Radio program host Stephen Nolan

Events in 1973 and 20-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Stephen Nolan

• Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community (Jan. 1).
• A ceasefire is signed, ending involvement of American ground troops in the Vietnam War. (Jan. 28).
• US bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia (Aug. 15).
• Chile's Marxist president, Salvadore Allende, is overthrown (Sept. 11); Gen. Augusto Pinochet takes power.
• Fourth and largest Arab-Israeli conflict begins when Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel as Jews mark Yom Kippur, holiest day in their calendar (Oct. 6). Egypt and Israel sign US-sponsored cease-fire accord (Nov. 11). Background: Arab-Israeli Wars
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) hikes oil prices tremendously in retaliation for Western countries' involvement in Yom Kippur War.

Birthday Stephen Nolan (20-8) in history

• Day 20-8 year 1964: As part of his Great Society policies, Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Economic Opportunity Act which, among other things, established the Head Start program.
• Day 20-8 year 1968: The Soviet Union and other Warsaw Pact nations invaded Czechoslovakia.
• Day 20-8 year 1977: The space probe Voyager 2 was launched. It continues to explore to this day, and is now more than 7 billion miles from Earth.
• Day 20-8 year 1980: Italian Reinhold Messner made the first successful solo ascent of Mount Everest and without oxygen.
• Day 20-8 year 1998: U.S. cruise missiles hit suspected terrorist bases in Afghanistan and the Sudan.
• Day 20-8 year 2000: Tiger Woods won the PGA Championship becoming the first player since Ben Hogan in 1953 to win three majors in one year.