TV actress Joanna Lumley

Events in 1946 and 1-5

Events in the world in the birth year of Joanna Lumley

• First meeting of United Nations General Assembly opens in London (Jan. 10).
• League of Nations dissolved (April).
• Italy abolishes monarchy (June).
• The Philippines gains independence from the United States (July 4).
• 12 Nazi leaders (including 1 tried in absentia) are sentenced to hang, 7 imprisoned, and 3 acquitted in the Nuremberg trials (Oct. 1). Background: Defining Genocide
• Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech warns of Soviet expansion. Background: The Cold War
• Juan Perón becomes president of Argentina.

Birthday Joanna Lumley (1-5) in history

• Day 1-5 year 1707: The date of the Act of Confederation allowed the merger of England and Scotland to form the United Kingdom.
• Day 1-5 year 1931: The Empire State Building opened in New York City. At 102 stories, it would be the world's tallest building for the next 41 years. Click to see the current tallest.
• Day 1-5 year 1941: Orson Welles's Citizen Kane, considered by many the greatest film ever made, premiered in New York.
• Day 1-5 year 1948: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) was established with Kim Il Sung as president.
• Day 1-5 year 1960: The Soviet Union shot down an American U-2 reconnaissance plane over Soviet territory.
• Day 1-5 year 1967: Elvis Presley married Priscilla Beaulieu. (They divorced in 1973.)
• Day 1-5 year 1991: 44-year-old Texas fireballer Nolan Ryan hurled his seventh and final no-hitter in a 3-0 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays. That same day, Oakland's Rickey Henderson broke Lou Brock’s stolen base record.
• Day 1-5 year 2003: President Bush made a speech aboard an aircraft carrier proclaiming “major combat operations in Iraq have ended.”
• Day 1-5 year 2009: For the first time in 341 years, a woman is appointed as poet laureate of the United Kingdom. Carol Ann Duffy, 53, will take over the post from current poet laureate Andrew Motion.