Maltese journalist and politician, 8th Prime Minister of Malta (born 1916)

Dom Mintoff

Dominic Mintoff was a Maltese socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984, and was 8th Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to 1958, when Malta was still a British colony, and again, following independence, from 1971 to 1984. His tenure as Prime Minister saw the creation of a comprehensive welfare state, nationalisation of large corporations, a substantial increase in the general standard of living and the establishment of the Maltese republic, but was later on marred by a stagnant economy, a rise in authoritarianism and outbreaks of political violence.

Born

1916

August 6

Died

2012

Era

1910s

Country

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1916 Born
2012 Died

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What else happened on this day, through history

686 The Ummayad forces suffer a decisive defeat against the pro-Alid forces under Ibrahim ibn al-Ashtar in the battle of Khazir.
1284 The Republic of Pisa is defeated in the Battle of Meloria by the Republic of Genoa, thus losing its naval dominance in the Mediterranean.
1538 Bogotá, Colombia, is founded by Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada.
1585 Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).

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The world in 1916

When Dom arrived

april 18 World War I: During a mine warfare in high altitude on the Dolomites, the Italian troops conquer the Col di Lana held by the Austrian army.
april 24 Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.
april 24 Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.
april 25 Anzac Day is commemorated for the first time on the first anniversary of the landing at ANZAC Cove.

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Also born on August 6

Andy Warhol 1928–1987 American painter, photographer and film director (died 1987) Bill Emmott 1956– English journalist and author Chalmers Johnson 1931–2010 American scholar and author (died 2010) Constance Georgina Adams 1883– South African botanist (died 1968) Elliott Smith 1969–2003 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2003) Fakhr-al-Din II 1572–1635 Ottoman prince (born 1572) Florence Goodenough 1886–1959 American child psychologist (born 1886) Henry Iba 1904– American basketball player and coach (died 1993) Kevin Mitnick 1963–2023 American computer security consultant, author, and convicted hacker (died 2023)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1916

Ahmad Abd al-Ghafur Attar 1916–1991 Saudi Arabian writer and journalist (born 1916) Bill Durnan 1916–1972 Canadian ice hockey player and coach (died 1972) Billy Hitchcock 1916–2006 American baseball player, coach, manager (born 1916) C. Wright Mills American sociologist and author (died 1962) 1916– Chick Hearn 1916–2002 American sportscaster (born 1916) Colin McCool 1916– Australian cricketer (died 1986) Deendayal Upadhyaya 1916– Indian economist, sociologist, and journalist (died 1968) Don Tallon 1916–1984 Australian cricketer (died 1984) Dorothy Bliss 1916–1987 American invertebrate zoologist, curator at the American Museum of Natural History (born 1916)

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