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| + | ! style="text-align:left; width:310px;"| [[May 7]] >> | ||
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| + | ==Events== | ||
| + | *[[1527]] – [[Spain|Spanish]] and [[Germany|German]] troops sack [[Rome]]; some consider this the end of the [[Renaissance]]. 147 [[Swiss Guards]], including their commander, die fighting the forces of [[Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor|Charles V]] during the [[Sack of Rome]] in order to allow [[Pope]] [[Clement VII]] to escape into [[Castel Sant'Angelo]]. | ||
| *[[1889]] - [[Exposition Universelle (1889)|Exposition Universelle]], world fair opens in Paris | *[[1889]] - [[Exposition Universelle (1889)|Exposition Universelle]], world fair opens in Paris | ||
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| *[[1933]] - [[Institut für Sexualwissenschaft]] (Institute for Sexual Research) destroyed by the Nazis | *[[1933]] - [[Institut für Sexualwissenschaft]] (Institute for Sexual Research) destroyed by the Nazis | ||
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| - | *[[1938]] - Hitler's visit to Rome to sign an alliance with Mussolini, chance meeting between these two fictional characters in ''[[Un Giornata Particolare]]''. | ||
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| *[[1966]] - Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the [[Moors Murders]] in [[England]]. | *[[1966]] - Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the [[Moors Murders]] in [[England]]. | ||
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| * [[2002 ]] - [[Netherlands|Dutch]] politician [[Pim Fortuyn]] is shot and killed by a left-wing extremist. | * [[2002 ]] - [[Netherlands|Dutch]] politician [[Pim Fortuyn]] is shot and killed by a left-wing extremist. | ||
| - | == Births == | + | ==Births== |
| - | *[[1758]] - [[Maximilien Robespierre]], best-known leader of the French revolution, | + | *[[1713]] – [[Charles Batteux]], French philosopher (d. 1780) |
| - | + | *[[1758]] – [[Maximilien Robespierre]], French Revolutionary (d. 1794) | |
| - | *[[1856]] - [[Sigmund Freud]], Austrian neurologist | + | *[[1856]] – [[Sigmund Freud]], Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939) |
| - | + | *[[1868]] – [[Gaston Leroux]], French writer (d. 1927) | |
| - | *[[1905]] - [[Carlo Mollino]], Italian architect and designer | + | *[[1871]] – [[Christian Morgenstern]], German author (d. 1914) |
| - | + | *[[1880]] – [[Ernst Ludwig Kirchner]], German painter (d. 1938) | |
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Orson Welles]],American director, considered one of Hollywood's greatest directors | + | *[[1895]] – [[Rudolph Valentino]], Italian actor (d. 1926) |
| - | + | *[[1902]] – [[Max Ophüls]], German-born director (d. 1957) | |
| - | *[[1868]] - [[Gaston Leroux]], French journalist and novelist, best known for writing ... | + | *[[1905]] – [[Carlo Mollino]], Italian architect and designer (d. 1973) |
| - | + | *[[1915]] – [[Orson Welles]], American director (d. 1985) | |
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Max Ophüls]], German born film director | + | *[[1920]] – [[Raymond Fernandez|Martha Beck]], American convicted murderer (d. 1951) |
| - | + | *[[1943]] – [[Andreas Baader]], member of the Red Army Fraction (d. 1977) | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Andreas Baader]], first leader of the German [[terrorist]] organization Red Army | + | *[[1945]] – [[Bob Seger]], American singer/songwriter |
| - | + | *[[1947]] – [[Martha Nussbaum]], American philosopher | |
| - | == Deaths == | + | *[[1961]] – [[George Clooney]], American actor |
| + | *[[1965]] – [[Leslie Hope]], Canadian actress | ||
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Marlene Dietrich]], German actress and singer | + | ==Deaths== |
| + | *[[1859]] – [[Alexander von Humboldt]], German naturalist and explorer (b. 1769) | ||
| + | *[[1862]] – [[Henry David Thoreau]], American author and philosopher (b. 1817) | ||
| + | *[[1910]] – King [[Edward VII of the United Kingdom]] (b. 1841) | ||
| + | *[[1949]] – [[Maurice Maeterlinck]], Belgian writer, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (b. 1862) | ||
| + | *[[1969]] - [[Don Drummond]], Jamaican musician (The Skatalites) (b. [[1932]]) | ||
| + | *[[1992]] – [[Marlene Dietrich]], German actress (b. 1901) | ||
| + | *[[2002]] – [[Pim Fortuyn]], Dutch politician (b. 1948) | ||
| + | *[[2007]] – [[Curtis Harrington]], American film director (b. 1926) | ||
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Events
- 1527 – Spanish and German troops sack Rome; some consider this the end of the Renaissance. 147 Swiss Guards, including their commander, die fighting the forces of Charles V during the Sack of Rome in order to allow Pope Clement VII to escape into Castel Sant'Angelo.
- 1889 - Exposition Universelle, world fair opens in Paris
- 1933 - Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Research) destroyed by the Nazis
- 1966 - Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders in England.
- 2002 - Dutch politician Pim Fortuyn is shot and killed by a left-wing extremist.
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Births
- 1713 – Charles Batteux, French philosopher (d. 1780)
- 1758 – Maximilien Robespierre, French Revolutionary (d. 1794)
- 1856 – Sigmund Freud, Austrian psychiatrist (d. 1939)
- 1868 – Gaston Leroux, French writer (d. 1927)
- 1871 – Christian Morgenstern, German author (d. 1914)
- 1880 – Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, German painter (d. 1938)
- 1895 – Rudolph Valentino, Italian actor (d. 1926)
- 1902 – Max Ophüls, German-born director (d. 1957)
- 1905 – Carlo Mollino, Italian architect and designer (d. 1973)
- 1915 – Orson Welles, American director (d. 1985)
- 1920 – Martha Beck, American convicted murderer (d. 1951)
- 1943 – Andreas Baader, member of the Red Army Fraction (d. 1977)
- 1945 – Bob Seger, American singer/songwriter
- 1947 – Martha Nussbaum, American philosopher
- 1961 – George Clooney, American actor
- 1965 – Leslie Hope, Canadian actress
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Deaths
- 1859 – Alexander von Humboldt, German naturalist and explorer (b. 1769)
- 1862 – Henry David Thoreau, American author and philosopher (b. 1817)
- 1910 – King Edward VII of the United Kingdom (b. 1841)
- 1949 – Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1862)
- 1969 - Don Drummond, Jamaican musician (The Skatalites) (b. 1932)
- 1992 – Marlene Dietrich, German actress (b. 1901)
- 2002 – Pim Fortuyn, Dutch politician (b. 1948)
- 2007 – Curtis Harrington, American film director (b. 1926)
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