Italian politician (born 1922)

Enrico Berlinguer

Enrico Berlinguer was an Italian politician and statesman who was the most popular leader of the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He led the PCI as the national secretary from 1972 until his death during a tense period of Italian history, which was marked by the Years of Lead and social conflicts, such as the Hot Autumn of 1969–1970. Berlinguer was born into an upper-class family; his father was a socialist who became a deputy and later senator. After leading the PCI's youth wing in his hometown, he led the Italian Communist Youth Federation (FGCI) at the national level from 1949 to 1956.

Born

1922

May 25

Died

1984

Era

1920s

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Enrico, in brief

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Key dates

1922 Born
1984 Died

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-567 Servius Tullius, the king of Rome, celebrates a triumph for his victory over the Etruscans.
-240 First recorded perihelion passage of Halley's Comet.
1085 Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo, Spain, back from the Moors.
1420 Henry the Navigator is appointed governor of the Order of Christ.

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The world in 1922

When Enrico arrived

april 1 In newly formed Northern Ireland, six Catholics are murdered in the Arnon Street killings, one week after six others were killed in the McMahon killings.
april 15 U.S. Senator John B. Kendrick of Wyoming introduces a resolution calling for an investigation of a secret land deal, which leads to the discovery of the Teapot Dome scandal.
april 16 The Treaty of Rapallo, pursuant to which Germany and the Soviet Union re-establish diplomatic relations, is signed.
april 20 The Soviet government creates the South Ossetian Autonomous Oblast within the Georgian SSR.

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Alan Kippax 1897–1972 Australian cricketer (died 1972) Alistair Burt 1955– English lawyer and politician Chris Young 1979– American baseball pitcher Emperor Shenzong of Song (died 1085) 1048– Ezekiel Kemboi 1982– Kenyan runner Heinrich Bär 1913–1957 German colonel and pilot (born 1913) Herb Gray 1931– Canadian lawyer and politician, 7th Deputy Prime Minister of Canada (died 2014) Jeanne Crain 1925–2003 American actress (born 1925) Matt Murray 1994– Canadian ice hockey player

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1922

Alvin Dark 1922–2014 American baseball player and manager (died 2014) Barbara Bel Geddes 1922–2005 American actress (born 1922) Bill Johnston 1922– Australian cricketer and businessman (died 2007) Cecil H. Underwood 1922–2008 American educator and politician, 25th Governor of West Virginia (born 1922) Charles Mingus 1922–1979 American bassist, composer, and bandleader (died 1979) Christiaan Barnard 1922–2001 South African surgeon and academic (died 2001) Denholm Elliott 1922–1992 English-Spanish actor (died 1992) Erich Hartmann 1922–1993 German colonel and pilot (died 1993) Francesco Rosi 1922–2015 Italian director and screenwriter (born 1922)

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