Chanel No. 5
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| - | ==Events== | ||
| - | *[[1494]] – [[Christopher Columbus]] lands on the island of [[Jamaica]] and claims it for [[Spain]]. | ||
| - | *[[1891]] – The [[Music Hall]] in [[New York City]] (now known as [[Carnegie Hall]]) has its grand opening and first public performance, with [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]] as the guest conductor. | ||
| - | *[[1920]] – [[Nicola Sacco]] and [[Bartolomeo Vanzetti]] arrested for alleged robbery and murder. | ||
| - | *[[1921]] – Coco Chanel introduces [[Chanel No. 5]] | ||
| - | *[[1925]] – [[Scopes Trial]]: [[John T. Scopes]] served an arrest warrant for teaching [[evolution]] in violation of the [[Butler Act]]. | ||
| - | *[[1941]] – [[Emperor]] [[Haile Selassie]] returns to [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia; date since commemorated as [[Liberation Day]]. | ||
| - | ==Births== | + | '''Chanel No. 5''' was the first fragrance from [[Paris]]ian [[Haute couture|couturier]] [[Coco Chanel|Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel]], and has been on sale continually since its introduction in 1921. It has been described as "the world's most legendary fragrance", and remains the company's most famous perfume. The company estimates that a bottle is sold worldwide every 55 seconds. |
| - | *[[1800]] – [[Louis Christophe François Hachette]], French publisher (d. 1864) | + | |
| - | *[[1813]] – [[Søren Kierkegaard]], Danish philosopher (d. 1855) | + | |
| - | *[[1818]] – [[Karl Marx]], German political philosopher (d. 1883) | + | |
| - | *[[1846]] – [[Henryk Sienkiewicz]], Polish author, [[Nobel Prize in Literature|Nobel Prize]] laureate (d. 1916) | + | |
| - | *[[1914]] – [[Tyrone Power]], American actor (d. 1958) | + | |
| - | *[[1935]] – [[Bernard Pivot]], French journalist and television host | + | |
| - | *[[1936]] – [[Patrick Gowers]], British composer | + | |
| - | *[[1942]] – [[Tammy Wynette]], American musician (d. 1998) | + | |
| - | *[[1944]] – [[Jean-Pierre Léaud]], French actor | + | |
| - | *[[1949]] - [[David Toop]], English musician and author | + | |
| - | *[[1970]] – [[Naomi Klein]], Canadian author and activist | + | |
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| - | *[[311]] – [[Galerius]], [[Roman Emperor]] | ||
| - | *[[1821]] – [[Napoleon I of France]] (b. 1769) | ||
| - | *[[1900]] – [[Ivan Aivazovsky]], Russian painter (b. 1817) | ||
| - | *[[1958]] - [[James Branch Cabell]], American writer of fantasy fiction and author of ''Jurgen, A Comedy of Justice'' | ||
| - | *[[1982]] - [[Cal Tjader]], American Latin jazz musician | ||
| - | *[[1992]] – [[Jean-Claude Pascal]], French singer (b. 1927) | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[Sir Coxsone Dodd]], Jamaican record producer and owner of [[Studio One]] | ||
| - | *[[2004]] - [[David Reimer]], sex change patient in a famous [[gender identity]] case | ||
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Chanel No. 5 was the first fragrance from Parisian couturier Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, and has been on sale continually since its introduction in 1921. It has been described as "the world's most legendary fragrance", and remains the company's most famous perfume. The company estimates that a bottle is sold worldwide every 55 seconds.
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