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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | *[[42 BCE]] - [[Roman Republican civil wars]]: [[Battle of Philippi|Second Battle of Philippi]] - [[Marcus Junius Brutus|Brutus]]'s army is decisively defeated by [[Mark Antony]] and [[Augustus|Octavian]]. He commits suicide. | + | *[[4004 BC]] - [[creation of the universe]], according to the [[Ussher chronology|chronology]] created by [[James Ussher]] based on the [[Old Testament]] of the [[Bible]] |
| - | *[[425]] - [[Valentinian III]] is elevated as [[Roman Emperors|Roman Emperor]], at the age of 6. | + | *[[1957]] - [[Catherine Robbe-Grillet]] marries [[Alain Robbe-Grillet]]. |
| - | *[[502]] - The [[Synodus Palmaris]], called by [[Goths|Gothic]] king [[Theodoric the Great]], discharges [[Pope Symmachus]] of all charges, thus ending the schism of [[Antipope Laurentius]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1086]] - At the [[Battle of az-Zallaqah]], the army of [[Yusuf ibn Tashfin]] defeats the forces of [[Kingdom of Castile|Castilian]] King [[Alfonso VI of Castile|Alfonso VI]] | + | |
| - | * [[1157]] - The [[Battle of Grathe Heath]] ends the civil war in [[Denmark]]. King [[Sweyn III]] is killed and [[Valdemar I of Denmark|Valdemar I]] restores the country. | + | |
| - | *[[1641]] - Outbreak of the [[Irish Rebellion of 1641]] - anniversary commemorated by Irish Protestants for over 200 years | + | |
| - | *[[1642]] - [[Battle of Edgehill]]: first major battle of the [[First English Civil War]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1694]] - American colonial forces, led by [[Sir William Phipps]], fail to seize [[Quebec]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1707]] - The first [[Parliament of Great Britain]], i.e., the [[United Kingdom]], meets. | + | |
| - | *[[1739]] - [[War of Jenkins' Ear]] starts: [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] Prime Minister, [[Robert Walpole]], reluctantly declares war on [[Spain]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1812]] - [[Claude François de Malet]], a French general, begins a conspiracy to overthrow [[Napoleon I of France|Napoleon Bonaparte]], claiming that the Emperor died in [[Russia]] and that he was now the commandant of Paris. De Malet is executed on [[October 29]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1813]] - The [[Pacific Fur Company]] trading post in [[Astoria, Oregon]] is turned over to the rival [[British North West Company]] (the [[fur trade]] in the [[Pacific Northwest]] was dominated for the next three decades by the [[United Kingdom]]). | + | |
| - | *[[1855]] - [[Kansas Free State]] forces set up a competing government under their [[Topeka, Kansas]], constitution, which outlaws [[slavery]] in the [[United States territory]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1861]] - President [[Abraham Lincoln]] suspends the writ of [[habeas corpus]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], for all military-related cases. | + | |
| - | *[[1864]] - [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Westport]] - [[United States|Union]] forces under General [[Samuel R. Curtis]] defeat [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] troops led by General [[Sterling Price]] at [[Westport, Kansas City|Westport]], near [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1867]] - 72 Senators are summoned by [[Royal Proclamation]] to serve as the first members of the [[Canadian Senate]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1870]] - [[Franco-Prussian War]]: the [[Siege of Metz]] concludes with a decisive [[Kingdom of Prussia|Prussian]] victory. | + | |
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Alberto Santos-Dumont]] flies an airplane in the first [[heavier-than-air flight]] in Europe at [[Champs de Bagatelle]], [[Paris]], [[France]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1911]] - First use of [[aircraft]] in war: an [[Italy|Italian]] pilot takes off from [[Libya]] to observe [[Turkey|Turkish]] army lines during the [[Turco-Italian War]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1912]] - [[First Balkan War]]: The [[Battle of Kumanovo]] between the [[Kingdom of Serbia|Serbian]] and [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] armies begins. | + | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Woman's suffrage]]: In [[New York City]], 25,000-33,000 women march on [[Fifth Avenue]] to advocate their [[right to vote]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1929]] - [[Great Depression]]: After a steady decline in [[stock market]] prices since a peak in September, the [[New York Stock Exchange]] begins to show signs of panic. | + | |
| - | *1929 - The first North American transcontinental air service begins between [[New York City]] and [[Los Angeles]], California. | + | |
