Politicians Silvio Berlusconi

Events in 1936 and 29-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Silvio Berlusconi

• Rome-Berlin Axis is proclaimed (Japan to join in 1940).
• King George V dies; succeeded by son, Edward VIII, who soon abdicates to marry an American-born divorcée, and is succeeded by brother, George VI.
• Spanish civil war begins. Hundreds of Americans join the "Lincoln Brigades." (Franco's fascist forces defeat Loyalist forces by 1939, when Madrid falls.)
• War between China and Japan begins, to continue through World War II.
• Japan and Germany sign anti-Comintern pact; joined by Italy in 1937.
• Gen. Anastasio Somoza leads a coup d'etat in Nicaragua ushering in Somoza family dictatorship for more than 4 decades.

Birthday Silvio Berlusconi (29-9) in history

• Day 29-9 year 1399: King Richard II of Bordeaux officially abdicated and became the first British monarch to abdicate.
• Day 29-9 year 1829: Sir Robert Peel's police force, the "bobbies," began operations at Scotland Yard.
• Day 29-9 year 1895: French chemist Louis Pasteur died.
• Day 29-9 year 1978: John Paul I died one month after becoming pope.
• Day 29-9 year 1982: Seven people died after taking Extra-Strength Tylenol capsules laced with cyanide. This led to the use of safety seals on most consumer products.
• Day 29-9 year 1988: The space shuttle Discovery was launched, the first American staffed space flight since the Challenger disaster.
• Day 29-9 year 2001: Former South Vietnam president Nguyen Van Thieu died.