TV actor Jonas Chernick

Events in 1973 and 16-1

Events in the world in the birth year of Jonas Chernick

• 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 Jonas Chernick (16-1) in history

• Day 16-1 year 1547: Tyrant Ivan IV Vasilyevich has crowned the first tsar of Russia.
• Day 16-1 year 1883: The U.S. Civil Service Commission established.
• Day 16-1 year 1920: A year after it was ratified, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, went into effect.
• Day 16-1 year 1942: Actress Carole Lombard, the wife of actor Clark Gable, died in a plane crash.
• Day 16-1 year 1991: Operation Desert Storm was announced by the White House.
• Day 16-1 year 1992: The El Salvador government signed a peace treaty with guerrilla forces, formally ending 12 years of civil war.
• Day 16-1 year 2001: Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was assassinated.
• Day 16-1 year 2003: Space shuttle Columbia blasted off on what would be its final mission. The craft broke up on its descent on Feb. 1, killing all on board.