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2012 Event - Prime Minister Victor Ponta, of the Social Liberal Union, is nominated by Romanian President, Traian Basescu, to form a new government after Romania holds its parliamentary election later this December

2012 Event - Romania's USL, or Social-Liberal Union Leader, Victor Ponta, becomes Prime Minister of Romania

2010 Event - FARC guerilla leader Victor Julio Suarez Rojas, known as 'Mono Jojoy' is killed in a Columbian Armed Forces military operation

2010 Event - After being delayed by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine, Victor Yanukovych is sworn in as the 4th President of Ukraine

2010 Event - The declaration of Victor Yanukovych as President of Ukraine is suspended by the Supreme Administrative Court of Ukraine

2004 Death - Victor Argo, American Actor

2001 Death - Victor Wong, actor/newscaster, Big Trouble in Little China, dies at 74

2000 Death - Victor Borge, comedian/pianist, Victor Borge in London, dies at 91

2000 Death - Victor Serebriakoff, genius, designed IQ tests, dies at 86

1999 Death - Victor Mature, actor, Samson and Delilah, dies at 86

1997 Death - Reginald Victor Jones, scientist, dies at 86

1997 Event - "Victor/Victoria" closes at Marquis Theater New York City after 738 performances

1996 Death - Victor Ambartsumian, astrophysicist, dies at 87

1996 Death - Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist, dies at 71

1996 Death - Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer, dies at 71

1995 Death - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman, dies on 76th birthday

1995 Event - "Victor/Victoria," opens at Marquis Theater New York City for 738 performances

1995 Death - Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, dies at 87

1995 Death - Victor Reinganum, artist, dies at 87

1994 Death - Victor Afanasiev, Rus editor-in-chief of Pravda (1976-89), dies at 71

1994 Death - Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker, dies at 92

1994 Death - Victor van Os, Dutch jazz guitarist, dies at 39

1992 Death - Adrienne Canivez, wife of Victor of Vriesland, dies

1990 Death - Mary Victor Bruce, who flew around empire state building in 1930, dies

1989 Death - Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54

1988 Event - Nelson Mandela is transferred to Victor Vester Prison, Capetown

1987 Death - Victor Feldman, pianist/drummer, dies at 53

1986 Event - Bolivia president Victor Paz Estensoro calls state of siege

1986 Death - Victor J Lopez, actor (Chuey-Man From Atlantis), dies at 39

1985 Death - Victor W. Farris, inventor of paper milk carton, etc, dies

1983 Event - Security guard Victor Gerena robs West Hartford company of $7 million

1982 Death - Victor Jory, actor (Adv of Tom Sawyer, 1st Lady, Jigsaw), dies at 79

1982 Death - Victor Jory, Alaskan actor (Kings Row, Manhunt), dies at 79

1982 Death - Victor Buono, actor (Mr Schubert-Man from Atlantis), dies at 43

1980 Death - Victor Sen Yung, actor (Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family), dies at 65

1979 Event - 49th French Mens Tennis: Bjorn Borg beats Victor Pecci (63 61 67 64)

1979 Death - Victor Kilian, actor (Gentleman's Agreement), dies at 88

1978 Event - Victor de la Torre wins Peru election

1978 Birthday - Victor Sikora, soccer player, Go Ahead Eagles

1977 Event - "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Imperial New York after 66 perf

1977 Death - Victor Francen, actor (J'Acusse, San Antonio), dies at 89

1977 Event - "Comedy with Music (Victor Borge)" opens at Imperial New York City for 66 performances

1976 Death - Victor Stanitsin, actor (War and Peace, Jubilee), dies at 79

1976 Death - Victor Alessandro, composer, dies at 60

1976 Death - Deryck Victor Cooke, composer, dies at 57

1976 Death - Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live, dies

1976 Death - Victor Varconi, actor (Divine Lady, King of Kings), dies at 85

1975 Death - Victor GM Marijnen, Dutch premier 1963 - 1965, dies at 58

1974 Death - Victor E van Vriesland, poet (Mirror of Dutch Poetry), dies at 82

1972 Death - Victor Wong, actor (Mission to Moscow, King Kong) dies at 65

1972 Death - Victor Babin, composer, dies at 63

1972 Death - Victor Barna, table tennis champ, dies

1971 Death - Walther Victor, writer, dies

1971 Birthday - Victor Kraatz, born in Berlin, Germany, Canadian ice dancer, 1995 World Champs-4th

1970 Birthday - Victor Bailey, NFL wide receiver for the Kansas City Chiefs

1969 Birthday - Victor Green, NFL cornerback and safety for the New York Jets

1969 Birthday - Victor Alexander, NBA forward and center for the New York Knicks

1968 Death - Victor Sutherland, dies at 79

1967 Death - Victor De Sabata, composer, dies at 75

1966 Birthday - Victor Muhammad, WLAF running back for the London Monarchs

1965 Death - Edgard Victor Achille Charles Varese, composer, dies at 81

1965 Event - Belgium Victor Leemans elected chairman of European Parliament

1964 Death - Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist

1964 Death - Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/paleontologist, dies at 74

1963 Event - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy, becomes Emperor of Ethiopia

1962 Death - Victor Moore, comedian, dies of heart attack at 86

1961 Event - Malcolm Ross and Victor Prather reach 34,668 m (record) in balloon

1960 Event - Belgian sen Victor Leemans reveals huge gas field in Groningen

1960 Birthday - Victor Stevenson, CFL tackle for the Edmonton Eskimos

1960 Death - Victor Seastrom, entertainer, dies at 80

1959 Death - Victor McLaglen, actor (Gunga Din), dies of heart attack at 72

1958 Birthday - Victor M Gerena, born in New York City, security guard robbed $7 million, FBI wanted

1956 Death - Victor Young, orchestra leader (Milton Berle Show), dies at 56

1956 Event - "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" closes at Golden New York City after 849 performances

1955 Event - RCA Victor's best investment paying $25,000 to Sun Records and Sam Philips for rights to Elvis Presley, a truck driver from Tupelo Miss

