Actor Sam Sarpong

Events in 1974 and 19-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Sam Sarpong

• OPEC ends the oil embargo begun in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War (Mar. 18).
• Nixon and Brezhnev meet in Moscow to discuss arms limitation agreements. Background: nuclear disarmament
• Leftist revolution ends almost 50 years of dictatorial rule in Portugal (launched Apr. 25).
• India successfully tests an atomic device, becoming the world's sixth nuclear power (May 18).
• Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed. A collective military dictatorship assumes power (Sept. 12).

Birthday Sam Sarpong (19-12) in history

• Day 19-12 year 1732: America's founding father, Benjamin Franklin began publishing the book poor richard's almanack.
• Day 19-12 year 1776: Philosopher Thomas Paine published his first essay on The Crisis in America, in which he wrote, "These are times that test men's souls."
• Day 19-12 year 1843: Writer Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol."
• Day 19-12 year 1946: War broke out in Indochina when Ho Chi Minh attacked the French.
• Day 19-12 year 1972: Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.
• Day 19-12 year 1984: Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997.
• Day 19-12 year 1998: President Bill Clinton impeached on two counts by the House of Representatives.
• Day 19-12 year 2003: Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya announced that his country would discontinue development of weapons of mass destruction.