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| - | [[May]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | == Events == |
| - | == Art and culture == | + | *[[1869]] - [[Folies Bergère]], French cabaret, opens as the Folies Trévise |
| - | *May Day, Labour Day, [[Work]]ers' Day, Day of the International Solidarity of Workers. | + | *[[1955]] – [[Tennessee Williams]] wins the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]''. |
| - | *[[1851]] - [[The Great Exhibition]], also known as the Crystal Palace Exhibition opens in [[London]] | + | |
| - | *[[1869]] - The [[Folies Bergères]] open in [[Paris]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - The [[Empire State Building]] is dedicated in [[New York City]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Orson Welles]]'s ''[[Citizen Kane]]'' premieres in [[New York City]] | + | |
| - | == Births == | + | ==Births== |
| - | *[[1830]] - [[Mother Jones]], American labor activist | + | *[[1601]] – [[Athanasius Kircher]], German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680) |
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Joseph Heller]], American novelist | + | *[[1729]] – [[Catherine the Great]], Empress of Russia (d. 1796) |
| - | *[[1924]] - [[Terry Southern]], American short story writer, novelist, essayist, screenwriter | + | *[[1772]] – [[Novalis]], German writer (d. 1801) |
| + | *[[1810]] – [[Hans Christian Lumbye]], Danish composer (d. 1874) | ||
| + | *[[1859]] – [[Jerome K. 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 (actor)|John Neville]], English theatre and film actor (d. 2011) | ||
| + | *[[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) | ||
| + | *[[1962]] – [[Stephen Daldry]], English film director | ||
| + | *[[1985]] – [[Lily Allen]], English singer and songwriter | ||
| - | == Deaths == | + | ==Deaths== |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Spike Jones]], American band leader, musician, and comedian | + | * [[373]] – [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]], [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] (b. 298) |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Asger Jorn]], Danish member of the [[Situationist International]], and a prolific artist and essayist. | + | *[[1519]] – [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452) |
| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | *[[1857]] – [[Alfred de Musset]], French writer (b. 1810) |
| - | + | *[[1957]] – [[Joseph McCarthy]], U.S. Senator (b. 1908) | |
| - | + | *[[1972]] – [[J. Edgar Hoover]], American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895) | |
| - | Jerome Klapka Jerome (May 2, 1859–June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat. ... | + | *[[1980]] – [[George Pál]], Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908) |
| - | + | *[[1999]] – [[Oliver Reed]], English actor (b. 1938) | |
| - | Leonardo da Vinci (April 15, 1452 – May 2, 1519) was an Italian Renaissance architect, musician, anatomist, inventor, engineer, sculptor, geometer, ... | + | {{GFDL}} |
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| - | Alfred Louis Charles de Musset, (December 11, 1810 - May 2, 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist. De Musset was an important figure in the ... | + | |
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| - | Jurgis Baltrušaitis (born in Paantvardziani in May 2, 1873 – died in Paris in January 3, 1944) was a Lithuanian poet, who wrote his literary works in ... | + | |
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| - | Novalis was the pseudonym of Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (May 2, 1772 – March 25, 1801), a German philosopher, poet and novelist. ... | + | |
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| - | Kronhausen | + | |
| - | ... Sweden, and Aarhus, Denmark, in 1968. The 2nd international exhibition of erotic art : [Liljevalchs konsthall, Stockholm, April 2 - May 18, 1969 ... | + | |
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| - | Folies Bergères | + | |
| - | It opened 2 May 1869 as the Folies Trévise, with fare including operettas, comic opera, popular song, and gymnastics. It was renamed the Folies Bergères on ... | + | |
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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
- 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 K. 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 (d. 2011)
- 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)
- 1962 – Stephen Daldry, English film director
- 1985 – Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
Deaths
- 373 – Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)
- 1519 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
- 1857 – Alfred de Musset, French writer (b. 1810)
- 1957 – Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)
- 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
- 1980 – George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
- 1999 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
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