Rugby athlete Ellery Hanley

Events in 1961 and 27-3

Events in the world in the birth year of Ellery Hanley

• US breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba (Jan. 3).
• 1,200 US-sponsored anti-Castro exiles invade Cuba at the Bay of Pigs (April 17); the attackers are all killed or captured by Cuban forces.
• East Germany erects the Berlin Wall between East and West Berlin to halt flood of refugees (Aug. 13). Background: The Cold War
• USSR detonates 50-megaton hydrogen bomb in the largest man-made explosion in history (Oct. 29). Background: nuclear weapons
• There are 2,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
• OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) formally constituted.

Birthday Ellery Hanley (27-3) in history

• Day 27-3 year 1794: Congress authorizes the construction of six frigates, including the Constitution (Old Ironsides) , for the U.S. Navy.
• Day 27-3 year 1866: President Andrew Johnson vetoed a civil rights bill which later became the 14th amendment.
• Day 27-3 year 1884: The first long-distance telephone call was made, between Boston and New York.
• Day 27-3 year 1917: The Seattle Metropolitans became the first U.S. hockey team to win the Stanley Cup.
• Day 27-3 year 1958: Nikita Khrushchev became Soviet premier and first secretary of the Communist Party.
• Day 27-3 year 1964: A 9.2 magnitude earthquake hit 80 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska, killing 117 and producing a 50-foot tsunami that traveled over 8,000 miles.
• Day 27-3 year 1977: Pan American and KLM Boeing 747s collided on a runway in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands. The 542 people killed is the highest ever for an aviation disaster.
• Day 27-3 year 2001: A federal judge ruled that the University of Michigan’s affirmative action policy was invalid, a ruling that later would be reversed in an appeal.