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| | FEATURED BIOGRAPHY
| | 1591
| | Il Guercino
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| | 1587
| | Mary, Queen of Scots, beheaded
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2016: French ballerina and dance director
Violette Verdy, who was known for her eloquent and buoyant dancing, died in Bloomington, Indiana. [Sort fact from fiction in our Ballet quiz .]
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1999: British novelist and philosopher Dame Iris Murdoch—who wrote more than 25 novels that were distinguished by a mixture of vivid storytelling, cultural allusions, and complex philosophical inquiry—died in Oxford, England. [Take our Lives of Famous Writers quiz .]
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1931: American actor James Dean, who became a symbol of the confused, restless, and idealistic youth of the 1950s, was born. [Discover how much you know about actors with our Role Call quiz .]
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1920/21: American actress Lana Turner
, a sultry Hollywood glamour queen with a tumultuous private life, was born.
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1820: American Civil War General William Tecumseh Sherman—who was a major architect of modern warfare, especially known for leading Union forces in crushing campaigns through the South—was born. [ Test your knowledge of military history .]
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1974: The use of Skylab, a U.S. space station, came to an end after 171 days. [Navigate the outer limits with our Space Travel quiz .]
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