TV actor Dick Van Dyke

Events in 1925 and 13-12

Events in US in the birth year of Dick Van Dyke

• Nellie Tayloe Ross takes office as governor of Wyoming (Jan. 5). She is the first woman governor in U.S. history.
• Tennessee schoolteacher John T. Scopes is arrested (May 5) for teaching the theory of evolution, forbidden by state law.
• Worst tornado in U.S. history hit Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana: 689 deaths.
• Al Capone takes over the Chicago bootlegging racket.

Birthday Dick Van Dyke (13-12) in history

• Day 13-12 year 1642: Dutch explorer Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand.
• Day 13-12 year 1918: President Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Europe while in office.
• Day 13-12 year 1978: The U.S. Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin honoring a woman.
• Day 13-12 year 1981: The Polish government imposed martial law in an attempt to crush the Solidarity movement.
• Day 13-12 year 1989: South African President F. W. de Klerk met with Nelson Mandela for the first time.
• Day 13-12 year 1996: Kofi Annan of Ghana chosen to become UN secretary-general.
• Day 13-12 year 2000: George W. Bush accepted presidency 36 days after election; Al Gore, Jr., conceded.
• Day 13-12 year 2003: American forces captured Saddam Hussein who was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.