HLV Hockey Ralph Krueger

Events in 1959 and 31-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Ralph Krueger

• Cuban President Batista resigns and flees (Jan. 1). Fidel Castro assumes power (Feb. 16).
• Tibet's Dalai Lama escapes to India (Mar. 31).
• Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev tours the United States, meeting with Eisenhower at Camp David.
• Britain recognizes the independence of Cyprus.

Birthday Ralph Krueger (31-8) in history

• Day 31-8 year 1887: Thomas Edison received a patent for his "Kinetoscope," and moving pictures were born.
• Day 31-8 year 1888: Mary Ann Nicholls, considered to be Jack the Ripper's first victim, was found murdered in London.
• Day 31-8 year 1962: Trinidad and Tobago gained independence from Great Britain.
• Day 31-8 year 1980: Poland's Solidarity labor movement had its beginnings when an agreement ending a 17-day strike was signed in Gdansk.
• Day 31-8 year 1994: Russia officially ended its military presence in the former East Germany and the Baltic states.
• Day 31-8 year 1997: Princess Diana and her companion Dodi al-Fayed were killed in a car accident in Paris.
• Day 31-8 year 2012: Armenia severed diplomatic relations with Hungary, after the pardoning of Ramil Safarov. In 2004, Safarov was convicted of killing an Armenian soldier.