TV actor Stephen Moyer

Events in 1969 and 11-10

Events in the world in the birth year of Stephen Moyer

• Nixon begins "Vietnamization" in Southeast Asia. Background: Vietnam War
• The United States, USSR, and about 100 other countries sign the nuclear nonproliferation treaty (NPT). Background: nuclear disarmament
• Russian and Chinese troops clash along the Ussuri River.
• 27-year-old Colonel Muammar al-Qaddafi deposes King Idris of Libya and establishes a pro-Arabic, anti-Western, Islamic republic.

Birthday Stephen Moyer (11-10) in history

• Day 11-10 year 1779: Polish patriot and American Revolutionary War commander Casimir Pulaski was killed in the Battle of Savannah, Georgia.
• Day 11-10 year 1899: The Boer War began in South Africa.
• Day 11-10 year 1915: English nurse Edith Cavell was executed by the Germans.
• Day 11-10 year 1939: A letter from Albert Einstein was delivered to President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the possibility of atomic weapons.
• Day 11-10 year 1962: The first session of Vatican II was convened by Pope John XXIII.
• Day 11-10 year 1968: The first staffed Apollo mission, Apollo 7, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.
• Day 11-10 year 1984: Space shuttle Challenger astronaut, Kathryn Sullivan, became the first American woman to walk in space.