Composer Nguyen Trong Tao

Events in 1947 and 25-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Nguyen Trong Tao

• Britain nationalizes coal mines (Jan. 1).
• Peace treaties for Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Finland signed in Paris (Feb. 10).
• Soviet Union rejects US plan for UN atomic-energy control (March 4).
• Marshall Plan proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II (June).
• India and Pakistan gain independence from Britain (Aug. 15).
• The Dead Sea Scrolls are discovered at Qumran.

Birthday Nguyen Trong Tao (25-8) in history

• Day 25-8 year 1718: Louisiana's largest city, New Orleans, was founded by French settlers and named after the Duke of Orleans.
• Day 25-8 year 1825: Uruguay declared its independence from Brazil.
• Day 25-8 year 1875: Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel. It took him 21 hours and 45 minutes.
• Day 25-8 year 1916: The Department of the Interior created the National Park Service to manage and preserve national parks and monuments for future generations.
• Day 25-8 year 1944: Paris was liberated from Nazi occupation by Allied forces.
• Day 25-8 year 1984: Author Truman Capote was found dead in Los Angeles.
• Day 25-8 year 2001: Singer and actress Aaliyah died in a plane crash in the Bahamas.
• Day 25-8 year 2003: NASA launched the infrared Spitzer Space Telescope.
• Day 25-8 year 2009: Senator Edward "Ted" Kennedy, a fixture in the Senate for 46 years, dies of brain cancer at the age of 77.
• Day 25-8 year 2012: The first human to walk on the moon, Neil Armstrong, died after suffering complications from a heart bypass.