Get On This Day delivered free to your inbox: br br br 1947 – Red Scare: The "Hollywood Ten" are blacklisted by Hollywood movie studios. br br br br 1973 – George Papadopoulos, head of the military Regime of the Colonels in Greece, is ousted in a coup. br br br br br 1975 – Suriname gains independence from the Netherlands. br br br br br 1984 – Gaspard Ulliel, French model and actor, is born.