1955 Birthday - Victor Pecci, Paraguay, tennis star

1954 Birthday - Victor Manuel Mar, wrestler, AAA/NJPW, Black Cat

1954 Death - Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor, dies at 88

1953 Event - "Comedy in Music (Victor Borge)" opens at John Golden New York City for 849 perf

1952 Death - Victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19), dies at 92

1952 Event - "RCA Victor Show Starring Dennis Day," debuts on NBC TV

1952 Death - Victor Alexander John Hope, viceroy of India (1936-43), dies at 64

1951 Event - "Victor Borge Show," last airs on NBC-TV

1951 Event - "Victor Borge Show," debuts on NBC TV

1949 Birthday - Victor Ostrovsky, Canadian/Israel, Mossad agent, By Way of Deception

1949 Birthday - Victor Garber, born in Montreal, Quebec, actor, Days and Nights of Molly Dodd

1949 Death - Victor Fleming, director (Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind), dies at 65

1947 Death - Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy (1900-46)/Ethiopia, dies at 78

1947 Death - Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer, dies at 45

1947 Event - Paul-Emile Victor French polar expeditions organized

1946 Birthday - Victor Banerjee, Calcutta India, actor, A Passage to India

1946 Event - Umberto II succeeds Victor Emmanuel III as king of Italy

1946 Event - King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy abdicates, replaced by Umberto

1944 Death - Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer, dies at 68

1944 Event - King Victor Emmanuel abdicates the throne for his son Umberto

1943 Death - Victor van Swieten, resistance fighter, executed at 36

1943 Death - William Victor Harris, composer, dies at 73

1942 Birthday - Victor H. Fazio, born in Winchester, Massachusetts, Representative-D-California 1979 - 1999

1941 Birthday - Eric Braeden, born in Austria, actor, Victor Newman-Young and Restless, Colossus

1940 Death - Victor Hollaender, composer, dies at 74

1940 Event - Artie Shaw records "Frenesi" on RCA Victor label

1939 Birthday - James Victor, born in Puerto Rico, actor, Boulevard Night, Streets of LA

1939 Event - Victor Fleming replaces George Cukor as director of 'Gone With the Wind'

1938 Birthday - Victor Buono, SD California, actor, Man from Atlantis, Untouchables

1937 Death - Louis Victor Saar, composer, dies at 68

1936 Event - Benny Goodman and orchestra record "Stompin' at the Savoy" on Victor Records

1934 Birthday - Victor French, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, Highway to Heaven

1934 Birthday - Victor Argo, American Actor

1934 Event - RCA Victor re leases 1st 33 1/3 rpm recording (Beethoven's 5th)

1931 Event - 1st LP record demonstrated (RCA Victor, New York City), venture failed

1928 Event - Assassination attempt on king Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

1928 Event - Paul Whiteman and orchestra record "Ol' Man River" for Victor Records

1926 Birthday - Victor Kermit Kiam II, CEO, Remington shavers, NFL owner, Patriots

1925 Birthday - Victor Zorza, journalist/Russian specialist

1924 Birthday - Victor Herbert, Irish/US composer, Kiss in Dark

1924 Death - Victor Herbert, Irish/US cellist/ composer and conductor, dies at 65

1924 Birthday - Victor "Toby" Neuberg, teacher/writer

1923 Birthday - Elias Victor Seixas, U.S., mixed double tennis player, Wimbeld 1953-56

1923 Birthday - Victor Hochhauser, British impresario, Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra

1919 Birthday - Victor Collin Matthews, businessman

1919 Birthday - Deryck Victor Cooke, composer

1919 Death - Victor A D Segalen, Max Anely, French ship's doctor/writer, dies

1918 Death - Victor Adler, Austrian neurologist/foreign minister, dies

1917 Event - 1st jazz record "Dixie Jazz Band One Step," recorded by Nick LaRocca Original Dixieland Jazz Band, released by RCA Victor in Camden, New Jersey

