TV actress Elodie Bouchez

Events in 1973 and 5-4

Events in the world in the birth year of Elodie Bouchez

• 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 Elodie Bouchez (5-4) in history

• Day 5-4 year 1614: Pocahontas, the daughter of the Powhatan school prisoner (who was made into an animated movie called Pocahontas), married John Rolfe. It was a shocking event when a native married a British colonist.
• Day 5-4 year 1792: George Washington cast the first presidential veto.
• Day 5-4 year 1887: Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet.
• Day 5-4 year 1951: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for giving away atomic secrets to the Russians.
• Day 5-4 year 1955: Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Britain.
• Day 5-4 year 1971: Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole.
• Day 5-4 year 1999: Libya gave over two suspects in the Lockerbie, Scotland Pan Am bombing.