Actor Francesco Quinn

Events in 1963 and 22-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Francesco Quinn

• France and West Germany sign treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan. 22).
• Pope John XXIII dies (June 3), and is succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes Paul VI.
• British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns in the wake of an affair with Christine Keeler, a teenage showgirl who was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché (June).
• Washington-to-Moscow "hot line" communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war (Aug. 30). Background: cold war
• Kenya achieves independence.
• There are 15,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
• 32 independent African nations establish the Organization for African Unity.

Birthday Francesco Quinn (22-3) in history

• Day 22-3 year 1765: The Stamp Act was enacted by Britain on the American colonies.
• Day 22-3 year 1820: U.S. naval hero Stephen Decatur was killed in a duel with dishonored former Chesapeake captain James Barron.
• Day 22-3 year 1894: The first Stanley Cup championship game was played. The Montreal Amateur Athletic Association (which won the cup unchallenged the previous year) triumphed over the Ottawa Capitals.
• Day 22-3 year 1895: Auguste and Louis Lumiere first demonstrated motion pictures using celluloid film in Paris.
• Day 22-3 year 1945: The Arab League was formed in Cairo, by Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria.
• Day 22-3 year 1972: Congress approved the Equal Rights Amendment and sent it to be ratified by the states. The amendment would fail to get the required 38 states to ratify it.
• Day 22-3 year 1997: Comet Hale-Bopp made its closest approach to Earth in the skies over the northern hemisphere. The comet’s next pass is predicted for the year 4397.
• Day 22-3 year 2012: Amadou Toumani Touré, The President of Mali, was ousted in a coup d'état.