1917 Event - 1st jazz recording for Victor Records released

1917 Birthday - Victor G M Marijnen, Dutch premier, 1963-65

1916 Death - Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, physician, dies

1916 Death - Victor Chapman, U.S. legionaire/WW I pilot, killed

1916 Birthday - Victor Dalby Lord, ficticious character on One Life to Live

1916 Death - Victor de Stuers, Dutch art expert, dies at 72

1916 Event - Enrico Caruso recorded "O Solo Mio" for the Victor Talking Machine Co

1915 Birthday - Victor Alessandro, composer

1915 Birthday - Victor Sen Yung, born in San Francisco, California, actor, Hop Sing-Bonanza, Bachelor Family

1915 Birthday - Victor Legley, composer

1915 Birthday - Victor Mature, born in Louisville, Kentucky, actor, 1 Million BC, Samson and Delilah

1913 Birthday - Victor Trumper, Jr., cricketer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Trumper NSW 1940-41

1913 Birthday - Victor Rosow, writer

1913 Birthday - Victor Smith, Admiral, Australian Chiefs of Staff

1912 Birthday - Arthur Victor Berger, New York City, composer, Ideas of Order

1912 Event - Victor Trumper's last Test Cricket innings c Woolley b Barnes 50

1912 Birthday - Victor Reuther, Wheeling, West Virginia, labor leader

1911 Birthday - Reginald Victor Jones, CH, FRS natural philosopher

1911 Event - Victor Berger (Wisconsin) becomes 1st socialist congressman in U.S.

1911 Event - Victor Herbert's opera "Natoma," premieres in New York City

1909 Event - Jack Johnson fights Victor McLaglen to no decision in 6 for box title

1909 Birthday - Victor Borge, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, pianist/comedian

1908 Birthday - Victor Babin, composer

1908 Birthday - Victor Vasarely, Hungarian/French painter and author, Op Art

1907 Birthday - Victor Reinganum, artist

1907 Birthday - Paul-Emile Victor, French pole explorer, La civilisation du phoque

1907 Death - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer, dies at 64

1906 Birthday - Victor Wong, LA Cal, actor, Mission to Moscow, Son of Kong, King Kong

1906 Event - 1st Victor Victrola manufactured

1906 Event - Italian King Victor Emmanuel and Swiss president open Simplon tunnel

1905 Death - Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer, dies at 55

1904 Birthday - Adolph Blaine Charles David Earl Frederick Gerald Hubert Irvin John Kenneth Lloyd Martin Nero Oliver Paul Quincy Randolph Sherman Thomas Uncas Victor William Xerxes Yancy Zeus Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenber----dorff, Sr, near Hamburg, Germany

