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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

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

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 Admiral 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 Maatres

1902 Debussy's opera "Pelleas et Melissande," premieres in Paris

1900 Rene Crevel, French author, Mon corps et moi, Detours

1900 Hans Haug, born in Switzerland, composer, primitivist style, wrote solo guitar piece, Preludio, Tiento et Toccata

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, French 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, French 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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