Silvio Berlusconi was born on 29 September 1936 in Isola. An Italian media entrepreneur and politician, Berlusconi built a business empire in construction, television and publishing through his holding company Fininvest, including the Mediaset networks and the football club AC Milan. In 1994 he entered politics and founded the centre-right party Forza Italia. He served as prime minister three times, in 1994, from 2001 to 2006 and from 2008 to 2011, making him one of the longest-serving heads of government in post-war Italy. His career was dogged by conflict-of-interest questions, corruption trials and scandals over his private life, including a tax fraud conviction in 2013. He resigned in 2011 during the sovereign debt crisis and died in Milan in 2023.
Before and after
- 19 August 1936Death of Federico García Lorca
- 29 August 1936Birth of John McCain
- 3 September 1936Birth of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
- 7 September 1936The last thylacine dies in captivity
- 29 September 1936Birth of Silvio Berlusconi
- 5 October 1936Birth of Václav Havel
- 19 October 1936Death of Lu Xun
- 25 November 1936Anti-Comintern Pact
- December 1936Paracuellos massacres
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