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| == Art and culture == | == Art and culture == | ||
| - | + | *[[1990]] - The beginning of the [[Internet Movie Database]] | |
| ==Births== | ==Births== | ||
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| - | *[[1253]] - [[Ivo of Kermartin]], French saint (d. [[1303]]) | ||
| - | *[[1563]] - [[Jodocus Hondius]], Flemish cartographer (d. [[1611]]) | ||
| - | *[[1577]] - [[Cristofano Allori]], Italian painter (d. [[1621]]) | ||
| - | *[[1582]] - [[Johann Gerhard]], German Lutheran leader (d. [[1637]]) | ||
| - | *[[1623]] - [[Francis Turretin]], Swiss theologian (d. [[1687]]) | ||
| - | *[[1688]] - [[Domenico Zipoli]], Italian composer (d. [[1726]]) | ||
| - | *[[1711]] - [[Jupiter Hammon]], American writer | ||
| *[[1719]] - [[Jacques Cazotte]], French writer (d. [[1792]]) | *[[1719]] - [[Jacques Cazotte]], French writer (d. [[1792]]) | ||
| - | *[[1811]] - [[Albertus van Raalte]], Dutch/American religious leader (d. [[1876]]) | + | *[[1760]] - [[Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon]], French philosopher (d. [[1825]]) |
| *[[1813]] - [[Georg Büchner]], German playwright (d. [[1837]]) | *[[1813]] - [[Georg Büchner]], German playwright (d. [[1837]]) | ||
| - | *[[1817]] - [[Sir Syed Ahmad Khan]], Indian Muslim intellectual (d. [[1898]]) | + | *[[1840]] - [[André Gill]], French caricaturist. (d. [[1885]]) |
| - | *[[1864]] - [[Elinor Glyn]], British writer (d. [[1943]]) | + | *[[1864]] - [[Elinor Glyn]], British author (d. [[1943]]) |
| - | *[[1865]] - [[James Rudolph Garfield]], American politician (d. [[1950]]) | + | *[[1893]] - [[Richard Connell]], American author (d. [[1949]]) |
| - | *[[1886]] - [[Spring Byington]], American actress (d. [[1971]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1890]] - [[Roy Kilner]], English cricketer (d. [[1928]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1898]] - [[Shinichi Suzuki]], Japanese violin teacher (d. [[1998]]) | + | |
| - | * 1898 - [[Simon Vestdijk]], Dutch writer (d. [[1971]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1900]] - [[Jean Arthur]], American actress (d. [[1991]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1902]] - [[Irene Ryan]], American actress (d. [[1973]]) | + | |
| *[[1903]] - [[Nathanael West]], American writer (d. [[1940]]) | *[[1903]] - [[Nathanael West]], American writer (d. [[1940]]) | ||
| - | *[[1906]] - [[Paul Derringer]], American baseball player (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | *[[1908]] - [[Red Rolfe]], American baseball player (d. [[1969]]) | ||
| - | *[[1912]] - [[Pope John Paul I]] (d. [[1978]]) | ||
| - | * 1912 - [[Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner]], American singer/songwriter (d. [[1982]]) | ||
| - | *[[1914]] - [[Jerry Siegel]], American cartoonist, co-creator of [[Superman]] (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | *[[1915]] - [[Arthur Miller]], American playwright (d. [[2005]]) | ||
| - | *[[1917]] - [[Sumner Locke Elliott]], Australian (later American) novelist (d. [[1991]]) | ||
| - | *[[1918]] - [[Rita Hayworth]], American actress (d. [[1987]]) | ||
| - | *[[1919]] - [[Isaak Markovich Khalatnikov]], Russian physicist | ||
| - | *[[1920]] - [[Miguel Delibes]], Spanish writer | ||
| - | * 1920 - [[Montgomery Clift]], American actor (d. [[1966]]) | ||
| - | *[[1921]] - [[Tom Poston]], American actor and comedian (d. [[2007]]) | ||
| - | * 1921 - [[Maria Gorokhovskaya]], Soviet gymnast (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | *[[1922]] - [[Pierre Juneau]], Canadian film and broadcast executive | ||
| - | * 1922 - [[Luiz Bonfá]], Brazilian composer (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | *[[1923]] - [[Charles McClendon]], American football coach (d. [[2001]]) | ||
| - | * 1923 - [[Barney Kessel]], American musician (d. [[2004]]) | ||
| - | *[[1925]] - [[Harry Carpenter]], English sports commentator | ||
| - | *[[1926]] - [[Julie Adams]], American film actress | ||
| - | *[[1930]] - [[Robert Atkins (nutritionist)|Robert Atkins]], American nutritionist (d. [[2003]]) | ||
| - | * 1930 - [[Jimmy Breslin]], American writer | ||
