Radio program host Sara Cox

Events in 1974 and 13-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Sara Cox

• OPEC ends the oil embargo begun in 1973 during the Yom Kippur War (Mar. 18).
• Nixon and Brezhnev meet in Moscow to discuss arms limitation agreements. Background: nuclear disarmament
• Leftist revolution ends almost 50 years of dictatorial rule in Portugal (launched Apr. 25).
• India successfully tests an atomic device, becoming the world's sixth nuclear power (May 18).
• Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is deposed. A collective military dictatorship assumes power (Sept. 12).

Birthday Sara Cox (13-12) in history

• Day 13-12 year 1642: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand.
• Day 13-12 year 1918: President Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Europe while in office.
• Day 13-12 year 1978: The U.S. Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin honoring a woman.
• Day 13-12 year 1981: The Polish government imposed martial law in an attempt to crush the Solidarity movement.
• Day 13-12 year 1989: South African President F. W. de Klerk met with Nelson Mandela for the first time.
• Day 13-12 year 1996: Kofi Annan of Ghana chosen to become UN secretary-general.
• Day 13-12 year 2000: George W. Bush accepted presidency 36 days after election; Al Gore, Jr., conceded.
• Day 13-12 year 2003: American forces captured Saddam Hussein who was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.