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| *[[1968]] - [[Saatchi]] storage warehouse partly destroyed by fire, may artworks lost | *[[1968]] - [[Saatchi]] storage warehouse partly destroyed by fire, may artworks lost | ||
| - | [[M]] (1931) - [[Fritz Lang]] | + | *[[1968]] - [[Peter Kürten]] is located and arrested. [[M]] by [[Fritz Lang]] is based on his case |
| - | On May 24 he was located and arrested. Kürten confessed to almost eighty offences, and was charged with nine murders and seven attempted murders. ... | + | |
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Events
- 1830 - Mary had a little lamb by Sarah Hale is published.
- 1919 - Different from the Others premiers, one of the earliest films to offer viewers a gay-positive perspective.
- 1929 - The Cocoanuts, the first film to star the Marx Brothers, opens.
- 1943 - Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer in Auschwitz concentration camp.
- 1956 - The first Eurovision Song Contest is held in Lugano, Switzerland and is won by the host nation.
- 1961 - American civil rights movement: Freedom Riders are arrested in Jackson, Mississippi for "disturbing the peace" after disembarking from their bus.
- 1968 - Students set fire to the Paris stock exchange.
- 1968 - Saatchi storage warehouse partly destroyed by fire, may artworks lost
- 1968 - Peter Kürten is located and arrested. M by Fritz Lang is based on his case
Births
- 15 BC - Julius Caesar, Roman commander (d. 19)
- 1494 - Pontormo, Italian painter (d. 1557)
- 1743 - Jean-Paul Marat, French revolutionary (d. 1793)
- 1899 - Henri Michaux, French poet (d. 1984)
- 1936 - Harold Budd, American musician
- 1941 - Bob Dylan, American singer and songwriter
- 1944 - Patti LaBelle, American singer
- 1945 - Terry Callier, American singer
Deaths
- 1543 - Nicolaus Copernicus, astronomer (b. 1473)
- 1725 - Jonathan Wild, English criminal (b. 1683)
- 1881 - Samuel Palmer, English landscape painter, etcher and printmaker (b. 1805)
- 1948 - Jacques Feyder, Belgian director and screenwriter (b. 1885)
- 1974 - Duke Ellington, American composer and musician (b. 1899)
