1994 Michel Vitold, Russian/French actor (Madame et le Mort), dies at 78
1993 Robert J Glass, film producer (ET), is killed at 53
1991 Orane Demazis, French actress (Marius, Fanny et Cesar), dies at 87
1990 Tamara De Treaux, actress (ET), dies at 31
1988 "ET" released to home video (14 million presold)
1983 40th Golden Globes: Gandhi, ET and Tootsie win
1982 Movie "ET the Extra-Terrestrial" released (highest grossing film)
1977 Jacques Prevert, French poet (La puil et le beau), dies at 77
1975 Drew Barrymore, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, ET, Firestarter, Poison Ivy
1973 Nixon announces resignation of Haldeman, Ehrlichman, et al
1971 Henry Thomas, born in San Antonio, Texas, actor, ET
1970 Fernand Crommelynck, Belgian playwright (Chaud et Frois), dies at 83
1966 Robert MacNaughton, New York City, actor, ET
1966 Buffalo Springfield form (Steven Stills, Neil Young, et al)
1961 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et magistrate
1961 Pope John XXIII publishes encyclical Mater et Magistra
1960 Company Industrielle et Forestere (Indufor) forms in Brussels
1952 John Tesh, born in Garden City, New York, New age pianist/TV host, ET
1949 Dee Wallace Stone, [Deanna Bowers], born in Kansas City, Missouri, actress, Critters, 10, ET
1947 Steven Spielberg, born in Cincinnati, director, ET, Close Encounters, Jaws
1944 Harold Arlen/ET Harburgs musical premieres in New York City
1943 Simone Weil, French philosopher (Le pesanteur et la grace), dies at 34
1942 Peter Coyote, [Cohon], New York City, actor, Kika, Living a Lie, Exposure, ET
1941 Free France under adm Muselier occupies St-Pierre et Miquelon
1926 Paul-Michel Foucault, French philosopher, Les Mots et les Choses
1915 Marcel Quinet, Belgian pianist/composer, Vague et Sillon
1913 Roger Caillois, French writer, Les Jeux et les Hommes
1912 Charles Moeller, Belgian theologist, Humanism et saintete
1907 Roger Vailland, French author, La Novice, Et Mourir de Plasir
1907 Paul Dukas' opera "Ariane et Barbe Bleue," premieres in Paris
1906 Birago Diop, Senegalees writer/ambassador, Leurres et Lueurs
1905 Charles de Trooz, Belgian literary, Le Magister et Ses MaŚtres
1902 Debussy's opera "Pelleas et Melissande," premieres in Paris
1900 Rene Crevel, French author, Mon corps et moi, Detours
1897 Paul Neuhuys, Belgian playwright, Le Canari et le Cerise
1897 1st performance of Debussy's "Pelleas et Melisande"
1889 Marcel Moyse, Saint-Amour, France, flutist, 20 Exercises et etudes
1886 Georges Vandertongerloo, Flemish artist, L'art et Son Avenir
1879 Henrik Ibsen's "Et Dukkehjem," premieres in Copenhagen
1877 Camille Saint-Saens' opera "Samson et Dalila," premieres in Weimar
1874 Eugene Baie, Belgian author, Sub rosa et sub umbra
1872 Paul Fort, French poet/founder of Vers et Prose
1871 Georges-Henri Rouault, Fr expressionist painter, Miserere et Guerre
1867 Opera "Romeo et Juliette" is produced (Paris)
1865 Charles Bally, Swiss linguist, Le langage et la vie
1864 Lucien Herr, France, scientist, Corresp entre Schiller et Schiller
1862 Berlioz' opera "Beatrice et Benedict," premieres in Baden-Baden
1791 A Eugene Scribe, French dramatist, Bertrand et Raton
1783 Stendahl, [Marie Henri Beyle], France, writer, Le Rouge et de Noir
1780 Jonas Daniel Meyer, Dutch lawyer, Esprit, origin et progres
1767 Mozart's opera "Apollo et Hyacinthus," premieres in Salzburg
1759 Thomas-Philippe et de Boussu, S Netherlands cardinal, dies at 79
1737 Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint-Pierre, Fr writer, Paul et Virgin
1679 Thomas-Philippe d'alsace et de Boussu, South Netherland cardinal
1674 Prosper Jolyot de Crebillon, French poet, Atree et Thyeste
1670 Pierre Corneille's "Tite et Berenice," premieres in Paris
1548 Pieter C Bockenberg, historian, Annales Hollandiae et Zeelandiae
1142 Pierre Abelard, French philosopher (Sic et Non, Heloise), dies at 62
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