TV actress Joanna Going

Events in 1963 and 22-7

Events in the world in the birth year of Joanna Going

• France and West Germany sign treaty of cooperation ending four centuries of conflict (Jan. 22).
• Pope John XXIII dies (June 3), and is succeeded June 21 by Cardinal Montini, who becomes Paul VI.
• British Secretary of War John Profumo resigns in the wake of an affair with Christine Keeler, a teenage showgirl who was also involved with the Soviet naval attaché (June).
• Washington-to-Moscow "hot line" communications link opens, designed to reduce risk of accidental war (Aug. 30). Background: cold war
• Kenya achieves independence.
• There are 15,000 US military advisers in South Vietnam. Background: Vietnam War
• 32 independent African nations establish the Organization for African Unity.

Birthday Joanna Going (22-7) in history

• Day 22-7 year 1796: Cleveland, Ohio, was founded by Gen. Moses Cleaveland.
• Day 22-7 year 1933: Wiley Post became the first person to fly solo around the world.
• Day 22-7 year 1934: John Dillinger was shot to death outside Chicago's Biograph Theater.
• Day 22-7 year 1937: Franklin D. Roosevelt's "court packing" scheme was rejected by the U.S. Senate.
• Day 22-7 year 1975: Congress restored Confederate general Robert E. Lee's U.S. citizenship.
• Day 22-7 year 1990: Greg LeMond won his third Tour de France. A Minnesota native, Lemond was the first American to win the great French cycling race.
• Day 22-7 year 2003: Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Ousay, were killed in a firefight.
• Day 22-7 year 2013: Prince George of Cambridge is born. He is the first child of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.