Historical Events
1922 - Benito Mussolini takes control of Italy's government
1957 - WMVS TV channel 10 in Milwaukee, WI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1974 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 - Spain's socialists win/communists lose elections
1985 - Ravi Ratnayeke takes 8-83 for Sri Lanka v Pakistan
1997 - NBA announces hiring of Dee Kantner and Violet Palmer as 1st women to officiate a major-league all-male sports league
Famous Birthdays
1846 - Auguste Escoffier, king of chefs and chef of kings
1889 - Juliette Béliveau, Quebec comedian (d. 1975)
1890 - Andres Isasi, composer
1922 - Gershon Kingsley, German composer
1945 - Wayne Fontana, rocker (Groovy Kind of Love), born in Manchester, England
1973 - Frank Juric, Australian soccer goalie (Olyroos, Olympics-96)
Famous Deaths
1704 - John Locke, English empiricist philosopher; influential Enlightenment thinker and "Father of Liberalism" (Two Treatises of Government), dies at 72
1939 - Alice Brady, actress (My Man Godfrey, Gay Divorcee), dies at 46
1965 - Earl Bostic, American saxophonist (b. 1913)
1973 - Taha Hussein, Egyptian writer (b. 1889)
1991 - John Korbal, film historian (Marlene Dietrich), dies at 51
2001 - Gerard Hengeveld, Dutch composer (b. 1910)
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