Comedian Rory Bremner

Events in 1961 and 6-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Rory Bremner

• US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3).
• 1,200 US-sponsored anti-Castro exiles invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (April 17); the attackers are all killed or captured by Cuban forces.
• East Germany erects the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13). Background: The Cold War
• USSR detonates 50-megaton hydrogen bomb in the largest man-made explosion in history (Oct. 29). Background: nuclear weapons
• There are 2,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
• OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) formally constituted.

Birthday Rory Bremner (6-4) in history

• Day 6-4 year 1830: Religious leader Joseph Smith and five others organized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fayette, New York.
• Day 6-4 year 1862: The Battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War began.
• Day 6-4 year 1896: First modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.
• Day 6-4 year 1909: Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.
• Day 6-4 year 1917: U.S. declared war on Germany and entered World War I.
• Day 6-4 year 1994: The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash.