TV actor Diego Serrano

Events in 1973 and 5-2

Events in the world in the birth year of Diego Serrano

• 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 Diego Serrano (5-2) in history

• Day 5-2 year 1811: The Prince of Wales became King Regent of England, and then King George IV after George III was declared insane.
• Day 5-2 year 1917: Congress passed the Immigration Act, which restricted Asian immigration, over President Wilson's veto.
• Day 5-2 year 1937: FDR proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices—"packing" the court.
• Day 5-2 year 1994: Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers, 30 years after the crime in Jackson, Mississippi.
• Day 5-2 year 1997: Under international pressure, three of Switzerland's biggest banks created a fund worth 100 million Swiss francs for Holocaust victims and their families.