TV actress Dolly Wells

Events in 1971 and 5-12

Events in the world in the birth year of Dolly Wells

• A military junta led by Major General Idi Amin siezes power in Uganda (Jan. 25).
• Mao Zedong invites the US ping-pong team to visit Beijing (Apr. 6).
• Nixon ends the US trade embargo against China. (Apr. 14).
• Erich Honecker assumes leadership of the East German Communist Party after Walter Ulbricht's resignation (May).
• India and the USSR sign a 20-year friendship pact (Aug. 9).
• President Mobutu renames the Democratic Republic of Congo, establishing Zaire (Oct. 27).

Birthday Dolly Wells (5-12) in history

• Day 5-12 year 1776: The oldest academic honour society in the United States, Phi Beta Kappa, was founded at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
• Day 5-12 year 1791: The great composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart pass away in Vienna, Austria, at age 35.
• Day 5-12 year 1848: President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.
• Day 5-12 year 1872: Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift off Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing.
• Day 5-12 year 1933: The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing prohibition, was ratified.
• Day 5-12 year 1955: The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.
• Day 5-12 year 2002: At Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential bid. Lott subsequently resigned his leadership position.