Football player Danny Williamson

Events in 1973 and 5-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Danny Williamson

• Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community (Jan. 1).
• A ceasefire is signed, ending involvement of American ground troops in the Vietnam War. (Jan. 28).
• US bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia (Aug. 15).
• Chile's Marxist president, Salvadore Allende, is overthrown (Sept. 11); Gen. Augusto Pinochet takes power.
• Fourth and largest Arab-Israeli conflict begins when Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel as Jews mark Yom Kippur, holiest day in their calendar (Oct. 6). Egypt and Israel sign US-sponsored cease-fire accord (Nov. 11). Background: Arab-Israeli Wars
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) hikes oil prices tremendously in retaliation for Western countries' involvement in Yom Kippur War.

Birthday Danny Williamson (5-12) in history

• Day 5-12 year 1776: The oldest academic honour society in the United States, Phi Beta Kappa, was founded at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
• Day 5-12 year 1791: The great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart pass away in Vienna, Austria, at age 35.
• Day 5-12 year 1848: President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.
• Day 5-12 year 1872: Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift off Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing.
• Day 5-12 year 1933: The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing prohibition, was ratified.
• Day 5-12 year 1955: The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.
• Day 5-12 year 2002: At Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential bid. Lott subsequently resigned his leadership position.