| - | *[[1930]] - The first [[miniature golf]] tournament was completed in [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Dutch Schultz]], [[Abe Landau]], [[Otto Berman]], and [[Bernard "Lulu" Rosenkrantz]] are fatally shot at a saloon in [[Newark, New Jersey]] in what will become known as [[The Chophouse Massacre]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1941]] - [[World War II]]: Field Marshal [[Georgy Zhukov]] takes command of [[Red Army]] operations designed to prevent the further advance into [[Russia]] of [[Germany|German]] forces and to prevent the [[Germany|German]] armies from capturing [[Moscow]]. | + | |
| - | *1941 - Burning of the [[Odessa]], [[Ukraine]], [[Jews]]: 19,000 Jews are burned alive at [[Dalnik]] in [[Odessa]], by [[Romania|Romanian]] and [[Germany|German]] troops. The next day, another 10,000 Jews are killed. [[Romania|Romanian]] Lieutenant-Colonel [[Nicolae Deleanu]] administered the executions. | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] - World War II: The [[Second Battle of El Alamein]] starts - At [[El Alamein]] in northern [[Egypt]], the British Eighth Army under Field Marshal Montgomery begin a critical offensive to expel the [[Axis Powers|Axis]] armies from Egypt, never to return. | + | |
| - | *1942 - All 12 passengers and crewmen aboard an [[American Airlines]] [[DC-3]] airliner are killed when it is struck by a [[U.S. Army Air Forces]] bomber near [[Palm Springs, California]]. Among the victims is award-winning composer and songwriter [[Ralph Rainger]] ("Thanks for the Memory", "Love in Bloom", "Blue Hawaii"). | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] - World War II: The [[Battle of Leyte Gulf]] begins - The largest naval battle in history begins in the [[Philippines]]; and also, the Soviet [[Red Army]] enters [[Hungary]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1946]] - The [[United Nations General Assembly]] convened for the first time, at an auditorium in Flushing Meadow, New York. | + | |
| - | *[[1956]] - Thousands of [[Hungary|Hungarians]] protest against the Government and [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] occupation. (The [[Hungarian Revolution of 1956|Hungarian Revolution]] is crushed on [[November 4]]). | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Vietnam War]]: The [[1st Cavalry Division (United States)]] (Airmobile), in conjunction with [[South Vietnam]]ese forces, launch a new operation, seeking to destroy [[North Vietnam]]ese forces in [[Pleku Province]] in the II Corps Tactical Zone (the Central Highlands). | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - The [[Watergate Scandal]]: US President [[Richard M. Nixon]] agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations about the scandal. | + | |
| - | *1973 - A [[United Nations]] sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the [[Yom Kippur War]] between [[Israel]] and [[Syria]]. | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Lebanon Civil War]]: The [[United States Marine Corps|U.S. Marines]] barracks in [[Beirut]] is [[1983 Beirut barracks bombing|hit by a truck bomb]], killing 241 U.S. Marines. | + | |
| - | *1983 - A [[France|French]] army barracks in Lebanon is also hit that same morning, killing 58 troops. | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - The [[Hungary|Hungarian Republic]] is officially declared by president [[Mátyás Szűrös]], replacing the communist Hungarian People's Republic. | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - Emperor [[Akihito]] becomes the first [[Emperor of Japan]] to stand on [[China|Chinese]] soil. | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Israeli-Palestinian Conflict]]: [[Israel]]i Prime Minister [[Benjamin Netanyahu]] and [[Palestinian]] Chairman [[Yasser Arafat]] reach a "[[land for peace]]" agreement. | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - The [[Provisional Irish Republican Army]] of [[Northern Ireland]] commences disarmament after peace talks.]. | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Moscow Theatre Siege]] begins: Chechen rebels seize the House of Culture theater in [[Moscow]] and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage. | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Brazil]]'s "Operation Cajuana" launches its first rocket into space, the VSB-30, just 14 months after its space program was hit a deadly launch pad accident. | + | |
| - | * 2004 - A powerful [[2004 Chūetsu earthquake|earthquake]] and its aftershocks hit [[Niigata prefecture]], northern [[Japan]], killing 35 people, injuring 2,200, and leaving 85,000 homeless or evacuated. | + | |
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| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| - | *[[1503]] - [[Isabella of Portugal]], queen of Spain and empress of Germany (d. [[1539]]) | + | *[[1734]] - [[Restif de la Bretonne]], French novelist (d. [[1806]]) |
| - | *[[1698]] - [[Ange-Jacques Gabriel]], French architect (d. [[1782]]) | + | *[[1805]] - [[Adalbert Stifter]], Austrian writer, poet and painter (d. [[1868]]) |
