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Events (50 years ago today): 1974 – Carnation Revolution: A leftist military coup in Portugal overthrows the authoritarian-conservative Estado Novo regime and establishes a democratic government.
Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Guglielmo Marconi, Italian businessman and inventor, developed Marconi's law, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1937)
Births (150 years ago today): 1874 – Ernest Webb, English-Canadian race walker (d. 1937)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Ingemar Johansson, Swedish race walker (d. 2009)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Franco Mannino, Italian pianist, composer, director, and playwright (d. 2005)
Births (100 years ago today): 1924 – Paulo Vanzolini, Brazilian singer-songwriter and zoologist (d. 2013)
Deaths (950 years ago today): 1074 – Herman I, Margrave of Baden
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1974 – Gustavo R. Vincenti, Maltese architect and developer (b. 1888)[32]
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