Politician's wife Cherie Blair

Events in 1954 and 23-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Cherie Blair

• Nasser becomes premier of Egypt (April 17).
• Geneva Conference is convened to bring peace to Vietnam (April to July). The country is divided at the 17th parallel, pending democratic elections.
• Dien Bien Phu, French military outpost in Vietnam, falls to Viet Minh army (May 7). Background: Vietnam War
• Eight-nation Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (establishing SEATO) signed at Manila (Sept. 8).
• Paris agreements grant West Germany sovereignty and admittance to NATO and Western European Union (Oct. 23; effective May, 1955).
• Algerian War of Independence against France begins (Oct. 31).

Birthday Cherie Blair (23-9) in history

• Day 23-9 year 1779: Navy Captain John Paul Jones declared, "I haven't started fighting yet!" on board the American warship Bonhomme Richard in the battle against the British warrior Serapis.
• Day 23-9 year 1806: Explorers Lewis and Clark return to St. Louis after a three-year journey to the Pacific Northwest.
• Day 23-9 year 1846: German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune.
• Day 23-9 year 1939: Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, died in London.
• Day 23-9 year 1952: Vice presidential candidate Richard Nixon delivered his "Checkers speech" rebutting charges of improper campaign financing.
• Day 23-9 year 1973: Former Argentine president Juan Perón returned to power.
• Day 23-9 year 2011: Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas officially requests a bid for statehood at the UN Security Council.