Rock singer Neil Tennant

Events in 1954 and 10-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Neil Tennant

• Nasser becomes premier of Egypt (April 17).
• Geneva Conference is convened to bring peace to Vietnam (April to July). The country is divided at the 17th parallel, pending democratic elections.
• Dien Bien Phu, French military outpost in Vietnam, falls to Viet Minh army (May 7). Background: Vietnam War
• Eight-nation Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty (establishing SEATO) signed at Manila (Sept. 8).
• Paris agreements grant West Germany sovereignty and admittance to NATO and Western European Union (Oct. 23; effective May, 1955).
• Algerian War of Independence against France begins (Oct. 31).

Birthday Neil Tennant (10-7) in history

• Day 10-7 year 1890: Wyoming became the 44th state in the United States.
• Day 10-7 year 1940: The Battle of Britain began.
• Day 10-7 year 1951: Armistice talks to end the Korean War began at Kaesong.
• Day 10-7 year 1973: The Bahamas became independent from Great Britain.
• Day 10-7 year 1985: The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was bringing back the original Coke and calling it Coca-Cola Classic.
• Day 10-7 year 1989: Mel Blanc, the “man of a thousand voices,” including such cartoon characters as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, died in Los Angeles.
• Day 10-7 year 1991: President Bush lifted economic sanctions against South Africa.
• Day 10-7 year 1995: Myanmar activist Aung San Suu Kyi was released after six years of house arrest.
• Day 10-7 year 2003: Spain opened its first mosque (in Granada) since the Moors were expelled in 1492.