Historical Events
1924 - Italian Fascist Mussolini orders the suppression of opposition newspapers
1935 - CPH becomes Dutch Communist Party
1967 - "Henry, Sweet Henry" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 80 performances
1969 - Congo-Brazzaville becomes People's republic, under major Ngouabi
2004 - Official opening of Taipei 101, then the tallest skyscraper in the world, at a height of 509 metres (1,670 feet)
2014 - Beji Caid Essebsi is sworn in as Tunisia's 1st ever freely elected President
Famous Birthdays
1720 - [Bonnie Prince] Charles Edward Stuart, English pretender to throne (Jacobite rebellion), born in Rome (d. 1788)
1738 - Charles Lord Cornwallis, soldier/statesman "fire when ready Gridley"
1928 - Siné, French cartoonist
1940 - Mani Neumeier, German musician (Guru Guru)
1946 - Barbara Carrera, actress (Angelica-Dallas), born in Managua, Nicaragua
1982 - Craig Gordon, Scottish footballer
Famous Deaths
335 - St. Silvester I, Catholic Pope, dies in office
1424 - Thomas Beaufort, 1st Duke of Exeter, English military leader
1647 - Giovanni Maria Trabaci, composer, dies
1799 - Jean-François Marmontel, French historian and writer (b. 1723)
1997 - Floyd Cramer, pianist (Nashville Sound), dies of cancer at 64
2007 - Bill Idelson, American actor (b. 1919)
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