Tennis player Greg Rusedski

Events in 1973 and 6-9

Events in the world in the birth year of Greg Rusedski

• 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 Greg Rusedski (6-9) in history

• Day 6-9 year 1901: President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley died on September 14th.
• Day 6-9 year 1941: Nazi Germany required all Jews over the age of six to wear a yellow Star of David on their clothes.
• Day 6-9 year 1995: Baseball player Cal Ripken, Jr., broke Lou Gehrig's iron man record by playing in his 2,131st straight game.
• Day 6-9 year 1997: More than 2 billion people watched Princess Diana's funeral on TV.
• Day 6-9 year 1998: Japanese movie director Akira Kurosawa died in Tokyo at age 88.
• Day 6-9 year 2007: Italian operatic tenor Luciano Pavarotti died at age 71.