1994 Kim Il Sung, president of North-Korea (1948-94), dies at 82
1994 Chung Il Kwon, PM of S Korea (1964-70), dies
1990 Pete Rose begins 5-ms prison term at Marion (IL) Federal prison camp
1990 90th U.S. Golf Open: Hale Irwin shoots a 280 at Medinah CC in Medinah Il
1988 Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanese playwright, dies at 99
1985 Ricardo Bacchelli, playwright and poet (Il malino del Po), dies at 94
1981 Andreina Pagnani, actress (Il Commandante), dies at 74
1971 WTVP TV channel 47 in Peoria, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1970 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer, dies at 62
1969 WJJY (now WJPT) TV channel 14 in Jacksonville, IL (ABC) 1st broadcast
1966 WFLD TV channel 32 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
1965 WXXW (now WYCC) TV channel 20 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1965 WCEE TV channel 23 in Rockford, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1964 WCIU TV channel 26 in Chicago, IL (IND) begins broadcasting
1963 WQAD TV channel 8 in Moline, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1961 43rd PGA Championship: Jerry Barber shoots a 277 at Olympia Fields IL
1959 WICD TV channel 15 in Champaign, IL (NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1958 WMBD TV channel 31 in Peoria, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1957 WEEQ (now WWTO) TV channel 35 in La Salle, IL (IND) 1st broadcast
1955 WTTW TV channel 11 in Chicago, IL (PBS) begins broadcasting
1955 Silvio d'Amico, Italian theater critic (Il Teatro Italian), dies at 68
1953 WCIA TV channel 3 in Champaign, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 WRAU (now WHOI) TV channel 19 in Peoria, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WREX TV channel 13 in Rockford, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WICS TV channel 20 in Springfield, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WGEM TV channel 10 in Quincy-Hannibal, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WTVO TV channel 17 in Rockford, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1953 WAND TV channel 17 in Decatur, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 WEEK TV channel 25 in Peoria, IL (NBC) begins broadcasting
1952 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer (Presento il mio Ticino), dies
1950 WHBF TV channel 4 in Rock Island, IL (CBS) begins broadcasting
1948 WLS TV channel 7 in Chicago, IL (ABC) begins broadcasting
1947 Carlo Terron's "Il diamente del profeta," premieres in Rome
1945 Kim Il Sung arrives in harbor of Wonsan, Korea
1942 Kim Il Jong, son of North Korean President Kim Il Sung, 1972-94
1942 Kim Jong Il, North Korean Statesman
1939 Alfredo Panzini, Ital author (Il Bacio de Lesba), dies at 75
1938 Gabrielle d'Annunzio, Italian poet/fascist (Il fuoco), dies at 74
1937 "il duce" visits Berlin/named "the Fuhrer" to corporal 1st class
1933 1st airplane to exceed 300 mph (483 kph), JR Wendell, Glenview, Il
1930 Philippe Noiret, Lille France, actor, Soleil, Les Milles, Il Postino
1926 Giovanni Amendola, antifascist/editor-in-chief (Il Mondo), dies at 43
1922 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes premier of Italy
1921 Revaz Il'yich Lagidze, composer
1920 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer, dies at 61
1918 Giacomo Puccini's opera "Il Trittico," premieres in New York City
1914 Ital socialist Benito Mussolini founds newspaper Il populo d'italia
1914 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 Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet (Il Santo, Leila), dies at 68
1909 Opera "Il Segreto di Susanna" is produced (Munich)
1908 Vano Il'ich Muradeli, composer
1906 Andreina Pagnani, Rome, Italy, actress, Il Commandante
1904 10th U.S. Golf Open: Willie Anderson shoots a 303 at Glen View Club IL
1903 Aram Il'yich Khachaturian, Tiflis Georgia, musician/composer, Gayane
1896 Giovanni B Angioletti, Italian author, Il giorno del giudizio
1896 Giuseppe Zoppi, Swiss writer, Il Libro Dell'Alpe
1896 Mario Praz, Italian literary, La carne, la morte, e il diavolo
1892 Victor de Sabata, born in Trieste, Italy, conductor and composer, Il Macigno
1889 Mikha'il Na'imah, Lebanon, playwright
1886 Carter De Haven, IL
1883 Benito Mussolini, [Il Duce], Fascist Italian dictator, 1922-43
1882 Giovanni Amendola, Italian antifascist/editor-in-chief, Il Mondo
1881 Giovanni Papini, Italy, writer, Il Diavolo
1879 Francesco Gaeta, Italian poet, Il Libro Della Giovinezza
1876 Franco Alfano, Italian opera composer, Il dottore Antonio
1870 Ada Negri, Italian poet and author, Il Libro di Mara
1859 Alexander Alexandrovich Il'yinsky, composer
1853 Verdi's opera "Il Trovatore," premieres in Rome
1849 Opera "Il Profeta," premieres in Paris
1842 Antonio Fogazzarro, Italian writer/poet, Il santo/Leila
1840 Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Votkinsk, Russia, composer, 1812 Overture
1840 Peter Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer, 1812 Overture, 5/7 NS
1825 Gioacchino Rossini's "Il viaggio a Reims," premieres
1824 Meyerbeers opera "Il Crociati in Egitto," premieres in Venice
1815 Rossini gets assignment for Il barbiere di Siviglia
1805 Giuseppe Mazzini, Italian revolutionary, Il Apostolato Popolare
1802 Giuseppe Sarti, Italian composer (Il er pastore, Ifigenia), dies at 72
1792 D Cimarosa's opera "Il Matrimonio Segreto," premieres in Vienna
1775 Opera "Il Re Pastore" is produced (Salzburg)
1750 Carlo Goldoni's "Il teatro comica," premieres in Venice
1750 Carlo Goldoni's "Il Bugiardo," premieres in Mantua
1749 Domenico Cimarosa, Italian composer, Il Matrimonio Segreto
1729 Giuseppe Parini, Italian priest/poet, Il Giorno
1714 Christoph W. Ritter von Gluck, Austria composer, Il there pastore
1710 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Italian composer, Il Prigioniero Superbo
1668 Van Marco Cesti's opera "Il Pomo d'Oro," premieres in Vienna
1627 English assault on French Il de Re
1580 Andrea Palladio, architect/writer (Il Redentore, Venice), dies at 71
1557 Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter, dies at 63
1510 Il Giorgione, [Giorgio del Castelfranco], Italian painter, dies at 32
1508 Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, dies at 55
1503 Il Bronzino, Florentine painter, Eleanor de Toledo and her Son
1494 Il Bacchiacca, [Franceso Ubertini], Italian painter
1492 Lorenzo I de' Medici"il Magnifico", ruler of Florence (1469-92), dies
1487 Esma'il I, shah who converted Iran from Sunni to Shi'ah
1452 Ludovico Sforza [il Moro], Italian duke of Milan, 1494 . .1500
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