| - | * 1930 - [[Joe Erskine (American boxer)|Joe Erskine]], American welterweight boxer and long distance runner | ||
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Ernst Hinterberger]], Austrian writer | ||
| - | *[[1933]] - [[Jeanine Deckers]], Belgian nun (d. [[1985]]) | ||
| - | *[[1936]] - [[Hiroo Kanamori]], Japanese seismologist | ||
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Evel Knievel]], American daredevil | ||
| - | *[[1940]] - [[Peter Stringfellow]], British [[nightclub]] owner | ||
| - | *[[1941]] - [[Earl Thomas Conley]], American singer | ||
| - | * 1941 - [[Seals and Crofts|Jim Seals]] American singer ([[Seals and Crofts]]) | ||
| - | *[[1942]] - [[Gary Puckett]], American musician | ||
| - | *[[1946]] - Sir [[Cameron Mackintosh]], British stage producer | ||
| - | * 1946 - [[Adam Michnik]], Polish activist | ||
| - | * 1946 - [[Bob Seagren]], American athlete | ||
| - | * 1946 - [[Michael Hossack]], American musician ([[The Doobie Brothers]]) | ||
| - | *[[1947]] - [[Gene Green]], American politician | ||
| - | * 1947 - [[Michael McKean]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1948]] - [[Margot Kidder]], Canadian actress | ||
| - | * 1948 - [[George Wendt]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1948 - [[Robert Jordan]], American novelist | ||
| - | *[[1950]] - [[Howard Rollins]], American actor (d. [[1996]]) | ||
| - | *[[1956]] - [[Mae Jemison]], American astronaut | ||
| - | * 1956 - [[Patrick McCrory]], American politician and Mayor of [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] | ||
| - | *[[1957]] - [[Steve McMichael]], American football player | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Alan Jackson]], American singer and songwriter | ||
| - | *[[1959]] - [[Ron Drummond]], American writer | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Mark Peel]], Australian historian and academic | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Richard Roeper]], American film critic | ||
| - | * 1959 - [[Russell Gilbert]], Australian comedian | ||
| - | *[[1960]] - [[Rob Marshall]], American director | ||
| - | * 1960 - [[Guy Henry]], English actor | ||
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Mike Judge]], Ecuadoran-born cartoonist | ||
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Norm MacDonald (comedian)|Norm MacDonald]], Canadian comedian | ||
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Aravinda de Silva]], Sri Lankan cricketer | ||
| - | *[[1966]] - [[Mark Gatiss]], English actor | ||
| - | *[[1968]] - [[Ziggy Marley]], Jamaican musician | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Wood Harris]], African American actor | ||
| - | *[[1969]] - [[Ernie Els]], South African golfer | ||
| - | * 1969 - [[Rick Mercer]], Canadian comedian | ||
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Anil Kumble]], Indian cricketer | ||
| - | * 1970 - [[John Mabry]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1971]] - [[Chris Kirkpatrick]], American singer ([['N Sync]]) | ||
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Eminem]], American rapper | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Tarkan]], Turkish singer | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Wyclef Jean]], Haitian-born singer | ||
| - | * 1972 - [[Joe McEwing]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1974]] - [[Matthew Macfadyen]], British actor | ||
| - | * 1974 - [[John Rocker]], American baseball player | ||
| - | *[[1975]] - [[Francis Bouillon]], American hockey player | ||
| - | *[[1976]] - [[Sebastián Abreu]], Uruguayan footballer | ||
| - | *[[1977]] - [[Dudu Aouate]], Israeli footballer | ||
| - | *[[1979]] - [[Marcela Bovio]], Mexican singer and violinist ([[Elfonía]], [[Stream of Passion]]) | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Kimi Räikkönen]], Finnish race car driver | ||
| - | * 1979 - [[Kostas Tsartsaris]], Greek basketball player | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Nick Riewoldt]], Australian rules footballer | ||
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Daniel Booko]], American actor | ||
