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January
1st |
The island of Alcatraz in the San Francisco Bay was turned into a US federal prison. |
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February
7th |
American musician, Earl King, was born in New Orleans. He was one of the leading blues musicians of the 20th century. |
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February
13th |
American actor, George Segal, was born in New York. He is most known for staring in the hit television series, Just Shoot Me. |
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February
24th |
Prime Minister of Italy, Bettino Craxi, was born in Milan. He was prime minister of Italy from 1983 to 1987 and head of the Italian Socialist Party from 1976 to 1993. |
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March
26th |
Driving license tests are introduced in the Great Britain. Only Germany and France had already implemented such a decree. |
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June
9th |
The cartoon character of Donald Duck made his debut in animated film, The Wise Little Hen. |
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June
16th |
Canadian, hockey coach, Roger Neilson, was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is widely acknowledged as one of the most influential figure in the world of hockey throughout the 20th century. |
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June
30th |
The Night of the Long Knives took place when Adolf Hitler disposed of his political rivals within Germany. |
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July
1st |
American film director, producer, and actor, Sydney Pollack, was born in Lafayette, Indiana. |
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July
5th |
In San Francisco, police opened fired on striking longshoremen. Two persons died from the shots. |
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July
11th |
Italian fashion designer, Giorgio Armani, was born in Piacenza. |
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July
20th |
Greek actress, Aliki Vougiouklaki, was born in Maroussi, Athens. She was arguably the most popular actress to ever appear in Greek cinema. |
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July
22nd |
American gangster and 'Public Enemy No1', John Dillinger, was shot and mortally wounded by agents of the FBI in Chicago. |
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August
2nd |
German president, Paul von Hindenburg died, after which Adolf Hitler became Fuhrer of Germany. |
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August
11th |
The infamous federal prison at Alcatraz Island opened. It is a small island located in the middle of San Francisco Bay in California, United States. It had previously been a lighthouse, a military fortification and served as a prison until 1963. |
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August
22nd |
American general, Norman Schwarzkopf, was born in Trenton, New Jersey. He was the commander of the coalition forces in the Gulf War of 1991. |
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September
18th |
The USSR was admitted to League of Nations. |
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September
20th |
Italian actress, Sophia Loren, was born in Rome, Italy. Her birth name was Sofia Villani Scicolone and she is considered the most famous female Italian movie star of all time. She won several awards throughout her career and stared alongside such stars as Peter Sellers, Paul Newman, and Marlon Brando. |
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October
9th |
King Alexander I of Yugoslavia and Louis Barthou, Foreign Minister of France were assassinated by Bulgarian-born revolutionary, Vlado Chernosemski, while in Marseille, France. |
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October
13th |
Greek singer, Nana Mouskouri, was born in Chania, Crete. She is considered as the most successful Greek singer, who over four decades has forged a highly successful international career. |
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November
21st |
Legendary singer, Ella Fitzgerald, made her singing debut at the age of 16. |
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December
1st |
Russian revolutionary, Sergei Kirov, was assassinated. Although it was never proved, it is speculated that it was Stalin himself who had ordered his assassination. |
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December
28th |
British actress, Maggie Smith, was born in Ilford, Essex. She is one of the most respectable and most critically acclaimed actresses of the 20th and early 21st century. |
