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| *[[1943]] - [[Holocaust]]: [[Josef Mengele]] becomes chief medical officer in [[Auschwitz]] [[concentration camp]]. | *[[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. | *[[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]] - [[May 1968|May 1968 events]] Students set fire to the [[Paris]] [[stock exchange]]. | *[[1968]] - [[May 1968|May 1968 events]] Students set fire to the [[Paris]] [[stock exchange]]. | ||
| *[[1968]] - [[Saatchi]] storage warehouse partly destroyed by fire, many artworks lost | *[[1968]] - [[Saatchi]] storage warehouse partly destroyed by fire, many artworks lost | ||
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Art and culture
Events
- 1830 - Mary had a little lamb 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.
- 1930 - Peter Kürten is located and arrested. M by Fritz Lang is based on his case
- 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.
- 1968 - May 1968 events Students set fire to the Paris stock exchange.
- 1968 - Saatchi storage warehouse partly destroyed by fire, many artworks lost
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)