| - | * 1983 - [[Ivan Saenko]], Russian football player | ||
| - | * 1984 - [[Jelle Klaasen]], Dutch darts player | ||
| - | * 1984 - [[Chris Lowell]], American actor | ||
| - | *[[1987]] - [[Jarosław Fojut]], Polish footballer | ||
| - | *[[1989]] - [[Rhys McInerney]], Australian Youth Comedian | ||
| - | *[[1990]] - [[Taylor Parks]], Stand-Up Comic | ||
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Matthew Crane]], British operatic singer | ||
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Sam Concepcion]], Filipino performer and actor | ||
| - | *[[1995]] - [[Alexandria, McKenzie and Megan Calabrese]], American triplets and actresses | ||
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| ==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
| - | * [[532]] - [[Pope Boniface II]] | + | * [[1849]] - [[Frédéric Chopin]], Polish-French musician and composer (b. [[1810]]) |
| - | *[[1174]] - Queen [[Petronila of Aragon]] (b. [[1135]]) | + | * [[1983]] - [[Raymond Aron]], French philosopher (b. 1905) |
| - | *[[1586]] - [[Philip Sidney]], English courtier, soldier, and writer (killed in battle) (b. [[1554]]) | + | * [[2006]] - [[Daniel Emilfork]], French actor (b. [[1924]]) |
| - | *[[1616]] - [[John Pitts]], Catholic scholar and writer. (b. [[1560]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1660]] - [[Adrian Scrope]], English regicide (b. [[1601]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1673]] - [[Thomas Clifford, 1st Baron Clifford of Chudleigh]], English statesman (b. [[1630]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1757]] - [[René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur]], French scientist (b. [[1683]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1776]] - [[Pierre François le Courayer]], French theologian (b. [[1681]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1780]] - [[William Cookworthy]], English chemist (b. [[1705]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1786]] - [[Johann Ludwig Aberli]], Swiss artist (b. [[1723]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1806]] - [[Jean-Jacques Dessalines]], Haitian independence leader (b. [[1758]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1836]] - [[Orest Kiprensky]], Russian painter (b. [[1782]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1837]] - [[Johann Nepomuk Hummel]], Austrian virtuoso pianist and composer (b. [[1778]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1849]] - [[Frédéric Chopin]], Polish-French musician and composer (b. [[1810]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1868]] - [[Laura Secord]], Canadian heroine of the war of 1812 (b. [[1775]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1887]] - [[Gustav Kirchhoff]], German physicist (b. [[1824]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1889]] - [[Nikolai Chernyshevsky]], Russian philosopher (b. [[1828]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1910]] - [[Julia Ward Howe]], American composer and abolitionist (b. [[1819]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1931]] - [[Alfons Maria Jakob]], German neurologist (b. [[1884]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1934]] - [[Santiago Ramón y Cajal]], Spanish histologist and neuroscientist, recipient of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] (b. [[1852]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1938]] - [[Karl Kautsky]], Marxist theoretician (b. [[1854]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1943]] - [[Stefan Starzyński]], Polish politician | + | |
| - | *[[1958]] - [[Charlie Townsend]], English cricketer (b. [[1876]]) | + | |
| - | * 1958 - [[Paul Outerbridge]], American photographer (b. [[1896]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1962]] - [[Natalia Goncharova]], Russian painter (b. [[1882]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1963]] - [[Jacques Hadamard]], French mathematician (b. [[1865]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1965]] - [[Bart King|John Barton King]], [[Philadelphian cricket team|Philadelphian]] [[cricket]]er (b. [[1873]]) | + | |
