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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | + | *[[4004 BC]] - [[creation of the universe]], according to the [[Ussher chronology|chronology]] created by [[James Ussher]] based on the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]] | |
| + | *[[1957]] - [[Catherine Robbe-Grillet]] marries [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]]. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| + | *[[1734]] - [[Restif de la Bretonne]], French novelist (d. [[1806]]) | ||
| + | *[[1805]] - [[Adalbert Stifter]], Austrian writer, poet and painter (d. [[1868]]) | ||
| *[[1844]] - [[Sarah Bernhardt]], French actress (d. [[1923]]) | *[[1844]] - [[Sarah Bernhardt]], French actress (d. [[1923]]) | ||
| + | *[[1927]] - [[Edward Kienholz]], United States artist (d. [[1994]]) | ||
| *[[1936]] - [[Philip Kaufman]], American film director | *[[1936]] - [[Philip Kaufman]], American film director | ||
| - | *[[1939]] - [[Ellie Greenwich]], American singer | ||
| *[[1940]] - [[Pelé]], Brazilian footballer | *[[1940]] - [[Pelé]], Brazilian footballer | ||
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Igor Smirnov]], Moldovan politician | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Michael Crichton]], American writer | ||
| - | * 1942 - [[Anita Roddick]], founder of The Body Shop (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Mike Harding]], English singer and comedian | ||
| - | *[[1945]] - [[Kim Larsen]], Danish singer | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - [[Graça Machel]], wife of [[Nelson Mandela]] | ||
| - | * 1946 - [[Mel Martinez]], American politician | ||
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Hermann Hauser]], Austrian-born entrepreneur | ||
| - | *[[1949]] - [[Nick Tosches]], American writer | ||
| - | * 1949 - [[Wurzel|Michael 'Wurzel' Burston]], British musician, Former member of [[Motörhead]] | ||
| - | *[[1951]] - [[Charly Garcia]], Argentine singer | ||
| - | * 1951 - [[Fatmir Sejdiu]], [[President of Kosovo]] | ||
| - | *[[1952]] - [[Pierre Moerlen]], French drummer and percussionist | ||
| *[[1954]] - [[Ang Lee]], Taiwanese-born director | *[[1954]] - [[Ang Lee]], Taiwanese-born director | ||
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Dwight Yoakam]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Nancy Grace]], American former prosecutor | ||
| *[[1959]] - [[Sam Raimi]], American film director | *[[1959]] - [[Sam Raimi]], American film director | ||
| * 1959 - [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], American musical parodist | * 1959 - [["Weird Al" Yankovic]], American musical parodist | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Wayne Rainey]], American motorcyclist | ||
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Laurie Halse Anderson]], American writer | ||
| - | * 1961 - [[Harris Brothers|Don]] and [[Harris Brothers|Ron Harris]], American professional wrestlers | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Doug Flutie]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[Robert Trujillo]], American bassist | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Al Leiter]], American baseball player | ||
| - | * 1965 - [[Augusten Burroughs]], American writer | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Alex Zanardi]], Italian race car driver | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Dale Crover]], American musician ([[Melvins]], [[The Men of Porn]], [[Altamont (band)|Altamont]]) | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Trudi Canavan]], Australian writer | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Jasmin St. Claire]], West Indian actress | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Chris Horner|Christopher Horner]], American cyclist | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Sander Westerveld]], Dutch footballer | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Odalys Garcia]], Cuban actress | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Jessicka]], American artist | ||
| - | * 1975 - [[Keith Van Horn]], American basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Ryan Reynolds]], Canadian actor and comedian | ||
| - | * 1976 - [[Cat Deeley]], English model and television personality | ||
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Steve Harmison]], English cricketer | ||
| - | * 1978 - [[Archie Thompson]], Australian footballer | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Jorge Solis]], Mexican professional boxer | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Simon Davies]], Welsh footballer | ||
| - | *[[1980]] - [[Pedro Liriano]], Dominican baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Jeroen Bleekemolen]], Dutch racing driver | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Mirel Radoi]], Romanian footballer | ||
| - | * 1982 - [[Valentin Badea]], Romanian footballer | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Josh Strickland]], American entertainer | ||
| - | * 1983 - [[Filipos Darlas]], Greek footballer | ||
| - | *[[1984]] - [[Izabel Goulart]], Brazilian model | ||
| - | *[[1985]] - [[James Kotecki]], American political blogger | ||
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Jake Robinson]], English footballer | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Faye Hamlin]], Swedish singer ([[Play (band)|Play]]) | ||
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Nicolaj Agger]], Danish football player | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Stevie Brock]], American singer | ||
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Princess Mako of Akishino]] of Japan | ||
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| == Deaths == | == Deaths == | ||
| - | *[[42 BC]] - [[Marcus Junius Brutus]], Roman senator (b. [[85 BC]]) | + | *[[1871]] - [[Alexander Afanasyev]], Russian folklorist (b. [[1826]]) |
