Tennis player Leander Adrian Paes

Events in 1973 and 17-6

Events in the world in the birth year of Leander Adrian Paes

• 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 Leander Adrian Paes (17-6) in history

• Day 17-6 year 1775: The Battle of Bunker Hill took place during the siege of Boston at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War.
• Day 17-6 year 1885: The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York City aboard the French ship Isere.
• Day 17-6 year 1928: Amelia Earhart embarked on the first trans-Atlantic flight by a woman.
• Day 17-6 year 1944: The Republic of Iceland was established.
• Day 17-6 year 1963: U.S. Supreme Court ruled that no locality may require recitation of Lord's Prayer or Bible verses in public schools.
• Day 17-6 year 1972: Burglary of Democratic Party headquarters in Washington, DC, started the Watergate political scandal.
• Day 17-6 year 1994: O. J. Simpson's slow-speed chase by the police, watched by millions on TV, ended in his arrest.
• Day 17-6 year 2002: Australian scientists announced that they had "teleported" a laser beam—breaking it up and reconstructing it in another location.