the French architect Jules Hardouin Mansart is born. He became the superindent of all royal buildings and that included the Palace of Versailles. The mansard was designed and named after him.
In 1783 in Grenoble French writer and critic Marie Henry Beyle Stendhal is born. He is considered one of the earliest and foremost practitioners of realism. Best known are his two novels The Red and The Black and The Charterhouse of Parma.
In 1872 the Slovene architect of contemporary architecture Jože Plečnik is born.
In 1878 in Vinica in the region of Bela krajina the Slovene poet Oton Župančič is born.
In 1950 the English writer George Orwell dies. He wrote the pessimistic novel about the future entitled 1984.
In 1989 the Spanish painter Salvador Dali dies. He is renowned as one of the most important but also controversial artists of the 20th Century.
MUSIC HISTORY
1965 - British singer Petula Clark with the song 'Downtown' is No. 1 on the American singles chart.
1971 – English musician George Harrison with the song 'My Sweet Lord' is No. 1 on the British singles chart.
1971 - Dawn takes 1. place on the American singles chart with the composition 'Knock Three Times'.
1988 - Michael Jackson with the song 'The Way You Make Me Feel' is No. 1 on the American singles chart.
BORN ON THIS DAY
1948 - Anita Pointer, singer in The Pointer Sisters ('Jump for My Love').
1950 - Pat Simmons, singer in the group The Doobie Brothers ('What a Fool Believes').
1953 - Robin Zander, singer with Cheap Trick ('I Want You to Want Me').