TV actor Oliver Jackson Cohen

Events in 1986 and 24-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Oliver Jackson Cohen

• Spain and Portugal join European Economic Community (Jan. 1).
• President Reagan freezes Libyan assets in US (Jan. 8). US planes attack Libyan "terrorist centers" (April 14).
• Haitian President Jean-Claude Duvalier flees to France (Feb. 7).
• President Ferdinand Marcos flees Philippines after ruling for 20 years; newly elected Corazon Aquino succeeds him (Feb. 26).
• Union Carbide agrees to settlement with victims of Bhopal gas leak in India (March 22).
• Major nuclear accident at Soviet Union's Chernobyl power station alarms world (April 26 et seq.).
• Ex-Navy analyst, Jonathan Jay Pollard, 31, guilty as spy for Israel (June 4).
• World Court rules US broke international law in mining Nicaraguan waters (June 27).

Birthday Oliver Jackson Cohen (24-10) in history

• Day 24-10 year 1648: The Treaty of the Peace of Westphalia was signed, marking the end of the Thirty Years' War in Germany (1618-1648) and the 80 Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands.
• Day 24-10 year 1901: Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.
• Day 24-10 year 1931: The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.
• Day 24-10 year 1939: Nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Del.
• Day 24-10 year 1940: The 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.
• Day 24-10 year 1945: The United Nations officially came into being as its charter took effect.
• Day 24-10 year 1992: The Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series.
• Day 24-10 year 2003: The last Concordes landed in London, ending supersonic air travel.
• Day 24-10 year 2005: Civil rights activist Rosa Parks, 92, died.