Female Opera Tamzin Outhwaite

Events in 1970 and 5-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Tamzin Outhwaite

• Biafra surrenders after 32-month fight for independence from Nigeria (Jan. 12).
• Rhodesia severs last tie with British Crown and declares itself a racially segregated republic (March 1).
• US troops invade Cambodia (May 1). Background: Vietnam War
• A Palestinian revolt erupts in Jordan. Forces loyal to King Hussein suppress the revolt and expel the PLO from the country.
• Earthquake kills more than 50,000 in Peru (May 31).
• Egyptian President Nasser dies and is replaced by Anwar el-Sadat.
• Tonga (June 4) and Fiji (Oct. 10) gain independence from Britain.

Birthday Tamzin Outhwaite (5-11) in history

• Day 5-11 year 1605: The "Gunpowder plot" of a group of Catholics to assassinate King James I by blowing up the British Parliament has failed.
• Day 5-11 year 1872: Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 for trying to vote in the presidential election (she was trying to vote for President Grant).
• Day 5-11 year 1895: George B. Selden of Rochester, N.Y., received the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
• Day 5-11 year 1940: President Franklin D. Roosevelt won an unprecedented third term in office when he defeated Wendell L. Willkie.
• Day 5-11 year 1968: The first black woman representative to serve in Congress, Shirley Chisholm, was elected.
• Day 5-11 year 1974: Ella T. Grasso became the first woman to win a gubernatorial office without succeeding her husband.
• Day 5-11 year 1989: Pianist Vladimir Horowitz died in New York at age 85.
• Day 5-11 year 1994: At 45, George Foreman, became the oldest heavyweight champion when he knocked out Michael Moorer in the 10th round of their WBA fight in Las Vegas.
• Day 5-11 year 2011: Former Penn State defensive coordinator, Jerry Sandusky, is arrested on charges of 40 counts of sexual abuse over a 15-year period.