1994 Event Fire in cinema in Karamay China, 310 killed 1992 Death Jim Whaley, TV host (Cinema Showcase), dies of heart attack at 44 1992 Death Serge Daney, French film critic (Les cahiers du cinema, Traffic), dies 1955 Event Fire in cinema to Sclessin Belgium, kills 39 1948 Event Laurence Olivier's "Hamlet" opens at Park Avenue Cinema 1942 Birthday Robbe de Deer, Flemish director/producer, Fugitive Cinema, Bomb 1941 Birthday Jacques Perrin, Paris, France, actress, Cinema Paradiso, 317th Platoon 1932 Birthday Alexander Kluge, born in Halberstadt, Germany, film director, author, work 'Butalitat im Stein' or 'Brutality in Stone', helped launch New German Cinema 1927 Event Fire in Laurier Palace cinema in Montreal, 78 children died 1908 Birthday Hans Werner Richter, German author, Socially Responsible Cinema 1906 Event Cinema Omnia Pathe, world's 1st cinema, opens (Paris) 1895 Birthday Auguste Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema 1895 Birthday Louis Lumiere, twin brothers who opened 1st commercial cinema
