May 13
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"The Dada mock trial of Maurice Barrès took place on 13 May 1921, a mock prosecution of French right-wing author Maurice Barrès by some member of the Paris dada movement."--Sholem Stein |
Events
- 1497 – Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.
- 1921 - Dada - in Paris a mock trial of Maurice Barrès takes place.
- 1967 - Dutch Provo movement officially disbanded
Births
- 1774 – Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, French painter (d. 1833)
- 1840 – Alphonse Daudet, French novelist (d. 1897)
- 1882 – Georges Braque, French painter (d. 1963)
- 1907 – Dame Daphne du Maurier, English author (d. 1989)
- 1922 – Beatrice Arthur, American actress (d.2009)
- 1927 – Herbert Ross, American director (d. 2001)
- 1931 – Jim Jones, American cult leader (d. 1978)
- 1935 – Jan Saudek, Czech photographer
- 1937 – Roger Zelazny, American author (d. 1995)
- 1939 – Harvey Keitel, American actor
- 1941 – Senta Berger, Austrian actress
- 1950 – Stevie Wonder, American singer and musician
- 1957 – Alan Ball, American screenwriter, director, and producer
- 1968 – Buckethead, Guitarist
Deaths
- 1832 – Georges Cuvier, French naturalist (b. 1769)
- 1961 – Gary Cooper, American actor (b. 1901)
- 1977 – Mickey Spillane, Irish-American gangster (b. 1934)
- 1988 – Chet Baker, American jazz trumpeter (b. 1929)
- 2000 – Paul Bartel, American actor (b. 1938)
- 2005 – Eddie Barclay, French record producer (b. 1921)
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