Reality star Tabatha Coffey

Events in 1969 and 17-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Tabatha Coffey

• Nixon begins "Vietnamization" in Southeast Asia. Background: Vietnam War
• The United States, USSR, and about 100 other countries sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). Background: nuclear disarmament
• Russian and Chinese troops clash along the Ussuri River.
• 27-year-old Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi deposes King Idris of Libya and establishes a pro-Arabic, anti-Western, Islamic republic.

Birthday Tabatha Coffey (17-5) in history

• Day 17-5 year 1792: The New York Stock Exchange was established when a group of 24 brokers and merchants met by a tree on what is now Wall Street and signed the Buttonwood Agreement.
• Day 17-5 year 1875: The first Kentucky Derby was held at Churchill Downs, in Louisville, Kentucky.
• Day 17-5 year 1938: NBC aired the Information Please quiz show on the radio for the first time.
• Day 17-5 year 1954: The Supreme Court ruled unanimously against segregation in schools in Brown v. Board of Education.
• Day 17-5 year 1973: Televised Watergate hearings opened, headed by North Carolina senator Sam Ervin.
• Day 17-5 year 1987: An Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S.S. Stark in the Persian Gulf, killing 37 American sailors and wounding 62.
• Day 17-5 year 1997: Laurent Kabila declared himself president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• Day 17-5 year 2004: In Massachusetts, same-sex couples exchanged marriage vows for the first time in the United States.