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- Pierre Corneille was a French tragedian. He is generally considered one of the three great seventeenth-century French dramatists, along with Molière and Racine.
As a young man, he earned the valuable patrionate of Cardinal Richelieu, who was trying to promote classical tragedy along formal lines, but later quarrelled with him, especially over his best-known play, Le Cid, about a medieval Spanish warrior, which was denounced by the newly formed Académie française for breaching the unities. He continued to write well-received tragedies for nearly forty years. - Writer
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Born to noble parents (his father Sergei was a retired major, and his mother, Nadezhda, was the granddaughter of an ennobled Ethiopian general) on the 26th of May, 1799 in Moscow, Alexander Sergeevich Pushkin became involved with a liberal underground revolutionary group that saw him exiled to the Caucasus.
He spent most of his time there writing poetry and novels. In 1826 Pushkin was pardoned by the Tsar and allowed to return home after six years of exile. He married Natalia Goncharova, whose coquettish behavior led to her husband challenging an admirer of hers to a duel in January 1837. Though both were wounded, only Pushkin died two days later from his injuries.- Timothy Shay Arthur was born on 6 June 1809 in Newburgh, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Ten Nights in a Bar-Room (1931), Ten Nights in a Bar Room (1921) and Ten Nights in a Barroom (1913). He was married to Eliza Alden. He died on 6 March 1885 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
- Eliza Orzeszkowa was born on 6 June 1841 in Milkowszczyzna, Poland, Russian Empire [now Milkaushchina, Belarus]. She was a writer, known for Nad Niemnem (1939), Cham (1931) and Nad Niemnem (1987). She was married to Stanislaw Nahorski and Piotr Orzeszko. She died on 18 May 1910 in Grodno, Grodnenskaya guberniya, Russian Empire [now in Hrodzienskaja voblasc, Belarus].
- Steele MacKaye was born on 6 June 1842 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Hazel Kirke (1916), Hazel Kirke (1912) and The Miller's Daughter (1905). He was married to Mary Ellen Keith Medbury and Jeannie Spring. He died on 25 February 1894 in Timpas, Colorado, USA.
- Actress
Hedwig Wiese was born on 6 June 1845 in Germany. She was an actress, known for Maria (1919), Herberts Sünde (1916) and Der verkaufte Schlaf (1916). She died on 14 March 1936 in Berlin, Germany.- Ante Kovacic was born on 6 June 1854 in Seou Oplaznik iznad Sutle, Croatia, Austrian Empire [now Croatia]. He was a writer, known for Fiskal (1970), U registraturi (1974) and Ladanjska sekta (1967). He died in 1889 in Stenjevec kraj Zagreba, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary [now Croatia].
- Gabrielle Réjane was born on 6 June 1856 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for Madame Sans-Gêne (1911), Madame Sans-Gêne (1900) and Miarka, the Child of the Bear (1920). She was married to Paul Porel. She died on 14 June 1920 in Paris, France.
- Gustav Ranft was born on 6 June 1856 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor, known for Ingmarssönerna (1919), Värmlänningarna (1921) and Klostret i Sendomir (1920). He died on 18 October 1929 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
- Actor
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Leo Dryden was born on 6 June 1863 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Lady of the Lake (1928). He was married to Marie Tyler (actress). He died on 21 April 1939 in London, England, UK.- George Hernandez was born on 6 June 1863 in Placerville, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Just Out of College (1920), The White Medicine Man (1911) and Monte Cristo (1912). He was married to Anna Dodge. He died on 31 December 1922 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
- Writer
Wincenty Rapacki was born on 6 June 1865 in Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland]. He was an actor and writer, known for Ja tu rzadze (1939), Television Theater (1953) and Papa sie zeni (1936). He died on 16 January 1943 in Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland.- Emilie Sedlácková was born on 6 June 1868 in Staré Benátky, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Ze sveta lesních samot (1933), Zapadlí vlastenci (1932) and Sestra Angelika (1933). She died on 10 February 1933 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- English explorer who commanded two Antarctic expeditions, 1901-04 and 1910-12. Born to John and Hannah Scott. Born into a naval family he became a cadet at the age of 13 and entered the navy in 1882. He married famous English sculptor, Kathleen Bruce in 1908. His son Peter was born in 1909. In 1910 he set for antarctica on the ship Terra Nova. With Scott on the final expedition were Edward Wilson (1872-1912), Laurence Oates, H R Bowers, and E Evans. The Scott Polar Research Institute in Cambridge was founded in 1920 out of funds donated by the public following Scott's death, as a memorial to him and his companions. It houses a small museum and library, and carries out research into all aspects of the Antarctic and Arctic regions. On 18 January 1912 he reached the South Pole, shortly after the Norwegian Roald Amundsen, but on the return journey he and his companions died in a blizzard only a few miles from their base camp. His journal was recovered and published in 1913.
