Historical Events 1919 - &;quot;L'Ordine Nuovo&;quot; 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 - &;quot;Ideal Husband&;quot; 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 More Historical Events » 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 More Famous Birthdays » 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 More Famous Deaths »