| - | * [[1966]] - [[Wieland Wagner]], German stage director (b. [[1917]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1967]] - [[Henry Pu Yi]], last [[Emperor of China]] (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] - [[Pierre Laporte]], Vice-Premier of Quebec (assassinated) (b. [[1921]]) | + | |
| - | * 1970 - [[Vola Vale]], American actress (b. [[1897]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1972]] - [[Prince George of Yugoslavia]] (b. [[1887]]) | + | |
| - | * 1972 - [[Turk Broda]], [[National Hockey League]] goaltender (b. [[1914]]) | + | |
| - | * 1972 - [[Billy Williams (singer)|Billy Williams]], American singer (b. [[1910]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1973]] - [[Ingeborg Bachmann]], Austrian writer (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1979]] - [[S. J. Perelman]], American writer (b. [[1904]]) | + | |
| - | * 1979 - [[John Stuart (actor)|John Stuart]], Scottish actor (b. [[1898]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1981]] - [[Albert Cohen]], Swiss author (b. [[1895]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1983]] - [[Raymond Aron]], French philosopher (b. [[1905]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1991]] - [[Tennessee Ernie Ford]], American singer and television performer (b. [[1919]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1992]] - [[Herman Johannes]], Indonesian professor, scientist and politician (b. [[1912]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1993]] - [[Criss Oliva]], American musician ([[Savatage]]) (b. [[1963]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1996]] - [[Chris Acland]], English drummer ([[Lush (band)|Lush]]) (b. [[1966]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1998]] - [[Hakim Mohammed Said]], Pakistani scholar and [[philanthropist]] | + | |
| - | * 1998 - [[Joan Hickson]], British actress (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | *[[1999]] - [[Nicholas Metropolis]], Greek-American mathematician, physicist and computer scientist (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2000]] - [[Leo Nomellini]], wrestler (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2001]] - [[Rehavam Zeevi]], Israeli politician (b. [[1926]]) | + | |
| - | * 2001 - [[Jay Livingston]], American songwriter (b. [[1915]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2002]] - [[Derek Bell (musician)|Derek Bell]], Irish harpist ([[The Chieftans]]) (b. [[1935]]) | + | |
| - | * 2002 - [[Aileen Riggin]], American swimmer (b. [[1906]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Uzi Hitman]], Israeli singer (b. [[1952]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2005]] - [[Ba Jin]], Chinese writer (b. [[1904]]) | + | |
| - | * 2005 - [[Franky Gee]], European techno artist (b. [[1962]]) | + | |
| - | *[[2006]] - [[Daniel Emilfork]], French actor (b. [[1924]]) | + | |
| - | * 2006 - [[Christopher Glenn]], American newscaster (b. [[1938]]) | + | |
| - | == Notes == | ||
| - | # Jacques Cazotte | ||
| - | # Internet Movie Database | ||
| - | # Nathanael West | ||
| - | # Richard Connell | ||
| - | # Cinefantastique | ||
| - | # André Gill | ||
| - | # Daniel Emilfork | ||
| - | # Ariel Levy | ||
| - | # Georg Büchner | ||
| - | # Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon | ||
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Art and culture
- 1990 - The beginning of the Internet Movie Database
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Births
- 1719 - Jacques Cazotte, French writer (d. 1792)
- 1760 - Claude Henri de Rouvroy, comte de Saint-Simon, French philosopher (d. 1825)
- 1813 - Georg Büchner, German playwright (d. 1837)
- 1840 - André Gill, French caricaturist. (d. 1885)
- 1864 - Elinor Glyn, British author (d. 1943)
- 1893 - Richard Connell, American author (d. 1949)
- 1903 - Nathanael West, American writer (d. 1940)
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Deaths
- 1849 - Frédéric Chopin, Polish-French musician and composer (b. 1810)
- 1983 - Raymond Aron, French philosopher (b. 1905)
- 2006 - Daniel Emilfork, French actor (b. 1924)
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