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| *[[1872]] - [[Théophile Gautier]], French writer (b. [[1811]]) | *[[1872]] - [[Théophile Gautier]], French writer (b. [[1811]]) | ||
| *[[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]]) | *[[1959]] - [[Gerda Lundequist]], Swedish actress (b. [[1871]]) | ||
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Art and culture
Births
- 1844 - Sarah Bernhardt, French actress (d. 1923)
- 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
- 1872 - Théophile Gautier, French writer (b. 1811)
- 1939 - Zane Grey, American author (b. 1872)
- 1950 - Al Jolson, American singer and actor (b. 1886)
- 1959 - Gerda Lundequist, Swedish actress (b. 1871)
- 1978 - Maybelle Carter, American guitarist and musical innovator (b. 1909)
- 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, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film actress (b. 1911)
- 1990 - Louis Althusser, French philosopher (b. 1918)
- 1996 - Bob Grim, baseball player (b. 1930)
- 1997 - Bert Haanstra, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1916)
- 1998 - Barnett Slepian, American physician (b. 1946)
- 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)
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
Philip Kaufman (1936 - )
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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