December 22
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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| *[[1849]] - The execution of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] is called off at the last second. | *[[1849]] - The execution of [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] is called off at the last second. | ||
| + | *[[1894]] - ''[[Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune]]'' premieres in Paris. | ||
| *[[1894]] - The [[Dreyfus affair]] begins, in [[France]], when [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is wrongly convicted of [[treason]], on [[antisemitic]] grounds. | *[[1894]] - The [[Dreyfus affair]] begins, in [[France]], when [[Alfred Dreyfus]] is wrongly convicted of [[treason]], on [[antisemitic]] grounds. | ||
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
| *[[1550]] - [[Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)|Cesare Cremonini]], Italian philosopher (d. [[1631]]) | *[[1550]] - [[Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)|Cesare Cremonini]], Italian philosopher (d. [[1631]]) | ||
| + | *[[1639]] - [[Jean Racine]], French dramatist (d. [[1699]]) | ||
| *[[1858]] - [[Giacomo Puccini]], Italian composer (d. [[1924]]) | *[[1858]] - [[Giacomo Puccini]], Italian composer (d. [[1924]]) | ||
| *[[1876]] - [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], Italian poet and editor (d. [[1944]]) | *[[1876]] - [[Filippo Tommaso Marinetti]], Italian poet and editor (d. [[1944]]) | ||
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| *[[1905]] - [[Kenneth Rexroth]], American poet (d. [[1982]]) | *[[1905]] - [[Kenneth Rexroth]], American poet (d. [[1982]]) | ||
| * 1905 - [[Pierre Brasseur]], French actor (d. [[1972]]) | * 1905 - [[Pierre Brasseur]], French actor (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| - | *[[1937]] - [[Eduard Uspensky]], Russian writer | + | *[[1908]] - [[Max Bill]], Swiss architect (d. [[1994]]) |
| *[[1960]] - [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], American artist (d. [[1988]]) | *[[1960]] - [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]], American artist (d. [[1988]]) | ||
| + | *[[1967]] - [[Stefan Zweifel]], Swiss writer, translator and journalist. | ||
| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| *[[1880]] - [[George Eliot]], English writer (b. [[1819]]) | *[[1880]] - [[George Eliot]], English writer (b. [[1819]]) | ||
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| *[[1940]] - [[Nathanael West]], American writer (b. [[1903]]) | *[[1940]] - [[Nathanael West]], American writer (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| *[[1942]] - [[Franz Boas]], German anthropologist (b. [[1858]]) | *[[1942]] - [[Franz Boas]], German anthropologist (b. [[1858]]) | ||
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish writer (b. [[1906]]) | ||
| - | == Notes == | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Stefan Zweifel]], Swiss writer, translator and journalist. | ||
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Max Bill]], Swiss architect (d. [[1994]]) | ||
| - | *[[1894]] - [[Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune]] premiers in Paris. | ||
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Pierre Brasseur]], French actor. (d. [[1972]]) | ||
| *[[1969]] - [[Josef von Sternberg]], Austrian-American film director (b. [[1894]]) | *[[1969]] - [[Josef von Sternberg]], Austrian-American film director (b. [[1894]]) | ||
| - | + | *[[1989]] - [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish writer (b. [[1906]]) | |
| - | + | *[[2022]] - [[Thom Bell]], American composer (b. 1943) | |
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Art and culture
- 1849 - The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is called off at the last second.
- 1894 - Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune premieres in Paris.
- 1894 - The Dreyfus affair begins, in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason, on antisemitic grounds.
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Births
- 1550 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631)
- 1639 - Jean Racine, French dramatist (d. 1699)
- 1858 - Giacomo Puccini, Italian composer (d. 1924)
- 1876 - Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, Italian poet and editor (d. 1944)
- 1883 - Edgard Varèse French-born composer (d. 1965)
- 1900 - Marc Allégret, French film director and screenwriter (d. 1973)
- 1905 - Kenneth Rexroth, American poet (d. 1982)
- 1905 - Pierre Brasseur, French actor (d. 1972)
- 1908 - Max Bill, Swiss architect (d. 1994)
- 1960 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (d. 1988)
- 1967 - Stefan Zweifel, Swiss writer, translator and journalist.
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Deaths
- 1880 - George Eliot, English writer (b. 1819)
- 1902 - Richard von Krafft-Ebing, German psychiatrist (b. 1840)
- 1940 - Nathanael West, American writer (b. 1903)
- 1942 - Franz Boas, German anthropologist (b. 1858)
- 1969 - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American film director (b. 1894)
- 1989 - Samuel Beckett, Irish writer (b. 1906)
- 2022 - Thom Bell, American composer (b. 1943)
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