- Sigfried Wagner was born on 6 June 1869 in Tribschen, Lucerne, Switzerland. He was a composer, known for Brennender Sand (1960). He was married to Winifred Wagner. He died on 4 August 1930 in Bayreuth, Bavaria, Germany.
- Helene Riechers was born on 6 June 1869 in Hamburg, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Axe of Wandsbek (1950), Die Jungen vom Kranichsee (1950) and Die Unbesiegbaren (1953). She died on 15 July 1957 in East Berlin, East Germany.
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Siegfried Wagner was born on 6 June 1869 in Tribschen, Lucerne, Switzerland. He is known for Brennender Sand (1960). He was married to Winifred Wagner. He died on 4 August 1930 in Bayreuth, Germany.- Actor
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- Writer
Charles Inslee was born on 6 June 1870 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Adventures of Tarzan (1921), The Red Man and the Child (1908) and After Many Years (1908). He was married to Belle M. S. McElroy. He died in September 1922.- Franz Pollak was born on 6 June 1870 in Höchstädt, Germany. Franz is known for Der letzte Kampf der Donau-Monarchie (1930), Vater Radetzky (1929) and Die verschwundene Frau (1929).
- Alix of Hess-Darmstadt was born on June 8, 1872 in Darmstadt, Germany. Her parents were the Grand Duke and Duchess of Darmstadt; her mother was also the daughter of Queen Victoria. When Alix was still very young, her sister Mary and then her mother died of diphtheria. Also, her brother Frederick (1870-1873) died from a fall from a window in his mother's room, complicated by hemophilia. She spent much of her time in England, staying with her grandmother and various aunts, uncles and cousins. When she was older she continued in the role of Landsmutter (Mother of the land) for her father.
At the wedding of her sister Elizabeth (Ella) to their cousin Seril of Russia, Alix met for the first time (and fell in love with) the Tsarivitch Nicholas. Even thought she was in love with him she did not want to marry him because she did not want to give up her Protestantism to be Russian Orthodox. About 4 or 5 years after they first met Alix's brother Ernest got married to their first cousin nicknamed Ducky. Since both were cousins of Nicholas as well he went to the wedding to see Alex. During the time that he was there he continually asked her to be his wife, and thanks to their love as well as their cousin Kaiser William II Alex finally consented to marry Nicholas.
Alix spent the first part of her engagement with her grandmother Queen Victoria in England telling her everything that had transpired leading to the engagement. The rest of the engagement did not go so smoothly though. Several months after the engagement Nicholas's father became ill at one of his palaces in Russia. Alix hearing this got there as soon as she could, but shortly after she got there Nicholas became Tsar Nicholas II. After this tragedy Alix did not want to wait to become a member of the family. Shortly after the death of her future father-in-law Alix became a member of the Russian Orthodox Faith taking the name Alexandra Fyodorovna. She and Nicholas wanted to marry where they were, but family told them that they should get married after the funeral of his father in Moscow. Thus the people of Russia got their first glimpse of their future Empress through death.
They were married on November 26, 1894, shortly after the death of his father, and before 1901 had four daughters named Olga (1895-1918) Tatiana (1897-1918), Maria (1899-1918) and Anastasia (1901-1918). In 1904 Alix gave birth to a son Alexis (known as Alexei) and sadly he had hemophilia, which was passed on to her a sister and brother from their mother Princess Alice and grandmother Queen Victoria.
In 1917 Nicholas was forced to abdicate the throne of Russia. The people who would have accepted it if he had abdicated in favor of his son, did not understand why he abdicated in favor of his brother. He only did this because he knew that his son's chances of survival were not good.
