Today in History

Historical Events

1926 - Italian Communist leader Antonio Gramsci is arrested at his home in Rome
1974 - British peer the Earl of Lucan disappears and is never seen again after his nanny is found murdered in London
1992 - Rupert Holmes' stage drama "Solitary Confinement", starring Stacy Keach, opens at the Nederlander Theater, NYC; runs for 25 performances
2013 - 27th Soul Train Music Awards: Miguel, Tamar Braxton win
2023 - Landmark Australian High Court ruling says a stateless Rohingya man held in detention illegally, overturning 20-year precedent allowing some asylum seekers to be held indefinitely

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Famous Birthdays

1900 - Gerardus J Sizoo, Dutch physicist, researcher, and administrator (Director of Dutch Free University), born in Woerden, Netherlands (d. 1994)
1921 - Walter Mirisch, American film producer (The Mirisch Corporation - West Side Story; In the Heat of the Night; The Apartment), born in New York City (d. 2023)
1955 - Patricia Barber, American jazz pianist and vocalist, born in Chicago, Illinois
1965 - Mike Peluso, American NHL left wing...