April 8
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| *[[1892]] - [[Richard Neutra]], American architect (d. 1970) | *[[1892]] - [[Richard Neutra]], American architect (d. 1970) | ||
| + | *[[1911]] – [[Emil Cioran]], Romanian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1995) | ||
| *[[1926]] - [[Jean-Jacques Pauvert]], French publisher (d. 2014) | *[[1926]] - [[Jean-Jacques Pauvert]], French publisher (d. 2014) | ||
| *[[1929]] - [[Jacques Brel]], Belgian singer/composer (d. [[1978]]) | *[[1929]] - [[Jacques Brel]], Belgian singer/composer (d. [[1978]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1820 - The Venus de Milo is discovered.
- 1867 - The first World's Fair is inaugurated in Paris.
- 1966 - "Is God Dead?" is the cover story for the news magazine Time
- 1990 - Twin Peaks aired for the first time in the United States
- 2007 - ArtandPopularCulture.com founded
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Births
- 1692 - Giuseppe Tartini, Italian composer (d. 1770)
- 1859 - Edmund Husserl, Austrian philosopher (d. 1938)
- 1872 - Iwan Bloch, German sexologist (d. 1922)
- 1892 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (d. 1979)
- 1892 - Richard Neutra, American architect (d. 1970)
- 1911 – Emil Cioran, Romanian-French philosopher and academic (d. 1995)
- 1926 - Jean-Jacques Pauvert, French publisher (d. 2014)
- 1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978)
- 1941 - Vivienne Westwood, English fashion designer (d. 2022)
- 1942 - Douglas Trumbull, American film director (d. 2022)
- 1944 - Odd Nerdrum, Norwegian painter
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Deaths
- 1950 - Vaslav Nijinsky, Polish-born ballet dancer (b. 1890)
- 1973 - Pablo Picasso, Spanish artist (b. 1881)
- 1998 - Anatole Dauman, French film producer (b. 1925)
- 2006 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer (b. 1923)
- 2021 – Richard Rush, American film director (Psych-Out) (b. 1929)
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