Rock singer Elizabeth Fraser

Events in 1963 and 29-8

Events in the world in the birth year of Elizabeth Fraser

• France and West Germany sign treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan. 22).
• Pope John XXIII dies (June 3), and is succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes Paul VI.
• British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns in the wake of an affair with Christine Keeler, a teenage showgirl who was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché (June).
• Washington-to-Moscow "hot line" communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war (Aug. 30). Background: cold war
• Kenya achieves independence.
• There are 15,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
• 32 independent African nations establish the Organization for African Unity.

Birthday Elizabeth Fraser (29-8) in history

• Day 29-8 year 1533: Atahualpa, the last king of the Incas, was ruthlessly murdered by Francisco Pizarro.
• Day 29-8 year 1786: The day of the Shays Rebellion, a Massachusetts peasant uprising against the state government.
• Day 29-8 year 1842: The Treaty of Nanking was signed, ending the Opium Wars and ceding the island of Hong Kong to Britain.
• Day 29-8 year 1877: Brigham Young died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Day 29-8 year 1949: The U.S.S.R. tested their first atomic bomb.
• Day 29-8 year 1957: Strom Thurmond ended the longest filibuster in U.S. Senate history. He spoke for more than 24 hours against a civil rights bill; the bill passed.
• Day 29-8 year 1966: The Beatles played their last major live concert at Candlestick Park, California.
• Day 29-8 year 1991: The Supreme Soviet, the parliament of the U.S.S.R., suspended all activities of the Communist Party, bringing an end to the institution.
• Day 29-8 year 2005: Hurricane Katrina slammed into the U.S. Gulf Coast, destroying beachfront towns in Mississippi and Louisiana, displacing a million people, and killing more than 1,000.