Guitarist Andy Westhead

Events in 1991 and 25-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Andy Westhead

• Cease-fire ends Persian Gulf War (April 3); UN forces are victorious. Background: The Persian Gulf War
• Europeans end sanctions on South Africa (April 15). South African Parliament repeals apartheid laws (June 5).
• France agrees to sign 1968 treaty banning spread of atomic weapons (June 3). China accepts nuclear nonproliferation treaty (Aug. 10). Bush-Gorbachev summit negotiates strategic arms reduction treaty (July 31).
• Communist Government of Albania resigns (June 4).
• Warsaw Pact dissolved (July 1).
• Boris Yeltsin becomes first freely elected president of Russian Republic (July 10). Yeltsin's stock increases when he takes a prominent role in suppressing an anti-Gorbachev coup by communist hardliners (Aug. 18-22). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
• Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia win independence from USSR (Aug. 25); US recognizes them (Sept. 2).
• Haitian troops seize president in uprising (Sept. 30). US suspends assistance to Haiti (Oct. 1).
• US indicts two Libyans in 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland (Nov. 15).
• Soviet Union breaks up after President Gorbachev's resignation; constituent republics form Commonwealth of Independent States (Dec. 25). Background: Dissolution of the USSR

Birthday Andy Westhead (25-5) in history

• Day 25-5 year 1787: The Constitutional Convention convened in Philadelphia under the leadership of George Washington, in order to establish a new U.S. government.
• Day 25-5 year 1925: John Scopes was indicted for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
• Day 25-5 year 1935: American track star Jesse Owens broke three world records and tied another in a little over an hour.
• Day 25-5 year 1965: Muhammad Ali knocked Sonny Liston out cold in the first round, after 1 minute and 56 seconds, for the world heavyweight title.
• Day 25-5 year 1968: The Gateway Arch was dedicated in St. Louis.
• Day 25-5 year 1969: Midnight Cowboy, the only x-rated film to win a best picture Oscar, was released.
• Day 25-5 year 1979: The worst air disaster in U.S. history (excluding the Sept. 11 attacks) occurred when a DC-10 crashed at Chicago's O'Hare airport, killing over 270 people.