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Events

• 1869 - Folies Bergère, French cabaret, opens as the Folies Trévise
• 1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.

Births

• 1729 - Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia
• 1772 - Novalis, German Romanticist philosopher, poet and novelist
• 1859 - Jerome K. Jerome, English writer, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat
• 1873 - Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet, and translator

Deaths

• 1519 - Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Renaissance artist and scientist

• 1857 - Alfred de Musset, French dramatist, poet, and novelist, an important figure in the French Romantic literary movement.

Births

• 1601 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680)
• 1729 – Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d. 1796)
• 1772 – Novalis, German writer (d. 1801)
• 1810 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
• 1859 – Jerome Klapka Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
• 1873 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
• 1886 – Gottfried Benn, German author (d. 1956)
• 1903 – Bing Crosby, American actor and singer (d. 1977)
• 1906 – Philippe Halsman, American photographer (d. 1979)
• 1925 – John Neville, English theatre and film actor
• 1929 – Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)
• 1950 – Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite
• 1952 – Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress
• 1954 – Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (d. 1982)
• 1955 – Donatella Versace, Italian fashion designer
• 1962 – Stephen Daldry, English film director
• 1985 – Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter

Deaths

• 373 – Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)
• 756 – Emperor Shōmu, Emperor of Japan (b. 701)
• 1519 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)

• 1564 – Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (b. 1500)
• 1627 – Lodovico Grossi da Viadana, Italian composer (b. 1560)
• 1667 – George Wither, English writer (b. 1588)
• 1683 – Stjepan Gradić, Croatian philosopher and scientist (b. 1613)
• 1711 – Laurence Hyde, 1st Earl of Rochester, English statesman (b. 1641)
• 1802 – Herman Willem Daendels, Dutch statesman (b. 1762)
• 1810 – Rev. Dr. Henry Jerome de Salis, divine (b. 1740)
• 1819 – Mary Moser, English painter (b. 1744)
• 1857 – Alfred de Musset, French writer (b. 1810)
• 1864 – Giacomo Meyerbeer, German composer (b. 1791)
• 1927 – Ernest Starling, British physiologist (b. 1866)
• 1945 – Martin Bormann, Nazi official (b. 1900)
• 1945 – Ludwig Stumpfegger, German SS doctor (b. 1910)
• 1945 – Joe Corbett, baseball player (b. 1875)
• 1947 – Dorothea Binz, Nazi war criminal (b. 1920)
• 1957 – Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)
• 1960 – Caryl Chessman, American robber and rapist (b. 1921)
• 1964 – Nancy Astor, Viscountess Astor, American-born politician (b. 1879)
• 1969 – Franz von Papen, Chancellor of Germany (b. 1879)
• 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
• 1979 – Giulio Natta, Italian chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1903)
• 1980 – George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
• 1980 – Clarrie Grimmett, Australian cricketer (b. 1891)
• 1983 – Norm Van Brocklin, American football star (b. 1926)
• 1984 – Jack Barry, television game show producer and host (b. 1918)
• 1985 – Attilio Bettega, Italian rallydriver (b. 1951)
• 1985 – Larry Clinton, American trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1909)
• 1986 – Henri Toivonen, Finnish rallydriver (b. 1956)
• 1989 – Giuseppe Siri, Italian Catholic Cardinal (b. 1906)
• 1989 – Veniamin Kaverin, Russian writer (b. 1902)
• 1990 – David Rappaport, English actor (b. 1951)
• 1991 – Ronald McKie, Australian author (b. 1909)
• 1992 – Wilbur Mills, American politician (b. 1909)
• 1995 – Michael Hordern, English actor (b. 1911)
• 1997 – John Carew Eccles, Australian neurophysiologist, Nobel laureate (b. 1903)
• 1997 – Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator (b. 1921)
• 1998 – Hideto "hide" Matsumoto, Japanese musician (b. 1964)
• 1998 – Justin Fashanu, English footballer (b. 1961)
• 1998 – Kevin Lloyd, British actor (b. 1949)
• 1998 – Gene Raymond, American actor (b. 1908)
• 1999 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
• 2001 – Ted Rogers, British comedian (b. 1935)
• 2001 – Gina Mastrogiacomo, American actress (b. 1961)
• 2002 – John Nathan-Turner, English television producer (b. 1947)
• 2002 – W. T. Tutte, English-born codebreaker (b. 1917)
• 2005 – Kenneth B. Clark, American psychologist (b. 1914)
• 2005 – Wee Kim Wee, 4th President of Singapore (b. 1915)
• 2006 – Louis Rukeyser, American columnist (b. 1933)
• 2007 – Brad McGann, New Zealand film director and screenwriter (b. 1964)
• 2008 – Beverlee McKinsey, American actress (b. 1940)