Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/January 9

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[edit] Births

• 1890 - Karel Čapek, Czech writer (d. 1938) (pictured)
• 1904 - George Balanchine, Russian dancer/choreographer (d. 1983)
• 1908 - Simone de Beauvoir, French author (d. 1986)
• 1911 - Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque performer (d. 1970)
• 1913 - Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States (d. 1994)
• 1935 - Bob Denver, American actor (d. 2005)
• 1967 - Dave Matthews, South African singer and musician

[edit] Deaths

• 1923 - Katherine Mansfield, New Zealand writer (b. 1888)
• 1939 - Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann (b. 1880)
• 1995 - Peter Cook, British actor, satirist, writer, and comedian (b. 1937)