Pop - Singer John Waite

Events in 1952 and 4-7

Events in the world in the birth year of John Waite

• George VI of England dies; his daughter becomes Elizabeth II (Feb. 6).
• NATO conference approves European army (Feb.).
• King Farouk of Egypt is ousted by a military coup (July 23). General Mohammed Naguib assumes power.
• Britain announces its development of atomic weapons (Oct.). Background: nuclear weapons
• Greece and Turkey join NATO.

Birthday John Waite (4-7) in history

• Day 4-7 year 1776: The United States declares independence. Officially free from British domination. 
• Day 4-7 year 1826: Former presidents John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died.
• Day 4-7 year 1831: Former president James Monroe died.
• Day 4-7 year 1845: Writer Henry David Thoreau moved into his shack on Walden Pond.
• Day 4-7 year 1862: Lewis Carroll first told the story of Alice's Adventures Underground to the Liddell sisters.
• Day 4-7 year 1884: The Statue of Liberty was presented to the United States in Paris.
• Day 4-7 year 1895: Katharine Lee Bates published America the Beautiful.
• Day 4-7 year 1939: Lou Gehrig, stricken with ALS, made his farewell at Yankee Stadium.
• Day 4-7 year 1976: The United States celebrated its bicentennial.
• Day 4-7 year 1997: The U.S. Pathfinder probe landed on Mars.
• Day 4-7 year 2012: The European Organization for Nuclear Research, also known as CERN, announced the discovery of a new particle with properties consistent with the Higgs boson.