Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, commonly known as Ben Ali or Ezzine, was a Tunisian politician, military officer and dictator who served as the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. In that year, during the Tunisian revolution, he was overthrown and fled to Saudi Arabia.

1936Pilar Pallete, Peruvian-American actress^[†]

María del Pilar Pallete Alvarado, known professionally as Pilar Pallete, is a Peruvian-born American painter. She became well-known through her marriage to the actor John Wayne.

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1936Nikita Balieff, Armenian-Russian puppeteer and director (born 1876)^[†]

Nikita Fyodorovich Balieff was a Russian Armenian vaudevillian, stage performer, writer, impresario, and director. He is best known as the creator and master of ceremonies of La Chauve-Souris theater group.

Headlines from September 3, 1936

14,000 Voyagers Are Due Here in Two Days; Harried Customs Men Urge Stagger System

'Hypnotism' by Lifeguards in Rescues Barred After Boy Tells of Being Made Unconscious

Priest Declines to Comment

Yale Silent on Bids; GAME BROADCASTS ARE SOLD BY YALE

Not Wholly Disapproved

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