He and his family were then imprisoned in Siberia, and later moved to Ekaterinburg, where on the night of July 17, 1918 the Russian royal family was massacred. In the 1990s the burial sites were investigated, although the bodies of the Tsarivitch Alexei and one of his sisters (it is unclear which one) were missing. Using DNA from HRH Prince Phillip, Duke of Edinburgh (Alix was his great-aunt) proved that four of the bodies belonged to the Tsarina and three of her daughters. - Alfred Schlesinger was born on 6 June 1872 in Prague, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republik]. He was an actor, known for Horské volání S.O.S. (1929), Válecné tajnosti prazské (1926) and Krásná vyzvedacka (1928). He died on 17 September 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Jonna Neiiendam was born on 6 June 1872 in Denmark. She was an actress, known for Had og Kærlighed (1917), Slægten (1912) and 5 raske piger (1933). She died on 7 December 1938 in Denmark.
- Paul Baratoff was born on 6 June 1873 in Riga, Latvia. He was an actor, known for Führe uns nicht in Versuchung (1922), The Men in Her Life (1941) and Der Unbekannte aus Rußland (1922). He died on 23 October 1951 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Paul Keller was a German writer and journalist and a popular author of the early 20th century. His most popular novels represented his homeland of Silesia, sentimental novels about rural life ("Heimatroman" genre). His novels include "Waldwinter" (1902); "Das Letzte Märchen" (1905); and "Der Sohn Der Hagar" (1907), which was later adapted into the film "Sohn Ohne Heimat" in 1955. Keller's later works were not as critically well-received as his early ones, being called repetitive and unoriginal, but he remained popular among the public. In 1931 his novels had a circulation of 5 million copies and were translated into 17 languages.
- Thomas Mann was probably Germany's most influential author of the 20th century, receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1929. Born on 6 June 1875 in Lübeck, his family moved to Munich in 1893, where he lived until 1933 and wrote some of his most successful novels like "Buddenbrocks" (1901), "Death in Venice" (1912) or "The Magic Mountain" (1924). After the Nazi takeover, the humanist and anti-fascist, married to Katia Pringsheim, daughter of a secular Jewish family, emigrated to Switzerland, then to Princeton and Pacific Palisades in the United States, where he finished his great tetra-logy "Joseph and His Brothers" in 1942. Two years later, he became a naturalized US citizen, but finally returned to Europe in 1952. The famous analyst and critique of the German and European soul died on 12 August 1955 in Kilberg near Zurich.
- James H. Hyde was born on 6 June 1876 in New York, New York, USA. He died on 26 July 1959 in Saratoga Springs, New York, USA.
- Jim Blackwell was born on 6 June 1876 in Richmond, Missouri, USA. He was an actor, known for Love's Wilderness (1924), Desperate Youth (1921) and The Only Son (1914). He died on 27 September 1932.
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Louis Chrispijn Jr. was born on 6 June 1876 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and director, known for 999 + 1 (1909), Ontrouw (1911) and Heilig recht (1914). He was married to Gusta Chrispijn-Mulder. He died on 14 August 1931 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Les Bates was born on 6 June 1877 in Waukegan, Illinois, USA. He was an actor, known for Vanity Fair (1923), Big Stakes (1922) and While London Sleeps (1926). He died on 8 August 1930 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Bleuette Bernon was born on 6 June 1878 in Paris, France. She was an actress, known for The Kingdom of the Fairies (1903), Bluebeard (1901) and Cinderella (1899). She died on 15 June 1937 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Val-de-Marne, France.
- Deyo was born on 6 June 1878 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Patrick Abercrombie was born on 6 June 1879 in Altrincham, Cheshire, England, UK. He was married to Emilia (Emily) Maud Gordon. He died on 23 March 1957 in Remenham, Berkshire, England, UK.
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- Writer
Léon Bary was born on 6 June 1880 in Paris, France. He was an actor and director, known for The Three Musketeers (1921), Palaces (1927) and The Lady of Lyons; or, Love and Pride (1913). He was married to Marie F. Crousaz. He died on 7 January 1954 in Paris, France.- Norbert Jacques was born on 6 June 1880 in Eich, Luxembourg. He was a writer, known for The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933), Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler (1922) and Doctor Mabuse (2013). He was married to Maria Jäger, Margerite Samuely and Olga Hübner. He died on 15 May 1954 in Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.
- E. Newton-Bungey was born on 6 June 1880 in Minehead, Somerset, England, UK. E. was a writer, known for The Squire of Long Hadley (1925), The Autumn of Pride (1921) and The Fordington Twins (1920). E. died on 24 December 1972 in Wethersfield, Essex, England, UK.
