MC game show Nicky Campbell

Events in 1961 and 10-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Nicky Campbell

• US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3).
• 1,200 US-sponsored anti-Castro exiles invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (April 17); the attackers are all killed or captured by Cuban forces.
• East Germany erects the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13). Background: The Cold War
• USSR detonates 50-megaton hydrogen bomb in the largest man-made explosion in history (Oct. 29). Background: nuclear weapons
• There are 2,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
• OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) formally constituted.

Birthday Nicky Campbell (10-4) in history

• Day 10-4 year 1790: The U.S. patent system was formed.
• Day 10-4 year 1849: The gun's safety pin was patented by mechanic Walter Hunt, in New York.
• Day 10-4 year 1866: The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) was chartered.
• Day 10-4 year 1912: Titanic set sail on its fateful voyage.
• Day 10-4 year 1947: Branch Rickey of the Brooklyn Dodgers announced that Jackie Robinson had signed with the team.
• Day 10-4 year 1963: The atomic-powered submarine Thresher sank off Cape Cod, Mass.
• Day 10-4 year 1970: Paul McCartney announced the official split of the Beatles.
• Day 10-4 year 1974: Israeli prime minister Golda Meir announced her resignation.
• Day 10-4 year 1998: The Northern Ireland "Good Friday Accord" was reached.
• Day 10-4 year 2003: The U.S. House passed the "Amber Alert" bill. It provided a system for alerting the public about missing or abducted children.