Mixed martial arts athlete MMA Carlos Machado

Events in 1963 and 9-11

Events in the world in the birth year of Carlos Machado

• 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 Carlos Machado (9-11) in history

• Day 9-11 year 1888: Jack the Ripper killed his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly.
• Day 9-11 year 1938: Nazis burned and looted temples and Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in what became known as Kristallnacht (Crystal Night—referring to broken glass on streets).
• Day 9-11 year 1953: Author-poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at age 39.
• Day 9-11 year 1965: A switch at a station near Niagara Falls failed. The Northeast and parts of Canada went dark for more than 13 hours.
• Day 9-11 year 1970: Former French president Charles De Gaulle died at age 79.
• Day 9-11 year 1989: Borders between East and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day.