| - | *[[930]] - [[Emperor Daigo|Daigo]], [[Emperor of Japan]] (b. [[885]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1456]] - [[Giovanni da Capistrano]], Italian saint (b. [[1386]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1550]] - [[Tiedemann Giese]], Polish Catholic bishop (b. [[1480]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1581]] - [[Michael Neander]], German mathematician and astronomer (b. [[1529]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1616]] - [[Leonhard Hutter]], German theologian (b. [[1563]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1688]] - [[Charles du Fresne, sieur du Cange]], French philologist (b. [[1610]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1730]] - [[Anne Oldfield]], English actress (b. [[1683]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1764]] - [[Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideuc, Comte Dubois de la Motte]], French naval officer (b. [[1683]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1774]] - [[Michel Benoist]], French Jesuit missionary and scientist (b. [[1715]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1869]] - [[Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby]], [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom]] (b. [[1799]]) | + | |
| *[[1872]] - [[Théophile Gautier]], French writer (b. [[1811]]) | *[[1872]] - [[Théophile Gautier]], French writer (b. [[1811]]) | ||
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Charles S. West]], Texas jurist and politician (b. [[1829]]) | ||
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Chulalongkorn]], [[King of Thailand]] (b. [[1853]]) | ||
| - | *[[1915]] - [[W. G. Grace]], English cricketer (b. [[1848]]) | ||
| - | *[[1921]] - [[John Boyd Dunlop]], Scottish inventor (b. [[1840]]) | ||
| *[[1939]] - [[Zane Grey]], American author (b. [[1872]]) | *[[1939]] - [[Zane Grey]], American author (b. [[1872]]) | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Ralph Rainger]], American composer (b. [[1901]]) | ||
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Charles Glover Barkla]], English physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1877]]) | ||
| *[[1950]] - [[Al Jolson]], American singer and actor (b. [[1886]]) | *[[1950]] - [[Al Jolson]], American singer and actor (b. [[1886]]) | ||
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Gerda Lundequist]], Swedish actress (b. [[1871]]) | + | *[[1957]] - [[Christian Dior]], French fashion designer (b. [[1905]]) |
| - | *[[1978]] - [[Maybelle Carter]], American guitarist and musical innovator (b. [[1909]]) | + | *[[1984]] - [[Marcel Brion]], French essayist, novelist and art critic (b. [[1895]]) |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Jessica Savitch]], American journalist (b. [[1947]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1984]] - [[James Petrillo]], leader of the U.S. musicians union (b. [[1892]]) | + | |
| - | * 1984 - [[Oskar Werner]], Austrian actor (b. [[1922]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1986]] - [[Edward Adelbert Doisy]], American biochemist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1893]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Armida Vendrell|Armida]], Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. [[1911]]) | + | |
| *[[1990]] - [[Louis Althusser]], French philosopher (b. [[1918]]) | *[[1990]] - [[Louis Althusser]], French philosopher (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Bob Grim (baseball player)|Bob Grim]], baseball player (b. [[1930]]) | ||
| *[[1997]] - [[Bert Haanstra]], Dutch filmmaker (b. [[1916]]) | *[[1997]] - [[Bert Haanstra]], Dutch filmmaker (b. [[1916]]) | ||
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Barnett Slepian]], American physician (b. [[1946]]) | + | *[[2001]] - [[Daniel Wildenstein]], international art dealer (b. [[1917]]) |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Ronald William Kirby]], British artist (b. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Adolph Green]], American lyricist and playwright (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Tony Capstick]], English actor, comedian, and musician (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | * 2003 - [[Soong May-ling]], wife of the [[President of the Republic of China]] [[Chiang Kai-shek]] (b. [[1897]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Robert Merrill]], American baritone (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Stella Obasanjo]], Nigerian first lady (b. [[1945]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Willaim Hootkins]], American actor (b. 1948) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[John Muth]], American economist (b. [[1930]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Lebo Mathosa]], South African entertainer (b. [[1977]]) | + | |
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| - | == Notes == | + | |
| - | # Daniel Wildenstein | + | |
| - | # Restif de la Bretonne | + | |
| - | # Théophile Gautier | + | |
| - | # Catherine Robbe-Grillet | + | |
| - | # Al Jolson | + | |
| - | # Christian Dior | + | |
| - | # Marcel Brion | + | |
| - | # Sarah Bernhardt | + | |
| - | # Philip Kaufman | + | |
| - | # Edward Kienholz | + | |
| - | # Zane Grey | + | |
| - | * Bert Haanstra | + | |
| - | * Alexander Afanasyev | + | |
| - | * Adalbert Stifter | + | |
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| - | [[Philip Kaufman]] (1936 - ) | + | |
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| - | Ang Lee (1954 - ) | + | |
| - | Ang Lee (born October 23, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning Taiwanese film director. Lee won the 2006 Best Director Oscar for Brokeback Mountain (2005). | + | |
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Art and culture
- 4004 BC - creation of the universe, according to the chronology created by James Ussher based on the Old Testament of the Bible
- 1957 - Catherine Robbe-Grillet marries Alain Robbe-Grillet.
Births
- 1734 - Restif de la Bretonne, French novelist (d. 1806)
- 1805 - Adalbert Stifter, Austrian writer, poet and painter (d. 1868)
- 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
- 1927 - Edward Kienholz, United States artist (d. 1994)
- 1936 - Philip Kaufman, American film director
- 1940 - Pelé, Brazilian footballer
- 1954 - Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director
- 1959 - Sam Raimi, American film director
- 1959 - "Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist
Deaths
- 1871 - Alexander Afanasyev, Russian folklorist (b. 1826)
- 1872 - Théophile Gautier, French writer (b. 1811)
- 1939 - Zane Grey, American author (b. 1872)
- 1950 - Al Jolson, American singer and actor (b. 1886)
- 1957 - Christian Dior, French fashion designer (b. 1905)
- 1984 - Marcel Brion, French essayist, novelist and art critic (b. 1895)
- 1990 - Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918)
- 1997 - Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)
- 2001 - Daniel Wildenstein, international art dealer (b. 1917)
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