Surfing athlete Pancho Sullivan

Events in 1973 and 1-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Pancho Sullivan

• Great Britain, Ireland, and Denmark enter European Economic Community (Jan. 1).
• A ceasefire is signed, ending involvement of American ground troops in the Vietnam War. (Jan. 28).
• US bombing of Cambodia ends, marking official halt to 12 years of combat activity in Southeast Asia (Aug. 15).
• Chile's Marxist president, Salvadore Allende, is overthrown (Sept. 11); Gen. Augusto Pinochet takes power.
• Fourth and largest Arab-Israeli conflict begins when Egyptian and Syrian forces attack Israel as Jews mark Yom Kippur, holiest day in their calendar (Oct. 6). Egypt and Israel sign US-sponsored cease-fire accord (Nov. 11). Background: Arab-Israeli Wars
• Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) hikes oil prices tremendously in retaliation for Western countries' involvement in Yom Kippur War.

Birthday Pancho Sullivan (1-7) in history

• Day 1-7 year 1863: The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began.
• Day 1-7 year 1867: Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain under the British North America Act.
• Day 1-7 year 1898: Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders fought the battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.
• Day 1-7 year 1943: Income tax withholding began in the United States.
• Day 1-7 year 1962: Burundi and Rwanda achieved independence.
• Day 1-7 year 1963: The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes.
• Day 1-7 year 1968: The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.
• Day 1-7 year 1994: Yasir Arafat returned to Palestinian land after 27 years in exile.
• Day 1-7 year 1997: After 156 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong was returned to China.
• Day 1-7 year 2000: Vermont's civil unions law went into effect.
• Day 1-7 year 2013: Croatia became the 28th member of the European Union.