South Korean-American author, director, and producer (died 1982)

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha

Theresa Hak Kyung Cha was an American novelist, producer, director, and artist of South Korean origin, best known for her 1982 novel, Dictée. Considered an avant-garde artist, Cha was fluent in Korean, English, and French. " Cha's practice experiments with language through repetition, manipulation, reduction, and isolation, exploring the ways in which language marks one's identity, in unstable and multiple expressions. Cha's interdisciplinary background was clearly evident in Dictée, which experiments with juxtaposition and hypertext of both print and visual media.

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51 Nero, later to become Roman emperor, is given the title princeps iuventutis (head of the youth).
306 Martyrdom of Saint Adrian of Nicomedia.
581 Yang Jian declares himself Emperor Wen of Sui, ending the Northern Zhou and beginning the Sui dynasty.
852 Croatian Knez Trpimir I issues a statute, a document with the first known written mention of the Croats name in Croatian sources.

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april 11 Korean War: President Truman relieves Douglas MacArthur of the command of American forces in Korea and Japan.
april 11 The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey. It had been taken by Scottish nationalist students from its place in Westminster Abbey.
april 17 The Peak District becomes the United Kingdom's first National Park.
april 22 Korean War: The Chinese People's Volunteer Army begin assaulting positions defended by the Royal Australian Regiment and the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry at the Battle of Kapyong.

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Bernard Haitink 1929–2021 Dutch violinist and conductor (died 2021) Bob Johnson 1931–1991 American ice hockey player and coach (died 1991) Casimir Pulaski 1745–1779 Polish-American general (died 1779) Charles Dibdin 1745– English actor, playwright, and composer (died 1814) Crowbar 1974– American wrestler Hans Krebs 1898– German general (died 1945) Jean-Joseph Rabearivelo 1901– Malagasy-French author, poet, and playwright (died 1937) John Henry Wigmore 1863– American academic and jurist (died 1943) Kenny Dalglish 1951– Scottish footballer and manager

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Alley Mills 1951– American actress Andrei Kozyrev 1951– Belgian-Russian politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Russia Ashok Gehlot 1951– Indian politician, 21st Chief Minister of Rajasthan Barry Marshall 1951– Australian physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Bobby Jones 1951–1971 American basketball player Bootsy Collins 1951– American singer-songwriter and bass player Charly García 1951– Argentine singer-songwriter and keyboard player Chesley Sullenberger 1951– American airline pilot and safety expert Chris Cooper 1951– American actor

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