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September 5, 1944

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Notable Births

Dario Bellezza

1944Dario Bellezza, Italian poet, author, and playwright (died 1996)[†]

Dario Bellezza was an Italian poet, author and playwright. He won the Viareggio, Gatto, and Montale prizes.

Gareth Evans (politician)

1944Gareth Evans, Australian lawyer and politician, 33rd Australian Minister of Foreign Affairs[†]

Gareth John Evans is an Australian politician, international policymaker, academic, and barrister. He represented the Labor Party in the Senate and House of Representatives from 1978 to 1999, serving as a Cabinet Minister in the Hawke and Keating governments from 1983 to 1996 as Attorney-General, Minister for Resources and Energy, Minister for Transport and Communications and most prominently, from 1988 to 1996, as Minister for Foreign Affairs. He was Leader of the Government in the Senate from 1993 to 1996, Deputy Leader of the Opposition from 1996 to 1998, and remains one of the two longest-serving federal Cabinet Ministers in Labor Party history.

Historical Events

Luxembourg

1944Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg constitute Benelux.[†]

Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg City, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union and hosts several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority in the EU.