| - | *[[1705]] - [[Maximilian Ulysses Reichsgraf von Browne]], Austrian field marshal (d. [[1757]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1715]] - [[Peter II of Russia]] (d. [[1730]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1762]] - [[Samuel Morey]], American inventor (d. [[1843]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1766]] - [[Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy]], French marshal (d. [[1847]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1771]] - [[Jean-Andoche Junot]], French general (d. [[1813]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1790]] - [[Chauncey Allen Goodrich]], American clergyman (d. [[1860]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1796]] - [[Stefano Franscini]], Swiss Federal Councilor (d. [[1857]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1801]] - [[Albert Lortzing]], German composer (d. [[1851]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1805]] - [[John Russell Bartlett]], American linguist (d. [[1886]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1813]] - [[Ludwig Leichhardt]], German explorer (d. [[1848]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1817]] - [[Pierre Athanase Larousse]], French lexicographer (d. [[1875]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1835]] - [[Adlai E. Stevenson]], [[Vice President of the United States]] (d. [[1914]]) | + | |
| *[[1844]] - [[Sarah Bernhardt]], French actress (d. [[1923]]) | *[[1844]] - [[Sarah Bernhardt]], French actress (d. [[1923]]) | ||
| - | * 1844 - [[Robert Bridges]], English poet (d. [[1930]]) | + | *[[1927]] - [[Edward Kienholz]], United States artist (d. [[1994]]) |
| - | *[[1865]] - [[Neltje Blanchan]], American writer (d. [[1918]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1869]] - [[John Heisman]], American football player and coach (d. [[1936]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1870]] - [[Bishop Francis Kelley]], Catholic Bishop of Oklahoma (d. [[1948]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1875]] - [[Gilbert N. Lewis]], American chemist (d. [[1946]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1876]] - [[Franz Schlegelberger]], German judge and politician (d. [[1970]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1880]] - [[Una O'Connor]], Irish actress (d. [[1959]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1885]] - [[Lawren Harris]], Canadian painter (d. [[1970]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1888]] - [[Onésime Gagnon]], Canadian politician (d. [[1961]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1893]] - [[Gummo Marx]], American actor (d. [[1977]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1894]] - [[Rube Bressler]], baseball player (d. [[1966]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1896]] - [[André Lévêque]], French engineer (d. [[1930]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Douglas Jardine]], English cricketer (d. [[1958]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1904]] - [[Harvey Penick]], American golfer (d. [[1995]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Felix Bloch]], Swiss physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1983]]) | + | |
| - | * 1905 - [[Gertrude Ederle]], American swimmer (d. [[2003]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Ilya Frank]], Russian physicist, [[Nobel Prize in Physics|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1909]] - [[Zellig Harris]], American linguist (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1918]] - [[James Daly (actor)|James Daly]], American actor (d. [[1978]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Manolis Andronikos]], Greek archeologist, professor at the [[Aristotle University of Thessaloniki]] (d. [[1992]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Ted Fujita]], Japanese meteorologist (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Coleen Gray]], American actress | + | |
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Aslam Farrukhi]], Pakistani scholar and poet | + | |
| - | * 1923 - [[Ned Rorem]], American composer | + | |
| - | * 1923 - [[Frank Sutton]], American actor (d. [[1974]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Johnny Carson]], American television host (d. [[2005]]) | + | |
| - | * 1925 - [[Fred Shero]], Canadian hockey player and coach (d. [[1990]]) | + | |
| - | * 1925 - [[Manos Hadjidakis]], Greek composer (d. [[1994]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Leszek Kołakowski]], Polish philosopher | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Jim Bunning]], American baseball player and politician | + | |
| - | * 1931 - [[Diana Dors]], British actress (d. [[1984]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] - [[Chi Chi Rodriguez]], Puerto Rican golfer | + | |
| *[[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]]) | + | *2003 - [[Hiroshi Yoshimura]], musician (d. 1940) |
| - | *[[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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- 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)
- 2003 - Hiroshi Yoshimura, musician (d. 1940)
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