Manager David Yates

Events in 1963 and 30-11

Events in the world in the birth year of David Yates

• 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 David Yates (30-11) in history

• Day 30-11 year 1804: Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was tried for political bias.
• Day 30-11 year 1900: Irish author Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46.
• Day 30-11 year 1940: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married.
• Day 30-11 year 1966: Barbados became independent of Great Britain.
• Day 30-11 year 1974: The fossilized remains of a female human ancestor named Lucy (after the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) were found in Ethiopia.
• Day 30-11 year 1993: The Brady Bill, requiring a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases, is signed.
• Day 30-11 year 1995: President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Northern Ireland.
• Day 30-11 year 2004: Ken Jennings ended his 74-game winning spree on the game show, Jeopardy!