1980 Death Jean-Paul Sartre, existentialist (Nobel 1964), dies in Paris at 74 1974 Event Jean-Paul Sartre visits RAF leader Andreas Baader in prison 1964 Event French philosopher/author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses Nobel prize 1946 Event Jean-Paul Sartre's "La Putain Respecteuse," premieres in Paris 1942 Birthday Robert C. Solomon, born in Michigan, philosophy professor, studied Hegel, Nietzsche, Sartre, philosophy of emotions 1905 Birthday Jean Paul Sartre, existentialist/writer, Le Mur, Nobel 1964; declined