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Peter Sellers as the title character (among
others) of Stanley Kubrick's 1964
black comedy Dr. Strangelove |
Here are today's milestones:
Born on this day:
Alessandro Manzoni (1785; died May 22, 1873) Italian poet and novelist;
I Promessi Sposi (
The Betrothed)
Maurice Ravel (1875; died December 28, 1937) French composer;
Boléro;
Pavane pour une infante défunte (
Pavane for a Dead Princess);
Rapsodie espagnole; ballet
Daphnis et Chloé; opera
L’Enfant et les sortilèges (
The Child and the Enchantments)
Abe Kobo (1924; died January 22, 1993) Japanese writer;
Suna no Onna (
The Woman in the Dunes)
Died on this day:
Thomas Aquinas (1274; born Unknown Date, 1225) Italian cleric, theologian, and saint;
Summa Theologiae (
Summary [or perhaps "
Epitome"]
of Theology);
Summa Contra Gentiles (
Against the Unbelievers)
Stevie Smith (1971; born September 20, 1902) English poet and novelist known for novel
The Holiday; poem "Not Waving but Drowning"
Paramahansa Yogananda (1952; born January 5, 1893) Indian yogi;
Autobiography of a Yogi
Stanley Kubrick (1999; born July 26, 1928) American filmmaker;
Spartacus;
Lolita;
Dr. Strangelove;
2001: A Space Odyssey;
A Clockwork Orange;
Barry Lyndon;
The Shining;
Full Metal Jacket;
Eyes Wide Shut
Bonus Classic:
Ilango Adigal (2nd century) Tamil poet;
Silappatikaram (
The Tale of an Anklet) depicts the life of Kannagi, a chaste woman--one of the three surviving "Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature"
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