TV actress Frances de la Tour

Events in 1944 and 30-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Frances de la Tour

• Allies invade Normandy on D-Day (June 6). Background: Normandy campaign
• Bretton Woods Conference creates International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
• Dumbarton Oaks Conference—U.S., British Commonwealth, and U.S.S.R. propose establishment of United Nations.
• Battle of the Bulge begins as Germans penetrate Allied front in Belgium (Dec. 16 to Jan. 1945).
• Anne Frank and her family betrayed and sent to concentration camps. She will die in 1945.

Birthday Frances de la Tour (30-7) in history

• Day 30-7 year 1619: The first legislature in British North America was met in Jamestown.
• Day 30-7 year 1729: The city of Baltimore in the state of Maryland, USA, was founded.
• Day 30-7 year 1932: The tenth modern Olympic Games opened in Los Angeles.
• Day 30-7 year 1945: The USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine and sank within 15 minutes. It was one of the greatest naval losses of World War II, resulting in the deaths of nearly 900 men.
• Day 30-7 year 1956: The phrase "In God We Trust" was adopted as the U.S. national motto.
• Day 30-7 year 1965: President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicare Bill into law.
• Day 30-7 year 1975: Former Teamsters union president James Hoffa was reported missing. Many suspect he was murdered, though his remains have never been found.
• Day 30-7 year 1980: The Republic of Vanuatu, formerly known as the New Hebrides, gained its independence from France and Britain.
• Day 30-7 year 2002: Lisa Leslie became the first woman to dunk in a professional basketball game.
• Day 30-7 year 2012: 620 million people were without power in India, the worst power outage in world history.