Carlo Sforza [SEP] date of birth
Carlo Sforza
Count Carlo Sforza (24 January 1872 – 4 September 1952) was an Italian diplomat and anti-Fascist politician.
Life and career.
Sforza was born at Lucca, the second son of Count Giovanni Sforza (1846-1922), an archivist and noted historian from Montignoso (Tuscany), and Elisabetta Pierantoni, born in a family of silk merchants. His father was a descendant of the Counts of Castel San Giovanni, an illegitimate branch of the House of Sforza who had ruled the Duchy of
. This was the first year that the famous green jacket was awarded to the tournament winner.
- "Point of No Return" by John P. Marquand began its five-month run atop "The New York Times" Fiction Best Seller list.
- Died: Fred Thompson, 65, English playwright
April 11, 1949 (Monday).
- Italian Foreign Minister Carlo Sforza asked the United Nations to return Italy's prewar African colonies, promising that Italy would prepare them for independence at the earliest possible date