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1928  Mussolini ends woman's rights in Italy.   

1928  Opium laws enforced   

1928  Manuel Lujan Jr, (Rep-R-NM, 1969- ).   

1929  Pulitzer prize awarded to Julia Peterkin (Scarlet Sister Mary).   

1929  Burt Bacharach, American Composer is born.   

1929  Burt Bacharach, KC Mo, composer (I'll Never Fall in Love Again).   

1930  Pulitzer prize awarded to Marc Connelly (Green Pastures)   

1930  Pat McCormick-Keller, Lakewood Calif, diver (Oly-4 gold-1952, 56)   

1930  Pieter Jelles Troelstra, Dutch SDAP leader, dies at 70   

1931  Johan Fleerackers, Flemish vice-president of Dutch One   

1931  Eugene Ysaye, composer, dies at 72.   

1932  Body of kidnapped son of Charles Lindbergh is are discovered in Hopewell NJ   

1932  Goofy, aka Dippy Dawg, inaugural appears in 'Mickey's Revue' by Walt Disney   

1932  The body of the kidnapped son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh is are discovered in Hopewell, NJ.   

1932  Lindbergh baby, are discovered dead   

1933  Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers.   

1933  Andrey Voznesensky, Russian poet.   

1934  "Cocktails For Two" by Duke Ellington hits #1.   

1934  "Cocktails For Two," by Duke Ellington hits #1.   

1935  Johnny Bucyk, Canadian ice hockey player   

1935  Josef Pilsudski, Polish dictator (1926-35), dies.   

1936  Ralph Vaughan Williams' "Poisoned Kiss," premieres in London.   

1936  Tom Snyder, Milwaukee Wisc, newscaster (Tommorow, NBC Weekend News).   

1937  British King George VI coronated in Westminster Abbey.   

1937  Coronation of Edward, former Duke of Windsor, as king of England.   

1937  King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Britain are crowned at Westminster Abbey   

1937  George VI crowned King of England.   

1938  Sandoz Labs manufactures LSD (lysergic acid diethylamide).   

1940  French mariners occupy St Maarten   

1940  German tanks conquer Moerdijkbrug   

1940  Nazi blitz conquest of France began by crossing Meuse River.   

1941  British forces attempt to break out of Tobruk.   

1941  Great British convoy marches into Alexandria   

1942  1500 Jews gassed in Auschwitz   

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1496  Gustav i of sweden: Gustav i of sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo ii de' medici: Grand duke of tuscany   

1622  Louis de buade de frontenac: Governor general of new france   

1626  Louis hennepin: Flemish missionary   

1662  Jan f van bloom: [orizonte] flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August ii: The strong one, king of poland (355 children)   

1670  Frederick augustus i of poland: Frederick augustus i of poland (d. 1733)   

1679  Giovanni antonio ricieri: Composer   

0912  Leo vi sophos: Byzantine emperor (886-912),   

1003  Gerbert: French scholar,   

1012  Sergius iv: [pietro crescentii], italian pope (1009-12),   

1382  Death of Johanna i: Queen of naples/provence,   

1465  Death of Thomas palaeologus: Despot of the despotate of morea   

1634  Death of George chapman: English dramatist/interpreter,   

1641  Thomas wentworth: English viceroy of ireland, beheaded at 48   

1649  Death of Isaac doreslaer: English lawyer/diplomat, murdered