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- Producer
Max Wogritsch was born on 6 June 1880 in Dresden, Saxony, Germany. He was an actor and production manager, known for Looping the Loop (1928), Unter falscher Flagge (1932) and The Chronicles of the Gray House (1925). He died on 23 March 1951 in Sendenhorst, West Germany.- Actor
Louis LaVoie was born on 6 June 1880 in Aberdeen, Mississippi, USA. He was an actor. He died on 2 July 1940 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Conchita Sáenz was born on 6 June 1881 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico. She was an actress, known for Bugambilia (1945), La razón de la culpa (1943) and Pepita Jiménez (1946). She was married to Manzano, Julio. She died on 19 November 1966 in Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
- Lt. Hankin was born on 6 June 1881 in Jackson, Tennessee, USA. He was an actor, known for Injustice (1919). He was married to Ivor S. Davis. He died on 14 August 1949 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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Rudolf Tesnohlídek was born on 6 June 1882 in Cáslav / Tschaslau, Moravia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer, known for Innocence (2004), The Cunning Little Vixen (1995) and Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen (2012). He died on 12 January 1928 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Writer
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John Smith was born on 6 June 1882. He was a writer and director, known for Forward March (1923), The Chicken Parade (1922) and Tenderfoot Luck (1922). He died on 15 October 1953 in Santa Barbara, California, USA.- Actress
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Ida Shoemaker was born on 6 June 1882 in Wisconsin, USA. She was an actress, known for The Velvet Touch (1948), R.S.V.P. (1921) and Dollar Dizzy (1930). She died on 25 August 1969 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Actor
Willy Chanson, born as Willem Munnik in 1883, is a Dutch actor, revue artist and script-writer. Together with colleague Johan Silliakus he performed as the comical revue duo Mie & Ko. They were quite popular and successful with their so-called 'Jordaan'-act, singing and performing in a way as locals from the Amsterdam city part 'De Jordaan' did and lived. Willy played the part of Mie, a common local woman and, hilariously, he was also dressed likewise. In 1924 Willy wrote a famous Dutch song, called 'De Dievenwagen', which was recorded by several Dutch singers and considered as a classic today. The duo performed in two silent movies: 'Mie En Ko Uit Den Jordaan Te Amsterdam, Met De Gevonden Damschat' (1917) and 'Aankomst Van Mie En Ko Te Hilversum' (1920). Willy Chanson played a small part in one of the first Dutch 'talkies', the 1937 film 'Pygmalion'. He died after a long illness in 1942, aged 59.- Cinematographer
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Josef Zeitlinger was born on 6 June 1884 in Vienna, Austria. He is known for Cocl geht zum Maskenball (1913), Cocl als Hausherr (1913) and Samson und Delila (1922).- Actor
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Pierre de Guingand was born on 6 June 1885 in Paris, France. He was an actor, known for Ladies' Paradise (1930), Le bal (1931) and The Three Musketeers (1921). He died on 10 June 1964 in Versailles, France.- Albert R. Cody was born on 6 June 1885 in Portland, Oregon, USA. He was an actor, known for Daredevil Jack (1920), The Honorable Algy (1916) and All of a Sudden Norma (1919). He died on 30 March 1966 in San Francisco, California, USA.
- Antonín Strnad was born on 6 June 1885 in Brno-Královo Pole, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Batalión (1937), Román hloupého Honzy (1927) and The Laughing Woman (1931). He died on 11 August 1970 in Tisnov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Hadrian Maria Netto was born on 6 June 1885 in Leipzig, Germany. He was an actor and writer, known for The Testament of Dr. Mabuse (1933), Bel Ami (1939) and Die fromme Lüge (1938). He died in 1948 in Berlin, Germany.
- Curtis Karpe was born on 6 June 1885 in Posen, Prussia, Germany [now Poznan, Wielkopolskie, Poland]. He was an actor, known for Public Wedding (1937), Love and the Law (1919) and Trapped Underground (1938). He died on 4 April 1950.
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- Soundtrack
Tyler Brooke was born on 6 June 1886 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Poor Little Rich Girl (1936), Madam Satan (1930) and Playboy of Paris (1930). He was married to Myrtle Laurine Neil, Laruna Wolcott and Elizabeth Bauland. He died on 2 March 1943 in Los Angeles, California, USA.