2014 Event Kim Jong Un is re-elected as leader of North Korea with 100% of the vote; the election was the first since the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011 2012 Event The North Korean Workers party names Kin Jong Un First Secretary, with his father, Kim Jong IL delcared as the party's 'eternal' General Secretary 1994 Death Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82 1994 Death Chung Il Kwon, Prime Minister of South Korea 1964 - 1970, dies 1990 Event Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp 1990 Event 90th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il 1988 Death Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99 1985 Death Ricardo Bacchelli, playwright and poet (Il malino del Po), dies at 94 1981 Death Andreina Pagnani, actress (Il Commandante), dies at 74 1971 Event WTVP TV channel 47 in Peoria, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1970 Death Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62 1969 Event WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast 1966 Event WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1965 Event WCEE TV channel 23 in Rockford, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1964 Event WCIU TV channel 26 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting 1963 Event WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1961 Event 43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL 1959 Event WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting 1958 Event WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1957 Event WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast 1955 Event WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting 1955 Death Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68 1953 Event WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1953 Event WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting 1952 Death Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies 1950 Event WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting 1948 Event WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting 1947 Event Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome 1945 Event Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea 1942 Birthday Kim Il Jong, son of North Korean President Kim Il Sung, 1972-94 1942 Birthday Kim Jong Il, North Korean Statesman 1939 Death Alfredo Panzini, Italian author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75 1938 Death Gabrielle d'Annunzio, Italian poet/fascist (Il fuoco), dies at 74 1937 Event "il duce" visits Berlin/named "the Fuhrer" to corporal 1st class 1933 Event 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il 1930 Birthday Philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor, Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino 1926 Death Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43 1922 Event Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy 1921 Birthday Revaz Il'yich Lagidze, composer 1920 Death Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61 1918 Event Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico," premieres in New York City 1914 Event Italian socialist Benito Mussolini founds newspaper Il populo d'italia 1914 Event Baltimore Orioles' (IL) owner Jack Dunn offers Babe Ruth, Ernie Shore and Ben Egan for $10,000 to Connie Mack, who refuses, pleading poverty 1911 Death Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68 1909 Event Opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" is produced (Munich) 1908 Birthday Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer 1906 Birthday Andreina Pagnani, Rome, Italy, actress, Il Commandante 1904 Event 10th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL 1903 Birthday Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer, Gayane 1896 Birthday Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author, Il giorno del giudizio 1896 Birthday Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer, Il Libro Dell'Alpe 1896 Birthday Mario Praz, Italian literary, La carne, la morte, e il diavolo 1892 Birthday Victor de Sabata, born in Trieste, Italy, conductor and composer, Il Macigno 1889 Birthday Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright 1883 Birthday Benito Mussolini, Il Duce, Fascist Italian dictator, 1922-43 1882 Birthday Giovanni Amendola, Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief, Il Mondo 1881 Birthday Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer, Il Diavolo 1879 Birthday Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet, Il Libro Della Giovinezza 1876 Birthday Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer, Il dottore Antonio 1870 Birthday Ada Negri, Italian poet and author, Il Libro di Mara 1859 Birthday Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer 1853 Event Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," premieres in Rome 1849 Event Opera "Il Profeta," premieres in Paris 1842 Birthday Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet, Il santo/Leila 1840 Birthday Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk, Russia, composer, 1812 Overture 1840 Birthday Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1812 Overture, 5/7 NS 1825 Event Gioacchino Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims," premieres 1824 Event Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto," premieres in Venice 1815 Event Rossini gets assignment for Il barbiere di Siviglia 1805 Birthday Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary, Il Apostolato Popolare 1802 Death Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer (Il er pastore, Ifigenia), dies at 72 1792 Event D Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto," premieres in Vienna 1775 Event Opera "Il Re Pastore" is produced (Salzburg) 1750 Event Carlo Goldoni's "Il teatro comica," premieres in Venice 1750 Event Carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua 1749 Birthday Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer, Il Matrimonio Segreto 1729 Birthday Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet, Il Giorno 1714 Birthday Christoph W. Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer, Il there pastore 1710 Birthday Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, Il Prigioniero Superbo 1668 Event Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premieres in Vienna 1627 Event English assault on French Il de Re 1580 Death Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71 1557 Death Il Bacchiacca, Franceso Ubertini, Italian painter, dies at 63 1510 Death Il Giorgione, Giorgio del Castelfranco, Italian painter, dies at 32 1508 Death Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55 1503 Birthday Il Bronzino, Florentine painter, Eleanor de Toledo and her Son 1494 Birthday Il Bacchiacca, Franceso Ubertini, Italian painter 1492 Death Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies 1487 Birthday Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah 1452 Birthday Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, 1494 . .1500
