1924 - Italy fascists receives 65% of vote of parliament
1976 - 1st quadrophonic movie track: "Ladies and Gentlemen the Rolling Stones"
1977 - Judge rules Beatles 1962 Hamburg album can be released
1987 - Middleweight World Boxing Championship bout: Sugar Ray Leonard upsets Marvelous Marvin Hagler at Caesars Palace in Paradise, Nevada
1997 - The Tradition Senior Men's Golf, GC at Desert Mountain: Gil Morgan wins first of 3 Champions Tour majors by 6 strokes from Isao Aoki

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1929 - Art Taylor, American jazz drummer (Bud Powell, Red Garland, John Coltrane, Donald Byrd), bandleader (Taylor's Wailers), and writer (Notes and Tones), born in New York City (d. 1995)
1968 - Vanessa Lann, American composer (Dancing to an Orange Drummer), born in Brooklyn, New York
1996 - Myha'la [Herrold], American actress (Industry, Leave the World Behind), born in San Jose, California

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