September 21
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Art and culture
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Births
- 1452 - Girolamo Savonarola, Dominican priest and ruler of Florence (d. 1498)
- 1866 - H. G. Wells, English writer (d. 1946)
- 1929 - Georges Bernier, French humorist and founder of Hara Kiri magazine. (d. 2005)
- 1934 - Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer and songwriter
- 1942 - U-Roy, Jamaican musician
- 1957 - Ethan Coen, American film director
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Deaths
- 19 BC - Virgil, Roman poet (b. 70 BC)
- 1558 - Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (b. 1500)
- 1832 - Walter Scott, Scottish historical novelist (b. 1771)
- 1860 - Arthur Schopenhauer, German philosopher (b. 1788)
- 1915 - Anthony Comstock, American moral crusader and iconic figure in the history of American censorship. (b. 1844)
- 1962 - Princess Marie Bonaparte, French psychoanalyst, (b. 1882)
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