Historical Events
1919 – “L’Ordine Nuovo” Italian socialist weekly newspaper established in Turin by Antonio Gramsci, Angelo Tasca and Palmiro Togliatti
1928 – Drunken fascist Erich Wichman attacks VARA-radio transmitter
1954 – The Hudson Motor Car Company merges with the Nash-Kelvinator Corporation to form the American Motors Corporation
1963 – Indonesia takes control of Irian Jaya (west New Guinea) from the Netherlands
1996 – “Ideal Husband” opens at Barrymore Theater NYC for 308 performances
2000 – Barry Bonds is first MLB player to hit a homer into San Francisco Bay as Giants beat Mets, 10-3; hits 35 there during his SF career
Famous Birthdays
1924 – Terry Southern, American writer and screenwriter (Dr. Strangelove, Easy Rider), born in Alvarado, Texas (d. 1995)
1954 – Ray Parker Jr, American rock guitarist and vocalist (Ghostbusters), born in Detroit, Michigan
1966 – Johnny Colt [Charles Brandt], American rock bassist (Black Crowes), born in Cherry Point, North Carolina
1966 – Armando Reynoso, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher (Atlanta Braves, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Arizona Diamondbacks), born in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
1967 – Yael Arad, Israeli middleweight judoka (first Israeli to win an Olympic medal – silver 1996), born in Tel Aviv, Israel
1984 – David Backes, American ice hockey center (NHL All Star 2011; Olympic silver 2010; St. Louis Blues, Boston Bruins), born in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Famous Deaths
1971 – Glenda Farrell, American actress (Golddiggers of 1935: Grand Slam; Exposed), dies of lung cancer at 66
1982 – Gene Sheldon, actor (Bernardo-Zorro), dies at 72
1986 – Hugo Peretti, American songwriter and record producer, dies at 69
1989 – Antonio Janigro, Italian cellist (Zagreb Soloists), dies at 71
1996 – Ivo Rudolph Jarosy, German-British film scholar and exhibitor, dies at 74
2017 – Janet Pilgrim, American early playmate model for Playboy (July 1955, Dec 1955, Oct 1956), dies at 82