1976 Death Man Ray, U.S. artist (dada), dies at 86 1971 Event General Idi Amin Dada appointed president of Uganda 1971 Event Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada 1966 Death Jean Arp, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich, dies in Basel, Switzerland at age 79 1925 Birthday Ernst Jandl, born in Vienna, Austria, writer, poet, influenced by Dada, translated Gertrude Stein, Robert Creeley's The Island and John Cage's Silence 1890 Birthday Man Ray, U.S. statues artist/photographer/movie, dada 1889 Birthday Sophie Taeuber/Tauber-Arp, Swiss sculptor/wife of Hans Arp, Dada 1886 Birthday Jean Arp, born in Strasbourg, Germany, artist, sculptor, painter, poet, mediums include torn, pasted paper, founder, Dada movement in Zurich