1903 Death - Victor Roger, composer, dies at 50

1903 Event - Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland," premieres in New York City

1902 Birthday - Victor Jory, Dawson City Canada, actor, Kings Row, Manhunt

1901 Birthday - Victor Hely-Hutchinson, composer

1901 Birthday - Andre Victor Tchelistcheff, winemaker

1901 Death - Victor Balaguer, Catalaans historian/politician/author, dies at 76

1900 Birthday - Victor S Pritchett, literary critic/author, Myth Makers

1900 Birthday - Victor Young, born in Chicago, Illinois, orchestra leader, Milton Berle Show, In Old California

1899 Death - Victor Cherbuliez, French Novelist

1899 Event - Victor Trumper's 1st Test Cricket century 135* vs. England, Lord's

1899 Event - Cricket test debut of Wilfred Rhodes and Victor Trumper in Grace's last

1898 Event - Victor Herbert/Harry Smith' musical premieres in New York City

1897 Birthday - Victor O Stomps, writer

1897 Birthday - Rene Victor, Flemish lawyer/knight, Rechtskundig Weekblad

1895 Death - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver (PTT-stempels), dies at 70

1895 Birthday - Victor Raul Haya de la Torre, founder, Peruvian Aprista Party

1895 Event - Victor Trumper makes first-class debut for NSW 17 years 64 days

1892 Birthday - Victor E van Vriesland, Dutch poet and critic, Mirror of Dutch Poetry

1892 Death - Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice, dies at 80

1892 Birthday - Ezio Pinza, Rome, Italy, bass singer, South Pacific, RCA Victor Show

1892 Birthday - Louis Victor de Broglie, physicist, studied electrons

1892 Birthday - Victor de Sabata, born in Trieste, Italy, conductor and composer, Il Macigno

1891 Birthday - Victor Varconi, born in Hungary, actor, Divine Lady, King of Kings, Big City

1891 Birthday - Victor Kilian, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, actor, Gentleman's Agreement

1889 Birthday - Victor van Straelen, Flemish biologist/palaeontologist

1889 Birthday - Victor Sutherland, Paducah, Kentucky, actor, Captive City

1888 Birthday - Victor Francen, Belgium, actor, J'Acusse, San Antonio

1886 Birthday - Victor McLaglen, born in England, actor, Informer, Academy Award-1935

1885 Death - Victor(-Marie) Hugo, French writer (Les Miserables), dies at 83

1885 Death - Victor Hugo, French Author

1884 Death - Victor Masse, composer, dies at 62

1883 Birthday - Edgard Victor Achille C Varese, Paris, France, composer, Innisation

1883 Death - Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer, dies at 67

1883 Birthday - Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist

1883 Birthday - Victor Fleming, born in Pasadena, California, director, Wizard of Oz, Gone With Wind

1882 Death - Olegario Victor Andrade, Argentina poet (El arpa perdida), dies at 41

1880 Birthday - Victor Schertzinger, composer and director, Uptown New York

1879 Birthday - Victor Seastrom, Silbodal Sweden, director, Wind, Under the Red Robe

1878 Birthday - Victor A. D. Segalen, French writer

1878 Death - Victor Emmanuel II, king of Sard (1849-61)/Italy (1861-78), dies at 57

1877 Birthday - Victor Trumper, cricketer, Australia batsman 1899-1912

1876 Birthday - Victor Moore, Hammonton, New Jersey, comedian, Ziegfeld Follies, 7 Year Itch

