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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]]) | ||
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Beatrix Potter]], English writer (b. [[1866]]) | + | *[[1989]] - [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish writer (b. [[1906]]) |
| - | *[[1944]] - [[Harry Langdon]], American silent film actor (b. [[1884]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Hans Aumeier]], German Nazi official and concentration camp commandant (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | * 1947 - [[Therese Brandl]], Nazi concentration camp guard (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Gilda Gray]], Polish-born American dancer and actress (b. [[1901]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Richard Dimbleby]], English journalist and broadcaster (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Godfried Bomans]], Dutch author and television personality (b. [[1913]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Darryl F. Zanuck]], American producer (b. [[1902]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1985]] - [[D. Boon]], American singer and guitarist ([[The Minutemen (band)|The Minutemen]]) (b. [[1958]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1988]] - [[Chico Mendes]], Brazilian rubber tapper, unionist, and environmental activist (assassinated) (b. [[1944]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Samuel Beckett]], Irish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| *[[1992]] - [[Frederick Franz]], Watchtower president (b. [[1893]]) | *[[1992]] - [[Frederick Franz]], Watchtower president (b. [[1893]]) | ||
| *[[1993]] - [[Don DeFore]], American actor (b. [[1913]]) | *[[1993]] - [[Don DeFore]], American actor (b. [[1913]]) | ||
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Art and culture
- 1849 - The execution of Fyodor Dostoevsky is called off at the last second.
- 1894 - The Dreyfus affair begins, in France, when Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted of treason, on antisemitic grounds.
Births
- 1550 - Cesare Cremonini, Italian philosopher (d. 1631)
- 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)
- 1937 - Eduard Uspensky, Russian writer
- 1960 - Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (d. 1988)
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)
- 1989 - Samuel Beckett, Irish writer (b. 1906)
- 1992 - Frederick Franz, Watchtower president (b. 1893)
- 1993 - Don DeFore, American actor (b. 1913)
- 1995 - Butterfly McQueen, American actress (b. 1911)
- 1995 - James Meade, English economist, Bank of Sweden Prize winner (b. 1907)
- 1998 - Michelle Thomas, American actress (b. 1969)
- 2002 - Desmond Hoyte, President of Guyana (b. 1929)
- 2002 - Joe Strummer, English musician (The Clash) (b. 1952)
- 2003 - Dave Dudley, American singer (b. 1928)
- 2004 - Doug Ault, American baseball player (b. 1950)
- 2006 - Galina Ustvolskaya, Russian composer (b. 1919)
- 2006 - Dennis Linde, American songwriter (b. 1943)
Notes
- Richard von Krafft-Ebing
- Stefan Zweifel
- Becquer
- Louis Filler
- Filippo Tommaso Marinetti
- Samuel Beckett
- Edgard Varèse
- Max Bill
- Jean-Michel Basquiat
- Nathanael West
- Marc Allégret
- Kenneth Rexroth
- Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
- Pierre Brasseur
* George Eliot * Josef von Sternberg
- Cesare Cremonini (philosopher)
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