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| *[[1705]] - [[John Ray]], English naturalist (b. [[1627]]) | *[[1705]] - [[John Ray]], English naturalist (b. [[1627]]) | ||
| *[[1861]] - [[Lola Montez]], Irish-born adventurer (b. [[1821]]) | *[[1861]] - [[Lola Montez]], Irish-born adventurer (b. [[1821]]) | ||
| - | *[[1863]] - [[Horace Vernet]], French painter (b. [[1789]]) | ||
| - | *[[1884]] - [[Hermann Schlegel]], German ornithologist (b. [[1804]]) | ||
| - | *[[1886]] - [[Amilcare Ponchielli]], Italian composer (b. [[1834]]) | ||
| - | *[[1893]] - [[Rutherford B. Hayes]], 19th [[President of the United States]] (b. [[1822]]) | ||
| - | *[[1903]] - [[Ignaz Wechselmann]], Hungarian architect and philanthropist (b. [[1828]]) | ||
| - | *[[1927]] - [[Juliette Gordon Low]], American founder of the [[Girl Scouts of the USA]] (b. [[1860]]) | ||
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Grand Duke Peter Nikolaevich of Russia]], son of [[Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich of Russia (1831-1891)|Grand Duke Nicholas Nikolaevich]] (b. [[1864]]) | ||
| *[[1933]] - [[Louis Comfort Tiffany]], American artist and designer (b. [[1848]]) | *[[1933]] - [[Louis Comfort Tiffany]], American artist and designer (b. [[1848]]) | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Walther von Reichenau]], German field marshal (b. [[1884]]) | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Pyotr Krasnov]], Russian counter-revolutionary (b. [[1869]]) | ||
| - | * 1947 - [[Jean-Marie-Rodrigue Villeneuve]], French [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Quebec|Archbishop of Quebec]] (b. [[1883]]) | ||
| - | *[[1961]] - [[Patrice Lumumba]], Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (b. [[1925]]) | ||
| - | *[[1964]] - [[T.H. White]], English author (b. [[1906]]) | ||
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Evelyn Nesbit]], American actress (b. [[1884]]) | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Simon Kovar]], Russian-American bassoonist (b. [[1890]]) | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[Billy Stewart]], American singer (b. [[1937]]) | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Betty Smith]], American writer and singer (b. [[1896]]) | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Gary Gilmore]], American murderer (b. [[1940]]) | ||
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Loukas Panourgias]], Greek footballer (b. [[1899]]) | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Doodles Weaver]], American actor (b. [[1911]]) | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Hugo Fregonese]], Argentine film director (b. [[1908]]) | ||
| - | *[[1991]] - King [[Olav V of Norway]] (b. [[1903]]) | ||
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Albert Hourani]], English historian (b. [[1915]]) | ||
| - | *[[1994]] - [[Helen Stephens]], American runner (b. [[1918]]) | ||
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Amber Hagerman]], American namesake of the [[Amber Alert]] system (b. [[1986]]) | ||
| - | * 1996 - [[Barbara Jordan]], American politician (b. [[1936]]) | ||
| - | * 1996 - [[Mostafa Sid Ahmed]], Sudanese singer (b. [[1953]]) | ||
| - | *[[1997]] - [[Clyde Tombaugh]], American astronomer (b. [[1906]]) | ||
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Junior Kimbrough]], American bluesman (b. [[1930]]) | ||
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Robert Eads]], American transexual (b. [[1945]]) | ||
| *[[2001]] - [[Gregory Corso]], American poet (b. [[1930]]) | *[[2001]] - [[Gregory Corso]], American poet (b. [[1930]]) | ||
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Bishop Karas]], First Coptic Bishop of St. Antony Monastery (b. [[1955]]) | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Camilo Jose Cela]], Spanish writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. [[1916]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2003]] - [[Richard Crenna]], American actor (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Czeslaw Niemen]], Polish musician (b. [[1939]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Ray Stark]], American stage and film producer (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Noble Willingham]], American actor (b. [[1931]]) | + | |
| - | * 2004 - [[Harry Brecheen]], American baseball player (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Charlie Bell]], Australian fast food executive (b. [[1960]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Virginia Mayo]], American actress (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Albert Schatz (scientist)|Albert Schatz]], American microbiologist (b. [[1920]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Zhao Ziyang]], [[Premier of the People's Republic of China]] (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Clarence Ray Allen]], American murderer (b. [[1930]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Pierre Grondin]], French Canadian cardiac surgeon (b. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2007]] - [[Art Buchwald]], American humorist (b. [[1925]]) | + | |
| - | * 2007 - [[Yevhen Kushnaryov]], Ukrainian politician (b. [[1951]]) | + | |
| == Notes == | == Notes == | ||
| - | Georges Pichard | + | *[[1705]] - [[Georges Pichard |
| - | Donald Cammell | + | *[[1705]] - [[Donald Cammell |
| - | Dalida | + | *[[1705]] - [[Robert Filliou |
| - | Andy Kaufman | + | *[[1705]] - [[Sakae Osugi |
| - | John Ray | + | *[[1705]] - [[Leonid Trauberg |
| - | Robert Filliou | + | *[[1705]] - [[Auguste Comte |
| - | Gregory Corso | + | *[[1705]] - [[Antonio del Pollaiolo |
| - | Mack Sennett | + | *[[1705]] - [[Ryuichi Sakamoto |
| - | Alain Payet | + | *[[1705]] - [[Harvey Matusow |
| - | Sakae Osugi | + | *[[1705]] - [[Charles Garnier |
| - | Lola Montez | + | |
| - | Leonid Trauberg | + | |
| - | Auguste Comte | + | |
| - | Antonio del Pollaiolo | + | |
| - | Ryuichi Sakamoto | + | |
| - | Harvey Matusow | + | |
| - | Charles Garnier | + | |
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Art and culture
- 1605 - First publication of Don Quixote.
- 1904 - Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard receives its premiere performance at the Moscow Art Theatre.
- 1956 - Allen Ginsberg writes his poem "America".
Births
- 1880 - Mack Sennett, Canadian film director (d. 1960)
- 1933 - Dalida, French singer (d. 1987)
- 1949 - Andy Kaufman, American comedian (d. 1984)
- 1952 - Ryuichi Sakamoto, Japanese musician
- 1962 - Jim Carrey, Canadian actor and comedian
- 1966 - Shabba Ranks, Jamaican singer
- 1969 - Lukas Moodysson, Swedish film writer and director
- 1975 - Tom Jenkinson, English musician (Squarepusher)
Deaths
- 1705 - John Ray, English naturalist (b. 1627)
- 1861 - Lola Montez, Irish-born adventurer (b. 1821)
- 1933 - Louis Comfort Tiffany, American artist and designer (b. 1848)
- 2001 - Gregory Corso, American poet (b. 1930)
Notes
- 1705 - [[Georges Pichard
- 1705 - [[Donald Cammell
- 1705 - [[Robert Filliou
- 1705 - [[Sakae Osugi
- 1705 - [[Leonid Trauberg
- 1705 - [[Auguste Comte
- 1705 - [[Antonio del Pollaiolo
- 1705 - [[Ryuichi Sakamoto
- 1705 - [[Harvey Matusow
- 1705 - [[Charles Garnier
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