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| + | == Events == | ||
| - | == Art and culture == | + | *[[1869]] - [[Folies Bergère]], French cabaret, opens as the Folies Trévise |
| + | *[[1955]] – [[Tennessee Williams]] wins the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]''. | ||
| - | *[[1869]] - [[Folies Bergères]], French cabaret, opens as the Folies Trévise | + | ==Births== |
| + | *[[1601]] – [[Athanasius Kircher]], German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680) | ||
| + | *[[1729]] – [[Catherine the Great]], Empress of Russia (d. 1796) | ||
| + | *[[1772]] – [[Novalis]], German writer (d. 1801) | ||
| + | *[[1810]] – [[Hans Christian Lumbye]], Danish composer (d. 1874) | ||
| + | *[[1859]] – [[Jerome K. Jerome]], English writer (d. 1927) | ||
| + | *[[1873]] – [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet (d. 1944) | ||
| + | *[[1886]] – [[Gottfried Benn]], German author (d. 1956) | ||
| + | *[[1903]] – [[Bing Crosby]], American actor and singer (d. 1977) | ||
| + | *[[1906]] – [[Philippe Halsman]], American photographer (d. 1979) | ||
| + | *[[1925]] – [[John Neville (actor)|John Neville]], English theatre and film actor (d. 2011) | ||
| + | *[[1929]] – [[Link Wray]], American guitarist (d. 2005) | ||
| + | *[[1950]] – [[Bianca Jagger]], Nicaraguan socialite | ||
| + | *[[1952]] – [[Mari Natsuki]], Japanese singer, dancer and actress | ||
| + | *[[1954]] – [[Roberta Pedon]], American glamour model (d. 1982) | ||
| + | *[[1962]] – [[Stephen Daldry]], English film director | ||
| + | *[[1985]] – [[Lily Allen]], English singer and songwriter | ||
| - | == Births == | + | ==Deaths== |
| - | *[[1729]] - [[Catherine the Great]], Empress of Russia | + | * [[373]] – [[Athanasius of Alexandria|Athanasius]], [[Patriarch of Alexandria]] (b. 298) |
| - | *[[1772]] - [[Novalis]], German Romanticist philosopher, poet and novelist | + | *[[1519]] – [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452) |
| - | *[[1859]] - [[Jerome K. Jerome]], English writer, best known for the humorous travelogue ''[[Three Men in a Boat]]'' | + | *[[1857]] – [[Alfred de Musset]], French writer (b. 1810) |
| - | *[[1873]] - [[Jurgis Baltrušaitis]], Lithuanian poet, and translator | + | *[[1957]] – [[Joseph McCarthy]], U.S. Senator (b. 1908) |
| - | + | *[[1972]] – [[J. Edgar Hoover]], American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895) | |
| - | == Deaths == | + | *[[1980]] – [[George Pál]], Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908) |
| - | *[[1519]] - [[Leonardo da Vinci]], Italian Renaissance artist and scientist | + | *[[1999]] – [[Oliver Reed]], English actor (b. 1938) |
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| - | *[[1857]] - [[Alfred de Musset]], French dramatist, poet, and novelist, an important figure in the French Romantic literary movement. | + | |
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Events
- 1869 - Folies Bergère, French cabaret, opens as the Folies Trévise
- 1955 – Tennessee Williams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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Births
- 1601 – Athanasius Kircher, German Jesuit scholar (d. 1680)
- 1729 – Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia (d. 1796)
- 1772 – Novalis, German writer (d. 1801)
- 1810 – Hans Christian Lumbye, Danish composer (d. 1874)
- 1859 – Jerome K. Jerome, English writer (d. 1927)
- 1873 – Jurgis Baltrušaitis, Lithuanian poet (d. 1944)
- 1886 – Gottfried Benn, German author (d. 1956)
- 1903 – Bing Crosby, American actor and singer (d. 1977)
- 1906 – Philippe Halsman, American photographer (d. 1979)
- 1925 – John Neville, English theatre and film actor (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Link Wray, American guitarist (d. 2005)
- 1950 – Bianca Jagger, Nicaraguan socialite
- 1952 – Mari Natsuki, Japanese singer, dancer and actress
- 1954 – Roberta Pedon, American glamour model (d. 1982)
- 1962 – Stephen Daldry, English film director
- 1985 – Lily Allen, English singer and songwriter
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Deaths
- 373 – Athanasius, Patriarch of Alexandria (b. 298)
- 1519 – Leonardo da Vinci, Italian inventor and painter (b. 1452)
- 1857 – Alfred de Musset, French writer (b. 1810)
- 1957 – Joseph McCarthy, U.S. Senator (b. 1908)
- 1972 – J. Edgar Hoover, American director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (b. 1895)
- 1980 – George Pál, Hungarian-born film director (b. 1908)
- 1999 – Oliver Reed, English actor (b. 1938)
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