson]])
 +*[[1951]] – [[Christian Lacroix]], French fashion designer
 +* 1951 – [[Jonathan Richman]], American proto-punk icon
 +*[[1962]] – [[Lisa Yuskavage]], American figurative painter
 +*[[1966]] – [[Janet Jackson]], American singer
 +==Deaths==
 +*[[1703]] – [[Charles Perrault]], French author (b. 1628)
 +*[[1953]] – [[Django Reinhardt]], Belgian musician (b. 1910)
 +*[[1955]] – [[James Agee]], American writer (b. 1909)
 +*[[1984]] – [[Andy Kaufman]], American comedian (b. 1949)
 +*[[1990]] – [[Jim Henson]], American puppeteer (b. 1936)
 +*[[1992]] – [[Marisa Mell]], Austrian actress (b. 1939)
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