American lawyer (died 1996)

Melvin Belli

Melvin Mouron Belli was an American lawyer and writer known as "The King of Torts" and by insurance companies as "Melvin Bellicose". He had many celebrity clients, including Zsa Zsa Gabor, Errol Flynn, Chuck Berry, Muhammad Ali, The Rolling Stones, Jim Bakker and Tammy Faye Bakker, Martha Mitchell, Maureen Connolly, Lana Turner, Tony Curtis, and Mae West. During his legal career, he won over $600 million in damages for his clients. He was also the attorney for Jack Ruby, who shot Lee Harvey Oswald days after the assassination of President John F.

Born

1907

July 29

Died

1996

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1900s

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1907 Born
1996 Died

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-587 The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.
615 Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
904 Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
923 Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned Emperor Berengar I of Italy at Firenzuola (Tuscany).

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The world in 1907

When Melvin arrived

april 17 The Ellis Island immigration center processes 11,747 people, more than on any other day.
august 1 The start of the first Scout camp on Brownsea Island, the origin of the worldwide Scouting movement.
august 15 Ordination in Constantinople of Fr. Raphael Morgan, the first African-American Orthodox priest, "Priest-Apostolic" to America and the West Indies.
august 17 Pike Place Market, one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opens in Seattle, Washington.

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Alexis de Tocqueville 1805–1859 French historian and philosopher, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (born 1805) Benito Mussolini 1883–1945 Italian journalist, fascist dictator and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy (born 1883) Erich Priebke 1913–2013 German war criminal, leader of the 1944 Ardeatine massacre (died 2013) J. S. Woodsworth 1874– Canadian minister and politician (died 1942) John Clarke 1948–2017 New Zealand-Australian comedian, writer, and satirist (born 1948) Julie Elliott 1963– English politician Ronald Murray 1979– American basketball player Sally Gunnell 1966– English hurdler and sportscaster Ted Lindsay 1925– Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster (died 2019)

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Also born in 1907

Alberto Moravia 1907–1990 Italian journalist and author (died 1990) Altiero Spinelli 1907– Italian theorist and politician (died 1986) Astrid Lindgren 1907–2002 Swedish author and screenwriter (born 1907) Bhagat Singh 1907–1931 Indian activist (born 1907) Duarte Nuno 1907– Duke of Braganza (died 1976) Frida Kahlo 1907–1954 Mexican painter and educator (born 1907) Hergé 1907–1983 Belgian author and illustrator (born 1907) Jimmie Foxx 1907–1967 American baseball player, coach, and manager (born 1907) John Wayne 1907–1979 American actor, director, and producer (born 1907)

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