Composer Nguyen Duc Quang

Events in 1944 and 11-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Nguyen Duc Quang

• Allies invade Normandy on D-Day (June 6). Background: Normandy campaign
• Bretton Woods Conference creates International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
• Dumbarton Oaks Conference—U.S., British Commonwealth, and U.S.S.R. propose establishment of United Nations.
• Battle of the Bulge begins as Germans penetrate Allied front in Belgium (Dec. 16 to Jan. 1945).
• Anne Frank and her family betrayed and sent to concentration camps. She will die in 1945.

Birthday Nguyen Duc Quang (11-2) in history

• Day 11-2 year 1805: Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.
• Day 11-2 year 1809: Engineer Robert Fulton patented his steamship.
• Day 11-2 year 1858: Saint Bernadette of Lourdes first saw a vision of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes, France, leading to the foundation of the shrine of Lourdes.
• Day 11-2 year 1929: Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.
• Day 11-2 year 1945: Yalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leader Josef Stalin during World War II.
• Day 11-2 year 1970: Japan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit.
• Day 11-2 year 1979: Ayatollah Khomeini's followers seized control of the Iran government.
• Day 11-2 year 1989: The Episcopal Church Boston diocese consecrated Barbara Harris as the church's first woman bishop.
• Day 11-2 year 1990: South African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 years.
• Day 11-2 year 2011: As a result of the Arab Spring protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announces his resignation and hands power of the country over to the military.
• Day 11-2 year 2012: Pop star Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards.