Sports commentator John Saunders

Events in 1955 and 2-2

Events in the world in the birth year of John Saunders

• Nikolai A. Bulganin becomes Soviet premier, replacing Malenkov (Feb. 8). Background: Rulers of Russia since 1533
• Churchill resigns (April 5); Anthony Eden succeeds him (April 6).
• Federal Republic of West Germany becomes a sovereign state (May 5).
• The Soviet Union and seven East European countries sign the Warsaw Pact, a mutual defense treaty (May 14).
• Argentina ousts dictator Juan Perón (Sept. 19).
• US starts sending $216 million in aid to Vietnam.
• The US, UK, USSR, and France meet at a summit in Geneva.

Birthday John Saunders (2-2) in history

• Day 2-2 year 1536: The capital of Argentina, Buenos Aires, is the largest port city founded by Spanish explorer Pedro de Mendoza.
• Day 2-2 year 1709: Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk was rescued after four years alone on a deserted island off the coast of Chile. He was the inspiration for writer Daniel Defoe to write the famous novel "Robinson Crusoe."
• Day 2-2 year 1848: The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, was signed. In the treaty, Mexico ceded to the United States a huge portion of what is today the American West and Southwest, including California and New Mexico.
• Day 2-2 year 1870: The Cardiff Giant was revealed to be a hoax.
• Day 2-2 year 1876: The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed.
• Day 2-2 year 1887: The first gathering at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsatawney, Pa. to wait for the groundhog's shadow occurred.
• Day 2-2 year 1922: James Joyce's Ulysses was published.
• Day 2-2 year 1943: Nazi troops surrendered in the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.
• Day 2-2 year 1971: Idi Amin became dictator of Uganda.
• Day 2-2 year 1980: The Abscam scandal was revealed.
• Day 2-2 year 1990: South African President F. W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.
• Day 2-2 year 2003: Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel stepped down after 13 years.