Comedian Horatio Sanz

Events in 1969 and 4-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Horatio Sanz

• Nixon begins "Vietnamization" in Southeast Asia. Background: Vietnam War
• The United States, USSR, and about 100 other countries sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). Background: nuclear disarmament
• Russian and Chinese troops clash along the Ussuri River.
• 27-year-old Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi deposes King Idris of Libya and establishes a pro-Arabic, anti-Western, Islamic republic.

Birthday Horatio Sanz (4-6) in history

• Day 4-6 year 1892: The Sierra Club, led by John Muir, was incorporated in San Francisco.
• Day 4-6 year 1896: Henry Ford took his first car out for a test drive.
• Day 4-6 year 1942: The Battle of Midway, a decisive Allied victory in World War II, began.
• Day 4-6 year 1944: The U.S. Fifth Army entered Rome, leading to the liberation of the city during World War II.
• Day 4-6 year 1968: Dorothy Gish, American actress who starred in many silent-film classics, died.
• Day 4-6 year 1989: People's Army of China opened fire on crowds of prodemocracy demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, killing thousands.
• Day 4-6 year 1992: The U.S. Post Office announced that in a poll people preferred the "young Elvis" stamp to the "old Elvis" stamp.
• Day 4-6 year 2001: King Dipendra of Nepal died, three days after shooting most of his family and himself.
• Day 4-6 year 2003: Martha Stewart was indicted on charges of insider trading.