Radio program host Jennifer Byrne

Events in 1955 and 5-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Jennifer Byrne

• Nikolai A. Bulganin becomes Soviet premier, replacing Malenkov (Feb. 8). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
• Churchill resigns (April 5); Anthony Eden succeeds him (April 6).
• Federal Republic of West Germany becomes a sovereign state (May 5).
• The Soviet Union and seven East European countries sign the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense treaty (May 14).
• Argentina ousts dictator Juan Perón (Sept. 19).
• US starts sending $216 million in aid to Vietnam.
• The US, UK, USSR, and France meet at a summit in Geneva.

Birthday Jennifer Byrne (5-3) in history

• Day 5-3 year 1770: The Boston Massacre was a pre-Revolutionary incident that arose from anger towards the British army, and five anti-British rioters were killed.
• Day 5-3 year 1933: In the last free elections in Germany until after World War II, the Nazi Party received 44% of the vote.
• Day 5-3 year 1946: Winston Churchill delivered his famous Iron curtain speech, "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic, an Iron Curtain has descended across the continent."
• Day 5-3 year 1953: Soviet dictator Josef Stalin died at age 73, after 29 years in power.
• Day 5-3 year 1963: Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copas, and Hankshaw Hawkins were killed in a plane crash.
• Day 5-3 year 1997: North and South Korean representatives met for the first time in 25 years for peace talks.