Fashion designer Anita Dongre

Events in 1963 and 3-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Anita Dongre

• France and West Germany sign treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan. 22).
• Pope John XXIII dies (June 3), and is succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes Paul VI.
• British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns in the wake of an affair with Christine Keeler, a teenage showgirl who was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché (June).
• Washington-to-Moscow "hot line" communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war (Aug. 30). Background: cold war
• Kenya achieves independence.
• There are 15,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
• 32 independent African nations establish the Organization for African Unity.

Birthday Anita Dongre (3-10) in history

• Day 3-10 year 1226: Saint Francis of Assisi, also known as Saint Francis of Difficulty, was a Roman Catholic monk who founded the Order of Friars Minor (Francis), who had passed away.
• Day 3-10 year 1863: President Lincoln declared the last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day.
• Day 3-10 year 1922: Rebecca L. Felton became the first woman U.S. Senator when she was appointed to serve out the term of Senator Thomas E. Watson.
• Day 3-10 year 1929: The Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes formally changed its name to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia.
• Day 3-10 year 1955: Captain Kangaroo and The Mickey Mouse Club premiered on television.
• Day 3-10 year 1974: Frank Robinson was named the first African-American manager in major league baseball.
• Day 3-10 year 1990: East Germany and West Germany united to become Germany, 45 years after being split into two countries at the end of World War II.