1876 Birthday - Victor Jean Leonard Vreuls, composer

1870 Event - Italian army under Victor Emmanuel II seizes Rome from the French

1870 Event - Pope Pius IX surrenders to King Victor Emmanuel

1870 Death - Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer, dies at 48

1869 Birthday - Victor Emmanuel III, king of Italy, 1900-46, Ethiopia

1869 Birthday - William Victor Harris, composer

1868 Birthday - Louis Victor Saar, composer

1867 Death - Victor Cousin, French Philosopher

1867 Death - Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74

1866 Birthday - Victor Hollaender, composer

1865 Birthday - Victor Rousseau, Belgian sculptor

1864 Death - Victor JB Girardey, Confederate Brigadier-General, dies in battle at 27

1863 Death - Alfred Victor Comte de Vigny, poet, dies

1861 Event - King Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia becomes 1st king of Italy

1860 Birthday - Victor E Orlando, Italy's premier, 1917-19

1859 Birthday - Victor August Herbert, Dublin Ireland, composer, Babes in Toyland

1853 Birthday - Victor Roger, composer

1852 Birthday - Victor Adler, Austrian Foreign minister, 1918

1850 Birthday - Leon Francis Victor Caron, composer

1843 Birthday - Victor de Stuers, Dutch art connoisseur

1842 Birthday - Victor Alphonse Duvernoy, composer

1841 Birthday - Olegario Victor Andrade, born in Argentina, poet, El nido de condores

1838 Event - Victor Hugo's "Ruy Blas," premieres in Paris

1837 Birthday - Victor Jean Baptiste Girardey, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1830 Event - Victor Hugo's "Hernani" premieres in Paris

1829 Birthday - Victor Cherbuliez, French Novelist

1824 Birthday - Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Netherlands engraver, PTT Stempels

1824 Death - Victor Emanuel I, king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64

1822 Birthday - Victor Masse, composer

1821 Birthday - Charles Victor Arthur Saint-Leon, composer

1820 Birthday - Victor Emmanuel II, King of Sardinia, 1849-61, Italy, 1861-78

1815 Birthday - Adrien Louis Victor Boieldieu, composer

1812 Birthday - Victor Tesch, Belgian lawyer/Minister of Justice

1804 Birthday - Victor Schoelcher, Guadeloupe, abolished french slavery

1802 Birthday - Victor Hugo, born in France, author, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Les Miserables

1792 Birthday - Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education

1759 Birthday - Victor Emmanuel I, King of Sardinia, 1802-21

1730 Event - Duke Victor Amadeus XI of Savoye resigns

1696 Event - French king Louis XIV and Victor Amadeua van Savoye signs peace

1694 Event - Duke Victor Amadeus of Savoye attacks Casale

1690 Event - Battle at Staffarda: French army beats Victor Amadeus van Savoye

1164 Death - Victor IV, Ottaviano Montecello, Italian antipope (1159-64), dies

1138 Event - Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II

1087 Death - Victor III, Dauferio/Desiderius, Italian Pope (1086-87), dies

1086 Event - Abbott Dauferio/Desiderius becomes Pope Victor III

1057 Death - Victor II, Gebhard, Pope (1055-57), dies

1055 Event - Bishop Gebhard van Eichstatt named Pope Victor II

1000 Event - Odo of Lagery elected as Pope Urban II, replacing Victor III

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